Miss Oklahoma wins nation's beauty contest

Oklahoma's Olivia Jordan was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, capping weeks of controversy in the run-up to the annual beauty pageant after its co-owner Donald Trump made incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants while announcing his run for president.

Several judges, guests and the event's hosts all backed out after the real estate mogul described some migrants from Mexico to the United States as "drug-runners" and "rapists" while announcing in June he was seeking the Republican nomination.

Despite the controversy, no incidents were apparent either in the audience or on stage during the live broadcast from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.