List of Miss USA titleholders

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

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

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

Gallery

• 
  Miss USA 2024
  Alma Cooper, Michigan
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  Miss USA 2023
  Savannah Gankiewicz, Hawaii
  (Became Miss USA after the resignation of Noelia Voigt)
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  Miss USA 2022
  Morgan Romano, North Carolina
  (Became Miss USA after R'Bonney Gabriel became Miss Universe 2022)
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  Miss Universe 2022
  R'Bonney Gabriel, Texas
• 
  Miss USA 2019
  Cheslie Kryst, North Carolina
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  Miss USA 2018
  Sarah Rose Summers, Nebraska
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  Miss USA 2017
  Kára McCullough, District of Columbia
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  Miss USA 2016
  Deshauna Barber, District of Columbia
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  Miss USA 2015
  Olivia Jordan, Oklahoma
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  Miss USA 2014
  Nia Sanchez, Nevada
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  Miss USA 2013
  Erin Brady, Connecticut
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  Miss USA 2012
  Nana Meriwether, Maryland
  (Became Miss USA after Olivia Culpo became Miss Universe 2012)
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  Miss Universe 2012
  Olivia Culpo, Rhode Island.
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  Miss USA 2011
  Alyssa Campanella, California
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  Miss USA 2010
  Rima Fakih, Michigan
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  Miss USA 2009
  Kristen Dalton, North Carolina
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  Miss USA 2008
  Crystle Stewart, Texas
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  Miss USA 2007
  Rachel Smith, Tennessee
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  Miss USA 2006
  Tara Conner, Kentucky
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  Miss USA 2005
  Chelsea Cooley, North Carolina
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  Miss USA 2004
  Shandi Finnessey, Missouri
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  Miss USA 2003
  Susie Castillo, Massachusetts
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  Miss USA 2002
  Shauntay Hinton, District of Columbia
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  Miss USA 2001
  Kandace Krueger, Texas
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  Miss Universe 1997
  Brook Lee, Hawaii
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  Miss USA 1996
  Ali Landry, Louisiana
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  Miss USA 1995
  Shanna Moakler, New York
  (Became Miss USA after Chelsi Smith became Miss Universe 1995)
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  Miss USA 1994
  Lu Parker, South Carolina
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  Miss USA 1991
  Kelli McCarty, Kansas
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  Miss USA 1988
  Courtney Gibbs, Texas
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  Miss USA 1987
  Michelle Royer, Texas
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  Miss USA 1986
  Christy Fichtner, Texas
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  Miss USA 1985
  Laura Harring, Texas
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  Miss USA 1984
  Mai Shanley, Miss New Mexico
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  Miss USA 1983
  Julie Hayek, California
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  Miss USA 1982
  Terri Utley, Arkansas
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  Miss USA 1981
  Kim Seelbrede, Ohio
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  Miss Universe 1980
  Shawn Weatherly, South Carolina
• 
  Miss USA 1980
  Jineane Marie Ford, Arizona
  (Became Miss USA after Shawn Weatherly became Miss Universe 1980)
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  Miss USA 1979
  Mary Therese Friel, New York
• 
  Miss USA 1978
  Judi Andersen, Hawaii
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  Miss USA 1977
  Kimberly Tomes, Texas
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  Miss USA 1976
  Barbara Peterson, Minnesota
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  Miss USA 1975
  Summer Bartholomew, California
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  Miss USA 1974
  Karen Morrison, Illinois
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  Miss USA 1973
  Amanda Jones, Illinois
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  Miss USA 1972
  Tanya Wilson, Hawaii
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  Miss USA 1971
  Michele McDonald, Pennsylvania
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  Miss USA 1970
  Deborah Shelton, Virginia
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  Miss USA 1969
  Wendy Dascomb, Virginia
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  Miss USA 1968
  Dorothy Anstett, Washington
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  Miss Universe 1967
  Sylvia Hitchcock, Alabama
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  Miss USA 1966
  Maria Remenyi, California
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  Miss USA 1965
  Sue Ann Downey, Ohio
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  Miss USA 1964
  Bobbi Johnson, District of Columbia
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  Miss USA 1963
  Marite Ozers, Illinois
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  Miss USA 1962
  Macel Wilson, Hawaii
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  Miss USA 1961
  Sharon Brown, Louisiana
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  Miss Universe & Miss USA 1960
  Linda Bement, Utah
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  Miss USA 1959
  Terry Lynn Huntingdon, California
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  Miss USA 1958
  Eurlyne Howell, Louisiana
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  Miss USA 1957
  Charlotte Sheffield, Utah
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  Miss Universe & Miss USA 1956
  Carol Morris, Iowa
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  Miss USA 1955
  Carlene King Johnson, Vermont
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  Miss Universe & Miss USA 1954
  Miriam Stevenson, South Carolina
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  Miss USA 1953
  Myrna Hansen, Illinois
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  Miss USA 1952
  Jackie Loughery, New York

Winners by state

Miss USA winners by state^[b]

State	Number	Years
Texas	10	1977 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1995[c] 2001 2008 2022[c]
California	6	1959 1966 1975 1983 1992 2011
Hawaii	5	1962 1972 1978 1997[c] 2023[d]
Michigan	4	1990 1993 2010 2024
North Carolina		2005 2009 2019 2022[e]
District of Columbia		1964 2002 2016 2017
New York		1952 1979 1995[e] 1999
Illinois		1953 1963 1973 1974
Utah	3	1957[f] 1960 2023[g]
Louisiana		1958 1961 1996
South Carolina		1954 1980[c] 1994
Kentucky	2	2006 2021
Maryland		1957[h] 2012[e]
Tennessee		2000 2007
Massachusetts		1998 2003
Ohio		1965 1981
Virginia		1969 1970
Mississippi	1	2020
Nebraska		2018
Oklahoma		2015
Nevada		2014
Connecticut		2013
Rhode Island		2012[c]
Missouri		2004
Idaho		1997[e]
Kansas		1991
New Mexico		1984
Arkansas		1982
Arizona		1980[e]
Minnesota		1976
Pennsylvania		1971
Washington		1968
Alabama		1967[c]
Florida		1967[i]
Iowa		1956
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	List 1952: New York 1953: Illinois 1954: South Carolina 1955: Vermont 1956: Iowa 1957: Maryland 1958: Louisiana 1959: California
1960s	List 1960: Utah 1962: Hawaii 1964: District of Columbia 1965: Ohio 1967: Alabama 1968: Washington 1969: Virginia
1970s	List 1971: Pennsylvania 1976: Minnesota 1977: Texas
1980s	List 1982: Arkansas 1984: New Mexico
1990s	List 1990: Michigan 1991: Kansas 1998: Massachusetts
2000s	List 2000: Tennessee 2004: Missouri 2005: North Carolina 2006: Kentucky
2010s	List 2012: Rhode Island 2013: Connecticut 2014: Nevada 2015: Oklahoma 2018: Nebraska
2020s	List 2020: Mississippi

States have yet to win Miss USA

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

• Alaska
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Maine
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• North Dakota
• Oregon
• South Dakota
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Notes

1. Ages at the time of Miss USA
2. Map includes titleholders who were dethroned or resigned and runners-up who assumed the title after the original winner was dethroned or resigned
3. Relinquished the title to a runner-up after winning Miss Universe
4. Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner resigned
5. Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was crowned Miss Universe
6. Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was dethroned
7. Resigned title
8. Dethroned by pageant officials for breaking pageant protocol, and the title was passed to a runner-up
9. Originally 2nd Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was crowned Miss Universe and the 1st Runner-Up declined the title