From today’s mail, Miss Washington at Buca di Beppo in Las Vegas:
They entered with crowns and sashes and were met with cheese, pasta and sauces, as 51 gorgeous contestants of the 2009 Miss USA Pageant made a special appearance at the Buca di Beppo Italian eatery on East Flamingo Rd. Saturday evening….
Full release (ha!) and bonus beauty-queen photos after the jump.
Photo: Tom Donoghue / Buca di Beppo
They entered with crowns and sashes and were met with cheese, pasta and sauces, as 51 gorgeous contestants of the 2009 Miss USA Pageant made a special appearance at the Buca di Beppo Italian eatery on East Flamingo Rd. Saturday evening. Dazzling in their sashes and cocktail attire and fresh from their arrival ceremony at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, the young women dined family-style on a set menu that included mozzarella caprese salad, apple gorgonzola salad, prosciutto stuffed mushrooms, lemon chicken, salmon with pesto, spaghetti marinara, broccoli with greens beans and dessert of tiramisu and gelato cones. After greeting on-lookers and posing for fan photos, some of the contestants joined Buca di Beppo Corporate Chef Michael Miyahara for a cooking demonstration with pasta, peppers, tomatoes and other fresh ingredients that Buca di Beppo is famous for. The Miss USA appearance at Buca di Beppo follows on the (high) heels of the 2009 Miss America contestants who ate at Buca di Beppo on January 18, 2009. The iconic Miss USA Pageant returns for its second year to Las Vegas and the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The 2009 Miss USA Pageant will air live on NBC on April 19, 2009.
PHOTO Info:
Miss USA with Chef Cap: Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart
Miss USA Group Ext — Miss USA 2009 contestants at Buca di Beppo in Las Vegas
Miss WA with Chef — Miss Washington, Tara Lynn Turnure; Buca di Beppo Corporate Chef, Michael Miyahara
Miss WA and Chef — Miss Washington, Tara Lynn Turnure; Buca di Beppo Corporate Chef, Michael Miyahara
(Photo credit, Tom Donoghue / Buca di Beppo)
Where’s the 51st Miss USA contestant from? Is she a giant Thunderbird from Hohoq? I guess Puerto Rico would make the most sense, but when you look at a map, that’s crazier than Alaska.
Is he giving some kind of lesson?
@1,
Washington, D.C. perhaps?
Yes, DC. Have you heard of the internet?
So Puerto Rico is just cut out? Or do they advance directly to Miss Universe?
D.C.? They aren’t even represented in Congress, and they get a Miss USA contestant? There ought to have been something in the constitution about that, like Nevada has.
Next, watch the cooks come all over her face.
She can suck the cream outta my cannoli.
HEY-YO!
That one Miss USA looks like a life-sized Bratz doll. Creepy.
@9: YES. Also, “Crystle Stewart”? It is barely a name! She was doomed to be a fake person from birth. The sadness!
She’s never gonna be Miss Atkins Diet, poor girl.
She totally wants me.
I am so glad to see that this nice wonderful contestant is a fellow worshiper of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
@7, We can only hope!