Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss West Virginia 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.
24 • Morgantown
26 • Charles Town
22 • Parkersburg
26 • Morgantown
21 • Charleston
1st runner-up
Kelly Anderson (1984)
2nd runner-up
Ruth Parr (1957)
Semi-finalist
Wilda Estep (1959), Carole Garnett Pugh (1960), Kathy McManaway (1961), Paula Morrison (1987)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Jessi Pierson (2009)
Top 15/16/20*
Kristin Morrison (2005), Chelsea Welch (2013), Nichole Greene (2016), Krystian Leonard (2022)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Photogenic
Jessi Pierson (2009)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Nevaeh Harmon | Charleston | 21 | |||
 | 2022 | Krystian Leonard | Morgantown | 26 | Top 16 | ||
 | 2021 | Alexis Bland | Parkersburg | 22 | |||
 | 2020 | Charlotte Bellotte | Charles Town | 26 | |||
 | 2019 | Haley Holloway* | Morgantown | 24 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2013 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2018 | Casey Lassiter | Spencer | 21 | |||
 | 2017 | Lauren Roush | Mason | 22 | |||
 | 2016 | Nichole Greene | Charleston | 24 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2015 | Andrea Mucino | Morgantown | 24 | |||
 | 2014 | Charisse Haislop | Parkersburg | 24 | |||
 | 2013 | Chelsea Welch* | West Union | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2007 (4RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2012 | Andrea Rogers | Martinsburg | 24 | |||
 | 2011 | Whitney Veach* | Petersburg | 24 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2003 | ||
 | 2010 | Erica Goldsmith | Mineral Wells | 23 | |||
 | 2009 | Jessi Pierson | Milton | 21 | Top 10 | Photogenic | |
 | 2008 | Skylene Montgomery | Parkersburg | 23 | |||
 | 2007 | Kasey Montgomery | Petersburg | 23 | |||
 | 2006 | Jessica Wedge | Evans | 22 | |||
 | 2005 | Kristin Morrison | Ripley | 24 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2004 | Carolyn Jennings | Morgantown | 21 | |||
 | 2003 | Amy Thomason | Buckhannon | 24 | |||
 | 2002 | Angela Davenport | Montgomery | 24 | |||
 | 2001 | Karen Long | Barboursville | 20 | |||
 | 2000 | Tara Wilson | Sistersville | 22 | |||
 | 1999 | Amanda Burns* | Culloden | 19 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 1997 | ||
 | 1998 | Susan Booth | Charleston | 21 | |||
 | 1997 | Natalie Bevins | Parkersburg | 19 | Sister of Miss WV Teen USA 1998 Erica Bevins | ||
 | 1996 | Regina Fisher | Glenville | 21 | |||
 | 1995 | Tracy Holcomb | Richwood | 22 | |||
 | 1994 | Linda Bailey | Charleston | ||||
 | 1993 | Jennifer Johnson | Huntington | ||||
 | 1992 | Vickie Myers | Parkersburg | 24 | |||
 | 1991 | Krista Ransbottom | Huntington | 24 | |||
 | 1990 | Sabrina Anderson | Hinton | 20 | |||
 | 1989 | Kathy Eicher | Huntington | 20 | Mother of Miss CA USA 2016 Nadia Mejia | ||
 | 1988 | Cathy Fowler | Huntington | 22 | |||
 | 1987 | Paula Morrison | Barboursville | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1986 | Shonna Lyons | Parkersburg | 22 | |||
 | 1985 | Lorre Lewis | Barboursville | 20 | |||
 | 1984 | Kelly Anderson^ | Clarksburg | 23 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss WV 1982; Miss World USA 1984 (4RU Miss World) | |
 | 1983 | Jill Rigsby | Huntington | 19 | |||
 | 1982 | Cindy Baniak | Star City | 20 | |||
 | 1981 | Kelly Carr | Scherr | 19 | |||
 | 1980 | Linda Hedrick | Wiley Ford | 20 | |||
 | 1979 | Candice "Candy" Boggs | Keyser | 21 | |||
 | 1978 | Deborah Davis^ | Huntington | 22 | Later Miss WV 1979 | ||
 | 1977 | Pat Brown | Shepherdstown | 20 | |||
 | 1976 | Cheryl Plants | Winfield | 18 | |||
 | 1975 | Joyce Myers | Wheeling | 21 | |||
 | 1974 | Kim Nuzum | Wheeling | 20 | |||
 | 1973 | Kathy Rowand | Pinch | 18 | |||
 | 1972 | Diane McCutcheon | Wheeling | 20 | |||
 | 1971 | Peggy Tennant | Clarksburg | 20 | |||
 | 1970 | Sharon Alberti | Weirton | 18 | |||
 | 1969 | Betty Grimmer | Wheeling | 20 | |||
 | 1968 | Patricia Coyne | Wheeling | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Pamela Young | Wheeling | 20 | |||
 | 1966 | Annette Peery | Bluefield | ||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1963 | Nina Lou Denton | Marmet | ||||
 | 1962 | Nicki Gagalis | Beckley | 19 | |||
 | 1961 | Kathy McManaway | Princeton | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1960 | Carole Garnett Pugh | Queen Shoals | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1959 | Wilda Estep | Elkview | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1958 | Mary Guthrie | Charleston | 19 | |||
 | 1957 | Ruth Parr | Saint Albans | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1956 | Janet Cardi | Belle | 24 | |||
| 1955 | Barbara Tucker | Saint Albans | 19 | ||||
 | 1954 | Sandra Waggy | Charleston | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Fay Higley | South Charleston | 18 | ||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nevaeh Harmon | Charleston | 21 | |||
| 2022 | Krystian Leonard | Morgantown | 26 | Top 16 | ||
| 2021 | Alexis Bland | Parkersburg | 22 | |||
| 2020 | Charlotte Bellotte | Charles Town | 26 | |||
| 2019 | Haley Holloway* | Morgantown | 24 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2013 (2RU Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2018 | Casey Lassiter | Spencer | 21 | |||
| 2017 | Lauren Roush | Mason | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Nichole Greene | Charleston | 24 | Top 15 | ||
| 2015 | Andrea Mucino | Morgantown | 24 | |||
| 2014 | Charisse Haislop | Parkersburg | 24 | |||
| 2013 | Chelsea Welch* | West Union | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2007 (4RU Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2012 | Andrea Rogers | Martinsburg | 24 | |||
| 2011 | Whitney Veach* | Petersburg | 24 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2010 | Erica Goldsmith | Mineral Wells | 23 | |||
| 2009 | Jessi Pierson | Milton | 21 | Top 10 | Photogenic | |
| 2008 | Skylene Montgomery | Parkersburg | 23 | |||
| 2007 | Kasey Montgomery | Petersburg | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Jessica Wedge | Evans | 22 | |||
| 2005 | Kristin Morrison | Ripley | 24 | Top 15 | ||
| 2004 | Carolyn Jennings | Morgantown | 21 | |||
| 2003 | Amy Thomason | Buckhannon | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Angela Davenport | Montgomery | 24 | |||
| 2001 | Karen Long | Barboursville | 20 | |||
| 2000 | Tara Wilson | Sistersville | 22 | |||
| 1999 | Amanda Burns* | Culloden | 19 | Previously Miss WV Teen USA 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Susan Booth | Charleston | 21 | |||
| 1997 | Natalie Bevins | Parkersburg | 19 | Sister of Miss WV Teen USA 1998 Erica Bevins | ||
| 1996 | Regina Fisher | Glenville | 21 | |||
| 1995 | Tracy Holcomb | Richwood | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Linda Bailey | Charleston | ||||
| 1993 | Jennifer Johnson | Huntington | ||||
| 1992 | Vickie Myers | Parkersburg | 24 | |||
| 1991 | Krista Ransbottom | Huntington | 24 | |||
| 1990 | Sabrina Anderson | Hinton | 20 | |||
| 1989 | Kathy Eicher | Huntington | 20 | Mother of Miss CA USA 2016 Nadia Mejia | ||
| 1988 | Cathy Fowler | Huntington | 22 | |||
| 1987 | Paula Morrison | Barboursville | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Shonna Lyons | Parkersburg | 22 | |||
| 1985 | Lorre Lewis | Barboursville | 20 | |||
| 1984 | Kelly Anderson^ | Clarksburg | 23 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss WV 1982; Miss World USA 1984 (4RU Miss World) | |
| 1983 | Jill Rigsby | Huntington | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Cindy Baniak | Star City | 20 | |||
| 1981 | Kelly Carr | Scherr | 19 | |||
| 1980 | Linda Hedrick | Wiley Ford | 20 | |||
| 1979 | Candice "Candy" Boggs | Keyser | 21 | |||
| 1978 | Deborah Davis^ | Huntington | 22 | Later Miss WV 1979 | ||
| 1977 | Pat Brown | Shepherdstown | 20 | |||
| 1976 | Cheryl Plants | Winfield | 18 | |||
| 1975 | Joyce Myers | Wheeling | 21 | |||
| 1974 | Kim Nuzum | Wheeling | 20 | |||
| 1973 | Kathy Rowand | Pinch | 18 | |||
| 1972 | Diane McCutcheon | Wheeling | 20 | |||
| 1971 | Peggy Tennant | Clarksburg | 20 | |||
| 1970 | Sharon Alberti | Weirton | 18 | |||
| 1969 | Betty Grimmer | Wheeling | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Patricia Coyne | Wheeling | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Pamela Young | Wheeling | 20 | |||
| 1966 | Annette Peery | Bluefield | ||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Nina Lou Denton | Marmet | ||||
| 1962 | Nicki Gagalis | Beckley | 19 | |||
| 1961 | Kathy McManaway | Princeton | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1960 | Carole Garnett Pugh | Queen Shoals | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1959 | Wilda Estep | Elkview | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1958 | Mary Guthrie | Charleston | 19 | |||
| 1957 | Ruth Parr | Saint Albans | 18 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1956 | Janet Cardi | Belle | 24 | |||
| 1955 | Barbara Tucker | Saint Albans | 19 | |||
| 1954 | Sandra Waggy | Charleston | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Fay Higley | South Charleston | 18 | |||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
18 • Summersville
18 • Bridgeport
18 • Grafton
18 • Williamstown
19 • Parkersburg
1st runner-up
Elizabeth Sabatino (2012)
2nd runner-up
Andrea Turner (2005), Haley Holloway (2013)
4th runner-up
Chelsea Welch (2007)
Semi-finalist
Jodi Caldwell (1986), Wendy Stephens (1988), Susan King (2011), Lexsey Marrara (2014), Olivia Hutchison (2017)
Top 15/16/20*
Trinity Tiffany (2018)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Lakyn Campbell | Parkersburg | 18 | |||
 | 2022 | Emma Kitchen | Williamstown | 18 | |||
 | 2021 | Brylee Knotts | Grafton | 18 | |||
 | 2020 | Sophia Martino | Bridgeport | 18 | |||
 | 2019 | Brennah Groves | Summersville | 18 | |||
 | 2018 | Trinity Tiffany | Huntington | 16 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2017 | Olivia Hutchison | Huntington | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2016 | Cassy Trickett | St Mary's | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Cora King | Hurricane | 17 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2014 | Lexsey Marrara | Morgantown | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2013 | Haley Holloway* | Morgantown | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss WV USA 2019 | |
 | 2012 | Elizabeth Sabatino | Morgantown | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 2011 | Susan King | Fairmont | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2010 | Ally Brandfass | Morgantown | 17 | |||
 | 2009 | Alysia Thompson | Ripley | 17 | |||
 | 2008 | Micah Michael | Morgantown | 17 | |||
 | 2007 | Chelsea Welch* | West Union | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss WV USA 2013 (T15 Miss USA) | |
 | 2006 | Lora Gallagher | Bridgeport | 18 | |||
 | 2005 | Andrea Turner | Benwood | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2004 | Mary Ellen Wolfe | Huntington | 18 | |||
 | 2003 | Whitney Veach* | Petersburg | 16 | Later Miss WV USA 2011 | ||
 | 2002 | Heather Estep | Hurricane | 17 | |||
 | 2001 | Tara Szersen | Wheeling | 16 | |||
 | 2000 | Ginneene Barone | Weirton | 17 | |||
 | 1999 | Carrie Fleshman | Pinch | 16 | |||
 | 1998 | Erica Bevins | Huntington | 18 | Sister of Miss WV USA 1997 Natalie Bevins | ||
 | 1997 | Amanda Burns* | Barbourville | 17 | Later Miss WV USA 1999 | ||
 | 1996 | Heather Gray | Charleston | 18 | |||
 | 1995 | Sarah Russell | Hurricane | ||||
 | 1994 | Jonelle Spiker | Jane Lew | 16 | |||
 | 1993 | Jennifer Pringle | Morgantown | 15 | |||
 | 1992 | Kelly Humphreys | Charleston | ||||
 | 1991 | Tracy Rexroad†| Weston | 16 | Passed away in a car crash in 1993, aged 18 | ||
 | 1990 | Mindy Green | Buckhannon | 17 | |||
 | 1989 | Jennifer Dunn | Buckhannon | ||||
 | 1988 | Wendy Stephens | Parkersburg | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1987 | Cheryl Cullop | Beckley | ||||
 | 1986 | Jodi Caldwell | Nitro | 15 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1985 | Kelly Porterfield | Martinsburg | State Costume | |||
 | 1984 | Trina Vertillo | Richwood | ||||
 | 1983 | Kay Scadden | Newell |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lakyn Campbell | Parkersburg | 18 | |||
| 2022 | Emma Kitchen | Williamstown | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Brylee Knotts | Grafton | 18 | |||
| 2020 | Sophia Martino | Bridgeport | 18 | |||
| 2019 | Brennah Groves | Summersville | 18 | |||
| 2018 | Trinity Tiffany | Huntington | 16 | Top 15 | ||
| 2017 | Olivia Hutchison | Huntington | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2016 | Cassy Trickett | St Mary's | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Cora King | Hurricane | 17 | Congeniality | ||
| 2014 | Lexsey Marrara | Morgantown | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2013 | Haley Holloway* | Morgantown | 18 | 2nd runner-up | Later Miss WV USA 2019 | |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Sabatino | Morgantown | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Susan King | Fairmont | 16 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2010 | Ally Brandfass | Morgantown | 17 | |||
| 2009 | Alysia Thompson | Ripley | 17 | |||
| 2008 | Micah Michael | Morgantown | 17 | |||
| 2007 | Chelsea Welch* | West Union | 16 | 4th runner-up | Later Miss WV USA 2013 (T15 Miss USA) | |
| 2006 | Lora Gallagher | Bridgeport | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Andrea Turner | Benwood | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2004 | Mary Ellen Wolfe | Huntington | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Whitney Veach* | Petersburg | 16 | Later Miss WV USA 2011 | ||
| 2002 | Heather Estep | Hurricane | 17 | |||
| 2001 | Tara Szersen | Wheeling | 16 | |||
| 2000 | Ginneene Barone | Weirton | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Carrie Fleshman | Pinch | 16 | |||
| 1998 | Erica Bevins | Huntington | 18 | Sister of Miss WV USA 1997 Natalie Bevins | ||
| 1997 | Amanda Burns* | Barbourville | 17 | Later Miss WV USA 1999 | ||
| 1996 | Heather Gray | Charleston | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Sarah Russell | Hurricane | ||||
| 1994 | Jonelle Spiker | Jane Lew | 16 | |||
| 1993 | Jennifer Pringle | Morgantown | 15 | |||
| 1992 | Kelly Humphreys | Charleston | ||||
| 1991 | Tracy Rexroad†| Weston | 16 | Passed away in a car crash in 1993, aged 18 | ||
| 1990 | Mindy Green | Buckhannon | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Jennifer Dunn | Buckhannon | ||||
| 1988 | Wendy Stephens | Parkersburg | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1987 | Cheryl Cullop | Beckley | ||||
| 1986 | Jodi Caldwell | Nitro | 15 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1985 | Kelly Porterfield | Martinsburg | State Costume | |||
| 1984 | Trina Vertillo | Richwood | ||||
| 1983 | Kay Scadden | Newell |
