Miss USA 2017, the 66th edition of Miss USA, was held on 14th May 2017 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kára McCullough of the District of Columbia was crowned Miss USA 2017 by her predecessor Deshauna Barber of the District of Columbia. McCullough represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2017 and placed in the top 10.
Chhavi Verg of New Jersey and Meridith Gould of Minnesota were adjudged first and second runners-up respectively. Top 5 also included Whitney Wandland of Illinois and Megan Gordon of South Carolina. Top 10 also included Alyssa London, India Williams, Bayleigh Dayton, Hannah Lopa and Allee-Sutton Hethcoat. Mikaela Shaw of Wyoming and Bayleigh Dayton of Missouri were awarded Miss Congeniality.
This was the first back-to-back win for a state at Miss USA since Texas won the crown in 1988 and 1989. Terrence J and Julianne Hough served as hosts, while Ashley Graham also returned as backstage host, all for a second consecutive year. Brett Eldredge, Pitbull, and the cast of Michael Jackson: One by Cirque du Soleil performed.
The contestants who competed at Miss USA 2017 were –
Baylee Smith Miss Alabama USA 2017
Alyssa London Miss Alaska USA 2017
Tommy Lynn Calhoun Miss Arizona USA 2017
Arynn Nicole Johnson Miss Arkansas USA 2017
India Williams Miss California USA 2017
Sabrina Janssen Miss Colorado USA 2017
Olga Litvinenko Miss Connecticut USA 2017
Mia Jones Miss Delaware USA 2017
Kara Deidra McCullough Miss District of Columbia USA 2017
Linette De Los Santos Miss Florida USA 2017
Deanna Hope Johnson Miss Georgia USA 2017
Julie Kuo Miss Hawaii USA 2017
Cassie Lewis Miss Idaho USA 2017
Whitney Wandland Miss Illinois USA 2017
Brittany Winchester Miss Indiana USA 2017
Kelsey Weier Miss Iowa USA 2017
Catherine Carmichael Miss Kansas USA 2017
Madelynne Myers Miss Kentucky USA 2017
Bethany Trahan Miss Louisiana USA 2017
Brooke Harris Miss Maine USA 2017
Adrianna Christine David Miss Maryland USA 2017
Julia Scaparotti Miss Massachusetts USA 2017
Krista Ferguson Miss Michigan USA 2017
Meridith Gould Miss Minnesota USA 2017
Ashley Hamby Miss Mississippi USA 2017
Bayleigh Dayton Miss Missouri USA 2017
Brooke Bezanson Miss Montana USA 2017
Jasmine Fuelberth Miss Nebraska USA 2017
Lauren York Miss Nevada USA 2017
Sarah Mousseau Miss New Hampshire USA 2017
Chhavi Verg Miss New Jersey USA 2017
Ashley Mora Miss New Mexico USA 2017
Hannah Lopa Miss New York USA 2017
Katie Coble Miss North Carolina USA 2017
Raquel Wellentin Miss North Dakota USA 2017
Dinaleigh Baxter Miss Ohio USA 2017
Alex Smith Miss Oklahoma USA 2017
Elizabeth Denny Miss Oregon USA 2017
Cassandra Angst Miss Pennsylvania USA 2017
Kelsey Swanson Miss Rhode Island USA 2017
Megan Gordon Miss South Carolina USA 2017
Tessa Dee Miss South Dakota USA 2017
Allee-Sutton Hethcoat Miss Tennessee USA 2017
Nancy Gonzalez Miss Texas USA 2017
Baylee Jensen Miss Utah USA 2017
Madison Cota Miss Vermont USA 2017
Jacqueline Carroll Miss Virginia USA 2017
Alex Carlson-Helo Miss Washington USA 2017
Lauren Roush Miss West Virginia USA 2017
Skylar Witte Miss Wisconsin USA 2017
Mikaela Shaw Miss Wyoming USA 2017