Olivia Culpo won the Miss USA pageant in 2012, but Sheena Monnin, who competed as Miss Pennsylvania that year, alleged that the pageant was rigged and the top five contestants were selected before ...

After becoming Miss Rhode Island in her first-ever pageant, Olivia Culpo won the Miss USA pageant in 2012 before securing the title of Miss Universe that same year.

Culpo, from Rhode Island, was trying to end a long losing spell for the U.S. in the competition. An American had not won the right to be called Miss Universe since Brook Lee won the title in 1997.

Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel won the Miss Universe competition on Saturday. She is the first Miss USA to win the competition since Olivia Culpo in 2012. Miss Venezuela Amanda Dudamel was second ...

Olivia Culpo, a former Miss USA who won Miss Universe 2012, shared her thoughts after Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava suddenly resigned from their titles ...

For example, at the Miss USA pageant in June 2012, Culpo said she welcomed the participation of transgender women in the competition – a comment that Trump supported.

Over a decade ago, Maryland’s Nana Meriwether became Miss USA 2012 as the competition’s runner-up, after the original winner, Olivia Culpo, went on to win the Miss Universe pageant.