Columbus native, Miss Ohio Stephanie Finoti wins fitness prize in Miss America prelims

Posted by Admin January 2, 2025 Fitness

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In her run for the title of Miss America 2025, Columbus native Stephanie Finoti is proving herself to be a perfect fit.

Finoti, who wears the Miss Ohio 2024 crown, was declared one of three winners in Wednesday’s preliminary fitness round of the Miss America competition.

Along with Miss Wisconsin and Miss South Carolina, Finoti will receive a $3,000 scholarship.

Finoti, 22, is a graduate of Whitehall-Yearling High School and recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in biomedical science and public health.

Her platform in her bid for Miss America is That STEM Girl, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to empowering and preparing the next generation of marginalized young women to enter the STEM-medical workforce.

Watch Finoti compete for Miss America 2025

The Miss America competition began Tuesday with personal interviews and preliminary rounds for both teens and misses contestants. The competition will continue with:

Talent preliminary rounds: 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Teen finals: 7 p.m. Saturday
Miss America finals: 7 p.m. Sunday

Preliminary rounds require a PageantVision subscription pass to watch, but the finals will be livestreamed for free at pageantvision.com and available on YouTube after the ceremony.

How can I vote for Miss America 2025?

Voting for the Miss America pageant’s America’s Choice is live until Friday. The competitor with the highest number of votes will be guaranteed a spot in the semifinals.

Votes cost $1 each, and through Friday, all votes are doubled. Voting can be done online at missamerica.org/miss25.

(This story was updated to add a photo gallery.)

bpaschal@dispatch.com