Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Alaska 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.
2nd runner-up
Patricia Marlin (1964)
Top 5/6
Karin Meyer (1990)
Semi-finalist
Patricia Lane (1972), Barbara Samuelson (1978), ​Alyssa London (2017)
Congeniality
Toni McFadden (1982), Kimberly Agron (2015)
Photogenic
Courtney Carroll (2008)
State Costume
Carla Sullivan (1965), Linda Louise Rowley (1969), Katherine Hartman (1971), Patricia Lane (1972)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2024 | Brenna Schaake | Fairbanks | 29 | |||
![]() | 2023 | Jordan Naylor°^ | Anchorage | 25 | Previously Miss AK's OT 2012; later Miss AK 2024 | ||
![]() | 2022 | Courtney Schuman^ | Anchorage | 28 | Previously Miss AK 2018 | ||
![]() | 2021 | Madison Edwards | Anchorage | 25 | |||
![]() | 2020 | Hannah Carlile | Fairbanks | 24 | |||
![]() | 2019 | JoEllen Walters | Eagle River | 25 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Brooke Johnson | Anchorage | 25 | |||
![]() | 2017 | Alyssa London | Anchorage | 27 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2016 | Ariane Audett | Anchorage | 21 | |||
![]() | 2015 | Kimberly Agron* | Anchorage | 20 | Congeniality (tie) | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 2013 | |
![]() | 2014 | Kendall Bautista^ | Eagle River | 21 | Later Miss AK 2016 | ||
![]() | 2013 | Melissa McKinney | Anchorage | 26 | |||
![]() | 2012 | Jessica Kazmierczak | Salcha | 22 | |||
![]() | 2011 | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 23 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Sarah Temple | Eagle River | 21 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2012 Veronica Temple | ||
![]() | 2009 | Jessica Nolin | Palmer | 22 | |||
![]() | 2008 | Courtney Carroll | Fairbanks | 25 | Photogenic | ||
![]() | 2007 | Blair Chenoweth^ | Anchorage | 25 | Previously Miss AK 2003 | ||
![]() | 2006 | Noelle Meyer | Eagle River | 25 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Aleah Scheick | Anchorage | 22 | †2024 | ||
![]() | 2004 | Cari Leyva^ | Anchorage | 20 | Later Miss AK 2007 | ||
![]() | 2003 | Stacey Storey^ | Eagle River | 23 | Previously Miss AK 1995 | ||
![]() | 2002 | Christine Olejniczak* | Palmer | 20 | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 2000 | ||
![]() | 2001 | Ivette Fernandez | Fairbanks | 25 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Laurie Ann Miller* | Palmer | 21 | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 1997 | ||
![]() | 1999 | Anna Karina Ruble | Anchorage | 26 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Pamela Kott | Anchorage | 24 | |||
![]() | 1997 | Rea Bavilla | Unalaska | 23 | |||
![]() | 1996 | Janelle Canady | Eagle River | 23 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Theresa Lindley | Anchorage | ||||
![]() | 1994 | Dawn Stuvek | Anchorage | 22 | |||
![]() | 1993 | Teresa Gates | Anchorage | 22 | |||
![]() | 1992 | Kelly Quirk | Anchorage | 20 | |||
![]() | 1991 | Tiffany Smith | Tok | 20 | |||
![]() | 1990 | Karin Meyer | Anchorage | 21 | Top 6 | ||
![]() | 1989 | Tina Geraci | Eagle River | 18 | |||
![]() | 1988 | Raun Reaves | Anchorage | 21 | |||
![]() | 1987 | Shelly Dunlevy | Anchorage | 23 | |||
![]() | 1986 | Kim Christopher-Taylor | Fairbanks | 22 | Sister of Miss AK 1985 Kristina Christopher-Taylor | ||
![]() | 1985 | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Sherri McNealley | Fort Wainwright | 19 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Amy Harms | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1982 | Toni McFadden | Fairbanks | 20 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1981 | Shelly Brunaugh | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1980 | Debby Fickus | Fairbanks | 19 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 1983 Linda Fickus | ||
![]() | 1979 | Kimberley Fidler | North Pole | 18 | |||
![]() | 1978 | Barbara Samuelson | Anchorage | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1977 | Edith Baker | North Pole | 21 | |||
![]() | 1976 | Elizaabeth Staib | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 1975 | Andie Higgins | Fairbanks | 19 | |||
![]() | 1974 | Cynthia Dickerson | Anchorage | 21 | |||
![]() | 1973 | Wendy Curwen | Fairbanks | 21 | |||
![]() | 1972 | Patricia Lane | Anchorage | 19 | Semi-finalist | State Costume | |
![]() | 1971 | Kathy Hartman | Fairbanks | 19 | State Costume | ||
![]() | 1970 | Therese Press | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1969 | Linda Louise Rowley | Fairbanks | 20 | State Costume | †2013 | |
![]() | 1968 | Sharon Long | Anchorage | 19 | |||
![]() | 1967 | Mary Lou Helfrich | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1966 | Elrita Blankensop | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1965 | Carla Sullivan | Fairbanks | 18 | State Costume | ||
![]() | 1964 | Suzy Marlin | Fairbanks | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
![]() | 1963 | Nina Whaley | Fairbanks | 19 | |||
![]() | 1962 | Teresa Hanson | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 1961 | Judy Onstad | Fairbanks | 21 | |||
![]() | 1960 | Evelyn Bly | Fairbanks | 23 | |||
![]() | 1959 | Anna Lekanof | St. George | 23 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Brenna Schaake | Fairbanks | 29 | |||
2023 | Jordan Naylor°^ | Anchorage | 25 | Previously Miss AK's OT 2012; later Miss AK 2024 | ||
2022 | Courtney Schuman^ | Anchorage | 28 | Previously Miss AK 2018 | ||
2021 | Madison Edwards | Anchorage | 25 | |||
2020 | Hannah Carlile | Fairbanks | 24 | |||
2019 | JoEllen Walters | Eagle River | 25 | |||
2018 | Brooke Johnson | Anchorage | 25 | |||
2017 | Alyssa London | Anchorage | 27 | Semi-finalist | ||
2016 | Ariane Audett | Anchorage | 21 | |||
2015 | Kimberly Agron* | Anchorage | 20 | Congeniality (tie) | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 2013 | |
2014 | Kendall Bautista^ | Eagle River | 21 | Later Miss AK 2016 | ||
2013 | Melissa McKinney | Anchorage | 26 | |||
2012 | Jessica Kazmierczak | Salcha | 22 | |||
2011 | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 23 | |||
2010 | Sarah Temple | Eagle River | 21 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2012 Veronica Temple | ||
2009 | Jessica Nolin | Palmer | 22 | |||
2008 | Courtney Carroll | Fairbanks | 25 | Photogenic | ||
2007 | Blair Chenoweth^ | Anchorage | 25 | Previously Miss AK 2003 | ||
2006 | Noelle Meyer | Eagle River | 25 | |||
2005 | Aleah Scheick | Anchorage | 22 | †2024 | ||
2004 | Cari Leyva^ | Anchorage | 20 | Later Miss AK 2007 | ||
2003 | Stacey Storey^ | Eagle River | 23 | Previously Miss AK 1995 | ||
2002 | Christine Olejniczak* | Palmer | 20 | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 2000 | ||
2001 | Ivette Fernandez | Fairbanks | 25 | |||
2000 | Laurie Ann Miller* | Palmer | 21 | Previously Miss AK Teen USA 1997 | ||
1999 | Anna Karina Ruble | Anchorage | 26 | |||
1998 | Pamela Kott | Anchorage | 24 | |||
1997 | Rea Bavilla | Unalaska | 23 | |||
1996 | Janelle Canady | Eagle River | 23 | |||
1995 | Theresa Lindley | Anchorage | ||||
1994 | Dawn Stuvek | Anchorage | 22 | |||
1993 | Teresa Gates | Anchorage | 22 | |||
1992 | Kelly Quirk | Anchorage | 20 | |||
1991 | Tiffany Smith | Tok | 20 | |||
1990 | Karin Meyer | Anchorage | 21 | Top 6 | ||
1989 | Tina Geraci | Eagle River | 18 | |||
1988 | Raun Reaves | Anchorage | 21 | |||
1987 | Shelly Dunlevy | Anchorage | 23 | |||
1986 | Kim Christopher-Taylor | Fairbanks | 22 | Sister of Miss AK 1985 Kristina Christopher-Taylor | ||
1985 | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1984 | Sherri McNealley | Fort Wainwright | 19 | |||
1983 | Amy Harms | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1982 | Toni McFadden | Fairbanks | 20 | Congeniality | ||
1981 | Shelly Brunaugh | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1980 | Debby Fickus | Fairbanks | 19 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 1983 Linda Fickus | ||
1979 | Kimberley Fidler | North Pole | 18 | |||
1978 | Barbara Samuelson | Anchorage | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
1977 | Edith Baker | North Pole | 21 | |||
1976 | Elizaabeth Staib | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1975 | Andie Higgins | Fairbanks | 19 | |||
1974 | Cynthia Dickerson | Anchorage | 21 | |||
1973 | Wendy Curwen | Fairbanks | 21 | |||
1972 | Patricia Lane | Anchorage | 19 | Semi-finalist | State Costume | |
1971 | Kathy Hartman | Fairbanks | 19 | State Costume | ||
1970 | Therese Press | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1969 | Linda Louise Rowley | Fairbanks | 20 | State Costume | †2013 | |
1968 | Sharon Long | Anchorage | 19 | |||
1967 | Mary Lou Helfrich | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1966 | Elrita Blankensop | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1965 | Carla Sullivan | Fairbanks | 18 | State Costume | ||
1964 | Suzy Marlin | Fairbanks | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1963 | Nina Whaley | Fairbanks | 19 | |||
1962 | Teresa Hanson | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1961 | Judy Onstad | Fairbanks | 21 | |||
1960 | Evelyn Bly | Fairbanks | 23 | |||
1959 | Anna Lekanof | St. George | 23 |
1st runner-up
MarLa Johnson (1990)
Top 10*
Brittany Ann Jackson (2003)
Top 15/16/20*
Sonja Garness (2005)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2024 | Nevaeh James | Anchorage | 16 | |||
![]() | 2023 | Star Hunter | Anchorage | 16 | |||
![]() | 2022 | Madison Hines | Eagle River | 17 | |||
![]() | ​2021 | Ellie Smith | Anchorage | 19 | ​ | ​Daughter of Miss AK Teen USA 1998 Sarah Smith | |
![]() | ​2020 | Jadyn Fraser | ​Fairbanks | 19 | ​ | ​ | |
![]() | ​2019 | Meghan Scott | ​Eagle River | 17 | ​ | ​ | |
![]() | ​2018 | McKinley Wooten | ​Wasilla | 17 | ​ | ​ | |
![]() | 2017 | Tana Bartels | Fairbanks | 19 | ​ | ​ | |
![]() | ​2016 | Nneamaka Isolokwu | ​Anchorage | 18 | ​ | ​ | |
![]() | ​2015 | Katelyn Cusack | ​Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 2014 | Whitney Williams | Anchorage | 18 | ​ | ||
![]() | 2013 | Kimberly Agron* | Anchorage | 18 | ​Later Miss AK USA 2015 (Congeniality @ Miss USA) | ||
![]() | 2012 | Veronica Temple° | Eagle River | 18 | Previously Miss AK's OT 2009; sister of Miss AK USA 2010 Sarah Temple | ||
![]() | 2011 | Denali Whiting | Kotzebue | 19 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Kali Scott | Anchorage | 17 | |||
![]() | 2009 | Zlata Sushchik | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 2008 | Victoria Ray | Eagle River | 18 | |||
![]() | 2007 | Muriel Clauson | Anchorage | 17 | |||
![]() | 2006 | Degen Kasper | Anchorage | 17 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Sonja Garness | Anchorage | 17 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2002 Rachel Garness | |
![]() | 2004 | Nina Sutherlin | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 2003 | Brittany Ann Jackson | Wasilla | 17 | Top 10 | ||
![]() | 2002 | Rachel Marie Garness | Anchorage | 15 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2005 Sonja Garness | ||
![]() | 2001 | Danielle Smith | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Christina Olejniczak* | Palmer | 18 | Later Miss AK USA 2002 | ||
![]() | 1999 | Kjersti Parker | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Sarah Smith | Anchorage | 18 | Mother of Miss AK Teen USA 2021 Ellie smith | ||
![]() | 1997 | Laurie Ann Miller* | Wasilla | 18 | Later Miss AK USA 2000 | ||
![]() | 1996 | Brandee McCoskey | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Heather Evans | Sitka | 17 | |||
![]() | 1994 | Kristina Bellamy | Anchorage | 16 | |||
![]() | 1993 | Christine Thorson | Anchorage | 18 | |||
![]() | 1992 | Cindy Bridges | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1991 | Stacie Stewart | Eagle River | 18 | |||
![]() | 1990 | MarLa Johnson | Anchorage | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
![]() | 1989 | Amy Allen | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1988 | Joleen Jeffcoat | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1987 | Lauren Straubb | Wasilla | 18 | |||
![]() | 1986 | Bobbie Mitchell | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1985 | Debbie Eason | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Dawn Goldi | Fairbanks | 17 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Linda Kay Fickus†| Fairbanks | 17 | ​ | Sister of Miss AK USA 1980 Debbie Fickus; †2008 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Nevaeh James | Anchorage | 16 | |||
2023 | Star Hunter | Anchorage | 16 | |||
2022 | Madison Hines | Eagle River | 17 | |||
​2021 | Ellie Smith | Anchorage | 19 | ​ | ​Daughter of Miss AK Teen USA 1998 Sarah Smith | |
​2020 | Jadyn Fraser | ​Fairbanks | 19 | ​ | ​ | |
​2019 | Meghan Scott | ​Eagle River | 17 | ​ | ​ | |
​2018 | McKinley Wooten | ​Wasilla | 17 | ​ | ​ | |
2017 | Tana Bartels | Fairbanks | 19 | ​ | ​ | |
​2016 | Nneamaka Isolokwu | ​Anchorage | 18 | ​ | ​ | |
​2015 | Katelyn Cusack | ​Anchorage | 18 | |||
2014 | Whitney Williams | Anchorage | 18 | ​ | ||
2013 | Kimberly Agron* | Anchorage | 18 | ​Later Miss AK USA 2015 (Congeniality @ Miss USA) | ||
2012 | Veronica Temple° | Eagle River | 18 | Previously Miss AK's OT 2009; sister of Miss AK USA 2010 Sarah Temple | ||
2011 | Denali Whiting | Kotzebue | 19 | |||
2010 | Kali Scott | Anchorage | 17 | |||
2009 | Zlata Sushchik | Anchorage | 18 | |||
2008 | Victoria Ray | Eagle River | 18 | |||
2007 | Muriel Clauson | Anchorage | 17 | |||
2006 | Degen Kasper | Anchorage | 17 | |||
2005 | Sonja Garness | Anchorage | 17 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2002 Rachel Garness | |
2004 | Nina Sutherlin | Anchorage | 18 | |||
2003 | Brittany Ann Jackson | Wasilla | 17 | Top 10 | ||
2002 | Rachel Marie Garness | Anchorage | 15 | Sister of Miss AK Teen USA 2005 Sonja Garness | ||
2001 | Danielle Smith | Anchorage | 18 | |||
2000 | Christina Olejniczak* | Palmer | 18 | Later Miss AK USA 2002 | ||
1999 | Kjersti Parker | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1998 | Sarah Smith | Anchorage | 18 | Mother of Miss AK Teen USA 2021 Ellie smith | ||
1997 | Laurie Ann Miller* | Wasilla | 18 | Later Miss AK USA 2000 | ||
1996 | Brandee McCoskey | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1995 | Heather Evans | Sitka | 17 | |||
1994 | Kristina Bellamy | Anchorage | 16 | |||
1993 | Christine Thorson | Anchorage | 18 | |||
1992 | Cindy Bridges | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1991 | Stacie Stewart | Eagle River | 18 | |||
1990 | MarLa Johnson | Anchorage | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
1989 | Amy Allen | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1988 | Joleen Jeffcoat | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1987 | Lauren Straubb | Wasilla | 18 | |||
1986 | Bobbie Mitchell | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1985 | Debbie Eason | Fairbanks | 18 | |||
1984 | Dawn Goldi | Fairbanks | 17 | |||
1983 | Linda Kay Fickus†| Fairbanks | 17 | ​ | Sister of Miss AK USA 1980 Debbie Fickus; †2008 |