 Two Miss Tennessees have won the National Sweetheart title, Rita Wilson and Vicki Hurd.In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the former Miss Tennessee organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.On December 22, 2018, Miss America Awarded a new license for Tennessee naming Joe Albright as CEO; Lanna Keck-Smith, Miss Tennessee 1997, as Executive Director; and Caty Davis, Miss Tennessee 2017, as the Chief People Officer.