Miss. USA 2008 Crystle Stewart completed her degree in Consumer Science and Merchandising at the University of Houston. She founded and runs her business “Inside/Out” which aids young women in building self-esteem and volunteers with many organizations in the community. She won a silver medal in the relay at Jr. Olympics and is a fourth generation educator.

The judging panel for the 2008 Miss USA® Pageant included: Heather Mills, contestant on season four of “Dancing With the Stars”; Rob Schneider, star of “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”; Joey Fatone, host of “The Singing Bee”; Kristian Alfonso, entrepreneur and star of NBC’s “Days of our Lives”; Olympic gold-medal swimmer Amanda Beard; Christian Siriano, this season’s winner of Bravo’s hit show “Project Runway”; San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne “Lights Out” Merriman; celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves; Kelly Carlson, star of “Nip/Tuck”; founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood International, Inc. Robert Earl and Vanity Fair’s celebrity journalist George Wayne.

Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. The venue is the Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 7,000 seat theater located in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino which was also the location of the Miss Universe 1991, 1996 and Miss America pageants. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, outgoing titleholder Rachel Smith will crown her successor. All the girls were selected from all over the country, from over 12000 candidates.Girls declared that they want to win and promote their state. For me is almost imposible to choose from this girls, and I am expecting a very close score.