Meagan Yvonne Tandy (born May 3, 1985 in Fremont, California) is a beauty queen from Fontana, California who was one of 5 finalists competing for the Miss USA title in 2007. Tandy won the Miss California USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in San Rafael, California on 15 October 2006. It was her second attempt at the title, as she has placed fourth runner-up to Tamiko Nash the year previously.

Candice Marie Sanders is a beauty queen from Brownsville, Tennessee who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Sanders first competed in the Miss USA pageant system in 2000 when she placed first runner-up in the Miss Tennessee USA pageant. The following year she repeated that placement, placing first runner-up to Allison Alderson. In 2002, after moving to California to attend university, …

Tamiko Nash (born August 26, 1979) is a beauty queen from Los Angeles, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Nash won the Miss California USA pageant in 2005, becoming only the third African-American to hold the title. She went on to place first runner-up in the Miss USA 2006 pageant. Nash has previously been employed by The Recording Academy, known for the Grammy Awards and is currently working as an actress in the Los Angeles area.

Brittany Elizabeth Hogan (born 1985) is a beauty queen from Escondido, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Hogan won the Miss California USA title in a state pageant held in Fresno, California in September 2004. It was her first attempt at this title, although she had previously placed in the top 10 for Miss California Teen USA 2001. She competed as Miss City of San Diego in the pageant, which attracted over one hundred contestants.

Kylee Lin (born 1990) is a beauty queen from San Rafael, California who will compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 2007. Lin won the Miss California Teen USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in San Rafael on 15 October 2006. It was her second attempt at the title, as she has placed fourth runner-up to Jessica Powell in the Miss California Teen USA pageant a year previously. Lin was crowned by outgoing titleholder Jessica Powell of Barstow.

Ellen Chapman Keegan is a beauty queen from San Jose, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Chapman's first pageant title was Miss Teenage California 1999 and her second Miss California United States 2002. In 2002 she competed in the Miss California USA pageant for the first time, but did not place. The following year she competed as Miss San Francisco Bay Area and won the Miss California USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in Fresno, …

Shauna Gambill is a beauty queen from Acton, California who has held the Miss Teen USA title and competed in the Miss USA and Miss World pageants. Gambill first won the Miss California Teen USA title in late 1993. In August 1994 she competed in the Miss Teen USA in the national pageant televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi. Her performance in the preliminary competition placed her fourth among the top twelve semi-finalists, …

Shawnae Jebbia (born August 26 1972) won the Miss USA title in 1998. To win the crown, Jebbia, Miss Massachusetts USA, edged out former Miss Teen USA 1994 from California, Shauna Gambill who was the press favorite. There was controversy about Shawnae's win after the final question. Fans argued that the rightful winner, based on the final question, was Shauna Gambill.

Kimberly Pressler (born May 21, 1978) is an entertainment presenter and former Miss USA. She is one of few women to win Miss New York Teen USA and Miss New York USA titles. Pressler hails from Franklinville, New York. Her first major pageant title came in 1994 when she won the Miss New York Teen USA title. At the national pageant that year, she failed to make the top 10. She ranked 45th in the preliminaries, almost dead last.

Ashley Coleman (born 1981) was Miss Teen USA 1999, representing her home city of Camden and the state of Delaware. She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title. Coleman won her first title, Miss Delaware Teen USA in 1998 and reigned in Delaware until she won the Miss Teen USA 1999 title at Shreveport, Louisiana on August 24, 1999.

Shannon LaRhea Marketic (born February 5. 1971), is a beauty queen from Malibu, California, who has held the Miss USA title. She's of Croatian background. Marketic was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1989 but held the title for only a week and a half after it was discovered an error had been made and she had actually placed first runner-up. She was later crowned Miss California USA, and went on to represent California in the then Miss USA 1992 pageant.

Shauntay Hinton won the Miss USA title in 2002 competing as Miss District of Columbia USA. Hinton hails from Starkville, Mississippi and graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She qualified to represent the District of Columbia because she was attending Howard University at the time, studying broadcast communications.

Cristina Nardozzi is a beauty queen from Seekonk, Massachusetts who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. In late 2004 Nardozzi won the Miss Massachusetts USA 2005 title in Quincy, Massachusetts. She represented her state at the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005 but failed to place. The nationally televised pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

Keylee Sue Sanders was Miss Kansas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995. Sanders first won the Miss Kansas Teen USA title in late 1994. In August 1995 she was crowned Miss Teen USA in the national pageant televised live from Wichita, in her home state of Kansas. As Miss Kansas Teen USA, Sanders was part of the Vanbros organization, and she would retain links with that group after she gave up her crown.

Summer Robin Bartholomew (born November 20, 1951 in Merced, California) is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant. Summer Bartholomew won the title Miss California USA in 1975 and went on to win the Miss USA crown. She competed at the 1975 Miss Universe pageant held in El Salvador and placed second-runner up to winner Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland. Bartholomew also served as a judge for the Miss USA pageant in 1977 and 1982.

Julie Hayek (born on October 4, 1960) won the Miss USA pageant in 1983, competing as Miss California USA. She was the 1st runner up at that same state pageant the year before. Hayek went on to be the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant, won by New Zealand's Lorraine Downes. She had been a favorite for the win and entered the semifinals with the highest preliminary score - she then won both the swimsuit and the evening gown competitions.

Kelly Parsons achieved fame as an American actor and model. She was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 23, 1964. She won the "Our Little Miss" pageant in 1975. This led to her being chosen as one of the Mouseketeers in the 1977-79 revival of the "New Mickey Mouse Club." She also appeared in the films "Evils of the Night" and "The Night Stalker" and in episodes of the TV series "Quincy, …

Jamie Solinger is a beauty queen from Altoona, Iowa who won the title Miss Teen USA 1992. Solinger competed as Miss Iowa Teen USA in the Miss Teen USA 1992 in pageant which was nationally broadcast from Biloxi, Mississippi on 25 August 1992. Although the pageant was televised live, the threat of Hurricane Andrew meant that the conclusion was unable to be broadcast.

Maria Remenyi (born c. 1946) is Miss USA 1966. Maria Reminyi was a junior at the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in high energy physics, when she became the first representative of a dormitory to win the campus Miss Beauty contest. Less than a year later she won the Miss California Universe title and went on to become California's second representative to achieve the title of Miss USA. She was a semifinalist in the Miss Universe contest.

Brooke Elizabeth Angus is a beauty queen from Essex, Vermont who has competed in the Miss USA 2002 and Miss World 2006 pageants. Angus won her first major title in late 2001 when she became Miss Vermont USA 2002. She represented Vermont at the Miss USA 2002 pageant held in Gary, Indiana, but failed to place. The pageant was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia.

Terry Lynn Huntingdon (born on May 8, 1940) is Miss USA 1959. After winning the Miss California USA crown, Huntingdon, from Mount Shasta, California went on to become California's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA.

Lisa Gayle Tollett (born January 22 1977) is a beauty queen from Crossville, Tennessee who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Tollett won the Miss Tennessee USA 2001 title in late 2000, in her first attempt. She was crowned by Lynnette Cole, Miss USA 2000, who had previously been Miss Tennessee USA 2000. Her first runner-up was Candice Sanders, who would later become Miss California USA 2003.

Cheryl Patton is a beauty queen coming from Florida who has held the Miss USA title. Patton won the Miss Florida USA 1967 title and represented Florida in the Miss USA 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach in her home state. She placed as second runner-up in the pageant, which was won by Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama. In July that year, Hitchcock became the fourth woman from the United States to win the Miss Universe title, and for the first time, …

Mary-Margaret Humes (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known for playing Gale Leery, the title character's mother on the television drama "Dawson's Creek" which ran from 1998 to 2003.

Candace Michelle Brown (born November 21, 1968) was born and reared in Calhoun, Georgia. Candace began a modeling career in her high school years and was featured in a broad array of advertisements and publications. While a student at Auburn University, she entered and won the 1992 Miss Alabama USA title. She competed for the title of Miss USA in Wichita, …

Andria Gayle Mullins (born October 8, 1980) is a beauty queen, model and actress from Texas who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Mullins won the Miss Texas Teen USA 1997 pageant and competed at Miss Teen USA 1997, broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas in August 1997. She later competed nine times for a Miss USA state title, entering the Miss Texas USA, Miss New York USA and Miss California USA pageants, but never won a title.