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Miss California USA 2024 is Samantha Ramos

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Miss Santa Monica, Samantha Ramos was crowned Miss California USA 2024 on Sunday, June 23 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove. The Mexican-American mentor, model, and restaurant franchisee from Fullerton will now prepare to represent California at the Miss USA 2024 pageant in Hollywood, California this August. "I am Miss California USA 2024. Grinning ear to ear, I accomplished a goal I set after almost 10 years ago. From being a non-finalist teen to 1st runner up at Miss CA Teen USA, to 2nd runner up at Miss CA to finally getting the crown," Samantha shared online. "Pageantry has taught me that resilience and tenacity are the key to achieving extraordinary things in life. Thank you to every one of you that has been apart of this journey," she added. The new Miss California USA succeeds Tianna Clark, last year's winner and Miss USA 2023 Top 20 semifinalist. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss California USA (@missc

Miss California USA 2023 is Tianna Clark

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ALZ and mental health advocate Tianna Clark bested over 80 other competitors to be crowned Miss California USA 2023 on Sunday, June 18 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, California. The 27-year-old soldier and professional model from Perris is a psychology graduate of Norco College in Riverside County. She succeeds last year's winner Tiffany Johnson and will now prepare to represent her home state at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada on a date yet to be announced. "Blessed and grateful. I'm truly grateful and excited for the year ahead. Thank you to the coach and all the sponsors who helped me along this journey," she shared online. Giselle Burgos of Boyle Heights was named first runner-up while Samantha Ramos of Fullerton, Athenna Crosby of NorCal, and Jaanu Patel of Huntington Beach were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 18 were Issah Rose Mata, Natalie Benson, Dominique Mihaljević, Lilian Thorington, Akanksha

Acacia McBride aims for Miss California USA 2023, her third attempt at winning the state pageant

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For the third time, Acacia McBride will try again for Miss California USA. Will she finally bring home the state title and go to Miss USA 2023? The 25-year-old international model and advocate for autism recently announced her participation in the upcoming Miss California USA 2023 on her social media. She first joined the state pageant in 2021 and placed second runner-up then came back the following year and bagged the third runner-up position. After two strong finishes in previous attempts, she is more than ready to fight for her Miss USA and Miss Universe dreams. Acacia, now a resident of Los Angeles, California, was born and raised in rural Mississippi and earned her bachelor's degree in communications with a concentration in radio, television, and film from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. Besides modeling, she is also an influencer and a digital content producer for major beauty brands. She is passionate about beauty, fashion, pageantry, and the media, especially