"Air Force Officer Madison Marsh Makes History as Miss America 2024"

Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old active-duty Air Force officer, made history by becoming the first active-duty officer to be crowned Miss America. She is pursuing a master’s degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and aims to represent women who can break stereotypes. Marsh, who lost her mother to pancreatic cancer, has started the Whitney Marsh Foundation to raise money for pancreatic cancer research. She performed a spoken-word poem about earning her pilot’s license at 16 in the talent round and emphasized her goal to upend stereotypes about women in the military.