Miss USA 2000 almanac
2000 was the second of two years that Miss USA was held in Branson, Missouri. Lynette Cole won Tennessee's first Miss USA title, five years after she competed at Miss Teen USA. A further nine former Teen titleholders, four former and two future Miss America titleholders also competed. Two of this years delegates have placed in the top five at Miss America: Rebekah Keller (CA), fourth runner-up in 1998 and Jennifer Dupont (LA), first runner-up in 2005. The full pageant can be watched here.
This page has two sections, firstly a listing of all the titleholders from each state, and secondly a photo gallery with crowning, wedding and family photos.
This page has two sections, firstly a listing of all the titleholders from each state, and secondly a photo gallery with crowning, wedding and family photos.
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Pageant Results
Placements
MISS USA 2000 - LYNNETTE COLE (TN) | 1RU - Bridget Jane Vezina (NH) | 2RU - Jina Mitchell (AL) | 3RU - Tiffany Meyer (KS) | 4RU - Patti Dunn (GA)
Lynnette Cole
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Bridget Vezina
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Jina Mitchell
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Tiffany Meyer
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Patti Dunn
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SEMI-FINALISTS | Tiani Jones (CO) | Jill Dobson (MI) | Carrie Tucker (NY) | Lisa Rabon (SC) | Jensie Grigsby (IA)
Tiani Jones
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Jill Dobson
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Carrie Tucker
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Lisa Rabon
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Jensie Grigsby
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Awards
PHOTOGENIC - Paige Swenson (MN)
CONGENIALITY - Michelle Kaplan (HI)
CONGENIALITY - Michelle Kaplan (HI)
Unfortunately I have been unable to optimise the titleholder tables for mobile. If you scroll to the bottom of a mobile page, you can choose to view this page in web mode.
Delegate listing
* indicates former Miss Teen USA state titleholder | ^ indicates former or future MAO state titleholder | ° indicates former MAOTeen state titleholder
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STATE
ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE D.C. FLORIDA ∙∙ GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE ∙∙ MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE ∙∙ NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND ∙∙ SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING |
NAME
Jina Mitchell Laurie Miller* Heather Keckler Whitney Moore Rebekah Keller^ Tiani Jones Sallie Toussaint Jennifer Behm Juel Casamayor Kristin Ludecke^ ∙∙ Patti Dunn Michelle Kaplan Brooke Gambrell^ Constance Stoetzer Kristal Wile Jensie Grigsby Tiffany Meyer* Jolene Youngster Jennifer Dupont*^ Jennifer Hunt ∙∙ Christie Davis Rosalie Allain Jill Dobson Paige Swenson* Angie Carpenter* Denette Roderick Brandi Bjorklund Valarie Cook Alicia Carnes* Bridget Jane Vezina ∙∙ Michelle Graci Christina Ortega Carrie Tucker Portia Johnson Amie Hoffner Cheya Watkins^ Amanda Penix* Elizabeth Heitmanek Angela Patla Heidi St. Pierre ∙∙ Lisa Rabon Vanessa Short Bull^ Lynnette Cole* Heather Ogilvie Keri Hatfield Katie Bolton Crystal Jones Jamie Kern Tara Wilson Samantha Picha Rebecca Smith |
HOMETOWN
Trussville Palmer Scottsdale Cabot Lakewood Aurora Hartford Wilmington Washington DC Eustis ∙∙ Duluth Kona Boise Abingdon Anderson West Des Moines Lawrence Glasgow Bossier City Rumford ∙∙ Silver Spring Leominster Quincy Fridley Greenwood Lebanon Bonner Omaha Las Vegas Nashua ∙∙ Jamesburg Vado Nesconset Greensboro Minot Cincinnati Shawnee Medford Sweet Valley Harrisville ∙∙ Conway Rapid City Columbia Houston Bountiful Colchester Virginia Beach Des Moines Wheeling Verona Jackson Hole |
AGE
22 21 26 22 25 23 25 23 26 23 ∙∙ 24 23 26 26 22 26 23 23 18 21 ∙∙ 21 25 22 24 22 24 20 22 22 19 ∙∙ 21 22 25 20 24 22 21 19 26 23 ∙∙ 24 21 21 22 22 22 26 22 22 20 20 |
PLACEMENT
2nd runner-up Semi-finalist ∙∙ 4th runner-up Semi-finalist 3rd runner-up ∙∙ Semi-finalist 1st runner-up ∙∙ Semi-finalist ∙∙ Semi-finalist Miss USA |
AWARDS
∙∙ Congeniality ∙∙ Photogenic ∙∙ ∙∙ |
NOTES
Miss AK USA 1997 Miss AZ Teen USA 1994 Miss CA 1997 (4RU Miss America) Miss FL 1995 ∙∙ Miss ID 1995 Miss MO Teen USA 1994 (F Miss Teen USA) LA Teen USA 1998; Miss LA 2004 (1RU MAO) Miss ME Teen USA 1994 ∙∙ Miss MN Teen USA 1994 Miss MS Teen USA 1994 (SF Miss Teen USA) Miss NV Teen USA 1995 ∙∙ Miss OH 1998 Miss OK Teen USA 1997 (F Miss Teen USA) ∙∙ Miss SD 2002 Miss TN Teen USA 1995 (F Miss Teen USA) |
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(More official pageant photos will be up soon)
Contestant hometowns
Hit the "list" icon in the top left corner for the interactive map key.
Crowning photos
There are many titleholders I have no crowning photos for (or only have thumbnails) - let me know if you can contribute!
Wedding photos
Photos from this and the Family photos section have been taken from publicly accessible websites, publicly tagged Facebook photos or used with permission. Please do not hesitate to email me if you would like photos removed!
Where are they now?
- Jamie Kern (WA) appeared on the first season of Big Brother in 2000. She later started a multi-million dollar cosmetics company and was a judge at Miss USA 2018.
- Jennifer Behm (DE) won the second season of Masterchef.