Miss Mississippi USA

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

Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants. They have never had a Miss USA, and their highest placement was Leah Laviano's 1st-runner up placement in 2008.

Three titleholders have competed at Miss Teen USA, and as of 2007, four have competed at Miss America.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2009	Jessica McRaney					Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2004
2008	Leah Laviano	Ellisville	19	1st runner-up
2007	Jalin Wood	Waynesboro	25			Previously Miss Mississippi 2004
2006	Kendra King	Monticello	20
2005	Jennifer Adcock	Hattiesburg	24	Finalist		Previously Miss Mississippi 2002, semifinalist at Miss America 2003, Mississippi's Junior Miss 1998
2004	Beth Richards	Laurel	25
2003	Allison Bloodworth	Grenada	21			Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1999
2002	Heather Soriano	Philadelphia	24			Previously Miss Mississippi 1999
2001	Melanie Vaughn^[1]	Olive Branch
2000	Angie Carpenter	Greenwood				Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1994, semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1994
1999	Kari Babski	Gloster
1998	Angel Whatley^[2]	Jackson
1997	Arlene McDonald^[3]	Tupelo				Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1992, semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1992
1996	Caroline Ramagos^[4]	Soso
1995	Jill Tullos
1994	Leslie Jetton					Gave up her title in March to become a national spokesperson for Caribe Corporations in New Orleans.^[5]
1993	Sherry Bowles	Lambert
1992	Tammy Johnson
1991	Mitzi Swanson
1990	Stephanie Teneyck			Semi-finalist	Miss Photogenic
1989	Laura Durrett	Olive Branch
1988	Dana Richmond	Madison		4th runner-up		1st runner up at Miss International 1988
1987	Katharine Manning	Drew	24	Semi-finalist		Previously Miss Mississippi 1984, 2nd runner up at Miss America 1985
1986	Cindy Williams	Hattiesburg	22	3rd runner-up		Semifinalist at Miss International 1986
1985	Camille Gilliland	Meridian
1984	Carla Green	Biloxi
1983	Becky Case	Jackson
1982	Nancy Perkins	Marks
1981	Angela Ashmore
1980	Cheri Brown
1979	Laurie Kimbrough			4th runner-up
1978	Wanda Gatlin
1977	Leigh Tapley
1976	Teresa Camp
1975	Leigh Cross
1974	Denise Clark
1973	Karen Clements
1972	Deborah Pawlik
1971	Janey Gillis
1970	Susan Ladner
1969	Rose Ray
1968	Brenda Conerly
1967	Lassie Cooke
1966	Unknown
1965	Unknown
1964	Patricia Ann Turk			Semi-finalist
1963	Joan Kenebrilde
1962	Sandra Mazur
1961	Marlene Britsch			Semi-finalist
1954-1960	Did Not Compete
1953	Jessie Morgan					Semi-finalist at Miss America 1951
1952	Carolyn Thomas

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

^ Purdy, Jean (2000-06-06). "With near misses in past, Desoto beauty wins title". The Commercial Appeal. p. DS1.
^ "Jackson woman wins Miss Mississippi USA title" (Press release). Associated Press. 1997-06-14. p. B3.
^ "Two pageants crown winners in Biloxi in double ceremony". The Commercial Appeal. 1996-06-10. p. B3.
^ "Shooting For a New Goal MISS USA contestant turns from hoops to rule over different courts". The Commercial Appeal. 1995-12-29. p. C1.
^ "Miss Mississippi gets a better offer". The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate. p. 4-B.

External links

Official Website

Template:Premier Pageants states

[1] Purdy, Jean (2000-06-06). "With near misses in past, Desoto beauty wins title". The Commercial Appeal. p. DS1.

[2] "Jackson woman wins Miss Mississippi USA title" (Press release). Associated Press. 1997-06-14. p. B3.

[3] "Two pageants crown winners in Biloxi in double ceremony". The Commercial Appeal. 1996-06-10. p. B3.

[4] "Shooting For a New Goal MISS USA contestant turns from hoops to rule over different courts". The Commercial Appeal. 1995-12-29. p. C1.

[5] "Miss Mississippi gets a better offer". The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate. p. 4-B.

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