▁R ais ing ▁C ane ' s ▁River ▁Center ▁in ▁Bat on ▁Rou ge , ▁Louisiana ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁All ▁fifty ▁states ▁and ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia ▁competed . ▁N ia ▁San chez ▁of ▁Nev ada ▁crown ed ▁her ▁successor ▁Oliv ia ▁Jordan ▁of ▁Oklahoma ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁event . ▁ ▁The ▁page ant ▁was ▁broadcast ▁on ▁Re el z ▁after ▁remarks ▁made ▁by ▁Miss ▁Un iverse ▁Organ ization ▁owner ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁regarding ▁Mexican ▁imm igr ants ▁during ▁Trump ' s ▁speech ▁announ cing ▁his ▁candid acy ▁for ▁the ▁Republican ▁nom ination ▁for ▁U . S . ▁President ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁led ▁N BC , ▁which ▁had ▁broadcast ▁the ▁page ant ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁inc umb ent ▁rights ▁hold ers ▁Un iv ision ▁Communic ations ▁and ▁Tele vis a ▁to ▁terminate ▁their ▁relationships ▁with ▁the ▁Organ ization ▁and ▁Trump ▁himself . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁affected ▁by ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁originally ▁announced ▁hosts , ▁jud ges ▁and ▁musical ▁perform ers ▁pulling ▁out ▁in ▁protest . ▁Miss ▁USA ▁generated ▁a ▁unique ▁Twitter ▁audience ▁of ▁ 2 . 4 2 ▁million , ▁according ▁to ▁N iel sen ▁Social , ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁among ▁entertain ment ▁series ▁and ▁spe ci als ▁during ▁the ▁week ▁ended ▁July ▁ 1 2 . ▁▁ ▁Entertainment ▁correspond ent ▁Alex ▁We hr ley , ▁a ▁former ▁Miss ▁Wisconsin ▁USA ▁ 2 0 0