Miss Mississippi Wins 2024 Miss Teen USA Pageant After Scandal-Scarred Year

Though the night of pageantry began with 51 “delegates” from across the United States, at the conclusion of the 2024 Miss Teen USA competition there was just one teary winner: 16-year-old Addison “Addie” Carver of Mississippi.

Across the night’s proceedings, which aired live on the CW Network from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, there were evening gowns, semi-formal gowns bedecked with horrid, oversized bows, absurd “state costumes” and, in a tea party montage...