MISS USA has a new champ and the reigning queen comes with brains as well as beauty. Alma Cooper was crowned the 2024 winner at the prestigious pageant. Who is Miss USA 2024? On August 5, 2024, Alma Cooper was crowned the winner of Miss USA .
Hailing from Okemos, she previously won Miss Michigan in June 2024. Alma was born on March 17, 2002 and per her Miss USA bio, she hopes to use her platform to tackle food insecurity with her "ultimate goal" being making "healthy foods available to all people." The beauty was crowned by Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii , who stepped into the role of Miss USA in May 2024, after the 2023 winner unexpectedly resigned .
Read More on Miss USA Her Miss USA crowning saw fans flock to social media to congratulate her. "I’m so happy for Michigan! I can’t wait to see her year! Well, until next year everyone," one viewer said on X. "Fellow michigander, proud of you miss," another posted.
"Way to go, Miss Michigan!" a third user wrote. Most read in The US Sun The first runner-up was named as Connor Perry, Miss Kentucky USA. Alma described her win as "surreal," in a backstage interview with Fox News .
“I just thought about my family and the values that I was raised on growing up and just how much that meant to me and all the time it took to even get to this point,” she said. “I’m so grateful. I can’t express enough gratitude for this moment, for the people who have uplifted me in times where I have been in valleys and to be on this mountain.