| 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 California |
| Congeniality |
Kia Hampton Kentucky |
| Photogenic | Arizona |
Miss 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 |
| Final results | State | Contestant | Geographic region | Group (1st elimination) |
Group (2nd elimination) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss USA 2011 | California | Alyssa Campanella | West | 4 | Left |
| 1st runner-up | Tennessee | Ashley Durham | Southeast | 2 | Right |
| 2nd runner-up | Alabama | Madeline Mitchell | Southeast | 4 | Right |
| 3rd runner-up | Texas | Ana Rodriguez | Southwest | 2 | Right |
| Top 8 | Hawaii | Angela Byrd | West | 4 | Left |
| Maine | Ashley Lynn Marble | Northeast | 2 | Right | |
| Maryland | Allyn Rose | Northeast | 4 | Left | |
| South Carolina | Courtney Hope Turner | Southeast | 2 | Left | |
| Top 16 | Arizona | Brittany Dawn Brannon | Southwest | 1 | |
| Florida | Lissette Garcia | Southeast | 3 | ||
| Georgia | Kaylin Reque | Southeast | 1 | ||
| Indiana | Jillian Wunderlich | Midwest | 1 | ||
| Missouri | Hope Driskill | Midwest | 3 | ||
| New Mexico | Brittany Toll ‡ | Southwest | 3 | ||
| New York | Amber Marie Collins | Northeast | 3 | ||
| Utah | Jamie Crandall | West | 1 |
‡ Voted into Top 16 as America's Choice via Internet/SMS Messaging
| State | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Height | Placement | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Madeline Mitchell | Russellville | 22 | 5'9" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Alaska | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 24 | 5'7" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
| Arizona | Brittany Brannon | Paradise Valley | 22 | 5'6" | Top 16 | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Teen America 2007 |
| Arkansas | Lakynn McBride | White Hall | 20 | 5'6" | |||
| California | Alyssa 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 | |
| Colorado | Blair Griffith | Denver | 23 | 5'6" | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 | ||
| Connecticut | Regina Turner | Hartford | 21 | 5'7" | |||
| Delaware | Katie Hanson | Newark | 20 | 5'7" | |||
| District of Columbia | Heather Swann | Washington | 23 | 5'7" | |||
| Florida | Lissette Garcia[6] | Miami | 26 | 5'11" | Top 16 | Represented Cuba in Reina Hispanoamericana 2007 and made Top 8 | |
| Georgia | Kaylin Reque | Suwanee | 22 | 5'10" | Top 16 | Atlanta Thrashers' Blue Crew member | |
| Hawaii | Angela Byrd | Honolulu | 23 | 5'9" | Top 8 | ||
| Idaho | Erza Haliti | Meridian | 20 | 5'6" | Born in Kosovo, Roosevelt University Graduate | ||
| Illinois | Angela Sparrow | Chicago | 25 | 5'7" | |||
| Indiana | Jillian Wunderlich | Kokomo | 20 | 5'6" | Top 16 | Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 and top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008 | |
| Iowa | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | 5'9" | |||
| Kansas | Jaymie Stokes | Lenexa | 20 | 5'11" | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2007 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007 | ||
| Kentucky | Kia Hampton | Louisville | 22 | 5'5" | Miss Congeniality | Later became Pussycat Dolls member | |
| Louisiana | Page Pennock | Shreveport | 21 | 5'9" | |||
| Maine | Ashley 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. | |
| Maryland | Allyn Rose | Newburg | 22 | 5'8" | Top 8 | Previously Miss Sinergy 2010 | |
| Massachusetts | Alida D'Angona | Boston | 24 | 5'8" | |||
| Michigan | Channing Pierce[7] | Royal Oak | 24 | 5'9" | |||
| Minnesota | Brittany Lee Thelemann | Plymouth | 24 | 5'9" | |||
| Mississippi | Keeley Patterson | Starkville | 20 | 5'7" | |||
| Missouri | Hope Driskill[8] | Jefferson City | 21 | 5'9" | Top 16 | ||
| Montana | Brittany Wiser[9] | Bozeman | 23 | 5'9" | Previously Miss Montana 2009 | ||
| Nebraska | Haley Herold | Omaha | 23 | 5'7" | |||
| Nevada | Sarah 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 Hampshire | LacyJane Folger[10] | Farmington | 22 | 5'6" | |||
| New Jersey | Julianna White[11][12] | Haddon Township | 22 | 5'7" | Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||
| New Mexico | Brittany 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 York | Amber Collins | New York | 26 | 5'9" | Top 16 | ||
| North Carolina | Brittany Leigh York | Wilmington | 21 | 5'6" | |||
| North Dakota | Brandi Schoenberg | Bismarck | 26 | 5'10" | |||
| Ohio | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | 5'8" | |||
| Oklahoma | Kaitlyn Smith | Norman | 22 | 5'9" | |||
| Oregon | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | 5'8" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Amber-Joi Watkins | Philadelphia | 26 | 5'7" | |||
| Rhode Island | Kate McCaughey | Lincoln | 23 | 5'4" | |||
| South Carolina | Courtney Hope Turner | North Augusta | 21 | 5'7" | Top 8 | Previously Miss Teen United States 2009 [13] | |
| South Dakota | Chandra Burnham | Highmore | 23 | 5'3" | |||
| Tennessee | Ashley Durham | Adamsville | 21 | 5'8" | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006 | |
| Texas | Ana 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 | |
| Utah | Jamie Crandall | Salt Lake City | 23 | 5'8" | Top 16 | ||
| Vermont | Lauren Carter | Burlington | 21 | 5'8" | |||
| Virginia | Nikki Poteet | Richmond | 24 | 5'10" | |||
| Washington | Angelina Kayyalaynen | Orchards | 21 | 5'8" | Born in Ukraine | ||
| West Virginia | Whitney Veach | Petersburg | 24 | 5'6" | Previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2003 | ||
| Wisconsin | Jordan 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. | ||
| Wyoming | Kaitlyn Davis[16] | Laramie | 20 | 5'9" |
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.
Preliminary Judges
Final Judges
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