Candice Bennatt, a 2007 graduate of Kingwood High School and former Miss Houston, will represent Louisiana in the Miss USA Pageant, to be broadcast 7-10 p.m. this Sunday on the Reelz channel.

“Texas has always been my home,” said the daughter of Blanca Solo of Humble and Ted Bennatt of The Woodlands.

The former Houston Texans cheerleader currently resides in New Orleans, which is an hour and 15 minutes southeast of the pageant’s host city of Baton Rouge. click here for complete story