Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Louisiana 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.
This Miss Louisiana USA history archive begins with the very first Miss Louisiana USA, Jeanne Thompson, who placed first runner-up at Miss USA 1952 and also competed in 1953. There are headshots, crowning photos and news clippings from all of Louisiana’s Miss USA and Teen USA representatives from the 1950s to the present day, giving you a unique snapshot on Louisiana pageant history. Unlike some states, there has been little regional dominance in Louisiana as you can see on the maps, with winners spread throughout the Pelican state. Louisiana is one of only a handful of states that can claim three Miss USA titleholders, although they have not had a win since Ali Landry in 1996. In the meantime the Teens have enjoyed a period of dominance with Miss Teen USA crowns going to Shelley Hennig in 2004 an Katherine Haik, the youngest winner in recent years, in 2015.
18 • Bossier City
3rd runner-up
at Miss Universe
18 • Minden
4th runner-up
at Miss Universe
22 • Breaux Bridge
Top 6
at Miss Universe
17 • Destrehan
15 • Franklinton
24 • Zachary
Top 15
at Miss USA
28 • Amite
Top 16
at Miss USA
22 • Denham Springs
28 • Houma
23 • Livingston
Winner
Eurlyne Howell (1958), Sharon Brown (1961), Ali Landry (1996)
1st runner-up
Jeanne Thompson (1952)
2nd runner-up
Lisa Moss (1981)
3rd runner-up
Pamela Forrest (1983), Sarie Joubert (1985), Elizabeth Primm (1989), Brittany Guidry (2014)
4th runner-up
Kathy Hebert (1968), Robyn Sanders (1976)
Top 5/6
Shirelle Hebert (1994), Elizabeth Coxe (1995)
Semi-finalist
Jeanne Thompson (1953), Mary LoBianco (1959), Judy Fletcher (1960), Bonnie Martin (1972), Storm Hensley (1973), Karen Hoff (1974), Christy Saylor (1992), Debbie Delhomme (1998), Anne-Katherine Lene (2002)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Kristen Girault (2013), Candice Bennatt (2015)
Top 15/16/20*
Elizabeth McNulty (2007), Erin Edmiston (2012), Victoria Paul (2019), Mariah Clayton (2020), Tanya Crowe (2021)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Jeanne Thompson (1953), Judy Fletcher (1960)
Photogenic
Sharon Brown (1961), Kathy Hebert (1968), Elizabeth Primm (1989), Ali Landry (1996)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Sydney Taylor | Livingston | 23 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2009 (4RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2023 | Sylvia Masters | Houma | 28 | |||
 | 2022 | KT (Katie) Scannell | Denham Springs | 22 | |||
 | 2021 | Tanya Crowe | Amite | 28 | Top 16 | ||
 | 2020 | Mariah Clayton | Zachary | 24 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2019 | Victoria Paul | Alexandria | 26 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2018 | Lauren Vizza^ | Shreveport | 28 | Previously Miss LA 2012 | ||
 | 2017 | Bethany Trahan | Lake Charles | 21 | |||
 | 2016 | Maaliyah Papillion | Lake Charles | 21 | |||
 | 2015 | Candice Bennatt^^ | Ville Platte | 26 | Top 11 | Previously Miss NM 2012 | |
 | 2014 | Brittany Guidry* | Houma | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2009 (4RU Miss Teen USA); cousin of Miss LA USA 2008 Michelle Berthelot | |
 | 2013 | Kristen Girault | Metairie | 22 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2012 | Erin Edmiston | Lafayette | 22 | Top 16 | ||
 | 2011 | Page Pennock | Shreveport | 21 | |||
 | 2010 | Sara Brooks | Lafayette | 22 | |||
 | 2009 | Lacey Minchew | Baton Rouge | 25 | |||
 | 2008 | Michelle Berthelot | Hammond | 24 | Cousin of Miss LA USA 2014 Brittany Guidry | ||
 | 2007 | Elizabeth McNulty | Lafayette | 25 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2006 | Christina Cuenca | Chalmette | 26 | |||
 | 2005 | Candice Stewart* | Metairie | 21 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2002 | ||
 | 2004 | Melissa McConnell | Ruston | 27 | |||
 | 2003 | Brittney Rogers | Shreveport | 20 | |||
 | 2002 | Anne-Katherine Lene | Abbeville | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2001 | Heather Hayden | Amite | 22 | |||
 | 2000 | Jennifer Dupont*^ | Bossier City | 18 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 1998; later Miss LA 2004 (1RU Miss America) | ||
 | 1999 | Melissa Bongiovanni | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
 | 1998 | Debbie Delhomme | Lafayette | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1997 | Nikole Viola | Walker | 24 | |||
 | 1996 | ALI LANDRY* | Breaux Bridge | 22 | Miss USA | Photogenic | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 90 (SF Miss Teen USA); T6 Miss Universe |
 | 1995 | Elizabeth Coxe | Springfield | 24 | Top 6 | ||
 | 1994 | Shirelle Hebert | Arabi | 22 | Top 6 | ||
 | 1993 | Jennifer Mitchell | Leesville | 21 | |||
 | 1992 | Christy Saylor | Baton Rouge | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1991 | Melinda Murphy | West Monroe | 22 | |||
 | 1990 | Jeanne Burns | Baton Rouge | 21 | |||
 | 1989 | Elizabeth Primm | Houma | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Photogenic | |
 | 1988 | Rhonda Vinson | Shreveport | 22 | |||
 | 1987 | Carol Carter^ | Shreveport | 21 | Previously Miss LA 1985 | ||
 | 1986 | Celia Brady | Olla | 19 | |||
 | 1985 | Sarie Joubert | Shreveport | 22 | 3rd Runner-up | ||
 | 1984 | Rusanne Jourdan | Baton Rouge | 20 | |||
 | 1983 | Pamela Forrest | Baton Rouge | 20 | 3rd Runner-up | ||
 | 1982 | Lisa Michael | Baton Rouge | 24 | |||
 | 1981 | Lisa Moss | Shreveport | 23 | 2nd Runner-up | 6RU Miss World 1981 | |
 | 1980 | Kelly Bonin | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
 | 1979 | Anna Anderson | Gretna | 19 | |||
 | 1978 | Tauny Hanes | Baton Rouge | 25 | |||
 | 1977 | Patti Rosenbalm | Barksdale AFB | 20 | |||
 | 1976 | Robyn Sanders | Winnfield | 24 | 4th Runner-up | ||
 | 1975 | Rhonda Shear | New Orleans | 20 | |||
 | 1974 | Karen Hoff | Shreveport | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1973 | Storm Hensley | Barksdale AFB | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1972 | Bonnie Martin | Ashland | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1971 | Diana Risenstein | Bossier City | 18 | |||
 | 1970 | Nadine Robertson | Bossier City | 20 | |||
 | 1969 | Patricia Dupre | Washington | 18 | † 2020 | ||
 | 1968 | Kathy Hebert | Franklin | 19 | 4th runner-up | Photogenic | † 2020 |
 | 1967 | Dianne Mader | Houma | 21 | † 2012 | ||
 | 1966 | Tanya Becnel | Ama | 19 | |||
 | 1965 | Terri Sommers | Shreveport | 19 | |||
 | 1964 | Linda Graves | Shreveport | 20 | |||
 | 1963 | Peggy Romero | Kaplan | 18 | |||
 | 1962 | Diane DeClouet | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
 | 1961 | SHARON BROWN | Minden | 18 | Miss USA | Photogenic | 4RU Miss Universe 1961 |
 | 1960 | Judy Fletcher | Alexandria | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
 | 1959 | Mary LoBianco | Baton Rouge | 19 | Semi-finalist | † 2021 | |
 | 1958 | EURLYNE HOWELL | Bossier City | 18 | Miss USA | 3RU Miss Universe 1958 | |
 | 1957 | Earlyn Regouffre | New Orleans | 19 | |||
 | 1956 | Cecile Morris | Greenwell Springs | 19 | |||
 | 1955 | Merlin Garcia | Gretna | 19 | |||
 | 1954 | Sadie Vinson | New Orleans | 18 | † 2022 | ||
 | 1953 | Jeanne Thompson^ | Baton Rouge | 21 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | Previously Miss LA 1951 |
 | 1952 | Jeanne Thompson^ | Baton Rouge | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss LA 1951 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sydney Taylor | Livingston | 23 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2009 (4RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2023 | Sylvia Masters | Houma | 28 | |||
| 2022 | KT (Katie) Scannell | Denham Springs | 22 | |||
| 2021 | Tanya Crowe | Amite | 28 | Top 16 | ||
| 2020 | Mariah Clayton | Zachary | 24 | Top 15 | ||
| 2019 | Victoria Paul | Alexandria | 26 | Top 15 | ||
| 2018 | Lauren Vizza^ | Shreveport | 28 | Previously Miss LA 2012 | ||
| 2017 | Bethany Trahan | Lake Charles | 21 | |||
| 2016 | Maaliyah Papillion | Lake Charles | 21 | |||
| 2015 | Candice Bennatt^^ | Ville Platte | 26 | Top 11 | Previously Miss NM 2012 | |
| 2014 | Brittany Guidry* | Houma | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2009 (4RU Miss Teen USA); cousin of Miss LA USA 2008 Michelle Berthelot | |
| 2013 | Kristen Girault | Metairie | 22 | Top 10 | ||
| 2012 | Erin Edmiston | Lafayette | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Page Pennock | Shreveport | 21 | |||
| 2010 | Sara Brooks | Lafayette | 22 | |||
| 2009 | Lacey Minchew | Baton Rouge | 25 | |||
| 2008 | Michelle Berthelot | Hammond | 24 | Cousin of Miss LA USA 2014 Brittany Guidry | ||
| 2007 | Elizabeth McNulty | Lafayette | 25 | Top 15 | ||
| 2006 | Christina Cuenca | Chalmette | 26 | |||
| 2005 | Candice Stewart* | Metairie | 21 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Melissa McConnell | Ruston | 27 | |||
| 2003 | Brittney Rogers | Shreveport | 20 | |||
| 2002 | Anne-Katherine Lene | Abbeville | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2001 | Heather Hayden | Amite | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Jennifer Dupont*^ | Bossier City | 18 | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 1998; later Miss LA 2004 (1RU Miss America) | ||
| 1999 | Melissa Bongiovanni | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
| 1998 | Debbie Delhomme | Lafayette | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1997 | Nikole Viola | Walker | 24 | |||
| 1996 | ALI LANDRY* | Breaux Bridge | 22 | Miss USA | Photogenic | Previously Miss LA Teen USA 90 (SF Miss Teen USA); T6 Miss Universe |
| 1995 | Elizabeth Coxe | Springfield | 24 | Top 6 | ||
| 1994 | Shirelle Hebert | Arabi | 22 | Top 6 | ||
| 1993 | Jennifer Mitchell | Leesville | 21 | |||
| 1992 | Christy Saylor | Baton Rouge | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1991 | Melinda Murphy | West Monroe | 22 | |||
| 1990 | Jeanne Burns | Baton Rouge | 21 | |||
| 1989 | Elizabeth Primm | Houma | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Photogenic | |
| 1988 | Rhonda Vinson | Shreveport | 22 | |||
| 1987 | Carol Carter^ | Shreveport | 21 | Previously Miss LA 1985 | ||
| 1986 | Celia Brady | Olla | 19 | |||
| 1985 | Sarie Joubert | Shreveport | 22 | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| 1984 | Rusanne Jourdan | Baton Rouge | 20 | |||
| 1983 | Pamela Forrest | Baton Rouge | 20 | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| 1982 | Lisa Michael | Baton Rouge | 24 | |||
| 1981 | Lisa Moss | Shreveport | 23 | 2nd Runner-up | 6RU Miss World 1981 | |
| 1980 | Kelly Bonin | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
| 1979 | Anna Anderson | Gretna | 19 | |||
| 1978 | Tauny Hanes | Baton Rouge | 25 | |||
| 1977 | Patti Rosenbalm | Barksdale AFB | 20 | |||
| 1976 | Robyn Sanders | Winnfield | 24 | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1975 | Rhonda Shear | New Orleans | 20 | |||
| 1974 | Karen Hoff | Shreveport | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1973 | Storm Hensley | Barksdale AFB | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1972 | Bonnie Martin | Ashland | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1971 | Diana Risenstein | Bossier City | 18 | |||
| 1970 | Nadine Robertson | Bossier City | 20 | |||
| 1969 | Patricia Dupre | Washington | 18 | † 2020 | ||
| 1968 | Kathy Hebert | Franklin | 19 | 4th runner-up | Photogenic | † 2020 |
| 1967 | Dianne Mader | Houma | 21 | † 2012 | ||
| 1966 | Tanya Becnel | Ama | 19 | |||
| 1965 | Terri Sommers | Shreveport | 19 | |||
| 1964 | Linda Graves | Shreveport | 20 | |||
| 1963 | Peggy Romero | Kaplan | 18 | |||
| 1962 | Diane DeClouet | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
| 1961 | SHARON BROWN | Minden | 18 | Miss USA | Photogenic | 4RU Miss Universe 1961 |
| 1960 | Judy Fletcher | Alexandria | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
| 1959 | Mary LoBianco | Baton Rouge | 19 | Semi-finalist | † 2021 | |
| 1958 | EURLYNE HOWELL | Bossier City | 18 | Miss USA | 3RU Miss Universe 1958 | |
| 1957 | Earlyn Regouffre | New Orleans | 19 | |||
| 1956 | Cecile Morris | Greenwell Springs | 19 | |||
| 1955 | Merlin Garcia | Gretna | 19 | |||
| 1954 | Sadie Vinson | New Orleans | 18 | † 2022 | ||
| 1953 | Jeanne Thompson^ | Baton Rouge | 21 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | Previously Miss LA 1951 |
| 1952 | Jeanne Thompson^ | Baton Rouge | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss LA 1951 |
