US Air Force officer Madison Marsh was just crowned Miss America. See photos of her at work.

The confetti rains down from the ceiling while Madison Marsh, Miss Colorado is crowned Miss America 2024.Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

• Madison Marsh was crowned Miss Colorado less than a week before graduating the US Air Force Academy.
• The US Air Force 2nd Lt. went on to compete — and win — the crown for Miss America on Sunday.

Miss Colorado Madison Marsh, a 2nd Lt. in the US Air Force, traded her flight helmet for a tiara after she won Miss America on Sunday night.

The 22-year-old Arkansas native became the first active-duty Air Force officer to compete in the Miss America pageant.

Marsh graduated from the US Air Force Academy in June and was selected for training to become a military pilot. She is currently working on a two-year master's degree program in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy Center.

See photos of the newly-crowned Miss America serving in her other uniform as an Air Force officer.