07/25/2010 - MARYLAND WINS! For the first time in its 28 year history, Maryland wins the Miss Teen USA® pageant! Kamie Crawford, Miss Maryland Teen USA, of Potomac was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 from ATLANTIS, Paradise Island in the Bahamas Saturday July 24, 2010. She will spend her year-long reign making special appearances and speaking on behalf of organizations such as Best Buddies, Girl Talk and MADD. Congratulations Kamie and to our own Miss Illinois Teen USA, Lexi Atkins for her 1st Runner-up placement and to the rest of our state titleholders, Ashley DiLiberto (DE), Erica Szymanski (NJ) and Erica Wright (RI)...we are so proud of you all!

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 Kamie as she competes for the national title! Watch the LIVE webcast on www.missteenusa.com at 8pm EST.

05/02/10 - 2010 Miss USA pageant - Congratulations Rima Fakih from Michigan

04/08/10 - La Casa Hermosa Trunk Show

La Casa Hermosa, our Official Wardrobe Sponsor, is coming to Maryland! Robin and her incredible staff will be hosting a Trunk Show at the North Bethesda Marriott on April 30-May 3, 2010!! Call 561.301.5523 to schedule an appointment or email The LCH Style Team at LaCasaHermosa@aol.com!

We are thrilled to announce that Lindenwood University will once again be awarding in total over $1,000,000 in scholarships to our new 2011 Winners, Finalists and Semi-finalists competing in this year's pageant! See our Scholarship page for more information.

Be sure to follow Simone's "Road To Vegas" on Twitter @MissMDusa2010. Kamie is also tweeting her year preparing for Miss Teen USA @MissMDTeenusa10.

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”.

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 Simone as she competes for pageantry's most coveted title!

Registration for the 2011 Miss Maryland USA & Miss Maryland Teen USA pageants will open in the Spring of 2010. Keep an eye on this website for the official announcement. Although regsitration 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!

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Important Dates to Remember for 2010: