Yesterday we talked about the contestants from the 'A' states, so today we are covering the 'C' and 'D' states!
Erica Dann is Miss California USA. Erica works for Google – that's pretty cool! Her bio states, 'This 27-year-old holds a Masters in International Business and a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of Florida.' So, she must be one of the oldest contestants in the pageant. The Miss California USA pageant was her first pageant – that's impressive!
- THE PREDICTIONS (May 1, 2019) The big night is Thursday, May 2 on FOX! This year's event is being hosted again by Vanessa Lachey (Miss Teen USA 1998) and her husband Nick Lachey of the boy-band 98 Degrees who will perform during the pageant and another featured performer is T-Pain.
- The 2019 winner will be crowned by last year's Miss USA, Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska. Here are the 51 women who will be competing for this year's crown.
- The top six scorers in our 2019 Miss USA predictions competition, each earning at least 32 points, are: Bamaman, DCPageantDude, DMVPageantGirl, HasBeenQueenie, Jake, and LadyRee. But when all was said and done, LadyRee won out, earning a total of 35 points (the highest Miss USA score since 2015). LadyRee correctly predicted 11 of the top 15 semifinalists, nine of the top 10, and all of the top 5 finalists.
The reigning Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst of the North Carolina will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will represent USA at the 69th Miss Universe pageant After watching the preliminary round of competition, here is Watchful Eyes of a Silhouette final picks for the 69th Miss USA 2020 crown.
Miss Colorado USA is Madison Dorenkamp. This 26-year-old, fresh-faced blonde is a definite hard worker, teaches Pure Barre and has a very active lifestyle blog. Anyone that can teach Pure Barre has a special place in my heart because I almost died the 1 time I tried that!
Miss Connecticut USA is Acacia Courtney. This 26-year-old ballet enthusiast is an Analyst and Paddock Reporter for horse racing in Florida. That will be interesting to talk about in interview for sure! Bc lottery online slots. She has even performed in the opening number of the Victoria Secret Fashion Show.
Is there a best day to go to a casino. Jolisa Copeman is Miss Delaware USA. From her bio, 'This 24-year-old is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where she earned her Master of Science in Entrepreneurship & Design and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. In her free time, Jolisa likes to craft recycled glass bottles into flower vases and travel on mission trips.' I like her curly hair and hope she leaves it natural for the pageant. She has a very 'natural' feel and I hope that works well for her during the pageant.
Predictions For Miss Usa 2019 Rankings
Predictions For Miss Usa 2019 Rankings
Miss District of Columbia USA is Cordelia Cranshaw. From her bio, 'Cordelia Cranshaw aged out of foster care when she was 21 and earned her Masters of Social Work at the age of twenty-two.' Wow, just that right there earns all the respect in the world from me! She is 1 of 18 children – another wow – and she is just gorgeous!
Predictions For Miss Usa 2019
It's a second win for the Constitution state! Connecticut has captured a second Miss Teen USA crown (succeeding Logan West's win in 2012) thanks to Kaliegh Garris whose unique look with the curly disco-diva afro that she sported helped her stand out in a big way and bring her to the top 5 where she gave an excellent answer to her final question that was clearly the best of that top 5. It should also be noted that this is the first set of black-to-black wins at Miss Teen USA as Kaliegh Garris' 2019 Miss Teen USA win succeeds that of 2018 Miss Teen USA, Kansas' Hailey Colborn. Previous black Miss Teen USA winners were: New Hampshire's Janel Bishop in 1991, Delaware's Ashley Coleman in 1999, Missouri's Marissa Whitley in 2001, Maryland's Kamie Crawford in 2010 and Connecticut's Logan West in 2012. This completes the trifecta of the MUO pageants. The first black-to-black Miss Universe winners were: Trinidad & Tobago's Wendy Fitzwilliam in 1998 and Botswana's Mpule Kwelagobe in 1999. The first black-to-black Miss USA winners were: Tennessee's Rachel Smith in 2007 and Texas' Crystle Stewart in 2008. Kaliegh is a phenomenal young woman who attends two schools as she is a dual-enrolled student at Joseph A. Foran High School and the Educational Center for the Arts where she majors in theater. She dances competitively in multiple forms including: Tap, Jazz, Ballet and Contemporary dance and has started an awareness program focused on educating others about people with disabilities called 'We Are People 1st' inspired by her older sister who has multiple disabilities.
A lot of people were surprised to learn that the preliminaries for Miss Teen USA were being held on the same day as finals which made predicting that much more difficult so, to not make it a scramble, I posted my 2019 Miss Teen USA predictions prior to preliminaries which was extra difficult as I really had to go off of bios, headshots, some online pics and overall impression juggling other people's impressions as well bearing in mind that the IMG era is supposedly about accomplishments first but there were some very accomplished delegates that were left out as others placed…
The hosts for this year's pageant were: Nia Sanchez-Miss USA 2014 and Tim Tialdo who did a commendable job. Tim Tialdo has a podcast where he interviews pageant titleholders past and present so it is good to have people involved who are passionate about pageantry as they normally do a better job. The all-female judges/members of selection committee were: Katherine Haik-Miss Teen USA 2015, Kristen Walthers-Remington-Miss Nevada Teen USA 1999 and top 10 semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1999, MJ Acosta, Ivette Fernandez-Miss Alaska USA 2001, Shannon Keel and Kristin Collin.
In terms of my predictions, I picked 7 of the top 15 plus 2 alternates (Nevada and Tennessee). The 6 ladies I missed were: North Dakota, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming. I had my suspicions about North Dakota but kept her out when I saw some body shots of her state pageant. I liked Mississippi's headshot initially but then saw some previous headshots where she didn't look like the same person. Wyoming had a great gown at her state pageant that reminded me of that of Iris Mittenaere's at Miss Universe 2016 but I thought the judges wouldn't take a liking to her but I do think she will probably be Miss Wyoming USA in the near future. Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma were all off my radar. Sometimes I think IMG might be a bit overly pro-midwest. I posted my predictions prior to watching preliminaries which were held on the same day as finals for the first time ever which made this quite the scramble but at least they did webcast the preliminaries this year, unlike last year. After preliminaries, I did have the impression that Tennessee would place and that New Hampshire and Minnesota wouldn't and that turned out to be an accurate assessment so I guess I did need to watch preliminaries after all to predict better but there were some complete headscratchers in this top 15 that I never would have picked. Surprises are always to be expected but it really did feel like some of these names were picked out of a hat. The Congeniality award returned this year though and that award went to Minnesota who was among my original picks. I originally had Connecticut in my top 5 but lowered her to my highest semifinalist position only because she is majoring in Theatre and I thought aspirations in entertainment were frowned upon in this era of pageantry. What happened to my 8 ladies that didn't place? Well, we don't see interviews so that often throws a wrench into making accurate predictions. First up was District of Columbia who was a great overall candidate and her headshot screamed top 5 to me so I was surprised that she didn't place as she looks like she has it all and is accomplished as she attends Towson University majoring in Psychology aiming to be a school psychologist to help eliminate the stigma linked to mental illness and has a story of surviving a mentally abusive relationship and for fun, she is a Disney fanatic. Even though DC has enjoyed success recently at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA is a very different story as they have only placed thrice (1987, 2000 and 2001) and they have never made the top 5 at Miss Teen USA even if they won the Miss USA crown 4 times. Next was Missouri who was among the younger delegates at age 15, but she has some significant achievements as an honors student who create a nonprofit society, STEM Girl Inc. which provides scholarship for girls aged 12-18 in Missouri. She advocates for STEM awareness and goes to schools discussing this. She has many awards and is clearly a bright girl so I was surprised that she didn't get the call but other Midwest girls were chosen. Next was Texas, the most successful state at both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA but Texas was shockingly shut-out at both pageants for 2019. That hasn't happened since 2010 which is the only other winner that Texas didn't place at either pageant since Miss Teen USA's inception in 1983. Texas also crowned their first African-American Teen winner and she was strong in interviews and accomplished finishing third in her high school class of over 500 students and earned a Capstone Academic Scholarship at Howard University and likes to educate youth on political involvement and its importance. She did talk about liking shopping in her bio which I wouldn't have encouraged so I wonder if that's what did it. New Jersey was a formidable candidate and very accomplished as she is pursuing a degree in medicine with a double major in biology and exercise science at Montclair State University with a goal to be a sports cardiologist in the NFL. She was awarded a provisional patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for one of her inventions and has numerous accolades to her name. She even started a non-profit organization called 'Athletes with Asthma' speaking to students about exercise-induced asthma attacks so I have no idea how she didn't place. Washington was really great in interviews and is supremely confident so I thought she would get the call. I liked that she dared to be different in her hot pink gown with the circular shoulder sleeves which was like a throwback to the 80s. She was also very accomplished as she is associated student body president and a National Honor Society vice president, an official science scholar and a Tri-M Music Honor Society member. She takes eight advanced placement courses and holds a 3.85 GPA. Lily is also a cheerleader of nine years and created a nonprofit at the age of 15 called the Smize Foundation inspiring high school students to be involved with their local food banks. She also aspires to attend medical school and become a neurosurgeon. New Hampshire did give the impression that she might not place after the preliminary gown competition but she certainly was accomplished. As a freshman at the University of South Carolina double majoring in finance and risk management with a minor in aerospace. She is a member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps with aspirations to work in the Air Force so I thought that could have been the rare unique achievement to put her over the edge. California's 6-year streak in the semifinals was broken this year and I actually just included her in the last minute because I thought the streak would continue and her accomplishments were decent. Finally, Minnesota would win the Congeniality award and I thought she had a look they would embrace and good enough accomplishments but it was not to be and I probably would have called this had I watched preliminaries prior to making predictions this year. I really looked for accomplishments this year but as mentioned in my Miss USA commentary, it felt like the winner was zeroed in on and perhaps the accomplished threats to said winner seemed to be substituted by some others so there may have been some strategy to selecting this top 15.
