| The Miss USA Pageant (not to be confused with the similar Miss
America pageant) is a beauty contest that has been held every year
since 1952, and is the sister pageant of Miss Universe. The winners of the state pageants that compete in the Miss USA pageant have had "USA" appended
to their titles (e.g. "Miss Delaware USA") since the mid-1980s in order that these state-level winners not be confused with the
competitors in the Miss America pageant.
Jackie Loughery of
New York was crowned that first year in Long Beach, California, a day before the first Miss Universe
was crowned.
The Winners
| Year |
Miss USA |
State Represented |
Venue |
| 1952 |
Jackie Loughery |
New York |
Long Beach, California |
| 1953 |
Myrna Hansen |
Illinois |
| 1954 |
Mirian
Stephenson* |
South Carolina |
| 1955 |
Carlene Johnson |
Vermont |
| 1956 |
Carol Morris |
Iowa |
| 1957 |
Mary Gage** |
Maryland |
| Charlotte
Sheffield |
Utah |
| 1958 |
Eurlene Howell |
Louisiana |
| 1959 |
Terry Huntingdon |
California |
| 1960 |
Linda Bement* |
Utah |
Miami Beach, Florida |
| 1961 |
Sharon Brown |
Louisiana |
| 1962 |
Macel Leilani
Wilson |
Hawaii |
| 1963 |
Marite Ozers |
Illinois |
| 1964 |
Bobbi Johnson |
District of Columbia |
| 1965 |
Sue Ann Downey |
Ohio |
| 1966 |
Maria Remenyi |
California |
| 1967 |
Sylvia Hitchcock* |
Alabama |
| Cheryl Patton |
Florida |
| 1968 |
Dorothy Anstett |
Washington |
| 1969 |
Wendy Dascomb |
Virginia |
| 1970 |
Deborah Shelton |
Virginia |
| 1971 |
Michele McDonald |
Pennsylvania |
| 1972 |
Tanya Wilson |
Hawaii |
Dorado, Puerto Rico |
| 1973 |
Amanda
Jones |
Illinois |
New York, New York |
| 1974 |
Karen Morrison |
Illinois |
Niagara Falls, New
York |
| 1975 |
Summer Bartholomew |
California |
| 1976 |
Barbara Petersen |
Minnesota |
| 1977 |
Kimberly Tomes |
Texas |
Charleston, South
Carolina |
| 1978 |
Judi Anderson |
Hawaii |
| 1979 |
Mary Freil |
New York |
Biloxi, Mississippi |
| 1980 |
Shawn Weatherly* |
South Carolina |
| Jineane Ford |
Arizona |
| 1981 |
Kim Seelbrede |
Ohio |
| 1982 |
Terri Utley |
Arkansas |
| 1983 |
Julie Hayek |
California |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 1984 |
Mai Shanley |
New Mexico |
Lakeland, Florida |
| 1985 |
Laura
Martinez-Herring |
Texas |
| 1986 |
Christy Fichtner |
Texas |
Miami, Florida |
| 1987 |
Michelle Royer |
Texas |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1988 |
Courtney Gibbs |
Texas |
El Paso, Texas |
| 1989 |
Gretchen
Polhemus |
Texas |
Mobile, Alabama |
| 1990 |
Carole Gist |
Michigan |
Wichita, Kansas |
| 1991 |
Kelli McCarty |
Kansas |
| 1992 |
Shannon Marketic |
California |
| 1993 |
Kenya Moore |
Michigan |
| 1994 |
Lu Parker |
South Carolina |
South Padre Island, Texas |
| 1995 |
Chelsi Smith* |
Texas |
| Shanna Moakler |
New York |
| 1996 |
Ali Landry |
Louisiana |
| 1997 |
Brook Mahealani Lee* |
Hawaii |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Brandi Sherwood*** |
Idaho |
| 1998 |
Shawnae Jebbia |
Massachusetts |
| 1999 |
Kimberly
Pressler |
New York |
Branson, Missouri |
| 2000 |
Lynnette Cole |
Tennessee |
| 2001 |
Kandace Krueger |
Texas |
Gary, Indiana |
| 2002 |
Shauntay Hinton |
District of Columbia |
| 2003 |
Susie Castillo |
Massachusetts |
San Antonio, Texas |
| 2004 |
Shandi Finnessey |
Missouri |
Los Angeles, California |
*Crowned Miss Universe
**Was stripped of her crown because she was a married mother of two at the time of her crowning.
***In 1997, Brandi Sherwood became the first woman to be crowned Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA.
Two runners-up to Miss USA 1986 have entries in Wikipedia: Halle Berry and
Kelly Parsons.
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