MISS USA 2023 Top 15 Best Headshots

Here are the Miss USA 2023 contestants that really caught my attention. To be clear, the contestants in this episode are not necessarily my overall preliminary picks. In fact some of my personal favorites aren’t in this episode. I solely placed contestants in this episode because I liked their overall image.
I’ve included a top 15, but I am not sure what the first semi-finalist cut will look like at Miss USA this year. I’m so excited to tune into the Layla Rose era of Miss USA. I hope the competition will be glamorous and exciting! Stay tuned for more Miss USA episodes, and of course lots of Miss Universe content this season.
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[@DaniWalker]

Welcome to this Miss USA episode! Don't forget to keep up with my most recent Miss Universe episodes. You'll find them in this playlist! rb.gy/fxglv What episode should I make next?

[@jonathanmiley9111]

DC or New York are stunning and I feel would make top 5 at MU. They have the look.

[@stanmoreligirivyiza3001]

I feel like Miss USA this year is going to be a bloodbath. Thank you sm Dani for the episode, was really looking forward to it :)!!!

[@ML-xh6rd]

Bloodbath how?

[@mimzyLassiter]

Thanks much, Dani for highlighting the Miss USA candidates. You are actually one of the few American pageant vloggers who does. Since the Miss USA pageant is one of the last ones to take place each year, we are bombarded with the queens from the other countries so people start to establish their favorites without a USA candidate in that initial consideration, so I feel the Miss USA candidates are often overlooked. Thank you! Please, keep it coming! 😁❤️👍🏽

[@DaniWalker]

It's a shame too. We have an amazing class of young women each year. And USA just barely released contestant profiles so it doesn't give people much time to follow their journey's or build hype.

[@mimzyLassiter]

@daniwalker, I completely agree. I want to enjoy the pageant while it’s still here in some semblance of its former self as I, among some others believe, opening the age limit to “limitless”, 🙄 along with some other changes made was partly too little to late to save it and/or also thrusted too many changes in too short a period. Lowering the standards will lower the appeal, make it less special, and not much left to aspire too. Personally, the age limit should have been raised in increments over time, such as up to age 30, then maybe later to age 35, etc., but I digress. Thanks for your reply.

[@goldmaple5290]

Dani, there are so many great looking women in this year's Miss USA. Here are my favourites : Miss North Carolina USA (the most amazing eyes), Miss Virginia USA (I love her hair), Miss Wisconsin USA (the most gorgeous blonde), Miss South Carolina USA, Miss Nevada USA, Miss Nebraska USA (other good looking blondes), Miss Rhode Island USA (a short hair brunette), Miss Hawaii USA ( the perfect Asian chick) Miss Arizona USA (she is the perfect Latina), Miss Washingron DC USA and Miss New York USA ( both are statuesque)

[@googlyotterr]

YESSS DERBY!! I really hope she wins us our first Miss USA title! NJ 💜 (I think we have a really good shot at a Miss Congeniality final 2 this year with Rhode Island!)

[@beambreaker]

Omg!!!! WISCONSIN REPRESENTING!!! Green Bay Native here and so HAPPY to see we have a strong candidate this year. All the girls are beautiful and I wish them all success!!! Good luck ladies!!

[@florenciaezcurra9566]

Miss Hawaii USA is amazing!!! She is going to be serving on that stage 🔥🔥 she is even more beautiful in person and carries herself with so much grace

[@neilbruce123]

DC is always a contender!

[@TaylorAshlyn]

I love this class. I can not WAIT for next Friday!!

[@karengampel7588]

Yay! I was patiently waiting for this content! Will you be doing departure photos this year?

[@mentorshipprogram777]

It’s funny to me and many Miss DC do look the same in person and on stage as in photos. But your winner 🏆 of head shots Miss New York USA 2023 is the total opposite. She doesn’t look always the same in person as in her many photos even sometimes on stage she looks different as she is always so beautiful in 📸 photos. I guess that is what makes her a professional model. I love your top 15 headshot list. I was a little surprised by Arkansas on your list.

[@davidmartinborough8642]

My favorites: Nebraska Colorado Wisconsin - She looks like Paris Hilton. South Carolina District of Colombia Utah

[@Carolesoriginalpieces]

Your top 15 are great picks. So many stunning beauties this year.

[@keahiyama6460]

Nebraska is my favorite headshot of the bunch. But i also like New York, DC, Hawaii and Nevada

[@OrlandBatongbakal]

Yeah! Louisiana is A VERY COMPETITIVE STATE! In fact, I gave Sylvia (LA), my bestie Jordyn (NC), Mackenzie (AR), and my sister Josie (NV) the moniker “Louisiana Fab Four!”

[@DaniWalker]

So true!

[@OrlandBatongbakal]

@@DaniWalker we love all four of them fairly! They all have strong Louisiana roots in them!

[@hannahmayher8116]

I love Miss Missouri!!

[@keithcaesar96]

More Miss USA contents pleaseeeee ❤

[@kenpilates]

Miss New Jersey loookks AMAZIING

[@traciwood6569]

Arkansas!! Nevada, Maine and SC!😍 also New Jersey and Utah ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Verity888]

Hawaii ❤

[@AmericanKendoll]

I loved Delawares headshot Was surprised not to see her on your list,and South Carolina and D.C headshots are AMAZING 😻 ❤

[@DaniWalker]

So many gorgeous women, it's so tough to narrow them down

[@AmyNguyen-cl5yz]

My favorite is New York by a mile. But otherwise, I love Nevada, Utah, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Texas Lots of stunning blondes

[@donnacherry8161]

I agree-Miss NY’s is STUNNING!!

[@lancesfluidfusion]

Miss Maine, Julianna Morehead is the best! 😍💕

[@tierrashantell1742]

DC USA Cassie Baloue is my friend and titleholder that I assist. She is such as beautiful person inside just as much as the outside! Also love VA USA Ashley Williams. She’s super sweet and warm in real life. I can’t wait to cheer them on in Reno!❤

[@DaniWalker]

I love hearing that!

[@tierrashantell1742]

@@DaniWalker are you going to be there in person this year?! Would love to meet you

[@Kellydawnt]

Dc, Maine, Nebraska and New York ❤

[@neilbruce123]

I love MISS NC USA!

[@mermaiiiidddd3121]

YES YES YES

[@neilbruce123]

A lot of the other influences are picking NY for the win but I'm all in with NC.

[@victoriawejko]

Go New York 🎉

[@neilbruce123]

Arkansas reminds me of Miss Columbia at the past MISS UNIVERSE.

[@jvonshaylucci901]

finally dani is BACK

[@Cynariaa]

I love New York! She gives me Miss Universe vibes and I already told her I’m claiming it for her 😂

[@deddyson]

She looks more like Ariadna Gutierrez, Miss Colombia 2015, who was wrongfully crowned MU that year

[@irvingbagley5445]

I agree with you on New York. I also like Virginia, DC and Nevada. They are stunning and gorgeous !!!! ❤❤❤❤🎉😊

[@ShriyaBoppana]

I watched DC get crowned and she is just stunningggggg

[@DaniWalker]

Yesss, she is!

[@nmffal]

This is my first time reacting to Miss USA and for me DC and Utah are the girls to look out for. The fact that they are both mixed and it's Colombian and Venezuelian is crazy because these countries are powerhouses as well. And they both look stunning like Miss Universe material.

[@AnimalLover2400]

Miss D.C. is Trinidadian, fun fact, the first Miss Universe of West-African heritage was a Miss Trinidad ❤

[@handel781]

DC woww ❤ We Love USA from IRAN 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇷

[@mermaiiiidddd3121]

I loved how Natural GAs headshot was, I for sure thought she would make ur list!

[@AmericanKendoll]

I also loved georgias 😭

[@annlavine3576]

my choices are Maine Alaska Ohio Washington Wyoming Conn Kansas

[@Bcdf-ei9el]

Maine's mom was 2nd runnerup at Miss USA 1994!

[@diannefisher7985]

Alabama and New York

[@heidie3309]

Miss Missouri slaying like always!!!😍😍

[@jennifercromwell2497]

Girl when are you gonna start a podcast! I have you playing on my tv all day while I do things around the house

[@DaniWalker]

lol, when I can afford a team. There's so much that goes into these edits as well as posting them on other platforms and repurposing content for each video.

[@MrHnd1988]

who are the front runners for Miss USA 2023? any one has any feedback/opinions? i know that New York's photo is jawdropping

[@roseerocha5599]

Nevada Illinois North Dakota North Carolina California Louisiana New York Florida Utah South Carolina Washington Pennsylvania Texas Kansas Connecticut Nebraska

[@androjean1042]

New York

[@michaelromero7357]

Colorado all the way.

[@irwin3236]

So many, but the #1 is VA.

[@user-bi1mj5ph9e]

You missed Kentucky….stunning. And super natural walk, look and presence in her prelims.

[@kevinwilliamsx3]

All these ladies look amazing but are you more fond of posing with their hands in frame & doing something with their hands as a pose to hands not in frame? What type of headshot posing do you like the most Dani?

[@MissLitttleJ]

Where can you see the Headshots? They’re not on the website or on Instagram.

[@DaniWalker]

They're on the Miss USA website right now.

[@bonhbelt]

maryland is 💥

[@Roma-SRyan]

your hair color is so cute

[@DaniWalker]

Thank you so much!

[@laraizestudiosmesianicosco5436]

From Uruguay, Nebraska, Mimi Wood. It's high time for the US to send a blonde bombshell to Miss Universe. ❤ and I love Utah as well.

[@TKay500]

And I noticed that like "hazzy" look too. Alot on Illinois, Alaska, Connecticut, Indiana....if you look at the pics on the girls page it's not fuzzy so it's the USA pagent website or something which is totally a disservice and should 100% not be like that.

[@DaniWalker]

Ohhh interesting. I hadn’t thought to compare. What’s strange is that it doesn’t affect every image.

[@TKay500]

I'm partial to Illinois because I actually know Samantha....but Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hamp, North Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, and California...would be my Top 10 headshots.

[@supriyadahiya4596]

Still Waiting for Miss Diva Review!!!

[@nymet2454]

Miss South Dakota and Miss Nevada.

[@manuelhgarcia2269]

Love your picks Dani…….NY is giving me Lauren Bacall vibes. Not that she so much looks like Bacall, but that understated glamour that speaks volumes! She GORGEOUS. Love your Channel Dani and as always, you’re so informative.

[@DaniWalker]

I love Lauren Bacall

[@annlavine3576]

of the ones here Maine. Alabama looks like someone killed her puppy

[@olga159]

Holy smokes NY ❤

[@PungiFungi]

Honestly, I think Alabama is probably the most natural of all the headshots, and probably the only one that was not retouched, I suspect airbrushing was done for the rest.

[@themeowlife]

I think Miss North Dakota had a much better smiling headshot than Louisiana.

[@jordanthomas7304]

❤

[@jlasuer]

Hey Dani did you know Miss Utah was 1st runner-up to the current Miss Alabama and was also last year?

[@DaniWalker]

Yes, and first runner up FL teen USA.

[@dhutch457]

IMO, Miss Utah reminds me a lot of Baylee Jensen, Miss Utah 2017.

[@deddyson]

Where can we find all 51 delegates headshots? I couldn't find on MUSA page

[@supriyadahiya4596]

New York is Stunning 😍

[@Roma-SRyan]

Miss NY is giving Olivia Culpo vibes, maybe NY will be redeemed following that robbery in 2020

[@apolloapollofressle910]

I agree with Regarding Miss New York,2020 Very surprisingly she did not make it to the top 16 !But in reality, we do not know How her interview went Which is behind the scenes. PAGEANTPORSCHE 🌹

[@deddyson]

​@@apolloapollofressle910she did made into top 10 but not top 5

[@markduncan9757]

No comparison to Olivia Culpo.

[@neilbruce123]

Nebraska could pull if they go with a blonde.

[@asweetcitywoman]

They all have heavy duty face makeup, foundation, highlighter, etc., hair extensions, eyeliner, shadow, and false eyelashes. What happened to naturally pretty girls, not overly done and airbrushed into a “non-human”realm?!!

[@ML-xh6rd]

So many of them look like photos for escort services or porn channels not fashion magazines. I think this is why Alabama's photo is engaging. It looks like a fashion ad. I agree with Dani that it should have been cropped differently, but she looks really good and like a real person.

[@chikinkaka328]

Least favorite Nevada, Arkansas, Alabama, Hawaii, Favorite: Wisconsin, New Jersey, Utah, New York. They are all beautiful ❤ I am just talking of the headshot.

[@advin_]

Is Miss York Latina?

[@DaniWalker]

I don't believe so.

[@TubbaTubba-em2tm]

Most of the headshots that you showed are photoshopped to death. They don't look like that. I would prefer natural shots or something like the old Fadil shots.

[@rosalongoria3138]

I wonder what drama you’ll create this year? I remember last year. Horrible!

[@josephd15]

Some of these girls look ridiculous. Mississippi looks the worst

[@keahiyama6460]

Nebraska is my favorite headshot of the bunch. But i also like New York, DC, Hawaii and Nevada

[@keahiyama6460]

Nebraska is my favorite headshot of the bunch. But i also like New York, DC, Hawaii and Nevada