Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss California 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.
19 • Mount Shasta
2nd runner-up
at Miss Universe
21 • El Cerrito
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
23 • Merced
2nd runner-up
at Miss Universe
22 • La Cañada
1st runner-up
at Miss Universe
21 • Malibu
Top 6
at Miss Universe
21 • Los Angeles
Top 16
at Miss Universe
17 • Acton
19 • Temecula
25 • Hermosa Beach
27 • San Francisco
26 • Los Angeles
24 • Los Angeles
26 • Lancaster
Winner
Terry Lynn Huntingdon (1959), Maria Remenyi (1966), Summer Bartholomew (1975), Julie Hayek (1983), Shannon Marketic (1992), Alyssa Campanella (2011)
1st runner-up
Pamela Stettler (1961), Susan Bradley (1967), Diana Magana (1988), Shauna Gambill (1998), Brittany Hogan (2005), Tamiko Nash (2006), Carrie Prejean (2009)
2nd runner-up
Kim Hobson (1972), Diane Schock (1991), Angelique Breaux (1999)
3rd runner-up
Donna Schurr (1955), Marilyn Tindall (1962), Gayle Gorrell (1974), Pamela Gergely (1977), Cynthia Kerby (1981), Meagan Tandy (2007)
4th runner-up
Francine Herack (1963), Troas Hayes (1969), Kelly Parsons (1986)
Top 5/6
Nadia Mejia (2016)
Semi-finalist
Marcella Roulette (1953), Sandra Constance (1954), Peggy Jacobson (1957), Donna Kay Brooks (1958), Teri Janssen (1960), Jeanne Venables (1964), Kathryn Lee Hage (1965), Suzanne Fromm (1968), Linda Hall (1970), Karin Morrell (1971), Carol Herrema (1973), Joni Pennock (1976), Donna Adrain (1978), Linda Fogarty (1979), Christina Maria Faust (1989), Jane Olvera (1993), Tarah Peters (2002), India Williams (2017)
Top 8/10/11*
Nicole Johnson (2010), Cassandra Kunze (2014), Kelley Johnson (2018), Allyshia Gupta (2020)
Top 15/16/20*
Raquel Beezley (2008), Mabelynn Capeluj (2013), Tiffany Johnson (2022)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Kathryn Lee Hage (1965), Suzanne De Wames (1982), Diana Magana (1988)
Photogenic
Susan Bradley (1967), Suzanne De Wames (1982), Shannon Marketic (1992), Cassandra Kunze (2014)
17 • Barstow
Top 15
18 • Woodland Hills
18 • Coronado
19 • Anaheim
18 • Newport Beach
2nd runner-up
Winner
Shauna Gambill (1994), Cassidy Wolf (2013)
1st runner-up
Jennifer Morgan (2002), Melanie Mitchell (2015)
2nd runner-up
Michelle Cardamon (1996), Chelsea Gilligan (2009), Emma Baker (2010), Alexis Swanstrom (2011), Cassidy Hill (2022),
3rd runner-up
Bianca Vierra (2014)
4th runner-up
Stephanie Brink (2005), Jaanu Patel (2017)
Top 5/6
Natasha Allas (1992)
Semi-finalist
Shawn Gardner (1983), Angi Aylor (1987), Tricia Roby (1990), Casey McClain (2001), Taylor Atkins (2008), Athenna Crosby (2016), Zoe Hunt (2020), Cameron Doan (2021)
Top 15/16/20*
Janiece Love (2018)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Michelle Lowe (1986)
Photogenic
Angi Aylor (1987)
