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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