Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Stan are being held. It is then up to Hart to save the day once more, but this time with the help of Agent Fuller. Sandra Bullock and writer Marc Lawrence initially had no plans for a sequel. While working on "Two Weeks Notice", Bullock and Lawrence joked about ideas for a "Miss Congeniality" sequel, some of which "weren't that far-fetched" according to Bullock. Las Vegas was featured in an early version of the first film, but was ultimately written out of the script. A five-week shoot in southern Nevada began on April 12, 2004. Approximately half of the film's
Miss Louisiana USA as a result of Shannon Marketic being crowned Miss USA 1992. Thompson's overall pageant success—winning the Miss Louisiana state title and competing at Miss America in 1951, winning the first two Miss Louisiana USA state titles, and competing in the first and second Miss USA national pageants (becoming the first-ever 1st runner-up in 1952, and a semi-finalist and the Miss Congeniality winner in 1953) -- prompted Miss USA organizers to create a rule only allowing a person to compete for the national title once. Louisiana contestants accomplished another feat first, winning both the first-ever Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic awards