Miss South Dakota Little Sister Dakota Latinow, 6, arrives with her mother, Diana, at the first night of preliminaries of the Miss America Pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Reuters)
Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Lauren Watson, 16, embraces a friend after the first night of preliminaries of the Miss America Pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Reuters)
Miss South Dakota Little Sister Dakota Latinow, 6, arrives with her mother, Diana, at the first night of preliminaries of the Miss America Pageant. (Reuters)
Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Lauren Watson, 16, and Miss California Outstanding Teen Avery Grooms (R), 17, arrive to watch the first night of preliminaries of the Miss America Pageant. (Reuters)
Current Miss America Kira Kazantsev waves to attendees after the first night of preliminaries of the Miss America Pageant. (Reuters)
Miss Iowa Taylor Wiebers wins the talent competition during the first night of preliminaries of Miss America. (Reuters)
A paper cutout of Miss Mississippi Hannah Roberts rests on a seat before the first night of preliminaries of Miss America. (Reuters)
Miss Iowa Taylor Wiebers, left, who won the talent competition, stands next to Miss South Carolina Daja Dial, who won the swimsuit competition, during the first night of preliminary competition in the Miss America pageant. (AP)