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 given to a Miss USA state delegate. Thompson was the winner of the Miss Congeniality award given to the first Miss USA state contestant in 1953. The second Miss Congeniality award given also went to another contestant from Louisiana, Judy Fletcher in 1960. That year, during the era when both Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants were held at the same time, Fletcher tied with a Miss Universe contestant from Burma for the award. Sharon Brown, who represented Louisiana in 1961, won the first Miss Photogenic award given to a Miss USA state delegate. She also won the Miss USA