Miss USA 2002
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The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana in 2 March 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas.
Hinton was the first African-American woman to win the pageant since Chelsi Smith held the title in 1995, and was the first titleholder from Washington, DC since 1964. She wore a traditional white evening gown during the competition.
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The event was particularly notable because four of the top five delegates were African-American, which had never occurred previously.[1] Two of the five, Kelly Lloyd of Indiana and Alita Dawson of Connecticut had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Dawson was the first delegate from Connecticut to place since 1969.
There was also controversy over the choice of swimsuits for the swimsuit competition: only six delegates chose an all-red one-piece while the rest wore a two-piece option. The New York Post reported that one contestant, Tarah Marie Peters of California, had points deducted by one judge because of her choice of a one-piece suit, thus eliminating her from the top five. She was the only one of the top ten who wore the one-piece option.[2]
This pageant featured the first two Triple Crown winners: women who have held state titles for Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America. The two women were Kelly Lloyd (2nd runner-up), who was Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993, 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1993, Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002 and Allison Alderson, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994, Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002.
[edit] Results
[edit] Placements
The title of Miss USA 2002 was awarded to Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia. The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up - Lindsay Douglas (Miss Kansas USA)
- 2nd runner-up - Kelly Lloyd (Miss Indiana USA)
- 3rd runner-up - Lanore VanBuren (Miss Minnesota USA)
- 4th runner-up - Alita Dawson (Miss Connecticut USA)
The twelve semi-finalists were: Ashley Williams (Miss South Carolina USA), Anne Lene (Miss Louisiana USA), Kasi Kelly (Miss Texas USA), Tara Tucker (Miss Alabama USA) and Janet Sutton (Miss Rhode Island USA), Tara Peters (Miss California USA), Karla Cavalli (Miss New York USA).
[edit] Special awards
- Miss Congenality - Meredith McCannell (Miss Montana USA)
- Miss Photogenic - Shannon Ford (Miss Florida USA)
[edit] Delegates
The Miss USA 2002 delegates were:
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Ten delegates had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants, including the two Triple Crown winners who had competed in both. One delegate later won a Miss America state title.
Delegates who had previously held a Miss Teen USA state title were:
- Kelly Lloyd (Indiana) - Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 (1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1993)
- Nicole Bigham (Pennsylvania) - Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1994
- Allison Alderson (Tennessee) - Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994 (Top 6 finalist at Miss Teen USA 1994)
- Melana Scantlin (Missouri) - Miss Missouri Teen USA 1995 (Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA 1995)
- Tara Tucker (Alabama) - Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997
- Alita Dawson (Connecticut) - Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997
- Elizabeth Arnold (Kentucky) - Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1998
- Christine Olejniczak (Alaska) - Miss Alaska Teen USA 2000
Delegates who had previously held a Miss America state title or would later win one were:
- Keely Gaston (Colorado) - Miss Colorado 1998
- Heather Soriano (Mississippi) - Miss Mississippi 1999
- Kelly Lloyd (Indiana) - Miss Indiana 1999 (Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview award)
- Allison Alderson (Tennessee) - Miss Tennessee 1999
- Audra Paquette (New Hampshire) - Miss New Hampshire 2005
[edit] References
- ^ Race and Pageantry. Pageant News Bureau. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
- ^ "The Insiders: The Post takes you behind the locker-room doors", New York Post, 2002-04-14, p. 90. Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
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