• After she was crowned Miss Teen USA in 2024, Addie Carver was supposed to win a $10,000 scholarship. • A lawsuit from Miss Universe said Carver was never paid by Laylah Rose, Miss USA's CEO at the time. • Miss USA, now owned by Thom Brodeur, said it paid Carver the prize she was promised.

The Miss USA Organization appears to be rectifying some of the wrongs left by previous ownership. The latest example is that the pageant recently paid Miss Teen USA 2024's promised scholarship money, a year after she was supposed to receive it.

Addie Carver, the pageant queen who won in August 2024, hadn't publicly shared much about what happened behind the scenes at Miss USA amid its ongoing leadership turmoil.

Still, in a video that played before she took her final walk as Miss Teen USA on Octo

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