Crystle Stewart is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas who will compete in the Miss USA pageant in 2008. Stewart won the Miss Texas USA 2008 title in a state pageant held in Laredo, Texas on July 1 2007, after competing against 121 other contestants. She will represent Texas in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in the spring of 2008. This was Stewart's fifth attempt at the title, as she had placed first runner-up in both the 2006 and 2007 events, …

Magen Leigh Ellis (born October 11, 1986) is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and competed for the title Miss USA 2007 where she placed in the top 10. Ellis is one of only four Miss Texas Teen USA titleholders to also win Miss Texas USA. Ellis graduated from White House High School in 2004 and attends the University of Houston where she studies Spanish and communications.

Lauren Chandler Lanning (born 1983) is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. She placed in the Top 10 at the Miss USA Pageant which aired live on NBC April 21, 2006. Lanning won the Miss Texas USA 2006 pageant held in July 2005. She had previously competed in four Miss Texas USA pageants, and was 3rd runner-up in 2004 as Miss Fort Bend County USA and 2nd runner-up in 2005 as Miss Bay Area USA.

Claudia Nicole O'Brian (born August 10, 1982) is a former beauty queen and Reality TV show contestant from Friendswood, Texas who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. O'Brian was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 in a state pageant held Thanksgiving weekend 1999 in Houston, Texas. She had placed third runner-up to Misty Giles the year previously. In August 2000, O'Brian competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant held in Shreveport, …

Tyler Colie Willis is a beauty queen from Brownfield, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Willis won the Miss Texas USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Laredo, Texas in June 2004. Competing against 128 other contestants as Miss Central Plains, Willis also won the Miss Congeniality title during the event. Her second runner-up was Lauren Lanning, who would win the title the following year. This was Willis's fourth attempt at winning the title.

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith (born August 23, 1973 in Redwood City, California) is a beauty queen from Deer Park who has held the Miss USA and Miss Universe titles.

Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas.

Stephanie Guerrero is a beauty queen from Houston, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Guerrero won the Miss Texas USA 2004 title in a state pageant held in Lubbock, Texas on July 28, 2003. Competing against 99 other contestants as Miss Houston, Willis also won the swimsuit award during the event. Her first runner-up was Tyler Willis, who would go on to win the Miss Texas USA title the following year, and third runner-up was Lauren Lanning, …

Christinane Crane "Christy" Fichtner (born on October 28, 1962), Miss Texas USA 1986, was crowned Miss USA in the national pageant that same year. First runner up was Halle Berry. Fichtner was the second of the Texas Aces, five consecutive winners from Texas during the decade. Fichtner is often renowned as the most beautiful woman to wear the Miss USA crown and bore an uncanny resemblance to supermodel Christie Brinkley (so much that in fact, …

Courtney Ann Gibbs was born in Dallas, Texas on August 20, 1966. After winning Miss Texas USA, she won the Miss USA title in 1988. She was the 4th of five Texans to win consecutively from 1985 to 1989. At the 1988 Miss Universe pageant, Gibbs won the preliminary contests, placing 1st overall, but was placed 8th on finals night, with the crown going to Thailand's Porntip Nakhirunkanok.

Debra Gale Marshall (born March 2, 1960 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is an American real estate agent and former professional wrestling manager and WWE Diva. She is best known by her ring name, Debra. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between 1998 and 2002. Before becoming involved in wrestling, Debra was a beauty pageant participant, winning the runner-up for Miss Texas USA in 1984.

After winning the title Miss Texas USA, Gretchen Polhemus (born May 12, 1965) was crowned the 38th Miss USA in 1989. She was the 5th and last out of five consecutive Texas representatives to win the title (1985-1989) She was later the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant. Since then, Polhemus has worked as a professional model, a sports correspondent for ESPN and most recently she has worked for a CBS affiliate as a news correspondent.

Misty Giles (born February 25, 1981) is a former beauty queen and a Reality TV show contestant. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia and currently resides in Dallas, Texas. Giles competed in her first pageant, Miss Central Texas Teen USA, at age 15. She failed to win on her first attempt, but persevered until she won the Miss Texas Teen USA 1999 title in late 1998. Giles then represented Texas at the Miss Teen USA which was televised live from Shreveport, …

Laura Elena Harring (born March 3, 1964) is a Mexican American actress and former Miss USA (1985). She starred as Rita in David Lynch's 2001 film "Mulholland Dr."

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.

Michelle Royer (born on January 5 , 1966) was crowned Miss Texas USA and went on to win the title Miss USA. She was the 3rd of five consecutive winners from Texas, known as the Texas Aces. At the 1987 Miss Universe pageant, she won the preliminary competition, but on finals night, she finished 2nd runner-up to Cecilia Bolocco of Chile.

Kasi Laine Kelly is a beauty queen from Bridgeport, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Kelly won the Miss Texas USA 2002 title in a state pageant held in Lubbock, Texas on July 30, 2001. She competed against over 100 other contestants as Miss Dallas-Fort Worth. Her first runner-up was Stephanie Guerrero, who would go on to win the Miss Texas USA 2004 title, her second runner-up was Andria Mullins, who was Miss Texas Teen USA 1997, …

Sommer Easton Isdale (born July 1991) is a beauty queen from Waco, Texas who will compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 2007. Isdale won the Miss Texas Teen USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in November 2006, after winning the Miss Waco Teen USA title earlier in the year. It was her second attempt at the title, as she placed first runner-up to Raevan Valadez of Austin in the 2006 event as Miss Harker Heights Teen USA.

Kimberly Tomes (born 1956) is a beauty queen from Texas who has held the title Miss USA 1977. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University. Tomes won the Miss Texas USA title in 1976, and later represented Texas in the Miss USA pageant held in Charleston, South Carolina in 1977. In the nationally televised pageant, Tomes won the Miss USA title, becoming the first woman from Texas to do so.

Molly Brown (born 1968) is a beauty queen from Loretto, Tennessee who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. Brown was the winner of Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1984 title and represented Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA 1984 pageant, the second year this competition was staged. The pageant was held in Brown's home state, at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis. Brown made the top ten in the nationally televised pageant, …

Julie Anne Donaldson is a beauty queen from Ponte Verde Beach, Florida who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, in addition to working as a sportscaster on the New York City based network SportsNet New York. Donaldson won the Miss Florida USA title in the state pageant held in Orlando, FL in July 2000. She had previously placed first runner-up to Kristin Ludecke in the previous year's pageant. Donaldson competed in the Miss USA 2001 pageant won by Kandace Krueger of Texas, …

Jacqueline Nicole Deaner is a beauty queen from Las Cruces, New Mexico who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Deaner was crowned Miss New Mexico USA 2005 in late 2004. It was her first attempt at this title, although she had previously competed in the equivalent pageant in Texas. Deaner placed in the top twelve of the Miss Texas USA 2000 pageant and was a non-finalist in the 2001 and 2002 competitions.

Tina Marie Machado is a beauty queen from Hawaii who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Machado competed in the Miss USA 1985 pageant as Miss Hawaii USA and was a semi-finalist in the nationally televised pageant broadcast live from Lakeland, Florida in May 1985. The pageant was won by Laura Martinez Harring of Texas. In 2006 it was announced that Machado would appear as a cast member on CBS show Tuesday Night Book Club.