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The Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since ___MASK4___ to select the American entrant in the Miss Universe pageant . The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants , as well as Miss Teen USA . Hillevi Rombin Schine ( September ___MASK9___ , ___MASK7___  June 19 , 1996 ) was a Swedish actress and beauty queen who was crowned as Miss Sweden and is the fourth winner of Miss Universe in ___MASK85___ . She was crowned Miss Sweden Universe ___MASK85___ by Miss Sweden Universe 1954 , Ragnhild Olausson . In 1996 , she became the first Miss Universe title holder to die . A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants , although some contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits , intelligence , talent , and answers to judges ' questions as judged criteria . The term almost invariably refers only to contests for unmarried women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants ;< ref name =" chinadaily . com . cn / english / doc / ___MASK1___ - ___MASK19___ / ___MASK94___ / content_385531 . htm "></ ref > with similar events for men or boys being called by other names and more likely to be bodybuilding contests . Miss Venezuela ___MASK74___ was the 4th edition of Miss Venezuela pageant held at Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel in Caracas , Venezuela , on June 30 , ___MASK74___ , after days of events . The winner of the pageant was Blanca Heredia , Miss Distrito Federal . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of ___MASK60___ , 550 , ___MASK46___ distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers ___MASK36___ . ___MASK97___ % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The state also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . Baja California , officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California , is a state in Mexico . It is the northernmost and westernmost of the ___MASK99___ states which , with Mexico City , comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Before becoming a state in ___MASK30___ , the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (" El Territorio Norte de Baja California "). It has an area of , or 3 . 57 % of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula , north of the 28th parallel , plus oceanic Guadalupe Island . The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by Sonora , the U . S . State of Arizona , and the Gulf of California ( also known as the " Sea of Cortez "), and on the south by Baja California Sur . Its northern limit is the U . S . state of California . The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world . They are a continuous range of highlands along the western edge of South America . This range is about long , about wide ( widest between ___MASK47___ ° south and 20 ° south latitude ), and of an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries : Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Argentina and Chile . Miss Universe ___MASK74___ , the fifth beauty pageant of the Miss Universe franchise , was held on ___MASK37___ ___MASK72___ at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach , California . There were thirty contestants on stage . The nineteen - year - old Carol Morris was the second American representative ( styled as " Miss USA ") to win the contest . As was normal for the event , she was crowned by her immediate predecessor , Hillevi Rombin of Sweden . Carol Ann Laverne Morris ( born April ___MASK60___ , ___MASK93___ in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American actress , model and beauty queen who was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant ' s fifth edition in 1956 . She was crowned by Hillevi Rombin , Miss Universe ___MASK85___ , of Sweden . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of ___MASK19___ . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Blanca " Blanquita " Heredia Osío ( January ___MASK61___ , ___MASK83___ ) is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 1956 and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1956 pageant held in Long Beach , California , USA , on July 20 , 1956 , when she classified in the Top 15 semifinalists . Blanca `` Blanquita '' Heredia Osío is a Venezuelan pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela ___MASK74___ and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe ___MASK74___ pageant held in Long Beach , California , USA , on July ___MASK37___ , ___MASK74___ , when she classified in the Top 15 semifinalists . Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization . Along with its rival contests , Miss World and Miss Earth , this pageant is one of the most important and publicized beauty pageants in the world . It is held in more than ___MASK67___ countries worldwide and seen by more than half a billion people annually . The pageant was founded in ___MASK4___ by the California - based clothing company Pacific Knitting Mills , and the Miss Universe Organization and the brand is currently owned , along with Miss USA and Miss Teen USA , by WME / IMG . Miss Universe Organization licenses local organizations that wish to select the Miss Universe contestant for their country , and approves the selection method for national delegates . The current Miss Universe logo  " the woman with stars "  was created in ___MASK65___ . The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries . The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or roughly ___MASK34___ percent of the South American continent . It is located in the countries of Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , Peru , Suriname and Venezuela . Nevada ( Spanish for " snowy "; see pronunciations ) is a state in the Western , Mountain West , and Southwestern regions of the United States of America . Nevada is the 7th most extensive , the 34th most populous , and the 9th least densely populated of the ___MASK98___ United States . Nearly three - quarters of Nevada ' s people live in Clark County , which contains the Las Vegas  Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state ' s four largest incorporated cities are located . Nevada ' s capital is Carson City . Nevada is officially known as the " Silver State " because of the importance of silver to its history and economy . It is also known as the " Battle Born State ", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War ( the words " Battle Born " also appear on the state flag ); as the " Sage - brush State ", for the native plant of the same name ; and as the " Sage - hen State ". Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest , Idaho to the northeast , California to the west , Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east . Arizona ( O ' odham : " Al onak " [ ai onak ]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also part of the Western United States and the Mountain West states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the ___MASK98___ states . Its capital and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New Mexico , Utah , Nevada , California , and Mexico , and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado . Arizona ' s border with Mexico is 389 miles ( ___MASK18___ km ) long , on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America . It is bordered by Colombia on the west , Brazil on the south , Guyana on the east , and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north - east . Venezuela ' s territory covers around with an estimated population . Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity ( currently ranks 7th in the world ' s list of nations with the most number of species ), with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain - forest in the south , via extensive " llanos " plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east . The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin , sometimes called the Orinoquia , covers , with ___MASK48___ . 3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia . The Orinoco and its tributaries are the major transportation system for eastern and interior Venezuela and the llanos of Colombia . The Orinoco is extremely diverse and hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna .