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	Texas	R'Bonney Gabriel	Miss Universe 2022
	North Carolina	Morgan Romano	1st Runner-up at Miss USA Took over Miss USA crown when R'Bonney Gabriel won Miss Universe
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	1st Runner-Up at Miss USA Took over Miss USA crown when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe
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	1st Runner-Up at Miss USA Took over Miss USA crown when Brook Lee won Miss Universe
1996	Louisiana	Ali Landry	Top 6
1995	Texas	Chelsi Smith	Miss Universe 1995
	New York	Shanna Moakler	1st Runner-Up at Miss USA Took over Miss USA crown when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe
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	1st Runner-Up at Miss USA Took over Miss USA crown when Shawn Weatherly won Miss Universe
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	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	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	Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA 1957 after Gage was dethroned She competed at Miss World 1957, but was a non-finalist
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

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