Miss USA 2016 pageant was held on 5th June 2016 held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada where Deshauna Barber from District of Columbia was crowned the new queen. Deshauna represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant, where she placed in the Top 9.
52 contestants from all over USA who competed for the crown of Miss USA 2016. Deshauna Barber was crowned by the outgoing queen Olivia Jordan. This was the first edition of the Miss USA pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump on September 14, 2015. It was also the first Miss USA pageant to be broadcast on Fox after signed an agreement in October 2015.
Here are the contestants who competed for Miss USA 2016 –
Nichole Natasha Greene Miss Alabama USA 2016
Desiree Williams Miss Alaska USA 2016
Daniella Rodriguez Miss Arizona USA 2016
Sibahn Doxey Miss Arkansas USA 2016
Marisa Paige Butler Miss California USA 2016
Autumn Olson Miss Colorado USA 2016
Kelsey Schmidt Miss Connecticut USA 2016
Nadia Grace Mejia Miss Delaware USA 2016
Taylor Gorton Miss District of Columbia USA 2016
Kate Redeker Miss Florida USA 2016
Deshauna Barber Miss Georgia USA 2016
Hope Stephens Miss Hawaii USA 2016
Madison McKeown Miss Idaho USA 2016
Theresa Lila Agonia Miss Illinois USA 2016
Teale Shawn Murdock Miss Indiana USA 2016
Ariane Audett Miss Iowa USA 2016
Elena LaQuatra Miss Kansas USA 2016
Sydnee Stottlemyre Miss Kentucky USA 2016
Alexandra Vorontsova Miss Louisiana USA 2016
Jessielyn Palumbo Miss Maine USA 2016
Leah Lawson Miss Maryland USA 2016
Chelsea Myers Miss Massachusetts USA 2016
Emanii Davis Miss Michigan USA 2016
Chelsea Hardin Miss Minnesota USA 2016
Halley Maas Miss Mississippi USA 2016
Emelina Adams Miss Missouri USA 2016
Whitney Sharpe Miss Montana USA 2016
Maaliyah Papillion Miss Nebraska USA 2016
Susie Leica Miss Nevada USA 2016
Alissa Morrison Miss New Hampshire USA 2016
Zena Malak Miss New Jersey USA 2016
Brie Gabrielle Miss New Mexico USA 2016
Sydney Blue Halper Miss New York USA 2016
Megan Rae Wise Miss North Carolina USA 2016
Peyton Brown Miss North Dakota USA 2016
Caley Rae Pavillard Miss Ohio USA 2016
Christina Denny Miss Oklahoma USA 2016
Abby Floyd Miss Oregon USA 2016
Haley Sowers Miss Pennsylvania USA 2016
Jessica Strohm Miss Rhode Island USA 2016
Neely Fortune Miss South Carolina USA 2016
Allison Ruth Dunn Miss South Dakota USA 2016
Sarah Hollins Miss Tennessee USA 2016
Serena Bucaj Miss Texas USA 2016
Natriana Shorter Miss Utah USA 2016
Bridget Jacobs Miss Vermont USA 2016
Morgan Abel Miss Virginia USA 2016
Victoria Wiggins Miss Washington USA 2016
Kyle Nicole Hornback Miss West Virginia USA 2016
Tiffany eixeira Miss Wisconsin USA 2016
Naomie Elizabeth Germain Miss Wyoming USA 2016
Previously NBC used to broadcast the Miss USA pageant. However, in 2015 NBC decided to end their business relationship and stated that they will no longer air the event. Since 2015, the Miss USA pageant will be televised on Reelz.
In 1950, when Yolande Betbeze, winner of the rival Miss America pageant, refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit, pageant sponsor Catalina decided to pull their sponsorship off the pageant and create their own competition. Donald Trump, the current owner of Miss USA, bought the pageant in the year 1996.