Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields Crowned Miss America 2017

Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell (C) and Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss Iowa Kelly Koch performs onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

(L-R) Savvy Shields, Betty Cantrell, Lynn Weidner, Hannah Brewer and Caroline Carothers appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields performs onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

(L-R) Savvy Shields, Betty Cantrell, Lynn Weidner, Hannah Brewer and Caroline Carothers appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss Texas Caroline Carothers performs onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields and the Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition - Show

Television hosts Chris Harrison and Sage Steele, and Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition - Show

Miss Kentucky Laura Jones appears onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss California Jessa Carmack appears onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields (L) and Chairman of the Board at Miss America Organization, Lynn Weidner appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields appears onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2017 contestants appear onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss New York Camille Sims appears onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition - Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss Maryland Hannah Brewer appears onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition

Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell performs onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition - Show

Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell performs onstage during the 2017 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)

2017 Miss America Competition - Red Carpet

Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell (L) and Kenzie Ford attend the 2017 Miss America Competition - Red Carpet at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for dcp)