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| Miss USA 2016 | |
|---|---|
 Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016 | |
| Date | June 5, 2016 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | |
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Broadcaster | Fox, KVVU-TV |
| Entrants | 52 (including Miss 52 USA) |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | Miss 52 USA |
| Winner | Deshauna Barber District of Columbia |
| Congeniality | Peyton Brown (Alabama)[4] |
| Photogenic | Kate Redeker (Wisconsin)[5] |
Miss USA 2016 was the 65th Miss USA pageant, held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 5, 2016. Terrence J and Julianne Hough all hosted for the first time, while Ashley Graham served as the backstage host.[6][7] All fifty states and the District of Columbia competed. Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma crowned her successor, Deshauna Barber of the District of Columbia, at the end of the event. Barber became the first African American to win the Miss USA title since Crystle Stewart in 2008, and this was District of Columbia's third title and the first title since 2002. Barber represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant.
This was the first edition of the Miss USA pageant to be held under the ownership of WME/IMG, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from Donald Trump on September 14, 2015, three days after NBCUniversal sold him its 50% interest in the organization in exchange for Trump's dropping a breach of contract lawsuit he filed against the media company in August for terminating NBC's contract to televise the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants. It was also the first Miss USA pageant to be broadcast on Fox after signed an agreement in October 2015.[8][9][10]
For the first time, a 52nd entrant for the pageant was decided via a nationwide search through social media voting.[11]
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- ^ "Finding Miss 52". Miss Universe Organization. Retrieved 20 April 2016.