2026 National Competition Lottery

August 30-September 7, 2025

IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION ON COMPETITION ORDER

Miss America's State Delegates will be participating in the national competition lottery on

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 @ 8:15 pm EST.

The lottery will determine the position # for the delegates competing in Interview and Talent phases.

Preliminary competitions will be conducted in alpha order by State names.

FINAL LOTTERY RANKING

  1. Puerto Rico

  2. North Carolina

  3. Montana

  4. Nebraska

  5. California

  6. Alaska

  7. Connecticut

  8. Oregon

  9. Delaware

  10. New York

  11. Illinois

  12. Wyoming

  13. Maryland

  14. Wisconsin

  15. District of Columbia

  16. Georgia

  17. Indiana

  1. New Mexico

  2. Tennessee

  3. Ohio

  4. Minnesota

  5. New Hampshire

  6. Louisiana

  7. Maine

  8. South Dakota

  9. Pennsylvania

  10. Massachusetts

  11. Nevada

  12. Idaho

  13. Kentucky

  14. Oklahoma

  15. Florida

  16. Missouri

  17. Virginia

  1. Iowa

  2. South Carolina

  3. Kansas

  4. West Virginia

  5. Arkansas

  6. Washington

  7. Alabama

  8. Michigan

  9. Colorado

  10. New Jersey

  11. Rhode Island

  12. Arizona

  13. North Dakota

  14. Utah

  15. Hawai'i

  16. Vermont

  17. Texas

  18. Mississippi

ALPHA STATE ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY NIGHTS

  1. Alabama

  2. Alaska

  3. Arizona

  4. Arkansas

  5. California

  6. Colorado

  7. Connecticut

  8. Delaware

  9. District of Columbia

  10. Florida

  11. Georgia

  12. Hawaii

  13. Idaho

  14. Illinois

  15. Indiana

  16. Iowa

  17. Kansas

  1. Kentucky

  2. Louisiana

  3. Maine

  4. Maryland

  5. Massachusetts

  6. Michigan

  7. Minnesota

  8. Mississippi

  9. Missouri

  10. Montana

  11. Nebraska

  12. Nevada

  13. New Hampshire

  14. New Jersey

  15. New Mexico

  16. New York

  17. North Carolina

  1. North Dakota

  2. Ohio

  3. Oklahoma

  4. Oregon

  5. Pennsylvania

  6. Puerto Rico

  7. Rhode Island

  8. South Carolina

  9. South Dakota

  10. Tennessee

  11. Texas

  12. Utah

  13. Vermont

  14. Virginia

  15. Washington

  16. West Virginia

  17. Wisconsin

  18. Wyoming