Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Utah USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
18 • Salt Lake City
USA’s third Miss Universe
20 • Salt Lake City
Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA
23 • Salt Lake City
Top 20 at Miss Universe
25 • Beaver
Top 16
at Miss USA
28 • Salt Lake City
Resigned following
Miss USA
25 • Salt Lake City
Assumed Miss Utah USA title
23 • Salt Lake City
Winner of
Miss USA 2023
25 • Salt Lake City
Assumed Miss Utah USA title
27 • Herriman
24 • Salt Lake City
Winner
Linda Bement (1960) (became Miss Universe), Noelia Voigt (2023)
1st runner-up
Charlotte Sheffield (1957) (became Miss USA)
2nd runner-up
Susan Gasser (1982)
3rd runner-up
Janet Joy Erikson (1964), Laura Chukanov (2009), Marissa Powell (2013)
4th runner-up
Carol Jean Isbell (1952)
Top 5/6
Temple Taggart (1997), Melissa Anderson (1998)
Semi-finalist
Myrna Joy Rasmussen (1955), Sandra Pugh (1958), Janet Marie Hawley (1961), Patricia Profaizer (1962), Janis Sadler (1965), Denice Blair (1966), Margo Flynn (1978), Tracy Kennick (1996)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Heather Anderson (2007)
Top 15/16/20*
Marin Poole (2005), Julia Bachison (2008), Jamie Crandall (2011), JessiKate Riley (2021)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Alyssa Chandler | Herriman | 27 | |||
 | 2023 | Mariluz Cook | Salt Lake City | 25 | Succeeded Noelia Voight as Miss Utah USA | ||
 | 2023 | NOELIA VOIGT | Salt Lake City | 23 | Miss USA 2023 | ||
 | 2022 | Maddie Jonely | Salt Lake City | 25 | Assumed title | ||
 | 2022 | Elisabeth Bradley-Gandara | Salt Lake City | 27 | Resigned following Miss USA | ||
 | 2021 | JessiKate Riley°^ | Beaver | 25 | Top 16 | Previously Miss UT's Outstanding Teen 2014 & Miss UT 2017 | |
 | 2020 | Rachel Slawson | Provo | 25 | |||
 | 2019 | Amanda Giroux | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
 | 2018 | Narine Ishhanov | Salt Lake City | 24 | |||
 | 2017 | Baylee Jensen | South Jordan | 23 | Daughter of Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Jensen | ||
 | 2016 | Teale Murdock | Salt Lake City | 26 | |||
 | 2015 | Nicol Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | Sister of Miss UT USA 2013 Marissa Powell | ||
 | 2014 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 22 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2010 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2013 | Marissa Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Sister of Miss UT USA 2015 Nicol Powell | |
 | 2012 | Kendyl Bell | Sandy | 25 | Sister of Miss UT Teen USA 2017 | ||
 | 2011 | Jamie Crandall | Salt Lake City | 23 | Top 16 | ||
 | 2010 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 20 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2008 | ||
 | 2009 | Laura Chukanov | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 2008 | Julia Bachison^ | North Ogden | 24 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT 2005 | |
 | 2007 | Heather Anderson | Sandy | 26 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2006 | Soben Huon | Provo | 23 | |||
 | 2005 | Marin Poole* | Provo | 21 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2005 | |
 | 2004 | Kyla Faye Dickerson | Midvale | 23 | |||
 | 2003 | Kelly Chapman | South Jordan | 24 | |||
 | 2002 | Abbie Jane Smith | West Jordan | 19 | |||
 | 2001 | Tiffany Seaman | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
 | 2000 | Keri Hatfield | Bountiful | 22 | |||
 | 1999 | Rachel Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 25 | |||
 | 1998 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 24 | Finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1990 | |
 | 1997 | Temple Taggart | Centerville | 21 | Finalist | ||
 | 1996 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1989 | |
 | 1995 | Melanie Mitton | Provo | 22 | |||
 | 1994 | Vanessa Munns | Provo | 21 | |||
 | 1993 | Natalie Pyper | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
 | 1992 | Nichelle Mickelson | West Valley City | 20 | |||
 | 1991 | Patti Jo Bender | Sandy | 24 | |||
 | 1990 | Debra Linn Tingey | Centerville | Sister of Miss UT 1989 Jacque Tingey | |||
 | 1989 | Zanetta van Zyverden | South Jordan | ||||
 | 1988 | Suzie Lundell | Park City | ||||
 | 1987 | Patty Thorpe | Clawson | ||||
 | 1986 | Stephanie Reber | Holladay | 21 | |||
 | 1985 | Kim Thompson | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
 | 1984 | Michele Lynn Brown | Roy | 19 | |||
 | 1983 | Launa Lewis | Heber City | 19 | |||
 | 1982 | Susan L. Gasser | Salt Lake City | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1981 | Tonya Anderson | Orem | 20 | |||
 | 1980 | Tamara Parsons | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
 | 1979 | Victoria Scott | Salt Lake City | 27 | |||
 | 1978 | Margo Flynn† | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2016 | |
 | 1977 | Maria Michele Miner | Provo | 19 | |||
 | 1976 | Debbie Drecksel | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
 | 1975 | Andrea Felt | Logan | 19 | |||
 | 1974 | Halene Petersen | Riverton | 20 | |||
 | 1973 | Julia Nebeker | Nephi | 23 | |||
 | 1972 | Peggy Moore | Provo | 20 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1971 | Janet Montgomery | Hooper | 20 | |||
 | 1970 | Tamina Roark | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
 | 1969 | Anne Meuller | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Shelle Cannon† | Salt Lake City | 18 | † 2010 | ||
 | 1967 | Marilyn Christiansen | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
x | 1966 | Denice Blair | Layton | 19 | Semi-finalist | Miss World USA 1966 (6RU Miss World) | |
 | 1965 | Janis Sadler | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1964 | Janet Joy Erikson | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 1963 | Carla Ann Dinius | Holladay | 19 | |||
 | 1962 | Patricia Profaizer† | Ogden | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2012 | |
 | 1961 | Janet Marie Hawley | Salt Lake City | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1960 | LINDA BEMENT | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
 | 1959 | Melanie Canfield† | Tremonton | 18 | † 2016 | ||
 | 1958 | Sandra Pugh | Provo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1957 | CHARLOTTE SHEFFIELD† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 1st runner up | Assumed Miss USA title when Leona Gage disqualified; Miss World USA 1957 (NF Miss World); † 2016 | |
 | 1956 | Cheryl Brown | Spanish Fork | 20 | |||
 | 1955 | Myrna Joy Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1954 | LaVerna Laub† | St George | 20 | |||
 | 1953 | Shauna Wood† | Salt Lake City | 22 | † 2019 | ||
 | 1952 | Carol Jean Isbell† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 4th runner-up | † 2019 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alyssa Chandler | Herriman | 27 | |||
| 2023 | Mariluz Cook | Salt Lake City | 25 | Succeeded Noelia Voight as Miss Utah USA | ||
| 2023 | NOELIA VOIGT | Salt Lake City | 23 | Miss USA 2023 | ||
| 2022 | Maddie Jonely | Salt Lake City | 25 | Assumed title | ||
| 2022 | Elisabeth Bradley-Gandara | Salt Lake City | 27 | Resigned following Miss USA | ||
| 2021 | JessiKate Riley°^ | Beaver | 25 | Top 16 | Previously Miss UT's Outstanding Teen 2014 & Miss UT 2017 | |
| 2020 | Rachel Slawson | Provo | 25 | |||
| 2019 | Amanda Giroux | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
| 2018 | Narine Ishhanov | Salt Lake City | 24 | |||
| 2017 | Baylee Jensen | South Jordan | 23 | Daughter of Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Jensen | ||
| 2016 | Teale Murdock | Salt Lake City | 26 | |||
| 2015 | Nicol Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | Sister of Miss UT USA 2013 Marissa Powell | ||
| 2014 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 22 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2010 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2013 | Marissa Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Sister of Miss UT USA 2015 Nicol Powell | |
| 2012 | Kendyl Bell | Sandy | 25 | Sister of Miss UT Teen USA 2017 | ||
| 2011 | Jamie Crandall | Salt Lake City | 23 | Top 16 | ||
| 2010 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 20 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Laura Chukanov | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2008 | Julia Bachison^ | North Ogden | 24 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT 2005 | |
| 2007 | Heather Anderson | Sandy | 26 | Top 10 | ||
| 2006 | Soben Huon | Provo | 23 | |||
| 2005 | Marin Poole* | Provo | 21 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2005 | |
| 2004 | Kyla Faye Dickerson | Midvale | 23 | |||
| 2003 | Kelly Chapman | South Jordan | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Abbie Jane Smith | West Jordan | 19 | |||
| 2001 | Tiffany Seaman | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
| 2000 | Keri Hatfield | Bountiful | 22 | |||
| 1999 | Rachel Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 24 | Finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1990 | |
| 1997 | Temple Taggart | Centerville | 21 | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1989 | |
| 1995 | Melanie Mitton | Provo | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Vanessa Munns | Provo | 21 | |||
| 1993 | Natalie Pyper | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
| 1992 | Nichelle Mickelson | West Valley City | 20 | |||
| 1991 | Patti Jo Bender | Sandy | 24 | |||
| 1990 | Debra Linn Tingey | Centerville | Sister of Miss UT 1989 Jacque Tingey | |||
| 1989 | Zanetta van Zyverden | South Jordan | ||||
| 1988 | Suzie Lundell | Park City | ||||
| 1987 | Patty Thorpe | Clawson | ||||
| 1986 | Stephanie Reber | Holladay | 21 | |||
| 1985 | Kim Thompson | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
| 1984 | Michele Lynn Brown | Roy | 19 | |||
| 1983 | Launa Lewis | Heber City | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Susan L. Gasser | Salt Lake City | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1981 | Tonya Anderson | Orem | 20 | |||
| 1980 | Tamara Parsons | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
| 1979 | Victoria Scott | Salt Lake City | 27 | |||
| 1978 | Margo Flynn† | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2016 | |
| 1977 | Maria Michele Miner | Provo | 19 | |||
| 1976 | Debbie Drecksel | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
| 1975 | Andrea Felt | Logan | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Halene Petersen | Riverton | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Julia Nebeker | Nephi | 23 | |||
| 1972 | Peggy Moore | Provo | 20 | Congeniality | ||
| 1971 | Janet Montgomery | Hooper | 20 | |||
| 1970 | Tamina Roark | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
| 1969 | Anne Meuller | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Shelle Cannon† | Salt Lake City | 18 | † 2010 | ||
| 1967 | Marilyn Christiansen | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
| x | 1966 | Denice Blair | Layton | 19 | Semi-finalist | Miss World USA 1966 (6RU Miss World) | |
| 1965 | Janis Sadler | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1964 | Janet Joy Erikson | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1963 | Carla Ann Dinius | Holladay | 19 | |||
| 1962 | Patricia Profaizer† | Ogden | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2012 | |
| 1961 | Janet Marie Hawley | Salt Lake City | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | LINDA BEMENT | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
| 1959 | Melanie Canfield† | Tremonton | 18 | † 2016 | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Pugh | Provo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1957 | CHARLOTTE SHEFFIELD† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 1st runner up | Assumed Miss USA title when Leona Gage disqualified; Miss World USA 1957 (NF Miss World); † 2016 | |
| 1956 | Cheryl Brown | Spanish Fork | 20 | |||
| 1955 | Myrna Joy Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1954 | LaVerna Laub† | St George | 20 | |||
| 1953 | Shauna Wood† | Salt Lake City | 22 | † 2019 | ||
| 1952 | Carol Jean Isbell† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 4th runner-up | † 2019 |
16 • Clearfield
4th runner-up
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Pleasant View
16 • Alpine
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
18 • Provo
Top 20
at Miss Teen USA
20 • Salt Lake City
2nd runner-up
Loni Sorden (1995)
3rd runner-up
Angelia Layton (2010)
4th runner-up
Ayzjiahna Wood (2021)
Semi-finalist
Tasha Smedley (2009), Keilara McCormick (2012), Rachel Bell (2017), Jocelyn Osmond (2023)
Top 10*
Madilen Kellogg (2018)
Top 15/16/20*
Sofia Forrest-Turner (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Sofia Forrest-Turner | Provo | 18 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Jocelyn Osmond° | Alpine | 16 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT's OT 2022; daughter of Miss UT Teen USA 1994 Heather Henderson | |
 | 2023 | Anjolie Karmen | Salt Lake City | 19 | Resigned shortly after crowning | ||
 | 2022 | Maizy Abbott | Pleasant View | 19 | |||
 | 2021 | Ayzjiahna Wood | Clearfield | 16 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2020 | Brooklynn Baton | Brigham City | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Kaylyn Slevin | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
 | 2018 | Madilen Kellogg | Layton | 19 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2017 | Rachel Bell | Sandy | 18 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss UT USA 2012 Kendyl Bell | |
 | 2016 | AbbyJade Larson | North Logan | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Brooke Skabelund | Logan | 17 | |||
 | 2014 | Savannah Lancaster | South Ogden | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Chloe Crump | Highland | 17 | |||
 | 2012 | Keilara McCormick | Lehi | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2011 | Maqael Knight | Salt Lake City | 17 | |||
 | 2010 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss UT USA 2014 | |
 | 2009 | Tasha Smedley° | Syracuse | 18 | Semi-finalist | Resigned following Miss Teen USA; previously Miss UT's OT 2006 | |
 | 2008 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 17 | |||
 | 2007 | Kelsey Brigel | Draper | 17 | |||
 | 2006 | Liz Leyda | Logan | 18 | |||
 | 2005 | Julianne Burgener | Orem | 18 | |||
 | 2004 | Honey Swift | Riverton | 18 | |||
 | 2003 | Jessica Black | Farmington | 18 | |||
 | 2002 | Marin Poole* | Logan | 18 | Miss UT USA 2005 (T15 Miss USA) | ||
 | 2001 | Nicole Hansen | West Jordan | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Heather Crowther | American Fork | 18 | |||
 | 1999 | Laurissa Solomon | Park City | 17 | |||
 | 1998 | Trina Seymour | Santa Clara | 18 | |||
 | 1997 | Amy Merrill | Layton | 17 | |||
 | 1996 | Jodi Webb | Fruit Heights | 18 | |||
 | 1995 | Loni Sorden | Virgin | 2nd Runner up | |||
 | 1994 | Heather Henderson | Provo | 18 | Mother of Miss UT Teen USA 2022 Jocelyn Osmond | ||
 | 1993 | Amy Carlson | Salt Lake City | 17 | |||
 | 1992 | Susan Kelly | Sandy | 16 | |||
 | 1991 | Corinn Peterson | North Logan | 18 | |||
 | 1990 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 17 | Later Miss UT USA 1998 (F Miss USA) | ||
 | 1989 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 18 | Later Miss UT USA 1996 (SF Miss USA) | ||
 | 1988 | Kathleen Treadway | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
 | 1987 | Tiffany DeMille | Orem | 18 | |||
 | 1986 | Michelle Montgomery | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
 | 1985 | Susan Nelson | Sandy | 17 | |||
 | 1984 | Leslie Hunt | Fillmore | 17 | |||
 | 1983 | Natalie DeGraw | Farmington | 17 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sofia Forrest-Turner | Provo | 18 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Jocelyn Osmond° | Alpine | 16 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT's OT 2022; daughter of Miss UT Teen USA 1994 Heather Henderson | |
| 2023 | Anjolie Karmen | Salt Lake City | 19 | Resigned shortly after crowning | ||
| 2022 | Maizy Abbott | Pleasant View | 19 | |||
| 2021 | Ayzjiahna Wood | Clearfield | 16 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2020 | Brooklynn Baton | Brigham City | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Kaylyn Slevin | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
| 2018 | Madilen Kellogg | Layton | 19 | Top 10 | ||
| 2017 | Rachel Bell | Sandy | 18 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss UT USA 2012 Kendyl Bell | |
| 2016 | AbbyJade Larson | North Logan | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Brooke Skabelund | Logan | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Savannah Lancaster | South Ogden | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Chloe Crump | Highland | 17 | |||
| 2012 | Keilara McCormick | Lehi | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2011 | Maqael Knight | Salt Lake City | 17 | |||
| 2010 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss UT USA 2014 | |
| 2009 | Tasha Smedley° | Syracuse | 18 | Semi-finalist | Resigned following Miss Teen USA; previously Miss UT's OT 2006 | |
| 2008 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 17 | |||
| 2007 | Kelsey Brigel | Draper | 17 | |||
| 2006 | Liz Leyda | Logan | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Julianne Burgener | Orem | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Honey Swift | Riverton | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Black | Farmington | 18 | |||
| 2002 | Marin Poole* | Logan | 18 | Miss UT USA 2005 (T15 Miss USA) | ||
| 2001 | Nicole Hansen | West Jordan | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Heather Crowther | American Fork | 18 | |||
| 1999 | Laurissa Solomon | Park City | 17 | |||
| 1998 | Trina Seymour | Santa Clara | 18 | |||
| 1997 | Amy Merrill | Layton | 17 | |||
| 1996 | Jodi Webb | Fruit Heights | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Loni Sorden | Virgin | 2nd Runner up | |||
| 1994 | Heather Henderson | Provo | 18 | Mother of Miss UT Teen USA 2022 Jocelyn Osmond | ||
| 1993 | Amy Carlson | Salt Lake City | 17 | |||
| 1992 | Susan Kelly | Sandy | 16 | |||
| 1991 | Corinn Peterson | North Logan | 18 | |||
| 1990 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 17 | Later Miss UT USA 1998 (F Miss USA) | ||
| 1989 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 18 | Later Miss UT USA 1996 (SF Miss USA) | ||
| 1988 | Kathleen Treadway | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
| 1987 | Tiffany DeMille | Orem | 18 | |||
| 1986 | Michelle Montgomery | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
| 1985 | Susan Nelson | Sandy | 17 | |||
| 1984 | Leslie Hunt | Fillmore | 17 | |||
| 1983 | Natalie DeGraw | Farmington | 17 |
