Alyssa Campanella, a 21-year-old, self-confessed "history geek" representing California was crowned Miss USA Sunday night at the Planet Hollywood Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Campanella, who was born and raised in New Jersey won out in the pageant of fifty-one beauty queens from around the country.
Miss Tennessee (Ashley Durham) came in second, Miss Alabama (Madeline Mitchell) was third, and Miss Texas (Ana Christina Rodriguez) was fourth.
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