Miss Georgia USA
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.
Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh most successful state [1] at Miss USA and has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states since 2000 [2]. Georgia is within the top fifteen states in terms of most semifinalist (or better) placings (20) [3] and is one of only seven states to have won more than one Miss Photogenic award.
Despite having a large number of runners-up, no Miss Georgia USA has won the national title.
Four former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only two titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.
The pageant is directed by Miss Tennessee USA 1989: Kim Greenwood.[1]
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- First Runners-up: Erin Nance (1993)
- Second Runners-up: Tami Tesh (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006)
- Third Runners-up: Dorothy Taylor (1959)
- Fourth Runners-up: Carolann Conno (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000)
- Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
- Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)
- Top 10: Caroline Medley (2004)
- Top 15: Kimberly Gittings (2009)
- Top 16: Kaylin Reque (2011)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
[edit] Titleholders
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jasmyn Wilkins | Atlanta | 21 | |||
| 2011 | Kaylin Reque[2] | Suwanee | 22 | Top 16, Finishing in 11th place | ||
| 2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Top 15, Finishing in 13th Place | ||
| 2008 | Amanda Kozak | Warner Robins | 23 | Previously Miss Georgia 2006 and Miss America 2007 2nd runner-up; 1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | 2nd Runner-up | American Idol (season 3) semi-finalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 | Previously Miss Connecticut 2002 and top 10 at Miss America 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10, Finishing in 8th place | ||
| 2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | |||
| 2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-up | Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. | |
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991 and 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | ||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993 and top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1996 | Jenny Craig | Later Mrs. Texas America 2004 and Mrs. Photogenic at the Mrs. America 2004 pageant under her married name, Jennifer Palmieri.[3] | ||||
| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 | Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1995, Miss Teen All American 1990 | ||
| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-up | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988, 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994, Miss Teen All American 1991 | |
| 1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | 23 | Top 6 Finalist, Finishing in 6th Place | 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1992 | |
| 1991 | Tamara Rhodes | |||||
| 1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | 22 | Top 6 Finalist, Finishing in 6th Place | Miss Flower Queen 1990 | ||
| 1989 | Michele Nemeth | Lilburn | 24 | 4th Runner-up | 1st Runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1989, was Miss USA representative in Miss Maja International 1984, she did not place, Daughter of Miss Maryland USA 1959 | |
| 1988 | Donna Rampy | 24 | 2nd Runner-up | Semi-Finalist in Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1988 as Miss USA | ||
| 1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1986 | Tami Tesch | 21 | 2nd Runner-up | 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1986 | ||
| 1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | ||||
| 1984 | Jayne Poteet | Norcross | Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | |||
| 1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | ||||
| 1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | April Reid | Augusta | ||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | |||||
| 1978 | Larinda Matthews | Marietta | ||||
| 1977 | Linda Kerr | Alpharetta | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1976 | Liz Wickersham | Atlanta | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1975 | Diana Goodman | Forest Park | ||||
| 1974 | Vicki Ross | |||||
| 1973 | Melanie Chapman | |||||
| 1972 | Kaye Ayers | |||||
| 1971 | Jenny Andrews | |||||
| 1970 | Cherie Stephens | Atlanta | 4th Runner-up | |||
| 1969 | Judy Lyons | |||||
| 1968 | Midge Ivie | |||||
| 1967 | Jane Lineberger | |||||
| 1966 | Not available | |||||
| 1965 | Judy Simpson | |||||
| 1964 | Lynda Tatum | |||||
| 1963 | Brenda Seagraves | |||||
| 1962 | Genelda Odum | Odum | Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1961 | Patsy Giddens | |||||
| 1960 | Cecilia Upton | Rockmart | ||||
| 1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1957 | Ruth Lycan | |||||
| 1956 | Mary Ruff | |||||
| 1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1953-54 | No representative | |||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood | |||||
| Rosemarie Bowe | resigned |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] Links
[edit] References
- ^ "Producers". Miss Georgia USA/Teen USA Pageants. http://www.missgeorgiausa.com/producers.html. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Richardson, Marc (2010-10-22). "Kaylin Reque of Suwanee Wins Miss Georgia USA , Kristen Robinson of Stone Mountain Wins Miss GA Teen". Stone Mountain 11alive.com. http://stonemountain.11alive.com/content/kaylin-reque-suwanee-wins-miss-georgia-usa-kristen-robinson-stone-mountain-wins-miss-ga-teen.
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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