08/24/10 - Congratulations to Jimena Navarrete of Mexico, the new Miss Universe 2010!

After a thrilling competition filled with stunning contestants as well as fantastic musical and dance performances, Jimena was crowned with the spectacular eco-friendly Miss Universe crown made by the Nexus Design Studio of Diamond Nexus Labs. We can't wait to see her throughout the coming year as she travels the world on Miss Universe's perpetual mission of peace, unity, hope, and HIV/AIDS awareness education. The many exciting experiences and accomplishments she has ahead of her will surely sparkle all the brighter!

Have your own custom jewelry piece designed by The Nexus Design Studio, click here to learn how. Click here to watch how the crown was made.

07/18/2010 - 2010 Miss Teen USA pageant! The 2010 Miss Teen USA® pageant will once again take place at the famous Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas on Saturday, July 24th.  The pageant will be a very exciting fun-filled 5-day event at one of the most luxurious tropical resorts in the world! Join us in supporting Erica as she competes for the national title! Watch the LIVE webcast on www.missteenusa.com at 8pm EST.

06/2010 - Miss Rhode Island USA & Miss Rhode Island Teen USA opens registration!!

... and announces the 2011 pageant will be held December 2 - 4, 2010 at the historic Rhode Island Center for Performing Arts in Cranston, RI!

05/16/10 - 2010 Miss USA pageant - Congratulations Rima Fakih from Michigan

03/18/10 - Follow us on Facebook & Twitter!

Become a fan of Miss Rhode Island USA * Miss Rhode Island Teen USA on facebook; be up to date on the latest news!

Be sure to follow Kristina's "Road To Vegas" on Twitter @MissRIusa2010.

02/03/10 - Miss Universe / Miss USA / Miss Teen USA Website Updates

With a new year comes new goals. This year, the MUO is aiming to bring you more new videos, photos and giveaways than ever before. The website is being updated and improved all the time and we’d love to hear your thoughts. Check out the latest changes now: www.missuniverse.com, www.missusa.com and www.missteenusa.com. One of our goals is to allow our fans to get to know the national titleholders through video blogs. We will do our best to post a new video blog every other Monday from here until the end of their reign. You can check out the first 2 video blogs for each of our Queens at the following links:

Miss Teen USA: http://www.missuniverse.com/missteenusa/videos/index/feed:1/videoCategoryId:Blog/
Miss USA: http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/videos/index/feed:1/videoCategoryId:Blog/
Miss Universe: http://www.missuniverse.com/videos/index/feed:1/videoCategoryId:Blog

Each site provides links to the girls Official Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages, with new content continuously being uploaded. Our first Fan Contest is currently under way. You can watch and participate by clicking here: http://www.missuniverse.com/videos/index and then choosing “Fan Contest - Twitter”.

02/01/10 - 2010 Miss USA pageant announcement!

NBC and Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, announced today that the “2010 MISS USA Pageant” will air on Sunday, May 16th (7-9 p.m. ET) from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas at the Theatre for the Performing Arts. Be sure to watch and cheer on Kristina as she competes for pageantry's most coveted title!

01/02/10 - Contestant Registration for the 2011 pageants

Registration for the 2011 Miss Rhode Island USA & Miss Rhode Island Teen USA pageants will open in the Spring of 2010. Keep an eye on this website for the official announcement. Although registration is not currently open, you may submit your initial entry information on the APPLY NOW page. Entries will be proccessed in the order they are received once registration is open!

01/01/10 - Happy New Year!

Important Dates to Remember for 2010:

9/13/09 - New Titleholders Crowned!

In front of a live audience at the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts at Rhode Island College, Kristina Primavera, 22, of Narragansett was crowned Miss Rhode Island USA 2010! She will represent the Ocean State at the 2010 MISS USA pageant to be broadcast LIVE on NBC from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV, on Sunday, April 18, 2010. Erica Wright, 17, also of Narragansett was crowned Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2010 and will go on to compete for the 2010 MISS TEEN USA title in the summer of 2010.

Congratulations to Kristina and Erica; we look forward to a fantastic year! For full results of the 2010 state pageant, click here.

For the first time in it's history, the 2009 Miss Universe Presentation Show will be webcast LIVE on Sunday August 16th at 8pm EDT. It can be viewed on NBC.com as well as MissUniverse.com. The Final show will be a LIVE primetime television broadcast on NBC TV on Sunday, August 23rd at 9pm EDT. Be sure to watch and cheer on Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009!

8/5/09 - College Scholarships!

We are thrilled to announce that Lindenwood University will be awarding in total over $700,000 in scholarships to our new 2010 Winners, Finalists and Semi-finalists competing in this year's pageant! See our Scholarship page for more information.

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8/1/09 - Congratulations Talia!

Stormi Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2009, was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009 in front of a live audience at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Additionally, there were in excess of 43,000 webcast streams of the pageant worldwide!

We are very proud of Talia Turco, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2009, who spent a week in the Bahamas for this once in a lifetime opportunity. We were thrilled when Talia was chosen as a Top-15 Semi-finalist; what an exciting moment for Talia and Rhode Island!

To view Talia's MISS TEEN USA photo gallery, click here.

7/26/09 - 2009 MISS TEEN USA Live Webcast!

We are thrilled to announce that the 2009 Miss Teen USA pageant will be streamed LIVE on July 31, 2009, from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, on www.missteenusa.com.

Miss Teen USA's live stream will utilize Ustream's broadcast platform to deliver high qulaity, premium content to the Internet audience via NewTek TriCaster portable live production system. Be sure to watch!

7/25/09 - Bahamas Bound!

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5/25/09 - Registration is Open!

Don't miss your chance in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity....APPLY TODAY!

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4/20/09 - Congratulations Alysha!

Alysha did a fabulous job representing Rhode Island at the 2009 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas, NV on April 19th! You will also be seeing more of Alysha as she continues to make appearances statewide!

Important Dates to Remember!

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