Miss Colorado is now Miss America.
History was made Sunday night at the 2024 Miss America pageant.
Miss Colorado Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America during the competition’s ceremony Sunday night in Orlando.
A second Lieutenant in the Air Force, Marsh is the first active-duty servicemember to ever win the title.
Miss America is Madison Marsh from Colorado! #ThereSheIs
📸: Houston M Photography pic.twitter.com/fhj66Om5mf
— Miss America (@MissAmerica) January 15, 2024
Marsh is a 2023 graduate of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with a degree in physics and is a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School.
“I’m very excited to get to represent women who can break stereotypes,” Marsh said in an interview shared on Miss America’s Instagram story, adding that she is looking forward to sharing “what it means to be a member of the military community and Miss America.”
Marsh is also the president and founder of the Whitney Marsh Foundation, named after her late mother, helping to raise more than a quarter-million dollars for pancreatic cancer research at the foundation.
Marsh is the first Miss America winner crowned from Colorado since 1974.
The U.S. Air Force celebrated Marsh’s win, sharing a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that featured photos of Marsh in uniform and winning the Miss America tit
Congratulations to our very own #Airman, 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, aka Miss Colorado — who was just crowned @MissAmerica 2024! Marsh is the first active duty servicemember to ever win the title.#AimHigh pic.twitter.com/3RuDu5CulW
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) January 15, 2024
