- Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley, (born October 30, 1983), is a beauty queen from Mint Hill, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title. Cooley was crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2005 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. She was the first Miss North Carolina USA to win the Miss USA crown.
- Melissa Witek
Melissa Witek (born April 9, 1981) is an entrepreneur and beauty queen who competed in the Miss USA pageant and appeared on the reality television show "Treasure Hunters".
- Brittany Hogan
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.
- Jill Gulseth
Jill Gulseth (born 1985) is a beauty queen from Geneva, Illinois who has held the title Miss Illinois USA and competed at Miss USA. Gulseth competed in Miss Illinois USA 2004 pageant and placed in the semi-finals. Returning the following year, Gulseth won both the Miss Illinois USA crown and the Miss Photogenic award. This state pageant attracted 129 delegates. In April 2005 Gulseth represented Illinois in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland, …
- Kristen Johnson
Kristen Lynn Johnson (born March 16, 1982 in Henderson, Kentucky) is a beauty queen who has represented Kentucky at both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.
- Marina Harrison
Marina Harrison is a former beauty queen from Maryland who was the first woman to represent that state at both Miss USA and Miss America. Harrison was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, grew up as a military brat, living in locations all around the United States.
- Jennifer Adcock
Jennifer Leigh Adcock is a beauty queen from Hattiesburg, Mississippi who has competed at Miss America and Miss USA. Adcock won her first pageant in 1998 when she became Mississippi’s Junior Miss and competed in the nationally televised America's Junior Miss Pageant, where she won the Overall Non-finalist Creative and Performing Arts award. In 2000, Adcock competed in the Miss Mississippi system for the first time, as Miss Hattiesburg, and placed fourth runner-up.
- Tyler Willis
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.
- Amanda Kimmel
Amanda Lee Kimmel is a beauty queen from Billings, Montana who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants. Kimmel won the Miss Montana USA 2005 title in late 2004 after placing first runner-up in both the 2003 and 2004 pageants. She competed at the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to place. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. After passing on her Montana crown to Jill McLain in late August 2005, …
- Laci Scott
Laci Scott is a beauty queen from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Scott won the Miss Oklahoma USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in November 2004 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her sister titleholder was Crystle Glidden, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2005. Both Scott and Glidden were top six finalists in the Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2006 event. Scott represented Oklahoma in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005.
- Jessica Furrer
Jessica Furrer (born 1983) is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Arkansas USA 2005. Furrer competed for Arkansas in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She placed in the top fifteen in the pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. Furrer's placement was her state's first since 1982, when Terri Utley won the Miss USA crown.
- Cristina Nardozzi
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.
- Kaitlyn Christopher
Kaitlyn Marie Christopher (born 1986) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Indiana USA and competed at Miss USA. Christopher was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2005 on November 14 2004. She was the first Miss Indiana USA to hail from Kokomo, Indiana since 1979. This was Christopher's first attempt at the Miss Indiana USA title, however she had placed in the Miss Indiana Teen USA pageant in 2002 and 2003. Despite her young age at Miss USA, Christopher, …
- Meaghan Jarensky
Meaghan Jarensky is a beauty queen from The Bronx, New York who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Jarensky won the Miss New York USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in 2004. It was her first attempt at the title, and she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Jaclyn Nesheiwat. Her sister titleholder was Natascha Bessez, Miss New York Teen USA 2005. Jarensky represented New York in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005.
- Crystal Hayes
Crystal Hayes (born September 25 1984) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Michigan USA and competed at Miss USA. Hayes, who grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan region, is a pageant veteran, having completed in numerous other pageants before winning the Miss Michigan USA crown. Her first placement came in the Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant when she placed in the semi-finals. She returned the following year and placed in the finals in the same pageant.
- Marin Poole
Marin Morgan Poole is a beauty queen from Logan, Utah who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. Poole won the Miss Utah Teen USA 2002 title in a state pageant held in December 2001, competing as Miss Cache Valley Teen USA. She also won the Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic awards in that pageant. Her first runner up was Jessica Dawn Black, who later won the Miss Utah Teen USA 2003 title.
- Sarah Medley
Sarah Ashley Medley (born April 21 1986) is a beauty queen from North Charleston, South Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. Medley won her first major pageant title in 2001, when she won the Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant held in November 2000. She represented her state in the Miss Teen USA 2001 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas in August 2001, but failed to place in the nationally televised pageant, …
- Jessica Tinney
Jessica Tinney (born April 2, 1984) is a beauty queen from Birmingham, Alabama who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Tinney won the Miss Alabama USA 2005 title in late 2004. She had competed in the state pageant on two previous occasions, placing third runner-up in 2003 and second runner-up in 2004. She had also placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Alabama Teen USA 2001 pageant and first runner-up in the same pageant the following year.
- Amy Colley
Amy Estella Colley is a beauty queen from Jonesborough, Tennessee who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. She graduated from David Crockett High School in 2002. Colley first competed in the Miss Tennessee 2002 pageant where she won a preliminary swimsuit award but did not place. Later that year she competed in the Miss Tennessee Teen USA pageant, and placed in the top six alongside Lauren Grissom and winner Rachel Smith, …
- Kristin Morrison
Kristin Lorraine Morrison is a beauty queen from Ripley, West Virginia who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Morrison first competed for the Miss West Virginia USA title in 2004 when she placed in the top five. She returned the following year, and won the Miss West Virginia USA 2005 title. Morrison went on to represent West Virginia in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005.
- Tanisha Brito
Tanisha Nicole Brito (born 1980) is a beauty queen who has competed at both Miss America and Miss USA. Brito is an experienced pageant contestant. Her first major pageant was the 2000 Miss Connecticut state pageant, where she finished second runner-up. The following year she competed in Georgia, where she won a non-finalist interview award. She returned to Connecticut in 2002, where she won the swimsuit award and Miss Connecticut crown.
- Aisha Berry
Aisha Berry is a beauty queen from Cincinnati, Ohio who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Berry won the Miss Ohio USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in late 2004. This was her fifth attempt at the title, as she placed second runner-up in 2001, was a semi-finalist in the 2002 pageant won by Kim Mullen, did not place in the 2003 event won by Candace Smith, and was fourth runner-up in 2004. Other runners-up in the 2004 competition were Shannon Niquette Stewart, …
- Jana Murrell
Jana Murrell is the morning traffic reporter for television station KETV 7 in Omaha, Nebraska and former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.
- Candace Glickman
Candace Glickman is a beauty queen from Manchester, New Hampshire who has competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants. Glickman won the Miss New Hampshire 2003 pageant in May 2003 competing as Miss Deerfield Fair. It was her fourth attempt at the title, as she had placed fourth runner up in every Miss New Hampshire pageant from 2000-2002. She represented New Hampshire in the Miss America 2004 pageant broadcast live from Atlantic City, …
- Rachel Saunders
Rachel Saunders (born 1984) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Kansas USA 2005 and competed at Miss USA. Saunders, who hails from Tonganoxie, Kansas attended Tonganoxie High School and later Johnson County Community College and the University of Kansas. She has enrolled in a variety of classes, including occupational therapy, marketing, art, and photography, but has yet to decide on her major.
- Jessica Carlson
Jessica Carlson is a beauty queen from Oregon who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Carlson won the Miss Oregon USA 2005 title in the state pageant held in Redmond, Oregon in late 2004. She had previously placed in the top ten in the Miss Oregon 2004 pageant the same year. Carlson represented Oregon in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She did not place in the nationally televised pageant, …
- Jessica Fjerstad
Jessica Lea Fjerstad is a beauty queen from Madison, South Dakota who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. Fjerstad won the Miss South Dakota USA 2002 title in 2001, after placing first runner-up the year previously. She represented South Dakota in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas in August 2002, but did not place. The pageant was won by Vanessa Marie Semrow of Wisconsin.
- Sade Aiyeku
Sade Alexandra Aiyeku (born 1980) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Idaho USA and competed at Miss USA. Aiyeku grew up in Prescott, Washington. She was student body president during her senior year and attended Walla Walla Community College through the Running Start program. She was valedictorian of her graduating class.
- Sheena Benton
Sheena Benton (born 1982) is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Delaware USA 2005. Benton represented Delaware in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to make the cut. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. At the time of her pageant win she was living in Wilmington, Delaware but is originally from Milford. The Delaware state win was her first major pageant experience.
- Candice Stewart
Candice Dontrelle Stewart is a beauty queen from Metairie, Louisiana who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants. Stewart competed in her first Miss Louisiana Teen USA pageant in 1999, placing first runner up to Nina Moach. She returned two years later and captured the Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2002 crown in the state pageant held in Lafayette in late 2001. Stewart then represented Louisiana at the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant held at South Padre Island, …
- Lauren Cisneros
Lauren Cisneros (born 1983) is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Colorado USA 2005. Cisneros, who hails from Castle Rock, Colorado, has Native American, Spanish, Norwegian and French heritage. Prior to her pageant win, she had placed second runner-up to Janel Haw in the previous year's competition. Cisneros represented Colorado in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005 but failed to make the cut.
- Brenda Brabham
Brenda Kaye Brabham is a beauty queen from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Brabham won the Miss Pennsylvania USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in late 2004. It was her second attempt at the title, and she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Nicole Georghalli. Brabham represented Pennsylvania in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005.
- Sarah-Elizabeth Langford
Sarah-Elizabeth Langford (born 1979) is a beauty queen who has competed at both Miss America and Miss USA. She grew up in Georgia where her father was a state senator. He died when she was fifteen years old, an experience that had a long-term impact on her life. Langford's first pageant experience came in 2003 when she represented the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant. She failed to place, but did win a non-finalist scholarship of $5,000.
- Mariana Loya
Mariana Loya (born 1979) is a beauty queen who has competed at both Miss America and Miss USA. She has Spanish and Chinese ancestry. Loya, who previously lived in Tacoma, Washington won her first state pageant title in 1998, when she competed as Miss Pierce County and won the Miss Washington title. She represented Washington in the Miss America 1999 pageant, but failed to place. The pageant was won by Nicole Johnson of Illinois.
- Aleah Scheick
Aleah Nicole Scheick-Cousino (born 28 August 1982) is a beauty queen and aspiring sportscaster. Scheick won the Miss Alaska USA crown in late 2004, and represented Alaska in the Miss USA 2005 pageant, held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She failed to make the cut at the pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. Scheick had previously placed in the top five at the Miss Alaska USA 2004 pageant won by Cari Leyva.
- Amy Crawford
Amy Crawford is a beauty queen from Auburn, Washington who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Crawford won the Miss Washington USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Seattle in late 2004. She had previously competed for this title on two occasions, and had competed in the Miss Washington pageant seven times. Crawford competed in her first state pageant in 1997 when she represented Auburn but did not place.
- Andrea Ciliberti
Andrea Ciliberti is a beauty queen from Kansas City, Missouri who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Ciliberti won the Miss Missouri USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Kansas City, Missouri in December 2004. She had previously placed second runner-up at Miss Missouri Teen USA 2002. Ciliberti succeeded Ashley Litton, who had become Miss Missouri USA after the original titleholder, Shandi Finnessey, won the Miss USA title in April 2004.
- Sylvia Pogorzelski
Sylvia Carolina Pogorzelski is a beauty queen from East Hanover, New Jersey who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Pogorzelski won the Miss New Jersey USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Parsippany, New Jersey on 31 October 2004. It was her first attempt at the title, although she had previously competed in a Miss Polonia pageant in Chicago. Pogorzelski represented New Jersey in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005.
- Jennifer Pitts
Jennifer Anne Pitts is a beauty pageant contestant from Richmond, Virginia who has competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants. Pitts won her first pageant title in 2002 when she was crowned Miss Virginia. She had placed first runner-up the year before. Pitts competed in the nationally televised Miss America 2003 pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 2002, but did not place.
- Joy Robinson
Joy Robinson (born 1980) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Iowa USA and competed at Miss USA. Robinson, who hails from Altoona, Iowa was crowned Miss Iowa USA 2005 in November 2004. She is a pageant veteran, having placed first runner-up in the 2002 competition and third runner-up in 2003. Robinson represented Iowa in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland April 2005. She failed to make the cut in the nationally televised pageant, …