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		Contestants rehearse for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino (photo) Jamie Hill, Miss South Carolina USA 2008; LauRen Merola, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2008; and Julia Bachison, Miss Utah USA 2008, rehearse for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
		Lu Sierra rehearses with the delegates for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino (photo) Lu Sierra rehearses with the delegates for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
		Step & Repeat photos for the press. (video) The 2008 MISS USA contestants pose for the press as they arrive and walk the "purple" carpet for the "On Top of Cloud 9" Once Upon a Dream event.
		The 2008 MISS USA contestants in rehearsals (photo) Miss South Carolina USA 2008, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2008, Miss Tennessee USA 2008, Miss Arizona USA 2008, rehearse for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
		The 2008 MISS USA contestants in rehearsals (photo) Jacqueline Honulik, Miss Connecticut USA 2008; Micaela Johnson, Miss Nebraska USA 2008; Abbey Nicole Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008; Jonelle Layfield, Miss Hawaii USA 2008; and Tori Rae Wanty, Miss Montana USA 2008, rehearse for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
		The 2008 MISS USA contestants in rehearsals (photo) Lu Sierra rehearses with the delegates for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. They will compete for the title of Miss USA 2008 during the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 57th annual Miss USA competition from the Planet Hollywood Theatre on April 11th, 2008 at 9PM (ET/delayed PT).
		The 2008 MISS USA contestants in rehearsals (photo) Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008; Shanon Lersch, Miss Illinois USA 2008; Rachel Howells, Miss Arkansas USA 2008; Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008; and Tiffany Andrade, Miss New Jersey USA 2008, rehearse for the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.