Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Maryland USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner, Diane Durham in 1953, to Caleigh Shade and Soniya Krishan in 2022. 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 • Glen Burnie
Dethroned; had placed top 15 at Miss Universe prior but was not allowed to compete for the title
27 • Potomac
Succeeded Olivia Culpo as Miss USA
17 • Potomac
28 • Annapolis
26 • Montgomery Village
Top 8 at
Miss USA
23 • Ocean City
26 • Germantown
Semi-finalist
at Miss USA
32 • Silver Spring
Winner
Mary Leona Gage (1958) (later dethroned)
1st runner-up
Paulette Reck (1968), Nana Meriwether (2012) (assumed Miss USA title)
4th runner-up
Betty Jo Grove (1973), Mamé Adjei (2015)
Semi-finalist
Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), RosElaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967), Carol Jeanne Theis (1971), Tonja Walker (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Rowanne Brewer (1988), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995), Savena Mushinge (2023)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Marina Harrison (2005), Allyn Rose^ (2011), Taylor Burton (2014), Mariela Pepin* (2019), Layilah Nasser (2021)
Top 15/16/20*
Kasey Staniszewski (2013), Brittinay Nicolette (2018)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Renee Rebstock (1992)
Other Awards
Style Award • Megan Gunning (2001)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Bailey Anne Kennedy | Silver Spring | 32 | |||
 | 2023 | Savena Mushinge | Germantown | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Caleigh Shade* | Ocean City | 23 | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 2018 | ||
 | 2021 | Layilah Nasser | Montgomery Village | 26 | Top 8 | ||
 | 2020 | Taelyr Robinson | Annapolis | 28 | |||
 | 2019 | Mariela Pepin* | Severn | 23 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 2014 | |
 | 2018 | Brittinay Nicolette | Fallston | 26 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2017 | Adrianna David^ | Rockville | 22 | Later Miss MD 2018 | ||
 | 2016 | Christina Denny^ | Owings Mills | 25 | Previously Miss MD 2013 (T10 Miss America) | ||
 | 2015 | Mamé Adjei | Silver Spring | 23 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2014 | Taylor Burton | La Plata | 25 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2013 | Kasey Staniszewski°* | Annapolis | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss MD's OT 07 & Miss MD Teen USA 09 (3RU Miss Teen USA); sister of Miss MD 2010 | |
 | 2012 | NANA MERIWETHER | Potomac | 27 | 1st runner-up | Became Miss USA 2012 after Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe | |
 | 2011 | Allyn Rose^ | Newburg | 22 | Top 8 | Later Miss DC 2012; Miss US Supranational 2014 | |
 | 2010 | Simone Feldman | North Potomac | 23 | |||
 | 2009 | Gabrielle Carlson | Marion Station | 24 | |||
 | 2008 | Casandra Tressler | Damascus | 22 | |||
 | 2007 | Michaé Holloman | Fort Washington | 25 | |||
 | 2006 | Melissa DiGiulian | Bowie | 20 | |||
 | 2005 | Marina Harrison^ | Severn | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MD 2003 (3RU Miss America) | |
 | 2004 | Tia Shorts | Gaithersburg | 24 | |||
 | 2003 | Jaime Kramer | Pasadena | 19 | |||
 | 2002 | Mistie Renee Adams | Silver Spring | 24 | |||
 | 2001 | Megan Gunning | Fallston | 22 | Style award | ||
 | 2000 | Christie Davis | Silver Spring | 21 | Sister of Miss MD USA 1994 Wendy Davis | ||
 | 1999 | Kelly Donohue | Union Bridge | 21 | |||
 | 1998 | Maria Sheriff | Bowie | 23 | |||
 | 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | ||||
 | 1996 | Michele Michael | Annapolis | ||||
 | 1995 | Jennifer Wilhoit* | Annapolis | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1991 | |
 | 1994 | Wendy Davis | Silver Spring | Sister of Miss MD USA 2000 Christie Davis | |||
 | 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino* | Baltimore | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1990 | |||
 | 1992 | Renee Rebstock* | Pasadena | Photogenic | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1987 | ||
 | 1991 | Lisa Lawson | Crofton | ||||
 | 1990 | Julie Stanford* | Edgewater | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1986 | |||
 | 1989 | Jackie Carroll | Gaithersburg | ||||
 | 1988 | Rowann Brewer | Silver Spring | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | ||||
 | 1986 | Kelly Koehler | Churchton | ||||
 | 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | ||||
 | 1984 | Betsy Cook | Bethesda | ||||
 | 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | ||||
 | 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1981 | Linda Lambert | Baltimore | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1980 | Tonja Walker | Kingsville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1979 | Jean Bourne | Silver Spring | ||||
 | 1978 | Rhonda Koch | Brookeville | ||||
 | 1977 | Twyla Littleton | Oxon Hill | 21 | |||
 | 1976 | Linda Lee Potter | Adelphi | 19 | |||
 | 1975 | Ellen Bowie | Temple Hills | 21 | |||
 | 1974 | Mary Jo Ruppert | College Park | ||||
 | 1973 | Betty Jo Grove | College Park | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1972 | Patty Townsend | Silver Spring | ||||
 | 1971 | Carol Jeanne Theis | Silver Spring | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1970 | Beckie Price | Camp Springs | ||||
 | 1969 | Ardis Fowler | Ellicott City | ||||
 | 1968 | Paulette Reck | Perry Hall | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1967 | Sandy Clevering | Silver Spring | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1966 | Roselaine Zetter | Bowie | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1965 | Barbara Kiefer | Baltimore | ||||
 | 1964 | Royette Tarry | Baltimore | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1963 | Marsha Metrinko^ | Laurel | Later Miss NYC at Miss America 1964; sister of Miss DC USA 1963 | |||
 | 1962 | Shelda Farley | Catonsville | ||||
 | 1961 | Gail Baxter | High Point | ||||
 | 1960 | Jerri Fiorilli | Baltimore | ||||
 | 1959 | Diane White | Baltimore | 24 | Semi-finalist | Mother of Miss GA USA 1989 Michelle Nemeth | |
 | 1958 | Patricia Vogts | Silver Spring | ||||
 | 1957 | Mary Leona Gage | Severna Park | 18 | Winner | Dethroned as Miss USA because she was married | |
 | 1956 | Charlene Holt | Annapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
 | 1955 | Gloria Ruth King | Baltimore | ||||
 | 1954 | Barbara Eschenburg | Berlin | Semi-finalist | Disqualified prior to final competition when it was discovered she was 16 | ||
 | 1953 | Diane Gale Durham | Silver Spring |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bailey Anne Kennedy | Silver Spring | 32 | |||
| 2023 | Savena Mushinge | Germantown | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Caleigh Shade* | Ocean City | 23 | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 2018 | ||
| 2021 | Layilah Nasser | Montgomery Village | 26 | Top 8 | ||
| 2020 | Taelyr Robinson | Annapolis | 28 | |||
| 2019 | Mariela Pepin* | Severn | 23 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 2014 | |
| 2018 | Brittinay Nicolette | Fallston | 26 | Top 15 | ||
| 2017 | Adrianna David^ | Rockville | 22 | Later Miss MD 2018 | ||
| 2016 | Christina Denny^ | Owings Mills | 25 | Previously Miss MD 2013 (T10 Miss America) | ||
| 2015 | Mamé Adjei | Silver Spring | 23 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Taylor Burton | La Plata | 25 | Top 10 | ||
| 2013 | Kasey Staniszewski°* | Annapolis | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss MD's OT 07 & Miss MD Teen USA 09 (3RU Miss Teen USA); sister of Miss MD 2010 | |
| 2012 | NANA MERIWETHER | Potomac | 27 | 1st runner-up | Became Miss USA 2012 after Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe | |
| 2011 | Allyn Rose^ | Newburg | 22 | Top 8 | Later Miss DC 2012; Miss US Supranational 2014 | |
| 2010 | Simone Feldman | North Potomac | 23 | |||
| 2009 | Gabrielle Carlson | Marion Station | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Casandra Tressler | Damascus | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Michaé Holloman | Fort Washington | 25 | |||
| 2006 | Melissa DiGiulian | Bowie | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Marina Harrison^ | Severn | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MD 2003 (3RU Miss America) | |
| 2004 | Tia Shorts | Gaithersburg | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Jaime Kramer | Pasadena | 19 | |||
| 2002 | Mistie Renee Adams | Silver Spring | 24 | |||
| 2001 | Megan Gunning | Fallston | 22 | Style award | ||
| 2000 | Christie Davis | Silver Spring | 21 | Sister of Miss MD USA 1994 Wendy Davis | ||
| 1999 | Kelly Donohue | Union Bridge | 21 | |||
| 1998 | Maria Sheriff | Bowie | 23 | |||
| 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | ||||
| 1996 | Michele Michael | Annapolis | ||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Wilhoit* | Annapolis | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1991 | |
| 1994 | Wendy Davis | Silver Spring | Sister of Miss MD USA 2000 Christie Davis | |||
| 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino* | Baltimore | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1990 | |||
| 1992 | Renee Rebstock* | Pasadena | Photogenic | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1987 | ||
| 1991 | Lisa Lawson | Crofton | ||||
| 1990 | Julie Stanford* | Edgewater | Previously Miss MD Teen USA 1986 | |||
| 1989 | Jackie Carroll | Gaithersburg | ||||
| 1988 | Rowann Brewer | Silver Spring | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | ||||
| 1986 | Kelly Koehler | Churchton | ||||
| 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | ||||
| 1984 | Betsy Cook | Bethesda | ||||
| 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | ||||
| 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1981 | Linda Lambert | Baltimore | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1980 | Tonja Walker | Kingsville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1979 | Jean Bourne | Silver Spring | ||||
| 1978 | Rhonda Koch | Brookeville | ||||
| 1977 | Twyla Littleton | Oxon Hill | 21 | |||
| 1976 | Linda Lee Potter | Adelphi | 19 | |||
| 1975 | Ellen Bowie | Temple Hills | 21 | |||
| 1974 | Mary Jo Ruppert | College Park | ||||
| 1973 | Betty Jo Grove | College Park | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1972 | Patty Townsend | Silver Spring | ||||
| 1971 | Carol Jeanne Theis | Silver Spring | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1970 | Beckie Price | Camp Springs | ||||
| 1969 | Ardis Fowler | Ellicott City | ||||
| 1968 | Paulette Reck | Perry Hall | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1967 | Sandy Clevering | Silver Spring | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Roselaine Zetter | Bowie | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1965 | Barbara Kiefer | Baltimore | ||||
| 1964 | Royette Tarry | Baltimore | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1963 | Marsha Metrinko^ | Laurel | Later Miss NYC at Miss America 1964; sister of Miss DC USA 1963 | |||
| 1962 | Shelda Farley | Catonsville | ||||
| 1961 | Gail Baxter | High Point | ||||
| 1960 | Jerri Fiorilli | Baltimore | ||||
| 1959 | Diane White | Baltimore | 24 | Semi-finalist | Mother of Miss GA USA 1989 Michelle Nemeth | |
| 1958 | Patricia Vogts | Silver Spring | ||||
| 1957 | Mary Leona Gage | Severna Park | 18 | Winner | Dethroned as Miss USA because she was married | |
| 1956 | Charlene Holt | Annapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1955 | Gloria Ruth King | Baltimore | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Eschenburg | Berlin | Semi-finalist | Disqualified prior to final competition when it was discovered she was 16 | ||
| 1953 | Diane Gale Durham | Silver Spring |
