Miss North Carolina USA title winner Kristen Dalton has been crowned Miss USA 2009. My Name is Earl star Nadine Velazquez and Billy Bush of Access Hollywood were the hosts of the 58th annual Miss USA pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas Sunday.

By Staff and Wire Reports GREENSBORO __ A homicide suspect whom UNCG had warned people to look out for has turned himself in to police. Jameel Lenard Ray, 19, turned himself in to Durham police Wednesday, UNCG police Maj. Jamie Herring said.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night.

LUMBERTON, N.C. - The ex-boyfriend of a former Miss North Carolina was ordered to pay her $11,000 in damages Friday for causing her to lose her crown by revealing he had topless photos of the beauty queen.