Miss Mississippi’s Teen Brooke Bumgarner named second runner-up to Miss America’s Teen
Published 10:15 pm Saturday, January 4, 2025
Saturday night during the Miss America’s Teen Competition, which was held at the Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts in Orlando, Miss Mississippi’s Teen Brooke Bumgarner was named second runner-up to Miss Arkansas Peyton Bolling, who was crowned the winner.
Bumgarner, who is from Madison and is the daughter of Brad and Kami Bumgarner, is the recipient of a $13,000 scholarship.
During Friday night’s preliminary competition, Bumgarner was also named as one of the winners in the evening gown phase of the competition.
“Brooke did incredible in all phases of the competition and is very deserving,” Miss Mississippi Corporation Executive Director David Blackledge said following Saturday night’s competition.
For the talent phase of the competition Bumgarner sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which was written for the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”
Bumgarner also sang the Academy Award-winning song during the Miss Mississippi’s Teen competition in Vicksburg in 2024, where she was crowned the winner and received more than $5,000 in scholarship assistance.
Bumgarner is a 2024 graduate of Madison Central High School where she was the student body president, a member of the National Honor Society, National Beta Club, Reveille Show Choir, Mystix Dance Team and was named homecoming queen and Miss Madison Central High School.
The final round of the Miss America Competition will be held Sunday and Miss Mississippi Becky Williams will be competing for the title.
The competition will begin at 7 p.m. EST and is available for viewing at pageantvison.com.