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Chicago Designer Donates Dress to Homeless Miss Colorado

After suffering a series of financial setbacks that left her homeless, Miss Colorado flew to Chicago this week to choose the gown of her dreams, donated by a sympathetic designer. Burr Ridge, Ill., dress designer Mac Duggal owns 11 labels. His shimmery threads have hung from such famous shoulders as Gwyneth Paltrow (in...

Miss Colorado USA Stays Positive Despite Homelessness [VIDEO]

The fairy tale life of a pageant queen seemed to be coming true for 23-year-old Blair Griffith when she won the title of Miss Colorado USA 2011 in October. But a month later, she and her mother, Bonita, were evicted from their Denver-area home. Today, Miss Colorado USA is still homeless. Griffith has suffered a string of...

Miss USA Signs on for WWE 'Tough Enough'

It was just last May when Rima Fakih used her looks and personality to become Miss USA. Now, she's hoping to show off her tough side in the wrestling ring. That's because Fakih will be one of the participants in the upcoming season of WWE "Tough Enough" where she will compete against a group of people with the winner...

There She Is, Miss America, Back on Network TV

LAS VEGAS -- There she is, Miss America. The question is, will anyone notice? Those in charge are convinced that this is the year that the iconic but long-beleaguered beauty pageant re-establishes its rightful place in the nation's consciousness as it returns triumphantly to network TV on Saturday for its 90th strut after...

Miss USA Winner Who Had Title Stripped Dies in LA

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 10) - Leona Gage, who in 1957 was named Miss USA but had the title stripped the next day when pageant officials learned she was married and a mother of two, has died in Los Angeles, her son said Saturday. She was 71. Gage died of heart failure after spending several weeks at a Sherman Oaks hospital on...

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06/01/12 Get ready for the glitz, glam of the Miss USA... Source: NBC - 9 News - Denver CO Sunday will be all about the beauty and the bling as the 61st annual Miss USA pageant is broadcast on 9NEWS and NBC LIVE from Las Vegas. 9NEWS spoke with the lovely Miss Colorado USA Marybel Gonzalez who will compete for the title Sunday as well as the reigning Miss USA Alyssa Campanella about what to expect from the competition.
04/29/12 Former Miss USA competitor arrested for 'biting and... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK A former beauty pageant winner posed for a mugshot after allegedly assaulting her boyfriend.
04/12/12 Jasmyn Wilkins headed for Miss USA Source: Appen Newspapers - Alpharetta GA Having won Miss Georgia 2012, Jasmyn Wilkins now prepares for the Miss USA contest in June. "I was at Clemson University at the time, studying to hopefully become a nurse," she said when asked how she first got involved in the pageant world.