Miss California USA
- This article is about the state pageant to select a California delegate to the Miss USA pageant. For the Miss America state pageant, see Miss California
The Miss California USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state California in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by K2 Productions, a company whose directors include Keylee Sue Sanders, Miss Kansas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995.
California has produced a Miss USA every decade (except the 2000s) and is ranked second highest in terms of placements. Miss California USA 2006, Tamiko Nash, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 2006, would have had the opportunity to replace the current Miss USA, Tara Elizabeth Conner, had Conner been dethroned, however, it was announced by the organization on December 19, 2006 that Conner would retain the crown.
Only one Miss California USA was a former Miss California Teen USA, Shauna Gambill, who won the national Miss Teen USA crown in 1994. As Miss California USA in 1998, Gambill placed 1st runner-up to Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts, in what is widely considered by pageant fans to be one of the closest-fought pageants in recent years. Two Miss California USAs have also competed in the Miss America pageant.
Results summary
- Miss USA winners: Terry Huntingdon (1959), Maria Remenyi (1966), Summer Bartholomew (1975), Julie Hayek (1983), Shannon Marketic (1992)
- 1st runners-up: Pamela Stettler (1961), Susan Bradley (1967), Diana Magaña (1988), Shauna Gambill (1998), Brittany Hogan (2005), Tamiko Nash (2006)
- 2nd runners-up: Diane Schock (1991), Angelique Breaux (1999)
- 3rd runners-up: Donna Schurr (1955), Marilyn Tindall (1962),Pamela Gergley (1977), Gayle Gorrell (1974), Cynthia Kerby (1981), Meagan Tandy (2007)
- 4th runners-up: Francine Herack (1964), Troas Hayes (1969), Kelly Parsons (1984)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Venables (1965), Cynthia Kerby (1981)
- Miss Photogenic: Cynthia Kerby (1981), Shannon Marketic (1992)
- Best State Costume: Suzanne Fromm (1964)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Meagan Tandy | Fontana | 21 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Tamiko Nash | Los Angeles | 26 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2005 | Brittany Hogan | Escondido | 20 | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2004 | Ellen Chapman | San Jose | 22 | Miss Teenage California 1999 | ||
| 2003 | Candice Sanders | La Habre | 26 | |||
| 2002 | Tarah Peters | San Diego | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2001 | Jennifer Glover | Castro Valley | 21 | Later Miss California 2002, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000, contestant at Miss International 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Rebekah Ann Keller | Lakewood | 25 | Previously Miss California 1997 | ||
| 1999 | Angelique Sue Breaux | 2nd Runner-up | Miss World USA 2000, semi-finalist, Miss World 2000 | |||
| 1998 | Shauna Gambill | 1st Runner-up | Previously Miss Teen USA, Miss California Teen USA, later a semi-finalist at Miss World 1998. | |||
| 1997 | Alisa Kimble | Lake Elsinore | 27 | 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994 as Miss Arizona | ||
| 1996 | Shanna Lyn Searles | 26 | 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Deana Avila | Won Miss Teenage California 1988 | ||||
| 1994 | Toay Lynn Foster | Oxnard | ||||
| 1993 | Jane Olvera | Fresno | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1992 | Shanna Lyn Searles | Succeeded Shannon Marketic when she became Miss USA, later become Miss California USA 1996 | ||||
| Shannon Marketic | Malibu | 21 | Winner | Miss Photogenic | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1992 | |
| 1991 | Diane Schock | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
| 1990 | Cynthia Nelson | |||||
| 1989 | Christina Marie Faust | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1988 | Diana Magaña[1][2] | 1st Runner-up | Prior to the Miss USA pageant, Magana received extensive training alongside eventual pageant winner Courtney Gibbs of Texas from pageant directors GuyRex;[3] Semi-finalist at Miss World 1988 | |||
| 1987 | Lori Dickerson[4] | Lodi | Miss Congeniality[5] | |||
| 1986 | Kelly Parsons | Los Angeles | 22 | 4th Runner-up | Mouseketeer, Model and Actress | |
| 1985 | Zina Ponder | Long Beach | ||||
| 1984 | Theresa Ring | San Diego | ||||
| 1983 | Julie Lynn Hayek | Westwood | 22 | Winner | 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1983, has starred in Dallas, Twin Peaks and As the World Turns | |
| 1982 | Suzanne Dewames | |||||
| 1981 | Cynthia Kerby | Westlake Village | 3rd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1980 | Kari Lloyd | |||||
| 1979 | Linda Fogarty | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1978 | Donna Adrain | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1977 | Pamela Gergely | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1976 | Joan Pennock | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1975 | Summer Bartholomew | Merced | 23 | Winner | 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1975, past hostess of Sale of the Century | |
| 1974 | Gayle Gorrell | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1973 | Carol Herrema | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1972 | Kim Hobson | |||||
| 1971 | Karin Morrell | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1970 | Linda Hall | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1969 | Troas Hayes | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1968 | Suzanne Fromm | Semi-finalist | Best State Costume | |||
| 1967 | Susan Bradley | 1st Runner-up | ||||
| 1966 | Maria Remenyi | El Cerrito | 20 | Winner | Miss Photogenic | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1966 |
| 1965 | Kathryn Lee Hage | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1964 | Jeanne Venables | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1963 | Francine Herack | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1962 | Marilyn Tindall | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1961 | Pamela Stettler | 1st Runner-up | ||||
| 1960 | Teri Janssen | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Terry Lynn Huntingdon | Mount Shasta | 19 | Winner | 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1959 | |
| 1958 | Donna Kay Brooks | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1957 | Peggy Jacobson | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1956 | Shirlee Witty | |||||
| 1955 | Donna Schurr | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1954 | Sandra Constance | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Marcella Roulette | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Gloria Maxwell |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "New Miss California". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1987-08-31. p. 6.
- ^ "Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1987-10-01. p. 6.
- ^ Lewis, Holden (1988-03-02). "Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus". Associated Press.
- ^ "Miss California-USA". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1986-10-30. p. 6.
- ^ "Personal Mention". Houston Chronicle. 1987-02-13.