Miss Pennsylvania USA and Teen USA Titleholder History

Miss USA 1971 Michele Mcdonald, of Pennsylvania

Miss Pennsylvania USA 2024 Noni Diarra

Billie LaRaé Owens is crowned Miss Pennsylvania USA 2022

Jasmine Daniels is crowned Miss Pennsylvania USA 2023

Noni Diarra is crowned Miss Pennsylvania USA 2024

July 1953 • Miss Jeri Hauer of Hatboro, who was selected "Miss Pennsylvania," added finishing touch to her make-up in Philadelphia yesterday before leaving for Long Beach, Calif. She'll compete in the "Miss Universe" contest there.

August 1957 • ROSALIE CULP, Miss Pennsylvania: "No, the contests are not fixed. I've been in many of them, including the Miss America contest; and they're always strictly on the level. Of course, the gripers make all sorts of excuses."

12 Jul 1961 • Four Miss Universe contestants peek through a rack of coats at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla. The four pretty gals are (left to right): Gayle Nelson, Miss Pennsylvania; Marlene Britsch, Miss Mississippi; Marcia Gail Chumbler, Miss Kentucky; and Sheila Wade, Miss Texas.

10 Jul 1961 • Appearing in the costume of their native state these three pretty girls are contestants in the Miss USA contest, a part of the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant which opened last night at Miami, Fla, They are (1 to r) Marie Clyburn as Miss North Carolina; Gayle Nelson as Miss Pennsylvania, and Yvonne Quick as Miss South Carolina,

14 Jul 1963 • Digging their toes in Miami Beach sand are four Miss USA contestants at the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. From left are Deborah Cardonick of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marsha Metrinko of Laurel, Maryland; Michele Metrinko of the District of Columbia and Nina Lou Denton of Marmet, West Virginia.

19 Jul 1961 • Waiting for rehearsals in Miami Beach, Fla., Deborah Cardonick, "Miss Pennsylvania" in the "Miss Universe" contest, checks her mirror.

24 Jul 1964 • A group of contestants from the eastern United States try out their new swim suits and the sunshine in Miami Beach, Fla. The girls are their state representatives to the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Left to right: Miss New Jersey, Barbara Richartz; Miss Massachusetts, Barbara Helen Robery; Miss Delaware, Christina Klose; Miss Rhode Island, Ann Tantimonico, and Miss Pennsylvania, Maryann Reilly.

16 May 1967 • These young women all hope to be crowned Miss USA Saturday night at Miami Beach, Fla. In the front row are, left to right: Miss Tennessee, Nancy Brackhahn; Miss West Virginia, Pamela Young and Miss Maryland, Sandy Clevering. In the back row are, left to right: Miss Delaware, Dianne Judefind; Miss Pennsylvania, Barbara Woronke; Miss Virginia, Elizabeth Kallmyer and Miss District of Columbia, Myra Chudy.

12 May 1970 • Ellen Cream Miss New Jersey, left, is joined by Christina Tefft, Miss New York, and Carol Cerully, Miss Pennsylvania, at Miami where they compete in Saturday’s Miss USA beauty pageant.

1971 • Miss USA Top 10 Swimsuit Finalists - Missouri, Vermont, Florida, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, back row, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Arizona, and Texas.

24 May 1971 • Miss USA Michele McDonald of Pennsylvania poses with her court... Brenda Box, Texas, left; Susanne Pottenger, Arizona; Nancy Rich of Missouri and Patricia Barnstable of Kentucky

8 May 1971 • The first thing the first three girls in the Miss U.S.A. competition did when they got to Miami was to leave the country – but only briefly. They sailed yesterday on the cruise ship Freeport for a weekend in the Bahamas. Most of the contestants from 50 states will arrive Thursday and the competition gets under way in earnest the following Sunday. Shown here in a Freeport lifeboat are, left to right, Miss West Virginia, Peggy Tennant; Miss Ohio, Karen Haus, and Miss Pennsylvania, Michele McDonald.

Michele McDonald, Miss USA 1971 from Pennsylvania, poses with her four runners up: Texas, Arizona, Missouri and Kentucky.

Brenda Joyce White, heads up half a dozen beauties competing in Miss USA Pageant in Miami – Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia & District of Columbia. New Miss USA will be selected tomorrow.

22 May 1971 • The most popular hair style at the Miss USA Beauty Pageant rehearsal sessions is the roller top. The girls are content to be less than glamorous during the day so they can look their best for night appearances. From left are: Michele McDonald, Pennsylvania; Renee Smith of Alabama, and Sandra Taft of Vermont. Finals in the pageant will be held and the winner chosen tonight.

20 May 1971 • Miss Iowa Cindy Helmers of Sibley was among the 10 girls judged the best in swimsuit competition in the Miss U.S.A. beauty contest at Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday night. The Iowa State University junior thus became one of the leading contenders for the title to be awarded Saturday night. From left: Nancy Rich, Missouri; Pat Barnstable, Kentucky; Susanne Pottenger, Arizona; Sandra Taft, Vermont; Sue Collins, Tennessee; Miss Helmers; Brenda Box, Texas; Michele McDonald, Pennsylvania; Susan Deston, Florida, and Suzanne Pluskoski, District of Columbia.

3 May 1976 • Miss Pennsylvania, Marcy Zambelli, 20. of New Castle and Miss New Jersey. Ginger Hagaman, 21. of Egg Harbor, perform a duet during rehearsal for the Miss U.S.A. pageant at Niagara Falls Wednesday. The girls will compete for the title during a nationally televised broadcast on Saturday.

May 1977 • A dozen contestants in the Miss USA pageant posed Monday atop their New York hotel, as they stopped over in the city en route to the competition in Charleston, S. C. From left, they are: Miss Illinois, Elizabeth Anne Curran; Miss Indiana, Lynn Ann Flaherty; Miss Michigan, Jennifer Lynne Pinks; Miss New York, Deborah Sue Martin; Miss Texas, Kimberly Louise Tomes; Miss Pennsylvania, Lorraine Lincoski; and Miss California, Pamela Lynn Gargely. Also, Miss District of Columbia, Sharon Kathleen Suterland; Miss Maryland, Twyla Sue Littleton; Miss Massachusetts, Ann Marcil; Miss Ohio, Lesa Rummell; and Miss New Jersey, Juanita Yvonne McCarty

3 May 1977 • Wind blows the hair of six candidates for the Miss U.S.A. crown as they appeared in New York for a photo session atop the city's Americana Hotel yesterday. From left are Deborah Sue Martin, 18, of New York; Juanita Yvonne McCarty, 18, of Pemberton, New Jersey; Sharon Kathleen Sutherland, 21 , of Alexandria, Virginia; Lorraine Lincoski, 23, of Daisytown, Pennsylvania; Carolyn Ann Marcil, 20, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Twyla Sue Littleton, 21, of Oxon Hill, Maryland.

14 Apr 1978 • Miss U.S.A. contestants meet on trip to the Big Apple. From left, Martha Rose Szabo, Miss Connecticut; Darlene Cara Javitz, Miss New York; Sheryl Ann Hoehn, Miss New Jersey; and Sandy Dell, Miss Pennsylvania.

25 Apr 1979 • Miss Louisiana, Anna L Anderson, Gretna; Miss Arkansas, Cynthia Caldwell of Jacksonville; Miss Vermont, Katherine Rechsteiner of Waltsfield ,and Miss Pennsylvania, Maurine A Starinsky of Monongahela.

25 Apr 1979 • Maureen Starinsky, left, Miss Pennsylvania and Carolyn Houlihan, Miss Ohio, laugh it up as they take a break from rehearsals for the upcoming Miss USA Beauty Pageant. The contestants are in Biloxi, Miss., with finals scheduled Monday.

April 1980 • A half dozen state finalists in the Miss USA 1980 contest pose at a New York City restaurant Sunday after a round of appearances in the Big Apple. From the left the girls are: Miss New York, Debra Sue Maurice, 21; Miss Ohio, Elizabeth Kim Thomas, 20; Miss Florida, Barbara Ann Bowser, 20; Miss Massachusetts, Diane Marie Campbell, 21; Miss District of Columbia, Marianne Elizabeth Ritter, 19; Miss Pennsylvania, Andrea Lynn Patrick, 19. All will compete in the nationally televised program in Mississippi to determine who will represent the nation in the Miss Universe Pageant.

May 1980 • Contestants for the Miss USA pageant began arriving in Biloxi today. Shown here are Susan Osby, Miss Indiana; Andrea Patrick, Miss Pennsylvania; Karen Giobbe, Miss Delaware; Maria Vincent, Miss Idaho; Marianne Ritter, District of Columbia, and Kim Thomas, Miss Ohio.

May 1981 • Candidates for the Miss U.S.A. title in the Miss Universe Pageant preview the swimsuit competition atop the Summit Hotel in New York Monday, from left: Joann Savery, Miss Massachusetts; Deborah Ann Fountain, Miss New York, from the Bronx and Nena Hale Stone, Miss Pennsylvania from Bethel Park.

May 1982 • Miss USA contestants, who will compete for the coveted title May 13, pose for photographers in Gulfport, Miss., Monday. They are: Theresa Rosa, Miss Pennsylvania; Janice Straub, Miss New Jersey; Lori Estep, Miss D.C.; Sara Binkley, Miss Indiana; Kim Weeda, Miss Ohio, and Diane Arabia, Miss Michigan

May 1982 • SINGER DONNY OSMOND sings and dances with contestants during rehearsal for the live telecast of the Miss USA Pageant from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Those performing with Donny to the tune of "Jambalaya" include, from left: Miss North Carolina Jeannine Weithers Boger; Miss Pennsylvania Theresa Rosa, and Miss Nevada Andrea Kaye Pennington.

April 1983 • Miss Pennsylvania Julie Lynn Page, 18, gives Miss Massachusetts Robin Jeanne Silvia, 21, a taste of cotton candy as Miss New York Jennifer Anne Mikelinich, 20, watches on during a guest appearance by the beauties in New York recently.

April 1984 • Miss Pennsylvania, Tina Marie Albright of Willow, Street, joined Miss USA Pageant winners from across the nation in New York Wednesday for a sight-seeing and promotional tour for the pageant. From left are: Theresa Ring, Miss California; Lynn Scalo, Miss Connecticut; Steffanee Learning, Miss District of Columbia; Stacy Hassfurder, Miss Florida; Lavonne Ranae Misselle, Miss Illinois; Deborah Neary, Miss Massachusetts; Adriana Krambeck, Miss Michigan; Saundra Percival, Miss Missouri; Diane Everett Qualter, Miss New Jersey; Caroline Flury, Miss New York; Roxi Erwin, Miss Ohio; Miss Albright, and Laura Shaw, Miss Texas.

May 1985 • Two contestants in the Miss USA competition work on their tans at poolside in Lakeland, Fla., yesterday. That's Sandi Ferguson, Miss Pennsylvania, on the left and Mercedes Waggoner. Miss Massachusetts, beside her. Finals will be telecast Monday night.

April 1985 • Jill Denzin, Miss Kansas USA, feeds an oyster to Sandi Ferguson, Miss Pennsylvania USA, during a party for pageant contestants Monday at Lakeland, Fla. The new Miss USA will be crowned May 13.

May 1985 • These four eastern Miss USA gals were all smiles on the high diving board at Lakeland, Fla., as they await the pageant slated for May 13. From left are: Miss New York, Lovey King; Miss Pennsylvania, Sandi Ferguson; Miss New Jersey, Francie Knapp, and Miss Connecticut, Adrianne Hazelwood

April 1985 • Fourteen contestants for the upcoming Miss USA Pageant pose beside a bicycle built for twelve in New York,, April 18, 1985 during a promotion for the 12th annual Bike-a-Thon for United Cerebral Palsy. From left to right are; Miss Ohio, Lisa Barlow; Miss Pennsylvania, Sandra Furgusin; Miss Texas, Laura Herring, on handle bars; Miss California, Zina Ponder; Miss District of Columbia Christal Chacon; Miss Florida, Barbara Losh; Miss Illinois, Laura Ann Bach; Miss Massachusetts, Mercedes Waggoner; Miss Michigan, Nancy Mazuro; Miss Minnesota, Kari Johnson; Miss Missouri, Amy Ruth Cloverdale; Miss New Jersey, Francie Knapp; and Miss New York, Lovey King.

April 1986 • Lisa Summerour-Perry, Miss New Jersey, snaps picture of other competitors in the May 20 Miss USA Pageant in Miami. They are Kathy Rosenwinkel. Miss Florida (left); Sherri Fitzpatrick of Quakertown, Miss Pennsylvania; Tricia Bach, Miss Illinois, and Kelly Parson, Miss California.

Feb 1987 • Gun-toting Miss USA delegates take aim at a cowboy party at the Miss USA competition in Albuquerque, N.M. From left are Miss New York, Constance McCullough, New York City; Brian Denk; Miss Massachusetts, Rosanna Iverson, from Barrington;' Andrew Garcia, and Miss Pennsylvania, Lisa Rynkiewicz, from Larksville.

Feb 1988 • Fairfield County's Gina West, of Pickerington, (second from right) is among the 51 contestants in Miss USA competition in El Paso, Texas. Leading the conga line of Miss USA delegates are (from left) Miss District of Columbia, Elva Anderson; Miss Pennsylvania, Susan Gray, from Lansdale; Miss California, Diana Magana, from Palos Verdes; Miss Massachusetts, Anita Lovely, from Franklin; Miss Wyoming, Kristen Youmans, from Casper; Miss Ohio, Miss West, and Miss Nevada, Lagracella Oman, from Henderson. The new Miss USA will be crowned on live television March 1.

Feb 1988 • Contestants in the 37th annual Miss USA Pageant pose for photographers in New York Thursday, before traveling to El Paso, Texas where the pageant final will be televised live on CBS, March 1. The winner will represent the United States in the 1988 Miss Universe Pageant in Taipei. From left are Susan Gray, Miss Pennsylvania; Anita Lovely, Miss Massachusetts and Linnea Mancini, Miss New York.

Feb 1988 • Picture perfect was the order of the day Saturday when photographers selected their favorite for Miss Photogenic at the Miss USA Pageant in El Paso, Texas. From left: Miss New York, Linneau Mancini, Miss Pennsylvania, Susan Grey, Miss New Jersey, Colleen Carlone, Miss Rhode Island, Cindy Geronda, and Miss Connecticut, Cathy Galasso, seated. Miss Photogenic will be announced Thursday.

Feb 1989 • Miss USA Pageant contestants take a break on the beach while preparing for the Feb. 28 finals at Mobile, Ala. Top, Kimberly Wallace, Miss Massachusetts; Second row, from left, Jacqueline Padgett, Miss North Carolina; Kirsten Blakemore, Miss Maine; Kelly Holub, Miss Illinois; Bottom row, from left, Karyn Finucan, Miss Michigan; Jennifer Parker, Miss Florida; Denise Epps, Miss Pennsylvania; and Lisa Vendetti, Miss Connecticut.

Feb 1989 • Miss Pennsylvania (Denise Epps), Miss Montana (Tammy Reiter) and Miss Washington (Chiann Fan) have some fun with props backstage at the Miss USA pageant in Mobile, Ala.