Miss USA 2018

Miss USA 2018 was the 67th Miss USA pageant. It was held on May 21, 2018 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. The pageant was held at the same venue that was used for Miss USA 1997.
Kára McCullough of District of Columbia crowned her successor Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska at the end of the event, becoming the first woman from her state to win the title. Summers represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant on December 17, 2018 in Bangkok, and placed in the Top 20.
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey hosted for the first time, while Carson Kressley and Lu Sierra served as commentators and was broadcast on Fox for the third consecutive year. Additionally, it featured performances by 98 Degrees and Lee Brice.
For the first time, the Miss Teen USA 2018 pageant was held concurrently, with the finals of the Teen competition being held just prior to the Miss USA competition.

Background

Location

On March 19, 2018, the Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the pageant would be held on May 21 at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana, this was the fifth time Louisiana hosting the pageant, and Shreveport was hosted twice, in 1997 and 1998.

Hosts and performer

On March 19, 2018, it was announced husband and wife duo Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey would be hosting the event, while Carson Kressley and Lu Sierra would serve as backstage commentators. Nick Lachey is one of the members of boy band 98 Degrees, while Vanessa Lachey formerly was crowned Miss Teen USA 1998 as Vanessa Minnillo, and has worked as a presenter in Total Request Live and a correspondent in Entertainment Tonight.
On May 17, 2018, the aforementioned 98 Degrees and country singer Lee Brice were announced as musical guests.

Selection of participants

Delegates from 50 states and the District of Columbia were selected in state pageants held between September 2017 and January 2018. Texas USA|Texas] was initially to be the first pageant that was originally scheduled on September 3, 2017, but was pushed to January 6, 2018 due to Hurricane Harvey hit that pageant's host city, Houston. However, Illinois USA|Illinois] was actually the first pageant of the 2018 edition held on September 4, 2017. The final pageants were Kentucky USA|Kentucky] and New Mexico USA|New Mexico], held on January 28, 2018. Ten of them were former Miss Teen USA state winners, three of them were former Miss America state winners and one was former Miss World Puerto Rico who competed in Miss World 2014.

Results

Placements

§ – Voted into Top 15 by viewers

Special award

Pageant

Preliminary round

Prior to the final competition, the delegates competed in the preliminary competition, which involves private interviews with the judges and a presentation show where they compete in swim wear and evening gown and was held on May 17, hosted by Erin Lim and Kára McCullough.

Finals

Much like in recent years, the contestants were increased back to 15 semifinalists, from 2016. In the final competition, the top 15 competed in swim wear, while the top 10 also competed in evening gown. The top five also competed in a question round against current affairs, while the final three also competed in the final question round and a final runway, and the winner was decided by a panel of judges alongside the two runners-up.

Judges

Natasha Curry – television host, news anchor and Miss Washington USA 1998
Jamie Kern Lima – businesswoman, reality television personality and Miss Washington USA 2000
Crystle Stewart – Miss USA 2008 from Texas
Liliana Vasquez – host and producer
Denise White – businesswoman and Oregon USA|Miss Oregon USA 1994]
Paula Shugart – Chairman of the Miss Universe Organization
Contestants

Contestant stats provided via the Miss Universe Organization.

State/district	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Notes
Alabama USA\|Alabama]	Hannah Brown	23	Tuscaloosa	Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor Star of season 15 of The Bachelorette Winner of season 28 of Dancing with the Stars
Alaska USA\|Alaska]	Brooke Johnson	25	Anchorage
Arizona USA\|Arizona]	Nicole Smith	24	Phoenix
Arkansas USA\|Arkansas]	Lauren Weaver	21	Greenwood	Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2014
California USA\|California]	Kelley Johnson	25	Los Angeles	Previously [Miss Colorado\|Miss Colorado 2015]
Colorado	Chloe Brown	22	Grand Junction	Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2013
Connecticut USA\|Connecticut]	Jamie Hughes	27	Stamford
Delaware USA\|Delaware]	Sierra Wright	20	Wilmington	Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2015 Contestant on Survivor 47
District of Columbia USA\|District of Columbia]	Bryce Armstrong	21	Washington, D.C.
Florida USA\|Florida]	Génesis Dávila	27	Miami	Previously Miss World Puerto Rico 2014 Originally crowned Miss Florida USA 2017, but was later dethroned
Georgia USA\|Georgia]	Marianny Egurrola	25	Buford
Hawaii USA\|Hawaii]	Julianne Chu	26	Honolulu	Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2010 Sister of Allison Chu, Miss Hawaii USA 2021
Idaho USA\|Idaho]	Téa Draganović	21	Boise
Illinois	Karolina Jasko	20	Franklin Park
Indiana USA\|Indiana]	Darrian Arch	23	Chesterton	Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2013
Iowa USA\|Iowa]	Jenny Valliere	27	Cedar Rapids
Kansas USA\|Kansas]	Melanie Shaner	20	Overland Park	Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2015
Kentucky	Braea Tilford	25	Louisville
Louisiana USA\|Louisiana]	Lauren Vizza	28	Shreveport	Previously Miss Louisiana 2012
Maine USA\|Maine]	Marina Gray	22	Mount Desert Island
Maryland USA\|Maryland]	Brittinay Nicolette	26	Fallston
Massachusetts USA\|Massachusetts]	Allissa Latham	27	Lowell
Michigan USA\|Michigan]	Elizabeth Johnson	25	Detroit
Minnesota USA\|Minnesota]	Kalie Wright	25	Eagle Bend	Previously National Sweetheart 2014 Previously Miss Idaho 2015
Mississippi USA\|Mississippi]	Laine Mansour	21	Tupelo
Missouri USA\|Missouri]	Tori Kruse	27	Camdenton
Montana USA\|Montana]	Dani Walker	28	Billings	Previously National American Miss California Jr. Teen 2006 Previously National American Miss California Teen 2009 Competed in Miss California USA several times.
Miss [Nebraska USA\|Nebraska]	Sarah Rose Summers	23	Omaha	Previously National American Miss Junior Teen 2009–10 Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2012
Nevada USA\|Nevada]	Carolina Urrea	23	Sunrise Manor	Contestant in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 and 2015
New Hampshire USA\|New Hampshire]	Michelle McEwan	25	Harrisville
New Jersey USA\|New Jersey]	Alexa Noone	23	Bayonne
New Mexico	Kristen Leyva	23	Las Cruces
New York USA\|New York]	Genesis Suero	26	Brooklyn
North Carolina USA\|North Carolina]	Caelynn Miller-Keyes	22	Asheville	Previously Virginia Teen USA\|Miss Virginia Teen USA 2013] Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor Contestant on season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise
North Dakota USA\|North Dakota]	Abigail Pogatshnik	20	Bismarck
Ohio USA\|Ohio]	Deneen Penn	20	Cortland
Oklahoma USA\|Oklahoma]	Cheyene Darling	20	Edmond
Oregon	Toneata Morgan	21	Coquille
Pennsylvania USA\|Pennsylvania]	Olivia Suchko	22	Belle Vernon
Rhode Island USA\|Rhode Island]	Daescia DeMoranville	22	Johnston
South Carolina USA\|South Carolina]	Tori Sizemore	22	Anderson	Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2013
South Dakota USA\|South Dakota]	Madison Nipe	21	Madison
Tennessee USA\|Tennessee]	Alexandra Harper	25	Brentwood	Daughter of Miss Tennessee USA 1981, Sharon Kay Steakly
Texas	Logan Lester	23	Houston
Utah USA\|Utah]	Narine Ishhanov	24	Salt Lake City	Originally from Turkmenistan
Vermont USA\|Vermont]	Maia-Jena Allo	20	Colchester
Virginia	Ashley Vollrath	22	Blacksburg
Washington	Abigail Hill	20	Enumclaw
West Virginia USA\|West Virginia]	Casey Lassiter	21	Spencer
Wisconsin USA\|Wisconsin]	Regina Gray	27	Milwaukee	Later Miss Supranational USA 2019
Wyoming USA\|Wyoming]	Callie Bishop	28	Laramie	Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2008

International broadcasters

Television

United States: Fox
Africa: DSTV Mzansi Magic
Asia-Pacific: Fox Life
Venezuela: Venevisión