Good Things Utah: Miss America through the eyes of Miss Utah
Miss Utah 2018 Jesse Craig has been back from the Miss America 2.0 competition for a week and joined us to share her experience. She walked away with the Non-finalist …
KSL.com: ‘I went into this not knowing what to expect’: Miss Utah talks swimsuits, Miss America changes
ATLANTIC CITY — Though Miss Utah understands why Miss America officials decided to remove the swimsuit portion of the competition, she’s still a little sad it’s gone. After all, she …
KSL: University of Utah graduate competing for Miss America
KSL News Specialist Brittany Tait met with Miss Utah 2018, Jesse Craig to talk about her journey to Miss America and reasons for participating in the Miss America Organization. Read …
Good4Utah: Miss Utah is ready for Miss America 2.0
Jesse Craig is on her way to Atlantic City for the Miss America Competition. She sat down with Nicea Degering to talk about the changes to the competition and how …
Salt Lake Tribune: Two-time runner-up wins title of Miss Utah, Jesse Craig crowned in last pageant that will feature swimsuit competition
After finishing as first runner-up the past two years, Jesse Craig was crowned Miss Utah on Saturday. Up next — the Miss America competition on Sept. 9. And Craig said …
Salt Lake Tribune: ‘Empowering’ or ‘exploitative’ — Miss Utah contestants strut in bikinis and high heels one last time
In the wings of the Capitol Theater, Miss Utah contestants rehearse turns and drop to the floor for some last-minute pushups in the seconds before they strut onstage in bikinis, …
The Daily Universe: Underneath the crown: breaking beauty pageant stereotypes, empowering women
A young woman’s year full of training and boots-on-the-ground service will be capped with a crown June 16 at the annual Miss Utah Pageant. Every year each city sends its …
Deseret News: Miss Utah pageant ready to kick off final competition with swimwear
SALT LAKE CITY — An official with this week’s Miss Utah pageant competition is looking forward to celebrating some of the pageant’s longtime traditions for the last time. “It’s our …
KSL: Former Utah pageant contestants weigh in on end of swimsuit competition
SALT LAKE CITY — Though Meganne Ferrel felt she was a good candidate for the position of Miss Utah when she competed for the title in 2017, she was repeatedly …