[Boscoe]

I don't know a damn thing about pageants, but BetEd has lines available so why not bet on it! I googled "Miss USA Predictions" and came across some forum called "missology" and they are handicapping this thing like it's the Super Bowl. From what I gathered, the consensus top two are Oklahoma (+1000) and Texas (+2000). They are both tall (which apparently is very important) and blonde. Nebraska is also getting a lot of love. She's "exotic" looking but not as tall and the odds are only +800. A couple of others that they seem to like are Maine, Florida and South Carolina.

You can see pictures of these knockouts here:

http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/members/contestants

Here are the odds:

California +400
Nebraska +800
Michigan +1000
Oklahoma +1000
Tennessee +1000
Virginia +1000
Idaho +1200
Kansas +1500
Delaware +1500
Maine +2000
Texas +2000
Arkansas +2000
Oregon +2500
Colorado +2500
Wisconsin +2500
Connecticut +3300
South Carolina +3300
Louisiana +3300
New Mexico +4000
Ohio +4000
Illinois +4000
Iowa +4000
Pennsylvania +4000
Massachusetts +4000
Alabama +4000
Mississippi +4000
Vermont +4000
Missouri +4000
Kentucky +4000
New York +5000
North Carolina +5000
Georgia +5000
Washington +5000
Florida +5000
Wyoming +5000
South Dakota +5000
West Virginia +6600
Maryland +6600
Minnesota +6600
Hawaii +6600
Arizona +8000
Montana +8000
Utah +8000
North Dakota +8000
Indiana +8000
Nevada +8000
New Hampshire +8000
New Jersey +8000
Rhode Island +8000
Alaska +8000
District of Columbia +15000

[Qwista]

crap shoot a la max

[thezbar]

Well worth handicapping. Character may count for something. But if you can out which one is sleeping with the judges that where to place the $.

[Boscoe]

What the hell....between Beted and Bodog locked in the following:

Oklahoma 11/1 (this is one of the hottest chicks i've ever seen)
Nebraska 11/1
Virginia 16/1
Texas 20/1
South Carolina 33/1
Alabama 40/1
Minnesota 70/1
North Dakota 80/1

[thezbar]

i looked into this but I can't seem to find too much information out there. I bet the Ms. Universe contest one year and wasn't close to winning. It takes more than looks to win this thing. Of the info I saw I liked Idaho and Mass. Maybe more data will be out there next week.

[Boscoe]

Added Tennessee at 20-1. I'm basing my picks on tailing a lot of the freaks on that pageant site and looks.

Miss Nebraska's dad just died. She could use that to pull out a Favre'esque performance. Plus, she's a hot black chick and a blonde won it last year.

[Dad]

Miss South Carolina is Hott.

[Boscoe]

She is indeed, but I think the Okie is winning the looks contest...

[Boscoe]

Just signed up at DSI to get the free 11 bucks. Noticed they have Miss USA lines up. OK and Neb are both +2300 there (+800 and +1100 at beted and bodog). California is +1800 (+400 and +600 at beted and bodog).

[thezbar]

Bookmaker has a line for this also.

[Boscoe]

yeah, i think they use the same lines. cali is down to +300 and ok and neb are down to +1000 before i can get my free 11 bucks.