
Winning the Miss Texas USA 2011 title allowed Rodriguez to compete in Las Vegas for the national Miss USA 2011 title. These included serving as the Grand Marshal of the Fiesta Flambeau Parade in San Antonio, meeting the troops aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Fleet Week in New York City, running the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas Half Marathon, and helping to construct the world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the Great American Peanut Butter Festival in Grand Saline, Texas. Īs Miss Texas USA, Rodriguez represented the state in a variety of events across Texas and around the United States. Rodriguez is the first Laredo native to be named Miss Texas USA. Her fifth try proved to be the charm and she was crowned Miss Texas USA 2011 on September 5, 2010. In 2010, Rodriguez won the title of Miss Central Laredo USA and competed at the Miss Texas USA 2011 pageant in Houston, Texas. In 2009, competing as Miss Central Texas USA, Rodriguez was named first runner-up at the Miss Texas USA 2010 competition on September 6, 2009. The following year she was named Miss Port Laredo USA and competed for the Miss Texas USA 2009 title where she was named second runner-up on June 29, 2008.

She won the Miss Webb County USA crown in 2007 and competed for the Miss Texas USA 2008 title where she was named second runner-up on July 1, 2007. She was chosen as Miss Laredo USA and competed for the Miss Texas USA 2007 title, placing in the top 16 finalists and voted "Miss Congeniality" by her fellow contestants on June 25, 2006. Rodriguez first entered the Miss USA system of pageants in 2006.
