Alma Cooper Ethnicity

Alma Cooper is an American beauty pageant and army officer. She was crowned as the Miss USA in 2024.

She was born on 7 March 2002 in Michigan, USA. The 22-year-old is an Okemos, Michigan native who was crowned Miss Michigan USA earlier.

Quick Info

Real NameAlma Cooper
Age22 [as of 2024]
BirthplaceMichigan, USA
EducationStandford University [2023-2025]
Height5 feet 9 inches [175 cm]
WeightN/A

Ethnicity

Alma Cooper is of mixed ethnic background. Her parents Stacey and Oralia Cooper are of African and Latina roots respectively.

Stacey, her father, is an US Army major. Her mother is a former pageant. A Saginaw Valley State University graduate, she has two decades of experience in program development.

Per her LinkedIn handle, she works at the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs as an Investor Education Coordinator. She previously worked at the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (Dec 2016 – Jun 2019) and the USDA Farm Service Agency (1 year).

Personal Life

Cooper drew inspiration to pursue modeling from her mother who was a former pageant herself. Oralia taught dance classes to pay fees to compete in state-level pageantry events.

Alma went to Okemos High School. She pursued a BS in Mathematics from the United States Military Academy, West Point till 2023. Following this, she began attending Standford University to study master’s in Data Science.

She is an active member of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars community at Standford. Additionally, she is a D1 track and field athlete and is the university’s cheerleader.

Career

Alma Cooper first participated in a pageant competition at age 14. The event was Miss Michigan Teen USA. While she was into pageantry, she gained equal interest in the military.

During her time at United States Military Academy, she interned at U.S. Army Center for Army Analysis for 2 months. Upon graduation, she added a job experience as a Second Lieutenant in US Army on her LinkedIn profile. As per Wikipedia, she would serve the US Army in this position in the Military Intelligence Corps after master’s.

She became the first runner-up of Miss Michigan Teen USA earlier. In 2024, she earned the title Miss Michigan USA and became eligible to represent her state at the Miss USA 2024 event.

On 4 August 2024, she became Miss USA after competing in various competitions and beating 50 other contestants.

Unknown Facts

  • She is an advocate for Feeding America.
  • She has over 11k followers on Instagram.

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Photo credit: @alma.cooper – Instagram.