Helen Salas

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Helen Salas Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Helen Marie Salas
Birthdate:	November 5, 1985 (age 21)
Birth location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Height:	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Brown
Title(s):	Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004 Miss Nevada USA 2007
Major Competition(s):	Miss Teen USA 2004 (2nd runner-up) Miss USA 2007 (4th runner-up)

Helen Marie Salas (born 5 November 1985) is a beauty queen from Las Vegas, Nevada who has placed in the top five in both the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants.

Salas won the Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004 title in a state pageant held on the campus of the University of Nevada on December 13, 2003.^[1] This was her first attempt at the title. In August 2004 she represented Nevada in the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant broadcast live from Palm Springs, California where she placed second runner-up to Shelley Hennig of Louisiana. This was Nevada's highest placement since Victoria Franklin placed second runner-up to Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina in 1998. Franklin, Salas' sister titleholder, held the Miss Nevada USA 2004 title.

After placing first runner-up in the Miss Nevada USA 2007 pageant in October, Salas was crowned Miss Nevada USA on December 21, 2006 after the previous titleholder Katie Rees was dethroned the previous day amid allegations of raunchy behavior in a Florida nightclub, with several photographs of Rees exposing her breasts, kissing other women, and simulating sexual acts released to the media.^[2] This followed a scandal involving the current Miss USA Tara Conner. Salas' "sister" titleholder, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2007, is Danielle Hashimoto.

Salas competed in the Miss USA 2007 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California and placed fourth runner-up. She is one of only a few women to place in the top five of both the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants. Others that have accomplished this include Danni Boatwright, Nicole O'Brian and Kristen Johnson.

[edit] References

^ Koch, Ed. "Las Vegans win right to show Nevada's face in Miss USA, Miss Teen USA pageants", Las Vegas Sun, 2003-12-20.
^ "Miss USA rocked by sexy new scandal: Pageant contestant Katie Rees shows off her wild side", Canada.com, 2006-12-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.

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Preceded by Ashley Phelps	Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004	Succeeded by Kelli Crossley
Preceded by Katie Rees	Miss Nevada USA 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

Nevada beauty pageant titleholders 2006
Miss Nevada 2006 Caydi Cole	Miss Nevada USA 2007 Helen Salas	Miss Nevada Teen USA 2007 Danielle Hashimoto