Miss Montana USA

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

Tori Wanty, Miss Montana USA 2008

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

Montana is one of the least successful states in Miss USA history, but there has been success in other pageants. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to represent the United States in the 2005 Miss Earth pageant. Although she failed to place at Miss USA, Kimmel finished in the top 8 at Miss Earth.

The current titleholder is Kacie West of Kalispell.

Results summary

Placements

• Top 10: Valerie Jackson (1952)
• Top 15: Sharon D. Tietjen (1958)
• Top 24: Down Oney (1954)

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Robbin English (1980), Meredith McCannel (2002), Stephanie Trudeau (2007)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2013	Kacie West	Kalispell	23			Previously Miss Montana 2010
2012	Autumn Muller	Harlowton	24			Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 2004
2011	Brittany Wiser	Bozeman	23			Previously Miss Montana 2009
2010	Elizabeth Anne Anseth	Billings
2009	Misti Vogt	Kalispell
2008	Tori Wanty	Shelby
2007	Stephanie Trudeau	Saint Ignatius	20		Miss Congeniality
2006	Jill McLain	Havre	21
2005	Amanda Kimmel	Billings	20			Miss Earth USA 2005 and top 8 finalist at Miss Earth 2005, Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains contestant .
2004	Molly Flynn	Townsend	22
2003	Megan Monroe	Missoula	22
2002	Meredith McCannel	Billings	20		Miss Congeniality	Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2005
2001	CaCe Hardy	Kalispell
2000	Brandi Bjorklund	Bonner
1999	Michon Zink
1998	Reno Whittman
1997	Christin Didier	Lewistown	24
1996	Tanya Pogatchnik		21
1995	Angela Janich
1994	Kelly Brown
1993	Kristen Anderson	Columbia Falls				Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 1988
1992	Joy Estrada
1991	Joann Kayleen Jorgensen
1990	Kimberlee Burger
1989	Tammy Reiter	Billings
1988	Kimberly Torp	Missoula
1987	Constance Colla	Great Falls
1986	Laurie Ryan	Belgrade
1985	Julie Knox	Columbus
1984	Kristi Ogren	Frenchtown
1983	Barbara Bowman	Great Falls
1982	Perri Stevenson	Bozeman
1981	Cathi Jo Locati	Billings
1980	Robbin English	Great Falls			Miss Congeniality
1979	Jurrette Sindelar	Billings
1978	Susan Riplett
1977	Theresa Rose Bajt	Billings
1976	Teresa Jane Klaus
1975	Suzanne Demier	Great Falls
1974	Carole Aalseth
1973	Jeri Joy Shandorf
1972	Mitriann Popovich
1971	Rebecca Thomas
1970	Moreen Ann Murphy	Helena
1969	Christina Jovin
1968	Kerry Barker
1967	Stevie Lahti
1966	Carol Marie Boetcher
1965	Patricia Bradford
1961-1964	Did Not Compete
1960	Joanne Lane
1959	Bar-beth Smith
1958	Sharon D. Tietjen			Semi-finalist (Top 15)
1955-1957	Did Not Compete
1954	Down Oney			Semi-finalist (Top 20)
1953	Billie Jean Tyrrell
1952	Valerie Jackson			Semi-finalist (Top 10)
1951	Patricia McGinty

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

External links

• Official Website