Miss USA 2010

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Date
Presenters	Curtis Stone, Natalie Morales, Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers[2]
Entertainment	Boys Like Girls, Trace Adkins
Venue	Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Broadcaster	NBC
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Rima Fakih
Represented	Michigan

Miss USA 2010, the 59th edition of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. The winner, Rima Fakih of Michigan, will represent the United States in the Miss Universe 2010 competition. Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton from North Carolina, crowned her successor at the end of this event. Representatives of the 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the title in the pageant, which was broadcast live on NBC.

The pageant was co-hosted by Australian celebrity chef Curtis Stone and Today show correspondent Natalie Morales.^[2] Color commentary was provided by Joan and Melissa Rivers.^[2] Pop rock band Boys Like Girls performed during the swimsuit competition and country music star Trace Adkins performed during the evening gown competition.^[2] Stone, Adkins and Rivers have all appeared on Donald Trump's television show Celebrity Apprentice.

Kristen Dalton and Chet Buchanan hosted the presentation show.^[3] For the first time, the preliminary competition was webcast live via Ustream on May 12, 2010, following a precedent set at the 2009 Miss Universe pageant.

Pageants were held to select the representative for each state between June 2009 and January 2010. During the final show on May 16, the fifteen delegates with the highest average score from the preliminary competition were announced. The top fifteen competed in the swimsuit competition. The top ten delegates from swimsuit competed in evening gown. The top five delegates from the evening gown competition (not averaged composite scores from both competitions) competed in the final question round to determine the winner. The judges' composite score was shown after each round of competition for the fourth time since 2002.

Miss USA 2010
Date	May 16, 2010[1]
Presenters	Curtis Stone, Natalie Morales, Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers[2]
Entertainment	Boys Like Girls, Trace Adkins
Venue	Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
Broadcaster	NBC
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Winner	Rima Fakih
Represented	Michigan

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 2010	Michigan - Rima Fakih
1st runner-up	Oklahoma - Morgan Woolard
2nd runner-up	Virginia - Samantha Casey
3rd runner-up	Colorado - Jessica Hartman
4th runner-up	Maine - Katie Whittier
Top 10	Alabama - Audrey Moore California - Nicole Johnson Mississippi - Breanne Ponder Missouri - Ashley Strohmier Tennessee - Tucker Perry
Top 15	Arkansas - Adrielle Churchill Kansas - Bethany Gerber Nebraska - Belinda Wright Pennsylvania - Gina Cerilli Wyoming - Claire Schreiner

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Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik

HYDERABAD: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza's family Monday confirmed that she was all set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.An Indian news channel quoted Sania's father Imran Mirza as saying that the reports of her proposed marriage with Malik were true. According to the channel, he said that the marriage would take place in a month and that the couple would settle down in Dubai after tying the knot.Imran said that both Sania and Malik would continue to represent their countries in their respective games.However, Sania's father or any family member did not come out of the house to speak to mediapersons waiting outside to get a confirmation of the news first aired on a Pakistani television channel.According to Geo News, Shoaib Malik's mother met the family of Sania, and sought Sania for her son. The channel claimed that Sania's family has accepted the proposal and the two families are all set to conduct the engagement of the two.The channel even claimed that the engagement ceremony was expected to take place next month.The news of Sania's proposed marriage with Malik came two months after she called off her engagement to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza, citing "incompatibility".Six months after the engagement took place here amid much fanfare, Sania decided to part ways with Sohrab.Interestingly, Shoaib Malik was also engaged to a girl from this southern Indian city a few years ago but he later called it off. The family of the girl had even claimed that he had married her but the Pakistani star denied this.Malik had said in January 2008 that his marriage plans with Ayesha Siddiqui ended because both families could not reach an understanding on certain issues.However, the girl's family claimed that the they entered the wedlock through 'nikah' over telephone in 2002. Ayesha's father M.A. Siddiqui had even threatened to sue Malik for cheating and demanded him to give a formal divorce.Malik was also quoted by Pakistani media as saying that Ayesha was not the girl he met in Dubai and that her family cheated him by sending a photograph of another girl.Malik had reportedly met Ayesha in Dubai and they decided to marry. The Pakistani cricket team was given a grand reception by Ayesha's parents at their residence here when the team toured India in 2005.Interestingly, Ayesha had not come out at the reception and did not even meet Shoaib, saying she was down with some allergic problem.
Source: http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Sania+to+marry+Shoaib+Malik+next+month&artid=3j723WoIXIo=&SectionID=p/1TpZY0BFI=&MainSectionID=p/1TpZY0BFI=&SectionName=h4nHCgRcMFQmsUgz08kxUw==&SEO=Sania%20Mirza,%20Shoaib%20Malik,%20marriage

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