Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Kansas 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.
21 • Liberal
Top 6
at Miss Universe
18 • Louisburg
17 • Wichita
21 • Leawood
22 • Overland Park
Top 16
at Miss USA
23 • Lawrence
Top 12
at Miss USA
22 • Lawrence
19 • Leavenworth
Top 20
at Miss USA
Winner
Kelli McCarty (1991)
1st runner-up
Danielle Boatwright (1996), Lindsay Douglas (2002)
2nd runner-up
Tavia Shackles (1993), Cara Gorges (2007)
3rd runner-up
Tiffany Meyer (2000)
Top 5/6
Kimberlee Girrens (1992)
Semi-finalist
Bette Lou Renick (1952), Brenda Kopmeyer (1973), Carol Hovenkamp (1994)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Alyssa Klinzing (2019), Elyse Noe (2022)
Top 15/16/20*
Bethany Gerber (2010), Bella Whitlock (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
State Costume
Tavia Shackles (1993)
Other Awards
Best in Swimsuit • Danni Boatwright (1996)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Bella Whitlock | Leavenworth | 19 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Haley Berger | Lawrence | 22 | |||
 | 2022 | Elyse Noe | Lawrence | 23 | Top 12 | ||
 | 2021 | Gracie Hunt | Overland Park | 22 | Top 16 | Daughter of Miss MO Teen USA 90 & Miss KS USA 93 Tavia Shackles | |
 | 2020 | Hayden Brax | Leawood | 21 | |||
 | 2019 | Alyssa Klinzing* | Olathe | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2018 | Melanie Shaner* | Overland Park | 21 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2015 | ||
 | 2017 | Catherine Carmichael | Manhattan | 26 | |||
 | 2016 | Victoria Wiggins | Junction City | 26 | |||
 | 2015 | Alexis Railsback | Shawnee | 19 | |||
 | 2014 | Audrey Banach | Kansas City | 22 | |||
 | 2013 | Staci Klinginsmith | Lenexa | 26 | |||
 | 2012 | Gentry Miller* | Overland Park | 24 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2006 (T10 Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2011 | Jaymie Stokes* | Lenexa | 20 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2007 (T10 Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2010 | Bethany Gerber | Winfield | 21 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2009 | Courtney Courter | Olathe | 23 | |||
 | 2008 | Michelle Gillespie | Mission Hills | 22 | |||
 | 2007 | Cara Gorges | Clearwater | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2006 | Ashley Aull | Lansing | 20 | |||
 | 2005 | Rachel Saunders | Tonganoxie | 21 | |||
 | 2004 | Lisa Forbes | Overland Park | 22 | |||
 | 2003 | Alicia Cabrera | Leawood | 23 | |||
 | 2002 | Lindsay Douglas | Lawrence | 23 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2001 | Kristie Knox | Hutchinson | 25 | |||
 | 2000 | Tiffany Meyer* | Lawrence | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Previously Miss MO Teen USA 1994 (F Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 1999 | Amanda Carraway* | Manhattan | 21 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1996 | ||
 | 1998 | Cammie Morisseau | Wichita | 21 | |||
 | 1997 | Kathryn Taylor | Overland Park | 25 | |||
 | 1996 | Danielle Boatwright* | Tonganoxie | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1992 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 1995 | Deborah Daulton | Lawrence | 21 | |||
 | 1994 | Carol Hovenkamp | Overland Park | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1993 | Tavia Shackles* | Shawnee | 22 | 2nd Runner-up | Best State Costume | Previously Miss MO Teen USA 1990 (SF Miss Teen USA); mother of Miss KS USA 2020 Gracie Hunt |
 | 1992 | Kimberlee Girrens | Wichita | 22 | Finalist | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1986 | |
 | 1991 | KELLI MCCARTY | Liberal | 21 | Miss USA | T6 Miss Universe 1991 | |
 | 1990 | Rebecca Porter | Wichita | 21 | |||
 | 1989 | Nancy Burris | Wichita | 22 | |||
 | 1988 | Cynthia Decker | Manhattan | 20 | |||
 | 1987 | Martina Castle | Overland Park | 22 | |||
 | 1986 | Audra Ockerman | Wichita | 18 | Mother of Miss KS Teen USA 2014 Claire-Bailey Lee | ||
 | 1985 | Jill Denzin | Leawood | ||||
 | 1984 | Elizabeth Johnson | Prairie Village | 19 | |||
 | 1983 | Renee Ruch | Marysville | 21 | |||
 | 1982 | Stefani Larson | Manhattan | 19 | |||
 | 1981 | Missy Kaser | Wichita | 18 | |||
 | 1980 | Lisa Boyd | Wichita | 18 | |||
 | 1979 | Linda Shields | Lawrence | 21 | |||
 | 1978 | Mary "Diddy" Bell | Wichita | 21 | |||
 | 1977 | Sherry Brane | Wichita | 17 | |||
 | 1976 | Deborah Vitera | Ottawa | ||||
 | 1975 | Robbin Loomas | Overland Park | 19 | |||
 | 1974 | Lorraine Breckenridge | Wichita | 19 | |||
 | 1973 | Brenda Kopmeyer | Overland Park | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1972 | Mona Guesnier | Great Bend | 21 | |||
 | 1971 | Nancy Bishop | Overland Park | 18 | |||
 | 1970 | Norma Decker | Tecumseh | 19 | |||
 | 1969 | Molly McGugin | Frankfort | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Anne Layton | Kansas City | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Regina Wolfe | Ness City | 19 | |||
 | 1966 | Pat Ravenscroft | Overland Park | 18 | |||
 | 1965 | Linda Bergsten | Leawood | 18 | |||
 | 1964 | Barbara Ford | Derby | 18 | |||
 | 1963 | Diane Stalker | Wichita | 21 | |||
 | 1962 | Linda Light | Topeka | 18 | |||
 | 1961 | Dixie Cook | Topeka | 22 | |||
 | 1960 | Peggy Patterson | Kansas City | 21 | |||
| 1955-59 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1954 | Sue Ravenscroft | Liberal | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1952 | Bette Lou Renick | Liberal | 18 | Semi-finalist |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bella Whitlock | Leavenworth | 19 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Haley Berger | Lawrence | 22 | |||
| 2022 | Elyse Noe | Lawrence | 23 | Top 12 | ||
| 2021 | Gracie Hunt | Overland Park | 22 | Top 16 | Daughter of Miss MO Teen USA 90 & Miss KS USA 93 Tavia Shackles | |
| 2020 | Hayden Brax | Leawood | 21 | |||
| 2019 | Alyssa Klinzing* | Olathe | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2018 | Melanie Shaner* | Overland Park | 21 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2015 | ||
| 2017 | Catherine Carmichael | Manhattan | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Victoria Wiggins | Junction City | 26 | |||
| 2015 | Alexis Railsback | Shawnee | 19 | |||
| 2014 | Audrey Banach | Kansas City | 22 | |||
| 2013 | Staci Klinginsmith | Lenexa | 26 | |||
| 2012 | Gentry Miller* | Overland Park | 24 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2006 (T10 Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2011 | Jaymie Stokes* | Lenexa | 20 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 2007 (T10 Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2010 | Bethany Gerber | Winfield | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2009 | Courtney Courter | Olathe | 23 | |||
| 2008 | Michelle Gillespie | Mission Hills | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Cara Gorges | Clearwater | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Ashley Aull | Lansing | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Rachel Saunders | Tonganoxie | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Lisa Forbes | Overland Park | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Alicia Cabrera | Leawood | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Lindsay Douglas | Lawrence | 23 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2001 | Kristie Knox | Hutchinson | 25 | |||
| 2000 | Tiffany Meyer* | Lawrence | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Previously Miss MO Teen USA 1994 (F Miss Teen USA) | |
| 1999 | Amanda Carraway* | Manhattan | 21 | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1996 | ||
| 1998 | Cammie Morisseau | Wichita | 21 | |||
| 1997 | Kathryn Taylor | Overland Park | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Danielle Boatwright* | Tonganoxie | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1992 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | |
| 1995 | Deborah Daulton | Lawrence | 21 | |||
| 1994 | Carol Hovenkamp | Overland Park | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1993 | Tavia Shackles* | Shawnee | 22 | 2nd Runner-up | Best State Costume | Previously Miss MO Teen USA 1990 (SF Miss Teen USA); mother of Miss KS USA 2020 Gracie Hunt |
| 1992 | Kimberlee Girrens | Wichita | 22 | Finalist | Previously Miss KS Teen USA 1986 | |
| 1991 | KELLI MCCARTY | Liberal | 21 | Miss USA | T6 Miss Universe 1991 | |
| 1990 | Rebecca Porter | Wichita | 21 | |||
| 1989 | Nancy Burris | Wichita | 22 | |||
| 1988 | Cynthia Decker | Manhattan | 20 | |||
| 1987 | Martina Castle | Overland Park | 22 | |||
| 1986 | Audra Ockerman | Wichita | 18 | Mother of Miss KS Teen USA 2014 Claire-Bailey Lee | ||
| 1985 | Jill Denzin | Leawood | ||||
| 1984 | Elizabeth Johnson | Prairie Village | 19 | |||
| 1983 | Renee Ruch | Marysville | 21 | |||
| 1982 | Stefani Larson | Manhattan | 19 | |||
| 1981 | Missy Kaser | Wichita | 18 | |||
| 1980 | Lisa Boyd | Wichita | 18 | |||
| 1979 | Linda Shields | Lawrence | 21 | |||
| 1978 | Mary "Diddy" Bell | Wichita | 21 | |||
| 1977 | Sherry Brane | Wichita | 17 | |||
| 1976 | Deborah Vitera | Ottawa | ||||
| 1975 | Robbin Loomas | Overland Park | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Lorraine Breckenridge | Wichita | 19 | |||
| 1973 | Brenda Kopmeyer | Overland Park | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1972 | Mona Guesnier | Great Bend | 21 | |||
| 1971 | Nancy Bishop | Overland Park | 18 | |||
| 1970 | Norma Decker | Tecumseh | 19 | |||
| 1969 | Molly McGugin | Frankfort | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Anne Layton | Kansas City | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Regina Wolfe | Ness City | 19 | |||
| 1966 | Pat Ravenscroft | Overland Park | 18 | |||
| 1965 | Linda Bergsten | Leawood | 18 | |||
| 1964 | Barbara Ford | Derby | 18 | |||
| 1963 | Diane Stalker | Wichita | 21 | |||
| 1962 | Linda Light | Topeka | 18 | |||
| 1961 | Dixie Cook | Topeka | 22 | |||
| 1960 | Peggy Patterson | Kansas City | 21 | |||
| 1955-59 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Sue Ravenscroft | Liberal | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Bette Lou Renick | Liberal | 18 | Semi-finalist |
