Miss Nebraska USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Omaha |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Nebraska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Nebraska in the Miss USA pageant.
In 2002, Nebraska joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Nebraska is one of the least successful states at Miss USA, having only placed 10 times. They were most successful in the 1950s, placing 6 times, with three runner up placements. Their highest placement was in 1955 which was 2nd runner up. Belinda Wright's top 15 placement in 2010 was Nebraska's first semi-final placement since 1980 and first to win Miss Congeniality.
Results summary
Placements
- 2nd runners-up: Donna Jo Streever (1955)
- 3rd runners-up: Shari Lewis (1956), Carolyn McGirr (1957)
- Top 12: Janice Geiler (1973), Rebecca Staab (1980)
- Top 15: Dee Kjeldgaard (1958), Gail Weinstock (1961), Belinda Wright (2010)
- Top 19: Margie Winkhoff (1954)
- Top 20: Berneta Nelson (1953), Amanda Soltero (2014)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Janice Geiler (1973)
- Honorable Mention: Stacey Skidmore (2002)
- Miss Congeniality: Belinda Wright (2010)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2016 | Sarah Hollins | Omaha | 25 |
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| 2015 | Hoang-Kim Cung | Grand Island | 25 | |||
| 2014 | Amanda Soltero | Columbus | 22 | Top 20 | Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2010 | |
| 2013 | Ellie Lorenzen[1] | Omaha | 21 | |||
| 2012 | Amy Spilker | Malcolm | 21 | |||
| 2011 | Haley Jo Herold | Omaha | 23 | |||
| 2010 | Belinda Wright[2] | Scotia | 21 | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2009 | Meagan Winings | Atkinson | 22 | Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2004 and top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2004.[3] First Miss Nebraska Teen USA to make the semifinals at Miss Teen USA. | ||
| 2008 | Micaela Johnson | Omaha | 23 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Squad Member 2003-2005 | ||
| 2007 | Geneice Wilcher[4] | Omaha | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Emily Poeschl[5] | Lincoln | 21 | |||
| 2005 | Jana Murrell | Omaha | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Guerin Austin | Omaha | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Perea[6] | 22 | First Latina to win title[6] | |||
| 2002 | Stacey Skidmore | Honorable Mention | ||||
| 2001 | Su Joing Drakeford | Bellevue | 23 | USAF Airman 1995-1999, Miss Teen Omaha 1996, Later Mrs. Maryland 2015 | ||
| 2000 | Valerie Cook | |||||
| 1999 | WaLynda Lou Sipple | Previously Miss Michigan Teen USA 1992 | ||||
| 1998 | Jennifer Naro | |||||
| 1997 | Kimberly Jane Weir | Lincoln | 21 | |||
| 1996 | Kerry Lynn Kemper | 24 | ||||
| 1995 | Chandelle Peacock | Omaha | ||||
| 1994 | Shawn Wolff | |||||
| 1993 | Tish Gade | Lincoln | ||||
| 1992 | Jeanna Margaret Blom | |||||
| 1991 | Ziba Ayeen[7] | Native of Afghanistan[7] | ||||
| 1990 | Angela Humphrey | |||||
| 1989 | Renee Harter | |||||
| 1988 | Kellie O'Neil | |||||
| 1987 | Amy Anderson | Kearney | ||||
| 1986 | Ellen Withrow | Papillion | ||||
| 1985 | Lori Leigh Straight | Omaha | ||||
| 1984 | Joni Rundall | Omaha | ||||
| 1983 | Penelope Boynton | Lincoln | ||||
| 1982 | Lori Lynn Novicki | Omaha | ||||
| 1981 | Ladonna Hill | Seward | ||||
| 1980 | Rebecca Staab[8] | Ralston | 18 | Semi-Finalist | Played Jessie Matthews on Guiding Light[8] | |
| 1979 | Rhonda Lundberg | McCook | ||||
| 1978 | Shari Alyce Reimers | |||||
| 1977 | Deb Ridge | Hastings | ||||
| 1976 | Catherine Fricke | |||||
| 1975 | Mary Lee Hoth | Omaha | ||||
| 1974 | Mary Wolff | |||||
| 1973 | Janice Geiler | Semi-Finalist | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1972 | Theresa Engels | |||||
| 1971 | Lola Butler | |||||
| 1970 | Bonnie McElveen | Bellevue | ||||
| 1969 | Marily Poole | |||||
| 1968 | Linda J Dresher | |||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| 1966 | Karen Weinfurtner | |||||
| 1965 | Constance Kellogg | |||||
| 1964 | Georgia Ann Merriam | |||||
| 1963 | Sandy Zimmer | |||||
| 1962 | No Representative | |||||
| 1961 | Gail Weinstock | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1960 | No Representative | |||||
| 1959 | Priscilla Eckrish | |||||
| 1958 | Dee Kjeldgaard | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1957 | Carolyn McGirr | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1956 | Shari Lewis | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1955 | Donna Jo Streever | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1954 | Margie Winkhoff | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Berneta Nelson | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1952 | No Representative |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Ellie Lorenzen Crowned Miss Nebraska USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. October 8, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Coddington, Mark (2006-10-09). "Scotia native overcomes fear to win Miss Nebraska USA". The Grand Island Independent.
- ^ Barge, Evelyn (2005-03-31). "Pepperdine beauty-pageant contestants reveal the ins and outs of the pageant system". Pepperdine University Graphic.
- ^ Hascall, Kelley (2006-10-09). "Several UNL students compete for Miss Nebraska". Daily Nebraskan.
- ^ Hascall, Kelley (2005-10-10). "Crowning Achievements". WOWT.
- ^ a b Baez, Leia (2002-10-11). "UNO student crowned Miss Nebraska". Gateway.
- ^ a b "Duty Could Switch from Contest to Gulf". The Buffalo News. 1991-02-17.
- ^ a b Passalacqua, Connie (1986-05-18). "Staab will reign as soap's sweetest star". Tri City Herald.