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
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
21 • Los Angeles
Top 16
at Miss Universe
17 • Acton
19 • Temecula
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), Tianna Clark (2023)
Top 8/10/11/12*
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), Samantha Ramos (2024)
* 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)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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2024 | Samantha Ramos | Santa Monica | Top 20 | ||||
2023 | Tianna Clark | Perris | 27 | Semi-finalist | |||
2022 | Tiffany Johnson | Lancaster | 26 | Top 16 | |||
2021 | Sabrina Lewis | Los Angeles | 24 | ||||
2020 | Allyshia Gupta | Los Angeles | 26 | Top 10 | |||
2019 | Erica Dann | San Francisco | 27 | ||||
2018 | Kelley Johnson^ | Hermosa Beach | 25 | Top 10 | Previously Miss CO 2015 (2RU Miss America) | ||
2017 | India Williams | Lafayette | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
2016 | Nadia Mejia | Diamond Bar | 20 | Top 5 | |||
2015 | Natasha Martinez | Chino Hills | 23 | ||||
2014 | Cassandra Kunze | San Diego | 20 | Top 10 | Photogenic | ||
2013 | Mabelynn Capeluj | San Diego | 21 | Top 15 | |||
2012 | Natalie Pack | Palos Verdes | 23 | ||||
2011 | Katie Blair* | Los Angeles | Assumed title after Alyssa won Miss USA; previously Miss MT Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||||
2011 | ALYSSA CAMPANELLA* | Los Angeles | 21 | Miss USA | Previously Miss NJ Teen USA 2007; T15 Miss Universe 2011 | ||
2010 | Nicole Johnson | Westlake Village | 24 | Top 10 | |||
2009 | Tami Farrell* | Los Angeles | 25 | Assumed title after Carrie was dethroned; previously Miss OR Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 2003 | |||
2009 | Carrie Prejean | San Diego | 21 | 1st runner-up | |||
2008 | Raquel Beezley | Barstow | 21 | Top 15 | |||
2007 | Meagan Tandy | Fontana | 21 | 3rd runner-up | |||
2006 | Tamiko Nash | Los Angeles | 26 | 1st runner-up | |||
2005 | Brittany Hogan | Escondido | 20 | 1st runner-up | |||
2004 | Ellen Chapman | San Jose | 22 | ||||
2003 | Candice Sanders | La Habra | 26 | ||||
2002 | Tarah Peters | San Diego | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
2001 | Jennifer Glover^ | Castro Valley | 21 | Later Miss CA 2002 | |||
2000 | Rebekah Ann Keller^ | Lakewood | 25 | Previously Miss CA 1997 (4RU Miss America) | |||
1999 | Angelique Breaux | San Diego | 21 | 2nd runner-up | SF Miss World 2000 | ||
1998 | Shauna Gambill* | Acton | 21 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss CA Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1994; SF Miss World 1998 | ||
1997 | Alisa Kimble | Lake Elsinore | 27 | ||||
1996 | Shauna Lyn Searles | Tustin | 26 | ||||
1995 | Deana Avila | Laguna Niguel | 24 | ||||
1994 | Toay Lynn Foster | Oxnard | 19 | ||||
1993 | Jane Olvera | Reedley | 24 | Semi-finalist | |||
1992 | Shauna Lyn Searles | Tustin | 22 | Assumed title after Shannon won Miss USA | |||
1992 | SHANNON MARKETIC | Malibu | 21 | Miss USA | Photogenic | SF Miss Universe 1992 | |
1991 | Diane Schock | Fontana | 24 | 2nd runner-up | |||
1990 | Cynthia Nelson | Gilroy | 22 | ||||
1989 | Christina Maria Faust | Westlake Village | 23 | Semi-finalist | † 2022 | ||
1988 | Diana Magana | Rancho Palos Verdes | 22 | 1st runner-up | Congeniality | SF Miss World 1988 | |
1987 | Lori Dickerson | Lodi | 20 | ||||
1986 | Kelly Parsons | Chatsworth | 22 | 4th runner-up | |||
1985 | Zina Ponder | Long Beach | 22 | ||||
1984 | Theresa Ring | San Diego | |||||
1983 | JULIE HAYEK | Westwood | 22 | Miss USA | 1RU Miss Universe 1983 | ||
1982 | Suzanne De Wames | Thousand Oaks | 19 | Congeniality & Photogenic | |||
1981 | Cynthia Kerby | Westlake Village | 18 | 3rd runner-up | |||
1980 | Kari Lloyd | Thousand Oaks | 19 | ||||
1979 | Linda Fogarty | Fullerton | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1978 | Donna Adrain | Anaheim | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1977 | Pamela Gergely | San Rafael | 19 | 3rd runner-up | |||
1976 | Joni Pennock | Northridge | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
1975 | SUMMER BARTHOLOMEW | Merced | 23 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1975 | ||
1974 | Gayle Gorrell | Temple City | 19 | 3rd runner-up | |||
1973 | Carol Herrema | Artesia | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1972 | Kim Hobson | San Mateo | 19 | 2nd runner-up | |||
1971 | Karin Morrell | Newcastle | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
1970 | Linda Hall | Van Nuys | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
1969 | Troas Hayes | Sacramento | 22 | 4th runner-up | |||
1968 | Suzanne Fromm | Riverside | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
1967 | Susan Bradley | Tustin | 19 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | ||
1966 | MARIA REMENYI | El Cerrito | 20 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1966 | ||
1965 | Kathryn Lee "Kathy" Hage | Santa Monica | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | ||
1964 | Jeanne Venables | Carmichael | 23 | Semi-finalist | † 1968 (killed in a plane crash) | ||
1963 | Francine Herack | Hollywood | 19 | 4th runner-up | |||
1962 | Marilyn Tindall | Hollywood | 21 | 3rd runner-up | † | ||
1961 | Pamela Stettler | San Rafael | 18 | 1st runner-up | |||
1960 | Teri Janssen | Los Angeles | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1959 | TERRY LYN HUNTINGDON | Mount Shasta | 19 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1959 | ||
1958 | Donna Kay Brooks | North Hollywood | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1957 | Peggy Jacobson | Downey | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1956 | Shirlee Witty | Wilmington | 20 | † 2020 | |||
1955 | Donna Schurr | Garden Grove | 18 | 3rd runner-up | |||
1954 | Sandra Constance | Torrance | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
1953 | Marcella Roulette | Inglewood | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 2007 | ||
1952 | Gloria Maxwell | Los Angeles | 20 | † 1989 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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2024 | Samantha Ramos | Santa Monica | Top 20 | |||
2023 | Tianna Clark | Perris | 27 | Semi-finalist | ||
2022 | Tiffany Johnson | Lancaster | 26 | Top 16 | ||
2021 | Sabrina Lewis | Los Angeles | 24 | |||
2020 | Allyshia Gupta | Los Angeles | 26 | Top 10 | ||
2019 | Erica Dann | San Francisco | 27 | |||
2018 | Kelley Johnson^ | Hermosa Beach | 25 | Top 10 | Previously Miss CO 2015 (2RU Miss America) | |
2017 | India Williams | Lafayette | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
2016 | Nadia Mejia | Diamond Bar | 20 | Top 5 | ||
2015 | Natasha Martinez | Chino Hills | 23 | |||
2014 | Cassandra Kunze | San Diego | 20 | Top 10 | Photogenic | |
2013 | Mabelynn Capeluj | San Diego | 21 | Top 15 | ||
2012 | Natalie Pack | Palos Verdes | 23 | |||
2011 | Katie Blair* | Los Angeles | Assumed title after Alyssa won Miss USA; previously Miss MT Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 2006 | |||
2011 | ALYSSA CAMPANELLA* | Los Angeles | 21 | Miss USA | Previously Miss NJ Teen USA 2007; T15 Miss Universe 2011 | |
2010 | Nicole Johnson | Westlake Village | 24 | Top 10 | ||
2009 | Tami Farrell* | Los Angeles | 25 | Assumed title after Carrie was dethroned; previously Miss OR Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 2003 | ||
2009 | Carrie Prejean | San Diego | 21 | 1st runner-up | ||
2008 | Raquel Beezley | Barstow | 21 | Top 15 | ||
2007 | Meagan Tandy | Fontana | 21 | 3rd runner-up | ||
2006 | Tamiko Nash | Los Angeles | 26 | 1st runner-up | ||
2005 | Brittany Hogan | Escondido | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
2004 | Ellen Chapman | San Jose | 22 | |||
2003 | Candice Sanders | La Habra | 26 | |||
2002 | Tarah Peters | San Diego | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
2001 | Jennifer Glover^ | Castro Valley | 21 | Later Miss CA 2002 | ||
2000 | Rebekah Ann Keller^ | Lakewood | 25 | Previously Miss CA 1997 (4RU Miss America) | ||
1999 | Angelique Breaux | San Diego | 21 | 2nd runner-up | SF Miss World 2000 | |
1998 | Shauna Gambill* | Acton | 21 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss CA Teen USA & Miss Teen USA 1994; SF Miss World 1998 | |
1997 | Alisa Kimble | Lake Elsinore | 27 | |||
1996 | Shauna Lyn Searles | Tustin | 26 | |||
1995 | Deana Avila | Laguna Niguel | 24 | |||
1994 | Toay Lynn Foster | Oxnard | 19 | |||
1993 | Jane Olvera | Reedley | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
1992 | Shauna Lyn Searles | Tustin | 22 | Assumed title after Shannon won Miss USA | ||
1992 | SHANNON MARKETIC | Malibu | 21 | Miss USA | Photogenic | SF Miss Universe 1992 |
1991 | Diane Schock | Fontana | 24 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1990 | Cynthia Nelson | Gilroy | 22 | |||
1989 | Christina Maria Faust | Westlake Village | 23 | Semi-finalist | † 2022 | |
1988 | Diana Magana | Rancho Palos Verdes | 22 | 1st runner-up | Congeniality | SF Miss World 1988 |
1987 | Lori Dickerson | Lodi | 20 | |||
1986 | Kelly Parsons | Chatsworth | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
1985 | Zina Ponder | Long Beach | 22 | |||
1984 | Theresa Ring | San Diego | ||||
1983 | JULIE HAYEK | Westwood | 22 | Miss USA | 1RU Miss Universe 1983 | |
1982 | Suzanne De Wames | Thousand Oaks | 19 | Congeniality & Photogenic | ||
1981 | Cynthia Kerby | Westlake Village | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1980 | Kari Lloyd | Thousand Oaks | 19 | |||
1979 | Linda Fogarty | Fullerton | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1978 | Donna Adrain | Anaheim | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1977 | Pamela Gergely | San Rafael | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1976 | Joni Pennock | Northridge | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1975 | SUMMER BARTHOLOMEW | Merced | 23 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1975 | |
1974 | Gayle Gorrell | Temple City | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1973 | Carol Herrema | Artesia | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1972 | Kim Hobson | San Mateo | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1971 | Karin Morrell | Newcastle | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1970 | Linda Hall | Van Nuys | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1969 | Troas Hayes | Sacramento | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
1968 | Suzanne Fromm | Riverside | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1967 | Susan Bradley | Tustin | 19 | 1st runner-up | Photogenic | |
1966 | MARIA REMENYI | El Cerrito | 20 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1966 | |
1965 | Kathryn Lee "Kathy" Hage | Santa Monica | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
1964 | Jeanne Venables | Carmichael | 23 | Semi-finalist | † 1968 (killed in a plane crash) | |
1963 | Francine Herack | Hollywood | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
1962 | Marilyn Tindall | Hollywood | 21 | 3rd runner-up | † | |
1961 | Pamela Stettler | San Rafael | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
1960 | Teri Janssen | Los Angeles | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1959 | TERRY LYN HUNTINGDON | Mount Shasta | 19 | Miss USA | 2RU Miss Universe 1959 | |
1958 | Donna Kay Brooks | North Hollywood | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1957 | Peggy Jacobson | Downey | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1956 | Shirlee Witty | Wilmington | 20 | † 2020 | ||
1955 | Donna Schurr | Garden Grove | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1954 | Sandra Constance | Torrance | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1953 | Marcella Roulette | Inglewood | 21 | Semi-finalist | † 2007 | |
1952 | Gloria Maxwell | Los Angeles | 20 | † 1989 |