Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss District of Columbia 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 • Washington, D.C.
Semi-finalist
at Miss Universe
23 • Washington, D.C.
26 • Washington, D.C.
Top 9
at Miss Universe
25 • Washington, D.C.
Top 10
at Miss Universe
28 • Washington DC
Top 15
at Miss USA
28 • Washington DC
23 • Washington DC
Top 16
at Miss USA
26 • Washington DC
Semi-finalist
at Miss USA
26 • Washington, DC
Winner
Bobbi Johnson (1964), Shauntay Hinton (2002), Deshauna Barber (2016), Kára McCullough (2017)
1st runner-up
Michele Metrinko (1963), Liane Angus (2001)
4th runner-up
Dianna Lynn Batts (1965)
Semi-finalist
Laura Farley (1954), Helen Sweeney (1962), Sue Counts (1966), Myra Chudy (1967), Nikki Phillips (1970), Suzanne Pluskoski (1971), Janet Greenawalt (1972), Nancy Plachta (1973), Robin Lee Utterback (1974), Mary Lamond (1975), Sharon Sutherland (1977), Steffanee Leaming (1984), Catherine Staples (1990), Cassie Baloue (2023)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Candace Allen (2006), Cordelia Cranshaw (2019)
Top 15/16/20*
Cierra Jackson (2020), Faith Porter (2022), Kleo Torres (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Helen Sweeney (1962), Elva Anderson (1988), Napiera Groves (1997)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Kleo Torres | Washington, DC | 26 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Cassie Baloue | Washington, DC | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Faith Porter | Washington, DC | 23 | Top 16 | ||
 | 2021 | Sasha Perea | Washington, DC | 28 | |||
 | 2020 | Cierra Jackson | Washington, DC | 28 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2019 | Cordelia Cranshaw | Washington, DC | 26 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2018 | Bryce Armstrong | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
 | 2017 | Ryann Richardson | Washington, DC | 27 | Succeeded Kára as Miss DC USA 2017 | ||
 | 2017 | KÁRA MCCULLOUGH | Washington, DC | 25 | Miss USA | ||
 | 2016 | Jasmine Jones | Washington, DC | 26 | Succeeded Deshauna as Miss DC USA 2016 | ||
 | 2016 | DESHAUNA BARBER | Washington, DC | 26 | Miss USA | ||
 | 2015 | Lizzy Olsen | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
 | 2014 | Ciera Nicole Butts | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
 | 2013 | Jessica Frith | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
 | 2012 | Monique Tompkins | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
 | 2011 | Heather Swann | Washington, DC | 22 | |||
 | 2010 | MacKenzie Green | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
 | 2009 | Nicole White* | Washington, DC | 20 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 2004 | ||
 | 2008 | Chelsey Rodgers | Washington, DC | 25 | Later director of the Miss DC USA pageant from 2021 | ||
 | 2007 | Mercedes Lindsay | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
 | 2006 | Candace Allen | Washington, DC | 22 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2005 | Sarah-Elizabeth Langford^ | Washington, DC | 26 | Previously Miss DC 2002 | ||
 | 2004 | Tiara Dews* | Washington, DC | 21 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 2000 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2003 | Michelle Wright* | Washington, DC | 26 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 1995 | ||
 | 2002 | SHAUNTAY HINTON | Washington, DC | 23 | Miss USA | NF Miss Universe 2002 | |
 | 2001 | Liane Angus | Washington, DC | 24 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2000 | Juel Casamayor | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
 | 1999 | Amy Alderson | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
 | 1998 | Zanice Lyles | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
 | 1997 | Napiera Groves | Washington, DC | 21 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1996 | La Chanda Jenkins | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 1995 | Marci Andrews | Washington, DC | 25 | |||
 | 1994 | Angela McGlowan | Washington, DC | 23 | Later a political and business analyst and contributor for Fox News | ||
 | 1993 | Alena Neves | Washington, DC | 24 | |||
 | 1992 | Wanda Jones | Washington, DC | 20 | |||
 | 1991 | LaKecia Smith | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 1990 | Catherine Staples | Washington, DC | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1989 | Somaly Sieng | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
 | 1988 | Elva Anderson | Washington, DC | 23 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1987 | Edwina Richard | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
 | 1986 | Desiree Keating^ | Silver Spring, MD | 24 | Previously Miss DC 1984 | ||
 | 1985 | Christal Chacon | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1984 | Steffanee Leaming | Chantilly, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1983 | Julie Anne Warner | Rockville, MD | 19 | |||
 | 1982 | Lori Estep | Bowie, MD | 22 | |||
 | 1981 | Belinda Johnson | Martinsville, VA | 23 | |||
 | 1980 | Marianne Ritter | Olney, MD | 19 | |||
 | 1979 | Cynthia Ramsay | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1978 | Wanda Clineman | Oxon Hill, MD | 22 | |||
 | 1977 | Sharon Sutherland | Alexandria, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1976 | Nancy Stitt | Arlington, VA | 18 | |||
 | 1975 | Mary Lamond | Clifton, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1974 | Robin Lee Utterback | Vienna, VA | 20 | Semi-finalist | † 2011 | |
 | 1973 | Nancy Plachta | Adelphi, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1972 | Janet Greenawalt | Oxon Hill, MD | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1971 | Suzanne Pluskoski^ | National Park, NJ | 19 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NJ 1973 (2RU Miss America); as Sue Plummer Lowden, later chair of the Nevada Republican Party and Nevada State Senator | |
 | 1970 | Nikki Phillips | Potomac, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1969 | Shelley Gosman | Beltsville, MD | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Diane Mothershead | Hyattsville, MD | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Myra Chudy | Bethesda, MD | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1966 | Sue Counts | Carrollton, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1965 | Dianna Lynn Batts | Falls Church, VA | 19 | 4th runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1965; as Dian Parkinson, later a model on the Price is Right | |
 | 1964 | BOBBI JOHNSON | Alexandria, VA | 19 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1964 | |
 | 1963 | Michele Metrinko | Arlington, VA | 21 | 1st runner-up | SF Miss World 1963; sister of Miss MD USA 1963 | |
 | 1962 | Helen Sweeney | Arlington, VA | 20 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
 | 1961 | Patricia Burnette | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 1960 | Doris Lee Jones | Washington, DC | 20 | † 2016 | ||
 | 1959 | Shirley Ann Hobbs | Washington, DC | 20 | |||
 | 1958 | Betty Sue Robertson | Washington, DC | 22 | |||
| 1957 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1956 | Joanne Holler | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1954 | Laura Farley | Washington, DC | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kleo Torres | Washington, DC | 26 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Cassie Baloue | Washington, DC | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Faith Porter | Washington, DC | 23 | Top 16 | ||
| 2021 | Sasha Perea | Washington, DC | 28 | |||
| 2020 | Cierra Jackson | Washington, DC | 28 | Top 15 | ||
| 2019 | Cordelia Cranshaw | Washington, DC | 26 | Top 10 | ||
| 2018 | Bryce Armstrong | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
| 2017 | Ryann Richardson | Washington, DC | 27 | Succeeded Kára as Miss DC USA 2017 | ||
| 2017 | KÁRA MCCULLOUGH | Washington, DC | 25 | Miss USA | ||
| 2016 | Jasmine Jones | Washington, DC | 26 | Succeeded Deshauna as Miss DC USA 2016 | ||
| 2016 | DESHAUNA BARBER | Washington, DC | 26 | Miss USA | ||
| 2015 | Lizzy Olsen | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
| 2014 | Ciera Nicole Butts | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
| 2013 | Jessica Frith | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
| 2012 | Monique Tompkins | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
| 2011 | Heather Swann | Washington, DC | 22 | |||
| 2010 | MacKenzie Green | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
| 2009 | Nicole White* | Washington, DC | 20 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2008 | Chelsey Rodgers | Washington, DC | 25 | Later director of the Miss DC USA pageant from 2021 | ||
| 2007 | Mercedes Lindsay | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Candace Allen | Washington, DC | 22 | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Sarah-Elizabeth Langford^ | Washington, DC | 26 | Previously Miss DC 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Tiara Dews* | Washington, DC | 21 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 2000 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2003 | Michelle Wright* | Washington, DC | 26 | Previously Miss DC Teen USA 1995 | ||
| 2002 | SHAUNTAY HINTON | Washington, DC | 23 | Miss USA | NF Miss Universe 2002 | |
| 2001 | Liane Angus | Washington, DC | 24 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2000 | Juel Casamayor | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
| 1999 | Amy Alderson | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
| 1998 | Zanice Lyles | Washington, DC | 26 | |||
| 1997 | Napiera Groves | Washington, DC | 21 | Congeniality | ||
| 1996 | La Chanda Jenkins | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 1995 | Marci Andrews | Washington, DC | 25 | |||
| 1994 | Angela McGlowan | Washington, DC | 23 | Later a political and business analyst and contributor for Fox News | ||
| 1993 | Alena Neves | Washington, DC | 24 | |||
| 1992 | Wanda Jones | Washington, DC | 20 | |||
| 1991 | LaKecia Smith | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 1990 | Catherine Staples | Washington, DC | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1989 | Somaly Sieng | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
| 1988 | Elva Anderson | Washington, DC | 23 | Congeniality | ||
| 1987 | Edwina Richard | Washington, DC | 23 | |||
| 1986 | Desiree Keating^ | Silver Spring, MD | 24 | Previously Miss DC 1984 | ||
| 1985 | Christal Chacon | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1984 | Steffanee Leaming | Chantilly, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Julie Anne Warner | Rockville, MD | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Lori Estep | Bowie, MD | 22 | |||
| 1981 | Belinda Johnson | Martinsville, VA | 23 | |||
| 1980 | Marianne Ritter | Olney, MD | 19 | |||
| 1979 | Cynthia Ramsay | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1978 | Wanda Clineman | Oxon Hill, MD | 22 | |||
| 1977 | Sharon Sutherland | Alexandria, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1976 | Nancy Stitt | Arlington, VA | 18 | |||
| 1975 | Mary Lamond | Clifton, VA | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1974 | Robin Lee Utterback | Vienna, VA | 20 | Semi-finalist | † 2011 | |
| 1973 | Nancy Plachta | Adelphi, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1972 | Janet Greenawalt | Oxon Hill, MD | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1971 | Suzanne Pluskoski^ | National Park, NJ | 19 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss NJ 1973 (2RU Miss America); as Sue Plummer Lowden, later chair of the Nevada Republican Party and Nevada State Senator | |
| 1970 | Nikki Phillips | Potomac, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1969 | Shelley Gosman | Beltsville, MD | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Diane Mothershead | Hyattsville, MD | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Myra Chudy | Bethesda, MD | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Sue Counts | Carrollton, MD | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1965 | Dianna Lynn Batts | Falls Church, VA | 19 | 4th runner-up | 1RU Miss World 1965; as Dian Parkinson, later a model on the Price is Right | |
| 1964 | BOBBI JOHNSON | Alexandria, VA | 19 | Miss USA | SF Miss Universe 1964 | |
| 1963 | Michele Metrinko | Arlington, VA | 21 | 1st runner-up | SF Miss World 1963; sister of Miss MD USA 1963 | |
| 1962 | Helen Sweeney | Arlington, VA | 20 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
| 1961 | Patricia Burnette | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 1960 | Doris Lee Jones | Washington, DC | 20 | † 2016 | ||
| 1959 | Shirley Ann Hobbs | Washington, DC | 20 | |||
| 1958 | Betty Sue Robertson | Washington, DC | 22 | |||
| 1957 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1956 | Joanne Holler | Washington, DC | 21 | |||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Laura Farley | Washington, DC | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
19 • Washington DC
17 • Washington DC
1st runner-up
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Washington DC
Washington DC
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Washington DC
Top 20
at Miss Teen USA
1st runner-up
Hannah Gilliard (2021)
Semi-finalist
Ni’Cole Bobbitt (1987), Tiara Dews (2000), Jacqueline Drakeford (2001), Asia Chisley (2023)
Top 15/16/20*
Chelsea Chambers (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Shirelle Robinson (1990)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Chelsea Chambers | Washington, DC | 19 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Asia Chisley | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Asia Hickman° | Washington, DC | 19 | Previously Miss NY's OT 17 | ||
 | 2021 | Hannah Gilliard | Washington, DC | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2020 | Sydney Jackson | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Jaclyn Davis | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 2018 | Madison Chambers | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 2017 | Karis Felton | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2016 | Dylan Murphy | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Niara Iman | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2014 | Dominick Fink° | Washington, DC | 18 | Previously Miss VA's OT 11 | ||
 | 2013 | Despina Ades | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 2012 | Sierra Hadley | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 2011 | Imani Bentham | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 2010 | Jeneffer Lopez | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2009 | Jessica Nowlin | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2008 | Ivana Grace | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
 | 2007 | Jasmine Alexis° | Washington, DC | 16 | Later Miss DC's OT 08 (SF MAOTeen) | ||
 | 2006 | Jasmine Niernberger | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2005 | Danai Mattison | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 2004 | Nicole White* | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
 | 2003 | Natasha Prakash | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 2002 | Glovindria Burgess | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
 | 2001 | Jacqueline Drakeford | Washington, DC | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2000 | Tiara Dews* | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss DC USA 2004 | |
 | 1999 | Shelly Braxton-Brooks | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1998 | Chartese Day | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1997 | Cheri Alexander | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1996 | Shannan McCray | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
 | 1995 | Michelle Wright* | Washington, DC | 18 | Later Miss DC USA 2003 | ||
 | 1994 | Tamara McDowell | Washington, DC | ||||
 | 1993 | Rebecca Slobig | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 1992 | Did Not Compete | Washington, DC | |||||
 | 1991 | Marja Allen | Washington, DC | ||||
 | 1990 | Shirelle Robinson | Washington, DC | Congeniality | |||
 | 1989 | Christina Patino | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
 | 1988 | Sabrina Curtis | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
 | 1987 | Ni'Cole Bobbitt | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1986 | Melissa Gilbert | Washington, DC | ||||
 | 1985 | Misha Hayes | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
 | 1984 | Suzi Singstock | Washington, DC | Later a Playboy playmate and model as Suzi Simpson | |||
 | 1983 | Patricia Custis | Washington, DC |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chelsea Chambers | Washington, DC | 19 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Asia Chisley | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Asia Hickman° | Washington, DC | 19 | Previously Miss NY's OT 17 | ||
| 2021 | Hannah Gilliard | Washington, DC | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2020 | Sydney Jackson | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Jaclyn Davis | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 2018 | Madison Chambers | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Karis Felton | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2016 | Dylan Murphy | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Niara Iman | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Dominick Fink° | Washington, DC | 18 | Previously Miss VA's OT 11 | ||
| 2013 | Despina Ades | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 2012 | Sierra Hadley | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Imani Bentham | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 2010 | Jeneffer Lopez | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2009 | Jessica Nowlin | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2008 | Ivana Grace | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 2007 | Jasmine Alexis° | Washington, DC | 16 | Later Miss DC's OT 08 (SF MAOTeen) | ||
| 2006 | Jasmine Niernberger | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2005 | Danai Mattison | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Nicole White* | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 2003 | Natasha Prakash | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 2002 | Glovindria Burgess | Washington, DC | 17 | |||
| 2001 | Jacqueline Drakeford | Washington, DC | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Tiara Dews* | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss DC USA 2004 | |
| 1999 | Shelly Braxton-Brooks | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1998 | Chartese Day | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1997 | Cheri Alexander | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1996 | Shannan McCray | Washington, DC | 19 | |||
| 1995 | Michelle Wright* | Washington, DC | 18 | Later Miss DC USA 2003 | ||
| 1994 | Tamara McDowell | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1993 | Rebecca Slobig | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 1992 | Did Not Compete | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1991 | Marja Allen | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1990 | Shirelle Robinson | Washington, DC | Congeniality | |||
| 1989 | Christina Patino | Washington, DC | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Sabrina Curtis | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 1987 | Ni'Cole Bobbitt | Washington, DC | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Melissa Gilbert | Washington, DC | ||||
| 1985 | Misha Hayes | Washington, DC | 16 | |||
| 1984 | Suzi Singstock | Washington, DC | Later a Playboy playmate and model as Suzi Simpson | |||
| 1983 | Patricia Custis | Washington, DC |
