The Latest: Judges choose final 10 in Miss America contest
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the Miss America competition (all times local):
10:25 p.m.
The final 10 contestants have been selected in the Miss America competition.
They represent: Missouri; Texas; Pennsylvania; North Dakota; Alabama; New Jersey; District of Columbia; Louisiana; South Carolina; and Virginia.
They were selected Sunday night during the scholarship pageant's televised finale in Atlantic City. The field now shrinks to five finalists.
They are among 51 women - one from each state and the District of Columbia - vying to become the next Miss America. They hope to succeed the outgoing Miss America, Savvy Shields, who won the crown in 2016 as Miss Arkansas.
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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. They hope to succeed the outgoing Miss America, Savvy Shields, who won the crown in 2016 as Miss Arkansas.
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12:26 a.m.
The next Miss America will soon be crowned, just as a deadly hurricane slams into Florida and not long after another one inundated Texas.
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have been a backdrop to the Miss America preliminary competition this week, with contestants from storm-tossed or threatened states sending messages of support and promises of prayers to those in harm's way.
Contestants from Texas and Florida have each won a preliminary competition leading into the nationally televised finale.
The winner will be crowned in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall at around 11 p.m. EDT Sunday.