Miss USA

The Miss USA Pageant (not to be confused with the similar Miss America pageant) is a beauty contest that has been held every year since 1952, and is the sister pageant of Miss Universe. The winners of the state pageants that compete in the Miss USA pageant have had "USA" appended to their titles (e.g. "Miss Delaware USA") since the mid-1980s in order that these state-level winners not be confused with the competitors in the Miss America pageant.

Jackie Loughery of New York was crowned that first year in Long Beach, California, a day before the first Miss Universe was crowned.

The Winners

Year	Miss USA	State Represented	Venue
1952	Jackie Loughery	New York	Long Beach, California
1953	Myrna Hansen	Illinois
1954	Mirian Stephenson*	South Carolina
1955	Carlene Johnson	Vermont
1956	Carol Morris	Iowa
1957	Mary Gage**	Maryland
	Charlotte Sheffield	Utah
1958	Eurlene Howell	Louisiana
1959	Terry Huntingdon	California
1960	Linda Bement*	Utah	Miami Beach, Florida
1961	Sharon Brown	Louisiana
1962	Macel Leilani Wilson	Hawaii
1963	Marite Ozers	Illinois
1964	Bobbi Johnson	District of Columbia
1965	Sue Ann Downey	Ohio
1966	Maria Remenyi	California
1967	Sylvia Hitchcock*	Alabama
	Cheryl Patton	Florida
1968	Dorothy Anstett	Washington
1969	Wendy Dascomb	Virginia
1970	Deborah Shelton	Virginia
1971	Michele McDonald	Pennsylvania
1972	Tanya Wilson	Hawaii	Dorado, Puerto Rico
1973	Amanda Jones	Illinois	New York, New York
1974	Karen Morrison	Illinois	Niagara Falls, New York
1975	Summer Bartholomew	California
1976	Barbara Petersen	Minnesota
1977	Kimberly Tomes	Texas	Charleston, South Carolina
1978	Judi Anderson	Hawaii
1979	Mary Freil	New York	Biloxi, Mississippi
1980	Shawn Weatherly*	South Carolina
	Jineane Ford	Arizona
1981	Kim Seelbrede	Ohio
1982	Terri Utley	Arkansas
1983	Julie Hayek	California	Knoxville, Tennessee
1984	Mai Shanley	New Mexico	Lakeland, Florida
1985	Laura Martinez-Herring	Texas
1986	Christy Fichtner	Texas	Miami, Florida
1987	Michelle Royer	Texas	Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988	Courtney Gibbs	Texas	El Paso, Texas
1989	Gretchen Polhemus	Texas	Mobile, Alabama
1990	Carole Gist	Michigan	Wichita, Kansas
1991	Kelli McCarty	Kansas
1992	Shannon Marketic	California
1993	Kenya Moore	Michigan
1994	Lu Parker	South Carolina	South Padre Island, Texas
1995	Chelsi Smith*	Texas
	Shanna Moakler	New York
1996	Ali Landry	Louisiana
1997	Brooke Mahealani Lee*	Hawaii	Shreveport, Louisiana
	Brandi Sherwood***	Idaho
1998	Shawnae Jebbia	Massachusetts
1999	Kimberly Pressler	New York	Branson, Missouri
2000	Lynnette Cole	Tennessee
2001	Kandace Krueger	Texas	Gary, Indiana
2002	Shauntay Hinton	District of Columbia
2003	Suzie Castillo	Massachusetts	San Antonio, Texas
2004	Shandi Finnessy	Missouri	Los Angeles, California

*Crowned Miss Universe
**Was stripped of her crown because she was a married mother of two at the time of her crowning.
***In 1997, Brandi Sherwood became the first woman to be crowned Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA.

Two runners-up to Miss USA 1986 have entries in Wikipedia: Halle Berry and Kelly Parsons.