Miss USA 2002

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Miss USA 2002
Date: March 2, 2002
Presenters: Deion Sanders, Ali Landry
Entertainment: Sara Evans
Venue: Genesis Convention Center, Gary, Indiana
Broadcaster: CBS
Winner: Shauntay Hinton
Represented: State flag District of Columbia
Congeniality: Meredith McCannell
Photogenic: Shannon Ford

The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana in 2 March 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas.

Hinton was the first African-American woman to win the pageant since Chelsi Smith held the title in 1995, and was the first titleholder from Washington, DC since 1964. She wore a traditional white evening gown during the competition.

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[edit] Notable Features

The event was particularly notable because four of the top five delegates were African-American, which had never occurred previously.[1] Two of the five, Kelly Lloyd of Indiana and Alita Dawson of Connecticut had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Dawson was the first delegate from Connecticut to place since 1969.

There was also controversy over the choice of swimsuits for the swimsuit competition: only six delegates chose an all-red one-piece while the rest wore a two-piece option. The New York Post reported that one contestant, Tarah Marie Peters of California, had points deducted by one judge because of her choice of a one-piece suit, thus eliminating her from the top five. She was the only one of the top twelve who wore the one-piece option.[2]

This pageant featured the first two Triple Crown winners: women who have held state titles for Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America. The two women were Kelly Lloyd (2nd runner-up), who was Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993, 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1993, Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002 and Allison Alderson, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994, Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002.

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

Map showing placements by state
Map showing placements by state

[edit] Special awards

  • Miss Congenality: - Meredith McCannell (Montana)
  • Miss Photogenic: - Shannon Ford (Florida)
  • Best in Swimsuit: - Lanore VanBuren (Minnesota)

[edit] Final competition scores

State Swimsuit Evening Gown Average
Minnesota 9.48 9.45 9.47
District of Columbia 9.24 9.53 9.39
Kansas 9.06 9.67 9.37
Indiana 9.42 9.29 9.36
Connecticut 9.39 9.29 9.34
South Carolina 9.41 9.24 9.33
Louisiana 9.27 9.23 9.25
Texas 9.12 9.38 9.25
Alabama 9.17 9.15 9.16
Rhode Island 9.12 9.13 9.13
California 9.01 9.17 9.09
New York 8.96 8.94 8.95
     Winner
     First runner-up
     Second runner-up
     Third runner-up
     Fourth runner-up

[edit] Delegates

The Miss USA 2002 delegates were:

[edit] Crossovers

Ten delegates had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants, including the two Triple Crown winners who had competed in both. One delegate later won a Miss America state title.

Delegates who had previously held a Miss Teen USA state title were:

Delegates who had previously held a Miss America state title or would later win one were:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Race and Pageantry. Pageant News Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
  2. ^ "The Insiders: The Post takes you behind the locker-room doors", New York Post, 2002-04-14, p. 90. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 

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