Try the veal, Miss Arkansas. It’s the best in town. (Photos by Scott Harrison)

We don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Miss USA girls are in town. No, really. We’d hate to think you felt like we were leaving you ill-informed.

The girls, including current Miss USA Rachel Smith, were over at the Fashion Show Mall last night where they enjoyed dinner at Maggiano’s Little Italy for the On Top of Cloud 9 charity dinner presented by Once Upon a Dream.

It was probably just like the Italian dinners of our youth – a little pasta, a few meatballs and dozens of beauty queens all sitting around one big table. All it would’ve been missing were a few uncles eating too much and complaining about how the Giants needed a better running game.

By Jason Scavone