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Miss USA 2007

{{Short description|56th Miss USA pageant}}

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{{Infobox beauty pageant

|winner = Rachel Smith

| represented=Tennessee

| date = March 23, 2007

| presenters = {{Hlist|Nancy O'Dell|Tim Vincent}}

| venue = Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California

| image = Rachel Renee Smith waves to troops.jpg

| broadcaster = {{Hlist|NBC|KNBC}}

| entrants= 51

| placements = 15

| before = 2006

| next = 2008

}}Miss USA 2007 was the 56th Miss USA pageant, held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition.{{cite news|title=Fallen Miss USA to hand over pageant crown |date=2007-03-23|publisher=Reuters}} The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith of Tennessee.{{cite news|title=21-year-old journalism graduate from Tennessee crowned Miss USA|first=Alex|last=Veiga|publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-03-23}}

The pageant was broadcast live on NBC from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California one month earlier than the 2006 pageant.{{cite news|title=Miss USA Event's Kodak Moment: 51 entrants share hopes, hard work and beauty secrets|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News|page=N1|first=Tony|last=Castro|date=2007-03-23}} 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.{{cite news|title=Miss USA pageant scheduled in Hollywood|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=2007-03-23}} The 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 51 contestants competed in swimsuit and evening gown, with the personal interview competition being held in private the previous day.{{cite news|title=Miss USA's tearful reign draws to an end|publisher=The Star-Ledger|last=Associated Press|date=2007-03-21|page=25}} 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.

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. Coincidentally, both Smith and Conner had competed together at Miss Teen USA 2002.{{cite news|title=Miss Teen USA 2002 crown goes to Wisconsin native |date=2002-08-29|publisher=Associated Press}}

Results

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! Placement

! Contestant

Miss USA 2007

| Rachel Smith (Tennessee){{cite web |title=Tennessee's Smith crowned Miss USA|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/03/24/tennessees-smith-crowned-miss-usa/|access-date=26 July 2024|quote=Smith edged out top finalists Meagan Yvonne Tandy of California, Cara Renee Gorges of Kansas, Helen Salas of Nevada, and Danielle Lacourse of Rhode Island.}}

1st Runner-Up

| Danielle Lacourse (Rhode Island)

2nd Runner-Up

| Cara Gorges (Kansas)

3rd Runner-Up

| Meagan Tandy (California)

4th Runner-Up

| Helen Salas (Nevada)

Selection of contestants

One delegate from each state was chosen in state pageants held from June to December 2006.{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press|first=Alex|last=Veiga|title=Beauty queens vie for title at 56th annual Miss USA Pageant |date=2007-03-23}} The first state pageant was Texas, held on June 25, 2006, and the final pageants were Kansas and Hawaii, held on December 17, 2006.

Two contestants were 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 after the publication of racy photographs.{{cite news|title=Miss Nevada USA Loses Shirt Then Title|publisher=Associated Press|date=2006-12-21|first=Adam|last=Goldman}}{{cite news|title=Former Miss Nevada apologizes for racy photos, asks for 2nd chance|publisher=Associated Press|first=Matt|last=Sedensky|date=2006-12-23}} 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.{{cite news|title=Sexy pictures lose Miss Nevada her crown|publisher=Agence France-Press|date=2006-12-22}}
  • 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.{{cite news|title=Miss N.J. USA steps down over pregnancy - Troubled contest tabs Essex Fells runner-up |last=Associated Press|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=2007-01-16|page=16}} Pageant rules prohibit titleholders from competing while pregnant.{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Dan|title=Preggers Beauty Resigns|publisher=Philadelphia Daily News|date=2006-01-15|url=http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16462915.htm|access-date=2006-01-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070514020541/http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16462915.htm|archive-date=2007-05-14}} 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.

Delegates

The Miss USA 2007 delegates were:

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918200625/http://www.missusa.com/ |date=2006-09-18 }}

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2007

Category:March 2007 in the United States

Category:2007 beauty pageants

Category:2007 in Los Angeles