Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Utah 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.
18 • Salt Lake City
USA’s third Miss Universe
20 • Salt Lake City
Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA
23 • Salt Lake City
Top 20 at Miss Universe
Winner
Linda Bement (1960) (became Miss Universe), Noelia Voigt (2023)
1st runner-up
Charlotte Sheffield (1957) (became Miss USA)
2nd runner-up
Susan Gasser (1982)
3rd runner-up
Janet Joy Erikson (1964), Laura Chukanov (2009), Marissa Powell (2013)
4th runner-up
Carol Jean Isbell (1952)
Top 5/6
Temple Taggart (1997), Melissa Anderson (1998)
Semi-finalist
Myrna Joy Rasmussen (1955), Sandra Pugh (1958), Janet Marie Hawley (1961), Patricia Profaizer (1962), Janis Sadler (1965), Denice Blair (1966), Margo Flynn (1978), Tracy Kennick (1996)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Heather Anderson (2007)
Top 15/16/20*
Marin Poole (2005), Julia Bachison (2008), Jamie Crandall (2011), JessiKate Riley (2021)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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![]() | 2024 | Alyssa Chandler | Herriman | 27 | |||
![]() | 2023 | Mariluz Cook | Salt Lake City | 25 | Succeeded Noelia Voight as Miss Utah USA | ||
![]() | 2023 | NOELIA VOIGT | Salt Lake City | 23 | Miss USA 2023 | ||
![]() | 2022 | Maddie Jonely | Salt Lake City | 25 | Assumed title | ||
![]() | 2022 | Elisabeth Bradley-Gandara | Salt Lake City | 27 | Resigned following Miss USA | ||
![]() | 2021 | JessiKate Riley°^ | Beaver | 25 | Top 16 | Previously Miss UT's Outstanding Teen 2014 & Miss UT 2017 | |
![]() | 2020 | Rachel Slawson | Provo | 25 | |||
![]() | 2019 | Amanda Giroux | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Narine Ishhanov | Salt Lake City | 24 | |||
![]() | 2017 | Baylee Jensen | South Jordan | 23 | Daughter of Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Jensen | ||
![]() | 2016 | Teale Murdock | Salt Lake City | 26 | |||
![]() | 2015 | Nicol Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | Sister of Miss UT USA 2013 Marissa Powell | ||
![]() | 2014 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 22 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2010 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
![]() | 2013 | Marissa Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Sister of Miss UT USA 2015 Nicol Powell | |
![]() | 2012 | Kendyl Bell | Sandy | 25 | Sister of Miss UT Teen USA 2017 | ||
![]() | 2011 | Jamie Crandall | Salt Lake City | 23 | Top 16 | ||
![]() | 2010 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 20 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2008 | ||
![]() | 2009 | Laura Chukanov | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
![]() | 2008 | Julia Bachison^ | North Ogden | 24 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT 2005 | |
![]() | 2007 | Heather Anderson | Sandy | 26 | Top 10 | ||
![]() | 2006 | Soben Huon | Provo | 23 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Marin Poole* | Provo | 21 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2005 | |
![]() | 2004 | Kyla Faye Dickerson | Midvale | 23 | |||
![]() | 2003 | Kelly Chapman | South Jordan | 24 | |||
![]() | 2002 | Abbie Jane Smith | West Jordan | 19 | |||
![]() | 2001 | Tiffany Seaman | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Keri Hatfield | Bountiful | 22 | |||
![]() | 1999 | Rachel Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 25 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 24 | Finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1990 | |
![]() | 1997 | Temple Taggart | Centerville | 21 | Finalist | ||
![]() | 1996 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1989 | |
![]() | 1995 | Melanie Mitton | Provo | 22 | |||
![]() | 1994 | Vanessa Munns | Provo | 21 | |||
![]() | 1993 | Natalie Pyper | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
![]() | 1992 | Nichelle Mickelson | West Valley City | 20 | |||
![]() | 1991 | Patti Jo Bender | Sandy | 24 | |||
![]() | 1990 | Debra Linn Tingey | Centerville | Sister of Miss UT 1989 Jacque Tingey | |||
![]() | 1989 | Zanetta van Zyverden | South Jordan | ||||
![]() | 1988 | Suzie Lundell | Park City | ||||
![]() | 1987 | Patty Thorpe | Clawson | ||||
![]() | 1986 | Stephanie Reber | Holladay | 21 | |||
![]() | 1985 | Kim Thompson | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Michele Lynn Brown | Roy | 19 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Launa Lewis | Heber City | 19 | |||
![]() | 1982 | Susan L. Gasser | Salt Lake City | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
![]() | 1981 | Tonya Anderson | Orem | 20 | |||
![]() | 1980 | Tamara Parsons | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
![]() | 1979 | Victoria Scott | Salt Lake City | 27 | |||
![]() | 1978 | Margo Flynn† | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2016 | |
![]() | 1977 | Maria Michele Miner | Provo | 19 | |||
![]() | 1976 | Debbie Drecksel | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
![]() | 1975 | Andrea Felt | Logan | 19 | |||
![]() | 1974 | Halene Petersen | Riverton | 20 | |||
![]() | 1973 | Julia Nebeker | Nephi | 23 | |||
![]() | 1972 | Peggy Moore | Provo | 20 | Congeniality | ||
![]() | 1971 | Janet Montgomery | Hooper | 20 | |||
![]() | 1970 | Tamina Roark | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
![]() | 1969 | Anne Meuller | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
![]() | 1968 | Shelle Cannon† | Salt Lake City | 18 | † 2010 | ||
![]() | 1967 | Marilyn Christiansen | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
x![]() | 1966 | Denice Blair | Layton | 19 | Semi-finalist | Miss World USA 1966 (6RU Miss World) | |
![]() | 1965 | Janis Sadler | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1964 | Janet Joy Erikson | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
![]() | 1963 | Carla Ann Dinius | Holladay | 19 | |||
![]() | 1962 | Patricia Profaizer† | Ogden | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2012 | |
![]() | 1961 | Janet Marie Hawley | Salt Lake City | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1960 | LINDA BEMENT | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
![]() | 1959 | Melanie Canfield† | Tremonton | 18 | † 2016 | ||
![]() | 1958 | Sandra Pugh | Provo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1957 | CHARLOTTE SHEFFIELD† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 1st runner up | Assumed Miss USA title when Leona Gage disqualified; Miss World USA 1957 (NF Miss World); † 2016 | |
![]() | 1956 | Cheryl Brown | Spanish Fork | 20 | |||
![]() | 1955 | Myrna Joy Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1954 | LaVerna Laub† | St George | 20 | |||
![]() | 1953 | Shauna Wood† | Salt Lake City | 22 | † 2019 | ||
![]() | 1952 | Carol Jean Isbell† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 4th runner-up | † 2019 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Alyssa Chandler | Herriman | 27 | |||
2023 | Mariluz Cook | Salt Lake City | 25 | Succeeded Noelia Voight as Miss Utah USA | ||
2023 | NOELIA VOIGT | Salt Lake City | 23 | Miss USA 2023 | Resigned as Miss USA in May 2024 | |
2022 | Maddie Jonely | Salt Lake City | 25 | Assumed title | ||
2022 | Elisabeth Bradley-Gandara | Salt Lake City | 27 | Resigned following Miss USA | ||
2021 | JessiKate Riley°^ | Beaver | 25 | Top 16 | Previously Miss UT's Outstanding Teen 2014 & Miss UT 2017 | |
2020 | Rachel Slawson | Provo | 25 | |||
2019 | Amanda Giroux | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
2018 | Narine Ishhanov | Salt Lake City | 24 | |||
2017 | Baylee Jensen | South Jordan | 23 | Daughter of Miss USA 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Jensen | ||
2016 | Teale Murdock | Salt Lake City | 26 | |||
2015 | Nicol Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | Sister of Miss UT USA 2013 Marissa Powell | ||
2014 | Angelia Layton* | Manti | 22 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2010 (3RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
2013 | Marissa Powell | Salt Lake City | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Sister of Miss UT USA 2015 Nicol Powell | |
2012 | Kendyl Bell | Sandy | 25 | Sister of Miss UT Teen USA 2017 | ||
2011 | Jamie Crandall | Salt Lake City | 23 | Top 16 | ||
2010 | Kate Feinstein* | Centerville | 20 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2008 | ||
2009 | Laura Chukanov | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
2008 | Julia Bachison^ | North Ogden | 24 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT 2005 | |
2007 | Heather Anderson | Sandy | 26 | Top 10 | ||
2006 | Soben Huon | Provo | 23 | |||
2005 | Marin Poole* | Provo | 21 | Top 15 | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 2005 | |
2004 | Kyla Faye Dickerson | Midvale | 23 | |||
2003 | Kelly Chapman | South Jordan | 24 | |||
2002 | Abbie Jane Smith | West Jordan | 19 | |||
2001 | Tiffany Seaman | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
2000 | Keri Hatfield | Bountiful | 22 | |||
1999 | Rachel Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 25 | |||
1998 | Melissa Anderson* | Provo | 24 | Finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1990 | |
1997 | Temple Taggart | Centerville | 21 | Finalist | ||
1996 | Tracy Kennick* | Price | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss UT Teen USA 1989 | |
1995 | Melanie Mitton | Provo | 22 | |||
1994 | Vanessa Munns | Provo | 21 | |||
1993 | Natalie Pyper | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
1992 | Nichelle Mickelson | West Valley City | 20 | |||
1991 | Patti Jo Bender | Sandy | 24 | |||
1990 | Debra Linn Tingey | Centerville | Sister of Miss UT 1989 Jacque Tingey | |||
1989 | Zanetta van Zyverden | South Jordan | ||||
1988 | Suzie Lundell | Park City | ||||
1987 | Patty Thorpe | Clawson | ||||
1986 | Stephanie Reber | Holladay | 21 | |||
1985 | Kim Thompson | Salt Lake City | 18 | |||
1984 | Michele Lynn Brown | Roy | 19 | |||
1983 | Launa Lewis | Heber City | 19 | |||
1982 | Susan L. Gasser | Salt Lake City | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1981 | Tonya Anderson | Orem | 20 | |||
1980 | Tamara Parsons | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
1979 | Victoria Scott | Salt Lake City | 27 | |||
1978 | Margo Flynn† | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2016 | |
1977 | Maria Michele Miner | Provo | 19 | |||
1976 | Debbie Drecksel | Salt Lake City | 23 | |||
1975 | Andrea Felt | Logan | 19 | |||
1974 | Halene Petersen | Riverton | 20 | |||
1973 | Julia Nebeker | Nephi | 23 | |||
1972 | Peggy Moore | Provo | 20 | Congeniality | ||
1971 | Janet Montgomery | Hooper | 20 | |||
1970 | Tamina Roark | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
1969 | Anne Meuller | Salt Lake City | 19 | |||
1968 | Shelle Cannon† | Salt Lake City | 18 | † 2010 | ||
1967 | Marilyn Christiansen | Salt Lake City | 21 | |||
1966 | Denice Blair | Layton | 19 | Semi-finalist | Miss World USA 1966 (6RU Miss World) | |
1965 | Janis Sadler | Salt Lake City | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1964 | Janet Joy Erikson | Salt Lake City | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1963 | Carla Ann Dinius | Holladay | 19 | |||
1962 | Patricia Profaizer† | Ogden | 18 | Semi-finalist | † 2012 | |
1961 | Janet Marie Hawley | Salt Lake City | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1960 | LINDA BEMENT | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss USA & Miss Universe | ||
1959 | Melanie Canfield† | Tremonton | 18 | † 2016 | ||
1958 | Sandra Pugh | Provo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1957 | CHARLOTTE SHEFFIELD† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 1st runner up | Assumed Miss USA title when Leona Gage disqualified; Miss World USA 1957 (NF Miss World); † 2016 | |
1956 | Cheryl Brown | Spanish Fork | 20 | |||
1955 | Myrna Joy Rasmussen | Salt Lake City | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1954 | LaVerna Laub† | St George | 20 | |||
1953 | Shauna Wood† | Salt Lake City | 22 | † 2019 | ||
1952 | Carol Jean Isbell† | Salt Lake City | 20 | 4th runner-up | † 2019 |