Elisabeth Crawford, Miss Michigan USA 2008
The Miss Michigan USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss USA pageant.
Michigan is recognized by Pageant Almanac's rating system as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist was the first African-American to win the title. Following in her footsteps, Kenya Moore, also African-American, won the title in 1993.
Michigan is one of only twelve states to have had more than one Miss USA and has had the ninth highest number of Semi-finalists. They have not, however, been successful in gaining other awards.
[edit] Results summary
- Miss USA winners: Carole Gist (1990), Kenya Moore (1993), Rima Fakih (2010)
- 1st runners-up: Kevin Gale (1976)
- 3rd runners-up: Elisa Schleef (2003)
- Top 6 placements: Natasha Bell (1996)
- Top 10 placements: Judy Hatula (1952), Johnelle Ryan (1998), Shannon Grace Clark (1999), Jill Dobson (2000), Kenya Howard (2001)
- Top 12 placements: Pat Glannon (1971), Marilyn Ann Petty (1972), Diane Arabia (1982), Kimberly Mexicotte (1983)
- Top 15 placements: Barbara Sias (1956), Judith Richards (1960), Patricia Lyn Squires (1961), Pamela Lee Sands (1963), Susan Pill (1965), Virginia Clift (1968), Crystal Hayes (2005), Kelly Best (2007)
[edit] Winners
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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