Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Nevada USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner Barbara Jean Clark in 1952 to Josie Stephens and Emily Cox 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.
24 • Las Vegas
1st runner-up
at Miss Universe
27 • Las Vegas
20 • Henderson
28 • Fallon
Semi-finalist
at Miss USA
23 • Las Vegas
Top 20
at Miss USA
22 • Las Vegas
4th runner-up
at Miss USA
Winner
Nia Sanchez (2014)
1st runner-up
Mary O’Neal Contino (1977)
2nd runner-up
Joan Adams (1957), Kathy Landry (1968), Sheri Schruhl (1970), Carolina Urrea (2018)
3rd runner-up
Karen Weller (1961), Gina Giacinto (2001), Jade Kelsall (2012), Brittany McGowan (2015)
4th runner-up
Janet Hadland (1962), Helen Salas (2007)
Top 5/6
Tianna Tuamoheloa (2019)
Semi-finalist
Earlene Whitt (1953), Joy Blaine (1959), Kathee Francis (1963), Denyse Turner (1965), Jacqueline Moore (1967), Karen Esslinger (1969), Linda Dryden (1974), Christa Daniel (1983), Tammy Perkins (1987), Josie Stephens (2023)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Chelsea Caswell (2013)
Top 15/16/20*
Lauren Scyphers (2006), Victoria Olona (2020), Najah Ali (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Alesia Prentiss (1992)
State Costume
Lagracella Omran (1988)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2025 | Mary Sickler | Las Vegas | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2024 | Najah Ali | Las Vegas | 23 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2023 | Josie Stephens | Las Vegas | 28 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Summer Keffeler* | Henderson | 20 | Previously Miss WA Teen USA 2018 | ||
 | 2021 | Kataluna Enriquez | Las Vegas | 26 | First openly transgender woman to compete at Miss USA | ||
 | 2020 | Victoria Olona | Las Vegas | 27 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2019 | Tianna Tuamoheloa | Las Vegas | 26 | Finalist | ||
 | 2018 | Carolina Urrea | Paradise | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2017 | Lauren York | North Las Vegas | 23 | |||
 | 2016 | Emelina Adams | Henderson | 24 | |||
 | 2015 | Brittany McGowan | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 2014 | NIA SANCHEZ | Las Vegas | 24 | Miss USA | 1RU Miss Universe 2014 | |
 | 2013 | Chelsea Caswell | Las Vegas | 23 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2012 | Jade Kelsall | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 2011 | Sarah Chapman | Henderson | 27 | Sister of Miss CA USA 2004 Ellen Chapman | ||
 | 2010 | Julianna Erdesz^ | Reno | 25 | Previously Miss NV 2008 | ||
 | 2009 | Georgina Vaughan* | Las Vegas | 20 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 2006 | ||
 | 2008 | Veronica Grabowski | Henderson | 23 | |||
 | 2007 | Helen Salas* | Las Vegas | 21 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 2004 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2006 | Lauren Scyphers | Gardnerville | 20 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2005 | Shivonn Geeb | Las Vegas | 25 | Assumed title prior to Miss USA | ||
 | 2005 | Sloan Bailey | Resigned prior to Miss USA | ||||
 | 2004 | Victoria Franklin* | Las Vegas | 23 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1998 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2003 | Ashley Huff^ | Henderson | 22 | Previously Miss NV 2001 | ||
 | 2002 | Jenny Valdez | Las Vegas | 22 | |||
 | 2001 | Gina Giacinto^ | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss NV 1999 | |
 | 2000 | Alicia Carnes* | Las Vegas | 22 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1995 | ||
 | 1999 | Shaynee Smith | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
 | 1998 | Tammie Rankin* | Las Vegas | 21 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1993 | ||
 | 1997 | Ninya Perna | Green Valley | 23 | |||
 | 1996 | Alisa Castillo | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
 | 1995 | Brook Hammond* | Las Vegas | 21 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1991 | ||
 | 1994 | Angela Lambert | Las Vegas | 25 | |||
 | 1993 | Alexis Oliver | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1992 | Alesia Prentiss | Las Vegas | 24 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1991 | Jodi Jensen | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1990 | Michelle Yegge | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
 | 1989 | Janu Tornell | Las Vegas | 23 | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
 | 1988 | Lagracella Omran | North Las Vegas | 19 | Best State Costume | ||
 | 1987 | Tammy Perkins | Las Vegas | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1986 | LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas | 23 | Previously Miss NV 1984 | ||
 | 1985 | Alicia Berger | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1984 | Donna Lee McNeil | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
 | 1983 | Christa Daniel | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1982 | Andrea Pennington | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1981 | Mary Lebsock | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
 | 1980 | Kimberlee Guider | Las Vegas | 22 | |||
 | 1979 | Aleasha Magleby | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1978 | Dawn Jameson | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1977 | Mary O'Neal Contino | Las Vegas | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1976 | Janice Carrell | Las Vegas | 20 | |||
 | 1975 | Madonna Allison | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
 | 1974 | Linda Dryden | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1973 | Laura Fritz | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
 | 1972 | Tracey Lynn Whitney | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1971 | Anita Laurie | Las Vegas | 19 | †2006 | ||
 | 1970 | Sheri Schruhl | Las Vegas | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1969 | Karen Esslinger | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1968 | Kathy Landry | Las Vegas | 22 | 2nd runner-up | †2014 | |
 | 1967 | Jacqueline Moore | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1966 | Mary Martin | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1965 | Denyse Turner | Las Vegas | 23 | Semi-finalist | Third titleholder appointed to represent Nevada in 1965 – original winner Sharon Granda was too young and her replacement Bonnie Baxter had to fly home to be with her ill mother | |
 | 1964 | Pamela Diane Morris | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
 | 1963 | Kathee Francis | Las Vegas | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1962 | Janet Hadland | Las Vegas | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1961 | Karen Weller | Las Vegas | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1960 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1959 | Joy Blaine | Reno | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1958 | Terry Lee Jeffers | Las Vegas | 18 | †2013 | ||
 | 1957 | Joan Adams | Las Vegas | 23 | 1st runner-up | * Originally placed 2RU, advanced a position due to Mary Leona Gage's disqualification | |
 | 1956 | Marley Sanderson | North Las Vegas | 23 | †2011 | ||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1954 | Mary Jane Arnold | Las Vegas | 18 | †2013 | ||
 | 1953 | Earlene Whitt | Las Vegas | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Barbara Jean Clark | Boulder City | 18 | †2013 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mary Sickler | Las Vegas | 22 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2024 | Najah Ali | Las Vegas | 23 | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Josie Stephens | Las Vegas | 28 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Summer Keffeler* | Henderson | 20 | Previously Miss WA Teen USA 2018 | ||
| 2021 | Kataluna Enriquez | Las Vegas | 26 | First openly transgender woman to compete at Miss USA | ||
| 2020 | Victoria Olona | Las Vegas | 27 | Top 15 | ||
| 2019 | Tianna Tuamoheloa | Las Vegas | 26 | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Carolina Urrea | Paradise | 23 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2017 | Lauren York | North Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 2016 | Emelina Adams | Henderson | 24 | |||
| 2015 | Brittany McGowan | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2014 | NIA SANCHEZ | Las Vegas | 24 | Miss USA | 1RU Miss Universe 2014 | |
| 2013 | Chelsea Caswell | Las Vegas | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 2012 | Jade Kelsall | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Sarah Chapman | Henderson | 27 | Sister of Miss CA USA 2004 Ellen Chapman | ||
| 2010 | Julianna Erdesz^ | Reno | 25 | Previously Miss NV 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Georgina Vaughan* | Las Vegas | 20 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 2006 | ||
| 2008 | Veronica Grabowski | Henderson | 23 | |||
| 2007 | Helen Salas* | Las Vegas | 21 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 2004 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2006 | Lauren Scyphers | Gardnerville | 20 | Top 15 | ||
| 2005 | Shivonn Geeb | Las Vegas | 25 | Assumed title prior to Miss USA | ||
| 2005 | Sloan Bailey | Resigned prior to Miss USA | ||||
| 2004 | Victoria Franklin* | Las Vegas | 23 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1998 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2003 | Ashley Huff^ | Henderson | 22 | Previously Miss NV 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Jenny Valdez | Las Vegas | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Gina Giacinto^ | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss NV 1999 | |
| 2000 | Alicia Carnes* | Las Vegas | 22 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1995 | ||
| 1999 | Shaynee Smith | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1998 | Tammie Rankin* | Las Vegas | 21 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1997 | Ninya Perna | Green Valley | 23 | |||
| 1996 | Alisa Castillo | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1995 | Brook Hammond* | Las Vegas | 21 | Previously Miss NV Teen USA 1991 | ||
| 1994 | Angela Lambert | Las Vegas | 25 | |||
| 1993 | Alexis Oliver | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1992 | Alesia Prentiss | Las Vegas | 24 | Congeniality | ||
| 1991 | Jodi Jensen | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1990 | Michelle Yegge | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1989 | Janu Tornell | Las Vegas | 23 | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
| 1988 | Lagracella Omran | North Las Vegas | 19 | Best State Costume | ||
| 1987 | Tammy Perkins | Las Vegas | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas | 23 | Previously Miss NV 1984 | ||
| 1985 | Alicia Berger | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1984 | Donna Lee McNeil | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
| 1983 | Christa Daniel | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Andrea Pennington | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1981 | Mary Lebsock | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1980 | Kimberlee Guider | Las Vegas | 22 | |||
| 1979 | Aleasha Magleby | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1978 | Dawn Jameson | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1977 | Mary O'Neal Contino | Las Vegas | 19 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1976 | Janice Carrell | Las Vegas | 20 | |||
| 1975 | Madonna Allison | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
| 1974 | Linda Dryden | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1973 | Laura Fritz | Las Vegas | 21 | |||
| 1972 | Tracey Lynn Whitney | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1971 | Anita Laurie | Las Vegas | 19 | †2006 | ||
| 1970 | Sheri Schruhl | Las Vegas | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1969 | Karen Esslinger | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1968 | Kathy Landry | Las Vegas | 22 | 2nd runner-up | †2014 | |
| 1967 | Jacqueline Moore | Las Vegas | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Mary Martin | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1965 | Denyse Turner | Las Vegas | 23 | Semi-finalist | Third titleholder appointed to represent Nevada in 1965 – original winner Sharon Granda was too young and her replacement Bonnie Baxter had to fly home to be with her ill mother | |
| 1964 | Pamela Diane Morris | Las Vegas | 19 | |||
| 1963 | Kathee Francis | Las Vegas | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1962 | Janet Hadland | Las Vegas | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1961 | Karen Weller | Las Vegas | 18 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1960 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1959 | Joy Blaine | Reno | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1958 | Terry Lee Jeffers | Las Vegas | 18 | †2013 | ||
| 1957 | Joan Adams | Las Vegas | 23 | 1st runner-up | * Originally placed 2RU, advanced a position due to Mary Leona Gage's disqualification | |
| 1956 | Marley Sanderson | North Las Vegas | 23 | †2011 | ||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1954 | Mary Jane Arnold | Las Vegas | 18 | †2013 | ||
| 1953 | Earlene Whitt | Las Vegas | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1952 | Barbara Jean Clark | Boulder City | 18 | †2013 |
17 • Las Vegas
18 • Las Vegas
Semi-finalist & Congeniality
at Miss Teen USA
18 • Las Vegas
18 • Las Vegas
18 • Las Vegas
Top 10
at Miss Teen USA
2nd runner-up
Victoria Franklin (1998), Helen Salas (2004), Alexis Smith (2017), Erica Bonilla (2019)
4th runner-up
Carissa Morrow (2016)
Semi-finalist
Kim Cannon (1983), Kristen Walthers (1999), Ileri Tunrarebi (2009), Janae McIntosh (2022)
Top 10*
Cameron Reese (2025)
Top 15/16/20*
Britney Barnhart (2018)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2025 | Cameron Reese | Las Vegas | 18 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2024 | Courtney Clark | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2023 | Emily Cox | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2022 | Janae McIntosh | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
 | 2021 | Noelani Mendoza | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2020 | Montana Cencarik | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2019 | Erica Bonilla | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2018 | Britney Barnhart | Las Vegas | 17 | Top 15 | Daughter of Miss OK USA 1982 Jill Liebmann; sister of Miss NV Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman | |
 | 2017 | Alexis Smith | Las Vegas | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2016 | Carissa Morrow | Henderson | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 2015 | Geovanna Hilton | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2014 | Alexa Taylor | Las Vegas | 16 | |||
 | 2013 | Amanda Jenkins | Reno | 18 | |||
 | 2012 | Katie Eklund | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2011 | Ashley Brown | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
 | 2010 | Audrey Denison | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2009 | Ileri Tunrarebi | Henderson | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2008 | Lauren Hudman | Henderson | 18 | Daughter of Miss OK USA 1982; sister of Miss NV Teen USA 2018 | ||
 | 2007 | Danielle Hashimoto | Reno | 16 | |||
 | 2006 | Georgina Vaughan | Las Vegas | 18 | Later Miss NV USA 2009 | ||
 | 2005 | Kelli Crossley | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2004 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss NV USA 2007 (4RU Miss USA) | |
 | 2003 | Ashley Phelps | Centennial Hills | 15 | |||
 | 2002 | Kathryn Bigler | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 2001 | Tahnee Harrison | Boulder City | 16 | |||
 | 2000 | Melissa Davis | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1999 | Kristen Walthers | Reno | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1998 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 17 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss NV USA 2004 | |
 | 1997 | Kaci Thompson | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1996 | Cerina Vincent | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
 | 1995 | Alicia Carnes | Las Vegas | 18 | Later Miss NV USA 2000 | ||
 | 1994 | Heather Kittrell | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1993 | Tammie Rankin | Las Vegas | 17 | Later Miss NV USA 1998 | ||
 | 1992 | Jennifer Gassmann | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
 | 1991 | Brook Hammond | Las Vegas | 17 | Later Miss NV USA 1995 | ||
 | 1990 | Judith "JJ" Casper | Las Vegas | 17 | ​Photogenic | ||
 | 1989 | Stacey Bentley | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1988 | Erin Abernathy | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
 | 1987 | Marie-There Yvonne Broca | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1986 | Wendi Stewart | Las Vegas | 15 | |||
 | 1985 | Leslye Peterson | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1984 | Rana Kirkland | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
 | 1983 | Kim Cannon | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cameron Reese | Las Vegas | 18 | Top 10 | ||
| 2024 | Courtney Clark | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2023 | Emily Cox | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2022 | Janae McIntosh | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist | Congeniality | |
| 2021 | Noelani Mendoza | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2020 | Montana Cencarik | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2019 | Erica Bonilla | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2018 | Britney Barnhart | Las Vegas | 17 | Top 15 | Daughter of Miss OK USA 1982 Jill Liebmann; sister of Miss NV Teen USA 2008 Lauren Hudman | |
| 2017 | Alexis Smith | Las Vegas | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2016 | Carissa Morrow | Henderson | 18 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2015 | Geovanna Hilton | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2014 | Alexa Taylor | Las Vegas | 16 | |||
| 2013 | Amanda Jenkins | Reno | 18 | |||
| 2012 | Katie Eklund | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Ashley Brown | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
| 2010 | Audrey Denison | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2009 | Ileri Tunrarebi | Henderson | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2008 | Lauren Hudman | Henderson | 18 | Daughter of Miss OK USA 1982; sister of Miss NV Teen USA 2018 | ||
| 2007 | Danielle Hashimoto | Reno | 16 | |||
| 2006 | Georgina Vaughan | Las Vegas | 18 | Later Miss NV USA 2009 | ||
| 2005 | Kelli Crossley | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss NV USA 2007 (4RU Miss USA) | |
| 2003 | Ashley Phelps | Centennial Hills | 15 | |||
| 2002 | Kathryn Bigler | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 2001 | Tahnee Harrison | Boulder City | 16 | |||
| 2000 | Melissa Davis | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1999 | Kristen Walthers | Reno | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 17 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss NV USA 2004 | |
| 1997 | Kaci Thompson | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1996 | Cerina Vincent | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
| 1995 | Alicia Carnes | Las Vegas | 18 | Later Miss NV USA 2000 | ||
| 1994 | Heather Kittrell | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1993 | Tammie Rankin | Las Vegas | 17 | Later Miss NV USA 1998 | ||
| 1992 | Jennifer Gassmann | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
| 1991 | Brook Hammond | Las Vegas | 17 | Later Miss NV USA 1995 | ||
| 1990 | Judith "JJ" Casper | Las Vegas | 17 | ​Photogenic | ||
| 1989 | Stacey Bentley | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Erin Abernathy | Las Vegas | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Marie-There Yvonne Broca | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1986 | Wendi Stewart | Las Vegas | 15 | |||
| 1985 | Leslye Peterson | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1984 | Rana Kirkland | Las Vegas | 18 | |||
| 1983 | Kim Cannon | Las Vegas | 18 | Semi-finalist |
