MISS USA 2011 - Crowning Moment

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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

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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P1/8 Where will she come from ?

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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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P2/8 Contestants Introduction

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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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P3/8 Evening Gown (Alabama - Florida)

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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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P4/8 Evening Gown (Georgia - New York)

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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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P5/8 Evening Gown (North Carolina - Wyoming)

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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.^[3] 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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P6/8 Swimsuit (Georgia - New York)

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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.^[3] 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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P7/8 Swimsuit (Georgia - New York)

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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.^[3] 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

MISS USA 2011 Full Preliminary Show P8/8 Swimsuit (North Carolina - Wyoming)

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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.^[3] 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

Beauty Queens of USA - Miss USA 2003-2011

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Year	Miss USA	State Represented	Host City	Placement at Miss Universe
2012	Olivia Culpo	Rhode Island	Las Vegas, Nevada
2011	Alyssa Campanella	California	Las Vegas, Nevada	Top 16 semi-finalist
2010	Rima Fakih	Michigan	Las Vegas, Nevada	Non-finalist
2009	Kristen Dalton	North Carolina	Las Vegas, Nevada	Top 10 finalist
2008	Crystle Stewart	Texas	Las Vegas, Nevada	Top 10 finalist
2007	Rachel Smith	Tennessee	Hollywood, California	4th runner-up
2006	Tara Conner	Kentucky	Baltimore, Maryland	4th runner-up
2005	Chelsea Cooley	North Carolina	Baltimore, Maryland	Top 10 finalist
2004	Shandi Finnessey	Missouri	Hollywood, California	1st runner-up
2003	Susie Castillo	Massachusetts	San Antonio, Texas	Top 15 semi-finalist
2002	Shauntay Hinton	District of Columbia	Gary, Indiana	Non-finalist
2001	Kandace Krueger	Texas	Gary, Indiana	2nd runner-up