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Gia Soleil Espinoza of Texas was crowned Miss Earth USA 2026 in a national competition held on Saturday, January 3 at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida. The 20-year-old criminal justice major and third-generation business owner from El Paso succeeds last year's winner Haley Poe. She will represent the USA at Miss Earth 2026 later this year. April Rodriguez of Lone Star State was named Miss Earth USA Air, while Angel Marie Strong of West Coast, Alanna Lynch of West Virginia, and Autumn Fisher of Kentucky were announced Miss Earth USA Water, Fire, and Eco, respectively. For the teen division, talented young model Mia Navarro, also from El Paso, clinched the title of Teen Miss Earth USA 2026. She was crowned by her predecessor Jordyn Campion. The new Miss Earth USA is also passionate advocate for animals. She co-founded Cars & Canines, a community-focused initiative that promotes adoption, sustainability, and meaningful connections. Having recently been accepted into the El Paso Po...

Miss Dallas USA, Aarienna Ware was crowned Miss Texas USA 2024 in a glittering state final on Saturday, June 22 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. The 26-year-old sustainable home builder and interior designer was also awarded Best in Swimsuit. She will now prepare to represent Texas at the upcoming Miss USA 2024 pageant in Hollywood, California. Aarienna succeeds Lluvia Alzate, last year's winner who placed fourth runner-up at Miss USA 2023 last September in Reno, Nevada. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aarieanna Ware (@aarieannaware) FINAL RESULTS Miss Texas USA 2024 - Aarienna Ware (Dallas) 1st runner-up - Francie Millan (San Antonio) 2nd runner-up - Mary Sickler (Houston) 3rd runner-up - Fallon Williams (Tanglewood) 4th runner-up - Preslie Watson (Metroplex) TOP 18 Mackenzie Earls (Woodlands) Tori Steapp (Richmond) Diana Kannan (North Texas) Jenna Jacobs (North Central Texas) Taylor Davis (Love Field) Destiny Fernandisse (Kemah) Hannah Pugh ...

Haylee Puckett was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2023 in a glittering state competition held on Sunday, July 16 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. The 17-year-old high school student representing Space City bested over 60 other competitors to win the state title. She succeeds last year's winner Chanel Williams and will now proceed to represent Texas at Miss Teen USA 2023 later this year. Amaris Leon was named first runner-up while Dylana Estrella, Fernanda Gonzalez, and Rebecca Camposano were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. The rest of the Top 17 were Stephanie Meza, Victoria Rendon, Abigail Margo, Alexis Linville, Elaina Forester, Milano Gutierrez, Priscilla Nichole Gonzalez, Ashtyn Merrill, Jaelynd Edwards, Sienna Nuno, Alison Appleby, and Cheyanna Frazier. Prior to winning the competition, the new Miss Texas USA represented her home state at Miss High School America 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas where she placed second runner-up. Haylee started her initi...

Miss Houston, Lluvia Alzate, edged out over 90 other competitors to win Miss Texas USA 2023 on Saturday, July 15 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel. The 26-year-old beauty of Colombian descent won the pageant in her second attempt. She finished as third runner-up to R'Bonney Gabriel when she joined last year's competition. Lluvia is a business administration in finance graduate of the University of Houston and an ALS advocate. She will now prepare to represent Texas at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada later this year. Mary Sickler of Northwest Houston was named first runner-up while Lillian Claire Perez of San Antonio, Taylor Lauren Davis of Collin County, and Samantha Havenstrite of Post Oak were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 17 were Gisela Contreras, Bryceidee Leos, Taj Dright, Paris Sierra Beal, Destiny Anbar, Sydney Ying, Preslie Watson, Delaney Davis, Valerie Whiddon, Katharine Alexander, Catherine Ivey, and Elish Young. Allis...

Allison "Allie" Drake is officially the new Miss Texas USA 2022, the state title held by the reigning Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel prior to winning Miss USA. The 26-year-old professional model and business owner represented Dallas during last year's Miss Texas USA pageant and placed second runner-up. No stranger to pageantry, the Austin-born beauty has already been joining competitions for years and bagged several runner-up finishes. She lives in Dallas where she founded Kissed Studio , an upscale tanning boutique providing services for nails, custom airbrush tans, hair, and makeup. In addition to running her own business in Uptown Dallas, she also works as a model under the Dallas-based modeling and talent agency The Campell Agency . As the new titleholder, Allie now continues R'Bonney's reign in Texas and is now expected to crown the next Miss Texas USA who will go on to represent the Lone Star State at Miss USA 2023. Meet the new Miss Texas USA: V...

Miss Texas USA, R'Bonney Gabriel was proclaimed Miss USA 2022 last night at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Here are 8 things to know about the new Miss USA: 1. She is the 10th Miss Texas USA to win Miss USA next to Crystle Stewart (2008) and the first Filipino-American in history to win both the state and the national pageant. View this post on Instagram A post shared by R’Bonney Nola (@rbonneynola) 2. She was born to an American mother from Beaumont, Texas, and a Filipino father who left the Philippines for the US as a young student. 3. She is originally from Missouri City, Texas, and grew up in Houston with three older brothers. As the only girl of four siblings, she considers herself the baby of the family and often joked about being the favorite child. View this post on Instagram A post shared by R’Bonney Nola (@rbonneynola) 4.  At age 28, she is the oldest Miss USA winner in the pageant's 71-year history. Bu...

The Miss USA 2022 Costume Show was held on Sunday, October 2 at the pageant's official venue this year, the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Fifty-one contestants representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia paraded on stage in their colorful state costumes. Hosted by reigning Miss USA Elle Smith and FYI correspondent Christian Murhpy, three winners were announced at the end of the show which was broadcasted on missusa.tv . Miss Texas USA R'Bonney Gabriel, whose costume was inspired by the Texas state flower bluebonnet, was named the winner while Miss Tennessee USA Emily Suttle and Miss Maine USA Elizabeth Kervin were in second and third places, respectively. Reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu was present at the glittering event together with Miss Universe Organization President Paula Shugart and CEO Amy Emmerich. Meet the winner: View this post on Instagram A post shared by R’Bonney Nola (@rbonneynola) Don't miss the final ...

Fashion designer and model R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss Texas USA 2022 at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel on Saturday, July 2. The 28-year-old Friendswood representative became the first-ever Filipina woman to win the state title. She also joined last year and finished as first runner-up to Victoria Hinojosa. Sydni Leonard, Allie Drake, Lluvia Alzate, and Gisela Contreras were the first, second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. "My heart is filled with joy," the new Miss Texas USA wrote in a statement on social media. "It's an honor to become Miss Texas USA 2022. I want to thank everyone involved in this special time! I have so much gratitude for your support," she added. R'Bonney will represent Texas in Miss USA 2022 while another winner Miss Texas Teen USA 2022 Chanel Williams will go to Miss Teen USA 2022. The final date and venue for the national competitions are yet to be announced. View this post on Instagram A pos...