Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Paradise, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end of this event. 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.
This pageant gained attention on the internet, when a video of all the contestant's answers to the question, whether evolution should be taught in school, was put on YouTube. Only two contestants affirmed that it should be taught, with the others confusing the question with the debate on evolution of species vs. creationism, or stating that both should be taught.
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Television ratings
- In the first hour of the pageant, it earned NBC 6.6 million viewers, winning the timeslot. In the second hour, viewership rose to 7.8 million, also winning its timeslot. Both hours were the leader in the 18-49 demographic.
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Results
Special awards
Delegates
Titleholders celebration
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.
Judges
Preliminary Judges
- BJ Coleman
- Brian Fitterer
- Christie Bear
- Colleen Grillo
- Fred Nelson
- Lauren Ivester
- Mark Rogers
- Valerie Nome
- Wayne Bernath
Final Judges
- Marcus Allen
- Tyson Chandler
- Rocco DiSpirito
- Mariel Hemingway
- Penn Jillette
- Lil Jon
- Caroline Manzo
- Zuleyka Rivera - Miss Universe 2006 from Puerto Rico
- Suzi Weiss-Fischmann
Background music
- Contestant Intros : "On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
- Swimsuit Competition : "Blow" by Ke$ha
- Evening Gown Competition : "Written in the Stars" by Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner (live performance)
Crossovers
- Two contestants competed at the Miss America pageant:
- Miss Maryland USA - Allyn Rose later became Miss District of Columbia 2013.
- Miss Montana USA - Brittany Wiser was previously Miss Montana 2009.
- Nine contestants previously competed at the Miss Teen USA pageant:
- Interestingly, two former consecutive Miss New Jersey Teen USAs competed against each other. Such a situation had never happened before.
- Miss California USA - Alyssa Campanella was previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007 and placed 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 2007.
- Miss Colorado USA - Blair Adair Griffith was previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 and won Miss Congeniality at Miss Teen USA 2006.
- Miss Indiana USA - Jillian Wunderlich was previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 and placed in the Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008.
- Miss Kansas USA - Jaymie Stokes was previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2007 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2007.
- Miss Maine USA - Ashley Marble was previously Miss Maine Teen USA 2000 and is now the longest tenured return to nationals, as Ashley won her teen title 11 years ago. The previous longest tenure was Aureana Tseu, Miss Hawaii USA 2009, who returned after 10 years.
- Miss New Jersey USA - Julianna White was previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2006 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2006.
- Miss New Mexico USA - Brittany Toll was previously Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2005 and placed in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005.
- Miss Tennessee USA - Ashley Durham was previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006.
- Miss West Virginia USA - Whitney Veach was previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2003.
- One contestant previously competed at the Miss Teen America pageant:
- Miss Arizona USA - Brittany Dawn Brannon was previously Miss Teen America 2007.
- One contestant would later compete in Miss World America
- Miss Idaho USA - Erza haliti later became Miss Idaho World 2015.
Replacements
- Miss Maine USA - Ashley Marble was the first runner-up at Miss Maine USA 2011 but later was crowned Miss Maine USA 2011 on January 25, 2011 to replace the original winner Emily Johnson, who resigned to attend her sister's wedding instead.
- Miss Wisconsin USA - Shaletta Tawanna Porterfield, the original winner, resigned May 12, 2011 due to being charged in Dane County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court of three felony theft charges. First runner-up, Jordan Morkin, took over the state title and competed at Miss USA.
References
External links
- Miss USA official website
- Miss USA 2011 on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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