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Miss USA Pageant | 04/20/2009 7:50 am

North Carolina's Kristen Dalton Crowned Miss USA 2009 – in Blue, Not White (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Kristen Dalton’s dream came true last night, when the Wilmington, NC, resident was crowned Miss USA 2009 at the 58th annual Miss USA pageant at Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas.

Miss California Carrie Prejean was named first runner-up, while Miss Arizona Alicia-Monique Blanco was second runner-up. Miss Wyoming Cynthia Pate won the Miss Congeniality title, while Miss West Virginia Jessi Pierson was named Miss Photogenic. The top 15 contestants wore bikinis from singer Jessica Simpson’s swimsuit line.

Dalton, 22, made news for winning her new title in a turquoise-blue gown, instead of the traditional white. She will go on to represent the United States in the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant on August 23. Apparently beauty and pageantry runs in her family: Her mom was Miss North Carolina USA 1982 and her sister was Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008.

Judges included "Deal or No Deal" model and star of "The Celebrity Apprentice," Claudia Jordan; "Dancing With the Stars" season-one winner Kelly Monaco; "Saturday Night Live" cast member Kenan Thompson; and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Hilton threw Prejean, Miss California, a curveball question about gay marriage, which got some in the crowd up in arms.

Watch that video below:

Read more about: Beauty Pageant, Carrie Prejean, Gay Marriage, Kristen Dalton, Las Vegas, Miss California, Miss USA, News, Planet Hollywood, U.S., Video

9 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

C Hardy
Ok so the answer to his question, would have simply been NO…
By C Hardy on 04/20/2009 8:10 am
Rebecca G

Here’s Perez Hilton’s reaction to Miss California’s ridiculous answer http://perezhilton.com/2009-04-19-everyone-is-entitled-to-their-own-opin…

I am so happy Miss California did not win.  Congratulations Miss North Carolina!

By Rebecca G on 04/20/2009 8:40 am
E .

First I must say that I am fully in support of same-sex marriage.  Who marries who or who does who or who lusts after who is none of my business so long as informed consent is appropriately applied. 

Perez - get over yourself.  You were a judge of a beauty contest and took a beauty contestant’s response to your minefield loaded question waaay too personally.  Give the girl a break.  It needs to be noted that your video response to Miss California includes a Freudian slip " … the question I opposed to her (Miss California)".  You ought not to have asked such a loaded question - it is as if you were setting her up.  Your video response is rude, mean, self-serving and you owe the woman an apology.  It is inappropriate for the judge of a contest to attack the people they judge post-competition and devour their reputation to achieve personal or professional gain..

By E . on 04/20/2009 8:59 am
Barbara B
E has said it all. 
By Barbara B on 04/20/2009 9:59 am
Barbara B
Perez Hilton is nothing more than a vicious idiot.  H eknew what he was doing.  Gay men should be embarrased by him.  My cousin is a intelligent, kind and proud Gay man and when we talked he agreed that it was really cruel of him to say what he said on his blog.
By Barbara B on 04/20/2009 10:05 am
Christi S.
This was a no-win situation for Miss California.  Her answer wasn’t ridiculous, it was honest because as she stated that was how she was brought up.  You can’t fault her for that.  But at least she did say that people have the right to choose.
By Christi S. on 04/20/2009 1:28 pm
C. Aune

Why exactly is an idiot like Perez Hilton judging a beauty pageant? He wouldn’t know a beautiful woman if she walked up and gave him a million dollars, LOL.

 That said, Ms. California looked plastic from head to toe, like a blow up doll. I was surprised she even made the top 5…I guess the judges like plastic?

By C. Aune on 04/20/2009 7:21 pm
Libra Lady
Makes you wonder what perez (puke) hilton called obama for saying the same thing!!!  You suppose the "B" word also????
By Libra Lady on 04/20/2009 7:33 pm
starry Nite
It was a beauty contest.  Beauty and brains often don’t come in the same package.  California is not a country although she could have being thinking about the future.  
By starry Nite on 04/20/2009 10:02 pm