Miss United States is a beauty pageant sponsored by Belding Industries for professional women. It includes beauty contest winners from each state in a competition for the title of Miss United States. It is a pageant of the loveliest women in the country, who are judged on poise, beauty, intelligence, and talent. While it closely resembles the format of the Miss America Beauty Pageant, the Miss United States Pageant does not include a "Miss Congeniality" award.