Miss Georgia USA

Brittany Swann, Miss Georgia USA 2007

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 but 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.

Three former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only one titleholder has previously competed at Miss America.

Results summary

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)

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Amanda Kozak		25
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
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.
2000	Patti Dunn	Duluth	24	4th Runner-up
1999	Meredith Young					Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991 and 1st runner up at Miss Teen USA 1991
1998	Edlyn Lewis
1997	Denesha Reed	McDonough				Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993 and top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1993
1996	Jenny Craig
1995	Paulette Schier	Atlanta				Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1995, Miss Teen All American 1990
1994	Andrea Moore	Atlanta
1993	Erin Nance	Calhoun		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		Finalist		1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1992
1991	Tamara Rhodes
1990	Brenda Leithleiter			Finalist		Flower Queen 1990 as Miss USA representative
1989	Michele Nemeth			4th Runner-up		1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1989, was Miss USA representative in Miss Maja International 1984, she did not place
1988	Donna Rampy			2nd Runner-up		semifinalist in Miss Asia Pacific 1988 as Miss USA
1987	Sophia Bowen	Marietta	21	4th Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1986	Tami Tesh		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
1979	Debbie Freeman
1978	Larinda Matthews
1977	Linda Kerr			Semi-finalist
1976	Liz Wickersham			Semi-finalist	Miss Photogenic
1975	Diana Goodman
1974	Vicki Ross
1973	Melanie Chapman
1972	Kaye Ayers
1971	Jenny Andrews
1970	Cherie Stephens			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
1961	Patsy Giddens
1960	Cecilia Upton
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

Source

• Official Website