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Miss USA 2022 will be the 71st Miss USA pageant. The competition will be held in 2022. Elle Smith of Kentucky will crown her successor at the end of the event, and she will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2022.
Background
Selection of contestants
Contestants who are participated in each state are reverted with the eligibility rules which they are to compete not more than one state per year.
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the duration between most of the state pageants from the previous year's competition are shortened from seven to eleven months. Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2021 as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2021. The first state pageants were Idaho and Montana, held together on September 12, 2021.
Contestants
As of December 29, 2024, 4 state titleholders have been crowned.