This Sunday, May 14, 51 contestants representing their states will compete with each other to win the Miss USA 2017 crown. The winner of the 66th Miss USA beauty pageant will be announced on Sunday night in a glittering ceremony, which will be held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
But before the grand finale night, there will be a preliminary competition that will take place on Thursday night, i.e. on May 11 at 7 pm. The preliminary competition will be important for the contestants, as the scores of this competition will help decide the semi-finalists of the grand finale night.
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The semi-finalists of the Miss USA 2017 will be announced on May 14 live during the grand finale night. The event will be telecast live on Fox starting at 5 pm local time. The two-hour beauty pageant will be hosted Julianne Hough and Terrence J and it will feature performances by Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson ONE, Pitbull and Brett Eldridge.
Miss USA 2016 Deshauana Barber will crown her successor on Sunday.
So let's check out the contestants who will be competing for the Miss USA 2017 crown.
MISS ALABAMA Baylee Smith
MISS ALASKA Alyssa London
MISS ARIZONA Tommy Lynn Calhoun
MISS ARKANSAS Arynn Johnson
MISS CALIFORNIA India Williams
MISS COLORADO Sabrina Janssen
MISS CONNECTICUT Olga Litvinenko
MISS DELAWARE Mia Jones
MISS FLORIDA Linette De Los Santos
MISS GEORGIA DeAnna Johnson
MISS HAWAII Julie Kuo
MISS IDAHO Cassie Lewis
MISS ILLINOIS Whitney Wandland
MISS INDIANA Brittany Winchester
MISS IOWA Kelsey Weier
MISS KANSAS Catherine Carmichael
MISS KENTUCKY Madelynne Myers
MISS MAINE Brooke Harris
MISS MARYLAND Adrianna David
MISS MASSACHUSETTS Julia Scarparott
MISS MICHIGAN Krista Ferguson
MISS MINNESOTA Meridith Gould
MISS MISSISSIPPI Ashley Hamby
MISS MISSOURI Bayleigh Dayton
MISS MONTANA Brooke Bezanson
MISS NEBRASKA Jasmine Fuelberth
MISS NEVADA Lauren York
MISS NEW JERSEY Chhavi Verg
MISS NEW HAMPSHIRE Sarah Mousseau
MISS NEW MEXICOAshley Mora
MISS NEW YORK Hannah Lopa
MISS LOUISIANA Bethany Trahan
MISS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Kara McCullough
MISS NORTH CAROLINA Kaitlin Coble
MISS NORTH DAKOTA Raquel Wellentin
MISS OHIO Dinaleigh Baxter
MISS OKLAHOMA Alex Smith
MISS OREGON Liz Denny
MISS PENNSYLVANIA Cassandra Angst
MISS RHODE ISLAND Kelsey Swanson
MISS SOUTH CAROLINA Megan Gordo
MISS SOUTH DAKOTA Tessa Dee
MISS TENNESSEE Allee-Sutton Hethcoat
MISS TEXAS Nancy Gonzalez
MISS UTAH Baylee Jensen
MISS VERMONT Madison Cota
MISS WASHINGTON Alex Carlson-Helo
MISS WEST VIRGINIA Lauren Roush
MISS WISCONSIN Skylar Witte
MISS WYOMING Mikaela Shaw