Alabama Favored to Win Miss USA

UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Sweet home Alabama serves up a beautiful, sugary confection to win Miss USA 2005 in Baltimore on April 11 according to internet bookmaker Intertops.com.

The fifty states in the USA have chosen their brightest, most beautiful and influential women to represent them in this coveted event. Miss USA has been taking place annually since 1969 and is said to be "playing a critical role in making the next 100 years 'The Century of Women.'"

Intertops.com is favoring Jessica Tinney, the 21-year-old from Alabama, at 9/1, to have that all-around USA appeal. Performing charity work is rated highly in judges' eyes, and Jessica is a nurse who performs many charitable operations. Will she win the judges' hearts? Brittany Hogan from California is also a close contender for the crown at 11/1. She says, "sometimes I think deep," and would like to follow George W. Bush around if she was invisible. If she thinks too deeply, she could do something great for humanity!

Viewing the contestants is a tough job and Intertops.com, amazingly, has odds for all of them, but when there are so many long-haired lovelies to chose from, not all will make the grade. The team at Intertops.com came to the conclusion that there were some girls whose shallowness just lacked depth. Alaska and Minnesota are two of the four to get quoted at 50/1. Sadly, girls hanging around the Red Sox and Phillies's locker rooms while invisible won't do much for the world -- unless they have a camera, of course!

"It's been a very difficult job, they are definitely ALL American girls," said Intertops.com COO Michael Maerz, "and to be quite honest we couldn't differentiate between them by the time we got to 50/1."

"It is predicted that millions of viewers in 125 countries will be tuning in to this event. We have customers in many countries who will be tuning into Intertops.com to pick their favorite beauty and collect their bounty!" he added