Angel Ruiz underwent a rhinoplasty in March 2022. Three months later, she was crowned Miss Illinois USA Angel Ruiz competed in the Miss Illinois USA pageant five times before winning. Just before her ...
When Catherine Ching ’26 saw Pia Wurtzbach make history as the third Filipina woman to win Miss Universe in 2015, Ching felt inspired that she, too, could join the pageant world. “As a young girl, I ...