Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005 was the 54th Miss USA pageant, held in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina USA|North Carolina].
Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005. The hosts were Access Hollywood stars Nancy O'Dell and Billy Bush.
This was the first of two years the pageant was held in Maryland, as it was held in Los Angeles, California in 2004. The new location was announced in October 2004.
Judges
The celebrity panel of final competition judges was announced on 10 March 2005. The judges were:- Michael Phelps – Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Molly Sims – Star of NBC show Las Vegas
- Sugar Ray Leonard – Boxer
- Frederic Fekkai – Beauty expert
- Pamela Dennis – Fashion designer
- Raj Bhakta – The Apprentice contestant
- Ksenia Maksimova – Model
- Brody Hutzler – Actor on ''Days of Our Lives''
Delegates
- Alabama USA|Alabama] – Jessica Tinney
- Alaska USA|Alaska] – Aleah Scheick
- Arizona USA|Arizona] – Mariana Loya
- Arkansas USA|Arkansas] – Jessica Furrer
- California USA|California] – Brittany Hogan
- Colorado USA|Colorado] – Lauren Cisneros
- Connecticut USA|Connecticut] – Melissa Mandak
- Delaware USA|Delaware] – Sheena Benton
- District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia] – Sarah-Elizabeth Langford
- Florida USA|Florida] – Melissa Witek
- Georgia USA|Georgia] – Tanisha Brito
- Hawaii USA|Hawaii] – Jennifer Fairbank
- Idaho USA|Idaho] – Sade Aiyeku
- Illinois USA|Illinois] – Jill Gulseth
- Indiana USA|Indiana] – Kaitlyn Christopher
- Iowa USA|Iowa] – Joy Robinson
- Kansas USA|Kansas] – Rachel Saunders
- Kentucky USA|Kentucky] – Kristen Johnson
- Louisiana USA|Louisiana] – Candice Stewart
- Maine USA|Maine] – Erica Commeau
- Maryland – Marina Harrison
- Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts] – Cristina Nardozzi
- Michigan USA|Michigan] – Crystal Hayes
- Minnesota USA|Minnesota] – Carrie Lee
- Mississippi USA|Mississippi] – Jennifer Adcock
- Missouri USA|Missouri] – Andrea Ciliberti
- Montana USA|Montana] – Amanda Kimmel
- Nebraska USA|Nebraska] – Jana Murrell
- Nevada USA|Nevada] – Shivonn Geeb
- New Hampshire USA|New Hampshire] – Candace Glickman
- New Jersey USA|New Jersey] – Sylvia Pogorzelski
- New Mexico USA|New Mexico] – Jacqueline Deaner
- New York USA|New York] – Meaghan Jarensky
- North Carolina – Chelsea Cooley
- North Dakota USA|North Dakota] – Chrissa Miller
- Ohio USA|Ohio] – Aisha Berry
- Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma] – Laci Scott
- Oregon USA|Oregon] – Jessica Carlson
- Pennsylvania USA|Pennsylvania] – Brenda Brabham
- Rhode Island USA|Rhode Island] – Allison Paganetti
- South Carolina USA|South Carolina] – Sarah Medley
- South Dakota USA|South Dakota] – Jessica Fjerstad
- Tennessee USA|Tennessee] – Amy Colley
- Texas USA|Texas] – Tyler Willis
- Utah USA|Utah] – Marin Poole
- Vermont USA|Vermont] – Amanda Mitteer
- Virginia USA|Virginia] – Jennifer Pitts
- Washington – Amy Crawford
- West Virginia USA|West Virginia] – Kristin Morrison
- Wisconsin USA|Wisconsin] – Melissa Ann Young
- Wyoming USA|Wyoming] – Abby Norman