Miss Texas USA 2008, was held at the Laredo Entertainment Center

Laredo Entertainment Center

The Laredo Energy Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Laredo, Texas. It is home to the Laredo Bucks ice hockey team and the Laredo Rattlesnakes indoor football team...

 in Laredo

Laredo, Texas

Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 on July 1, 2007. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart

Crystle Stewart

Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...

 of Fort Bend County was crowned by outgoing titleholder Magen Ellis.

The pageant was hosted by Jason Feinberg with Miss USA 2001, Kandace Krueger-Matthews

This was the fourth of five years of that the pageant was held in Laredo, Texas

Placements

• Miss Texas USA 2008: Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...
  
  (Fort Bend County)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Brooke Daniels (Houston)
  • 2nd runner-up: Ana Rodriguez
    Ana Rodriguez (Miss Texas USA)
    Ana Christina Rodriguez holds the title of Miss Texas USA 2011 and was 3rd runner-up to Miss USA 2011.-Personal Life:She graduated from Concordia University Texas and currently works as a preschool teacher. She has modeled for Seventeen, Pageantry and Savvy magazines.-Miss Texas USA:She represented...
    
     (Webb County)
  • 3rd runner-up: Valerie Pro (Alamo City)
  • 4th runner-up: Lauren Sapaugh (River Oaks)

• The remaining semi-finalists were: Julia Salmon (Travis County), Alexis Currie (China Springs), Taylor Britton (Tomball), Tahnae Tarkenton (North Texas), Allison Seale (Austin), Lacey Bollinger (Mid Cities), Kallye Mitchell (Lumberton), Felicia Chapa (Lake Corpus Christi), Lindsey Harvey (Fort Worth), Brittany Tiner (Southeast Texas), Tavisty Tarkenton (DFW)

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Sheena Simmons (Westlake)
• Miss Photogenic: Brooke Daniels (Houston) & Valerie Pro (Alamo City)
• Swimsuit Award: Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...
  
   (Fort Bend County)

Delegates

The Miss Texas USA 2008 delegates were:

• Alamo City - Valerie Pro (4)
• Allen - Christina LeVesque
• Alpine - Mandy Upshaw
• Alvin - Miranda Evans
• Amarillo - Tulsee Nathu
• Arlington - Whitney Jarrett
• Austin - Allison Seale (4)
• Bay Area - Nicole Daaboul
• Bayou City - Lauren Adkins
• Beverly Hills - Michelle Cude (4)
• Bexar County - Denise Gunnoe
• Borderland - Alexis Clark
• Brazoria County - Billyssia Pierce
• Brazos County - Ashley McDonough
• Brewster County - Yadira Villalobos
• Brownsville - Emeraude Toubia
• Bryan - Rachael Wygle
• Burleson - Dani Ingram
• Capital of Texas - Lacie Weatherford
• Carrollton - Roneetha Adams
• Central North Texas - Tessa-Renee' Reynolds
• Central South Texas - Ivette Vargas
• Central Texas - Sheena Monnin (1)
• Central Valley - Cassidy Klein (1)
• China Spring - Alexis Currie (4)
• Coleman - Peyton Saverance
• College Station - Megan Hinson
• Colleyville - Grace Mueller
• Converse - Noell Webber
• Corpus Christi - Kayla Robeau (2)
• Cotulla - Arlene Alvarez
• Crowley - Linda Arias
• Cuero - Lacey Paul
• Cy-Fair - Christine Graveline
• Cypress - Elaine Nadal
• Dallas - Jordan Strauss (2)
• Dallas County - Shannon McAnally
• Denton County - Emily Samari
• DFW - Tavisty Tarkenton (4)
• Eagle Pass - Daisy McVea
• East Texas - Savannah Sowell (2)
• Ector County - Ashley Rhodes
• El Paso - Brittany Endlich
• El Paso County - Jacqueline Garcia
• Festival City - Sabrina Torres
• Fiesta City - Michelle Trevino
• Flower Mound - Devan Domminguez
• Fort Bend County - Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Stewart
  Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...
  
   (6)
• Fort Worth - Lindsey Harvey (2)
• Gateway City - Karla Garcia
• Golden Triangle - Angela Ledford
• Granbury - Emma Douglass
• Harris County - Rula Khoury
• Hemisfair City - Kimberly Dunphey
• Henderson County - Ashley Daily
• Hidalgo County - Lesley Chavez (2)
• Hidden Valley - Mandy Grisham (2)
• Highland Park - Chelsea McKee
• Hill Country - Annabel Martinez
• Hood County - Victoria Munoz
• Houston - Brooke Daniels (2)
• Huntsville - Callie Kerr
• Katy - Melissa Hawkes

• Klein - Priscilla Lyon
• Lake Corpus Christi - Felicia Chapa (3)
• Lake Jackson - Molly Russell
• Lake Whitney - Blayne Fisher
• Lamar County - Shaquisha Thomas
• Laredo - Lynn Williams (2)
• Leander - Heather Cox
• Longview - Amber Pickett
• Lubbock - Lori Marroquin
• Lubbock County - Sylvia Sparks
• Lumberton - Kallye Mitchell
• McAllen - Esther Gonzalez
• McKinney - Ashley Lewis
• Mid-Cities - Lacey Bollinger
• Midland - Amy Ingram
• Midland County - Alicia Lopez
• Nederland - Jessica Guidry
• New Braunfels - Jasmin Hernandez
• North Dallas - Sarah Boehner (2)
• North Texas - Tahnae Tarkenton
• Northeast Texas - Kaylan Stevens
• Odessa - Carmen Almanza
• Orange - Paige Dohmann
• Panhandle Area - Lauren Cooprider
• Panola County - Maggie Samford
• Parmer County - Krista Graham
• Ponder - Desiree Hinds
• Portland - Megan Garbe
• Raiderland - Amanda Bolanos
• Rio Grande - Lisa Garcia
• River City - Stephanie Quintanilla
• River Oaks - Lauren Sapaugh (4)
• Riviera - Kassandra Lunaas
• Round Rock - Toshia Bristow
• Rusk - Melissa Bergermann
• San Antonio - Ashley Anderson-Toudouze
• San Marcos - Amber Calderon
• Shelby County - Kela McSwain
• South Central Texas - Paige Blend
• South Texas - Amanda Michel
• Southeast Texas - Brittany Tiner (2)
• Southwest Dallas - Jennifer Connor
• Spring - Michelle Jones
• Star City - Jennifer Jimerson
• State Capital - Krystle Russin
• Sun City - Brittney Long
• Tarrant County - Farren Congress
• Tatum - Bridget McDonald
• Taylor County - Jennifer Papin
• Texarkana - Ann Lux
• Tip of Texas - Tiffany Atkinson
• Tomball - Taylor Britton
• Travis County - Julia Salmon (5)
• Tyler - Abbi Wright
• Victory Park - Kari Schlegel
• Waco - Elise Banks
• Webb County - Ana Rodriguez
  Ana Rodriguez (Miss Texas USA)
  Ana Christina Rodriguez holds the title of Miss Texas USA 2011 and was 3rd runner-up to Miss USA 2011.-Personal Life:She graduated from Concordia University Texas and currently works as a preschool teacher. She has modeled for Seventeen, Pageantry and Savvy magazines.-Miss Texas USA:She represented...
  
  (2)
• West Texas - Amanda Gass
• Westlake - Sheena Simmons (3)
• White Oak - Wendy Barber
• Woodlands - Kristina Baum

External links

• Miss Texas USA official website