Beauties with Brains: Scintillating gowns at Miss USA Pageant

Miss Colorado Talyah Polee. (AP)

Miss Arizona Maureen Montagne. (AP)

Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez. (AP)

Miss Wisconsin Haley Laundrie. (AP)

Miss South Carolina Sarah Weishuhn competes in the evening gown competition during the preliminary round of the 2015 Miss USA Pageant in Baton Rouge, La. (AP)

Miss Delaware Renee Bull competes in the evening gown competition during the preliminary round of the 2015 Miss USA Pageant in Baton Rouge, La. (AP)

Contestants wave onstage at the conclusion of the preliminary round of the 2015 Miss USA Pageant in Baton Rouge. (AP)

Nick Teplitz and Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez co-host the preliminary round of the Miss USA Pageant. (AP)

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