Miss USA 2016

Miss USA 2016
Date	June 5, 2016
Presenters	Terrence J, Julianne Hough, Ashley Graham
Entertainment	Nervo, Chris Young, Backstreet Boys
Venue	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	Fox
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Miss 52 USA
Winner	Deshauna Barber District of Columbia
Congeniality	Peyton Brown Alabama
Photogenic	Kate Redeker Wisconsin
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Miss USA 2016, was the 65th Miss USA pageant. It was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 5, 2016. All fifty states and the District of Columbia competed. Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma crowned her successor, Deshauna Barber of the District of Columbia, at the end of the event. This was the first Miss USA pageant to be broadcast on Fox Network . Barber represented the USA at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant.

For the first time, a 52nd entrant for the pageant was decided via a nationwide search through social media voting .

§ Voted into the Top 15 by America as the "People's Choice".

This year a 52nd contestant will take part of the competition via social media voting . The Miss Universe Organization along with the fashion agency Sherri Hill decided to make a competition online where different women from all the US competed. Finally, 10 women were selected by a panel of judges, and these 10 finalists were revealed on May 10, 2016. The winner between these 10 candidates competed as Miss 52 USA in the Miss USA 2016 pageant on June 5, 2016. The winner, which was announced on May 18, 2016, was Alexandra Miller from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The 10 selected finalists were:

The panel of judges that selected the 10 finalists were:

52 delegates competed for Miss USA 2016:

Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2009

Two contestants had competed at Miss America:

Fifteen contestants had competed at Miss Teen USA, breaking the record for the most Miss Teen USA crossovers. The previous record was at Miss USA 2015 with 12 crossovers.

Miss USA 2016 contestants were evaluated by panels of judges.

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