Miss America 2016 Top 10 Talent + Pageant Highlights

 

Miss America 2016 brought a comeback thanks to their advantage as the only national pageant televised on a major network, due to the Miss Universe Organization losing sponsors, judges, and being dropped from the NBC network. The 2016 Miss America Pageant had many highlights. Here’s the rundown:

Miss America CEO Sam Haskell addressed Vanessa Williams and her previous controversy onstage with an official apology.

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Nick Jonas was overrated and seemed to be out shined by Vanessa Williams and Zendaya.

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Zendaya was everything. 

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Miss Oklahoma’s evening gown gave me life. 

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Miss Colorado’s monologue almost brought us to tears. 

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Miss Alabama’s gutsy answer regarding Donald Trump’s candidacy 

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#FAIL of the evening: Brett Elderidge asked a question that didn’t even make sense to us. Miss Georgia handled it well! 

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MISS AMERICA 2016 TOP 10 TALENT: 

Miss Florida dances to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Paul Simon

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Miss Oklahoma sings “Happy Days Are Here Again” 

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Miss Louisiana sings “Climb Every Mountain”

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Miss Tennesee plays “El Cumbanchero” on the piano

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Miss Texas sings “Son of a Preacher Man”

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Miss Alabama performs a contemporary dance routine to “Clubbed to Death” by Rob Dougan

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Miss Colorado performed an original monologue about her job as a nurse

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Miss South Carolina sings “I Believe”

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Miss Mississippi performs “Zapateado, No. 2, Opus 23” on the violin

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Miss Georgia performed an operatic vocal of “Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio”

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