Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Colorado 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 • Louisville
22 • Boulder
20 • Fort Collins
22 • Colorado Springs
26 • Gunnison
26 • Denver
Top 10
at Miss USA
3rd runner-up
Rhea Looney (1963), Jessica Hartman (2010)
Semi-finalist
Jeanie Carroll (1953), Lorna Batterson (1954), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969), Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Marybel Gonzalez (2012), Jessi Kalambayi (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Diane Knaub (1971)
Photogenic
Susan Hawkins (1969), Katee Doland (2001)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Jessi Kalambayi | Denver | 26 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2023 | Arianna Lemus | Gunnison | 26 | Resigned in May 2024 |
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 | 2022 | Alexis Glover* | Colorado Springs | 22 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2017 | ||
 | 2021 | Olivia Lorenzo | Fort Collins | 20 | |||
 | 2020 | Emily DeMure | Boulder | 22 | |||
 | 2019 | Madison Dorenkamp | Lamar | 26 | |||
 | 2018 | Chloe Brown* | Grand Junction | 23 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2013 | ||
 | 2017 | Sabrina Janssen | Denver | 21 | |||
 | 2016 | Caley Rae Pavillard°* | Castle Pines | 22 | Previously Miss CO's OT 2008 & Miss CO Teen USA 2011 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2015 | Talyah Polee | Denver | 26 | |||
 | 2014 | Eleanna Livaditis | Centennial | 25 | |||
 | 2013 | Amanda Wiley | Denver | 26 | |||
 | 2012 | Marybel Gonzalez | Denver | 24 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2011 | Blair Griffith* | Lakewood | 22 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2006 | ||
 | 2010 | Jessica Hartman^ | Pueblo | 19 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss MO 2014 | |
 | 2009 | Patrice Williams | Colorado Springs | 22 | |||
 | 2008 | Beckie Hughes | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
 | 2007 | Keena Bonella | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
 | 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | |||
 | 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | |||
 | 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | |||
 | 2003 | Erin MacGregor^ | Vail | 26 | Previously Miss CO 1999 | ||
 | 2002 | Keely Coe Gaston^ | Morrison | 24 | Previously Miss CO 1998 | ||
 | 2001 | Katee Doland*^ | Arvada | 20 | Photogenic | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1998; later Miss CO 2003 | |
 | 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1999 | Susan Manuello | Sterling | 23 | |||
 | 1998 | Michelle Stanley^ | Littleton | 21 | Previously Miss CO 1996 | ||
 | 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | 23 | |||
 | 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | 20 | |||
 | 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | 24 | |||
 | 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | Denver | 25 | |||
 | 1993 | Janna Durbin* | Golden | 21 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1989 | ||
 | 1992 | Laura DeWild | Thornton | 22 | Mother of Miss CO's OT 2013 Caitlin Quisenberry | ||
 | 1991 | Melanie Ness | Denver | 24 | |||
 | 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | 25 | |||
 | 1989 | Debbie James* | Denver | 21 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1985 | |
 | 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | 22 | |||
 | 1987 | Polly Kuska | Denver | 21 | |||
 | 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | 21 | |||
 | 1985 | Lynnette Jessen^ | Denver | 23 | |||
 | 1984 | Michelle Anderson | Denver | 20 | |||
 | 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | Lakewood | 19 | |||
 | 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | 18 | |||
 | 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | 19 | |||
 | 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | 19 | |||
 | 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | 18 | |||
 | 1978 | Linda Potestio | Pueblo | 18 | |||
 | 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Colorado Springs | 19 | |||
 | 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lamar | 20 | |||
| 1975 | Amelia Long | Lakewood | 19 | ||||
 | 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | 23 | |||
 | 1973 | LeNita Mosley | Denver | 18 | |||
 | 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakewood | 19 | |||
 | 1971 | Diane Knaub | LaSalle | 21 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | 22 | |||
 | 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | 23 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
 | 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | 18 | |||
 | 1967 | Kathleen "Kim" Kelly | Denver | 18 | † 1994 | ||
 | 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | Denver | 19 | |||
 | 1965 | Catherine McPherson | Colorado Springs | 18 | |||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1963 | Rhea Looney | Denver | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 1962 | Penny James | Aurora | 19 | Semi-finalist | † 2019 | |
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1960 | Karen Eikermann | Littleton | 19 | |||
 | 1959 | Diane Lee Gardner | Denver | 20 | Semi-finalist | † 2007 | |
 | 1958 | Devona Hubka | Wheat Ridge | 18 | |||
 | 1957 | Mary Linda Clapham | Glenwood Springs | 20 | † 2020 | ||
 | 1956 | Karen Keeler | Denver | 21 | |||
 | 1955 | Dorothy Jane Bewley | Denver | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1954 | Lorna Batterson | Denver | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1953 | Jeanie Carroll | Denver | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1952 | Joan Linn | Colorado Springs | 22 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jessi Kalambayi | Denver | 26 | Top 10 | ||
| 2023 | Arianna Lemus | Gunnison | 26 | Resigned in May 2024 |
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| 2022 | Alexis Glover* | Colorado Springs | 22 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2017 | ||
| 2021 | Olivia Lorenzo | Fort Collins | 20 | |||
| 2020 | Emily DeMure | Boulder | 22 | |||
| 2019 | Madison Dorenkamp | Lamar | 26 | |||
| 2018 | Chloe Brown* | Grand Junction | 23 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2017 | Sabrina Janssen | Denver | 21 | |||
| 2016 | Caley Rae Pavillard°* | Castle Pines | 22 | Previously Miss CO's OT 2008 & Miss CO Teen USA 2011 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2015 | Talyah Polee | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2014 | Eleanna Livaditis | Centennial | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Amanda Wiley | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2012 | Marybel Gonzalez | Denver | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2011 | Blair Griffith* | Lakewood | 22 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 2006 | ||
| 2010 | Jessica Hartman^ | Pueblo | 19 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss MO 2014 | |
| 2009 | Patrice Williams | Colorado Springs | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Beckie Hughes | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Keena Bonella | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | |||
| 2003 | Erin MacGregor^ | Vail | 26 | Previously Miss CO 1999 | ||
| 2002 | Keely Coe Gaston^ | Morrison | 24 | Previously Miss CO 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Katee Doland*^ | Arvada | 20 | Photogenic | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1998; later Miss CO 2003 | |
| 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1999 | Susan Manuello | Sterling | 23 | |||
| 1998 | Michelle Stanley^ | Littleton | 21 | Previously Miss CO 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | 23 | |||
| 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | 20 | |||
| 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | 24 | |||
| 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | Denver | 25 | |||
| 1993 | Janna Durbin* | Golden | 21 | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1989 | ||
| 1992 | Laura DeWild | Thornton | 22 | Mother of Miss CO's OT 2013 Caitlin Quisenberry | ||
| 1991 | Melanie Ness | Denver | 24 | |||
| 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | 25 | |||
| 1989 | Debbie James* | Denver | 21 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss CO Teen USA 1985 | |
| 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | 22 | |||
| 1987 | Polly Kuska | Denver | 21 | |||
| 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | 21 | |||
| 1985 | Lynnette Jessen^ | Denver | 23 | |||
| 1984 | Michelle Anderson | Denver | 20 | |||
| 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | Lakewood | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | 18 | |||
| 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | 19 | |||
| 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | 19 | |||
| 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | 18 | |||
| 1978 | Linda Potestio | Pueblo | 18 | |||
| 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Colorado Springs | 19 | |||
| 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lamar | 20 | |||
| 1975 | Amelia Long | Lakewood | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | 23 | |||
| 1973 | LeNita Mosley | Denver | 18 | |||
| 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakewood | 19 | |||
| 1971 | Diane Knaub | LaSalle | 21 | Congeniality | ||
| 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | 22 | |||
| 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | 23 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
| 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | 18 | |||
| 1967 | Kathleen "Kim" Kelly† | Denver | 18 | † 1994 | ||
| 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | Denver | 19 | |||
| 1965 | Catherine McPherson | Colorado Springs | 18 | |||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Rhea Looney | Denver | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1962 | Penny James† | Aurora | 19 | Semi-finalist | † 2019 | |
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1960 | Karen Eikermann | Littleton | 19 | |||
| 1959 | Diane Lee Gardner† | Denver | 20 | Semi-finalist | † 2007 | |
| 1958 | Devona Hubka | Wheat Ridge | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Mary Linda Clapham† | Glenwood Springs | 20 | † 2020 | ||
| 1956 | Karen Keeler | Denver | 21 | |||
| 1955 | Dorothy Jane Bewley | Denver | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1954 | Lorna Batterson | Denver | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Jeanie Carroll† | Denver | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Joan Linn | Colorado Springs | 22 |
19 • Colorado Springs
19 • Longmont
18 • Sterling
19 • Highland Ranch
? • Cherry Creek
Winner
Hilary Cruz (2007)
2nd runner-up
Chloe Zambrano (2018)
Semi-finalist
Shalon Pecosky (1990), Amanda Aardsma (1997), Katee Doland (1998), Danielle Scimeca (2008), Caley Rae Pavillard (2011)
Congeniality
Blair Griffith (2006)
Other Awards
Style Award • Morgan O’Murray (1999)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Reece Revious | Cherry Creek | ||||
 | 2023 | Grace Covney | Highlands Ranch | 19 | |||
 | 2022 | Chloé Fisher | Sterling | 18 | Suspended in April 2023, three months before the end of her reign | ||
 | 2021 | Abi Lange | Longmont | 19 | |||
 | 2020 | Yashi Uppalapati | Colorado Springs | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Sydney Boehler | Fort Collins | 19 | |||
 | 2018 | Chloe Zambrano | Fruita | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2017 | Alexis Glover* | Colorado Springs | 17 | Later Miss CO USA 2022 | ||
 | 2016 | Alexis Wynne | Castle Pines | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Taylor Kelly | Castle Pines | 18 | |||
 | 2014 | Cindy Yan | Englewood | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Chloe Brown* | Grand Junction | 19 | Later Miss CO USA 2018 | ||
 | 2012 | Jacqueline Zuccherino | Aurora | 17 | |||
 | 2011 | Caley Rae Pavillard°* | Highlands Ranch | 17 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss CO's OT 2008; later Miss CO USA 2016 | |
 | 2010 | Courtney Carter | Thornton | 18 | |||
 | 2009 | Taylor Schettler | Castle Rock | 18 | |||
 | 2008 | Danielle Scimeca | Fort Collins | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2007 | Hilary Cruz | Louisville | 18 | Miss Teen USA | ||
 | 2006 | Blair Griffith* | Morrison | 18 | Congeniality | Later Miss CO USA 2011 | |
 | 2005 | Paige Williams | Durango | 17 | |||
 | 2004 | Tori Carter | Greeley | 19 | |||
 | 2003 | Karis Donahue | Allenspark | 18 | |||
 | 2002 | Lindsey Dowling | Littleton | 18 | |||
 | 2001 | Krystal Spurr | Lafayette | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Shannon Herndon | Thornton | 16 | |||
 | 1999 | Morgan O'Murray^ | Colorado Springs | 18 | Style award | Later Miss CO 2002 | |
 | 1998 | Katee Doland*^ | Arvada | 18 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss CO 2003 | |
 | 1997 | Amanda Aardsma | Englewood | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1996 | Ara Francis | Westminster | 16 | |||
 | 1995 | Melissa Schuster | Aurora | 15 | |||
 | 1994 | Angelia Payne | Littleton | 16 | |||
 | 1993 | Susie Garifi | Thornton | 16 | |||
 | 1992 | Brandi Bryant | Littleton | 17 | |||
 | 1991 | Kiki Morrical | Denver | 17 | |||
 | 1990 | Shalon Pecosky | Thornton | 15 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1989 | Janna Durbin* | Golden | 17 | Later Miss CO USA 1993 | ||
 | 1988 | Leah Crawford | Greeley | 17 | |||
 | 1987 | Nicki Anselmo | Denver | 17 | |||
 | 1986 | Raeanne Durkee | Northglenn | 16 | |||
 | 1985 | Debbie James* | Aurora | 16 | Later Miss CO USA 1989 | ||
 | 1984 | Timmithea "Timi" Rouse | Fort Collins | 17 | |||
 | 1983 | Julie Evelyn Meyer | Brighton | 18 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reece Revious | Cherry Creek | ||||
| 2023 | Grace Covney | Highlands Ranch | 19 | |||
| 2022 | Chloé Fisher | Sterling | 18 | Suspended in April 2023, three months before the end of her reign | ||
| 2021 | Abi Lange | Longmont | 19 | |||
| 2020 | Yashi Uppalapati | Colorado Springs | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Sydney Boehler | Fort Collins | 19 | |||
| 2018 | Chloe Zambrano | Fruita | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2017 | Alexis Glover* | Colorado Springs | 17 | Later Miss CO USA 2022 | ||
| 2016 | Alexis Wynne | Castle Pines | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Taylor Kelly | Castle Pines | 18 | |||
| 2014 | Cindy Yan | Englewood | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Chloe Brown* | Grand Junction | 19 | Later Miss CO USA 2018 | ||
| 2012 | Jacqueline Zuccherino | Aurora | 17 | |||
| 2011 | Caley Rae Pavillard°* | Highlands Ranch | 17 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss CO's OT 2008; later Miss CO USA 2016 | |
| 2010 | Courtney Carter | Thornton | 18 | |||
| 2009 | Taylor Schettler | Castle Rock | 18 | |||
| 2008 | Danielle Scimeca | Fort Collins | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2007 | Hilary Cruz | Louisville | 18 | Miss Teen USA | ||
| 2006 | Blair Griffith* | Morrison | 18 | Congeniality | Later Miss CO USA 2011 | |
| 2005 | Paige Williams | Durango | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Tori Carter | Greeley | 19 | |||
| 2003 | Karis Donahue | Allenspark | 18 | |||
| 2002 | Lindsey Dowling | Littleton | 18 | |||
| 2001 | Krystal Spurr | Lafayette | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Shannon Herndon | Thornton | 16 | |||
| 1999 | Morgan O'Murray^ | Colorado Springs | 18 | Style award | Later Miss CO 2002 | |
| 1998 | Katee Doland*^ | Arvada | 18 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss CO 2003 | |
| 1997 | Amanda Aardsma | Englewood | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1996 | Ara Francis | Westminster | 16 | |||
| 1995 | Melissa Schuster | Aurora | 15 | |||
| 1994 | Angelia Payne | Littleton | 16 | |||
| 1993 | Susie Garifi | Thornton | 16 | |||
| 1992 | Brandi Bryant | Littleton | 17 | |||
| 1991 | Kiki Morrical | Denver | 17 | |||
| 1990 | Shalon Pecosky | Thornton | 15 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Janna Durbin* | Golden | 17 | Later Miss CO USA 1993 | ||
| 1988 | Leah Crawford | Greeley | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Nicki Anselmo | Denver | 17 | |||
| 1986 | Raeanne Durkee | Northglenn | 16 | |||
| 1985 | Debbie James* | Aurora | 16 | Later Miss CO USA 1989 | ||
| 1984 | Timmithea "Timi" Rouse | Fort Collins | 17 | |||
| 1983 | Julie Evelyn Meyer | Brighton | 18 |
