List of Miss USA titleholders

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Pp-sock Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant.

Titleholders

Nine Miss USA winners have gone on to become Miss Universe and are indicated in bold face. Since 1965, a runner-up has been selected to replace any Miss USA titleholder who wins the Miss Universe pageant.

Key

Template:Plainlist

Year State Miss USA Hometown AgeTemplate:Efn Placement at Miss Universe
1952 Template:Flagdeco New York Jackie Loughery Brooklyn 22 Top 10
1953 Template:Flagdeco Illinois Myrna Hansen[1] Chicago 18 1st Runner-Up
1954 Template:Flagdeco South Carolina Miriam Stevenson[2] Winnsboro 21 Miss Universe 1954
1955 Template:Flagdeco Vermont Carlene King Johnson[3] Rutland 22 Top 15
1956 Template:Flagdeco Iowa Carol Morris[4] Ottumwa 20 Miss Universe 1956
1957 Template:Flagdeco Maryland Mary Leona Gage Glen Burnie 18 Disqualified (note: was officially announced as Top 15 Semi-Finalist at the time of her disqualification)
Template:Flagdeco Utah Charlotte Sheffield[5] Salt Lake City 20
  • Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA 1957 after Gage was dethroned
  • She competed at Miss World 1957, but was a non-finalist[6]
1958 Template:Flagdeco Louisiana Eurlyne Howell[7] Bossier City 18 3rd Runner-Up
1959 Template:Flagdeco California Terry Lynn Huntingdon[8] Mount Shasta 19 2nd Runner-Up
1960 Template:Flagdeco Utah Linda Bement[9] Salt Lake City 18 Miss Universe 1960
1961 Template:Flagdeco Louisiana Sharon Brown[10] Minden 18 4th Runner-Up
1962 Template:Flagdeco Hawaii Macel Wilson Honolulu 19 Top 15
1963 Template:Flagdeco Illinois Marite Ozers Chicago 19 Top 15
1964 Template:Flagdeco District of Columbia Bobbi Johnson Washington, D.C. 19 Top 15
1965 Template:Flagdeco Ohio Sue Ann Downey Columbus 20 2nd Runner-Up
1966 Template:Flagdeco California Maria Remenyi El Cerrito 21 Top 15
1967 Template:Flagdeco Alabama Sylvia Hitchcock Tuscaloosa 21 Miss Universe 1967
Template:Flagdeco Florida Cheryl Patton North Miami 18
  • 2nd Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title after 1st Runner-Up Susan Bradley of California declined when Sylvia Hitchcock won Miss Universe
1968 Template:Flagdeco Washington Dorothy Anstett Kirkland 20 4th Runner-Up
1969 Template:Flagdeco Virginia Wendy Dascomb Danville 19 Top 15
1970 Deborah Shelton Norfolk 20 1st Runner-Up
1971 Template:Flagdeco Pennsylvania Michele McDonald Butler 18 Top 12
1972 Template:Flagdeco Hawaii Tanya Wilson Honolulu 22 Top 12
1973 Template:Flagdeco Illinois Amanda Jones Evanston 22 1st Runner-Up
1974 Karen Morrison St. Charles 19 Top 12
1975 Template:Flagdeco California Summer Bartholomew Merced 23 2nd Runner-Up
1976 Template:Flagdeco Minnesota Barbara Peterson Edina 22 Unplaced
1977 Template:Flagdeco Texas Kimberly Tomes Houston 21 Top 12
1978 Template:Flagdeco Hawaii Judi Andersen Honolulu 20 1st Runner-Up
1979 Template:Flagdeco New York Mary Therese Friel Pittsford 20 Top 12
1980 Template:Flagdeco South Carolina Shawn Weatherly Sumter 20 Miss Universe 1980
Template:Flagdeco Arizona Jineane Ford Gilbert 20
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when Shawn Weatherly won Miss Universe
1981 Template:Flagdeco Ohio Kim Seelbrede Germantown 20 Top 12
1982 Template:Flagdeco Arkansas Terri Utley Cabot 20 4th Runner-Up
1983 Template:Flagdeco California Julie Hayek La Cañada 22 1st Runner-Up
1984 Template:Flagdeco New Mexico Mai Shanley Alamogordo 21 Top 10
1985 Template:Flagdeco Texas Laura Martinez-Herring El Paso 21 Top 10
1986 Christy Fichtner Dallas 23 1st Runner-Up
1987 Michelle Royer Keller 21 2nd Runner-Up
1988 Courtney Gibbs Fort Worth 21 Top 10
1989 Gretchen Polhemus Fort Worth 23 2nd Runner-Up
1990 Template:Flagdeco Michigan Carole Gist Detroit 20 1st Runner-Up
1991 Template:Flagdeco Kansas Kelli McCarty Liberal 21 Top 6
1992 Template:Flagdeco California Shannon Marketic Malibu 21 Top 10
1993 Template:Flagdeco Michigan Kenya Moore Detroit 22 Top 6
1994 Template:Flagdeco South Carolina Lu Parker Charleston 25 Top 6
1995 Template:Flagdeco Texas Chelsi Smith Deer Park 21 Miss Universe 1995
Template:Flagdeco New York Shanna Moakler New York 20
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe
1996 Template:Flagdeco Louisiana Ali Landry Breaux Bridge 22 Top 6
1997 Template:Flagdeco Hawaii Brook Lee Pearl City 26 Miss Universe 1997
Template:Flagdeco Idaho Brandi Sherwood Idaho Falls 26
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when Brook Lee won Miss Universe
1998 Template:Flagdeco Massachusetts Shawnae Jebbia Boston 26 Top 5
1999 Template:Flagdeco New York Kimberly Pressler Franklinville 21 Unplaced
2000 Template:Flagdeco Tennessee Lynnette Cole Columbia 21 Top 5
2001 Template:Flagdeco Texas Kandace Krueger Austin 24 2nd Runner-Up
2002 Template:Flagdeco District of Columbia Shauntay Hinton Washington, D.C. 23 Unplaced
2003 Template:Flagdeco Massachusetts Susie Castillo Lawrence 23 Top 15
2004 Template:Flagdeco Missouri Shandi Finnessey Florissant 25 1st Runner-Up
2005 Template:Flagdeco North Carolina Chelsea Cooley Charlotte 21 Top 10
2006 Template:Flagdeco Kentucky Tara Conner Russell Springs 20 4th Runner-Up
2007 Template:Flagdeco Tennessee Rachel Smith Clarksville 21 4th Runner-Up
2008 Template:Flagdeco Texas Crystle Stewart Missouri City 26 Top 10
2009 Template:Flagdeco North Carolina Kristen Dalton Wilmington 22 Top 10
2010 Template:Flagdeco Michigan Rima Fakih Dearborn 24 Unplaced
2011 Template:Flagdeco California Alyssa Campanella Los Angeles 21 Top 16
2012 Template:Flagdeco Rhode Island Olivia Culpo[11] Cranston 20 Miss Universe 2012
Template:Flagdeco Maryland Nana Meriwether Potomac 27
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe
2013 Template:Flagdeco Connecticut Erin Brady East Hampton 25 Top 10
2014 Template:Flagdeco Nevada Nia Sanchez Las Vegas 24 1st Runner-Up
2015 Template:Flagdeco Oklahoma Olivia Jordan Tulsa 26 2nd Runner-Up
2016 Template:Flagdeco District of Columbia Deshauna Barber Washington, D.C. 26 Top 9
2017 Kára McCullough 25 Top 10
2018 Template:Flagdeco Nebraska Sarah Rose Summers Omaha 23 Top 20
2019 Template:Flagdeco North Carolina Cheslie Kryst Charlotte 28 Top 10
2020 Template:Flagdeco Mississippi Asya Branch Booneville 22 Top 21
2021 Template:Flagdeco Kentucky Elle Smith Louisville 23 Top 10
2022 Template:Flagdeco Texas R'Bonney Gabriel Houston 28 Miss Universe 2022
Template:Flagdeco North Carolina Morgan Romano Concord 24
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when R'Bonney Gabriel won Miss Universe
2023 Template:Flagdeco Utah Noelia Voigt (Resigned) Park City 23 Top 20
Template:Flagdeco Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz (Assumed)[12] Kihei 27
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Assumed title when Noelia Voigt resigned
2024 Template:Flagdeco Michigan Alma Cooper Okemos 22 Unplaced

Gallery

Winners by state

File:Miss USA title holders.png
Miss USA winners by stateTemplate:Efn
State Number Years
Template:Flagicon Texas 10 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon California 6 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Hawaii 5 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Michigan 4 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon North Carolina Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon District of Columbia Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon New York Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Illinois Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Utah 3 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Louisiana Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon South Carolina Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Kentucky 2 Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Maryland Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Tennessee Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Massachusetts Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Ohio Template:Hlist
Template:Flagicon Virginia Template:Hlist
File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi 1 2020
Template:Flagicon Nebraska 2018
Template:Flagicon Oklahoma 2015
Template:Flagicon Nevada 2014
Template:Flagicon Connecticut 2013
Template:Flagicon Rhode Island 2012Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Missouri 2004
Template:Flagicon Idaho 1997Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Kansas 1991
Template:Flagicon New Mexico 1984
Template:Flagicon Arkansas 1982
Template:Flagicon Arizona 1980Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Minnesota 1976
Template:Flagicon Pennsylvania 1971
Template:Flagicon Washington 1968
Template:Flagicon Alabama 1967Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Florida 1967Template:Efn
Template:Flagicon Iowa 1956
Template:Flagicon Vermont 1955

The state later won the Miss Universe title indicated in bold
The state later inherited the Miss USA title after the original titleholder crowned Miss Universe indicated in italics

Debut wins

Not including states who were inherited the title.

Debut wins timeline
States/Federal District
1950s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
1960s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
1970s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
1980s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
1990s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
2000s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
2010s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".
2020s Script error: No such module "collapsible list".

States have yet to win Miss USA

There have been no Miss USA winners from the following states:

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Notes

Template:Notelist

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. Miss Rhode Island, Cranston's Olivia Culpo, wins Miss USA pageant
  12. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Sister project

Script error: No such module "Navbox".