Miss USA 2022

I went behind the scenes at the 2022 Miss USA pageant in Reno, Nevada, on Monday night. I saw that there's plenty you don't see on TV — like the very ...

Time was given for the family members of the new Miss USA to take photos on the stage with her as well. I got to walk on the Miss USA stage before the pageant began and those steps were deep. "If you're lucky in life, you get the chance to know someone who lights up a room, makes every moment seem better, and makes you feel important with a simple gesture or a word," he said. FYI correspondent Christian Murphy [gave a speech about Kryst's impact on the pageant world](https://www.insider.com/how-cheslie-kryst-was-honored-at-miss-usa-pageant-2022-10) during the show, saying she "embodied love and served others." "We're new to the game and I feel like I'm part of it already," the brother of Miss Hawaii Kiana Yamat told me. There was a DJ, two bars, and an atmosphere that felt straight out of a Vegas club. It was a stunning and sobering moment that brought me to tears. That is actually done by a different group of judges who watch the preliminary rounds, including a private interview and Miss USA is a glamorous affair both on and off the stage. And many people that I talked to had never even watched a pageant before. I chatted with multiple moms who had flown across the state to cheer on their daughter's best friend. One girl forgot a lipstick so they threw it down the hallway — it's very collaborative," Miss Arizona Isabel Ticlo told me.