After scandalous year, Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants return [Video]

After a turbulent year for the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants, which saw both 2023 titleholders resign for the first time ever, both events are returning this week to Los Angeles to crown two new winners.Related video above: Sharing more than a crown: What Miss Alabama USA and Miss Alabama Teen have in commonTo vie for the titles, the 51 contestants from each competition will showcase themselves through multiple rounds: swimsuit (Miss USA) or athletic wear (Miss Teen USA), evening gown, an onstage interview, and a preliminary interview with the judges.The reigning Miss USA, Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii, is last year’s first runner-up who stepped into the role two weeks after Noelia Voigt resigned in May. She will crown her successor, but she may also crown the new Miss Teen USA since that role remains vacant — another first in the pageant’s history. Former Miss Teen USA 2023, …