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This Sunday, May 14, 51 contestants representing their states will compete with each other to win the Miss USA 2017 crown. The winner of the 66th Miss USA beauty pageant will be announced on Sunday night in a glittering ceremony, which will be held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

But before the grand finale night, there will be a preliminary competition that will take place on Thursday night, i.e. on May 11 at 7 pm. The preliminary competition will be important for the contestants, as the scores of this competition will help decide the semi-finalists of the grand finale night.

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The semi-finalists of the Miss USA 2017 will be announced on May 14 live during the grand finale night. The event will be telecast live on Fox starting at 5 pm local time. The two-hour beauty pageant will be hosted Julianne Hough and Terrence J and it will feature performances by Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson ONE, Pitbull and Brett Eldridge.

Miss USA 2016 Deshauana Barber will crown her successor on Sunday.

So let's check out the contestants who will be competing for the Miss USA 2017 crown.

MISS ALABAMA Baylee Smith

MISS ALASKA Alyssa London

MISS ARIZONA Tommy Lynn Calhoun

MISS ARKANSAS Arynn Johnson

MISS CALIFORNIA India Williams

MISS COLORADO Sabrina Janssen

MISS CONNECTICUT Olga Litvinenko

MISS DELAWARE Mia Jones

MISS FLORIDA Linette De Los Santos

MISS GEORGIA DeAnna Johnson

MISS HAWAII Julie Kuo

MISS IDAHO Cassie Lewis

MISS ILLINOIS Whitney Wandland

MISS INDIANA Brittany Winchester

MISS IOWA Kelsey Weier

MISS KANSAS Catherine Carmichael

MISS KENTUCKY Madelynne Myers

MISS MAINE Brooke Harris

MISS MARYLAND Adrianna David

MISS MASSACHUSETTS Julia Scarparott

MISS MICHIGAN Krista Ferguson

MISS MINNESOTA Meridith Gould

MISS MISSISSIPPI Ashley Hamby

MISS MISSOURI Bayleigh Dayton

MISS MONTANA Brooke Bezanson

MISS NEBRASKA Jasmine Fuelberth

MISS NEVADA Lauren York

MISS NEW JERSEY Chhavi Verg

MISS NEW HAMPSHIRE Sarah Mousseau

MISS NEW MEXICOAshley Mora

MISS NEW YORK Hannah Lopa

MISS LOUISIANA Bethany Trahan

MISS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Kara McCullough

MISS NORTH CAROLINA Kaitlin Coble

MISS NORTH DAKOTA Raquel Wellentin

MISS OHIO Dinaleigh Baxter

MISS OKLAHOMA Alex Smith

MISS OREGON Liz Denny

MISS PENNSYLVANIA Cassandra Angst

MISS RHODE ISLAND Kelsey Swanson

MISS SOUTH CAROLINA Megan Gordo

MISS SOUTH DAKOTA Tessa Dee

MISS TENNESSEE Allee-Sutton Hethcoat

MISS TEXAS Nancy Gonzalez

MISS UTAH Baylee Jensen

MISS VERMONT Madison Cota

MISS WASHINGTON Alex Carlson-Helo

MISS WEST VIRGINIA Lauren Roush

MISS WISCONSIN Skylar Witte

MISS WYOMING Mikaela Shaw