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Jamie Kern Lima and a history-making 260,000+ women joined Live, including Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Robin Roberts, Maria Shriver and more all gathering Live to build self-worth and launch Jamie’s new book Worthy into the world!

Jamie Kern Lima’s event called Becoming Unstoppable broadcast live, virtually into the living rooms of more than a quarter of a million women who joined it live, some in their pajamas, some in sweats, others in full glam and fashion, from all walks of life, all coming together to build self-worth! Right now 80% of girls and women don’t believe they’re enough, 75% of female executives deal with imposter syndrome and 91% of girls and women don’t love their bodies. Jamie Kern Lima is on a mission to change these statistics through her new book Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life. And this weekend more than 260,000 women gathered Live in their living rooms,...

Shawn Johnson has been rooting for bestie Mallory Ervin since before they even met. Tasked with judging the 2010 Miss America pageant, the Olympic gymnast found herself pushing hard for the bubbly Miss Kentucky title holder. "I didn't even know you and I wanted you to win," Johnson recalled to her pal in their joint Zoom interview with E! News as they sat side-by-side in the athlete's Nashville-area pad. "I voted you as the winner." Though the gold medalist and the contest's fourth runner-up—who live just minutes apart—didn't officially connect at the time, "We bumped into each other in...

The Afghanimals, aka Leo Temory and Jamal Zadran, and Rachel Reilly are competing on “The Amazing Race” for the third time, and if either team wins Season 31 — Rachel’s racing with her sister, Elissa Slater — it’d mark a first, because no one who’s been on “Race” three times has won the $1 million yet.

Granted, there’s not a lot of people who’ve raced thrice. The Afghanimals and Rachel are the eighth, ninth and 10th people to do so. Season 24, which aired in 2014, was the first season to feature three-timers, but the third time was definitely not the charm for those seven. They are:

Mallory Ervin

Finishes: sixth, Season 17; third, Season 18 (both with father Gary); 10th in Season 24 with Mark Jackson (Mark finished in fifth in Season 20 with Bff William “Bopper” Minton)

Margie O’Donnell and Luke Adams

Finishes: third, Season 14; eighth, Season 18; eighth, Season 24

Herbert “Flight Time...

TheWrap exclusively interviews the long running CBS competition’s new crew and weighs in on their chances

Five couples on a blind date, one New Kid, and two Olympians are among the newest crop of teams racing around the world for a $1 million dollar prize.

There are no parent-child teams, no siblings, no friends, and not even any married couples. The new “The Amazing Race” is all dating couples.

For the blind daters, if they get along well, they will go from strangers to co-habitating, globe-trotting couples in a matter of hours. These five will have to figure out their ultimate goal: romance,...

There are several things that have to be discussed in this recap of Friday (December 19) night's "Amazing Race" finale, but I want to get this out of the way: I don't think Brooke was wrong to be pissed off to see The Candy Girls arrive at the Manila airport after the last Leg and I don't think Adam was wrong to say that he was frustrated. When I talked to Phil Keoghan about the rash of episodes in which teams didn't go home this season -- Four out of 11 episodes -- he said that people were universally excited by the ending of the last Leg, because it was something they had never seen before.  True. What they hadn't seen before was a team get spared from elimination at the end of what was, for all intents and purposes, a Leg despite finishing last, only to be immediately rewarded with an Equalizer at the airport,...

As a TV critic, I often feel that good shows don't have a big effect on me. Obviously, the great ones do. But I also find that the ones that I initially dislike are also the ones that I end up thinking about the most, long after they're over, wondering why they touched a nerve for me in the first place. How can something that inspires such a strong opinion possibly be all that bad? I thought about that question a lot while watching the new episodes of The Comeback. When it first premiered in 2005, I didn't love The Comeback,...

There she is, Miss America. Miss New York Kira Kazantsev came out on top Sunday night, taking home the beauty pageant's tiara after showcasing her beauty, brains and very hip talent. Here are five things to know about the 23-year-old stunner: 1. She's living the American dream. Kazantsev is the daughter of Russian immigrants who moved to the United States from Moscow before she was born. Though she represented New York in the pageant, she was raised all across the country, from San Francisco to San Antonio. "Living in different places gave me perspective on what matters most: people," she says in an Overture video.

Whether you love them or wish they'd stop talking about Dave's age, his Achilles and the evils of Brendon & Rachel, you can't deny that Dave & Connor were deserving winners for this "Amazing Race: All-Stars" season. After having to self-eliminate from their first season after Dave's injury, the father-son team won a whopping six Legs -- they'll be taking tropical vacations together for years to come -- and never really faced any serious jeopardy. Did they do anything impressive in that Final Leg to win? Not really. But they got to Phil Keoghan first and that's all that matters. In the process, they became the first parent-child team to win "The Amazing Race" and Dave, as he mentioned so frequently, became the oldest individual winner. In their exit interview, which finally concludes my spring reality exit interviews, Dave & Connor discuss their comfortable "Amazing Race" triumph, Dave talks about his age and...

Does anybody still remember the "Amazing Race: All-Stars" finale? My apologies. I'm apologizing both for how long it took me to get to these exit interviews -- Last week was a bear -- but really I'm apologizing because you still remember what was almost certainly the dullest finale in the 24-season history of the Emmy-winning juggernaut. Brendon & Rachel probably haven't forgotten the finale. That's because they made it all the way to the last Leg of "The Amazing Race" for the second time and, once again, finished in third. And this time, they didn't really do anything wrong. They got a bad cab driver. Yes, they got a little bit lost wandering around the Mirage in Las Vegas, but they were already behind the other two teams entirely because of their cabbie in a Leg that didn't feature a single challenge that allowed teams to wreath themselves in any glory at all.

"Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan really wants to do an "Amazing Race" reunion. I mention this, because in the two times I've talked to Keoghan in the past couple years, that is the only repeated point. "Survivor" has reunions after each season and Keoghan would like "The Amazing Race" to follow suit. Keoghan and I got on the phone last week to discuss the upcoming conclusion to "The Amazing Race: All-Stars," a season that is heading towards its conclusion on Sunday (May 18) night with Jen & Caroline, Brendon & Rachel and Dave & Connor still in the running for the big prize. We talked about the biggest story lines surrounding each of the remaining teams. Is Dave's quest to become the oldest "Amazing Race" winner a notable one? Are Brendon & Rachel capable of actually being underdogs? And should we be dismissive of the Country Blondes because of the amount of assistance they've gotten from other teams?...

Where have all the Cowboys gone? Well, on last week's "Amazing Race: All-Stars," they were U-Turned by Afghanimals Leo & Jamal, forcing them to perform a second Detour in Seville and effectively eliminating Jet & Cord for the third time on the CBS reality favorite. With their high spirits, stubborn independence and frequently faulty sense of direction, Cowboys Jet & Cord have long been favorites for "Amazing Race" fans and this latest season was no different. As the other teams bonded and bickered, the Cowboys continued to be Lone Rangers and, as usual, that worked out pretty well for them. Jet & Cord won the season's first Leg (and promptly handed over their second Express Pass to Jen & Caroline who, miraculously, remain in the Race) and added one first and four second place finishes. That put a big target on them, which is why Leo & Jamal U-Turned them, rather than sticking with their...

As I interview The Globetrotters, they're doing what they do best: Trotting the globe. Nate "Big Easy" Lofton and Herb "Flight Time" Lang were eliminated from "The Amazing Race" All-Stars" on last Sunday's episode. It was the third time they've been on "The Amazing Race" and the third time they've gone home without winning, which you'd think would sting for a pair of basketball players who, by nature of their professional affiliation, never lose. Actually, you probably wouldn't think that if you've paid attention to Flight Time & Big Easy, who have earned the right to compete thrice on "Amazing Race" by virtue of their unflagging enthusiasm and their eagerness to entertain both viewers at home and every passer-by at every international location. Flight Time & Big Easy like to make people smile when they're on "The Amazing Race" and when they're not being followed by CBS cameras, they're usually still on the road making people smile.

If you ask me for a preference between Country Blondes Jennifer and Caroline, I'll always go with punchy, pint-sized Caroline, she of the reliable zingers and ace comic timing. But Jennifer had the smartest observation in Sunday (March 30) night's "Amazing Race." Musing on why this season has been difficult, Jennifer noted, "Nobody makes mistakes." That's not exactly true. Natalie & Nadiya couldn't find a wedding dress shop in China over several hours and they went home. Mark & Mallory went back to get Mark's bag and they went home. Joey & Meghan didn't tell their driver to stay at a Roadblock and they went home. And last week, Margie & Luke couldn't get tickets for a good flight leaving Kuala Lumpur and they went home. At least in the early-going of this "All-Stars" season, it hasn't been that nobody's been making mistakes, but it's certainly been the case that, generally speaking, it's been nearly...

On Sunday (March 23) night, Margie & Luke had one of those rough "Amazing Race" Legs that happen every couple seasons. They started near the back of the pack and after an unfortunate flight situation they were in dead last as they reached Sri Lanka, many hours behind the other teams. Even though Brendon & Rachel faced a SpeedBump in the Leg, Team "Big Brother" made a successful travel gamble and pulled even with the other teams. Margie & Luke never got close enough to even see another team at a challenge, much less stick around. That actually made for a relaxed Leg for the mother/son team, who were in their third tour of "Amazing Race" duty. They needed it after a rough last Leg in Kuala Lumpur, where a bartending Detour frustrating Luke, who couldn't attempt the alternative DJing Detour because he's deaf. In this week's exit interview, Luke & Margie talk about...

Sunday (March 23) night's installment of "The Amazing Race" came down to one decision made in the first 15 minutes of the episode. I'm not saying there was a "right" answer or a "wrong" answer in the moment, but the choice was made early and once it was made -- incorrectly, as it turned out -- there was nothing left to the episode and what followed was a 45-minute anti-climax.  That's too bad, because this was perhaps the first episode of the season that was well-structured in terms of Detours and Roadblocks, featuring difficult tasks that had the chance to shake things up in terms of team placement.  I write "had the chance to," because they didn't. This week's Top 4 was last week's Top 4. And last week's Top 4 was 3/4ths of the previous week's Top 4. We've had five Legs so far, which means 20 Top 4 finishes. The teams now in the Top 4 have *15* of those finishes.

So far, this “Amazing Race: All-Stars” season has frustrated me a bit. I didn’t love the huge gap between the first and second flights in the premiere, nor that we had an entire episode determined by wandering around looking for wedding dresses. I also didn’t love that this past week’s episode saw six teams get an insurmountable three-hour advantage based only on taxi-based luck, leaving the remaining three teams with a no-margin-for-error window to avoid elimination. Not surprisingly, as frustrated as I’ve been, Joey Graceffa & Meghan Camarena are even more disappointed. Team YouTube spent finished in next-to-last in the first Leg and, with very little room for advancement, started the next two Legs in last. Unable to get on that first flight out of China, there were left running against John & Jessica and Brendon & Rachel. Last Sunday’s Leg came down to a simple mistake: At a Roadblock,...

I suppose that certain factors on "The Amazing Race" are out of the control of the producers.  If your teams are in China and you're determined to get them to Malaysian Borneo, if there are only two evening flights, there are only two evening flights. And if there's a three-hour gap between the arrival of the two flights, then there's a three-hour gap between the arrival of the two flights. And if there are only six tickets available on the first flight or perhaps only three tickets available on the second, then that's just what it is. But if you then design a Leg in which the Roadblock is a straight-forward one-at-a-time task and the Detour includes at least one option that requires basically no effort at all, you've constructed a Leg in which six teams have almost limitless margins-for-error and the other three teams have no margin-for-error at all...

Doing "The Amazing Race" with somebody you know and love certainly doesn't mean you're going to get along. Duh.  Facing the unique pressures of a televised race around the world, we've watched married couples, best friends, siblings and parents-and-children get lost in squabbles both petty and significant. Usually after the fighting is over, the partners profess to continued love and the relationships, either by blood or by choice, can be expected to continue as before. It's part of the charm of "The Amazing Race." This All-Stars season, though, "The Amazing Race" bucked formula. When Bopper had to bail on the season just hours before it began, Mark was allowed to race with Mallory, of Gary & Mallory fame, already a two-time contestant. They'd met previously, but she claimed not to know his last name. [It's Jackson.] The Mark & Mallory experiment lasted for two Legs. In last Sunday's episode, the mismatched pair ran into...

Uh, oh: Two teams are tied to be eliminated in this week's third leg of "The Amazing Race" according to predictions made so far at Gold Derby. Both YouTube stars Joey and Meghan and country singers Jennifer and Caroline have even odds (1/1) to cross the finish line last in this Sunday's episode, 'Welcome to the Jungle.' Last week, you had them in second and third behind eventual ejectees Mark and Mallory. And yes, Joey and Meghan made it to the mat just before the last place finishers. Although Jennifer and Caroline came third, that was only because Cord and Jet took pity and gave them the Express Pass.  There's still time before "The Amazing Race" airs for you to make your predictions here and wager points against the current odds. Forecast winners week to week and at season's end and win prizes that include your own webcam chat with...

The new — but not necessarily improved — Team Kentucky didn't last long on The Amazing Race All-Stars. After Mallory replaced Bopper to race with Mark, the hybrid duo became the second team eliminated on Sunday after they forgot Mark's backpack at the Roadblock and debated whether or not to go back and get it. "I think we were at a disadvantage from the beginning with communication," Mallory tells TVGuide.com. "We didn't know each other well and we didn't talk about anything about the Race since I came in so late." See what else the two had to say about their last-minute pairing, how the Detour also set the back and if they'd ever race together again.

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Spoilers for episode two of "The Amazing Race" are below! Congratulations to our site user jonny who's running far out in front of all other competitors in our "The Amazing Race" Season 24 contest after two episodes. If jonny winds up with the most points at the end of the season, he will win a $100 Amazon gift certificate. Can you put an end to his race? To make your own weekly predictions, log into your Gold Derby account and click on the "Amazing Race" button. Cast your vote each week for questions like, "Will Cord and Jet use their Express Pass in this episode?" and "Which team will win Season 24 of 'The Amazing Race'?" For episode two, jonny correctly predicted that "Big Brother" couple Brendon and Rachel would come in first and that Kentucky team Mark and Mallory would be eliminated. DanielHasToGoBack is currently second place in our running total with 2412 points,...

This happens every year, so I should stop complaining about it. Every year, it seems that "The Amazing Race" manages to start one week ahead of the Oscars, so it's one ordinary week of recapping responsibilities and then... Bam... An evening spent covering the Academy Awards, followed by a late-night "Amazing Race" recap. All that means is that I already had most of my soul slurped from my brain by Ellen DeGeneres taking selfies and ordering pizza, John Travolta bumbling Idina Menzel's name, the discovery that Kim Novak is still alive, various "12 Years a Slave" people forgetting to thank each other, Matthew McConaughey's three rules to live by and other bits of Oscar silliness. I'm sleepy. However, it was an eventful episode of "The Amazing Race" and even if it wasn't a perfect episode, some pretty big things happen and those things need to be discussed, so I'm...

Amazing Race 24 All Stars eliminated Mark Jackson & Mallory Ervin in episode 2 tonight. Tonight's show, kicked off with the teams, learning they had to go to the Chen Clan Academy in another part of China to get their first clue for this leg of the race. From there, the teams ran into a Road Block challenge, where they had to correctly build a motorized child car and deliver it by taxi to the correct location to get their next clue. Jennifer and Caroline were able to convince Jet and Cord to give up their 2nd express pass to them, because they had no clue how to build the motor car, plus Jet and Cord thought that was a good move because Jennifer & Caroline immediately burned the 2nd express pass out of play. Meanwhile , Mark and Mallory ran into trouble when Mark left his backpack somewhere, and had to go find it.

One of the unique aspects of The Amazing Race that makes it such enthralling television compared to other tamer reality shows is that the audience fully feels the frustration of the teams from thousands of miles away. And while this episode's toy car assembly and feather-ball rallies are hard to watch, nothing is quite as aggravating from this episode for viewers as the desperate saga of Mark and Mallory retrieving the male Kentuckian's lost backpack.

Ideally, the teams that lose should be the ones who do poorly on Detours and Roadblocks. In a perfect Amazing Race world, if you do well in the challenges, you should get further ahead in the race. But of course, the outside circumstantial factors are often the ones that screw teams over the most. Too bad for Mallory that she has to lose because of Mark's incompetence.

Normally the first team eliminated on "The Amazing Race" ends up being pretty anonymous, because it's just too hard for producers to give quality time to so many players in a crowded premiere episode. Say what you want about All-Star seasons or the specific All-Stars this season, but very few people were ambivalent about Twinnies Natalie & Nadiya Anderson, who earned fans and haters alike for their first season, which included a contentious money incident, some smart U-Turn strategy and lots and lots and lots of yelling. On Sunday's "Amazing Race" premiere, though, only the yelling was in evidence and even that was half-hearted after a while. Natalie & Nadiya got an early advantage getting on the first of two flights to China, but struggles in a wedding district saw them fall from first to last. By the time they started bickering at the top of the Canton Tower over ferris wheel cars,...

The Amazing Race All-Stars made its first elimination before the race even started. That "gut-wrenching" start Phil Keoghan described saw fan fave Bopper bow out at the starting line due to an inflamed pancreas. Instead of his Bff Mark withdrawing as well, Bopper was replaced by fellow Kentuckian and now three-time Racer Mallory. "The whole thing was just terrible timing," Bopper tells TVGuide.com. "But as much as I wish I could've gone, I wanted Mark to go even more. He shouldn't miss out on this because of me." See what else the Season 20 alum had to say about his withdrawal and how it all went down. 

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"The Amazing Race" has had twists that sent teams home before leaving Los Angeles, but no Racer has ever gone less distance than William "Bopper" Minton.   Sunday (February 23) night's "Amazing Race: All-Stars" premiere began with a sad twist for Team Kentucky.    Bopper, a fan favorite who cheered for partner Mark through an arduous, health-testing Bollywood challenge in their first season, began experiencing internal pain the night before the Race was set to begin, was diagnosed with an inflamed pancreas and was told he shouldn't Race. Instead, Mark was paired, seemingly out of nowhere, with fellow Kentuckian Mallory, making her third appearance on the show, but her first without father Gary.   That's the narrative as presented by "The Amazing Race" on Sunday.   On Monday morning, I talked with Bopper about his medical condition, how he handled it and how the show handled it. Bopper explained his recent perfect storm of catastrophes...

Season 24 of "The Amazing Race" started on Sunday (February 23) night with an episode that inverted the show's ideal momentum. There was a shocking, sad and emotional twist before we got to the opening credits, but then 50 minutes later, the episode concluded without any cursory effort at creating suspense or tension.    And the editors couldn't have created tension even if they wanted to, as the "All-Stars" season began with a purely designed Leg featuring two needle-in-a-haystack -- not especially big haystacks, either -- plus a Roadblock that failed to inject even an iota of difficulty into the game.    For a season that was already plagued by skepticism regarding the "favorite" status of several of the team selections, this was not an ideal premiere, now was it?   I'd love to have more to talk about from Sunday's hour, but it wasn't well-suited for recapping, either.    I'll do my best after the break,...

Amazing Race 24,All Stars eliminated Natalie & Nadiya Anderson in episode 1 tonight. Tonight's premiere show, kicked off with an introduction to all the returning all-star teams. However, it was revealed that Bopper from team Mark & Bopper had an inflamed pancreas,so the doctor could not give him the ok to race as it was a life-threatening condition. So, Bopper gave Mark his blessing to do the race with another partner, who turned out to be Mallory Ervin from Amazing Race season 17. Next, host Phil Keoghan, told the teams, they had to catch a flight to China, but first, they had to race to get clues in order to be allowed to hop in their Ford Fusion cars to head to the airport. Once they arrived in China, they had to head the "Street Of Wedding Dresses" shop to get their first clue for this leg of the race. After that, they...

Guess what racists — Nina Davuluri Is the beautiful face of America today. America is a multicultural country and you should be proud of this accomplished young woman, not mean-tweeting about her!

When Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America on Sept. 15, she made history as the first Miss America of Indian descent and that was fantastic! American women today come from all different ethnic backgrounds and skin colors and it’s beyond disappointing to read tweets from people who are so small-minded and racist that they only see beauty in one skin color. Shame on you, haters! There’s no place for your nasty opinions in this country today!

Nina Davuluri: Ignore Racist Tweets & Backlash

Nina, I am so sorry you had to start your reign as Miss America by being criticized and bullied by fellow Americans and having to explain why diversity is a good thing, when our country’s citizens should already know that.

Miss America is crowned! The beautiful Nina Davuluri represented New York when she took home the crown on Sept. 15, and we’ve created a gallery just for you to see all the amazing photos.

At 24, Nina Davuluri stunned on stage at 2014′s Miss America pageant. And while she’s definitely much more than just a pretty face, you’ve got to look through our new gallery and see just how beautiful she is!

Nina Davuluri: See 2014′s Stunning Miss America

We couldn’t be more excited that for the second year in a row, Miss New York has taken home the crown for Miss America!

After being crowned, Nina talked about the history that she just made: “I’m most excited to promote my platform. I was the first Indian Miss New York and I’m so proud to be the first Indian Miss America.”

An extremely intelligent young woman,...

The 2014 Miss America was named on Sept. 15, with Miss New York Nina Davuluri taking home the crown. Nina obviously proved that she was so much more than a beautiful face during the pageant, but you’ll still be amazed to really learn about the girl behind the tiara.

In a gorgeous yellow gown, Nina Davuluri looked absolutely stunned when it was announced that she had been chosen to be 2014′s Miss America on Sept. 15. As Nina, 24, starts to come down from her Sunday night high, here are the things you need to know about her!

Nina Davuluri: Meet The New Miss America

1. She’s A Trailblazer

Nina is the first Indian American to ever be crowned Miss America. Though she hails from the Syracuse, NY area, she was born to Telugu parents from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. “I’m most excited to promote my platform,” Nina said after being crowned. “I...

53 girls competed on September 15 in Atlantic City, New Jersey for a chance to become the next Miss America! See who won the big competition below!

Lara Spencer and Chris Harrison hosted the exciting night, where girls hoped to inherit the crown from Miss America 2013 Mallory Hytes Hagan. It came down to Miss New York and Miss California — see who took home the crown below!

Miss America 2014 — The Competition Gets Underway

After the top 15 were announced, the competition really started to heat up!

First up was the swimsuit and fitness portion, which counts for 20 percent.

Miss Florida rocked a bedazzled knee brace as she tore two ligaments a few days before the pageant while practicing her talent — ouch!

Miss Kansas showed off the tattoo on the side of her body, the first contestant to do so in a pageant.

After the swimsuits came the gorgeous evening gown portion! Next, the ladies...

Meow! Miss New York Nina Davuluri is reportedly blasting fellow beauty queen and Miss America title holder Mallory Hagan as "fat as [bleep]." According to Page Six, another beauty queen tape recorede Davuluri attacking Hagan's weight. She made the comments in her hotel room after winning Miss New York on July 16 on Staten Island. "Davuluri invited friends back to her hotel room after her win," a source told the paper. "A girl in the next room overheard their conversation, and was so offended she decided to tape part of it. A friend of Davuluri's was supposedly heard making racist remarks, and Davuluri is allegedly heard on the tape blasting Miss America, 'Mallory's fat as...

How rude! Miss New York Nina Davuluri was allegedly overhead describing Miss America Mallory Hagan as ‘fat,’ according to a new report. We certainly hope the nasty allegations are not true.

After winning the Miss New York title on July 16, Nina Davuluri was reportedly taped calling the current Miss America Mallory Hagan, 24, “fat as f**k”. Nina insists she never said anything nasty but apparently the tape suggests otherwise. Read on for all the details.

Miss America Is ‘Fat,’ Says Miss New York Nina Davuluri

Talk about jealousy and insecurity! Nina allegedly made the comments in her Staten Island hotel room after being crowned Miss New York in July, according to the New York Post.

Nina, who gave herself the nickname Miss Diversity, “invited friends back to her hotel room after her win. A girl in the next room overheard their conversation, and was so offended she decided to tape part of it,...

Who says ink can’t be classy!? Miss Kansas started to change the way we see pageant contestants on Sept. 11, taking the stage in a bikini that put her sizable tattoos on display. What a game changer!

The Miss America pageant isn’t always the first place you look for edgy contestants, but Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, 22, is beginning to change that perception.

Theresa Vail Reveals Tattoos During Miss America

Theresa, who is also a member of the Army National Guard, took the stage at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 11 and proudly flaunted her true colors — and ink! In a skimpy red bikini, Theresa let judges and the entire audience see her torso tattoo — an inscription of the Serenity Prayer — as well as the U.S. Army Dental Corps insignia that’s inked on her left shoulder during the first round of Miss America preliminaries.

It’s always great when I get to walk into the mansion and let the guys know that it’s time to pack their bags and hit the road. It’s also fun to see how excited they are when they learn where we’re headed. Our first stop on this trip around the world with Des is Atlantic City, New Jersey. We stayed at the beautiful new Revel hotel.Brad got the first date this week and it didn’t exactly go well. You could quickly see that he and Des had no connection. Des is big on chemistry,...

There she is…Miss Heavyset America? Give her a break, says 2013 pageant winner Mallory Hytes Hagan. The 24-year-old blonde beauty and former Miss New York is responding to various tabloid reports that she's packed on the pounds since winning the Miss America crown back in January, admitting that it's not always easy keeping her fabulous bikini figure. "I think that I'm human…and I'd like to equate getting ready for the Miss America pageant, you know, to getting ready for a boxing match," she said during a recent appearance on Anderson Live. "We get into shape and then afterwards life goes back to normal." The nasty cracks about her weight came after...

Even on vacation, Miss America winner Mallory Hytes Hagan dominates the swimsuit competition. While on her national tour, the Brooklyn-bred beauty took a breather from the media campaigns and relaxed poolside in Hawaii with some of her friends. Hagan took off her tiara and opted for a stylish straw hat to compliment her hot pink bikini.  Last month, Hagan answered some tough questions and tap-danced her heart out, grabbing the title of Miss America. Since then, she's been traveling the country to advocate the importance of education and raising money for the Children's Miracle Network.  But that's the hard part. Meanwhile, the newly-crowned Miss America rocks a two-piece like it's...

Miss America Mallory Hagan has said she would love to compete on Dancing with the Stars. The 24-year-old represented her adopted home of New York in last weekend's Miss America pageant. She eventually took the crown over Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers in the final rounds. Hagan has spent the past week making promotional appearances across the Us, including an interview with Extra where she was asked if she'd consider joining Dancing with the Stars. "I would be on it in a heartbeat," Hagan declared to reporter Aj Calloway. Miss America (more)...

Miss America Mallory Hagan put a lot of work into winning that crown last weekend—and she knew the journey wouldn't be complete until she had strutted her stuff in a bikini. And she was Ok with that. Asked how it felt to have so many eyes upon her in that scantily clad state (which, of course, is expected of all the Miss America hopefuls), Hagan told E! News, "The feelings are just knowing that my life is going to change." "It's something that I started working for when I was 13," the 24-year-old former Miss New York said in a sit-down at the NBC Experience Store in New York's Rockefeller Center. "The Miss America organization has a teen program that feeds into the...

The new Miss America is an Alabama-bred blonde beauty who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and loves '80s pop music. But Mallory Hytes Hagan is more than just a pretty face who tap-danced her way into the judges' hearts on Saturday. Here are five things to know about the new Miss America: 1. Modern Day Rags to Riches? At 18, Hagan moved to New York with only $1,000 in her pocket. "I just didn't know that $1,000 wasn't enough money," she told People. "I look back at my parents now for letting me do it and I think, 'Are you crazy?'...

It was an unusually active Saturday night thanks to two NFL playoff games on Fox and CBS and this year's Miss America pageant on ABC.

The 8.3 million viewers who tuned in to see Miss New York, Mallory Hytes Hagan, win the 2013 Miss America title makes it the most watched edition since 2004 (the pageant aired on TLC in 2006 and 2007 and on Cmt from 2008-2010).

But the news isn't all good: the pageant's adults 18-49 rating dropped 11% year-to-year from a 1.8 to a 1.6.

And the audience is still puny next to the 30.8 million who watched CBS' NFL overrun from 8-9 p.m. Et, in which the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Denver Broncos to advance to the Afc championship.

Or the 29.3 million viewers Fox averaged directly against Miss America from 9-10 p.m. Et, thanks to the Nfc playoff match-up of the victorious San Francisco 49ers taking on the Green Bay Packers.

Fox led...

Brooklyn, New York native Mallory Hytes Hagan, 23, was crowned this year's Miss America -- beating out Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who placed second and third respectively.

Hagan tap danced to James Brown's Get Up Off That Thing and answered a timely question about armed guards in schools – stating that violence is not the proper way to end violence – to clinch the win Saturday night in Las Vegas.

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Hagan, whose platform issue is child sexual abuse prevention, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, and plans to obtain a degree in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.

Clearly, her newly won $50,000 scholarship will be put to good use!

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Miss Wyoming Lexie Madden and Miss Iowa Mariah Cary also made the top five, before falling short to Hagan, who was considered an underdog heading into the competition.

It’s appropriate that the Miss America pageant, that charmingly vestigial celebration of beauty and bikinis, has been taking place in Las Vegas since 2006, and even more appropriate that, in this year’s competition, the first batch of perma-smiling contestants introduced themselves from the city’s Neon Museum. That’s because, like the museum, the pageant is an institution dedicated to honoring the long-standing tradition of American kitsch, a veritable trunk show of spangles and baton-twirling and everything else that makes this country so wonderfully weird. And it’s all brought to you by Amway, that quintessentially American business that...

There she is, your new Miss America!Miss New York, 23-year-old Mallory Hagan, won the title at last night's event in Las Vegas -- picking up a $50,000 college scholarship.Hagan defeated the competition thanks to her tap dancing talents, bikini bod and stances about gun control and child sexual abuse.Hagan, a Brooklyn native, won out over Miss Carolina Ali Rogers, who placed second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who came in third.Check out more photos from Mallory's win above -- plus see all the contestants in their bikinis!Do you think the right woman won? Sound off below! Read more...

Congratulations! Brooklyn native Mallory Hytes Hagan, who spoke out against armed guards in schools, was crowned Miss American in Las Vegas on Saturday Jan. 12!

Mallory Hytes Hagan beat out Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who placed second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third, to become Miss America! She beat out 13,000 original contestants including the pageant’s first autistic contestant and a woman with Tourettes.

“Sandy may have swept away our shores, but never our spirit. I’m Miss New York, Mallory Hagan,” Mallory said as she introduced herself to the nation on Jan. 12.

Mallory tapped danced to James Brown’s “Get Up Off That Thing” for the talent section of the competition and for the question and answer portion, she answered a question about armed guards in schools from Good Morning America’s Sam Champion, who was one of the celebrity judges for the pageant this year.

“I...

Meet the new Miss America 2013! Miss New York Mallory Hagan, 23, took home the crown Saturday, Jan. 12 after beating 52 other contestants. The Brooklyn native was in complete shock when she crowned the winner ahead of first runner-up Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers and third place winner Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton. During the competition, Hagan performed a tap dance routine to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing," and styled a black string bikini for swimwear. Hagan answered a question from judge Sam Champion, Good Morning America's [...]...

Cue the running mascara! There she is—Miss New York, Mallory Hytes Hagan, or as she's better known now: Miss America 2013! The tap dancing 23-year-old from Brooklyn was crowned Saturday evening in Las Vegas, defeating second runner-up Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton. And the crowning wasn't the only highlight of tonight's telecast. The Chris Harrison and Brooke Burke-Charvet hosted show featured everything from Miss Alabama introducing herself as: "From the state that brought you Channing Tatum, People's Sexiest Man Alive, You're Welcome. I'm Anna Laura Bryan, Miss Alabama" to a...

Las Vegas (AP) — A 23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, N.Y., has won the title of Miss America.

Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.

Hagan defeated Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers, who took second, and Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who finished third.

Hagan wins a $50,000 college scholarship and gets the crown for one year. Her platform was stopping child sexual abuse.

She is expected to spend her title reign on a nationwide speaking tour and raising money for the Children's Miracle Network, the organization's official charity.