Miss United States

Miss United States
Formation	1986; 38 years ago
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Rochester, New York
Location	United States;
Official language	English
Website	https://www.mrsunitedstates.com/miss-united-states/

Miss United States Pageant is a pageant held in the United States for unmarried women between the ages of 20-29. The pageant includes women selected to represent all 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Miss United States is part of the system known as Mrs. United States Pageants, Inc. ^[1] which has eight divisions starting at the age of 8: Little Miss United States, Miss Pre-Teen United States, Miss Jr. Teen United States, Miss Teen United States, Miss United States, Ms. United States, Ms. Woman United States, and Mrs. United States. Mrs. United States Pageant, Inc. is the official and exclusive owner of the Mrs.United States Pageants trademarks. In 2016, Miss United States organizers held the national pageant in Las Vegas, where it initially was held, for a 30th anniversary celebration.

The reigning Miss United States 2019 is Alexia Robinson of Missouri, who was crowned on August 4, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alexia Robinson is a student and researcher at Washington University in St. Louis with a platform dedicated to raising awareness about the issues facing marginalized communities, advocating for preventive medicine, and promoting secondary STEM education in minorities and women. Alexia began competing in pageants during her junior year of college and has held titles in 3 different pageant systems. She is an aspiring physician. Notable past Miss United States titleholders include Miss United States 2014 Elizabeth Safrit, who also represented the United States at Miss World 2014 in London, England on December 14, 2014 where she placed as 2nd runner-up and earned the title of Continental Queen of Beauty of the Americas.

Titleholders

This is a list of women who have won the Miss United States beauty pageant since 2001.

Year	Miss United States	State Represented	Host City	International Pageant
2019	Alexia Robinson	Missouri	Las Vegas, Nevada
2018	Andromeda Peters	Virginia	Orlando, Florida
2017	Rachael Todd	Florida	Orlando, Florida
2016	Alayah Benavidez	Texas	Las Vegas, Nevada
2015	Summer Priester	South Carolina	Washington, District of Columbia
2014	Elizabeth Safrit	North Carolina	Washington, District of Columbia	Miss World 2014 - 2nd Runner-up Miss Multimedia Top 5 Performing Talent *Top 19 Interview Scores
2013	Candiace Dillard	District of Columbia	Washington, District of Columbia
2012	Whitney Miller	Texas	Washington, District of Columbia
2011	Ashley Smith	Virginia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2010	Jessica Black	Georgia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2009	Erin Grizzle	Georgia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2008	Brittany Williams	Nevada	Las Vegas, Nevada
2007	Ashley Kazian ^[2] ^[3]	South Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina
2006	Shannon Haggard	North Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina
2005	Nicole Falsone	Arizona	Los Angeles, California
2004	Brandy Baham	Louisiana	Houston, Texas
2003	Lacie Lybrand	South Carolina	New York City, New York
2001	Starla Smith	Alabama	New York City, New York