19 Miss USA Contestants Share Their Backstage Beauty Hacks and Rituals

"I rap the same Rick Ross lyric to myself before every competition," said Miss District of Columbia, Kára McCullough. "I don't even know the name of the song, but I know the lyric by heart: 'No matter how it goes down, life goes on.' I say those exact words to myself, but in layman's terms what I'm saying is, 'Enjoy the process; extract yourself from the outcome.'"