Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Seven state titleholders were former Miss Teen USA state winners, two were former Miss World America state winners, another was a former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder, one is a former Miss America state titleholder, and one is former Miss Supranational Zambia winner. Maine becomes the first married Miss USA state titleholder after getting married on April 2023. The first state pageant was Idaho, held on September 11, 2022, and the last state pageant is New York, scheduled to be held on August 6, 2023.

ĭelegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2022 and scheduled to conclude in August 2023, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2022. Starting from this edition, the Miss Universe Organization has announced it would accept married women and mothers to compete in the pageant unless the eligibility will still be below 28 years of age. Selection of contestants Īs with the previous year, contestants who have participated in each state with the eligibility rules applied which they are to compete not more than one state per year. On October 7, the license for Miss USA and its sister pageant Miss Teen USA were suspended and returned to the Miss Universe Organization due to allegations of rigging in the previous competition. Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died of suicide in January 2022. This will be the third time that the pageant is held in Reno, and a second consecutive year holding the pageant in the city, following Miss USA 20. On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024.

Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the host venue of the Miss USA 2023 competition

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