 Before them, Kelly Hu competed in 1993 and Brandi Sherwood in 1997.This would also be the second and last time two Miss Teen USA winners would compete in the same Miss USA pageant.The only other time this happened was in 1984, when Ruth Zakarian and Cherise Haugen competed with a "Miss Teen USA" sash, following an old rule from the Miss Universe Organization that allowed them to compete without going through the state pageant system.