The new Miss USA for 2018 has been named

May 22, 2018 | by Junie Sihlangu

The Miss USA pageant for this year crowned their winner this week. The winner is Miss Nebraska, Sarah Rose Summers.

She managed to beat 50 other women to claim the title according to the Miss USA Twitter account. Her predecessor was Miss District of Columbia.

Sarah Rose Summers, 23, was crowned at the annual Miss USA pageant on Monday night. Summers succeeded Miss USA 2017, Miss District of Columbia Kára McCullough.

McCullough focused her attention on STEM and diversity initiatives during her reign. Miss North Carolina and Miss Nevada were part of the top three.

And your #MissUSA 2018 is...... NEBRASKA!! 👑✨ Congratulations Sarah Rose Summers!

...@foxtv pic.twitter.com/U0rpb0fHIS
— Miss USA (@MissUSA) May 22, 2018

This year’s pageant aired on Fox. It was hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey with Carson Kressley and Lu Sierra providing analysis.

When you find out you're #MissUSA 2018!! 😭😍 pic.twitter.com/HXsDOJHaqV
— Miss USA (@MissUSA) May 22, 2018

Vanessa was Miss Teen USA in 1998. The selection committee this year was five female leaders who served as judges.

There is no place like Nebraska!
— Zach McCaleb (@Surf2Summit) May 22, 2018

She and Oregon were my favorites so glad she won. I was sure that California was going to win earlier since she seemed to have the everything they loved. I think what saved Nebraska was her amazing final answer. The other two flubbed it hard.
— oPhoenixL (@oPhoenixL) May 22, 2018

Viewers also got to cast their votes online. The top five contestants asked one another the question in the final portion of the night.

Smooches 😘 @karamccullough #MissUSA 2018

...@foxtv @mville_bc pic.twitter.com/ErTRnJzITJ
— Miss USA (@MissUSA) May 22, 2018

A Twitter user named Janet wrote ‘Well spoken cutie patootie from my home state! She earned her way there ... congrats!’

Manny wrote, ‘Congrats!!! She’s so pretty and humble!’