EXCLUSIVE: Asya Branch is ready to make history again. The 23-year-old became Miss USA in 2020. Now she’s gearing up to participate in the 69th Miss Universe pageant, which will be held on Sunday at ...

EXCLUSIVE: Asya Branch is still stunned that she was crowned the winner of Miss USA’s 2020 pageant. Branch, the sixth of eight siblings, previously made history as the first African American to be ...

Asya Branch, the first Black Miss Mississippi USA to win the Miss USA crown, will compete on the world stage for the title of Miss Universe Sunday. The 69th Miss Universe competition will take place ...

The moment Asya Branch made history, becoming the first Black representative from Mississippi to win the Miss USA competition, her mind went blank. After confirming the announcer had actually said her ...

Mississippi's own Asya Branch competed at the Miss Universe pageant over the weekend as Miss USA.Branch spent months preparing for the international competition, even before a date was set.Officials ...

A Second Amendment loving Mississippian who sung the Star Spangled Banner at a Trump rally was last night crowned Miss USA. Asya Branch, 22, impressed judges with her discussion of how the country had ...

Branch previously made history as the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi USA Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, ...

In November, Asya Branch's dreams came true. The Booneville, Mississippi-native took home the title of Miss USA. Now, crown in hand, Branch is trying to fulfill a much bigger dream of hers: ...

Miss USA 2020 snatched her crown Monday night. Asya Branch, who represented the state of Mississippi, was awarded the title at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The 22-year-old stunner ...

Miss Mississippi Asya Branch, 22, was crowned Miss USA 2020 at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday night. Branch was crowned by Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, who had the longest reign in history ...

In a scene that felt straight out of Miss Congeniality, on Nov. 9, Mississippi's Asya Branch was crowned Miss USA 2020. The 22-year-old seemed stunned to hear her name called and promptly broke into ...

While there may have been a time when pageant queens and politics didn't mix, the new Miss USA isn't afraid to take a stand on America's ongoing election turmoil. "This election was historic — more ...