(The Spread) – The odds are out for the Miss USA 2012 pageant and Miss Texas has opened as the favorite.
According to oddsmakers Miss Texas is 11/2 while Miss Alaska and Miss Rhode Island are 9/1, respectively. Miss California is 11/1 while Miss Ohio and Miss Pennsylvania are 12/1, respectively. Miss Illinois and Miss Maine are 15/1 to win the 2012 Miss USA pageant, respectively.
Continuing with the odds, Miss Minnesota and Miss New Jersey are both 22/1 to win, respectively, while Miss Mississippi, Miss Georgia, Miss Oklahoma and Miss Arizona are all 25/1, respectively. Miss Dleware and Miss Kansas are 28/1, respectively.
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Texas has the most Miss USA titles with nine. The state’s most recent win came back in 2008 and before then, Texas also won in 2001. California has the next most titles with six (and also produced the most recent winner in 2011), while New York, Hawaii and Illinois all have four apiece. Michigan, Louisiana and South Carolina all have three Miss USA titles.
Brittany Booker from Houston will represent Texas in this year’s Miss USA, while Jessica Kazmierczak of Salcha will represent Alaska. Olivia Culpo from Cranston will represent Rhode Island and is one of only two 19-year-olds that will compete in this year’s pageant. The other is Krista Clausen, who is from Georgetown and will represent Delaware.
For a complete list of odds for Miss USA 2012, see below.
Miss Texas 11/2
Miss Alaska 9/1
Miss Rhode Island 9/1
Miss California 11/1
Miss Ohio 12/1
Miss Pennsylvania 12/1
Miss Illinois 15/1
Miss Maine 15/1
Miss Minnesota 22/1
Miss New Jersey 22/1
Miss Mississippi 25/1
Miss Georgia 25/1
Miss Oklahoma 25/1
Miss Arizona 25/1
Miss Delaware 28/1
Miss Kansas 28/1
Miss New Mexico 28/1
Miss Nevada 30/1
Miss Washington DC 30/1
Miss Florida 30/1
Miss Maryland 30/1
Miss Massachusetts 30/1
Miss Michigan 30/1
Miss Alabama 30/1
Miss Arkansas 30/1
Miss Alabama 30/1
Miss Virginia 30/1
Miss Utah 35/1
Miss Montana 35/1
Miss Idaho 35/1
Miss Kentucky 35/1
Miss Wyoming 35/1
Miss Washington 40/1
Miss Colorado 40/1
Miss Connecticut 40/1
Miss Indiana 40/1
Miss Iowa 40/1
Miss New York 40/1
Miss North Carolina 40/1
Miss Tennessee 50/1
Miss Hawaii 50/1
Miss Oregon 50/1
Miss South Carolina 50/1
Miss Louisiana 50/1
Miss Nebraska 55/1
Miss Missouri 65/1
Miss North Dakota 65/1
Miss West Virginia 65/1
Miss New Hampshire 75/1
Miss Vermont 75/1
Miss Wisconsin 75/1
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