List of Miss USA titleholders
Appearance
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Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant.
Titleholders
Nine Miss USA winners have gone on to become Miss Universe and are indicated in bold face. Since 1965, a runner-up has been selected to replace any Miss USA titleholder who wins the Miss Universe pageant.
- Key
- Declared as winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Gallery
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Miss USA 2022
Morgan Romano, North Carolina
(Became Miss USA after R'Bonney Gabriel became Miss Universe 2022) -
Miss USA 2012
Nana Meriwether, Maryland
(Became Miss USA after Olivia Culpo became Miss Universe 2012) -
Miss USA 1980
Jineane Marie Ford, Arizona
(Became Miss USA after Shawn Weatherly became Miss Universe 1980)
Winners by state
The state later won the Miss Universe title indicated in bold
The state later inherited the Miss USA title after the original titleholder crowned Miss Universe indicated in italics
- Debut wins
Not including states who were inherited the title.
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States have yet to win Miss USA
There have been no Miss USA winners from the following states:
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of Miss USA
- ^ Map includes titleholders who were dethroned or resigned and runners-up who assumed the title after the original winner was dethroned or resigned
- ^ a b c d e f Relinquished the title to a runner-up after winning Miss Universe
- ^ Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner resigned
- ^ a b c d e Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was crowned Miss Universe
- ^ Originally 1st Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was dethroned
- ^ Resigned title
- ^ Dethroned by pageant officials for breaking pageant protocol, and the title was passed to a runner-up
- ^ Originally 2nd Runner-Up and assumed the Miss USA title when the original winner was crowned Miss Universe and the 1st Runner-Up declined the title
References
- ^ "Chicagoan Named Miss US". Spokane Daily Chronicle. July 16, 1953. p. 6.
- ^ Associated Press (July 24, 1954). "Dixie Beauty Picked as "Miss Universe"". The Miami News. p. 1.
- ^ Associated Press (July 21, 1955). "Miss Vermont is Miss USA". The Nashua Telegraph. p. 16.
- ^ "Iowa Girl acclaimed as "Miss Universe"". Tri City Herald. July 22, 1956. p. 2.
- ^ "Beauty Named 1957 Miss USA". Sarasota Journal. July 18, 1957.
- ^ "MANNERS & MORALS: Stairway to the Stars". Time. July 29, 1957. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ^ "Louisiana Lovely Chosen Miss US". The Miami News. July 24, 1958. p. 1.
- ^ "Coed Named Miss USA". Reading Eagle. July 23, 1959. p. 6.
- ^ "Utah Beauty Named New Miss USA". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. July 8, 1960.
- ^ "Louisiana Lass is "Miss USA"". The Tuscaloosa News. July 14, 1961. p. 1.
- ^ Miss Rhode Island, Cranston's Olivia Culpo, wins Miss USA pageant
- ^ ʻUfi, Elizabeth (May 9, 2024). "Miss Hawaii USA 2023 to be crowned as Miss USA". KHON2.
External links
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