The 2007 MISS CALIFORNIA USA® and MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA® pageants were held in beautiful Marin County, California, just a short drive north of the Golden Gate Bridge. This years' pageant was an historic event, as a star-studded panel of judges chose Miss Inland Empire USA, Meagan Tandy as MISS CALIFORNIA USA 2007 and Miss Marin Teen USA, Kylee Lin as MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA 2007. This years winners exemplified the cultural and ethnic diversity of California, as Meagan is only the fourth African-American woman to ever hold the title of MISS CALIFORNIA USA, and Kylee is the first Chinese-American to ever hold the title of MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA.

Co-hosts Keylee Sanders and Sam Sarpong, hosted the live event from the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Theatre in San Rafael. Celebrity Judges for the event included: Veteran pageant judge and image developer Dohn Dye; creator of technologically advanced Nutraceutical/Cosmeceutical line Borba, Scott Vincent Borba; Director of Special Events for SHOWTIME TV NETWORKS,Brad Setting; President and CFO of Modern Luxury Media LLC, Patrick Walters; Senior Vice President of Creative Media Marketing, Rosalind May; former television news anchor and lawyer, Darrin Lim; co-host on ABC7’s The View from the Bay, Janelle Wang; CEO of Alliance Group Entertainment, Mike Karkeh; former VP of Government Programs at McKesson Health Solutions Herb Shultz, and professional model/actor/dancer Petro Franco.

Throughout the two-hour event, the contestants competed in three categories: swimsuit, evening gown and interview. During these competitions the “Top Five” finalists were selected before the crowning. Tamiko Nash, MISS CALIFORNIA USA 2006, and Jessica Powell, MISS CALIFORNIA TEEN USA 2006, crowned their respective successors at the conclusion of the two-hour event, before an estimated viewing audience of over 1000 guests.