New York has had seven winners, including Vanessa Williams, who was crowned in 1983, making it the state with the most wins in the organization’s history.

The annual event and its parent organization have undergone a number of changes in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Sunday’s Miss America was the first to suspend a “swimsuit competition” since the first event, in 1921. Miss America has also been rebranded as a competition, rather than a pageant — and yes, they’re calling it Miss America 2.0.

These changes followed internal reorganization over the last year. In December, the previous chief executive of the Miss America Organization, Sam Haskell, resigned after vicious and misogynist emails were made public.

With a cleaner house, the organization set out to make a system that didn’t seem dated, drab or sexist.

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The competition tonight did have fresh trappings, relevant to the tax-exempt organization’s mission “of empowering young women everywhere to dream big,” according to their website. Participants had platforms that were described as “social impact statements.” These ranged from Miss New Jersey’s Don’t Get Nutty: Food Allergy Awareness program to Miss South Dakota’s Money $heep, a nonprofit that helps young people with financial literacy.