Miss USA 2016 Prelims Recap + TOP 15 & TOP 5 PREDICTIONS

HELLO HELLO!! Last night, June 1st, was the preliminary competition for Miss USA 2016!!! In my opinion, Miss USA is the mother land of all pageants and every year the Miss USA competition is like the super bowl to me! As you can imagine, I was extremely extremely excited for last night's show because it officially kicks off this years Miss USA competition.
I went into the preliminary competition with a few favorites in mind, but I did not have a strong favorite. However after watching the preliminary competition, I was faced with a new problem, which was trying to cut down all  my favorites to only 15! Keep reading if you would like to see the contestants that had surprised me and contestants that disappointed.

*** All photos used in this blog post are credited to @roadtomissusa on IG!***

First off.. favorites from SWIMSUIT:

ALABAMA: Loved seeing a familiar face(she was a former Miss Teen USA contestant) and thought that she gave off a fun and peppy vibe! 

ARKANSAS: She did great and I thought that she radiated a lot of confidence in her walk. 

CALIFORNIA: I really liked her overall presence and thought that she did good but not spectacular. 

COLORADO: One word and that is SLAY! This girl is so incredibly fierce and she is definitely at the top of my list! 

CONNECTICUT: I really liked Connecticut! She had a very solid walk and was the only one that rocked this specific swim suit style. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: One of my favorite walks of the night! Loved the energy that District of Columbia gave off. 

FLORIDA: WOW at Florida!! She is so incredibly toned and simply radiated confidence as she strutted across the stage. 

HAWAII: HANDS DOWN AMAZING!! Hawaii has a killer body and it definitely shows under the bright lights on stage.

IDAHO: Idaho definitely surprised me! Did not think much of her before prelims but she did amazing! I will definitely be keeping an eye out for her during finals.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: New Hampshire was another one of those contestants that surprised me! She made it all seem so effortless and looked like a natural on stage. 

NEW JERSEY: SLAY SLAY SLAY! New Jersey its so fierce and she was someone that I had kept on eye on even before prelims. She definitely did not disappoint! 

NORTH CAROLINA: This contestant actually did not have any time to prepare for Miss USA: the original Miss North Carolina got extremely sick when she came to Vegas for the competition and this contestant had to immediately fly in and take her place. I thought she did AMAZING despite having no preparation time and completely rocked it! 

WISCONSIN: Wisconsin was one of my favorites before preliminary night as well and this girl knows how to own the stage. She has amazing stage presence and was extremely captivating!