Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Oregon 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.
16 • Newberg
16 • Gold Beach
18 • Phoenix
28 • Portland
27 • Hillsboro
27 • Portland
28 • Harrisburg
26 • Corvallis
2nd runner-up
Gail Atchison (1976)
Semi-finalist
Maralyn Turner (1956), Joyce Collin (1962), Toye Esch (1964), Maureen Bassett (1967), Laura Smith (1970), Debbie Epperson (1984), Olga Calderon (1991), Endia Abrante (2001)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Jennifer Murphy (2004)
Top 15/16/20*
Toneata Morgan (2018)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Denise White (1994), Gabrielle Neilan (2013)
Photogenic
Alaina Bergsma (2012)
State Costume
Joyce Collin (1962), Maureen Bassett (1967)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Manju Bangalore | Corvallis | 25 | |||
 | 2022 | Arielle Freytag | Harrisburg | 28 | |||
 | 2021 | Allison Cook^ | Portland | 27 | Previously Miss OR 2013 | ||
 | 2020 | Katerina Villegas | Hillsboro | 27 | |||
 | 2019 | Natalie Tonneson | Portland | 28 | |||
 | 2018 | Toneata Morgan | Coquille | 22 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2017 | Elizabeth Denny | Roseburg | 26 | |||
 | 2016 | Natriana Shorter | Eugene | 25 | |||
 | 2015 | Bridget Wilmes | Canby | 22 | |||
 | 2014 | Emma Pelett | Portland | 25 | |||
 | 2013 | Gabrielle Neilan | Gresham | 23 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2012 | Alaina Bergsma | Eugene | 22 | Photogenic | ||
 | 2011 | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | |||
 | 2010 | Kate Paul | Mitchell | 24 | |||
 | 2009 | Sylvie Tarpinian | Eugene | 24 | |||
 | 2008 | Mary Lee Horch | Corvallis | 24 | |||
 | 2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
 | 2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
 | 2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | |||
 | 2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
 | 2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
 | 2001 | Endia Abrante | Eugene | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
 | 1999 | Amy Nelson | Eugene | 20 | |||
 | 1998 | Kara Jones | Eugene | 20 | |||
 | 1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | 25 | |||
 | 1996 | Jill Chartier* | Roseburg | 21 | Previously Miss OR Teen USA 1993 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 1995 | Karrie Grove | Portland | 24 | |||
 | 1994 | Denise White | Lake Oswego | 25 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | 24 | |||
 | 1992 | Terrie House | Astoria | 22 | |||
 | 1991 | Olga Calderon* | Beaverton | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss OR Teen USA 1985 | |
 | 1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | Portland | 24 | |||
 | 1989 | Jenifer Blaska | Central Point | 20 | |||
 | 1988 | Elaine Rohrer | Portland | 19 | |||
 | 1987 | Tamara "Tamie" Primiano | Portland | 21 | |||
 | 1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | 18 | |||
 | 1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | 20 | |||
 | 1984 | Debbie Epperson | Aloha | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1983 | Shelley Kiser | Tigard | 19 | |||
 | 1982 | Kristina Bauer | Dundee | 17 | |||
 | 1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | 22 | |||
 | 1980 | Martha "Marti" Viducich | Salem | 19 | |||
 | 1979 | Kathleen "Katie" Fitzpatrick | Salem | 20 | |||
 | 1978 | Julie Heater | Stayton | 19 | |||
 | 1977 | Charisse Charlton | Portland | 19 | |||
 | 1976 | Gail Atchison | Scio | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1975 | Theresa Favreau | Portland | 20 | ||||
 | 1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | Philomath | 20 | |||
 | 1973 | Judy Bishop | Portland | 19 | |||
 | 1972 | Yvonne Philes | Portland | 20 | |||
 | 1971 | Connie Oost† | McMinnville | 18 | † 2005 | ||
 | 1970 | Laura Smith | Portland | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1969 | Karen Morton | Camp Sherman | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Marsha Mayer | Portland | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Maureen Bassett | Beaverton | 20 | Semi-finalist | Costume | |
 | 1966 | Sharon Gerritz | Troutdale | 19 | |||
x | 1965 | Leslie Bruchner | Eugene | 21 | |||
 | 1964 | Toye Esch | Salem | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1963 | Joset Fisher | Portland | 20 | |||
 | 1962 | Joyce Collin | Lebanon | 20 | Semi-finalist | Costume | |
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1960 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1959 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1958 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1957 | Sonja Landsem† | Portland | 20 | † 2015 | ||
 | 1956 | Maralyn Turner | Cottage Grove | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1955 | Rose Karcha† | Salem | 21 | † 2004 | ||
 | 1954 | Charlotte Miller | Toledo | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1952 | Beth Bailey† | Portland | 27 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Manju Bangalore | Corvallis | 25 | |||
| 2022 | Arielle Freytag | Harrisburg | 28 | |||
| 2021 | Allison Cook^ | Portland | 27 | Previously Miss OR 2013 | ||
| 2020 | Katerina Villegas | Hillsboro | 27 | |||
| 2019 | Natalie Tonneson | Portland | 28 | |||
| 2018 | Toneata Morgan | Coquille | 22 | Top 15 | ||
| 2017 | Elizabeth Denny | Roseburg | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Natriana Shorter | Eugene | 25 | |||
| 2015 | Bridget Wilmes | Canby | 22 | |||
| 2014 | Emma Pelett | Portland | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Gabrielle Neilan | Gresham | 23 | Congeniality | ||
| 2012 | Alaina Bergsma | Eugene | 22 | Photogenic | ||
| 2011 | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Kate Paul | Mitchell | 24 | |||
| 2009 | Sylvie Tarpinian | Eugene | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Mary Lee Horch | Corvallis | 24 | |||
| 2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | |||
| 2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Endia Abrante | Eugene | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
| 1999 | Amy Nelson | Eugene | 20 | |||
| 1998 | Kara Jones | Eugene | 20 | |||
| 1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Jill Chartier* | Roseburg | 21 | Previously Miss OR Teen USA 1993 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 1995 | Karrie Grove | Portland | 24 | |||
| 1994 | Denise White | Lake Oswego | 25 | Congeniality | ||
| 1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | 24 | |||
| 1992 | Terrie House | Astoria | 22 | |||
| 1991 | Olga Calderon* | Beaverton | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss OR Teen USA 1985 | |
| 1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | Portland | 24 | |||
| 1989 | Jenifer Blaska | Central Point | 20 | |||
| 1988 | Elaine Rohrer | Portland | 19 | |||
| 1987 | Tamara "Tamie" Primiano | Portland | 21 | |||
| 1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | 18 | |||
| 1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | 20 | |||
| 1984 | Debbie Epperson | Aloha | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Shelley Kiser | Tigard | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Kristina Bauer | Dundee | 17 | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | 22 | |||
| 1980 | Martha "Marti" Viducich | Salem | 19 | |||
| 1979 | Kathleen "Katie" Fitzpatrick | Salem | 20 | |||
| 1978 | Julie Heater | Stayton | 19 | |||
| 1977 | Charisse Charlton | Portland | 19 | |||
| 1976 | Gail Atchison | Scio | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1975 | Theresa Favreau | Portland | 20 | |||
| 1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | Philomath | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Judy Bishop | Portland | 19 | |||
| 1972 | Yvonne Philes | Portland | 20 | |||
| 1971 | Connie Oost† | McMinnville | 18 | † 2005 | ||
| 1970 | Laura Smith | Portland | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1969 | Karen Morton | Camp Sherman | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Marsha Mayer | Portland | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Maureen Bassett | Beaverton | 20 | Semi-finalist | Costume | |
| 1966 | Sharon Gerritz | Troutdale | 19 | |||
| 1965 | Leslie Bruchner | Eugene | 21 | |||
| 1964 | Toye Esch | Salem | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1963 | Joset Fisher | Portland | 20 | |||
| 1962 | Joyce Collin | Lebanon | 20 | Semi-finalist | Costume | |
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1960 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1959 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1958 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1957 | Sonja Landsem† | Portland | 20 | † 2015 | ||
| 1956 | Maralyn Turner | Cottage Grove | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1955 | Rose Karcha† | Salem | 21 | † 2004 | ||
| 1954 | Charlotte Miller | Toledo | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Beth Bailey† | Portland | 27 |
