Miss USA
The Miss USA pageant is a beauty contest. It has been held every year since 1952. Winners compete in the Miss Universe pageant.
On November 29, 2021, Elle Smith of Kentucky became Miss USA 2021.
It used to be owned by billionaire businessman and television personality Donald Trump who is currently the 45th President of the United States since 2017. Since September 2015, the pageant has been owned by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and the International Management Group which are collectively known as WME-IMG.
Winners
| Year | State | Winner | Placement at Miss Universe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  Texas
|
R'Bonney Gabriel | Miss Universe 2022 |
 North Carolina
|
Morgan Romano |
| |
| 2021 |  Kentucky
|
Elle Smith | Top 10 |
| 2020 |  Mississippi
|
Asya Branch | Top 21 |
| 2019 | North Carolina
|
Cheslie Kryst | Top 10 |
| 2018 |  Nebraska
|
Sarah Rose Summers | Top 20 |
| 2017 |  District of Columbia
|
Kára McCullough | Top 10 |
| 2016 | District of Columbia
|
Deshauna Barber | Top 9 |
| 2015 |  Oklahoma
|
Olivia Jordan | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 2014 |  Nevada
|
Nia Sanchez | 1st Runnner-Up |
| 2013 |  Connecticut
|
Erin Brady | Top 10 |
| 2012 |  Rhode Island
|
Olivia Culpo | Miss Universe 2012 |
 Maryland
|
Nana Meriwether |
| |
| 2011 |  California
|
Alyssa Campanella | Top 16 |
| 2010 |  Michigan
|
Rima Fakih | Unplaced |
| 2009 | North Carolina
|
Kristen Dalton | Top 10 |
| 2008 | Texas
|
Crystle Stewart | Top 10 |
| 2007 |  Tennessee
|
Rachel Smith | 4th Runner-Up |
| 2006 | Kentucky
|
Tara Conner | 4th Runner-Up |
| 2005 | North Carolina
|
Chelsea Cooley | Top 10 |
| 2004 |  Missouri
|
Shandi Finnessey | 1st Runner-Up |
| 2003 |  Massachusetts
|
Susie Castillo | Top 15 |
| 2002 | District of Columbia
|
Shauntay Hinton | Unplaced |
| 2001 | Texas
|
Kandace Krueger | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 2000 | Tennessee
|
Lynnette Cole | Top 5 |
| 1999 |  New York
|
Kimberly Pressler | Unplaced |
| 1998 | Massachusetts
|
Shawnae Jebbia | Top 5 |
| 1997 |  Hawaii
|
Brook Lee | Miss Universe 1997 |
 Idaho
|
Brandi Sherwood |
| |
| 1996 |  Louisiana
|
Ali Landry | Top 6 |
| 1995 | Texas
|
Chelsi Smith | Miss Universe 1995 |
| New York
|
Shanna Moakler |
| |
| 1994 |  South Carolina
|
Lu Parker | Top 6 |
| 1993 | Michigan
|
Kenya Moore | Top 6 |
| 1992 | California
|
Shannon Marketic | Top 10 |
| 1991 |  Kansas
|
Kelli McCarty | Top 6 |
| 1990 | Michigan
|
Carole Gist | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1989 | Texas
|
Gretchen Polhemus | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 1988 | Texas
|
Courtney Gibbs | Top 10 |
| 1987 | Texas
|
Michelle Royer | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 1986 | Texas
|
Christy Fichtner | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1985 | Texas
|
Laura Martinez-Herring | Top 10 |
| 1984 |  New Mexico
|
Mai Shanley | Top 10 |
| 1983 | California
|
Julie Hayek | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1982 |  Arkansas
|
Terri Utley | 4th Runner-Up |
| 1981 |  Ohio
|
Kim Seelbrede | Top 12 |
| 1980 | South Carolina
|
Shawn Weatherly | Miss Universe 1980 |
 Arizona
|
Jineane Ford |
| |
| 1979 | New York
|
Mary Therese Friel | Top 12 |
| 1978 | Hawaii
|
Judi Andersen | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1977 | Texas
|
Kimberly Tomes | Top 12 |
| 1976 |  Minnesota
|
Barbara Peterson | Unplaced |
| 1975 | California
|
Summer Bartholomew | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 1974 |  Illinois
|
Karen Morrison | Top 12 |
| 1973 | Illinois
|
Amanda Jones | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1972 | Hawaii
|
Tanya Wilson | Top 12 |
| 1971 |  Pennsylvania
|
Michele McDonald | Top 12 |
| 1970 |  Virginia
|
Deborah Shelton | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1969 | Virginia
|
Wendy Dascomb | Top 15 |
| 1968 |  Washington
|
Dorothy Anstett | 4th Runner-Up |
| 1967 |  Alabama
|
Sylvia Hitchcock | Miss Universe 1967 |
 Florida
|
Cheryl Patton |
| |
| 1966 | California
|
Maria Remenyi | Top 15 |
| 1965 | Ohio
|
Sue Ann Downey | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 1964 | District of Columbia
|
Bobbi Johnson | Top 15 |
| 1963 | Illinois
|
Marite Ozers | Top 15 |
| 1962 | Hawaii
|
Macel Wilson | Top 15 |
| 1961 | Louisiana
|
Sharon Brown | 4th Runner-Up |
| 1960 |  Utah
|
Linda Bement | Miss Universe 1960 |
| 1959 | California
|
Terry Lynn Huntingdon | 2nd Runner-Up |
| 1958 | Louisiana
|
Eurlyne Howell | 3rd Runner-Up |
| 1957 | Maryland
|
Mary Leona Gage | Disqualified (note: was officially announced as Top 15 Semi-Finalist at the time of her disqualification) |
| Utah
|
Charlotte Sheffield |
| |
| 1956 |  Iowa
|
Carol Morris | Miss Universe 1956 |
| 1955 |  Vermont
|
Carlene King Johnson | Top 15 |
| 1954 | South Carolina
|
Miriam Stevenson | Miss Universe 1954 |
| 1953 | Illinois
|
Myrna Hansen | 1st Runner-Up |
| 1952 | New York
|
Jackie Loughery | Top 10 |
Miss USA Media
Kalie Wright, Miss Minnesota USA 2018, and Laine Mansour, Miss Mississippi USA 2018, at Barksdale Air Force Base
Other websites
Media related to Miss USA at Wikimedia Commons
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