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Did you love Alyssa Campanella's emerald green Miss USA evening gown? We hope so! It was exclusively designed by Sherri Hill for the occasion. And in a recent interview with InStyle, Hill broke down what made the gown so special: 

 

 "Alyssa broke all 'pageant rules' by wearing an unusual high fashion design," Hill told InStyle.com, "and choosing emerald green for competition rather than a more traditional pageant color." 

The  bodice of the dress, (all of which was custom-made), was crafted with French beads, sequins and Swarovski crystals on tulle, while the skirt was made with silk taffeta and horsehair, which gave it a stronger, more architectural shape.

Let us know what you think of the dress!

We were thrilled when Alyssa Campanella was crowned Miss USA -- the 21-year-old Californian has been a longtime Sherri Hill friend and model. 

So it was no surprise that Campanella looked gorgeous in the custom-made Sherri Hill gown -- in which she was crowned with the legendary tiara -- on Sunday night.

Doesn't she look lovely? 

Congrats again to Alyssa. Don't forget to cheer her on in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant!

You heard it here first: Alyssa Campanella, aka Miss California, was crowned Miss USA 2011 on Sunday night. Congratulations to Alyssa! 

The gorgeous  Hillsborough, CA native took will now replace Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih as the bearer of the crown. Were you impressed with her performance Sunday night?

We were wowed by the young woman's poise and presence - of course, we at Tiza are already familiar with the beautiful Ms. Campanella -- you can find her all over Tiza's (newly re-designed) website, showing off some of our favorite designs!

Check out some images of Alyssa modeling Sherri Hill below. And congrats again to tonight's big winner! We're excited to see what's coming for the young woman over her year-long tenure.

 

Rima wore the hot pink Sherri Hill dress to the 2011 Breast Cancer Foundation's "Hot Pink Party" in  New York City this week! 

The National Breast Cancer Foundation does a lot of really amazing and necessary work. You should check it out right here! 

And thanks to Rima for rocking another Sherri Hill gown for a good cause! 

Here's a sample of what she ate on one particular Saturday: 

To me, this seems healthy, but pretty sparse. And yet, I appreciate that she was honest about why she ate what she did, and how she feels about food. It's rare to hear women speaking so candidly about their eating habits. What do you think?

Prejean, who was de-crowned as Miss USA 2009 due to violation of her contract, inspired a fair amount of controversy when she condemned gay marriage after winning the crown. Since then, she has been embroiled in a number of mini-scandals: There was a sexually explicit video, illicit pictures, a law suit, and pageant-sponsored breast implants. 

So we're happy to hear that her reason for being in the news this time around is less troublesome! 

"I don't know why people are so surprised," she said, about the exaggerated reaction to her heritage upon winning the crown. "I'm an American and a Lebanese, but I'm an American first, and everyone in America has their own ethnicity and comes from a different background . . . we all come from somewhere. We don't know who we are until we know where we came from."

She went on to say that, though she is Muslim, there is more to her than her faith. "I believe that religion doesn't define me and it does not define my family," she said, in the interview. "We have an abundance of faiths, and we respect all religions. Yes, we're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is Catholic...I even have two cousins here in New York City who are Jewish. As you can see, my family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths."

Seems to me that Miss USA 2010 is a sensible one!