Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Wyoming 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 • Buffalo
Resigned prior to Miss USA
26 • Lyman
21 • Casper
26 • Casper
28 • Sheridan
19 • Beulah
Semi-finalist
Beth King (1986)
Top 15/16/20*
Claire Schreiner (2010)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Linda Peck (1965), Linda Leafdale (1966), Pam Williams (1979), Cynthia Pate (2009), Mikaela Shaw^ (2017), Callie Bishop* (2018),
Photogenic
Beth King (1986)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Mackenzie Rush | Beulah | 19 | |||
 | 2023 | Beck Bridger | Sheridan | 28 | |||
 | 2022 | Morgan McNally | Casper | 26 | |||
 | 2021 | Mackenzie Kern*^ | Casper | 21 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2018; later Miss WY 2023 | ||
 | 2020 | Lexi Revelli | Lyman | 26 | Assumed title | ||
 | 2020 | Katie Bozner | Buffalo | 24 | Resigned prior to Miss USA | ||
 | 2019 | Addison Treesh° | Gillette | 19 | Previously Miss WY's OT 14 | ||
 | 2018 | Callie Bishop* | Laramie | 28 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2008 | ||
 | 2017 | Mikaela Shaw^ | Casper | 23 | Congeniality (tie) | Previously Miss WY 2015 | |
 | 2016 | Autumn Olson* | Saratoga | 22 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2013 | ||
 | 2015 | Caroline Scott* | Cheyenne | 22 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 2014 | Lexi Hill | Gillette | 20 | |||
 | 2013 | Courtney Gifford°^ | Sheridan | 24 | Previously Miss WY's OT 2005 & Miss WY 2008 | ||
 | 2012 | Holly Allen | Lander | 24 | |||
 | 2011 | Kaitlyn Davis | Laramie | 20 | |||
 | 2010 | Claire Schreiner | Gillette | 23 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2009 | Cynthia Pate | Casper | 22 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2008 | Cassie Shore | Casper | 22 | |||
 | 2007 | Robyn Johnson | Sheridan | 22 | |||
 | 2006 | Kristin George* | Casper | 24 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2000 | ||
 | 2005 | Abby Norman | Laramie | 21 | |||
 | 2004 | Katie Rudoff* | Green River | 20 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 1999 | ||
 | 2003 | Jamie Gorman | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
 | 2002 | Jeannie Crofts | Cheyenne | 23 | |||
 | 2001 | Heather Jackelen^ | Rock Springs | 19 | Later Miss WY 2005 | ||
 | 2000 | Rebecca Smith | Jackson Hole | 20 | |||
 | 1999 | Arnica Bryant | Jackson Hole | 18 | |||
 | 1998 | Megan Wigert | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
 | 1997 | Stacy Cenedese^ | Cheyenne | 25 | Previously Miss WY 1992 | ||
 | 1996 | Kellee Kattleman | Laramie | 21 | |||
 | 1995 | Susan Shaffer | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1994 | Tolan Clark | Cheyenne | 20 | |||
 | 1993 | Leisann Marie Stolz | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1992 | Lisa Postle | Green River | ||||
 | 1991 | Wendy Lee Dunn | Laramie | ||||
 | 1990 | Cheryl James | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1989 | Chandra Anderson | Jackson | 19 | |||
 | 1988 | Kristen Youmans | Casper | 20 | |||
 | 1987 | Michelle Zimmermann | Recluse | 22 | |||
 | 1986 | Beth King | Cheyenne | 21 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
 | 1985 | Wendy Hartwigsen | Gillette | 19 | |||
 | 1984 | Cheryl Rawson | Laramie | 19 | |||
 | 1983 | Joanie Engstrom | Rawlins | 22 | |||
 | 1982 | Judy Lynn Wilder | Casper | 18 | |||
 | 1981 | Deborah Aspinwall | Riverton | 23 | |||
 | 1980 | Suzanne Harris | Casper | 20 | |||
 | 1979 | Pam Williams | Casper | 25 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1978 | Kathryn Flitner | Greybull | 19 | |||
 | 1977 | Michele Fisser | Cheyenne | 23 | |||
 | 1976 | Murlie Colosky | Laramie | 23 | |||
 | 1975 | Kimberly Pring^ | Cheyenne | 19 | Later Miss WY 1978 | ||
 | 1974 | Debbie K. Petty | Rawlins | 18 | |||
 | 1973 | Michele Walter | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1972 | Tamara Tulley | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1971 | Mary Kay Heaton | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1970 | Elizabeth Swarthout | Sheridan | 19 | |||
 | 1969 | Pam Lewis | Cheyenne | 20 | |||
 | 1968 | Penny Smathers | Douglas | 19 | |||
 | 1967 | Helen Barker | Buffalo | 20 | |||
 | 1966 | Linda Leafdale | Thermopolis | 18 | Congeniality | ||
 | 1965 | Linda Peck | Sheridan | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1962 | Ann Bonner | Powell | 19 | Disqualified as she had not been chosen by a state-wide contest | ||
 | 1961 | Judy Walton | |||||
 | 1960 | Anita Simons | |||||
| 1959 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1958 | Dorothy Kochiras | Evanston | 21 | |||
 | 1957 | Marilyn Hawkins | Casper | 18 | |||
 | 1956 | Marilyn Scott | Cheyenne | 19 | |||
 | 1955 | Barbara Kaye Latta | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1954 | Faith Radenbaugh | Cody | 18 | ||||
 | 1953 | Nancy Rogers | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Morgan McNally | Casper | 26 | |||
| 2021 | Mackenzie Kern*^ | Casper | 21 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2018; later Miss WY 2023 | ||
| 2020 | Lexi Revelli | Lyman | 26 | Assumed title | ||
| 2020 | Katie Bozner | Buffalo | 24 | Resigned prior to Miss USA | ||
| 2019 | Addison Treesh° | Gillette | 19 | Previously Miss WY's OT 14 | ||
| 2018 | Callie Bishop* | Laramie | 28 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2017 | Mikaela Shaw^ | Casper | 23 | Congeniality (tie) | Previously Miss WY 2015 | |
| 2016 | Autumn Olson* | Saratoga | 22 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2015 | Caroline Scott* | Cheyenne | 22 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2010 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 2014 | Lexi Hill | Gillette | 20 | |||
| 2013 | Courtney Gifford°^ | Sheridan | 24 | Previously Miss WY's OT 2005 & Miss WY 2008 | ||
| 2012 | Holly Allen | Lander | 24 | |||
| 2011 | Kaitlyn Davis | Laramie | 20 | |||
| 2010 | Claire Schreiner | Gillette | 23 | Top 15 | ||
| 2009 | Cynthia Pate | Casper | 22 | Congeniality | ||
| 2008 | Cassie Shore | Casper | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Robyn Johnson | Sheridan | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Kristin George* | Casper | 24 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 2000 | ||
| 2005 | Abby Norman | Laramie | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Katie Rudoff* | Green River | 20 | Previously Miss WY Teen USA 1999 | ||
| 2003 | Jamie Gorman | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Jeannie Crofts | Cheyenne | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Heather Jackelen^ | Rock Springs | 19 | Later Miss WY 2005 | ||
| 2000 | Rebecca Smith | Jackson Hole | 20 | |||
| 1999 | Arnica Bryant | Jackson Hole | 18 | |||
| 1998 | Megan Wigert | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
| 1997 | Stacy Cenedese^ | Cheyenne | 25 | Previously Miss WY 1992 | ||
| 1996 | Kellee Kattleman | Laramie | 21 | |||
| 1995 | Susan Shaffer | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1994 | Tolan Clark | Cheyenne | 20 | |||
| 1993 | Leisann Marie Stolz | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1992 | Lisa Postle | Green River | ||||
| 1991 | Wendy Lee Dunn | Laramie | ||||
| 1990 | Cheryl James | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1989 | Chandra Anderson | Jackson | 19 | |||
| 1988 | Kristen Youmans | Casper | 20 | |||
| 1987 | Michelle Zimmermann | Recluse | 22 | |||
| 1986 | Beth King | Cheyenne | 21 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | |
| 1985 | Wendy Hartwigsen | Gillette | 19 | |||
| 1984 | Cheryl Rawson | Laramie | 19 | |||
| 1983 | Joanie Engstrom | Rawlins | 22 | |||
| 1982 | Judy Lynn Wilder | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1981 | Deborah Aspinwall | Riverton | 23 | |||
| 1980 | Suzanne Harris | Casper | 20 | |||
| 1979 | Pam Williams | Casper | 25 | Congeniality | ||
| 1978 | Kathryn Flitner | Greybull | 19 | |||
| 1977 | Michele Fisser | Cheyenne | 23 | |||
| 1976 | Murlie Colosky | Laramie | 23 | |||
| 1975 | Kimberly Pring^ | Cheyenne | 19 | Later Miss WY 1978 | ||
| 1974 | Debbie K. Petty | Rawlins | 18 | |||
| 1973 | Michele Walter | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1972 | Tamara Tulley | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1971 | Mary Kay Heaton | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1970 | Elizabeth Swarthout | Sheridan | 19 | |||
| 1969 | Pam Lewis | Cheyenne | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Penny Smathers | Douglas | 19 | |||
| 1967 | Helen Barker | Buffalo | 20 | |||
| 1966 | Linda Leafdale | Thermopolis | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 1965 | Linda Peck | Sheridan | 18 | Congeniality | ||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1962 | Ann Bonner | Powell | 19 | Disqualified as she had not been chosen by a state-wide contest | ||
| 1961 | Judy Walton | |||||
| 1960 | Anita Simons | |||||
| 1959 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Kochiras | Evanston | 21 | |||
| 1957 | Marilyn Hawkins | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1956 | Marilyn Scott | Cheyenne | 19 | |||
| 1955 | Barbara Kaye Latta | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1954 | Faith Radenbaugh | Cody | 18 | |||
| 1953 | Nancy Rogers | Cheyenne | 21 | |||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
17 • Greybull
19 • Kemmerer
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
17 • Laramie
Evanston
17 • Worland
1st runner-up
Emily Ernst (1985)
Top 5/6
Gina DeBernardi (1998)
Semi-finalist
Amy David (2009), Caroline Scott (2010), Sydney Graus (2012), Autumn Schieferstein (2017), Grace Turner (2019), Teryn Thatcher (2021)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Aubree Kruger | Worland | 17 | |||
 | 2023 | Victoria Salas | Evanston | ||||
 | 2022 | Nora Steinke | Laramie | 17 | |||
 | 2021 | Teryn Thatcher | Kemmerer | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2020 | Baylee Drewry^ | Greybull | 17 | Later Miss WY 2024 | ||
 | 2019 | Grace Turner | Jackson | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2018 | Mackenzie Kern*^ | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2021 & Miss WY 2023 | ||
 | 2017 | Autumn Schieferstein | Cheyenne | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2016 | Shelly McRoberts | Kemmerer | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Payton Sanders | Casper | 18 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2014 Karlie Sanders | ||
 | 2014 | Karlie Sanders | Casper | 19 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2015 Payton Sanders | ||
 | 2013 | Autumn Olson* | Saratoga | 19 | Later Miss WY USA 2016 | ||
 | 2012 | Sydney Graus | Jackson Hole | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2011 | Ashley Golden° | Gillette | 17 | Previously Miss WY's OT 2007 | ||
 | 2010 | Caroline Scott* | Cheyenne | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss WY USA 2015 | |
 | 2009 | Amy David | Pinedale | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2008 | Callie Bishop* | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2018 | ||
 | 2007 | Mollie Smith | Casper | 17 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2006 | Katy Lambert | Worland | 18 | |||
 | 2005 | Brenna Mader* | Gillette | 18 | Later Miss TN USA 2013; sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2002 Jamie Mader | ||
 | 2004 | Maddison Strasheim | Cheyenne | 18 | |||
 | 2003 | Kasi Johnston | Cheyenne | 16 | |||
 | 2002 | Jamie Mader | Gillette | 17 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2005 Brenna Mader | ||
 | 2001 | Natalie Koontz | Cody | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Kristin George* | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2006 | ||
 | 1999 | Katie Rudoff* | Green River | 16 | Later Miss WY USA 2004 | ||
 | 1998 | Gina DeBernardi | Rock Springs | 18 | Finalist | ||
 | 1997 | Esmeralda Gonzales | Green River | 18 | |||
 | 1996 | Michelle Jefferson | Casper | 18 | |||
 | 1995 | Erica Williams | Cheyenne | ||||
 | 1994 | Whitney Ahlstrom | Cheyenne | 17 | |||
 | 1993 | Lana Hanson | Gillette | 18 | |||
 | 1992 | Dondi Bowman | Lingle | ||||
 | 1991 | Britta Lund | Sheridan | ||||
 | 1990 | Janet Pochop | Laramie | 17 | |||
 | 1989 | Gretchen Wathen | Casper | 18 | |||
 | 1988 | Michele Apostolos | Casper | 17 | |||
 | 1987 | Kim Roberts | Rock Springs | ||||
 | 1986 | Julie Henry | Gillette | ||||
 | 1985 | Emily Ernst | Gillette | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
 | 1984 | Allison Bass | Gillette | ||||
 | 1983 | Shanna Thompson | Casper | 15 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aubree Kruger | Worland | 17 | |||
| 2023 | Victoria Salas | Evanston | ||||
| 2022 | Nora Steinke | Laramie | 17 | |||
| 2021 | Teryn Thatcher | Kemmerer | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2020 | Baylee Drewry^ | Greybull | 17 | Later Miss WY 2024 | ||
| 2019 | Grace Turner | Jackson | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2018 | Mackenzie Kern*^ | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2021 & Miss WY 2023 | ||
| 2017 | Autumn Schieferstein | Cheyenne | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2016 | Shelly McRoberts | Kemmerer | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Payton Sanders | Casper | 18 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2014 Karlie Sanders | ||
| 2014 | Karlie Sanders | Casper | 19 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2015 Payton Sanders | ||
| 2013 | Autumn Olson* | Saratoga | 19 | Later Miss WY USA 2016 | ||
| 2012 | Sydney Graus | Jackson Hole | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Golden° | Gillette | 17 | Previously Miss WY's OT 2007 | ||
| 2010 | Caroline Scott* | Cheyenne | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss WY USA 2015 | |
| 2009 | Amy David | Pinedale | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2008 | Callie Bishop* | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2018 | ||
| 2007 | Mollie Smith | Casper | 17 | Top 15 | ||
| 2006 | Katy Lambert | Worland | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Brenna Mader* | Gillette | 18 | Later Miss TN USA 2013; sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2002 Jamie Mader | ||
| 2004 | Maddison Strasheim | Cheyenne | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Kasi Johnston | Cheyenne | 16 | |||
| 2002 | Jamie Mader | Gillette | 17 | Sister of Miss WY Teen USA 2005 Brenna Mader | ||
| 2001 | Natalie Koontz | Cody | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Kristin George* | Casper | 18 | Later Miss WY USA 2006 | ||
| 1999 | Katie Rudoff* | Green River | 16 | Later Miss WY USA 2004 | ||
| 1998 | Gina DeBernardi | Rock Springs | 18 | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Esmeralda Gonzales | Green River | 18 | |||
| 1996 | Michelle Jefferson | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1995 | Erica Williams | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1994 | Whitney Ahlstrom | Cheyenne | 17 | |||
| 1993 | Lana Hanson | Gillette | 18 | |||
| 1992 | Dondi Bowman | Lingle | ||||
| 1991 | Britta Lund | Sheridan | ||||
| 1990 | Janet Pochop | Laramie | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Gretchen Wathen | Casper | 18 | |||
| 1988 | Michele Apostolos | Casper | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Kim Roberts | Rock Springs | ||||
| 1986 | Julie Henry | Gillette | ||||
| 1985 | Emily Ernst | Gillette | 17 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1984 | Allison Bass | Gillette | ||||
| 1983 | Shanna Thompson | Casper | 15 |
