ORLANDO, Fla. — Miss Colorado is now Miss America.
Miss Colorado Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America during the competition's ceremony Sunday night in Orlando.
A 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force, Marsh is the first active duty servicemember to ever win the title.
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.
"Congratulations to our very own Airman, 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, aka Miss Colorado — who was just crowned Miss America 2024!" the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. "Marsh is the first active duty servicemember to ever win the title."
"Miss Colorado has been crowned Miss America!" Colorado Gov. Jared Polis congratulated on social media.
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, according to Marsh's website.
Marsh is the first Miss America winner crowned from Colorado since 1974.
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