- Miss USA 2011
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Miss USA 2011 Date June 19, 2011 [1] Presenters Andy Cohen, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne, Susie Castillo Entertainment Tinie Tempah, Eric Turner Venue Theatre for the Performing Arts, Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas Broadcaster NBC, STAR World (Asiawide and the Pacific) [2] Entrants 51 Placements 16 Winner Alyssa Campanella
CaliforniaCongeniality Kia Hampton
KentuckyPhotogenic Brittany Brannon
ArizonaMiss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, 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. [4]
Contents
Television Ratings
- In the first hour of the pageant, it earned NBC 6.6 million viewers, winning the timeslot. In the second hour, viewership rose to 7.8 million, also winning its timeslot. Both hours were the leader in the 18-49 demographic.[5]
Results
Final results State Contestant Geographic region Group
(1st elimination)Group
(2nd elimination)Miss USA 2011 CaliforniaAlyssa Campanella West 4 Left 1st runner-up 
TennesseeAshley Durham Southeast 2 Right 2nd runner-up 
AlabamaMadeline Mitchell Southeast 4 Right 3rd runner-up 
TexasAna Rodriguez Southwest 2 Right Top 8 
HawaiiAngela Byrd West 4 Left 
MaineAshley Lynn Marble Northeast 2 Right 
MarylandAllyn Rose Northeast 4 Left 
South CarolinaCourtney Hope Turner Southeast 2 Left Top 16 ArizonaBrittany Dawn Brannon Southwest 1 
FloridaLissette Garcia Southeast 3 
GeorgiaKaylin Reque Southeast 1 
IndianaJillian Wunderlich Midwest 1 
MissouriHope Driskill Midwest 3 
New MexicoBrittany Toll ‡ Southwest 3 
New YorkAmber Marie Collins Northeast 3 
UtahJamie Crandall West 1 ‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice via Internet/SMS Messaging
Special awards
Delegates
State Name Hometown Age1 Height Placement Awards Notes AlabamaMadeline Mitchell Russellville 22 5'9" 2nd runner-up 
AlaskaJessica Chuckran Anchorage 24 5'7" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 ArizonaBrittany Brannon Paradise Valley 22 5'6" Top 16 Miss Photogenic Previously Miss Teen America 2007 
ArkansasLakynn McBride White Hall 20 5'6" CaliforniaAlyssa Campanella Los Angeles 21 5'8" MISS USA 2011 Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007 and 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 2007 
ColoradoBlair Griffith Denver 23 5'6" Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 
ConnecticutRegina Turner Hartford 21 5'7" 
DelawareKatie Hanson Newark 20 5'7" 
District of ColumbiaHeather Swann Washington 23 5'7" FloridaLissette Garcia[6] Miami 26 5'9" Top 16 Represented Cuba in Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 and made Top 8 GeorgiaKaylin Reque Suwanee 22 5'10" Top 16 Atlanta Thrashers' Blue Crew member HawaiiAngela Byrd Honolulu 23 5'9" Top 8 
IdahoErza Haliti Meridian 20 5'6" Born in Kosovo, Roosevelt University Graduate 
IllinoisAngela Sparrow Chicago 25 5'7" IndianaJillian Wunderlich Kokomo 20 5'6" Top 16 Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 and top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008 
IowaRebecca Goldsmith Chariton 26 5'9" 
KansasJaymie Stokes Lenexa 20 5'11" Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2007 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007 KentuckyKia Hampton Louisville 22 5'5" Miss Congeniality Later became Pussycat Dolls member 
LouisianaPage Pennock Shreveport 21 5'9" MaineAshley Lynn Marble Topsfield 27 5'10" Top 8 Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2000, was originally the first runner up but took over after Emily Johnson resigned to attend her sister's wedding. MarylandAllyn Rose Newburg 22 5'8" Top 8 Previously Miss Sinergy 2010 
MassachusettsAlida D'Angona Boston 24 5'8" 
MichiganChanning Pierce[7] Royal Oak 24 5'9" 
MinnesotaBrittany Lee Thelemann Plymouth 24 5'9" 
MississippiKeeley Patterson Starkville 20 5'7" MissouriHope Driskill[8] Jefferson City 21 5'9" Top 16 
MontanaBrittany Wiser[9] Bozeman 23 5'9" Previously Miss Montana 2009 
NebraskaHaley Herold Omaha 23 5'7" 
NevadaSarah Chapman Henderson 27 5'10" Top 15 at Miss California USA 2010, Miss California USA 2009 4th runner up, top 10 at Miss California USA 2008 and 2007, and sister of Miss California USA 2004 Ellen Chapman 
New HampshireLacyJane Folger[10] Farmington 22 5'6" 
New JerseyJulianna White[11][12] Haddon Township 22 5'7" Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006 New MexicoBrittany Toll Las Cruces 24 5'9" Top 16
(America's Choice internet/SMS vote)Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2005 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005 and a 2009 Teach For America corps member New YorkAmber Collins New York 26 5'7" Top 16 
North CarolinaBrittany Leigh York Wilmington 21 5'6" 
North DakotaBrandi Schoenberg Bismarck 26 5'10" 
OhioAshley Caldwell Gallipolis 24 5'8" 
OklahomaKaitlyn Smith Norman 22 5'9" 
OregonAnna Prosser Portland 26 5'8" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 
PennsylvaniaAmber-Joi Watkins Philadelphia 26 5'7" 
Rhode IslandKate McCaughey Lincoln 23 5'4" South CarolinaCourtney Hope Turner North Augusta 21 5'7" Top 8 Previously Miss Teen United States 2009 [13] 
South DakotaChandra Burnham Highmore 23 5'3" TennesseeAshley Durham Adamsville 21 5'8" 1st runner-up Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006 TexasAna Rodriguez[14] Laredo 25 5'8" 3rd runner-up 1st runner-up in Miss Texas USA 2010, 2nd runner-up in Miss Texas USA 2009 and Miss Texas USA 2008, and in the Top 15 in Miss Texas USA 2007 UtahJamie Crandall Salt Lake City 23 5'8" Top 16 
VermontLauren Carter Burlington 21 5'8" 
VirginiaNikki Poteet Richmond 24 5'10" 
WashingtonAngelina Kayyalaynen Orchards 21 5'8" Born in Ukraine 
West VirginiaWhitney Veach Petersburg 24 5'6" Previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2003 
WisconsinJordan Marie Morkin[15] Green Bay 20 5'4" Originally 1st runner up but later succeeded Shaletta Tawanna Porterfield after she resigned on May 12, 2011. 
WyomingKaitlyn Davis[16] Laramie 20 5'9" Historical significance
- Alyssa Campanella became the third known Miss USA with red hair, although it should be noted that this is not her natural hair color (she is naturally blonde).
- Campanella is also the highest ranked state delegate at a Miss Teen USA competition (1st runner-up in 2007) to win the Miss USA title outright (Only one Miss Teen USA winner has ever held the Miss USA title, and it was inherited by Brandi Sherwood in 1997.).
- California won Miss USA for the sixth time. The last winner was Shannon Marketic in 1992.
- Tennessee made its sixth straight placement at Miss USA and its highest since Rachel Smith won in 2007.
- Alabama made its highest placement since coming in 1st runner-up in 2003.
- Texas made its highest placement since Crystle Stewart won in 2008.
- Maryland made its first placement since 2005.
- Hawaii made its first placement since 2007.
- Indiana placed in the semifinals since 2008.
- New York made its first placement since 2005.
- Florida placed in the semifinals after placing in the top 10 in 2008.
- Utah, South Carolina and Georgia return to the semifinals after 2009.
- Missouri made its second consecutive placement after placing in 2007-2008.
- Maine placed in the top 8 after placing 4th runner-up in 2010.
- Arizona placed in the semifinals after placing 2nd runner-up in 2009.
- New Mexico's Brittany Toll becomes the first state delegate to make it past the first elimination in the history of Miss USA due to new media technology (internet/SMS vote). New Mexico last placed in 2004.
Titleholders Celebration
As part of the pageant's 60th anniversary, 37 Miss USA titleholders from the second pageant in 1953 to the outgoing and current titleholders were in attendance.
Judges
Preliminary Judges
- BJ Coleman
- Brian Fitterer
- Christie Bear
- Colleen Grillo
- Fred Nelson
- Lauren Ivester
- Mark Rogers
- Valerie Nome
- Wayne Bernath
Final Judges
- Marcus Allen
- Tyson Chandler
- Rocco DiSpirito
- Mariel Hemingway
- Penn Jillette
- Lil Jon
- Caroline Manzo
- Zuleyka Rivera
- Suzi Weiss-Fischmann
Background Music
- Contestant Intros : "On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
- Swimsuit Competition : "Blow" by Ke$ha
- Evening Gown Competition : "Written in the Stars" by Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner (live performance)
Crossovers
- One contestant previously competed at the Miss America pageant:
- Miss Montana USA - Brittany Wiser was previously Miss Montana 2009.
- Nine contestants previously competed at the Miss Teen USA pageant:
- Interestingly, two former consecutive Miss New Jersey Teen USAs will compete against each other. Such a situation has never happened before.
- Miss California USA - Alyssa Campanella was previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007 and placed 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 2007.
- Miss Colorado USA - Blair Adair Griffith was previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 and won Miss Congeniality at Miss Teen USA 2006.
- Miss Indiana USA - Jillian Wunderlich was previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 and placed in the Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008.
- Miss Kansas USA - Jaymie Stokes was previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2007 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007.
- Miss Maine USA - Ashley Marble was previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2000 and is now the longest tenured return to nationals, as Ashley won her teen title 11 years ago. The previous longest tenure was Aureana Tseu, Miss Hawaii USA 2009, who returned after 10 years.
- Miss New Jersey USA - Julianna White was previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006.
- Miss New Mexico USA - Brittany Toll was previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2005 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005.
- Miss Tennessee USA - Ashley Durham was previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006.
- Miss West Virginia USA - Whitney Veach was previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2003.
- One contestant previously competed at the Miss Teen America pageant:
- Miss Arizona USA - Brittany Dawn Brannon was previously Miss Teen America 2007.
Replacements
- Miss Maine USA - Ashley Marble was the first runner-up at Miss Maine USA 2011 but later was crowned Miss Maine USA 2011 on January, 25, 2011 to replace the original winner Emily Johnson, who resigned to attend her sister's wedding instead.
- Miss Wisconsin USA - Shaletta Tawanna Porterfield, the original winner, resigned May 12, 2011 due to being charged in Dane County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court of three felony theft charges. First runner-up, Jordan Morkin, took over the state title and competed at Miss USA.
References
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- ^ "2011 Miss USA Pageant to air on STAR World". Star World. June 15,2011. http://www.starworldasia.tv/Programmes/MissUSA/Guide.
- ^ "Alyssa Campanella wins Miss USA 2011". BeautyMania.biz. http://blog.beautymania.biz/2011/06/pageant-updates-miss-usa-2011-is-miss.html. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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- ^ Channing Pierce was crowned Miss Michigan USA 2011
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- ^ "Brittany Wiser Crowned Miss Montana USA 2011". World ShowBiz. 2010-09-06. http://worldshowbiz.info/beauty-contest/brittany-wiser-crowned-miss-montana-usa-2011/.
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- ^ "Miss New Jersey USA". Miss New Jersey USA. 2010-10-03. http://www.missnewjerseyteenusa.com/newjersey_results.html.
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- ^ "Miss Teen United States 2009". http://www.unitedstatespageant.com/winners/former_sub.php?id=21&division=Teen.
- ^ "Ana Rodriguez takes Miss Texas crown". Pro 8 News. 2010-09-05. http://www.pro8news.com/news/local/Ana-Rodriguez-takes-Miss-Texas-crown-102273264.html.
- ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA". Miss Wisconsin USA. 2010-10-03. http://www.missiowausa.com/wi_history.cfm.
- ^ "Miss Wyoming USA". Miss Wyoming USA. 2010-10-06. http://www.misswyomingusa.com/wy_results_2011.cfm.
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