FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, through the rolling hills and prairies and plains and mountains and many other landforms that make up America, there are women doing the arduous but necessary work of documenting their lives via Instagram. So we put our minds and thumbs to the task of finding the woman doing the best job of that, in each and every state. They’re models. They’re Olympians. They’re frequent brand ambassadors for protein-consumption programs. Together, these women comprise America the Beautiful, a project you’ll experience below.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming