The Latest: Judges select final 15 in Miss America contest
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the Miss America competition (all times local):
9: 25 p.m.
The final 15 contestants have been selected in the Miss America competition.
They are from these states: Tennessee; Virginia; Pennsylvania; Louisiana; District of Columbia; Texas; New Mexico; Alabama; Missouri; Alaska; Georgia; South Carolina; New Jersey; North Dakota; and Illinois.
The 15 finalists were selected Sunday night during the scholarship pageant's televised finale in Atlantic City. The field now narrows to 10 finalists.
They are among 51 women — one from each state and the District of Columbia — vying to become the next Miss America.