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Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, when the organization announced it was licensing operation of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, Miss USA for 2008 prior to her suspension in October 2022, thus returning the said pageants to the Miss Universe Organization.
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageant NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington since 2015.
The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter the Miss Alaska pageant without first having to win a local qualifying pageant.
The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant.
The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s. Four Miss Virginia winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America, including former national titleholder Caressa Cameron.
The Miss New York scholarship competition selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America scholarship competition.
Miss Universe 2002 was the 51st Miss Universe pageant, held at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 29 May 2002.
Rachel Renee Smith is an American actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss USA 2007 pageant and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2007 and placed 4th Runner-Up.
Crystle Danae Stewart is an American actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. Stewart's acting career began in 2011, when she played real estate agent Leslie Morris on the OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series For Better or Worse until 2017. In 2018 she appeared in Acrimony. From 2020 until 2023, Stewart was the national director of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. She was suspended from the position following allegations of favoritism, results rigging at Miss USA 2022 and sexual harassment at Miss USA 2021, and officially stepped down in August 2023.
The Miss Washington's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Washington in the Miss America's Teen pageant. The competition is held each June in Olympia, Washington and consists of five categories; private interview, health and fitness, talent, evening gown and on stage conversation.
Delanie Jane Wiedrich is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Hazen, North Dakota, who was crowned Miss North Dakota 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015.
Madison Mari Gesiotto Gilbert is an American attorney, pagent queen, political candidate, and political executive. Gesiotto Gilbert was the national and international representative as Miss Ohio USA in 2014 and represented Ohio at that year's Miss USA She was previously the author of a weekly column at The Washington Times titled "Millennial Mindset". Since 2023, she has been serving as the National Spokesperson of the Republican National Committee.
Hailey Colborn is an American beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2018. She is the second entrant from Kansas to win the title after Keylee Sue Sanders won Miss Teen USA 1995.
Haley Kalil is an American model and social media personality. In 2018, Kalil was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as a contestant in the first ever Sports Illustrated Swim Search. As one of the two winners of the competition, alongside Camille Kostek, she officially appeared in the 2019 edition as a rookie.
Charli Grace D'Amelio is an American social media personality. She was a competitive dancer for over 10 years before starting her social media career in 2019, when she started posting dance videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok. She quickly amassed a large following and subsequently became the most-followed creator on the platform in March 2020 until she was surpassed by Khaby Lame in June 2022.
Victoria Beverley Walker, known professionally as PinkPantheress, is an English singer and record producer. Her songs, which are frequently short in length and include samples of music from the 1990s and 2000s, span a number of genres, including bedroom pop, drum and bass, alt-pop, and 2-step garage.
Miss Teen USA 2022 was the 40th Miss Teen USA pageant, held on October 1, 2022 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The competition was hosted by Miss USA 2021 Elle Smith and Christian Murphy. Breanna Myles of Florida crowned Faron Medhi of Nebraska as her successor at the end of the event.
Hannah Ann Sluss is an American television personality who came to national prominence in 2020, as the winner of season 24 of The Bachelor, starring Peter Weber.
Averie Bishop is an American businessperson, social media personality, politician, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the 2022 Miss Texas and second-runner up at Miss America 2023. She is currently a Democratic candidate for Texas's 112th House of Representatives district.
Kylan Olivia Darnell is an American beauty pageant winner and internet personality. She was crowned Miss Ohio Teen USA in 2022 and went on to represent Ohio at the Miss Teen USA 2022, where she placed in the Top 16 and won the Fan Favorite title. Darnell is a TikToker who became notable for partaking in Bama Rush, an online phenomenon that focused on the recruitment for National Panhellenic Conference sororities at the University of Alabama. Darnell, who documented her journey through recruitment and then as a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, has received over 35.5 million likes on her videos, and amassed over 661,600 followers by 2023.
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