Alma Cooper was crowned Miss USA 2024 Sunday night, and credits her family with helping her deliver a pageant winning answer. Miss USA 2024 has been crowned! Alma Cooper, Miss Michigan, an active-duty officer in the United States Army and a data scientist studying at Stanford University took home the title. Backstage, she told Fox News Digital the win felt "surreal," saying, "I just remember being a little girl and watching that moment over and over every year, for one lucky woman each year, and to know that I was one of those people standing there was already a dream come true.
But then to win, I just, I can't even believe it." During the question portion, Cooper recalled, "I just thought about my family and the values I was raised on growing up and how much that meant to me. And all of the time it took to even get to this point, I'm so grateful.
I can't express enough gratitude for this moment, for the people that have uplifted me in times when I've been in valleys, and to be this mountain alongside so many other incredible women, this is incredible." NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN, MISS USA TEAM UP TO PROMOTE STEM EDUCATION AT STATE OF THE UNION Alma Cooper, Miss Michigan USA wins Miss USA 2024 at the 73rd annual Miss USA Pageant at Peacock Theater on August 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) Cooper won by showcasing not only her physical beauty, but excelling at answering the question, "How can we bridge the gap between different cul.