Miss USA 2012 is the Rhode Island cellist Olivia Culpo

The 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island Olivia Culpo won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant. She was chosen among 51 beauty queens on Sunday at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

She is a 2010 graduate of St Mary Academy Bay View, an all-girls Catholic school in Riverside, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She is a sophomore at Boston University.

"Beauty is found in the way you treat others," she told pageant officials.

The first runner-up is Nana Meriwether of Maryland, the second runner-up is Audrey Bolte of Ohio, the third runner-up - Jade Kelsall of Nevada and fourth runner-up - Jasmyn Wilkins of Georgia.