The contestant with the highest number of votes ... This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Here's how to watch Miss Iowa, Abigaille Batu-Tiako, compete for Miss America 2025 ...

It was not until 1970 that a black woman, Iowa's Cheryl Brown, won a state title and made it to Atlantic City as a contestant. Lencola Sullivan, Miss Arkansas 1980, was the first African ...