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, who competed as Miss Kentucky USA ]] , who competed as Miss North Carolina USA ]] The Miss USA pageant is a Beauty Contest that has been held every year since 1952 , with winners competing in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA . The reigning Miss USA is Rachel Smith , formerly Miss Tennessee USA , who was crowned on March 23 , 2007 , in Los Angeles by Tara Elizabeth Conner , Miss USA 2006. HISTORY Jackie Loughery of New York was the first Miss USA. In the mid-1960s, it was established when a Miss USA wins the Miss Universe pageant, the first runner-up becomes the new Miss USA. This has happened in 1980, 1995 and 1997. In 1967, the first runner-up declined the title and the crown went to the second runner-up Cheryl Patton . The only instance where a first runner-up assumed the title of Miss USA prior to this period was in 1957 when Mary Leona Gage resigned her crown when it was discovered she was married, and Charlotte Sheffield being the new queen. In 2006, Tara Conner came close to losing her title for issues relating to Alcoholism and Substance Abuse . The pageant, which aired on CBS from 1963 until 2002 , was known for having a CBS game show host as pageant host. John Charles Daly hosted the show from 1963-1966. Bob Barker hosted the show from 1967 until 1987, Dick Clark hosted the show from 1989-1993 and Bob Goen from 1994-1996. Like in the Miss America Pageant , the contestants representing the Southern states have tended to dominate the competition. Since 1980, 15 of the winners of Miss USA have been Southern delegates. Five winners were from the Midwest. Three winners were from the west (one Pacific West). Three winners were from the Northeast. COMPETITION , who competed as Miss Texas USA ]] Unlike the Miss America pageant, there is no talent section at Miss USA. Delegates are required to compete in Evening Gown, Swimsuit and Interview. From 1975-2000, all delegates who made the initial cut competed in an Interview competition in some format, often involving all semi-finalists. As of 2001, this interview portion was taken away and leaving only the "final question" for the top five delegates to answer. The finals judges thus only hear the final candidates speak. Delegates compete in the Preliminary Competition, and a group of semi-finalists are chosen and announced during the (televised) final competition. These semi-finalists then compete in swimsuit and evening gown, from which competitions the winner and runners-up are chosen. In some years, there has been a second cut before the announcement of the final group. The judges for the finals are usually different from those who judged the Preliminary competition. In the first year of competition there were five finalists (winner and four runners-up) and five semi-finalists. The number of semi-finalists expanded to fifteen the following year (making the number of placed delegates twenty, the most in any year of competition). From 1954 to 1969, there was generally four runners-up and between ten and twelve semi-finalists. This was reduced to seven semi-finalists in 1970, with the number of delegates making the cut being twelve. This pattern held until 1984, when the number of delegates advancing was set at ten (i.e. five runners-up and five semi-finalists). That remained for the rest of the 1980s, until the previous pattern of seven semi-finalists resumed from 1990 to 2003, with only two exceptions. From 1990 to 2001, there was a second cut after the final five finalists were cut, which led to their being five semi-finalists (on average), two finalists, two runners-up and one winner. In 2004, a new pattern was established whereby fifteen delegates make the first cut, are cut down to 10 after the evening gown competition, cut again to five after the swimsuit competition and then the final five compete in the "final question" interview portion. This has been repeated in all competitions since then. From 1979-2002, the average scores of each delegate were shown on the television broadcast and thus the semi-finalists could be ranked. This was changed in 2003 to a "circle" system where judges choose a certain number of delegates to "circle", and those with the most "circles" make the cut. This was the same system that was used prior to the "computer" scoring system implemented in 1979. STATE COMPETITIONS | ||
| [[Image:MissUSAwinningstatespngthumbrightMiss USA Winners Per State As Of 2007<br />'''Key:'''<br /><span Style | "background-color:blue">    </span> 1 win |
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| [[Image:MissUSAplacementsperstatepngthumbrightMiss USA Placements Per State As Of 2007<br />'''Key:'''<br /><span Style | "background-color:red">    </span> > 45 placements |
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