Miss USA Pageant

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The Miss USA Pageant is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States who will compete in the Miss Universe Pageant. Miss USA was a division of the Miss Universe Organization, based in New York, New York, and is now licensed as a separate entity as are other Miss Universe agreements around the world.

The modern pageant consists of a preliminary competition held a week before the pageant when all contestants are judged in swimsuit, gown, and interview competitions.

Year

Titleholder

State

Age

1952

Jackie Loughery

New York

22

1953

Myrna Hansen

Illinois

18

1954

Miriam Stevenson

South Carolina

21

1955

Carlene King Johnson

Vermont

22

1956

Carol Morris

Iowa

20

1957

Mary Leona Gage

Charlotte Sheffield

Maryland

Utah

18

20

1958

Eurlyne Howell

Louisianna

18

1959

Terry Lynn Huntingdon

California

19

1960

Linda Bement

Utah

18

1961

Sharon Brown

Louisiana

18

1962

Macel Wilson

Hawaii

19

1963

Marite Ozers

Chicago

19

1964

Bobbi Johnson

District of Columbia

19

1965

Sue Ann Downey

Ohio

20

1966

Maria Remenyi

California

21

1967

Sylvia Hitchcock

Cheryl Patton

Alabama

Florida

21

18

1968

Dorothy Anstett

Washington

20

1969

Wendy Dascomb

Virginia

19

1970

Deborah Shelton

Virginia

20

1971

Michele McDonald

Pennsylvania

18

1972

Tanya Wilson

Hawaii

22

1973

Amanda Jones

Illinois

22

1974

Karen Morrison

Illinois

19

1975

Summer Bartholomew

California

23

1976

Barbara Peterson

Minnesota

22

1977

Kimberly Tomes

Texas

21

1978

Judi Anderson

Hawaii

20

1979

Mary Therese Friel

New York

20

1980

Shawn Weatherly

Jineane Ford

South Carolina

Arizona

20

20

1981

Kim Seelbrede

Ohio

20

1982

Terri Utley

Arkansas

20

1983

Julie Hayek

California

22

1984

Mai Shanley

New Mexico

21

1985

Laura Martinez-Herring

Texas

21

1986

Christy Fichtner

Texas

23

1987

Michelle Royer

Texas

21

1988

Courtney Gibbs

Texas

21

1989

Gretchen Polhemus

Texas

23

1990

Carole Gist

Michigan

20

1991

Kelli McCarty

Kansas

21

1992

Shannon Marketic

California

21

1993

Kenya Moore

Michigan

22

1994

Lu Parker

South Carolina

25

1995

Chelsi Smith

Shanna Moakler

Texas

New York

21

20

1996

Ali Landry

Louisiana

22

1997

Brook Lee

Brandi Sherwood

Hawaii

Idaho

26

26

1998

Shawnae Jebbia

Massachusetts

26

1999

Kimberly Pressler

New York

21

2000

Lynnette Cole

Tennessee

21

2001

Kandace Krueger

Texas

24

2002

Shauntay Hinton

District of Columbia

23

2003

Susie Castillo

Massachusetts

23

2004

Shandi Finnessey

Missouri

25

2005

Chelsea Cooley

North Carolina

21

2006

Tara Conner

Kentucky

20

2007

Rachel Smith

Tennessee

21

2008

Crystle Stewart

Texas

26

2009

Kristen Dalton

North Carolina

22

2010

Rima Fakih

Michigan

24

2011

Alyssa Campanella

California

21

2012

Olivia Culpo

Nana Meriwether

Rhode Island

Maryland

20

27

2013

Erin Brady

Connecticut

25

2014

Nia Sanchez

Nevada

24

2015

Olivia Jordan

Oklahoma

26

2016

Deshauna Barber

District of Columbia

26

2017

Kára McCullough

District of Columbia

25

2018

Sarah Rose Summers

Nebraska

23

2019

Cheslie Kryst

North Carolina

28

2020

Asya Branch

Mississippi

22

2021

Elle Smith

Kentucky

23

2022

R’Bonny Gabriel: Miss Universe 2022

Texas

28

2022

Morgan Romano

North Carolina

24

2023

Noelia Voigt: Resigned

Savannah Gankiewicz

Utah

Hawaii

24

28

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