Miss USA 2008 Beauty Pageant

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.

Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Rachel Smith will crown her successor. The winner of the pageant will represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held in Vietnam.

The venue is the Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 7,000 seat theater located in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino which was also the location of the Miss Universe 1991, 1996 and Miss America 2006-2008 pageants. This is the first time that the Miss USA pageant will be held in Nevada.

Donny and Marie Osmond will host the pageant for the first time and Finger Eleven will perform their single Paralyzer.

The Miss USA 2008 delegates are:

Alabama : Keisha Walding / Dothan, AL 24 age , height 5'10"
Alaska : Courtney Erin Carroll / Fairbanks, AK 25 age , height 5'7"
Arizona : Kimberly Joiner / Gilbert, AZ 22 age , height 5'8"
Arkansas : Rachel Howells / Alma, AR 21 age , height 5'10"



California : Raquel Roxanne Beezley / Barstow, CA 21 age , height 5'8"
Colorado : Beckie Hughes / Grand Junction, CO 21 age , height 5'9
Connecticut : Jacqueline Honulik / Fairfield, CT 21 age , height 5'8
Delaware : Vincenza Carrieri-Russo / Newark, DE 23 age , height 5'7"



District of Columbia : Chelsey Sophia Rodgers / Washington, DC 24 age , height 5'8"
Florida : Jessica Rafalowski / DeLand, FL 22 age , height 5'10"
Georgia : Amanda Kozak / Warner Robins, GA 23 age , height 5'10"
Hawaii : Jonelle Layfield / Kane'ohe, HI 23 age , height 5'10"



Idaho : Tracey Brown / Post Falls, ID 21 age , height 5'9"
Illinois : Shanon Lersch / Chicago, IL 25 age , height 5'10"
Indiana : Brittany Mason / Anderson, IN 21 age , height 5'10"
Iowa : Abbey Nicole Curran / Kewanee, IL 20 age , height 5'5"



Kansas : Michelle Gillespie / Overland Park, KS 22 age , height 5'11"
Kentucky : Alysha Noel Harris / Carrollton, KY 20 age , height 5'4"
Louisiana : Michelle Berthelot / Hammond, LA 24 age , height 5'6"
Maine : Kaetlin Parent / Van Buren, ME 20 age , height 5'8"



Maryland : Casandra Tressler / Damascus, MD 22 age , height 5'9"
Massachusetts : Jackie Bruno / Assonet, MA 23 age , height 5'10"
Michigan : Elisabeth Jean Crawford / Dearborn, MI 25 age , height 5'8"
Minnesota : Kaylee Unverzagt / Eagan, MN 20 age , height 5'10"



Mississippi : Leah Laviano / Ellisville, MS 20 age , height 5'4"
Missouri : Candice Crawford / Columbia, MO 21 age , height 5'8"
Montana : Tori Rae Wanty / Shelby, MT 21 age , height 5'4"
Nebraska : Micaela Johnson / Omaha, NE 23 age , height 5'5"



Nevada : Veronica Grabowski / Henderson, NV 23 age , height 5'6"
New Hampshire : Breanne Silvi / Nashua, NH 24 age , height 5'4"
New Jersey : Tiffany Andrade / Linden, NJ 22 age , height 5'5"
New Mexico : Raelene Deloris Aguilar / Sunland Park, NM 26 age , height 5'8"



New York : Danielle Roundtree / Miami, FL 20 age , height 5'11"
North Carolina : Andrea Duke / Saluda, NC 26 age , height 5'11"
North Dakota : Stephanie Lee Tollefson / New Rockford, ND 21 age , height 5'8"
Ohio : Monica Day / Grove City, OH 25 age , height 5'9"



Oklahoma : Lindsey Jo Harrington / Frederick, OK 22 age , height 5'10"
Oregon : Mary Lee Horch / Corvallis, OR 24 age , height 5'7"
Pennsylvania : Lauren Merola / Pittsburgh, PA 23 age , height 5'8"
Rhode Island : Amy Diaz / Johnston, RI 23 age , height 5'6"



South Carolina : Jamie Hill / Columbia, SC 24 age , height 5'6"
South Dakota : Charlie Buhler / Mitchell, SD 20 age , height 5'5"
Tennessee : Hailey Laine Brown / Franklin, TN 25 age , height 5'9"
Texas : Crystle Stewart / Missouri City, TX 26 age , height 5'9"



Utah : Julia Bachison / North Ogden, UT 24 age , height 5'7"
Vermont : Kim Tantlinger / Burlington, VT 22 age , height 5'7"
Virginia : Tori Hall / Roanoke, VA 21 age , height 5'8"
Washington : Michelle Marie Font / Renton, WA 26 age , height 5'7"



West Virginia : Skylene Montgomery / Parkersburg, WV 23 age , height 5'7"
Wisconsin : Michelyn Cynthia Butler / Madison, WI 25 age , height 5'8"
Wyoming : Cassie Shore / Casper, WY 22 age , height 5'5"



Completed Miss USA 2008 Beauty Contest:

:- Miss USA 2008: Crystle Stewart (Texas)
:- First runner-up: Leah Laviano (Mississippi)
:- Second runner-up: Tiffany Andrade (New Jersey)
:- Third runner-up: Lindsey Jo Harrington (Oklahoma)
:- Fourth runner-up: LauRen Merola (Pennsylvania)

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