Miss USA visits Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg

The USO of North Carolina was honored to welcome home Chelsea for a troop visit March 13-15, 2006. Chelsea got to visit Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg, participate in troop training, shake hands, dine with service members, pose for pictures and culminate her visit by making a tandem jump with the famed U.S. Army Golden Knights. Chelsea Cooley, MISS USA, is a 22-year-old fashion marketing student from Charlotte, N.C., she was crowned April 11, 2005 in Baltimore, Md. A junior at the Art Institute of Charlotte, Cooley was the first woman from North Carolina to capture the title of MISS USA. During her year-long reign, she has been a USO celebrity at numerous events and bases to include Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness about breast and ovarian cancer and the research, education and legislation needed to find a cure.

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Miss USA 2005, Chelsea Cooley is surrounded by Marines currently training at the School of Infantry at Camp Lejeune.


Miss USA with the Marines of Charlie Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion


Chelsea as a tracker crew chief.


Just one of the many, many autographs that Miss USA signed for the troops - every one of them with respect, sincerity and a SMILE!


Miss USA with the Marines of Motor Transportation Maintenance, 2nd Maintenance Battalion


Who has the bigger smile?


Another autograph and a smile for a Marine of 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion.