Miss USA 2014

§ Voted into Top 6 via Twitter

51 contestants were confirmed. The information from Miss USA Official website[5]

State	Contestant	Hometown	Age[lower-alpha 1]	Height	Placement	Notes
Alabama	Jesica Warren Ahlberg	Birmingham	24	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Top 20
Alaska	Kendall Bautista	Eagle River	21	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)		Later Miss Alaska 2016
Arizona	Jordan Wessel	Phoenix	20	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Top 20
Arkansas	Helen Wisner	Fayetteville	25	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
California	Cassandra Kunze	San Diego	20	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Top 10	Miss Photogenic
Colorado	Eleanna Livaditis	Centennial	25	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Connecticut	Desirée Pérez	Stamford	26	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Delaware	Kelsey Miller	Wilmington	23	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2009
District of Columbia	Ciera Nicole Butts	Washington, D.C.	23	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)		Winner of Last Squad Standing
Florida	Brittany Oldehoff	Fort Lauderdale	25	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	4th Runner-Up	Model season 7 of Project Runway Contestant on The Amazing Race 28 with her teammate Jessica Versteeg
Georgia	Tiana Griggs	Monticello	27	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2nd Runner Up
Hawaii	Moani Hara	Honolulu	24	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)		Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2007
Idaho	Yvette Bennett	Boise	23	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Illinois	Lexi Atkins	Champaign	21	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)		Previously Miss Illinois Teen USA 2010
Indiana	Mekayla Diehl	Bristol	25	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Top 20	Later Mrs. America 2018
Iowa	Carlyn Bradarich	Iowa City	23	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	5th Runner-Up	Sister of Miss Illinois USA 2010 Ashley Bradarich Later Miss Illinois World 2015
Kansas	Audrey Banach	Kansas City	22	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Kentucky	Destin Kincer	Whitesburg	21	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Louisiana	Brittany Guidry	Houma	21	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3rd Runner-Up	Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2009
Maine	Samantha Dahlborg	Gorham	20	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Maryland	Taylor Burton	La Plata	25	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Top 10
Massachusetts	Caroline Lunny	Holliston	23	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2008 Contestant on season 22 of The Bachelor US, season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise US and season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise Australia
Michigan	Elizabeth Ivezaj	Macomb	24	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Minnesota	Haley O'Brien	Excelsior	21	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Top 20	Previously Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2010
Mississippi	Chelsea Reardon	Southaven	23	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Missouri	Erica Sturdefant	Springfield	23	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2010
Montana	Kadie Latimer	Kalispell	23	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nebraska	Amanda Soltero	Columbus	22	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Top 20	Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2010
Nevada	Nia Sanchez	Las Vegas	24	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Miss USA 2014
New Hampshire	Bridget Brunet	South Hampton	26	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
New Jersey	Emily Shah	Edison	19	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Top 20
New Mexico	Kamryn Blackwood	Farmington	22	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
New York	Candace Kendall	Rochester	25	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)		Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2006
North Carolina	Olivia Olvera	Fayetteville	26	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
North Dakota	Audra Mari	Fargo	20	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1st Runner-Up	Previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2011 Later Miss World America 2016
Ohio	Madison Gesiotto	Massillon	22	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Oklahoma	Brooklynne Young	Norman	19	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Top 20
Oregon	Emma Pelett	Portland	25	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Pennsylvania	Valerie Gatto	Pittsburgh	24	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Top 20
Rhode Island	Christina Palavra	Providence	19	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)		Miss Congeniality
South Carolina	Christina Zapolski	Charleston	22	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Top 10	Reality contestant of Hunted
South Dakota	Brittney Palmer	Brookings	25	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Tennessee	Kristy Landers Niedenfuer	Nashville	22	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Top 20	Later Miss Louisiana World 2015
Texas	Lauren Guzman	Laredo	24	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2008
Utah	Angelia Layton	Salt Lake City	22	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)		Previously Miss Utah Teen USA 2010 Contestant on Survivor: Philippines
Vermont	Gina Bernasconi	Colchester	19	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Virginia	Arielle Rosmarino	Salem	22	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Top 20	Later Miss Virginia World 2015
Washington	Allyson Rowe	Spokane	25	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
West Virginia	Charisse Haislop	Parkersburg	24	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Wisconsin	Bishara Dorre	Milwaukee	24	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Top 10	Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006 Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2007
Wyoming	Lexi Hill	Gillette	20	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Preliminary judges:[6]

• Bryce Townsend
• Carole Gist - Miss USA 1990 from Michigan
• Chantal "Taly" Russell
• Elise Zealand
• Fred Nelson
• Janna Ronert
• Jeanne Burns
• Scott Balber

Telecast Judges:[6]

• Rumer Willis
• Allie LaForce - Miss Teen USA 2005 from Ohio
• Bárbara Palacios - Miss Universe 1986 from Venezuela
• Ian Ziering
• Randy Couture
• Melissa Peterman

• Opening – "Iko Iko," "Take A Ride On A Riverboat," "Home," and "Hey Pocky A-Way" by Marc Broussard featuring Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns (Live Performance)
• Swimsuit Competition – "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly (Live Performance)[7]
• Evening Gown Competition – "Decidiste dejarme" and "Tu tiempo ya se fue" by Camila (Live Performance)
• Top 6 Final Look – "This Is How We Roll" by Florida Georgia Line (Live Performance)

• Nevada wins competition for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1977. Also becoming in the 33rd state who does it for the first time.
• North Dakota earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time, surpassing its previous highest placement in 1966 and reaches its highest placement ever in the pageant.
• Georgia earns the 2nd runner-up position for the fifth time and repeats its highest placement from the last time 2006.
• Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the fifth time and reaches its highest placement since Ali Landry won in 1996. This was last placed in 1989.
• Florida earns the 4th runner-up position for the fifth time and repeats its highest placement from the last time 2006.
• Iowa earns the 5th runner-up position for the first time and reaches its highest placement in 58 years, since the win by Carol Morris in 1956. Incidentally, Morris went on to become the second woman from the USA to win the Miss Universe title in 1956.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
• Alabama placed for the fifth consecutive year.
• Maryland and South Carolina placed for the fourth consecutive year.
• Louisiana and Nevada placed for the third consecutive year.
• California and Pennsylvania made their second consecutive placement.
• Georgia, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee last placed in 2012.
• Arizona, Florida, and Indiana last placed in 2011.
• Nebraska and Virginia last placed in 2010.
• Minnesota last placed in 2009.
• Wisconsin last placed in 2007.
• Iowa last placed in 2000.
• North Dakota last placed in 1996.
• Ohio breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 2012.
• Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 2011.
• This is the third year in a row a state wins its first Miss USA title (Nevada, Connecticut, and Rhode Island), including Olivia Culpo's win in 2012.
• Audra Mari of North Dakota becomes the first person to finish 1st Runner-Up at both Miss Teen USA (in 2011) and Miss USA. She is only eclipsed in both national pageants by Shauna Gambill (Miss Teen USA 1994/Miss USA 1998 1st Runner-Up, Brandi Sherwood (Miss Teen USA 1989/Miss USA 1997 replacement) and Alyssa Campanella (Miss Teen USA 2007 1st Runner-Up / Miss USA 2011).

• "Check out more info on the Miss Usa competition". March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-02-16.

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