USA

Before competing at her first pageant, all Alma Cooper had was just her mom and a dream.She competed at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2016 in a dress from Facebook Marketplace, which her mother had bejeweled with hundreds of beads.”I can’t even put into words this surreal feeling,” Cooper told Business…

Alma Cooper was named the winner of the 73rd Miss USA pageant, which was held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night. She was crowned by Savannah Gankiewicz, who assumed the title of Miss USA 2023 after Noelia Voigt resigned in May.Cooper, 22, is a second lieutenant and…