Miss USA has been dropped by The CW network a week before the pageant

The Miss USA and Miss Teen USA finals will no longer air on The CW.

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Rodriguez/Getty Images The CW will no longer air the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA finals on August 26 and 27.

A CW spokesperson said the decision had been made after "careful consideration and conversations." Miss USA had previously announced a new deal with The CW in June.

The next Miss USA won't be coming to your television screens after all.

A spokesperson for The CW confirmed to Business Insider on Thursday that the network will not air the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA finals next week as originally planned.

"After careful consideration and conversations with the Miss USA Organization, The CW Network has decided to forego next week's broadcasts of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants," the spokesperson said in a statement.

"We wish the organization and all of this year's contestants well in the competition." A spokesperson for Miss USA told Business Insider that the pageant will be streamed on the Queen Beauty Network, as it was in 2025.

Audrey Eckert was crowned Miss USA in 2025.

Reza Venegas Miss USA CEO and president Thom Brodeur previously announced in June that the pageant had agreed to a new deal with The CW.

It was meant to be a return to cable for the troubled pageant, which has seen its leadership change hands three times since 2020 and weathered several highly publicized scandals.

The CW network previously agreed to a three-year deal with then-CEO Laylah Rose in April 2024.

A month later, Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava relinquished their titles, a first in the pageant's 70-plus-year history.

The pageant queens said they had been bullied by Rose, who denied the allegations.