US Army Officer and Stanford grad student Alma Cooper is Michigan’s 4th Miss USA! Catch up on all the pageant results and photos here.
Congratulations to Miss Michigan USA 2024 Alma Cooper for winning the Miss USA 2024 pageant, securing Michigan’s fourth national title!
Miss USA returned to Los Angeles for the first time since 2007, with the pageant aired live from the Peacock Theatre on The CW. With the return to Hollywood you would have hoped the production would be top-notch but unfortunately the lack of live music – or literally anything other than elevator music – put a dampener on the energy levels for the show. One of the highlights of watching Miss USA 2012 in Las Vegas, the only time I’ve seen Miss USA live and in person, was the final look with the top five and Akon and gosh I missed that energy tonight!
Miss USA 2024 Results
Miss USA 2024 – Miss Michigan USA Alma Cooper
- 1st runner-up – Miss Kentucky USA 2024 Connor Perry
- 2nd runner-up – Miss Oklahoma USA 2024 Danika Christopherson
- 3rd runner-up – Miss Tennessee USA 2024 Christell Foote
- 4th runner-up – Miss Ohio USA 2024 Macy Hudson.
Top 10 semi-finalists
This year we returned to a cut after top 20:
- Miss Colorado USA 2024 – Jessi Kalambayi
- Miss Hawaii USA 2024 – Breea Yamat
- Miss Massachusetts USA 2024 – Melissa Sapini
- Miss Texas USA 2024 – Aarieanna Ware
- Miss Virginia USA 2024 – Himanvi Panidepu
This was Colorado’s first placement since Marybel Gonzalez also made the top 10 in 2012, and with both resplendent in red! Massachusetts placed for the first time since 2018. Hawaii and Texas have now made the cut six times in ten years, and Virginia five times.
Top 20 semi-finalists
The top 20 semi-finalists who competed in swimsuit but did not progress to evening gown were:
- Miss California USA 2024 – Samantha Ramos
- Miss District of Columbia USA 2024 – Kleo Torres
- Miss Illinois USA 2024 – Grace Rodi
- Miss Iowa USA 2024 – McKenzie Kerry
- Miss Kansas USA 2024 – Bella Whitlock
- Miss Mississippi USA 2024 – Kaylee Brooke McCollum
- Miss Nevada USA 2024 – Najah Ali
- Miss New York USA 2024 – Marizza Delgado
- Miss North Carolina USA 2024 – Kenzie Hansley
- Miss South Carolina USA 2024 – Gracen Grainger
Kenzie Hansley gave North Carolina their first ever string of four consecutive placements and Grace Rodi gave Illinois their first string of five placements since the 1980s-90s. California, District of Columbia and Illinois have placed in seven of the last ten years, Nevada and North Carolina six times and South Carolina five times.
On the flip side, McKenzie Kerry’s placement for Iowa is just their fourth in the 2000s,
Get to know Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper
Alma Cooper, from Okemos, Michigan, graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point, in the top 5% of her class, with a bachelor’s degree in mathematical science. She serves as a 2nd lieutenant and Military Intelligence Officer in the United States Army.
After graduating from West Point, she was awarded the opportunity to earn her Masters in Data Science at Stanford University as a Knight Hennessy Scholar.
Alma is passionate about elevating the voices of underrepresented minorities through data science and addressing food insecurity in our country, and globally. Her ultimate goal is to make healthy foods available to all people. Alma’s life motto is “Demand Excellence” which she inherited from her parents who forged a path toward their American Dream. She is honored to ask to serve as Miss USA.
You can view Alma’s biography and photos of her Miss Michigan USA 2024 crowning, state appearances, professional photos and past pageant photos on her titleholder profile. Check back regularly to see photos of her reign as Miss USA 2024.
