Miss USA 2024 Alma Cooper revealed that she wouldn’t attend the iconic pageant or crown her successor in Nevada on Friday night — just hours before the event started.

Cooper made the “extremely difficult decision” to skip the Miss USA 2025 event in Reno, Nev., as she announced her time has come to step away from beauty pageants.

“As I close this chapter, I do so with the knowledge that I finished what I started with integrity and my self-worth held high, just like the crown I was honored to wear,” Cooper wrote in the cryptic Instagram post. 5

The 23-year-old West Point graduate represented her home state of Michigan in last year’s contest, where she won and represented her country at Miss Universe 2024.

“In every aspect of my life, I am always in pursuit of excellence,” Cooper s

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