Helen Marie Salas (born November 5, 1985) is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who placed in the top five in both the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants. Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004 Salas won the Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004 title in a state pageant held on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on December 13, 2003. This was her first attempt at the title. In August 2004 she represented Nevada in the Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant broadcast live from Palm Springs, California where she placed second runner-up to Shelley Hennig of Louisiana. This followed a scandal involving then-current Miss USA Tara Conner. Salas' "sister" titleholder, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2007, is Danielle Hashimoto. Miss USA 2007 As the official representative of her state to the 2007 Miss USA pageant, broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007, Salas placed in the swimsuit competition and at least fifth in evening gown (she walked too fast and didn't step on her marks, leading to no score being shown on TV), which allowed her to advance as one of the Top 5 finalists of the competition, finishing her participation in Miss USA 2007 as fourth runner-up to eventual winner, Rachel Smith of Tennessee.<ref name=post/>
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