The Miss America pageant is fast-approaching. Karen Rogers takes us behind the scenes of the Miss New Jersey competition and meets winner Kaitlyn Schoeffel, the hometown girl vying for the crown.

McCollum won the 2013 Miss New Jersey pageant. At the time, she said she planned to advocate for youth literacy. Action News' Karen Rogers interviewed McCollum in 2013 as she was preparing for the ...

when the middle of the stage tripped up a few contestants — and Rogers, the second night seemed flawless in the way the women moved across the stage. In a new wrinkle added to the show for ...