Macie Tuell, Miss Nevada, is helped into the car by Sydney Park, Miss New York, after her car broke down as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Peggy Clapp, center, of Branford, cheers as she sees a contestant she knows as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Leigh Payne, Miss Rhode Island, shows off her shoes as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Alyssa Sullivan, Miss New Jersey, holds out her cape celebrating the organizations 100th anniversary as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Carter Cruz, 5, of Ledyard, does a special handshake with Holly Brand, Miss Mississippi, as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Jaelyn Wratchford, Miss West Virginia, waves from the back of a Volkswagen as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Passerbys on bicycles watch as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, shows off her shoes as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Alyssa Whitford laughs as she takes a photo with Sydney Park, Miss New York, as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it's way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageantþÄôs 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Sasha Perea, Miss District of Columbia, waves as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Meghan Sinisi, Miss Pennsylvania, swings a baseball bat while wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Miss Louisiana, Julia Claire Williams, sits with an elaborate costume as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Folded children´s book pages are seen on the dress of Miss Indiana, A'Niyah Birdsong, as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Miss Alabama Lauren Bradford rides in an antique car as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Danielle Morse, Miss Vermont, sits in a inner tube as the Miss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade makes it´s way through downtown Mystic Monday, September 6, 2021. The pageant´s 100th anniversary celebrations continue this week at Mohegan Sun. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)