Miss USA to Miss USA and Miss Universe beginning with Miss Universe 2015. The modern pageant consists of a preliminary competition held a week before the pageant when all contestants are judged in swimsuit, gown, and interview competitions. Every year, each state holds a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the Miss USA pageant. In some states (such as Texas and Florida), local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the state competition. The state winners hold the title "Miss State USA" for the year of their reign. The most successful state is Texas, which has had the most semi-finalists
Miss Mary Lillian Duke donated the painting to Duke University. Since that time, it has belonged to the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham. Miss Mary Lillian Duke Miss Mary Lillian Duke is a 1911 oil on canvas painting by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla. The painting is part of the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham. It depicts a portrait of Mary Lillian Duke Biddle(1887-1960), when she was 24 years of age and decided to have a portrait painting of her own. The portrait was painted inside a park, with one of Mary's hand resting on the