Miss USA 2008

Miss USA 2008

Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart
Date April 11, 2008
Presenters Marie Osmond, Donny Osmond[1]
Entertainment Finger Eleven
Venue The AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster NBC, Telemundo
Entrants 51
Placements 15
Winner Crystle Stewart
Texas Texas
Congeniality

Monica Day

 Ohio
Photogenic

Courtney Carroll

 Alaska

Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008.[2] At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee. Crystle represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant, which was held in Vietnam, where she placed in the Top 10. This is the first time in Miss USA history that two consecutive women of African-American descent have been crowned.

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

For the first time, the competition was broadcast in High Definition.

Brother/sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond hosted the live telecast for the first time, and Finger Eleven performed their single "Paralyzer".[1][3] Rihanna's song Umbrella was used during the evening gown competition.

During the final show on April 11, the fifteen delegates with the highest average scores from the preliminary competition were announced. The top fifteen competed in the swimsuit competition. The top ten delegates from swimsuit competed in evening gown. The top five delegates from the evening gown competition (not averaged composite scores from both competitions) competed in the final question round to determine the winner. The judges' composite score was shown after each round of competition for only the second time since 2002.

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state and the District of Columbia were chosen in state pageants held from June 2007 to January 2008.

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state
Final ResultsContestant
Miss USA 2008
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic

Final competition scores

State Swimsuit Evening Gown
Texas9.178 (3)9.169 (2)
Mississippi8.522 (9)8.953 (5)
New Jersey8.531 (8)8.991 (4)
Oklahoma9.474 (1)9.318 (1)
Pennsylvania9.183 (2)9.089 (3)
Missouri8.977 (4)8.622 (6)
Indiana8.478 (10) 8.578 (7)
Florida8.567 (7)8.500 (8)
Tennessee8.687 (6)8.460 (9)
Massachusetts8.954 (5)8.439 (10)
South Carolina8.476 (11)
California8.289 (12)
Utah7.984 (13)
Rhode Island7.972 (14)
Minnesota7.938 (15)

  Winner
  First Runner-Up
  Second Runner-Up
  Third Runner-Up
  Fourth Runner-Up
  Top 10
  Top 15
(#) Rank in each round of competition

Delegates

The Miss USA 2008 delegates are:

StateNameHometownAgeHeightPlacementAwardNotes
Alabama Alabama Keisha Walding Dothan, AL 24 5'10"
Alaska Alaska Courtney Erin Carroll[4] Fairbanks, AK 25 5'7" Miss Photogenic
Arizona Arizona Kimberly Joiner[5] Gilbert, AZ 22 5'8"
Arkansas Arkansas Rachel Howells[6] Alma, AR 21 5'10"
California California Raquel Beezley[7] Barstow, CA 21 5'8" Top 15
Colorado Colorado Beckie Hughes[8] Grand Junction, CO 21 5'9
Connecticut Connecticut Jacqueline Honulik[9] Fairfield, CT 21 5'8"
Delaware Delaware Vincenza Carrieri-Russo[10] Newark, DE 23 5'7"
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Chelsey Sophia Rodgers[11] Washington, DC 24 5'8"
Florida Florida Jessica Rafalowski DeLand, FL 22 5'10" Top 10
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Amanda Kozak Warner Robins, GA 23 5'10" Previously Miss Georgia 2007; 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2007
Hawaii Hawaii Jonelle Layfield Kane'ohe, HI 23 5'10" Sister of Ashley Layfield, Miss Hawaii 2007
Idaho Idaho Tracey Brown Post Falls, ID 21 5'9 Previously Miss Idaho 2005
Illinois Illinois Shanon Lersch Chicago, IL 25 5'10"
Indiana Indiana Brittany Mason Anderson, IN 21 5'10" Top 10
Iowa Iowa Abbey Curran Davenport, IA 20 5'5"
Kansas Kansas Michelle Gillespie Mission Hills, KS 22 5'11"
Kentucky Kentucky Alysha Harris Lexington, KY 20 5'4" She was the 2010 Kentucky representative for Miss United States International
Louisiana Louisiana Michelle Berthelot Hammond, LA 24 5'6"
Maine Maine Kaetlin Parent Van Buren, ME 20 5'8" Previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2005
Maryland Maryland Casandra Tressler Damascus, MD 22 5'9 Miss United States International 2010. No placement at Miss International 2010
Massachusetts Massachusetts Jacqueline Bruno Assonet, MA 23 5'10" Top 10 Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2003; 3rd Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2003
Michigan Michigan Elisabeth Crawford Canton, MI 25 5'8"
Minnesota Minnesota Kaylee Unverzagt Eagan, MN 20 5'10" Top 15
Mississippi Mississippi Leah Laviano Ellisville, MS 20 5'4" 1st Runner-Up
Missouri Missouri Candice Crawford Columbia, MO 21 5'8" Top 10
Montana Montana Tori Wanty[12] Shelby, MT 21 5'4"
Nebraska Nebraska Micaela Johnson Omaha, NE 23 5'5"
Nevada Nevada Veronica Grabowski Henderson, NV 23 5'6"
New Hampshire New Hampshire Breanne Silvi Nashua, NH 24 5'4"
New Jersey New Jersey Tiffany Andrade Linden, NJ 22 5'5" 2nd Runner-Up
New Mexico New Mexico Raelene Aguilar Sunland Park, NM 26 5'8" Previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2000
New York (state) New York Danielle Roundtree New York, NY 20 5'11" Contestant on American Idol, eliminated in the Hollywood rounds of season 8
North Carolina North Carolina Andrea Duke Saluda, NC 26 5'11"
North Dakota North Dakota Stephanie Tollefson[13] New Rockford, ND 21 5'8"
Ohio Ohio Monica Day Grove City, OH 25 5'9 Miss Congeniality
Oklahoma Oklahoma Lindsey Jo Harrington Frederick, OK 22 5'10" 3rd Runner-Up
Oregon Oregon Mary Horch[14] Corvallis, OR 24 5'7"
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania LauRen Merola Pittsburgh, PA 23 5'8" 4th Runner-Up
Rhode Island Rhode Island Amy Diaz Johnston, RI 23 5'6" Top 15 Former Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2001. Non semi finalist at Miss Earth 2009. Winner of The Amazing Race 23.
South Carolina South Carolina Jamie Hill Columbia, SC 24 5'6" Top 15 Contestant on The Amazing Race 10
South Dakota South Dakota Charlie Buhler Mitchell, SD 20 5'5" First African American to represent her state.
Tennessee Tennessee Hailey Laine Brown Franklin, TN 25 5'9 Top 10
Texas Texas Crystle Stewart Missouri City, TX 26 5'9 Winner Top 10 Miss Universe 2008 (8th)
Utah Utah Julia Bachison North Ogden, UT 24 5'7" Top 15 Previously Miss Utah 2005
Vermont Vermont Kim Tantlinger Burlington, VT 22 5'7"
Virginia Virginia Tori Hall Roanoke, VA 21 5'8" Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2005, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005; cast member on Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge and The Gauntlet 3
Washington (state) Washington Michelle Font Renton, WA 26 5'7"
West Virginia West Virginia Skylene Montgomery Parkersburg, WV 23 5'7"
Wisconsin Wisconsin Michelyn Cynthia Butler Madison, WI 25 5'8"
Wyoming Wyoming Cassie Shore Casper, WY 22 5'5"

1 Age as at April 2008

Crossovers

Contestant notes

Michelle Gillespie is crowned Miss Kansas USA 2008

Judges

See also

References

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