MISS USA 2011 OPENING

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Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Paradise, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end of this event. She represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. For the first time ever, one of the sixteen semifinalists was selected exclusively by fans via online voting and SMS messaging. Due to this, the competition formats were changed to reality series style group eliminations, Top 16, Top 8 and Top 4.

Final results	State	Contestant	Geographic region
Miss USA 2011	California	Alyssa Campanella	West
1st runner-up	Tennessee	Ashley Durham	Southeast
2nd runner-up	Alabama	Madeline Mitchell	Southeast
3rd runner-up	Texas	Ana Rodriguez	Southwest
Top 8	Hawaii	Angela Byrd	West
	Maine	Ashley Marble	Northeast
	Maryland	Allyn Rose	Northeast
	South Carolina	Courtney Turner	Southeast
Top 16	Arizona	Brittany Brannon	Southwest
	Florida	Lissette Garcia	Southeast
	Georgia	Kaylin Reque	Southeast
	Indiana	Jillian Wunderlich	Midwest
	Missouri	Hope Driskill	Midwest
	New Mexico	Brittany Toll ‡	Southwest
	New York	Amber Collins	Northeast
	Utah	Jamie Crandall	West

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Kentucky - Kia Hampton
• Miss Photogenic: Arizona - Brittany Brannon