Who Is Miss America Chavez In ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’

This Miss America got her powers the same way as most superheroes: poor lab regulations (she was caught in a big lab explosion). After a couple of issues of her kicking ass, the editors decided to downplay the superheroics and fill her magazine with stuff like romance stories, recipes, celebrity gossip, and make-up tips. She was gradually displaced from her own series by Patsy Walker, Marvel’s Archie with boobs. Other than some appearances here and there and the short-lived retcon that she and ’40s superhero the Whizzer were Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver’s parents, the character disappeared into obscurity. 

Another Miss America showed up in 2007 as part of a patriotic group called The Liberteens, but she was less impressive than the original in all ways but one: she became irrelevant much faster (three issues). We’re pretty sure the writers didn’t even know she existed when they introduced the third Miss America, America Chavez, in 2011. She’s Latina, and if her name didn’t clue you in then her early dialogue made sure there was never any doubt of that. 

She was also quite rude to her fellow heroes at this point, and we’re not sure if the artist in these issues was informed that she’s supposed to be 15 or 16.