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Raquel Beezley
Miss California 2008

Nov. 25, 2007

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Congratulations to Miss California USA 2008 Raquel Beezley. She was a semifinalist at the 2008 Miss USA pageant.

Latest News: Christina Silva, who was crowned MISS CALIFORNIA USA® 2008 on Sunday November 25, 2007 at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, relinquished her crown to the real winner Raquel Beezley after it was discovered that an accounting error resulted in her incorrectly receiving the prestigious title.

Twenty-four year old Silva said, “When I found out it didn’t belong to me, I knew there was only one thing to do… no matter how difficult.”

“This is a very unfortunate situation but Christina has made a trying situation less so by being one of the classiest women I have had the pleasure to work with and an absolute picture perfect role model” said California State Director, Keith Lewis, “I really would have enjoyed working with Christina as the reigning MISS CALIFORNIA USA®. I know that whatever she does, she is going to be a huge success.”

Twenty-one year old Raquel Beezley from Barstow will go on to compete at the MISS USA® pageant on NBC in the April 2008 as the reigning MISS CALIFORNIA USA®.

Beezley was surprised when she received a call from Silva congratulating her as the actual titleholder. “I think it is pretty impressive that Christina called me to inform me of the error,” Beezley said. “I hope over the next year I can show the same type of poise and grace under pressure as she has in such a short period of time.”

Final Results

The Miss California USA 2008 pageant was held at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. The date of the pageant was November 23-25, 2007. Miss California USA 2007 Meagan Tandy was on hand to crown her successor.

The new Miss California USA 2008 is Cristina Silva.

The first runner up was Brandi Williams, Miss Woodland Hills; second runner up was Raquel Beezley, Miss Barstow; third runner up was Carrie Prejean, Miss Greater San Diego; and fourth runner up was Nicole Chiu, Miss Palos Verdes.

Making the Top 10 were: Ashley Phelps- Miss Mission Beach; Jessica Morgan- Miss Pala Verde Ranch; Sarah Chapman- Miss Almaden; Marian Cubero- Miss San Bernadino; and Betty Hsu- Miss Berkley.

Rounding out the Top 15 were: Jessica Estrada- Miss Rancho Cucamonga; Katie Bestebreurtje- Miss La Jolla; Lacey Wilson- Miss Pacific Heights; Kenia Andrade- Miss Pacific Palisades; and Nicole Johnson- Miss Westlake Village.

California Trivia:

California has won the Miss USA title 5 times (once in each decade) which makes them second only to Texas, which has won 9 times. However, no California - Miss USA has ever won the Miss Universe title.

The first time they made it to the semifinals was in the 2nd annual Miss USA pageant in 1953. From that time forward, California has made the semifinals 38 times and finished as runners-up 16 times.

However, the next time California made the top five was when Angelique Breaux was 2nd runner-up to Kimberly Pressler of New York in 1999. Tarah Peters returned California to the top twelve in 2002. However, the last time California made the top five was when Brittany Hogan finished as 1st runner up to Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina in 2005.

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