Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Montana USA and Teen USA pageants, from Valerie Jackson in 1952 to Mady Rigg and Ava Williams in 2023. 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 • Billings
27 • Dillon
28 • Missoula
24 • Huntley
25 • Bozeman
27 • Kalispell
Semi-finalist
Valerie Jackson (1952), Dawn Oney (1954), Sharon Diane Tietjen (1958)
Congeniality
Robbin English (1980), Meredith McCannel (2002), Stephanie Trudeau (2007)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Madyson Rigg* | Kalispell | 26 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2014 | ||
 | 2022 | Heather Lee O'Keefe | Bozeman | 24 | |||
 | 2021 | Jami Forseth* | Huntley | 23 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2016 | ||
 | 2020 | Merissa Underwood | Bozeman | 27 | |||
 | 2019 | Grace Zitzer | Dillon | 27 | |||
 | 2018 | Dani Walker | Billings | 28 | |||
 | 2017 | Brooke Bezanson | Missoula | 20 | |||
 | 2016 | Sibahn Doxey* | Frenchtown | 23 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2011 | ||
 | 2015 | Tahnee Peppenger | Great Falls | 27 | |||
 | 2014 | Kadie Latimer | Kalispell | 23 | |||
 | 2013 | Kacie West^ | Kalispell | 24 | Previously Miss MT 2010 | ||
 | 2012 | Autumn Muller* | Billings | 25 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2004 | ||
 | 2011 | Brittany Wiser^ | Bozeman | 23 | Previously Miss MT 2009 | ||
 | 2010 | Annie Anseth | Billings | 20 | |||
 | 2009 | Misti Vogt | Kalispell | 22 | |||
 | 2008 | Tori Wanty | Shelby | 21 | |||
 | 2007 | Stephanie Trudeau | Saint Ignatius | 20 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2006 | Jill McLain | Havre | 21 | |||
 | 2005 | Amanda Kimmel | Billings | 20 | Later Miss Earth USA 2005 (T8 Miss Earth) | ||
 | 2004 | Molly Flynn | Townsend | 22 | |||
 | 2003 | Megan Monroe | Missoula | 22 | |||
 | 2002 | Meredith McCannel | Billings | 20 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2001 | CaCe Hardy | Kalispell | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Brandi Bjorklund | Bonner | 20 | |||
 | 1999 | Michon Zink | Billings | 25 | |||
 | 1998 | Reno Wittman | Missoula | 25 | Cousin of Miss MT 1985 Julie Culbertson | ||
 | 1997 | Christin Didier | Lewistown | 24 | |||
 | 1996 | Tanya Pogatchnik | Helena | 21 | |||
 | 1995 | Angela Janich | Billings | 20 | |||
 | 1994 | Kelly Brown | Luther | 27 | |||
 | 1993 | Kristen Anderson* | Columbia Falls | 20 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 1988 | ||
 | 1992 | Joy Estrada | Bozeman | 21 | |||
 | 1991 | Joann Kayleen Jorgensen^ | Helena | 23 | Later Miss MT 1992 | ||
 | 1990 | Kimberlee Burger | Billings | 20 | |||
 | 1989 | Tammy Reiter | Billings | 22 | |||
 | 1988 | Kimberly Torp | Missoula | 21 | |||
 | 1987 | Constance Colla | Bozeman | 21 | |||
 | 1986 | Laurie Ryan | Belgrade | 21 | |||
 | 1985 | Julie Knox | Columbus | ||||
 | 1984 | Kristi Ogren† | Frenchtown | 18 | Killed in an auto accident the week following Miss USA | ||
 | 1983 | Barbara Bowman | Great Falls | 20 | |||
 | 1982 | Pierrette "Perri" Stevenson | Bozeman | 19 | |||
 | 1981 | Cathi Jo Locati | Billings | 19 | |||
 | 1980 | Robbin English | Great Falls | 20 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1979 | Jurrette Sindelar | Billings | 21 | |||
 | 1978 | Susan Riplett | Billings | 21 | |||
 | 1977 | Theresa Bajt | Billings | ||||
 | 1976 | Teresa "Terri" Klaus | Great Falls | 19 | |||
 | 1975 | Suzanne DeMier | Great Falls | ||||
 | 1974 | Carole Aalseth | Billings | 20 | |||
 | 1973 | Jeri Joy Shandorf | Missoula | 19 | |||
 | 1972 | Mitriann Popovich | Butte | 19 | |||
 | 1971 | Rebecca Thomas | Billings | ||||
 | 1970 | Moreen Murphy | Helena | 19 | |||
 | 1969 | Christina Jovin | Missoula | 20 | |||
 | 1968 | Kerry Barker | Billings | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Stevie Lahti | Wolf Creek | 21 | |||
 | 1966 | Carol Marie Boetcher | Great Falls | 21 | |||
 | 1965 | Patricia "Patcee" Bradford | Red Lodge | 20 | |||
| 1964 | – | ||||||
| 1963 | – | ||||||
| 1962 | – | ||||||
| 1961 | – | ||||||
| 1960 | Jo Anne Lane | ||||||
 | 1959 | Bar-beth Smith | Butte | 19 | |||
 | 1958 | Sharon Diane Tietjen^ | Great Falls | 19 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MT 1959 | |
| 1957 | – | ||||||
| 1956 | – | ||||||
| 1955 | – | ||||||
 | 1954 | Dawn Oney | Semi-finalist | ||||
 | 1953 | Billie Jean Tyrrell | Billings | 21 | |||
 | 1952 | Valerie Jackson | Missoula | 21 | Semi-finalist |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Madyson Rigg* | Kalispell | 26 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2014 | ||
| 2022 | Heather Lee O'Keefe | Bozeman | 24 | |||
| 2021 | Jami Forseth* | Huntley | 23 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2016 | ||
| 2020 | Merissa Underwood | Bozeman | 27 | |||
| 2019 | Grace Zitzer | Dillon | 27 | |||
| 2018 | Dani Walker | Billings | 28 | |||
| 2017 | Brooke Bezanson | Missoula | 20 | |||
| 2016 | Sibahn Doxey* | Frenchtown | 23 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2015 | Tahnee Peppenger | Great Falls | 27 | |||
| 2014 | Kadie Latimer | Kalispell | 23 | |||
| 2013 | Kacie West^ | Kalispell | 24 | Previously Miss MT 2010 | ||
| 2012 | Autumn Muller* | Billings | 25 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2011 | Brittany Wiser^ | Bozeman | 23 | Previously Miss MT 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Annie Anseth | Billings | 20 | |||
| 2009 | Misti Vogt | Kalispell | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Tori Wanty | Shelby | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Stephanie Trudeau | Saint Ignatius | 20 | Congeniality | ||
| 2006 | Jill McLain | Havre | 21 | |||
| 2005 | Amanda Kimmel | Billings | 20 | Later Miss Earth USA 2005 (T8 Miss Earth) | ||
| 2004 | Molly Flynn | Townsend | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Megan Monroe | Missoula | 22 | |||
| 2002 | Meredith McCannel | Billings | 20 | Congeniality | ||
| 2001 | CaCe Hardy | Kalispell | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Brandi Bjorklund | Bonner | 20 | |||
| 1999 | Michon Zink | Billings | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Reno Wittman | Missoula | 25 | Cousin of Miss MT 1985 Julie Culbertson | ||
| 1997 | Christin Didier | Lewistown | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Tanya Pogatchnik | Helena | 21 | |||
| 1995 | Angela Janich | Billings | 20 | |||
| 1994 | Kelly Brown | Luther | 27 | |||
| 1993 | Kristen Anderson* | Columbia Falls | 20 | Previously Miss MT Teen USA 1988 | ||
| 1992 | Joy Estrada | Bozeman | 21 | |||
| 1991 | Joann Kayleen Jorgensen^ | Helena | 23 | Later Miss MT 1992 | ||
| 1990 | Kimberlee Burger | Billings | 20 | |||
| 1989 | Tammy Reiter | Billings | 22 | |||
| 1988 | Kimberly Torp | Missoula | 21 | |||
| 1987 | Constance Colla | Bozeman | 21 | |||
| 1986 | Laurie Ryan | Belgrade | 21 | |||
| 1985 | Julie Knox | Columbus | ||||
| 1984 | Kristi Ogren† | Frenchtown | 18 | Killed in an auto accident the week following Miss USA | ||
| 1983 | Barbara Bowman | Great Falls | 20 | |||
| 1982 | Pierrette "Perri" Stevenson | Bozeman | 19 | |||
| 1981 | Cathi Jo Locati | Billings | 19 | |||
| 1980 | Robbin English | Great Falls | 20 | Congeniality | ||
| 1979 | Jurrette Sindelar | Billings | 21 | |||
| 1978 | Susan Riplett | Billings | 21 | |||
| 1977 | Theresa Bajt | Billings | ||||
| 1976 | Teresa "Terri" Klaus | Great Falls | 19 | |||
| 1975 | Suzanne DeMier | Great Falls | ||||
| 1974 | Carole Aalseth | Billings | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Jeri Joy Shandorf | Missoula | 19 | |||
| 1972 | Mitriann Popovich | Butte | 19 | |||
| 1971 | Rebecca Thomas | Billings | ||||
| 1970 | Moreen Murphy | Helena | 19 | |||
| 1969 | Christina Jovin | Missoula | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Kerry Barker | Billings | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Stevie Lahti | Wolf Creek | 21 | |||
| 1966 | Carol Marie Boetcher | Great Falls | 21 | |||
| 1965 | Patricia "Patcee" Bradford | Red Lodge | 20 | |||
| 1964 | – | |||||
| 1963 | – | |||||
| 1962 | – | |||||
| 1961 | – | |||||
| 1960 | Jo Anne Lane | |||||
| 1959 | Bar-beth Smith | Butte | 19 | |||
| 1958 | Sharon Diane Tietjen^ | Great Falls | 19 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss MT 1959 | |
| 1957 | – | |||||
| 1956 | – | |||||
| 1955 | – | |||||
| 1954 | Dawn Oney | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Billie Jean Tyrrell | Billings | 21 | |||
| 1952 | Valerie Jackson | Missoula | 21 | Semi-finalist |
