From Pageant Update - your ultimate Miss USA resource
Your one-stop-shop for detailed information and photos on all the women who have held the Miss USA title. Based on my own experiences collating these photos, I don't think it's rash to suggest there isn't anywhere you can find all these photos collected in one place. Plumb the depths of the internet no more, and enjoy this trip deep down memory lane!
of Michigan
22 • Okemos
of Hawaii
27 • Kihei
of Utah
23 • Salt Lake City
of North Carolina
24 • Charlotte
of Kentucky
23 • Louisville
of Mississippi
22 • Booneville
of North Carolina
28 • Charlotte
of Nebraska
23 • Omaha
of DC
25 • Washington, DC
of Texas
28 • Houston
of Rhode Island
20 • Cranston
of Hawaii
26 • Pearl City
of Texas
21 • Deer Park
of South Carolina
20 • Sumter
of Alabama
21 • Tuscaloosa
of Utah
18 • Salt Lake City
of Iowa
20 • Ottumwa
of South Carolina
21 • Winnsboro
| IMAGE | YEAR | STATE | Name | HOMETOWN | AGE | MISS USA AWARDS | MISS UNIVERSE PLACEMENT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | MICHIGAN | Alma Cooper | Okemos | 22 | Best in Interview | ||
 | 2023 | HAWAII | Savannah Gankiewicz | Kihei | 27 | Best in Interview & Best State Costume | – | |
 | 2023 | UTAH | Noelia Voigt | Salt Lake City | 23 | Top 20 | Resigned due to mistreatment by Laylah Rose | |
 | 2022 | NORTH CAROLINA | Morgan Romano | Charlotte | 23 | – | Succeeded R'Bonney Gabriel | |
 | 2022 | TEXAS | R'Bonney Gabriel | Friendswood | 28 | Best State Costume | Miss Universe | |
 | 2021 | KENTUCKY | Elle Smith | Louisville | 23 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2020 | MISSISSIPPI | Asya Branch | Booneville | 22 | Top 21 | Previously Miss MS 2018 | |
 | 2019 | NORTH CAROLINA | Cheslie Kryst | Charlotte | 28 | Top 10 | †2022 | |
 | 2018 | NEBRASKA | Sarah Summers* | Omaha | 23 | Top 20 | Previously Miss NE Teen USA 2012 | |
 | 2017 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Kára Mccullough | Washington, DC | 25 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2016 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Deshauna Barber | Washington, DC | 26 | Top 9 | ||
 | 2015 | OKLAHOMA | Olivia Jordan | Tulsa | 26 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss World America 2013 (Top 20 Miss World) | |
 | 2014 | NEVADA | Nia Sanchez | Las Vegas | 24 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2013 | CONNECTICUT | Erin Brady | South Glastonbury | 25 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2012 | MARYLAND | Nana Meriwether | Potomac | 27 | – | Succeeded Olivia Culpo | |
 | 2012 | RHODE ISLAND | Olivia Culpo | Cranston | 19 | Miss Universe | ||
 | 2011 | CALIFORNIA | Alyssa Campanella* | Los Angeles | 21 | Top 15 | Previously Miss NJ Teen USA 2007 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2010 | MICHIGAN | Rima Fakih | Dearborn | 24 | Non-finalist | ||
 | 2009 | NORTH CAROLINA | Kristen Dalton | Wilmington | 21 | Top 10 | Sister of Miss NC USA 2015 Julia Dalton & daughter of Miss NC USA 1982 Jeannie Boger | |
 | 2008 | TEXAS | Crystle Stewart | Missouri City | 26 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2007 | TENNESSEE | Rachel Smith* | Clarksville | 21 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss TN Teen USA 2002 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2006 | KENTUCKY | Tara Conner* | Russell Springs | 20 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss KY Teen USA 2000 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2005 | NORTH CAROLINA | Chelsea Cooley* | Charlotte | 21 | Top 10 at | Previously Miss NC Teen USA 2000 | |
 | 2004 | MISSOURI | Shandi Finnessey^ | Florissant | 25 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss MO 2002 | |
 | 2003 | MASSACHUSETTS | Susie Castillo* | Lawrence | 23 | Top 25 | Previously Miss MA Teen USA 1998 | |
 | 2002 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Shauntay Hinton | Washington, DC | 23 | Non-finalist | ||
 | 2001 | TEXAS | Kandace Krueger | Austin | 24 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2000 | TENNESSEE | Lynette Cole* | Columbia | 21 | Finalist | Previously Miss TN Teen USA 1995 (F Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 1999 | NEW YORK | Kimberly Pressler* | Franklinville | 21 | Non-finalist | Previously Miss NY Teen USA 1994 | |
 | 1998 | MASSACHUSETTS | Shawnae Jebbia | Mansfield | 26 | Finalist | ||
 | 1997 | IDAHO | Brandi Sherwood | Idaho Falls | 26 | – | Succeeded Brook Lee | |
 | 1997 | HAWAII | Brook Lee | Pearl City | 26 | Miss Universe | ||
 | 1996 | LOUISIANA | Ali Landry* | Breaux Bridge | 22 | Photogenic | Finalist | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 90 (SF Miss Teen USA) |
 | 1995 | NEW YORK | Shanna Moakler* | New York | 19 | – | Succeeded Chelsi Smith | |
 | 1995 | TEXAS | Chelsi Smith | Deer Park | 21 | Congeniality | Miss Universe | †2018 |
 | 1994 | SOUTH CAROLINA | Lu Parker | Charleston | 26 | Finalist | ||
 | 1993 | MICHIGAN | Kenya Moore | Detroit | 22 | Finalist | ||
 | 1992 | CALIFORNIA | Shannon Marketic | Malibu | 21 | Photogenic | Semi-finalist | |
 | 1991 | KANSAS | Kelli Mccarty | Liberal | 21 | Finalist | ||
 | 1990 | MICHIGAN | Carole Gist | Detroit | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1989 | TEXAS | Gretchen Polhemus | Fort Worth | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1988 | TEXAS | Courtney Gibbs | Fort Worth | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1987 | TEXAS | Michelle Royer | Keller | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1986 | TEXAS | Christy Fichtner | Dallas | 23 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1985 | TEXAS | Laura Martinez Herring | El Paso | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1984 | NEW MEXICO | Mai Shanley^ | Alamogordo | 21 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss NM 1983 | |
 | 1983 | CALIFORNIA | Julie Hayek | Westwood | 22 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1982 | ARKANSAS | Terri Utley | Cabot | 20 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1981 | OHIO | Kim Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1980 | ARIZONA | Jineane Ford | Gilbert | 20 | Photogenic | – | Succeeded Shawn Weatherly |
 | 1980 | SOUTH CAROLINA | Shawn Weatherly | Sumter | Miss Universe | |||
 | 1979 | NEW YORK | Mary Therese Friel | Pittsford | Semi-finalist | |||
 | 1978 | HAWAII | Judi Andersen | Honolulu | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1977 | TEXAS | Kimberly Tomes | Houston | 21 | Best State Costume | Semi-finalist | |
 | 1976 | MINNESOTA | Barbara Peterson | Edina | 22 | Non-finalist | Sister of Miss MN USA 1981 Polly Peterson | |
 | 1975 | CALIFORNIA | Summer Bartholomew | Merced | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1974 | ILLINOIS | Karen Morrison | St. Charles | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1973 | ILLINOIS | Amanda Jones | Evanston | 22 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1972 | HAWAII | Tanya Wilson | Honolulu | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1971 | PENNSYLVANIA | Michele Mcdonald | Butler | 18 | Semi-finalist | †2020 | |
 | 1970 | VIRGINIA | Deborah Shelton | Norfolk | 21 | Photogenic | 1st runner-up | |
 | 1969 | VIRGINIA | Wendy Dascomb | Danville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1968 | WASHINGTON | Dorothy Anstett | Kirkland | 20 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1967 | FLORIDA | Cheryl Patton | Miami | 18 | – | Succeeded Sylvia Hitchcock | |
 | 1967 | ALABAMA | Sylvia Hitchcock | Tuscaloosa | 21 | Miss Universe | †2015 | |
 | 1966 | CALIFORNIA | Maria Remenyi | El Cerrito | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1965 | OHIO | Sue Anne Downey | Columbus | 20 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1964 | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Bobbi Johnson | Alexandria, VA | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1963 | ILLINOIS | Marite Ozers | Chicago | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1962 | HAWAII | Macel Wilson | Honolulu | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1961 | LOUISIANA | Sharon Brown | Minden | 18 | Photogenic | 4th runner-up | |
 | 1960 | UTAH | Linda Bement | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss Universe | †2018 | |
 | 1959 | CALIFORNIA | Terry Lyn Huntingdon | Mount Shasta | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1958 | LOUISIANA | Eurlyne Howell | Bossier City | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 1957 | UTAH | Charlotte Sheffield | Salt Lake City | 20 | – | Succeeded Mary Leona Gage was dethroned | |
 | 1957 | MARYLAND | Mary Leona Gage | Severna Park | 18 | – | Dethroned as Miss USA after it was revealed that she was married; †2010 | |
 | 1956 | IOWA | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | 20 | Miss Universe | Previously Miss Iowa 1954 | |
 | 1955 | VERMONT | Carlene King Johnson^ | Rutland | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss VT 1953; †1968 (from complications of diabetes) | |
 | 1954 | SOUTH CAROLINA | Miriam Stevenson | Winnsboro | Miss Universe | |||
 | 1953 | ILLINOIS | Myrna Hansen | Chicago | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1952 | NEW YORK | Jackie Loughery | Brooklyn | 22 | Semi-finalist | †2024 |
Winner
Miriam Stevenson (1954), Carol Morris (1956), Linda Bement (1960), Sylvia Hitchcock (1967), Shawn Weatherly (1980), Chelsi Smith (1995), Brook Lee (1997), Olivia Culpo (2012), R’Bonney Gabriel (2022)
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 5/6
Kelli McCarty (1991), Kenya Moore (1993), Lu Parker (1994), Ali Landry (1996), Shawnae Jebbia (1998), Lynette Cole (2000)
Semi-finalist
Jackie Loughery (1952), Carlene King Johnson (1955), Macel Wilson (1962), Marite Ozers (1963), Bobbi Johnson (1964), Maria Remenyi (1966), Wendy Dascomb (1969), Michele Mcdonald (1971), Tanya Wilson (1972), Karen Morrison (1974), Kimberly Tomes (1977), Mary Therese Friel (1979), Kim Seelbrede (1981), Mai Shanley (1984), Laura Martinez Herring (1985), Courtney Gibbs (1988), Shannon Marketic (1992)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Top 15/16/20*
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
National Costume
