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Miss USA 2002

The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana in 2 March 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas.

Hinton was the first African-American woman to win the pageant since Chelsi Smith held the title in 1995, and was the first titleholder from Washington, DC since 1964. She wore a traditional white evening gown during the competition.

Notable Features

The event was particularly notable because four of the top five delegates were African-American, which had never occurred previously. Two of the five, Kelly Lloyd of Indiana and Alita Dawson of Connecticut had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Dawson was the first delegate from Connecticut to place since 1969.

There was also controversy over the choice of swimsuits for the swimsuit competition: only six delegates chose an all-red one-piece while the rest wore a two-piece option. The New York Post reported that one contestant, Tarah Marie Peters of California, had points deducted by one judge because of her choice of a one-piece suit, thus eliminating her from the top five. She was the only one of the top twelve who wore the one-piece option.

This pageant featured the first two Triple Crown winners: women who have held state titles for Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America. The two women were Kelly Lloyd (2nd runner-up), who was Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993, 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1993, Miss Indiana 1999 and Miss Indiana USA 2002 and Allison Alderson, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994, Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002.

Results

Placements

Miss USA 2002: Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia.
The runners-up were:

1st runner-up - Lindsay Douglas (Kansas)
2nd runner-up - Kelly Lloyd (Indiana)
3rd runner-up - Lanore VanBuren (Minnesota)
4th runner-up - Alita Dawson (Connecticut)

The twelve semi-finalists were: Ashley Williams (South Carolina), Anne Lene (Louisiana), Kasi Kelly (Texas), Tara Tucker (Alabama), Janet Sutton (Rhode Island), Tarah Peters (California), Karla Cavalli (New York).

Special awards

Miss Congenality: - Meredith McCannell (Montana)
Miss Photogenic: - Shannon Ford (Florida)
Best in Swimsuit: - Lanore VanBuren (Minnesota)

Final competition scores

State	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
Minnesota	9.48	9.45	9.47
District of Columbia	9.24	9.53	9.39
Kansas	9.06	9.67	9.37
Indiana	9.42	9.29	9.36
Connecticut	9.39	9.29	9.34
South Carolina	9.41	9.24	9.33
Louisiana	9.27	9.23	9.25
Texas	9.12	9.38	9.25
Alabama	9.17	9.15	9.16
Rhode Island	9.12	9.13	9.13
California	9.01	9.17	9.09
New York	8.96	8.94	8.95

Winner

First runner-up

Second runner-up

Third runner-up

Fourth runner-up

Delegates

The Miss USA 2002 delegates were:

Alabama - Tara Tucker
Alaska -Christine Olejniczak
Arizona - Jennifer Lenz
Arkansas - Amber Boatman
California - Tarah Marie Peters
Colorado - Keely Gaston
Connecticut - Alita Dawson
Delaware - Deborah Ann Hoffman
District of Columbia - Shauntay Hinton
Florida - Shannon Ford
Georgia - Heather Hogan
Hawaii - Juliet Lighter
Idaho - Hilary Ball
Illinois - Amanda Reynolds
Indiana - Kelly Lloyd
Iowa - Lauren Wilson
Kansas -Lindsey Douglas
Kentucky - Elizabeth Arnold
Louisiana - Anne-Katherine Lené
Maine - Su-Ying Leung
Maryland - Misti Adams
Massachusetts - Latoyia Foster
Michigan - Rebekah Lynn Decker
Minnesota - Lanore Van Buren
Mississippi - Heather Soriano
Missouri - Melana Scantlin

Montana - Meredith McCannel
Nebraska - Stacey Skidmore
Nevada - Jenny Valdez
New Hampshire - Audra Paquette
New Jersey - Robin Williams
New Mexico - Ellyn Colyer
New York - Karla Cavalli
North Carolina - Alison English
North Dakota - Amy Elkins
Ohio - Kimberly Mullen
Oklahoma - Kasie Head
Oregon - Kristi Walkowski
Pennsylvania - Nicole Bigham
Rhode Island - Janet Sutton
South Carolina - Ashley Williams
South Dakota - Sitania Syrovatka
Tennessee - Allison Alderson
Texas - Kasi Kelly
Utah - Abbie Smith
Vermont - Brooke Angus
Virginia - Julie Laipply
Washington - Carly Shorten
West Virginia - Angela Davenport
Wisconsin - Cortney Owen
Wyoming - Jeannie Crofts

Crossovers

Ten delegates had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants, including the two Triple Crown winners who had competed in both. One delegate later won a Miss America state title.

Delegates who had previously held a Miss Teen USA state title were: