Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Mississippi 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.
22 • Booneville
Top 21
at Miss Universe
16 • Holcomb
17 • Brookhaven
Winner
Asya Branch (2020)
1st runner-up
Leah Laviano (2008)
3rd runner-up
Cindy Williams (1986)
4th runner-up
Laurie Kimbrough (1979), Dana Richmond (1988)
Semi-finalist
Marlene Britsch (1961), Patricia Ann Turk (1964), Kathy Manning (1987), Stephanie TenEyck (1990)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Jennifer Adcock (2005), Breanne Ponder (2010)
Top 15/16/20*
Bailey Anderson (2021), Kaylee Brooke McCollum (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Stephanie TenEyck (1990)
Other Awards
Best Impact Award • Sydney Russell (2023)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2025 | McKenzie Cole* | Vicksburg | 18 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2022 | ||
![]() | 2024 | Kaylee Brooke McCollum* | Amory | 23 | Top 20 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2019 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | |
![]() | 2023 | Sydney Russell | Collinsville | 24 | |||
![]() | 2022 | Hailey White | Picayune | 23 | |||
![]() | 2021 | Bailey Anderson | Hurley | 22 | Top 16 | ||
![]() | 2020 | ASYA BRANCH^ | Booneville | 22 | MISS USA | Previously Miss MS 2018 | |
![]() | 2019 | Madeleine Overby | Columbus | 21 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Laine Mansour | Tupelo | 21 | |||
![]() | 2017 | Ashley Hamby | Madison | 25 | |||
![]() | 2016 | Haley Sowers* | Meridian | 22 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2010 | ||
![]() | 2015 | Courtney Byrd | Oxford | 23 | |||
![]() | 2014 | Chelsea Reardon | Southhaven | 23 | |||
![]() | 2013 | Paromita Mitra* | Hattiesburg | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2009 | ||
![]() | 2012 | Myverick Garcia | Hattiesburg | 22 | |||
![]() | 2011 | Keeley Patterson | Starkville | 20 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Breanne Ponder | Mount Olive | 20 | Top 10 | ||
![]() | 2009 | Jessica Lauren McRaney* | Terry | 23 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2004 | ||
![]() | 2008 | Leah Laviano | Ellisville | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
![]() | 2007 | Jalin Wood^ | Waynesboro | 25 | Previously Miss MS 2004 | ||
![]() | 2006 | Kendra King | Monticello | 20 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Jennifer Adcock^ | Hattiesburg | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MS 2002 | |
![]() | 2004 | Beth Richards | Laurel | 25 | |||
![]() | 2003 | Allison Bloodworth* | Grenada | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1999 | ||
![]() | 2002 | Heather Soriano^ | Philadelphia | 24 | Previously Miss MS 1999 | ||
![]() | 2001 | Melanie Vaughn | Olive Branch | 25 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Angie Carpenter* | Greenwood | 22 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1994 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
![]() | 1999 | Kari Babski | Gloster | 26 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Angel Whatley | Jackson | 25 | |||
![]() | 1997 | Arleen McDonald* | Tupelo | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1992 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
![]() | 1996 | Caroline Ramagos | Soso | 22 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Jill Tullos | Laurel | ||||
![]() | 1994 | Leslie Jetton | Oxford | ||||
![]() | 1993 | Sherry Bowles | Lambert | ||||
![]() | 1992 | Tammy Johnson | Jackson | ||||
![]() | 1991 | Mitzi Swanson | Bruce | ||||
![]() | 1990 | Stephanie TenEyck | Starkville | 20 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
![]() | 1989 | Laura Durrett | Olive Branch | ||||
![]() | 1988 | Dana Richmond | Madison | 20 | 4th runner-up | ||
![]() | 1987 | Kathy Manning | Drew | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss MS 1984 (2RU Miss America) | |
![]() | 1986 | Cindy Williams | Hattiesburg | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
![]() | 1985 | Camille Gilliland | Meridian | ||||
![]() | 1984 | Carla Green | Biloxi | ||||
![]() | 1983 | Becky Case | Jackson | 20 | |||
![]() | 1982 | Nancy Perkins | Marks | 19 | |||
![]() | 1981 | Angela Ashmore | Starkville | 20 | |||
![]() | 1980 | Cheri Brown^ | Meridian | Previously Miss MS 1978 | |||
![]() | 1979 | Laurie Kimbrough | Oxford | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
![]() | 1978 | Wanda Gatlin | Moss Point | ||||
![]() | 1977 | Valerie Leigh Tapley | Jackson | 19 | |||
![]() | 1976 | Teresa Camp | Olive Branch | 19 | |||
![]() | 1975 | Leigh Cross | Hernando | 18 | |||
![]() | 1974 | Denise Clark | Harrisville | 20 | |||
![]() | 1973 | Karen Clements | Jackson | 18 | |||
![]() | 1972 | Debbie Pawlik | Hazlehurst | 18 | |||
![]() | 1971 | Janey Diane Gillis | Brookhaven | ||||
![]() | 1970 | Susan Ladner | Pass Christian | 18 | |||
![]() | 1969 | Rose Marie Ray | Ocean Springs | 21 | |||
![]() | 1968 | Brenda Conerly | McComb | 19 | |||
![]() | 1967 | Lassie Cooke | Grenada | ||||
![]() | 1966 | Jane Sutherland | Canton | ||||
![]() | 1965 | Madeline Scarborough | Natchez | ||||
![]() | 1964 | Patricia Ann Turk | Mendenhall | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1963 | Joan Kinnebrew | Vicksburg | 19 | |||
![]() | 1962 | Sandra Mazur | Jackson | ||||
![]() | 1961 | Marlene Britsch | Clermont Harbour | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1960 | – | ||||||
1959 | – | ||||||
1958 | – | ||||||
1957 | – | ||||||
1956 | – | ||||||
1955 | – | ||||||
1954 | – | ||||||
![]() | 1953 | Jessie Morgan^ | Newton | Previously Miss MS 1951 (SF Miss America) | |||
![]() | 1952 | Carolyn Thomas | Jackson | 20 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | McKenzie Cole* | Vicksburg | 18 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2022 | ||
2024 | Kaylee Brooke McCollum* | Amory | 23 | Top 20 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2019 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | |
2023 | Sydney Russell | Collinsville | 24 | |||
2022 | Hailey White | Picayune | 23 | |||
2021 | Bailey Anderson | Hurley | 22 | Top 16 | ||
2020 | ASYA BRANCH^ | Booneville | 22 | MISS USA | Previously Miss MS 2018 | |
2019 | Madeleine Overby | Columbus | 21 | |||
2018 | Laine Mansour | Tupelo | 21 | |||
2017 | Ashley Hamby | Madison | 25 | |||
2016 | Haley Sowers* | Meridian | 22 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2010 | ||
2015 | Courtney Byrd | Oxford | 23 | |||
2014 | Chelsea Reardon | Southhaven | 23 | |||
2013 | Paromita Mitra* | Hattiesburg | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2009 | ||
2012 | Myverick Garcia | Hattiesburg | 22 | |||
2011 | Keeley Patterson | Starkville | 20 | |||
2010 | Breanne Ponder | Mount Olive | 20 | Top 10 | ||
2009 | Jessica Lauren McRaney* | Terry | 23 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 2004 | ||
2008 | Leah Laviano | Ellisville | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
2007 | Jalin Wood^ | Waynesboro | 25 | Previously Miss MS 2004 | ||
2006 | Kendra King | Monticello | 20 | |||
2005 | Jennifer Adcock^ | Hattiesburg | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss MS 2002 | |
2004 | Beth Richards | Laurel | 25 | |||
2003 | Allison Bloodworth* | Grenada | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1999 | ||
2002 | Heather Soriano^ | Philadelphia | 24 | Previously Miss MS 1999 | ||
2001 | Melanie Vaughn | Olive Branch | 25 | |||
2000 | Angie Carpenter* | Greenwood | 22 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1994 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
1999 | Kari Babski | Gloster | 26 | |||
1998 | Angel Whatley | Jackson | 25 | |||
1997 | Arleen McDonald* | Tupelo | 21 | Previously Miss MS Teen USA 1992 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
1996 | Caroline Ramagos | Soso | 22 | |||
1995 | Jill Tullos | Laurel | ||||
1994 | Leslie Jetton | Oxford | ||||
1993 | Sherry Bowles | Lambert | ||||
1992 | Tammy Johnson | Jackson | ||||
1991 | Mitzi Swanson | Bruce | ||||
1990 | Stephanie TenEyck | Starkville | 20 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
1989 | Laura Durrett | Olive Branch | ||||
1988 | Dana Richmond | Madison | 20 | 4th runner-up | ||
1987 | Kathy Manning | Drew | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss MS 1984 (2RU Miss America) | |
1986 | Cindy Williams | Hattiesburg | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1985 | Camille Gilliland | Meridian | ||||
1984 | Carla Green | Biloxi | ||||
1983 | Becky Case | Jackson | 20 | |||
1982 | Nancy Perkins | Marks | 19 | |||
1981 | Angela Ashmore | Starkville | 20 | |||
1980 | Cheri Brown^ | Meridian | Previously Miss MS 1978 | |||
1979 | Laurie Kimbrough | Oxford | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
1978 | Wanda Gatlin | Moss Point | ||||
1977 | Valerie Leigh Tapley | Jackson | 19 | |||
1976 | Teresa Camp | Olive Branch | 19 | |||
1975 | Leigh Cross | Hernando | 18 | |||
1974 | Denise Clark | Harrisville | 20 | |||
1973 | Karen Clements | Jackson | 18 | |||
1972 | Debbie Pawlik | Hazlehurst | 18 | |||
1971 | Janey Diane Gillis | Brookhaven | ||||
1970 | Susan Ladner | Pass Christian | 18 | |||
1969 | Rose Marie Ray | Ocean Springs | 21 | |||
1968 | Brenda Conerly | McComb | 19 | |||
1967 | Lassie Cooke | Grenada | ||||
1966 | Jane Sutherland | Canton | ||||
1965 | Madeline Scarborough | Natchez | ||||
1964 | Patricia Ann Turk | Mendenhall | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1963 | Joan Kinnebrew | Vicksburg | 19 | |||
1962 | Sandra Mazur | Jackson | ||||
1961 | Marlene Britsch | Clermont Harbour | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1960 | – | |||||
1959 | – | |||||
1958 | – | |||||
1957 | – | |||||
1956 | – | |||||
1955 | – | |||||
1954 | – | |||||
1953 | Jessie Morgan^ | Newton | Previously Miss MS 1951 (SF Miss America) | |||
1952 | Carolyn Thomas | Jackson | 20 |
Winner
Kristi Addis (1987), Addie Carver (2024)
1st runner-up
Vaeda Mann (2014)
3rd runner-up
Kaylee Brooke McCollum (2019)
4th runner-up
Haley Sowers (2016)
Semi-finalist
Honey East (1988), Arleen McDonald (1992), Angie Carpenter (1994), Jennifer Reel (1998), Mattie Grace Morris (2021)
Congeniality
Anne Elise Parks (2007), Elizabeth Hollomon (2008)
Other Awards
Best in Gown • Claire Ulmer (2023)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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![]() | 2025 | Madalyn Oliphant | Hickory | 19 | |||
![]() | 2024 | Addie Carver | Brookhaven | 17 | MISS TEEN USA | ||
![]() | 2023 | Claire Ulmer | Natchez | 19 | |||
![]() | 2022 | McKenzie Cole | Vicksburg | 16 | Later Miss MS USA 2025 | ||
![]() | 2021 | Mattie Grace Morris | Brandon | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2020 | Zoe Bigham | Maben | 18 | |||
![]() | 2019 | Kaylee Brooke McCollum | Amory | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss MS USA 2024 (T20 Miss USA) | |
![]() | 2018 | Julieanna Jackson | Mize | 15 | |||
![]() | 2017 | Hannah Claire Chisolm | Collinsville | 17 | |||
![]() | 2016 | Lauren Rymer | Natchez | 18 | |||
![]() | 2015 | Andrea Hightower | Oxford | 17 | |||
![]() | 2014 | Vaeda Mann | Hattiesburg | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
![]() | 2013 | Madison Brock | Crystal Springs | 18 | |||
![]() | 2012 | Jessica Carter | Runnelstown | 18 | |||
![]() | 2011 | Sarah Bobo | Corinth | 19 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Haley Sowers | Meridian | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss MS USA 2016 | |
![]() | 2009 | Paromita Mitra | Hattiesburg | 17 | Later Miss MS USA 2013 | ||
![]() | 2008 | Elizabeth Hollomon | Madison | 18 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 2007 | Anne Elise Parks | New Albany | 18 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 2006 | Raegan Raulston | Clinton | 17 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Kathleen Williams | Columbus | 18 | |||
![]() | 2004 | Jessica Lauren McRaney | Terry | 18 | Later Miss MS USA 2009 | ||
![]() | 2003 | Krisi Nash | Amory | 18 | |||
![]() | 2002 | Grace Gore^ | Grenada | 18 | |||
![]() | 2001 | Ashley Buckman | Bay Springs | 17 | Later Miss TN 2007 (T16 Miss America) | ||
![]() | 2000 | Jennifer Duke | Pearl | 18 | |||
![]() | 1999 | Allison Bloodworth | Grenada | 18 | Later Miss MS USA 2003 | ||
![]() | 1998 | Jennifer Reel | Olive Branch | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1997 | Cara Lewis | Heidelberg | 17 | |||
![]() | 1996 | Brandee Loving | Southaven | 18 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Meredith Cash | Biloxi | 18 | |||
![]() | 1994 | Angie Carpenter | Lexington | 16 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MS USA 2000 | |
![]() | 1993 | Bridgette Cain | Mize | 16 | |||
![]() | 1992 | Arleen McDonald | Tupelo | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MS USA 1997 | |
![]() | 1991 | Jimmy Ann Glenn | Amory | 17 | |||
![]() | 1990 | Kim Faulkner | Greenville | 16 | |||
![]() | 1989 | Vallie Penn | Clinton | 18 | |||
![]() | 1988 | Honey East | Jackson | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1987 | Kristi Addis | Holcomb | 16 | MISS TEEN USA | ||
![]() | 1986 | Michele Fouché | Jackson | 17 | †1990 | ||
![]() | 1985 | Chelle Wilson | Water Valley | 17 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1984 | Mona Bryant | Gulfport | 17 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Teresa Zepponi | Leland | 18 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Madalyn Oliphant | Hickory | 19 | |||
2024 | Addie Carver | Brookhaven | 17 | MISS TEEN USA | ||
2023 | Claire Ulmer | Natchez | 19 | |||
2022 | McKenzie Cole | Vicksburg | 16 | Later Miss MS USA 2025 | ||
2021 | Mattie Grace Morris | Brandon | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
2020 | Zoe Bigham | Maben | 18 | |||
2019 | Kaylee Brooke McCollum | Amory | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss MS USA 2024 (T20 Miss USA) | |
2018 | Julieanna Jackson | Mize | 15 | |||
2017 | Hannah Claire Chisolm | Collinsville | 17 | |||
2016 | Lauren Rymer | Natchez | 18 | |||
2015 | Andrea Hightower | Oxford | 17 | |||
2014 | Vaeda Mann | Hattiesburg | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
2013 | Madison Brock | Crystal Springs | 18 | |||
2012 | Jessica Carter | Runnelstown | 18 | |||
2011 | Sarah Bobo | Corinth | 19 | |||
2010 | Haley Sowers | Meridian | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss MS USA 2016 | |
2009 | Paromita Mitra | Hattiesburg | 17 | Later Miss MS USA 2013 | ||
2008 | Elizabeth Hollomon | Madison | 18 | Congeniality | ||
2007 | Anne Elise Parks | New Albany | 18 | Congeniality | ||
2006 | Raegan Raulston | Clinton | 17 | |||
2005 | Kathleen Williams | Columbus | 18 | |||
2004 | Jessica Lauren McRaney | Terry | 18 | Later Miss MS USA 2009 | ||
2003 | Krisi Nash | Amory | 18 | |||
2002 | Grace Gore^ | Grenada | 18 | |||
2001 | Ashley Buckman | Bay Springs | 17 | Later Miss TN 2007 (T16 Miss America) | ||
2000 | Jennifer Duke | Pearl | 18 | |||
1999 | Allison Bloodworth | Grenada | 18 | Later Miss MS USA 2003 | ||
1998 | Jennifer Reel | Olive Branch | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
1997 | Cara Lewis | Heidelberg | 17 | |||
1996 | Brandee Loving | Southaven | 18 | |||
1995 | Meredith Cash | Biloxi | 18 | |||
1994 | Angie Carpenter | Lexington | 16 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MS USA 2000 | |
1993 | Bridgette Cain | Mize | 16 | |||
1992 | Arleen McDonald | Tupelo | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MS USA 1997 | |
1991 | Jimmy Ann Glenn | Amory | 17 | |||
1990 | Kim Faulkner | Greenville | 16 | |||
1989 | Vallie Penn | Clinton | 18 | |||
1988 | Honey East | Jackson | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
1987 | Kristi Addis | Holcomb | 16 | MISS TEEN USA | ||
1986 | Michele Fouché | Jackson | 17 | †1990 | ||
1985 | Chelle Wilson | Water Valley | 17 | Congeniality | ||
1984 | Mona Bryant | Gulfport | 17 | |||
1983 | Teresa Zepponi | Leland | 18 |