The CW has unexpectedly withdrawn from airing the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants, pulling the broadcasts from its schedule just days before their scheduled premiere. The network cited unresolved contractual issues and production arrangements as the reason, noting that negotiations with the pageant's new ownership could not reach mutually acceptable terms within the required timeframe.

The pageants will instead stream through the Queen Beauty Network, marking the latest disruption for the competition series. The cancellation occurs amid ongoing organisational turmoil, including the recent removal of a state titleholder for alleged misconduct and the high-profile 2024 resignations of national winners who accused pageant leadership of abuse and bullying.