Miss Alaska USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Alaska.

The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.

Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6. Alaska held the most wins in the pageant's history for "Best State Costume," until the category was discontinued in 1994. Two Miss Alaska USAs were former Miss Alaska Teen USA titleholders and two were former Miss Alaska titleholders who competed at Miss America.

Results summary

Placements

• 2nd runner-up: Patricia Marlin (1964)
• Top 6: Karin Meyer (1990)
• Top 12: Patricia Lane (1972), Barbara Samuelson (1978)

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Toni McFadden (1982)
• Miss Photogenic: Courtney Carroll (2008)
• Best State Costume: Carla Sullivan (1965), Linda Louise Rowley (1969), Katherine Hartman (1971), Patricia Lane (1972)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2012	Jessica Kazmierczak	Salcha	21
2011	Jessica Chuckran	Anchorage	23
2010	Sarah Joy Temple	Eagle River	21			Sister of Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009 & Miss Alaska Teen USA 2012- Veronica Temple
2009	Jessica Nolin	Palmer	22
2008	Courtney Erin Carroll	Fairbanks	25		Miss Photogenic
2007	Blair Chenoweth	Anchorage	25			Previously Miss Alaska 2003
2006	Noelle Meyer	Eagle River	25
2005	Aleah Scheick	Anchorage	22
2004	Cari Leyva	Anchorage	20			Later Miss Alaska 2007
2003	Stacey Storey	Eagle River	23			Previously Miss Alaska 1995 Non-finalist at Miss Texas USA 2000-2001
2002	Christine Olejniczak	Palmer	20			Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 2000
2001	Ivette Fernandez	Fairbanks	25
2000	Laurie Ann Miller	Palmer	21			Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 1997
1999	Anna Ruble	Anchorage	26
1998	Pamela Kott	Anchorage
1997	Rea Bavilla	Unalaska	23			Current director of the Miss Alaska USA and Miss Alaska Teen USA pageants
1996	Janelle Canady	Barrow	23
1995	Theresa Lindley	Anchorage
1994	Dawn Stuvek	Anchorage
1993	Teresa Gates	Anchorage
1992	Kelly Quirk	Anchorage
1991	Tiffany Smith	Tok
1990	Karin Meyer	Anchorage		Top 6 Finalist		1st runner up at Miss World USA 1992, semifinalist in Miss Asia Pacific 1992, as USA rep
1989	Tina Geraci	Eagle River
1988	Raun Reaves	Anchorage				4th runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1988
1987	Shelly Dunlevy	Anchorage
1986	Kim Christopher-Taylor	Fairbanks
1985	Kari Moore	Fairbanks
1984	Sherri McNealley	Fort Wainwright
1983	Amy Harms	Fairbanks
1982	Toni McFadden	Fairbanks			Miss Congeniality
1981	Shelly Brunaugh	Fairbanks
1980	Debby Fickus	Fairbanks
1979	Kimberley Fidler	North Pole
1978	Barbara Samuelson	Anchorage		Top 15 Semifinalist
1977	Edith Baker	North Pole	21			Married Michael C Desmond in 1980.
1976	Elizabeth Staib
1975	Andie Higgins	Fairbanks
1974	Cynthia Dickerson
1973	Wendy Curwen
1972	Patricia Lane			Top 15 Semifinalist	Best State Costume
1971	Katherine Hartman				Best State Costume
1970	Therese Press
1969	Linda Louise Rowley				Best State Costume
1968	Sharon Long
1967	Maria Helfrich
1966	Elrita Blakensop
1965	Carla Sullivan				Best State Costume
1964	Patricia Marlin			2nd runner-up		1st runner up in Miss World USA 1964
1963	Nina Whaley
1962	Teresa Hanson
1961	Judy Onstad
1960	Evelyn Bly
19592	Anna Lekanof

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

² From 1952 to 1958 Alaska sent delegates to the Miss Universe pageant

External links

• Official website