Miss USA 2008
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Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 on April 11, 2008. 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...

, Miss Texas USA
Miss Texas USA
The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith
Rachel Smith
Rachel Renee Smith is an American beauty queen and television personality from Clarksville, Tennessee, who won the Miss USA pageant in 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.-Early life:...

 of Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

. Crystle represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...

 pageant, which was held in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

, where she placed in the Top 10. This is the first time in Miss USA history that two consecutive women of African-American descent have been crowned.

The pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts
Theatre for the Performing Arts
The Theatre for the Performing Arts is a 7,000 seat theater located in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.- History :...

, a 7,000 seat theater located in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, previously known as The Aladdin, is a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip, in the unincorporated locale of Paradise, Nevada, United States. Westgate Resorts operates the condo portion of the property, known as PH Towers by Westgate.Planet Hollywood is owned by Caesars...

. The theater was also the location of Miss Universe 1991
Miss Universe 1991
Miss Universe 1991 was held at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip, USA on May 17, 1991.Lupita Jones of Mexico was crowned as Miss Universe 1991...

 and 1996
Miss Universe 1996
Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants...

 pageants. This is the first time that the Miss USA pageant was held in Nevada.

For the first time, the competition was broadcast in High Definition.

Brother/sister duo Donny
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...

 and Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...

 hosted the live telecast for the first time, and Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...

 performed their single "Paralyzer
Paralyzer (song)
"Paralyzer" is the first single from Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven's fifth album, Them vs. You vs. Me. It was released in March 2007. Finger Eleven's frontman Scott Anderson has said that the single has a feel distinct from the rest of Finger Eleven's music, possessing more of a...

".. Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

's song Umbrella was used during the evening gown competition.

During the final show on April 11, the fifteen delegates with the highest average scores from the preliminary competition were announced. The top fifteen competed in the swimsuit competition. The top ten delegates from swimsuit competed in evening gown. The top five delegates from the evening gown competition (not averaged composite scores from both competitions) competed in the final question round to determine the winner. The judges' composite score was shown after each round of competition for only the second time since 2002.

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia were chosen in state pageants held from June 2007 to January 2008.

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss USA 2008
  •   Texas
    Miss Texas USA
    The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

    - 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...

1st runner-up
  •   Mississippi
    Miss Mississippi USA
    The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant.Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants, with only 10 placements as of 2010...

    - Leah Laviano
    Leah Laviano
    Leah Laviano is a beauty queen from Ellisville, Mississippi who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.-Miss Mississippi USA:Laviano competed in her first Miss Universe Organization state pageant in 2005, finishing first runner-up to Raegan Raulston at Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2006...

  • 2nd runner-up
  •   New Jersey
    Miss New Jersey USA
    The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant.New Jersey has had only moderate success at Miss USA, and has never produced a winner. New Jersey's best streak was from 1989 to 1991 when they had two 2nd...

    - Tiffany Andrade
    Tiffany Andrade
    Tiffany Ann Andrade is a beauty queen from Linden, New Jersey who competed for the Miss USA 2008 title.Andrade won the Miss New Jersey USA 2008 title in late 2007, after placing third runner-up the previous two years and first runner-up at Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2003...

  • 3rd runner-up
  •   Oklahoma
    Miss Oklahoma USA
    For the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant....

    - Lindsey Jo Harrington
  • 4th runner-up
  •   Pennsylvania
    Miss Pennsylvania USA
    The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant.Michele McDonald is Pennsylvania's only Miss USA so far. At only eighteen, she was one of the youngest competitors ever to win the crown...

    - LauRen Merola
  • Top 10
  •   Missouri
    Miss Missouri USA
    The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....

    - Candice Crawford
    Candice Crawford
    Candice Loren Romo is a former reporter for KDAF, the CW-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008...

  •   Indiana
    Miss Indiana USA
    The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant.Nine Miss Indiana USA winners previously competed at Miss Teen USA. The state currently holds the record for the most Miss Teen USA state winners to win a Miss USA...

    - Brittany Mason
    Brittany Mason
    Brittany Mason is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Anderson, Indiana who held the title of Miss Indiana USA 2008.Mason represented Indiana at the Miss USA 2008 pageant where she placed as one of the ten finalists. She finished in seventh place....

  •   Florida
    Miss Florida USA
    The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA...

    - Jessica Rafalowski
  •   Tennessee
    Miss Tennessee USA
    The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....

    - Hailey Brown
  •   Massachusetts
    Miss Massachusetts USA
    The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant....

    - Jackie Bruno
  • Top 15
  •   South Carolina
    Miss South Carolina USA
    The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....

    - Jamie Hill
  •   California
    Miss California USA
    Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

    - Raquel Beezley
    Raquel Beezley
    Raquel Roxanne Beezley is a beauty queen from Barstow, California who has competed in the Miss USA 2008 pageant.Beezley competed in the Miss California USA 2008 pageant on November 23, 2007 and initially placed second runner-up to Cristina Silva...

  •   Utah
    Miss Utah USA
    The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss USA pageant.Utah has been quite successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. Their most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced one Miss USA in 1960...

    - Julia Bachison
  •   Rhode Island
    Miss Rhode Island USA
    The Miss Rhode Island USA competition is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state Rhode Island in the Miss USA pageant....

    - Amy Diaz
    Amy Diaz
    Amy Diaz is a beauty queen from Rhode Island who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008 and Miss Earth United States 2009.-Background:...

  •   Minnesota
    Miss Minnesota USA
    The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...

    - Kaylee Unverzagt

  • Special Awards

    • Miss Congeniality: Monica Day (Ohio
      Miss Ohio USA
      The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years...

      )
    • Miss Photogenic: Courtney Carroll
      Courtney Carroll
      Courtney Erin Carroll is a model and pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.In December 2007, Carroll won the Miss Alaska USA 2008 pageant, in her first attempt at that title...

      (Alaska
      Miss Alaska USA
      The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...

      )

    Final Competition Scores

    State Swimsuit Evening Gown
    Texas 9.178 (3) 9.169 (2)
    Mississippi 8.522 (9) 8.953 (5)
    New Jersey 8.531 (8) 8.991 (4)
    Oklahoma 9.474 (1) 9.318 (1)
    Pennsylvania 9.183 (2) 9.089 (3)
    Missouri 8.977 (4) 8.622 (6)
    Indiana 8.478 (10) 8.578 (7)
    Florida 8.567 (7) 8.500 (8)
    Tennessee 8.687 (6) 8.460 (9)
    Massachusetts 8.954 (5) 8.439 (10)
    South Carolina 8.476 (11)
    California 8.289 (12)
    Utah 7.984 (13)
    Rhode Island 7.972 (14)
    Minnesota 7.938 (15)

         Winner
         First runner-up
         Second runner-up
         Third runner-up
         Fourth runner-up
         Top 10
         Top 15


    (#)  Rank in each round of competition


    Delegates

    The Miss USA 2008 delegates are:
    State Name Hometown Age1 Height Placement Awards Notes
      Alabama
    Miss Alabama USA
    The Miss Alabama USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss USA pageant.Alabama is one of the more successful and consistent states at Miss USA. Although they have had a number of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, they have only...

    Keisha Walding Dothan, AL
    Dothan, Alabama
    Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

    24
      Alaska
    Miss Alaska USA
    The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...

    Courtney Erin Carroll
    Courtney Carroll
    Courtney Erin Carroll is a model and pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.In December 2007, Carroll won the Miss Alaska USA 2008 pageant, in her first attempt at that title...

    Fairbanks, AK
    Fairbanks, Alaska
    Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...

    25 Miss Photogenic
      Arizona
    Miss Arizona USA
    The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

    Kimberly Joiner
    Kimberly Joiner
    Kimberly Ann Joiner is a beauty queen from Gilbert, Arizona who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Joiner won the Miss Arizona USA 2008 title in a state pageant held in Phoenix, Arizona on October 20, 2007. This was Joiner's first attempt at the title, and her second pageant competition...

    Gilbert, AZ
    Gilbert, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household....

    22
      Arkansas
    Miss Arkansas USA
    The Miss Arkansas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant.The state pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2002 to 2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization in 2007...

    Rachel Howells Alma, AR
    Alma, Arkansas
    Alma is a city in Crawford County located in the western part of U.S. state of Arkansas, along I-40 about 13 miles from the Oklahoma border. Alma's population is 4,734, making it the sixth largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    21
      California
    Miss California USA
    Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

    Raquel Beezley
    Raquel Beezley
    Raquel Roxanne Beezley is a beauty queen from Barstow, California who has competed in the Miss USA 2008 pageant.Beezley competed in the Miss California USA 2008 pageant on November 23, 2007 and initially placed second runner-up to Cristina Silva...

    Barstow, CA
    Barstow, California
    Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census, up from 21,119 at the 2000 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino....

    21 Top 15
      Colorado
    Miss Colorado USA
    The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010....

    Beckie Hughes Grand Junction, CO
    Grand Junction, Colorado
    The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...

    21
      Connecticut
    Miss Connecticut USA
    The Miss Connecticut USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Crown Productions, who took over the pageant in 2003....

    Jacqueline Honulik
    Jacqueline Honulik
    Jacqueline Honulik is a model from Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was Miss Connecticut USA 2008. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 2004 and the University of Scranton in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in political Science and history.-External links:...

    Fairfield, CT
    Fairfield, Connecticut
    Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...

    21
      Delaware
    Miss Delaware USA
    The Miss Delaware USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments....

    Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
    Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
    Vincenza Carrieri-Russo is a pageant titleholder from Newark, Delaware who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008....

    Newark, DE
    Newark, Delaware
    Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...

    23
      District of Columbia
    Miss District of Columbia USA
    The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant....

    Chelsey Sophia Rodgers Washington, DC 24
      Florida
    Miss Florida USA
    The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA...

    Jessica Rafalowski DeLand, FL
    DeLand, Florida
    DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 24,375. It is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 436,575 in 2006...

    22 Top 10
      Georgia
    Miss Georgia USA
    The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh most successful state at Miss USA and has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states...

    Amanda Kozak
    Amanda Kozak
    Amanda Kozak-Miliner is a pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia who competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants.-Miss America:...

    Warner Robins, GA
    Warner Robins, Georgia
    Warner Robins is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located primarily in Houston County with a small portion in Peach County. The city has its own metropolitan statistical area . As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 48,804...

    23 Previously Miss Georgia
    Miss Georgia
    The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant. Georgia has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :*...

     2007; 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2007
    Miss America 2007
    Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday....

      Hawaii
    Miss Hawaii USA
    The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...

    Jonelle Layfield
    Jonelle Layfield
    Jonelle Layfield is a model beauty queen who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Layfield won the Miss Hawaii USA 2008 pageant on 16 December 2007, in her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Hawaii in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008, but did...

    Kane'ohe, HI 23 Sister of Ashley Layfield, Miss Hawaii
    Miss Hawaii
    The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant. Hawaii has twice won the Miss America title.- Winners :- External links :*...

     2007
      Idaho
    Miss Idaho USA
    The Miss Idaho USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss USA pageant.Idaho is one of the least successful states in the history of the competition, with only four placements in fifty-seven years...

    Tracey Brown Post Falls, ID
    Post Falls, Idaho
    Post Falls is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States near the Idaho state line between Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The population was 17,247 at the 2000 census, and grew to 27,574 people by the 2010 census, making it Idaho's tenth largest city.-History:Post Falls is...

    21 Previously Miss Idaho
    Miss Idaho
    The Miss Idaho competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss America pageant.- Winners :-External links:*...

     2005
      Illinois
    Miss Illinois USA
    The Miss Illinois USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state Illinois in the Miss USA pageant.Illinois is one of the most successful states in the competition. It is one of only four states to have won four or more Miss USA titles and one of only three states to...

    Shanon Lersch Chicago, IL 25
      Indiana
    Miss Indiana USA
    The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant.Nine Miss Indiana USA winners previously competed at Miss Teen USA. The state currently holds the record for the most Miss Teen USA state winners to win a Miss USA...

    Brittany Mason
    Brittany Mason
    Brittany Mason is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Anderson, Indiana who held the title of Miss Indiana USA 2008.Mason represented Indiana at the Miss USA 2008 pageant where she placed as one of the ten finalists. She finished in seventh place....

    Anderson, IN
    Anderson, Indiana
    Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...

    21 Top 10
      Iowa
    Miss Iowa USA
    The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant.While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence...

    Abbey Curran
    Abbey Curran
    Abbey Nicole Curran is an American beauty pageant contestant from Davenport, Iowa, who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008. Curran is the current chairman of her very own non-profit pageant "The Miss You Can Do It Pageant" for young girls and women with special needs and challenges -Miss USA...

    Davenport, IA
    Davenport, Iowa
    Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...

    20
      Kansas
    Miss Kansas USA
    The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...

    Michelle Gillespie Mission Hills, KS
    Mission Hills, Kansas
    Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, which is adjacent to the east, across the aptly named State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas...

    22
      Kentucky
    Miss Kentucky USA
    The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...

    Alysha Harris
    Alysha Harris
    Alysha Noel Harris is a beauty queen from La Grange, Kentucky who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Harris won the Miss Kentucky USA 2008 title in a state pageant held in Somerset, Kentucky in January 2008 and was crowned by Michelle Banzer, who held the Miss Kentucky USA 2007 title...

    Lexington, KY
    Lexington, Kentucky
    Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

    20 She was the 2010 Kentucky representative for Miss United States Innternational
    Miss United States International
    Miss US International is the official United States of America preliminary to Miss International. The USA has sent a representative to the Miss International pageant since its inception in 1960...

      Louisiana
    Miss Louisiana USA
    The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

    Michelle Berthelot Hammond, LA
    Hammond, Louisiana
    Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...

    24
      Maine
    Miss Maine USA
    The Miss Maine USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004, since 2007....

    Kaetlin Parent Van Buren, ME 20 Previously Miss Maine Teen USA
    Miss Maine Teen USA
    The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007 the pageant will be directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004....

     2005
      Maryland
    Miss Maryland USA
    The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments....

    Casandra Tressler Damascus, MD
    Damascus, Maryland
    Damascus is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.In the early part of the 20th century, there was an incorporated municipality there for about a quarter century, but it no longer exists...

    22 Miss United States International
    Miss United States International
    Miss US International is the official United States of America preliminary to Miss International. The USA has sent a representative to the Miss International pageant since its inception in 1960...

     2010. No placement at Miss International 2010
    Miss International 2010
    Miss International 2010, the 50th Miss International pageant, was held at Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China on November 7, 2010.Seventy contestants competed for the title, the highest turnout in 50 years of history...

      Massachusetts
    Miss Massachusetts USA
    The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant....

    Jacqueline Bruno
    Jacqueline Bruno
    Jacqueline Theresa Bruno is a television news reporter and former beauty queen from Assonet, Massachusetts. She is an anchor and reporter for WWLP-22News in Springfield, MA...

    Assonet, MA
    Assonet, Massachusetts
    Assonet is one of two villages in the town of Freetown, Massachusetts in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. An original part of the town, Assonet was settled in 1659 along with the city of Fall River, then a part of Freetown. It rests on the banks of the Assonet River...

    23 Top 10 Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
    Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
    The Miss Massachusetts Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

     2003; 3rd Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2003
    Miss Teen USA 2003
    Miss Teen USA 2003, the 21st Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 12 August 2003. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Oregon Teen USA Tami Farrell was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin....

      Michigan
    Miss Michigan USA
    The Miss Michigan USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss USA pageant.Michigan is recognized by as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist...

    Elisabeth Crawford Canton, MI 25
      Minnesota
    Miss Minnesota USA
    The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...

    Kaylee Unverzagt Eagan, MN
    Eagan, Minnesota
    Eagan is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the fifteenth largest...

    20 Top 15
      Mississippi
    Miss Mississippi USA
    The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant.Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants, with only 10 placements as of 2010...

    Leah Laviano
    Leah Laviano
    Leah Laviano is a beauty queen from Ellisville, Mississippi who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.-Miss Mississippi USA:Laviano competed in her first Miss Universe Organization state pageant in 2005, finishing first runner-up to Raegan Raulston at Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2006...

    Ellisville, MS
    Ellisville, Mississippi
    Ellisville is a city in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,465 at the time of the 2000 census.-History:The city is named for Powhatan Ellis, a former U.S. Senator for Mississippi and descendant of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas...

    20 1st Runner-Up
      Missouri
    Miss Missouri USA
    The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....

    Candice Crawford
    Candice Crawford
    Candice Loren Romo is a former reporter for KDAF, the CW-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008...

    Columbia, MO
    Columbia, Missouri
    Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...

    21 Top 10
      Montana
    Miss Montana USA
    The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant.Montana is one of the least successful states in Miss USA history, but there has been success in other pageants. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to...

    Tori Wanty Shelby, MT
    Shelby, Montana
    Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Toole County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,216 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shelby is located at ....

    21
      Nebraska
    Miss Nebraska USA
    The Miss Nebraska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Nebraska in the Miss USA pageant.In 2002, Nebraska joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....

    Micaela Johnson Omaha, NE
    Omaha, Nebraska
    Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

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      Nevada
    Miss Nevada USA
    The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.While Nevada did well in the early years of the Miss USA pageant, they only placed once from 1987 to 2000...

    Veronica Grabowski Henderson, NV
    Henderson, Nevada
    -Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...

    23
      New Hampshire
    Miss New Hampshire USA
    The Miss New Hampshire USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss USA pageant.New Hampshire has had little success at Miss USA, and has only placed four times...

    Breanne Silvi Nashua, NH
    Nashua, New Hampshire
    -Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

    24
      New Jersey
    Miss New Jersey USA
    The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant.New Jersey has had only moderate success at Miss USA, and has never produced a winner. New Jersey's best streak was from 1989 to 1991 when they had two 2nd...

    Tiffany Andrade
    Tiffany Andrade
    Tiffany Ann Andrade is a beauty queen from Linden, New Jersey who competed for the Miss USA 2008 title.Andrade won the Miss New Jersey USA 2008 title in late 2007, after placing third runner-up the previous two years and first runner-up at Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2003...

    Linden, NJ
    Linden, New Jersey
    - Local government :, the Mayor of Linden is . The former longtime Mayor of Linden is 82-year-old John T. Gregorio, who served as mayor of Linden for 30, nonconsecutive years and was repeatedly tagged with scandal during his mayoral career, including one felony conviction, later pardoned, which...

    22 2nd Runner-Up
      New Mexico
    Miss New Mexico USA
    For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss New MexicoThe Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant....

    Raelene Aguilar
    Raelene Aguilar
    Raelene Deloris Aguilar is a beauty queen from El Paso, Texas who was crowned Miss New Mexico USA 2008. She had also been Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2000...

    Sunland Park, NM
    Sunland Park, New Mexico
    Sunland Park is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 14,106 at the 2010 census. Though it lies directly across from El Paso, Texas, being in Doña Ana County makes it instead a part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area, some 30 miles to the north.The...

    26 Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA
    Miss New Mexico Teen USA
    The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

     2000
      New York
    Miss New York USA
    The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant. Amber Collins is the reigning Miss New York USA 2011...

    Danielle Roundtree
    Danielle Roundtree
    Danielle Roundtree is a singer, actress, model, fashion designer, and pageant titleholder from Miami, Florida who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.-Pageants:...

    New York, NY 20 Contestant on American Idol
    American Idol
    American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

    , eliminated in the Hollywood rounds of season 8
    American Idol (season 8)
    The eighth season of American Idol premiered on January 13, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2009. Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest as host. The season introduced Kara DioGuardi as the fourth judge on the Idol...

      North Carolina
    Miss North Carolina USA
    The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....

    Andrea Duke
    Andrea Duke
    Andrea Duke is a beauty queen from Saluda, North Carolina who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008.Duke won the Miss North Carolina USA 2008 title in a state pageant held in High Point, North Carolina on October 26, 2007. The previous year, she made the top ten...

    Saluda, NC
    Saluda, North Carolina
    The City of Saluda is located in both Henderson and Polk counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 713 at the 2010 census. Saluda is famous for sitting at the top of the Norfolk Southern Railway's Saluda Grade, the steepest main line standard gauge railroad line east of the...

    26
      North Dakota
    Miss North Dakota USA
    The Miss North Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss USA pageant.North Dakota has had only three placements and have never won the Miss USA crown. Their highest placement was in 1966 when Judy Slayton placed 3rd runner-up to...

    Stephanie Tollefson New Rockford, ND
    New Rockford, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 1,463 people, 651 households, and 378 families residing in the city. The population density was 970.7 people per square mile . There were 778 housing units at an average density of 516.2 per square mile...

    21
      Ohio
    Miss Ohio USA
    The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years...

    Monica Day
    Monica Day
    Monica Day is a Columbus, Ohio broadcaster who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Day won the Miss Ohio USA title after previously placing as a semi-finalist in the pageant in 2003, 2004 and 2006 and making the top five at Miss Ohio Teen USA 2000...

    Grove City, OH
    Grove City, Ohio
    As of the census of 2000, there were 27,075 people, 10,265 households, and 7,544 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,941.2 people per square mile . There were 10,712 housing units at an average density of 768.0 per square mile...

    25 Miss Congeniality
      Oklahoma
    Miss Oklahoma USA
    For the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant....

    Lindsey Jo Harrington Frederick, OK
    Frederick, Oklahoma
    Frederick is a city in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tillman County. This is an agriculture based community primarily with wheat, cotton, and cattle....

    22 3rd Runner-Up
      Oregon
    Miss Oregon
    The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition and beauty pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant...

    Mary Horch Corvallis, OR
    Corvallis, Oregon
    Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....

    24
      Pennsylvania
    Miss Pennsylvania USA
    The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant.Michele McDonald is Pennsylvania's only Miss USA so far. At only eighteen, she was one of the youngest competitors ever to win the crown...

    LauRen Merola
    LauRen Merola
    LauRen Merola is a model and beauty queen from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Merola competed in her first Miss Universe Organization pageant in 1998 when she was a semi-finalist at Miss Florida Teen USA 1999...

    Pittsburgh, PA
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

    23 4th Runner-Up
      Rhode Island
    Miss Rhode Island USA
    The Miss Rhode Island USA competition is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state Rhode Island in the Miss USA pageant....

    Amy Diaz
    Amy Diaz
    Amy Diaz is a beauty queen from Rhode Island who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008 and Miss Earth United States 2009.-Background:...

    Johnston, RI
    Johnston, Rhode Island
    Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 28,769 at the 2010 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House a stone-ender museum and the only landfill in Rhode Island...

    23 Top 15 Former Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
    Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
    The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

     2001. Non semi finalist at miss earth 2009
      South Carolina
    Miss South Carolina USA
    The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....

    Jamie Hill Columbia, SC
    Columbia, South Carolina
    Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

    24 Top 15 Contestant on The Amazing Race 10
    The Amazing Race 10
    The Amazing Race 10 is the tenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 10 features twelve teams of two with a pre-existing relationship in a race around the world....

      South Dakota
    Miss South Dakota USA
    The Miss South Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss USA pageant. This state pageant is currently directed by Future Productions....

    Charlie Buhler
    Charlie Buhler
    Charlie Buhler is a beauty queen from Mitchell, South Dakota who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008.Buhler won the Miss South Dakota USA 2008 title in late 2007, becoming the first African-American woman to win the pageant. She will represent South Dakota at the Miss USA 2008 pageant, to be...

    Mitchell, SD
    Mitchell, South Dakota
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,558 people, 6,121 households, and 3,599 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,475.7 people per square mile . There were 6,555 housing units at an average density of 664.4 per square mile...

    20 First African American to represent her state.
      Tennessee
    Miss Tennessee USA
    The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....

    Hailey Laine Brown Franklin, TN
    Franklin, Tennessee
    Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...

    25 Top 10
      Texas
    Miss Texas USA
    The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

    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...

    Missouri City, TX
    Missouri City, Texas
    Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...

    26 Winner Top 10 Miss Universe 2008 (8º)
      Utah
    Miss Utah USA
    The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss USA pageant.Utah has been quite successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. Their most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced one Miss USA in 1960...

    Julia Bachison North Ogden, UT
    North Ogden, Utah
    North Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 15,027 at the 2000 census. North Ogden is on SR-235, three miles north of Ogden. It is a suburb of that city and is part of the Ogden –Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:North Ogden was...

    24 Top 15 Previously Miss Utah
    Miss Utah
    The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant. Utah has twice won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :**...

     2005
      Vermont
    Miss Vermont USA
    The Miss Vermont USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Vermont in the Miss USA pageant.Vermont is one of the least successful states, but they have produced a Miss USA - Carlene King Johnson in 1955...

    Kim Tantlinger Burlington, VT
    Burlington, Vermont
    Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....

    22
      Virginia
    Miss Virginia USA
    The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists, they have had two Miss USAs. They are one of only three states to have had two Miss...

    Tori Hall
    Tori Hall
    -External links:*...

    Roanoke, VA
    Roanoke, Virginia
    Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...

    21 Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA
    Miss Virginia Teen USA
    The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

     2005, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005
    Miss Teen USA 2005
    Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant, the 23rd Miss Teen USA competition, was televised live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 8, 2005. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Ohio Teen USA Allie LaForce was crowned by outgoing queen Shelley Hennig of Louisiana.Prior to the live telecast, the...

    ; contestant on Road Rules: Viewer's Revenge and The Gauntlet 3
      Washington
    Miss Washington USA
    The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant.Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA...

    Michelle Font
    Michelle Font
    Michelle Font is a beauty queen who won Miss Washington USA and competed in the Miss USA pageant on April 11, 2008 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. She did not make the top 15....

    Renton, WA
    Renton, Washington
    Renton is an Eastside edge city in King County, Washington, United States. Situated 11 miles southeast of Seattle, Washington, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington. Founded in the 1860s, Renton became a supply town for the Newcastle coal fields...

    26
      West Virginia
    Miss West Virginia USA
    The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner...

    Skylene Montgomery
    Skylene Montgomery
    Skylene Montgomery is a pageant titleholder from Parkersburg, West Virginia who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008....

    Parkersburg, WV
    Parkersburg, West Virginia
    As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

    23
      Wisconsin
    Miss Wisconsin USA
    The Miss Wisconsin USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss USA pageant. Since 2008 the state pageant has been directed by Future Productions of Savage, Minnesota....

    Michelyn Cynthia Butler Madison, WI
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

    25
      Wyoming
    Miss Wyoming USA
    , Miss Wyoming USA 2012]]The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. The Miss Wyoming USA pageant is currently produced by Future Productions....

    Cassie Shore Casper, WY
    Casper, Wyoming
    Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...

    22

    1 Age as at April 2008

    Crossovers

    • Five delegates have previously competed at Miss Teen USA
      Miss Teen USA
      Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

      .
      • Kaetlin Parent (Maine) - previously Miss Maine Teen USA
        Miss Maine Teen USA
        The Miss Maine Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007 the pageant will be directed by Mackenzie Davis, Miss Maine USA 2004....

         2005, non finalist at Miss Teen USA 2005
        Miss Teen USA 2005
        Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant, the 23rd Miss Teen USA competition, was televised live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 8, 2005. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Ohio Teen USA Allie LaForce was crowned by outgoing queen Shelley Hennig of Louisiana.Prior to the live telecast, the...

        .
      • Jacqueline Bruno
        Jacqueline Bruno
        Jacqueline Theresa Bruno is a television news reporter and former beauty queen from Assonet, Massachusetts. She is an anchor and reporter for WWLP-22News in Springfield, MA...

        (Massachusetts) - previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
        Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
        The Miss Massachusetts Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

         2003, 3rd runner up at Miss Teen USA 2003
        Miss Teen USA 2003
        Miss Teen USA 2003, the 21st Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 12 August 2003. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Oregon Teen USA Tami Farrell was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin....

        .
      • Raelene Aguilar
        Raelene Aguilar
        Raelene Deloris Aguilar is a beauty queen from El Paso, Texas who was crowned Miss New Mexico USA 2008. She had also been Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2000...

        (New Mexico) - previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA
        Miss New Mexico Teen USA
        The Miss New Mexico Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

         2000, non finalist at Miss Teen USA 2000
        Miss Teen USA 2000
        Miss Teen USA 2000, the 18th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on August 26, 2000. At the conclusion of the final competition, Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania was crowned by outgoing queen Ashley Coleman of Delaware....

        .
      • Amy Diaz
        Amy Diaz
        Amy Diaz is a beauty queen from Rhode Island who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008 and Miss Earth United States 2009.-Background:...

        (Rhode Island) - previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
        Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
        The Miss Rhode Island Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Rhode Island in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

         2001, non finalist at Miss Teen USA 2001
        Miss Teen USA 2001
        Miss Teen USA 2001, the 19th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from South Padre Island, Texas on 26 August 2001. At the conclusion of the final competition, Marissa Whitley of Missouri was crowned by outgoing queen Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania....

        .
      • Tori Hall
        Tori Hall
        -External links:*...

        (Virginia) - previously Miss Virginia Teen USA
        Miss Virginia Teen USA
        The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

         2005, Top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2005
        Miss Teen USA 2005
        Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant, the 23rd Miss Teen USA competition, was televised live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 8, 2005. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Ohio Teen USA Allie LaForce was crowned by outgoing queen Shelley Hennig of Louisiana.Prior to the live telecast, the...

        .

    • Three delegates have previously competed at Miss America
      Miss America
      The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

      .
      • Amanda Kozak
        Amanda Kozak
        Amanda Kozak-Miliner is a pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia who competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants.-Miss America:...

        (Georgia) - previously Miss Georgia
        Miss Georgia
        The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant. Georgia has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :*...

         2006, placed 2nd runner up at Miss America 2007
        Miss America 2007
        Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday....

        .
      • Tracey Brown (Idaho) - previously Miss Idaho
        Miss Idaho
        The Miss Idaho competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss America pageant.- Winners :-External links:*...

         2005, won the Quality of Life award at Miss America 2006
        Miss America 2006
        Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City...

        .
      • Julia Bachison (Utah) - previously Miss Utah
        Miss Utah
        The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant. Utah has twice won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :**...

         2005, won the Preliminary Swimsuit award at Miss America 2006
        Miss America 2006
        Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City...

        .

    Contestant notes

    • Due to accounting errors, Christina Silva was crowned Miss California USA. When the mistake was discovered a week after the pageant, the real winner Raquel Beezley
      Raquel Beezley
      Raquel Roxanne Beezley is a beauty queen from Barstow, California who has competed in the Miss USA 2008 pageant.Beezley competed in the Miss California USA 2008 pageant on November 23, 2007 and initially placed second runner-up to Cristina Silva...

      assumed the title.
    • Michelle Gillespie, Miss Kansas USA, is the great-great niece of Miss America
      Miss America
      The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

       1921, Margaret Gorman
      Margaret Gorman
      Margaret Gorman is best known for being the first Miss America, from the year 1921.-Miss America:At age 16, Gorman was chosen as "Miss Washington, D.C." due to her athletic ability, past accomplishments, and outgoing personality...

       of Washington, DC.
    • Three contestants previously competed in the Miss Texas USA
      Miss Texas USA
      The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....

       and/or Miss Texas Teen USA
      Miss Texas Teen USA
      The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...

       pageants before winning titles in other states:
      • Candice Crawford
        Candice Crawford
        Candice Loren Romo is a former reporter for KDAF, the CW-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008...

        (Missouri) placed third runner-up at Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005. She is the sister of Gossip Girl
        Gossip Girl (TV series)
        Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...

         actor Chace Crawford
        Chace Crawford
        Christopher Chace Crawford , better known as Chace Crawford, is an American actor. He currently portrays Nate Archibald on the CW television drama Gossip Girl.-Early life:...

        .
      • Elisabeth Crawford (Michigan) was a non-finalist at Miss Texas USA 2004 to 2006
      • Veronica Grabowski (Nevada) competed at the Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and Miss Texas USA 2007 pageants, finishing as a semifinalist in both years.
    • Amy Diaz (Rhode Island) and Danielle Roundtree (New York) competed at Miss Florida USA 2007. Diaz placed third runner-up and Roundtree was a non-finalist.
    • Abbey Curran
      Abbey Curran
      Abbey Nicole Curran is an American beauty pageant contestant from Davenport, Iowa, who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008. Curran is the current chairman of her very own non-profit pageant "The Miss You Can Do It Pageant" for young girls and women with special needs and challenges -Miss USA...

      (Iowa) was the first contestant with a disability. Curran was born with Cerebral Palsy
      Cerebral palsy
      Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....

      .
    • Amy Diaz (Rhode Island) competed at Miss Earth 2009
      Miss Earth 2009
      Miss Earth 2009, the 9th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, in the Island of Boracay, Malay, Philippines last November 22, 2009....

       in Boracay
      Boracay
      Boracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards numerous times. Boracay was awarded in the "Travelers' Choice...

      , Philippines
      Philippines
      The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

      .

    Judges

    • Heather Mills - activist; contestant on ABC
      American Broadcasting Company
      The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

      's season four
      Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4)
      The fourth season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2007 and aired until May 22, 2007.To avoid direct competition with Fox Broadcasting Company's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In the fourth season, the...

       of Dancing with the Stars
    • Rob Schneider
      Rob Schneider
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    Preliminary Judges

    • David Dzanis - Sports Marketing Executive, Vice President of Pepsi-Cola Client Services at Genesco Sports Enterprises (GSE), responsibilities include marketing strategy and activation related to Pepsi's sponsorship for sports properties.
    • Lisa Howfield - General Manager for KVBC TV 3, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, NV
    • Alicia Jacobs - A former Miss NV USA, entertainment reporter for KVBC TV 3, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, NV
    • Sandy Mecca - former professional tennis player,competed on the Virginia Slims Professional Tennis tour
    • Charles J. Nabit, J.D. - businessman, specializing in long term care, psychiatric and chemical dependency services, home health care, retail and institutional pharmacy operations and specialty rehabilitation and therapy
    • Bob Webber - Creative Director for Nina Footwear Corp., responsible for the creative direction of the brand's advertising campaigns, as well as overseeing the creation of collections licensed under the Nina brand.
    • Mark J.Wylie - Vice President, Talent Relations for the non-profit organization, Best Buddies. Mark also recently starred on season three of NBC's "The Biggest Loser
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      " where he was a finalist.

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