Miss USA 2024: How to Watch the Pageant
Controversy can’t stop Miss USA. Despite a tumultuous year marked by the abrupt resignations of both the reigning Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, the organization is moving forward and preparing to crown a new winner who will represent the U.S. at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant.
The Miss USA 2024 pageant will take place on Sunday, August 4 in Los Angeles. (The Miss Teen USA pageant was held on August 1. Addie Carver of Mississippi was named the winner.) Who will take home the crown in the 2024 Miss USA pageant? You can watch as the event airs live on The CW.
How to watch Miss USA 2024
The 73rd Miss USA pageant will be held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. It airs live on Sunday, August 4 starting at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
To find your local CW station, visit CWTV.com. The CW is also available on various devices, including Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. It’s also available on live TV streaming services such as YouTubeTV and Hulu + Live TV.
The preliminary Miss USA 2024 competition streams live on the Miss USA YouTube channel on August 3 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Miss USA has changed some of its rules
Miss USA 2024 will be the first contest under a new set of rules aimed at modernizing the pageant. For the first time, any adult woman can compete for the Miss USA title, regardless of age.
Previously, Miss USA contestants had to be under the age of 28. A 2022 rule change allowed married women and mothers to compete. The 2024 Miss USA delegates include a married woman (Miss Maine USA), a transgender woman (Miss Maryland USA), and a woman over the age of 40 (Miss Arizona USA).
The Miss USA pageant has been mired in controversy
The 2024 Miss USA pageant comes a few months after Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt stepped down in May 2024. Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava resigned soon after.
In Voigt’s resignation letter, she described the Miss USA organization as a “toxic work environment … that, at best, is poor management and, at worst, is bullying and harassment,” NBC News reported.
Voigt said the organization did not respond appropriately when she reported an incident of sexual harassment. Voigt also accused Miss USA CEO and President Laylah Rose of “weaponizing” the mental health issues she’d faced since being crowned.
Miss USA initially responded to Voigt’s resignation with an Instagram post that did not directly address her allegations.
“We respect and support Noelia’s decision to step down from her duties,” it read. “The well-being of our titleholders is a top priority, and we understand her need to prioritize herself at this time.”
In an open letter published on May 30, Rose wrote that the “allegations of sexual harassment, toxic environment and bullying are not true.”
The latest controversy came after several years of negative publicity for the Miss USA pageant, from its association with former owner Donald Trump to claims that past president Crystle Stewart had rigged the 2022 competition in favor of winner R’Bonney Gabriel. Gabriel went on to win the 2022 Miss Universe pageant. She was the first American woman to hold the title since 2012.
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