Miss USA 2007

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Miss USA 2007
Date: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Nancy O'Dell
Tim Vincent
Venue: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California
Broadcaster: NBC
Winner: Rachel Smith
Represented: State flag Tennessee
Congeniality: Stephanie Trudeau
Photogenic: Rebecca Moore

Miss USA 2007, the 56th Miss USA pageant, was held in Los Angeles, California, on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition. The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007

The pageant was broadcast live on NBC from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, one month earlier than the 2006 pageant. This was the second time that the pageant was held at this venue. It was previously held there in 2004, when Shandi Finnessey of Missouri was crowned Miss USA 2004. The 2007 Host Hotel was the Wilshire Grand.

Delegates arrived in Los Angeles on March 8, 2007, and were involved in two weeks of rehearsals and events prior to the final show. The preliminary competition were held on March 19, 2007, where all fifty-one contestants competed in evening gown and swimsuit, with the personal interview competition being held in private the previous day. This was the first time in recent years that the presentation show was held in the hotel ballroom, rather than at the location of the final competition.

During the final show on March 23, the fifteen delegates with the highest average score from the preliminary competition were announced. The top fifteen competed in the swimsuit competition, and the top ten competed in evening gown. The composite score was shown after each round of competition for the first time since 2002.

Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, is crowned Miss USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Tara Conner
Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, is crowned Miss USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Tara Conner

At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Tara Conner crowned Rachel Smith of Tennessee as the new Miss USA. Smith was the third consecutive former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the title and the second woman from Tennessee. She was the first titleholder to win in a red gown since Kelli McCarty in 1991. Unusually, Smith wore the same gown to win her state title.


Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

The title of Miss USA 2007 was awarded to Rachel Smith of Tennessee. The runners-up were:

The ten semi-finalists were: Lauren Barnette (Miss Virginia USA), Magen Ellis (Miss Texas USA), Amber Seyer (Miss Missouri USA), Chanel Wise (Miss Hawaii USA) and Heather Anderson (Miss Utah USA).

The top fifteen semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Ashley Zais (Miss South Carolina USA), Elizabeth McNulty (Miss Louisiana USA, Caitlin Morrall (Miss Wisconsin USA), Kelly Best (Miss Michigan USA) and Erin O'Kelley (Miss North Carolina USA).

[edit] Special awards

Placement List
Order Swimsuit Evening Gown Final Placement
01 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
02 Rhode Island Rhode Island Rhode Island
03 Nevada Kansas Kansas
04 Kansas California California
05 Utah Nevada Nevada
06 Texas Virginia
07 Hawaii Utah
08 California Hawaii
09 Missouri Texas
10 Virginia Missouri
11 South Carolina
12 Louisiana
13 Wisconsin
14 Michigan
15 North Carolina
     The contestant was eliminated
     The contestant is Miss USA 2007
     The contestant placed first runner-up
     The contestant placed second runner-up
     The contestant placed third runner-up
     The contestant placed fourth runner-up

[edit] Scores

The following are the scores for the initial stages of competition during the live broadcast.

Swimsuit

  • Tennessee - 9.283
  • Rhode Island - 8.850
  • Nevada - 8.783
  • Kansas - 8.682
  • Utah - 8.628
  • Texas - 8.567
  • Hawaii - 8.515
  • California - 8.507
  • Missouri - 8.400
  • Virginia - 8.350
  • South Carolina - 8.292
  • Louisiana - 8.158
  • Wisconsin - 8.115
  • Michigan - 8.083
  • North Carolina - 8.042

Evening Gown

  • Tennessee - 9.522
  • Rhode Island - 9.158
  • Kansas - 8.983
  • California - 8.468
  • Virginia - 8.437
  • Utah - 8.253
  • Hawaii - 8.200
  • Texas - 8.157
  • Missouri - 8.032
  • Nevada - (no score shown)

[edit] Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state was chosen in state pageants held from June to December 2006. The first state pageant was Texas, held on 25 June 2006, and the final pageants were Kansas and Hawaii, held on 17 December 2006.

For the first time in years, two contestants have been replaced by their first runners-up:

  • Helen Salas was awarded the Miss Nevada USA 2007 title on December 21, 2006, when the original winner, Katie Rees, was dethroned. Salas was originally the first runner-up to Ms. Rees in the Miss Nevada USA 2007 pageant which had taken place on October 8, 2006.
  • Erin Abrahamson was awarded the Miss New Jersey USA 2007 title on January 15, 2007, when the original winner, Ashley Harder, resigned due to pregnancy. Pageant rules prohibit titleholders from competing while pregnant.[1] Ms. Abrahamson was originally the first runner-up to Harder in the New Jersey pageant.

For the first time in the history of the pageant, eleven former Miss Teen USA delegates competed in the pageant. Initially only nine held titles, but the number increased to eleven after two titleholders resigned and former Teen USA delegates succeeded them.

[edit] Delegates

The Miss USA 2007 delegates are:

[edit] Crossovers

[edit] Judges

[edit] Hosts

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

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