Miss Minnesota USA 2017 Meridith Gould (L) and Miss District of Columbia USA 2017 Kara McCullough hug after they were named as top three finalists in the 2017 Miss USA pageant at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 14, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. McCullough went on to be named the new Miss USA and Gould was named the second runner-up. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
