<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Nine Miss USAs have gone on to win Miss Universe.Bettmann/Contributor/TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>The 2024 Miss Universe pageant will take place on Saturday in Mexico.</li><li>Nine Miss USAs have won Miss Universe in its 73-year history.</li></ul><p>Beauty queens worldwide are getting ready for the biggest night in pageants.</p><p>On Saturday, over 100 hopeful contestants will compete in the 73rd annual Miss Universe competition in Mexico, vying for the highest pageant honor.</p><p>This year, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/miss-usa-alma-cooper-army-west-point-pageants-2024-8">Alma Cooper</a> from Michigan will represent the United States in the pageant. In August, she took home the top crown at Miss USA following a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/miss-usa-pageant-scandals-queens-laylah-rose-organization-2024-7">year of turmoil for the pageant</a>.</p><p>Miss USA 2022 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rbonney-gabriel-miss-usa-universe-rigged-controversy-scandal-2023-9">R'Bonney Gabriel</a> was the last American to win the Miss Universe pageant. It had been a decade since a contestant from the US won the competition.</p><p>In honor of the upcoming competition, take a look back at the nine Miss USAs who have won Miss Universe in the pageant's history.</p>