At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina was crowned by outgoing titleholder Crystle Stewart of Texas.

Delegates representing the fifty states plus the District of Columbia competed in the pageant, and arrived in Las Vegas on April 2.

[13] Prejean stated that Miss California USA officials had pressured her to apologize for her statement and "not talk" about her Christian faith.

[15][16][17] Following the pageant, Prejean hired a Christian public relations firm,[15] and appeared in a television advertisement by the National Organization for Marriage.

Miss California USA officials state that her answer had nothing to do with her termination, citing continued breach of her contract instead.