Miss Michigan Alma Cooper took home the title of , and The winner burst into tears of joy upon being crowned at this year’s competitive beauty contest on Sunday. Alma is now heading to Mexico to represent the of America in the 2024 . Although Alma’s victory was well-earned, many shared online that they preferred another beauty queen in the competition to have the Miss USA title.

More than one took to X, formerly Twitter, to make it known that Miss Texas, Aarieanna Ware, should’ve walked away as the winner. “USA just lost a queen Texas #MissUSA,” one viewer wrote on the social media platform. “[Miss Texas] miss universe caliber.

they wasted her. ,” another agreed, including a clip of Aarieanna competing in Miss USA’s Evening Gown category. A third commented, “Look at real queen #MissUsa what you did is a.

..crime,” reposting the same aforementioned clip.

Even before Alma won the number one spot, viewers were upset about Aarieanna, Miss Texas, not being placed in the Top 5. "Congratulations to the Top 5! Super shocked Miss Texas isn’t in the top 5. Her stage presence was everything," one X user expressed.

Meanwhile, someone else posted: "Texas not being in the Top 5 is honestly mind-boggling because am I watching the same show?? Lol, let me know if I’m missing something?” As another wrote, "I’m so shocked that TX didn’t make the Top 5.” Comments that weren’t uplifting Aarieanna over Alma, were questioning why the latter even won. "Michigan.

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