Miss Maryland USA 2004

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa & Marina, Cambridge, Maryland        December 5th-7th, 2003

A little pre-entertainment from Emily to get the audience revved. High Energy Opening Number Jaime Kramer, Miss Maryland USA 2003 takes center stage for the opening number The 50 plus contestants introduce themselves Preliminary swimsuit kicks off with the first contestant, Katia Adams
Preliminary Swimsuit lineup (LtoR) B.Frisch, L.Frase(SF), K.Francazi, W.Fenton, L.Farris, J.Estampador, L.Elliott, J.Edmonds, L.Duong(SF), and S.Coulston Preliminary Swimsuit lineup (LtoR) A.Mitchell, C.Miller (SF), B.Martin(SF), K.Lubinski, A.Livingstone (4th RU), L.Kennedy(SF), K.Kelly, J.Keadle, D.Jones(2nd RU) and B.Johnson Two future Semi-Finalists, Tanya Hunte and Jennifer Hresko compete side by side in Preliminary Swimsuit saturday night. Gabrielle Carlson and Tia Brown, both future Semi-Finalists compete in Swimsuit Preliminary night All Four of these women eventually move on to the Semi-Finals: Melanie Treanor, Tia Shorts, Cara Seddon and Lindsey Schwartz.
Gabrielle Carlson competes in Evening Gown Prelims with Sara Chen waiting for her turn. Carlson goes on to place as 4th Runner Up. Preliminary Evening Gown Lineup (LtoR): S.Corkrey, S.Chen, G.Carlson(4th RU), Tia Brown(SF) and Photogenic Winner, M.Brenneman, J.Bowier, A.Boehm, H.Beulah, P.Aggarwal and K.Adams Preliminary Evening Gown Lineup (LtoR): B.Frisch, L.Frase(SF), K.Francazi, W.Fenton, L.Farris, J.Estampador, L.Elliott, J.Edmonds, L.Duong(SF) and S.Coulston Katriece Isaac, Tanya Hunte and Jennifer Hresko compete in Preliminary Evening Gown. Both Hunte and Hresko advance to the Semis. Preliminary Evening Gown Lineup (LtoR):  J.Jangali, K.Isaac, T.Hune(SF), J.Hresko(SF), E.Howlin, S.Holler, N.Hastings, S.Harmon, L.Hankins and T.Grove
A.Mitchell, C.Miller (SF), B.Martin(SF), K.Lubinski, A.Livingstone (4th RU), L.Kennedy(SF), K.Kelly, J.Keadle, D.Jones(2nd RU) and B.Johnson Future Miss Maryland USA 2004, Tia Shorts competes Saturday night in Evening Gown while Jessica Ward looks on. Melanie Treanor, Semi-Finalist, competes strongly in the Preliminary Evening Gown competition. Four strong competitors: Melanie Treanor, Semi-Finalist, Tia Shorts, Miss MD USA 2004, Cara Seddon, Semi-Finalist and Lindsey Schwartz, 1st Runner Up - compete side by side Prelim Night Final Group in Preliminary Evening Gown (LtoR): E.Zulich, S.Young(SF), J.Wozny(SF), N.Wilson, T.Williams, J.Ward, A.Walker, M.Treanor(SF), T.Shorts(Miss MD USA 2004), C.Seddon(SF), L. Schwartz(1st RU), A.Preziotti. M.Ondercin and I.Mnatsakanyan
Miss Maryland USA 2003 closes the Prelimanry Competition Saturday Night. All the women are welcomed back on stage.

 

Tia Shorts was the recipient of Miss Amity which was voted by her peers Another Tia, Tia Brown, accepts her award for Photogenic

 

Gabrielle Carlson(4th RU), Lindsey Schwartz(1st RU), A. Livingstone(4th RU) and Cara Seddon look on to see who else made the cut.

 

Allison Livingstone, Cara Seddon, Jamie Wozny and Melanie Treanor all made it to the next round. Carrington Miller, Dariese Jones (2nd RU), Tia Shorts (Miss MD USA 2004), Lani Kennedy, Shelby Young and Jennifer Hresko comprise about 1/3 of the Top 17 The Top 17 compete in Evening Gown for Finals Gabrielle Carlson takes to the stage while her competitors look on. She finishes the competition as 4th Runner Up. Dareise Jones, finishes in 3rd overall
It's Lindsie Frase's turn to compete in Finals Evening Gown. Tia Shorts competes in Evening Gown The Complete Semi-Finalist Line-Up (LtoR): S.Young, J.Wozny, M.Treanor, T.Shorts, Miss MD USA 2004, C.Seddon, L.Schwartz(1st RU), C.Miller,  - cont'd on next row... .... B.Martin, A.Livingstone(4th RU), L.Kennedy, D.Jones(2nd RU), T.Hunte, J.Hresko, L.Frase, L.Duong, G.Carlson(3rd RU) and Tia Brown. Shelby Young, Jamie Wozny, Melanie Treanor, Tia Shorts, Cara Seddon and Lindsey Schwartz.
Lindsey Schwartz, Carrington Miller, Brande Martin, Allison Livingstone, Lani Kennedy and Dareise Jones. Tia Brown, Miss Photogenic, is the first out for Interview Loann Duong is interviewed by Amanda Lindsie Frase Jennifer Hresko competes in onstage interview
Dareise Jones finishes as 2nd Runner Up Lani Kennedy tells her story Brande Martin Carrington Miller Lindsey Schwartz finishes second for the crown
Finals Swimsuit The Complete Semi-Finalist Line-Up Moments before the Top 5 are called Current Queens: Janaye Ingram and Sarah Bettencourt pose for a picture

Miss Maryland USA 2004 - Tia Shorts

1st Runner Up - Lindsey Schwartz

2nd Runner Up - Dareise Jones

3rd Runner Up - Gabrielle Carlson

4th Runner Up - Allison Livingstone

Top 12 Semi-Finalists - Tia Brown, Loann Duong, Lindsie Frase, Jennifer Hresko, Tanya Hunte, Lani Kennedy, Brande Martin, Carrington Miller, Cara Seddon, Melanie Treanor, Jamie Wozny, Shelby Young

Congeniality: Tia Shorts / Photogenic: Tia Brown