Featured Pageant - January 2008

CONTESTANTS

ALABAMA - Teri Lane

ALASKA - Amy Renee Harms

ARIZONA - Sindy Heddden

ARKANSAS - Debra Baltz

CALIFORNIA - Julie Hayek

COLORADO - Lisa Trujillo

CONNECTICUT - Mary Lynn Seleman

DELAWARE - Shelley Perkins

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Julie Anne Warner

FLORIDA - Janet Chesser

GEORGIA - Dotsy Maria Timm

HAWAII - Zoe Ann Roach

IDAHO - Kerry Damiano

ILLINOIS - Vanessa Romine

INDIANA - Toni Marie Yudt

IOWA - Dana Mintzer

KANSAS - Rene Ruch

KENTUCKY - Lee Ann Austin

LOUISIANA - Pamela Forest

MAINE - Rosemarie Hemond

MARYLAND - Shawn Keller

MASSACHUSETTS - Robin Silva

MICHIGAN - Kimberly Mexicotte

MINNESOTA - Carolyn Matson

MISSISSIPPI - Becky Case

MISSOURI - Robin Riley

MONTANA - Barbara Bowman

NEBRASKA - Penelope Boynton

NEVADA - Christa Elaine Daniel

NEW HAMPSHIRE - Lynn Stockwell

NEW JERSEY - Ann Marie Brucato

NEW MEXICO - Kristin Larsen

NEW YORK - Jennifer Anne Mikelinich

NORTH CAROLINA - Paige Pinson

NORTH DAKOTA - Elizabeth Anne Jager

OHIO - Gina Gangale

OKLAHOMA - Mignon Merchant

OREGON - Shelly Kiser

PENNSYLVANIA - Julie Page

RHODE ISLAND - Allegra Hendricks

SOUTH CAROLINA - Margaret Allison Grisso

SOUTH DAKOTA - Kelly Rosenbaum

TENNESSEE - Lodonna Jean Friday

TEXAS - Lisa Allred

UTAH - Launa Lewis

VERMONT - Leslie Lucchina

VIRGINIA - Tanquil Collins

WASHINGTON - Kathi Tucker

WEST VIRGINIA - Jill Rigsby

WISCONSIN - Sue Peters

WYOMING - Joanie Engstrom

This is the first and only time that the Miss USA Pageant was held in Tennessee.

Elizabeth Anne Jager was the second Miss North Dakota to place on the top 5. Judy Slayton won 3rd Runner Up in 1966 and Juliette Spier was on the semi finals in 1996.

This pageant has some of the funniest and most interesting interviews in Miss USA history. Check out some of them by clicking here.

Miss Missouri, Robin Riley competed at Miss America in 1987 and made it to the semi finals.

Julie Hayek was the 4th Miss California to win the crown. The last time California won the title before Julie was in 1975, won by Summer Bartholomew of Merced, CA.

The Best State Costume Award that year went to Miss Pennsylvania, Julie Page. Catherine Weber wore that same costume at the 1992 Miss USA Pageant in Wichita, Kansas.

Miss Nevada, Christa Daniels once worked for David Copperfield as an assistant in his Las Vegas shows.

Julie Hayek is now a successful real estate agent in New York.