Miss California Alyssa Campanella was crowned Miss USA Sunday night in Las Vegas. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The California contestant beat 51 other women to win the crown Fans were able to participate and help choose semifinalists Campanella succeeds Rima Fakih, the first Miss USA who is Arab-American and Muslim RELATED TOPICS Miss USA Beauty Pageants Las Vegas (CNN) -- Miss California Alyssa Campanella bested 51 other contestants Sunday night to win the Miss USA crown in Las Vegas. Campanella wore a green flared dress for the evening gown competition and answered a question from judge and OPI co-founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann during the interview segment about the legalization of medical marijuana. Campanella, 21, said she was uncomfortable with the idea, but believed marijuana was medically beneficial. Campanella will represent the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in September.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Photographer found Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield negatives in 1980 Who shot them and how they ended up at a garage sale is unknown, man says Finder, art appraiser David Streets welcome public help in solving the mystery RELATED TOPICS Marilyn Monroe Jayne Mansfield Los Angeles (CNN) -- Photographer Anton Fury's hobby of searching weekend garage sales for collectible toys led him to dozens of apparently unpublished photos of a young Marilyn Monroe. Fury has allowed CNN to publish the images just days before what would have been Monroe's 85th birthday. They apparently were taken during a photo session before she was well known. "I found an envelope of negatives, didn't know what they were, but I realized they were old," Fury said. He paid $2 for the folder, which contained two envelopes of black-and-white negatives.
This weekend will be the first event on the Ocean Current USBA National Championship Tour presented by Dune’s. Event number one on tour is The 2011 Sport Chalet US Open presented by Morey Bodyboards. With a good run of south swell heading to California formed from a low pressure system off of south America, the first two days of competition should be held in amazing surf for the traveling Pro athletes.