"I'm proud of who I am." Ali Landry first made her way into the pageant world in 1990 when she took the title of Miss Louisiana Teen USA, before later winning the crown for Miss Louisiana USA in 1996.

Do you know the difference between Miss USA and Miss America? They're the two biggest pageants in the country, and both involve a sash and crown. But that's where most of their similarities end.

The Miss America ... around the world to reaffirm women’s rights, and the rights of all marginalized people, as human rights. They marched for many of the same rights the 1968 protesters were ...