teen swimsuit contest

With such a wealth of natural beauty, brains, and talent appearing on-stage in living color, the last thing Miss Teen USA fans expected to see were tattoos. Viewers — including an estimated worldwide viewing audience of more than 250 million — also didn’t require a survey to conclude that each of the 51 state Teen USA 2005 queens, who announced themselves from the appropriately named American Queen Riverboat at the start of this annual network primetime special, were exactly alike in one respect: These young women all had dreamed of winning this title. In the next two hours, they would find out whether their hard work in preparing for this opportunity of a lifetime would pay off and become their exciting new reality.