Camille Schrier

Schrier began competing in pageants at the age of 14.[12] She previously earned titles of National American Miss (NAM) Pennsylvania Teen 2012 and was named the 1st runner-up in 2012 national competition.[10][13] She also won the national title of Miss USA Ambassador Teen in 2013.[7] During this time, Schrier also developed a blog called, FitLikeAQueen.com.

On June 22, 2019, she competed as Miss Dominion at the 2019 Miss Virginia pageant in Lynchburg, Virginia after a 6-year hiatus from competing in pageants.[14] For the talent competition, she completed a chemistry demonstration of the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide with potassium iodide (also known as "elephant toothpaste").[14][15] At the conclusion of the pageant, she was crowned Miss Virginia 2019 and took off a year from pharmacy school to fulfill her responsibilities as Miss Virginia.[3][11]

Schrier represented Virginia at the Miss America 2020 competition held at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, on December 19, 2019, with a platform of "Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics."[2]

She bested first runner-up, Miss Georgia 2019, Victoria Hill, for the 2020 Miss America title and was crowned by Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin, on December 19, 2019.[4] Along with the title of Miss America, Schrier also won a $50,000 scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship for her preliminary talent competition win. Schrier was the fourth Miss Virginia (and second Virginia Tech alumna) to win the Miss America title. "Virginia Tech alumna takes science to pageant stage". www.vtnews.vt.edu.</ref>}

Schrier's reign was originally scheduled to end in December 2020, but the planned 2021 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the next pageant now scheduled at the end of 2021.