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Miss USA will be godmother of Carnival Vista

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Miss USA  Deshauna Barber, will serve as a godmother of Carnival Vista . The christening of Carnival Cruise Lines latest cruise ship will take place in New York on November 4, 2016

Deshauna Barber is the first "Miss USA" in active military service. She is currently Logistics Commander of the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit in Rockville, Maryland. Therefore she is the ideal godmother for Carnival Vista, whose baptism is to be dedicated to the organization "Operation Homefront". Operation Homefront is helping wounded US soldiers returning from war missions abroad and helps the families of fallen soldiers. In a huge baptismal event in New York on 4 November, the US country music star Carrie Underwood will have an exclusive private concert. At the ceremony will be invited, several hundred military families.

Built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, Italy Carnival Vista entered into service on 28 April 2016 and is currently sailing in the Mediterranean. In November the ship will cross the Atlantic to New York, from where it will sail on two 11-night voyages before returning to its future home port in Miami.