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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 was 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 22x20px Texas R'Bonney Gabriel Miss Universe 2022
22x20px North Carolina Morgan Romano
  • 1st Runner-up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA crown when R'Bonney Gabriel won Miss Universe
2021 22x20px Kentucky Elle Smith Top 10
2020 22x20px Mississippi Asya Branch Top 21
2019 22x20px North Carolina Cheslie Kryst Top 10
2018 22x20px Nebraska Sarah Rose Summers Top 20
2017  District of Columbia Kára McCullough Top 10
2016  District of Columbia Deshauna Barber Top 9
2015 File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma Olivia Jordan 2nd Runner-Up
2014  Nevada Nia Sanchez 1st Runnner-Up
2013 22x20px Connecticut Erin Brady Top 10
2012  Rhode Island Olivia Culpo Miss Universe 2012
 Maryland Nana Meriwether
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA crown when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe
2011  California Alyssa Campanella Top 16
2010 22x20px Michigan Rima Fakih Unplaced
2009 22x20px North Carolina Kristen Dalton Top 10
2008 22x20px Texas Crystle Stewart Top 10
2007 22x20px Tennessee Rachel Smith 4th Runner-Up
2006 22x20px Kentucky Tara Conner 4th Runner-Up
2005 22x20px North Carolina Chelsea Cooley Top 10
2004 22x20px Missouri Shandi Finnessey 1st Runner-Up
2003 File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts Susie Castillo Top 15
2002 File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia Shauntay Hinton Unplaced
2001 22x20px Texas Kandace Krueger 2nd Runner-Up
2000 22x20px Tennessee Lynnette Cole Top 5
1999 22x20px New York Kimberly Pressler Unplaced
1998 File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts Shawnae Jebbia Top 5
1997 22x20px Hawaii Brook Lee Miss Universe 1997
22x20px Idaho Brandi Sherwood
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA crown when Brook Lee won Miss Universe
1996 22x20px Louisiana Ali Landry Top 6
1995 22x20px Texas Chelsi Smith Miss Universe 1995
22x20px New York Shanna Moakler
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA crown when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe
1994 22x20px South Carolina Lu Parker Top 6
1993 22x20px Michigan Kenya Moore Top 6
1992 File:Flag of California.svg California Shannon Marketic Top 10
1991 22x20px Kansas Kelli McCarty Top 6
1990 22x20px Michigan Carole Gist 1st Runner-Up
1989 22x20px Texas Gretchen Polhemus 2nd Runner-Up
1988 22x20px Texas Courtney Gibbs Top 10
1987 22x20px Texas Michelle Royer 2nd Runner-Up
1986 22x20px Texas Christy Fichtner 1st Runner-Up
1985 22x20px Texas Laura Martinez-Herring Top 10
1984 22x20px New Mexico Mai Shanley Top 10
1983 File:Flag of California.svg California Julie Hayek 1st Runner-Up
1982 22x20px Arkansas Terri Utley 4th Runner-Up
1981 File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio Kim Seelbrede Top 12
1980 22x20px South Carolina Shawn Weatherly Miss Universe 1980
22x20px Arizona Jineane Ford
  • 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA crown when Shawn Weatherly won Miss Universe
1979 22x20px New York Mary Therese Friel Top 12
1978 22x20px Hawaii Judi Andersen 1st Runner-Up
1977 22x20px Texas Kimberly Tomes Top 12
1976 22x20px Minnesota Barbara Peterson Unplaced
1975 File:Flag of California.svg California Summer Bartholomew 2nd Runner-Up
1974  Illinois Karen Morrison Top 12
1973  Illinois Amanda Jones 1st Runner-Up
1972 22x20px Hawaii Tanya Wilson Top 12
1971 22x20px Pennsylvania Michele McDonald Top 12
1970 22x20px Virginia Deborah Shelton 1st Runner-Up
1969 22x20px Virginia Wendy Dascomb Top 15
1968 File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington Dorothy Anstett 4th Runner-Up
1967 22x20px Alabama Sylvia Hitchcock Miss Universe 1967
22x20px Florida Cheryl Patton
  • 2nd Runner-Up at Miss USA
  • Took over Miss USA title after 1st Runner-Up Susan Bradley of California declined when Sylvia Hitchcock won Miss Universe
1966 File:Flag of California.svg California Maria Remenyi Top 15
1965 File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio Sue Ann Downey 2nd Runner-Up
1964 File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia Bobbi Johnson Top 15
1963  Illinois Marite Ozers Top 15
1962 22x20px Hawaii Macel Wilson Top 15
1961 22x20px Louisiana Sharon Brown 4th Runner-Up
1960 22x20px Utah Linda Bement Miss Universe 1960
1959 File:Flag of California.svg California Terry Lynn Huntingdon 2nd Runner-Up
1958 22x20px Louisiana Eurlyne Howell 3rd Runner-Up
1957 File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland Mary Leona Gage Disqualified (note: was officially announced as Top 15 Semi-Finalist at the time of her disqualification)
22x20px Utah Charlotte Sheffield
  • Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA 1957 after Gage was dethroned
  • She competed at Miss World 1957, but was a non-finalist
1956 File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa Carol Morris Miss Universe 1956
1955 22x20px Vermont Carlene King Johnson Top 15
1954 22x20px South Carolina Miriam Stevenson Miss Universe 1954
1953 File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois Myrna Hansen 1st Runner-Up
1952 22x20px New York Jackie Loughery Top 10

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