Miss USA’s score on her catwalk seemingly reflected the fall, so it is not as if she was not penalized for the fall. She hopped up and continued with grace.
I don’t think that is true, here area a few of the scores from the catwalk:
Venezuela 9.5
USA 8.7
Korea 9.1
Mexico 7.8
Argentina 7.6
Angola 8.4
I realize this whole performance is kind of silly to us, but it is serious to them. Had someone messed up that bad during a sports competition, they would not have made it further.