Miss USA 2009 Official Delegates - Page 2

The Miss USA 2009 Beauty Pageant will be held at Plaw t Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009. The winner will be crowned by the reigning Miss USA 2008, Crystle Steward of Texas. The new Miss USA 2009 will represent her country at the 2009 Miss Universe Contest

Official Candidates (2):

Miss Kentucky
Maria Montgomery, 19
Hometown: Danville

Miss Luisiana Lacey Minchew, 24, 5'7" Hometown: Baton Rouge (Miss Teen America 2002, representing Georgia)	Miss Maine Ashley Underwood, 23 Hometown: Benton
Miss Maryland Gabrielle Carlson, 24 Hometown: Marion Station	Miss Massachusetts Alison Cronin, 21 Hometown: East Weymouth (Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2005)
Miss Michigan Lindsey Tycholiz, 26 Hometown: Sterling Heights	Miss Minnesota Erica Nego, 21 Hometown: Plymouth
Miss Mississippi Jessica McRaney, 23 Hometown: Terry (Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2004)	Miss Missouri Stacey Smith, 22 Hometown: Florissant
Miss Montana Misti Vogt, 22, 5'11" Hometown: Kalispell	Miss Nebraska Maegan Winings, 22 Hometown: Atkinson (Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2004 and Top 10 Finalist at Miss Teen USA 2004.)
Miss Nevada Georgina Vaughan, 21, 5'10" Hometown: Las Vegas (Miss Nevada Teen USA 2006)	Miss New Hampshire Christy Dunn, 25 Hometown: Laconia
Miss New Jersey Kaity Rodriguez, 24 Hometown: Clifton	Miss New Mexico Bianca Matamoros-Koonce, 22 Hometown: Albuquerque
Miss New York Tracey Chang, 25, 5'7" Hometown: New York

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Miss USA 2009 Official Delegates - Page 1

The Miss USA 2009 Beauty Pageant will be held at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009. The winner will be crowned by the reigning Miss USA 2008, Crystle Steward of Texas. The new Miss USA 2009 will represent her country at the 2009 Miss Universe Contest

Official Candidates (1):

Miss Alabama
Rachel Philippona, 19
Hometown: Dothan

Miss Alaska Jessica Nolin, 22 Hometown: Palmer	Miss Arizona Alicia Monique Blanco, 21 Hometown: Phoenix
Miss Arkansas Chanley Painter, 24 Hometown: Conway	Miss California Carrie Prejean, 21 Hometown: San Diego
Miss Colorado Patrice Williams, 22, 5'7" Hometown: Colorado Springs	Miss Connecticut Monica Pietrzak, 25, 5'11" Hometown: Manchester
Miss Delaware Kate Banaczak, 24 Hometown: Middletown	Miss District of Columbia Nicole White, 20, 5'8" Hometown: Washington, DC (Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2004)
Miss Florida Anastagia Pierre, 20, 5'9" Hometown: Plantation (Miss Florida Teen USA 2004)	Miss Georgia Kimberly Gittings, 20 Hometown: Lilburn
Miss Hawaii Aureana Tseu, 25Hometown: Mililani (Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1999)	Miss Idaho Melissa Weber, 26 Hometown: Eagle
Miss Illinios Ashley Bond, 24 Hometown: Oswego	Miss Indiana Courtni Hall, 21, 5'3" Hometown: Crawfordsville (Miss Indiana Teen USA 2004)
Miss Iowa Chelsea Gauger, 19 Hometown: Ankeny	Miss Kansas Courtney Courter, 23 Hometown: Olathe

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Miss Universe Japan 2009 Candidates and Schedule

Miss Universe Japan 2009 Beauty Contest to be held on May 11 in Tokyo will be organized by Ines Ligron, the National Director of the Pageant. The reigning Miss Universe Japan 2008, Hiroko Mima will crown her successor at the coronation night. The winner will be sent to compete at the Miss Universe 2009 Competition.

Schedule of Events:
* October 20: Kick-off 2009 Miss Universe Japan Press Conference at KDDI DEZAININGU
* November 2, & 3: Caravan audition Miss Universe 2009 in Osaka
* November 8 & 9: Caravan audition Miss Universe 2009 in Tokyo
* November 16: Miss Universe 2009 Japan Open audition at KDDI DEZAININGU
* December 10: announced the finalists of Miss Universe 2009 at KDDI DEZAININGU
* Since December 10: Training period of 2009 Miss Universe Japan
* Date to May 11: Final selection of Japan @ Tokyo International Forum
* Undecided : Miss Universe 2009 world championships

The 26 Official Candidates:

Chiharu Iijima

Ayumi Shiotani	Ayaka Nomura
Marie Igarashi	Keito Suzuki
Rie Nariyuki	Asuka Eiki
Minami Suzuki	Chinatsu Hata
Mitsuyo Uesaka	Leila Shinke
Ayaka Hanawa	Juri Oikawa
Aya Taue	Megumi Fujisaku
Marie Ooyama	Mariko Tsukamoto
Saemi Masuda	Naomi Obata
Ai Tsuchiya	Emiri Miyasaka
Ayaka Koyanagi	Misa Nakai
Mika Yoshinaga	Arika Sano
Mizuki Nakamura

Miss Universe Japan 2009 is model, Emiri Miyasaka