Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born May 8, 1969) is an American TV host, model and first African American woman to win the Miss USA title.
 Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990 in Wichita, Kansas.
 The 1990 pageant had representatives from Georgia (Brenda Leithleiter), Alaska (Karin Elizabeth Meyer), Kentucky (Tiffany Tenfelde), South Carolina (Gina Tolleson, who as 1st runner-up then went on to represent the country at the Miss World pageant, winning the title) and Karin Hartz of New Jersey making up with Gist the Top 6 finalists.
 Gist, a 5 ft Detroit native, 20 years old at the time, eventually became first runner-up to Mona Grudt of Norway in the Miss Universe pageant of that same year.
 She was also the first contestant from Michigan to win Miss USA, and broke the five-year streak of winners from Texas.
The pageant was hosted by Bob Goen for the first of three years replacing Dick Clark, with color commentary by Arthel Neville and a special guest appearance by Laura Harring, Miss USA 1985.
 Entertainment was provided by Doug Stone.
 During the live broadcast, the organizers of that year's Miss Universe pageant held in Manila, Philippines were introduced during the show along with that country's representative to said international competition.
At the conclusion of the final competition, Chelsi Smith of Texas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Lu Parker of South Carolina.
 Smith became the seventh Texan titleholder, the first Miss Texas USA and Miss USA to win the Congeniality award and also the only Miss USA from Texas to win the Miss Universe title.
 She also became the 4th winner to be crowned as Miss USA in her home state.
Tara Elizabeth Conner (born December 18, 1985) is an American actress, model, advocate and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants.
 Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model.
 She was a featured model on the HDNet series "Bikini Destinations" in 2004, posing in Lake Tahoe.
 She has also held the titles Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004, and Miss Kentucky USA 2006.
Miss USA 1952, the 1st Miss USA pageant, was held on 27 June 1952 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California.
 42 states competed for the inaugural Miss USA.
 The winner was Jackie Loughery of New York.
 Loughery was Top 10 at Miss Universe 1952.
 She became an actress and appeared in a number of films and television programs.
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, producer, dancer, and singer.
 Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and "Grease" (1978).
 His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in "Pulp Fiction" (1994), and he has since starred in films such as "Face/Off" (1997), "Swordfish" (2001), "Wild Hogs", and "Hairspray" (both 2007).
Huon won the Miss Utah USA 2006 title in late 2005 in her first attempt.
 She represented Utah in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland, in April 2006.
 She was also the first woman of Asian descent to win the Miss Utah USA title.
 The pageant was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky.
 Huon was one of twenty-six Miss USA Delegates who appeared on a Miss USA special of "Deal or No Deal" in April 2006, prior to the broadcast of the pageant.
The Miss New York USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss USA pageant.
 New York is one of the most successful states at Miss USA, and is ranked third in terms of number and value of placement across all years of competition .
 New York's strongest run was an unbroken string of placements from 1957 to 1966.
 New York also had a streak of 3 consecutive 1st runner-up placements from 1972 to 1974.
 In 1954, Karin Huitman was 2nd runner-up.
 She later moved up to be 1st runner-up, as the original 1st runner-up, Miss Virginia USA was dethroned due to underage (she was 16).
 As there was no rule in 1954 that if Miss USA won Miss Universe, first runner-up became Miss USA, Karin was only 1st runner-up.
 Huitman went on to become Miss World USA 1954 and 1st runner-up at Miss World 1954.
Wilson placed second runner-up in the Miss Nevada pageant in 1969 and also competed in 1970.
 After moving to Honolulu with her mother, Wilson won the Miss Hawaii USA title in early May 1972.
 Two weeks later she represented her state in the Miss USA 1972 pageant, held in Dorado, Puerto Rico and won the Miss USA title.
 She was crowned by Michele McDonald of Pennsylvania, Miss USA 1971.
 Wilson was the second of four women from Hawaii to win the Miss USA title.
Harring was the first Latina to win the crown.
 She later became an actress, appearing in a number of films including "Mulholland Drive" and as John Travolta's wife in "The Punisher".

Question: What famous actor appeared in "Grease" and also appeared in a film with Miss USA 1985?
Answer: John Travolta