West Palm Beach will take center stage this week as the 2027 Miss America pageant comes to South Florida for the first time.
The annual competition will crown its winner on Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Its contestants are between the ages of 18 and 28 come from all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. They are competing for a $50,000 scholarship and a crown first awarded in 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
That ceremony will crown a week of events that includes the talent competition on Wednesday, Sept. 2, and the red carpet night on Friday, Sept. 4.
Miss America's Teen, its younger sibling pageant for ages 13 to 18, also will take place this week in West Palm Beach, Miss America's home
for the next three years.
Today's Miss America signature event
Delegates for both in Miss America and Miss America's Teen will gather at the Hilton West Palm Beach at 600 Okeechobee Blvd. at 3:30 p.m. for the tradition of signing the map of America.
The Top 10 finalists for the Quality-of-Life Scholarship Award will also be announced.
This week's Miss America pageant calendar in West Palm Beach
- Tuesday, Sept. 1: Miss America's Teen Preliminary Competition, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, Sept. 2: Miss America Preliminary Competition, Kravis Center, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 3: Miss America's Got Talent Competition, Kravis Center, 5 p.m.
- Friday, Sept. 4: Pre-Gala Red Carpet, Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 5: Miss America's Teen Final, Kravis Center, 7 p.m.
- Sunday, Sept. 6: Miss America Final, Palm Beach County Convention Center, 7 p.m.
The pageant called Atlantic City its home for decades before moving to locations such as Las Vegas and Florida. Last year, it took place at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando.
Its events will be livestreamed on pageantvision.tv.
Arianna Otero covers breaking news for the Palm Beach Post. Contact her via email at AOtero@pbpost.com and follow her on X: @ari_v_otero. Thomas Cordy is a visual journalist for The Palm Beach Post. Tom Elia is an editor at The Palm Beach Post.
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