The first round of judging for this year's contest took place on Wednesday, Oct. 22 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending content ...

It was more than just Mary Sickler's gown that was sparkling onstage. As the current Miss Nevada USA took the stage at the Miss USA preliminaries Oct. 22, she decided to leave her chocolate brown wig ...