Miss Colorado USA and Teen USA Titleholder History

Miss Colorado USA 1952 Joan Linn

Miss Colorado USA 1953 Jeanie Carroll

Miss Colorado USA 1954 Lorna Batterson

Miss Colorado USA 1955 Dorothy Jane Bewley

Miss Colorado USA 1956 Karen Keeler

Miss Colorado USA 1957 Mary Linda Clapham

Miss Colorado USA 1958 Devona Hubka

Miss Colorado USA 1959 Diane Lee Gardner

Miss Colorado USA 1960 Karen Eikermann

Miss Colorado USA 1962 Penny James

Miss Colorado USA 1963 Rhea Looney

Miss Colorado USA 1965 Catherine McPherson

Miss Colorado USA 1966 Rosemary Barnwell

Miss Colorado USA 1967 Kim Kelly

Miss Colorado USA 1968 Ann Bell

Miss Colorado USA 1969 Susan Hawkins

Miss Colorado USA 1970 Linda Hicklin

Miss Colorado USA 1971 Diane Knaub

Miss Colorado USA 1972 Patricia Cadigan

Miss Colorado USA 1973 LeNita Mosley

Miss Colorado USA 1974 Connie Larsen

Miss Colorado USA 1976 Patricia Sweany

Miss Colorado USA 1977 Mary Anne Genzel

Miss Colorado USA 1978 Linda Potestio

Miss Colorado USA 1979 Jene Nelson

Miss Colorado USA 1980 Shelley Marks

Miss Colorado USA 1981 Shannon Davidson

Miss Colorado USA 1982 Dusty Hutton

Miss Colorado USA 1983 Lisa Gay Trujillo

Miss Colorado USA 1984 Michelle Anderson

Miss Colorado USA 1985 Lynnette Jessen

Miss Colorado USA 1986 Cheryl Rohleder

Miss Colorado USA 1987 Polly Kuska

Miss Colorado USA 1988 Nicola Svaldi

Miss Colorado USA 1989 Debbie James

Miss Colorado USA 1990 Michelle Harrison

Miss Colorado USA 1991 Melanie Ness

Miss Colorado USA 1992 Laura DeWild

Miss Colorado USA 1993 Janna Durbin

Miss Colorado USA 1994 Kimberly Veldhuizen

Miss Colorado USA 1995 Emily Weeks

Miss Colorado USA 1996 Suesan Rajabi

Miss Colorado USA 1997 Damien Munoz

Miss Colorado USA 1998 Michelle Stanley

Miss Colorado USA 1999 Susan Manuello

Miss Colorado USA 2000 Tiani Jones

Miss Colorado USA 2001 Katee Doland

Miss Colorado USA 2002 Keely Coe Gaston

Miss Colorado USA 2003 Erin MacGregor

Miss Colorado USA 2004 Janel Haw

Miss Colorado USA 2005 Lauren Cisneros

Miss Colorado USA 2006 Jacqueline Madera

Miss Colorado USA 2007 Keena Bonella

Miss Colorado USA 2008 Beckie Hughes

Miss Colorado USA 2009 Patrice Williams

Miss Colorado USA 2010 Jessica Hartman

Miss Colorado USA 2011 Blair Griffith

Miss Colorado USA 2012 Marybel Gonzalez

Miss Colorado USA 2013 Amanda Wiley

Miss Colorado USA 2014 Eleanna Livaditis

Miss Colorado USA 2015 Talyah Polee

Miss Colorado USA 2016 Caley Rae Pavillard°

Miss Colorado USA 2017 Sabrina Janssen

Miss Colorado USA 2018 Chloe Brown

Miss Colorado USA 2019 Madison Dorenkamp

Miss Colorado USA 2020 Emily DeMure

Miss Colorado USA 2021 Olivia Lorenzo

Miss Colorado USA 2022 Alexis Glover

Miss Colorado USA 2023 Arianna Lemus

Miss Colorado USA 2024 Jessi Kalambayi

Alexis Glover is crowned Miss Colorado USA 2022

Jessi Kalambayi is crowned Miss Colorado USA 2024

July 1956 • Gathered around last year’s ‘‘Miss USA,” Carlene King of Vermont, (wearing crown) are the 16 finalists for the 1956 title which will be bestowed Wednesday night at Long Beach, Calif. Top row, from left, Jo Dodson, Texas; Shirley Bagwell, North Carolina; Maija Bertulson, Arizona; Nancy McCollum, Arkansas. Center row from Ieft; Charlene Holt, Maryland; June Svedin, Washington; Eleanor Wood, Ohio; Barbara Sias, Michigan; Cheryl Brown, Utah; Dolores Winfield, New Jersey; Shari Lewis, Nebraska; Betty Cherry, South Carolina. Bottom row from left Stella Wilson, Tennessee; Carol Morris, Iowa; Maralyn Turner, Oregon; Karen Keeler, Colorado.

July 1956 • All smiles are these Miss U hopefuls, posing at pool-side. Left to right are Miss Wyoming Marilyn Scott, 19, of Cheyenne, a sophomore at Colorado A&M; Miss Sweden, Ingrid Goude, 19 of Stockholm; and Miss New York, Kay Douglas, 18 a singer, dancer, and drama student. The beauties lined up today at Pacific Coast Club for pictures.

July 1957 • Mary Clapham, Miss Colorado, at left, was eliminated but Carolyn McGirr, Miss Nebraska, was included in a list of 15 American beauties Tuesday night at Long Beach, Cal, in competition to select the U S representative in the Miss Universe contest.

17 Jul 1963 • Marite Ozers, Miss 1963 MISS USA and Court: Miss Colorado, Miss Missouri, Miss California and Miss District of Columbia.

15 Jul 1963 • These Miss Universe beauties welcomed the chance to cool their feet in a pool as they toured Viscaya formal Italian gardens at Miami Sunday while posing for pictures. From left are Miss Iowa, Ramona Meylor: Miss Ohio, Gloria Jean McBride; Miss Utah, Carla Ann Dinius; Miss Kansas, Diane Stalker; Miss Colorado, Rhea Looney; and Miss Nebraska, Sandy Zimmer.

16 Jul 1963 • Three western lovelies are in Miami Beach, Fla, where they are prepping for the Miss Universe contest. From left, they are Joset Fisher, Miss Oregon: Rhea Looney. Miss Colorado, and Kathee Francis, Miss Nevada.

24 May 1965 • Patcee Bradford, Montana's entry in the "Miss U.S.A." contest, was among the first contingent of contestants to face the cameras at New York Monday before boarding a special bus for Miami Beach, where title will be awarded June 4. Left to right, front row, are Indiana's Lora Starr, Oregon's Leslie Bruchner, Colorado's Catherine McPherson, Nebraska's Constance Kellogg, and Miss Bradford. In the back row are Connecticut's Betty Matusko, Vermont's Andrea Kenyon, Nevada's Bunny Baxter and Alaska's Carla Sullivan.

17 May 1966 • All is lovely on this Western front – girls entered in the Miss USA Pageant at Miami Beach, Fla. From left are Susan Franz, Miss New Mexico, of Portales; Roxanne Neeley, Miss Arizona; Denice Blair, Miss Utah; Mary Martin, Miss Nevada; Linda Leafdale, Wyoming and Rosemary Barnwell Miss Colorado

17 May 1966 • Miss Colorado, Rosemary Barnwall of Denver, left, took some Colorado ice cream to Miami Beach and the Miss USA Pageant. She shared it with, from left, Miss Minnesota (Patricia Thatcher), Miss Iowa (Janis Mieras) and Miss Kansas (Pat Ravenscroft).

6 May 1967 • The southwest is well represented at the Miss USA Beauty Pageant at Miami Beach, Fla. Left to right in the front row are Miss California, Susan Bradley; Miss Hawaii, Nancy Banks, and Miss Arizona, Judianne Magnusson. In the back row are Miss Colorado, Kim Kelly; Miss New Mexico, Clydia Newell; and Miss Nevada, Jacqueline Moore.

20 May 1967 • Contestants in the Miss U.S.A. pageant on Miami Beach entertain with a vocal number. Left to right are Cheryl Patton, Miss Florida; Jacqueline Moore, Miss Nevada, and Kim Kelly, Colorado.

22 May 1969 • MISS COLORADO PRACTICES KARATE Susie Hawkins of Colorado Springs

21 May 1969 • Susie Hawkins, Miss Colorado in the Miss U.S.A. Beauty Pageant, at Miami Beach, shows why she has a black belt degree in Karate. At left Susie unleashes a blow with her foot while showing clenched teeth. At right she swings a right fist close to the camera and her expression shows the confidence in the blow.

23 May 1969 • These are the fifteen girls selected by the judges as the top group in swimsuits in the annual Miss U.S.A. Beauty Pageant. From left in the first row are Miss New Mexico, Mary Margaret Card; Miss California, Troas Kaye Hayes; Miss Texas, Sande Drewes; Miss Massachusetts, Martha Cawley; and Miss Nevada Karen Esslingcr. Second row from left are Miss Kentucky, Regina Pryor; Miss Arkansas, Leonette Reed; Miss New York, Rosemary Hradek; Miss Colorado, Susan Hawkins; Miss Hawaii, Stephanie Quintana. Third row from left are Miss Virginia Wendy Dascomb; Miss Florida, Maria Junquera; 'Miss Arizona, Ruth Boykin Harris; Miss South Carolina, Eva Engle; and Miss Alabama, Hitsy Parnell.

22 May 1969 • HONORED by cameramen covering Miss USA preliminaries at Miami, Susan Hawkins from Colorado gets a kiss from Dave Didio, president of South Florida News Photographers Association.

12 May 1970 • These beauties are just a sample of the type of representatives reporting to Miami Beach for the Miss USA Pageant slated for Saturday. In front from left are Miss Oklahoma, Haroldy Evelyn Walkup; Miss Wyoming, Elizabeth Ann Swarthout; Miss Colorado, Linda Hicklin, and, in back, Miss South Dakota, Cynthia Finley, left, and Miss Nebraska Bonnie McElveen.

11 May 1970 • MISS COLORADO Linda Hicklin, is posed as if to start a foot race, but actually she is getting into position for a picture with Miss Florida Cheryl Johnson, Miss New Mexico Theresa Phillips and Miss Oklahoma Evelyn Walkup, The girls were having refreshments during a break in rehearsals for the Miss USA Beauty Pageant at Miami Beach, Fla., this week.

20 May 1971 • These six entrants in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant try the leapfrog game at Miami Beach, Fla., as they wait for the big night Saturday when one of 51 entrants will be chosen to represent Miss U.S.A. in the Miss Universe Pageant July 24. From left (top): Miss Wyoming Mary Kay Heaton; Miss Colorado Diane Lynn Knaub; Miss California Karin Dawn Morrell; (bottom) Miss Arizona Susanne Pottenger; Miss Nevada Anita Jean Laurie; Miss Montana Rebecca Lou Thomas.

15 May 1971 • Suzanne Pluskoski, Miss District of Columbia in the Miss USA Beauty Pageant, tries on a boot at Miami Beach as two other contestants watch. The beauties were being fitted with clothing for next week's contest. At left is Anita Jean Laurie, Miss Nevada, of Las Vegas: and at right is Diane Lynn Knaub, Miss Colorado, of Denver.

16 May 1973 • Miss lowa (Dyanne Roberts of Oskaloosa) shows the gift package she presented Tuesday to New York City Council President Sanford Garelick to Miss Wyoming (Michele Walter) and Miss Colorado (LeNita Jean Mosley). The girls are competing for the title of Miss USA, to be awarded Saturday.

14 May 1974 • Several Miss U.S.A. contestants run for shelter after posing in swimsuits Monday at an observation post overlooking Niagara Falls. The temperature was in the 40s and a light mist was falling when the curvaceous cuties appeared. From left to right: Linda Dryden, Miss Nevada; Yugonda Willits, Miss Oklahoma; Connie Larsen, Miss Colorado, and Brin Hendrix, Miss Tennessee. The winner of the Miss U.S.A. will be selected Saturday.

22 Apr 1978 • Miss Utah, Margo Flynn (right), comes face-to-face with a well-known S.C. resident and delicacy - a blue crab - as Miss Nevada, Dawn Jameson (left), and Miss Colorado look on. The 3 contestants, part of the 1978 Miss USA beauty pageant scheduled next Saturday in Charleston, went crabbing on a nearby waterway while taking some time off from filming and other pageant activities.

Oct 1980 • Miss Iowa USA Lori Kromminga is photographed while Miss Nebraska USA Becky Staab, Miss Missouri USA Kelly Laxson, Miss Kansas USA Lisa Boyd and Miss Colorado USA Shelley Marks, left to right, wait their turn.

April 1985 • Cooling down in the hot FL sun are Miss USA contestants (from left) Miss Colorado, Lynnette Jessen; Miss Wyoming, Wendy Hartwigsen; Miss Montana. Julie Knot; and Miss Idaho, Sheri Rose. One of the state winners will be crowned national champion during CBS's live coverage of the festivities in Lakeland on May 13.

March 1986 • 22 Mar 1986 • Three contestants in the Miss U.S.A. pageant are having a really hot time visiting a chilly Big Apple, From left, Jennifer Benusis, 17, Miss Connecticut; Cynthia Peterson, 22, Miss Minnesota, and Cheryl Rohleder, 21, Miss Colorado. At Rockefeller Center yesterday, beauties took a spin on famed skating rink.

March 1986 • Miss Colorado, Cheryl Rohleder, 21, who ought to be an expert at cold-weather sports, slips on ice at Rockefeller Center rink yesterday. She's helped by fellow Miss U.S.A. contestants, Miss Connecticut, Jennifer Benusis, 17, and (catching her) Miss Minnesota, Cynthia Peterson, 22. Women are in New York on a pageant orientation tour.

Feb 1987 • Miss Alaska, Shelly Dunlevy, from Anchorage got the heave hoe info the pool by playful Miss USA delegates from left, Miss South Dakota, Jana Van Woudenberg, from Hudson; Miss North Carolina, Donna Wilson, from Davidson; Miss Virginia, Marsha Ralls, from Alexandria; Miss Colorado, Polly Kuska, from Denver; and Miss Montana, Constance Colla, from Bozeman. The new Miss USA will be crowned tonight.

Feb 1989 • ROTC cadet Brian White poses with Miss USA contestants (from left) Karyn Lynne Finucan, Miss Michigan; Debbie James, Miss Colorado, and Renee Harter, Miss Nebraska, during their visit to the Naval Museum battleship USS Alabama in Mobile Bay, Ala. The Miss USA finals will be held Feb. 28 in Mobile.

Emily DeMure competes in swimsuit at Miss Colorado USA 2020

Alexis Glover competes in swimsuit at Miss Colorado USA 2020

Arianna Lemus competes in swimsuit at Miss Colorado USA 2023

Emily DeMure competes in evening gown at Miss Colorado USA 2020

Alexis Glover competes in evening gown at Miss Colorado USA 2020

Arianna Lemus competes in evening gown at Miss Colorado USA 2023

Jessi Kalambayi competes in evening gown at Miss Colorado USA 2024

Miss Colorado USA 1993 Janna Durbin's official headshot at Miss USA 1993

Miss Colorado USA 1996 Suesan Rajebi's official headshot at Miss USA 1996

Miss Colorado USA 1997 Damien Muñoz's official headshot at Miss USA 1997

Miss Colorado USA 1999 Susan Manuello's official headshot at Miss USA 1999

Miss Colorado USA 2000 Tiani Jones' official photo at Miss USA 2000

Miss Colorado USA 2001 Katee Doland's official photo at Miss USA 2001

Miss Colorado USA 2002 Keely Gaston's official headshot at Miss USA 2002

Miss Colorado USA 2003 Erin MacGregor's official headshot at Miss USA 2003