By Samrat Banerjee

Aug 24 (IBNS) Miss USA Kristen Dalton had jumped into the arena where the contest among the final 10 in the Miss Universe 2009 beauty contest is being staged.

Reigning Miss USA tried her fortune among 83 other beauties from all-over the world and sailed through the contest. She is also popular as Miss North Carolina.

Before top 10, in the previous stage of final 15, Dalton was accompanied with 14 other contestant from Albania, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Iceland, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, and Venezuela.

In this round, Kristen Dalton scored 8.060, good enough to secure her place in the top 10 round, which is called the evening gown segment.

In this segment, the 22-year-old American beauty sported a flowing blue gown and was looking awesome. But her attractive gown didn’t impress the judges that include actor Dean Cain and supermodel Valeria Mazza, as much and she was not named among the top five contestants.

Her fans cheered Kristen Dalton. Her mom, dad, two sisters and brother all were among the audience.

Miss Venezuela was crowned the Miss Universe 2009. Miss Puerto Rico was named the first runner up while Miss Kosovo was the second runner up.

In the previous year, Dayana Mendoza won the title, who was also of Venezuela. Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 on April 19 in Las Vegas. Dalton is a graduate from Hoggard High School.

She is the only US contestant in three years to secure the top ten of the competition.