Miss USA Contestant With Alopecia Ditches Wig, Walks Runway Without Hair

Miss USA contestant Mary Sickler is proudly embracing her alopecia on the runway! The current Miss Nevada, 22, boldly competed in the 2025 Miss USA preliminary round on Wednesday, October 22, without her wig during the evening wear portion of the competition. Sickler initially came out for the swimsuit round in a long brunette wig, while rocking a red two-piece, per footage posted online. But when it came to the evening gown portion of the preliminaries, held in Reno, Nevada, Sickler made a bold statement by covering her head with a bejeweled silver headpiece, which matched her shimmering silv