Miss USA 2011

Miss USA 2011
Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA 2011
Date	June 19, 2011
Presenters	Andy Cohen Giuliana Rancic Kelly Osbourne Susie Castillo
Entertainment	Tinie Tempah Eric Turner
Venue	Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	NBC (KSNV-DT) Telemundo (KBLR) STAR World (Asiawide and the Pacific) [1]
Entrants	51
Placements	16
Winner	Alyssa Campanella  California
Congeniality	Kia Hampton  Kentucky
Photogenic	Brittany Brannon  Arizona
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Miss USA 2011 was the 60th Anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, held at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 19, 2011. Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end of this event. This was California's sixth Miss USA title and the first title since 1992.^[2] Campanella represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.

This pageant gained attention on the internet, when a video of all the contestant's answers to the question, whether evolution should be taught in school, was put on YouTube.^[3] Only two contestants affirmed that it should be taught, with the others confusing the question with the debate on evolution of species vs. creationism, or stating that both should be taught.