When Cara Mund was competing to become Miss North Dakota, a key part of her platform was increasing the number of women elected to political office.

The newly crowned Miss America has made history.

The contestant from Alaska has been crowned Miss America at an event marking the competition’s 100th anniversary.

The Miss America organization says it plans to crown its 100th winner in December before a live audience at the Mohegan Sun casino's arena in Connecticut.

The stage at Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the 2018 Miss America contest. The Miss America Organization is trading one casino town for another as it moves its 2020 competition from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Uncasville, Connecticut, the organization announced Tuesday. The Miss America competition follows 51 women as they compete for scholarships to use to toward their community service efforts and education aspirations. At the end of the competition, one candidate will be selected as Miss America 2020, succeeding Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019. The Miss America pageant began in 1921 on the boardwalk of Atlantic City.