A 25-year-old contestant from Connecticut has won the title of Miss USA in Las Vegas.
Erin Brady won the beauty pageant yesterday night at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the US Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests. Asked if she agreed with the decision, Brady said she did.
Brady gets the crown and a New York apartment for one year. She is expected to spend her title reign on a nationwide speaking tour and raising breast and ovarian cancer awareness, the organisation's official cause.
Unlike the rival Miss America pageant, Miss USA does not ask its queens to perform a talent or choose a charity mission.
