Miss Nevada USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.
While Nevada did well in the early years of the Miss USA pageant, they only placed once from 1987 to 2000. This streak was broken by Gina Giacinto's finalist placing in Miss USA 2001.
Many Miss Nevada USA titleholders previously competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss America pageants. Six titleholders previously held the Miss Nevada Teen USA title and three held the Miss Nevada Crown in the Miss America Pageant.
Nia Sanchez of Las Vegas became the first Miss USA ever from the state of Nevada when she was crowned Miss USA 2014.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Nia Sanchez (2014)
- First runner-up: Mary O'Neal Contino (1977)
- Second runner-up: Joan Adams (1957), Karen Weller (1961), Patricia Howe (1964), Kathy Landry (1968), Sheri Schruhl (1970)
- Third runner-up: Gina Giacinto (2001), Jade Kelsall (2012), Brittany McGowan (2015)
- Fourth runners-up: Janet Hadland (1962), Helen Salas (2007)
- Top 10: Earlene Whitt (1953), Joy Blaine (1959), Kathee Francis (1963), Denyse Turner (1965), Jacqueline Moore (1967), Karen Esslinger (1969), Linda Dryden (1974), Christa Lane Daniel (1983), Tammy Perkins (1987), Chelsea Caswell (2013)
- Top 15: Lauren Scyphers (2006)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Alesia Prentiss (1992)
- Best State Costume: Lagracella Omran (1988)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement | Special awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Emelina Adams | Las Vegas | 23 | TBA | ||
| 2015 | Brittany McGowan | Las Vegas | 25 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Nia Sanchez[1] | Las Vegas | 24 | Miss USA 2014 | 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2014 | |
| 2013 | Chelsea Caswell[2] | Las Vegas | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 2012 | Jade Kelsall[3] | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Sarah Chapman[4] | Henderson | 27 | Sister of Miss California USA 2004 Ellen Chapman | ||
| 2010 | Julianna Erdesz | Reno | 25 | Previously Miss Nevada 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Georgina Vaughan | Las Vegas | 20 | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 2006. | ||
| 2008 | Veronica Grabowski | Henderson | 23 | Was in a relationship with Criss Angel in 2008.[5] | ||
| 2007 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 21 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004, 2nd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2004 | |
| Katie Rees | St. Petersburg, Florida | 22 | Stripped of her title due to inappropriate photographs.[6][7] | |||
| 2006 | Lauren Scyphers[8] | Gardnerville | 20 | Top 15 | ||
| 2005 | Shivonn Geeb[9] | Las Vegas | 25 | |||
| Sloan Bailey | Las Vegas | Resigned in January 2005 for personal reasons.[9] | ||||
| 2004 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 23 | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 1998, 2nd runner up in Miss Teen USA 1998 | ||
| 2003 | Ashley Huff | Henderson | 22 | Previously Miss Nevada 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Jenny Valdez[10] | Las Vegas | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 & 2001 | |||
| 2001 | Gina Giacinto | Las Vegas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss Nevada 1999 | |
| 2000 | Alicia Carnes[11] | Las Vegas | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 1995 | |||
| 1999 | Shaynee Smith[12] | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1998 | Tammie Rankin | Las Vegas | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 1993 | |||
| 1997 | Ninya Perna[13] | Green Valley | 23 | |||
| 1996 | Alisa Castillo | Las Vegas | 23 | |||
| 1995 | Brook Hammond | Las Vegas | Previously Miss Nevada Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Angela Lambert | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1993 | Alexis Oliver | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1992 | Alesia Prentiss | Las Vegas | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1991 | Jodi Jensen | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1990 | Michele Yegge | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1989 | Janu Tornell | Las Vegas | Contestant on Survivor: Palau[14] | |||
| 1988 | Lagracella Omran | Las Vegas | 20 | Best State Costume[15] | ||
| 1987 | Tammy Perkins | Las Vegas | 21 | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | ||
| 1986 | LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas | Previously Miss Nevada 1984 | |||
| 1985 | Alicia (Berger) Jacobs[16] | Las Vegas | Host of Access Hollywood,[17] judge of Miss USA 2009 pageant[18] | |||
| 1984 | Donna Lee McNeil | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1983 | Christa Lane Daniel | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 7th Place | |||
| 1982 | Andrea Pennington | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1981 | Mary Lebsock | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1980 | Kimberlee Guider | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1979 | Aleasha Magleby | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1978 | Dawn Jameson | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1977 | Mary O'Neal Contino | Las Vegas | 1st runner-up | Played lead role in Australian television series Chuck Finn[19] | ||
| 1976 | Janice Carrell | Las Vegas | represented Nevada at the 1975 Miss World USA pageant | |||
| 1975 | Madonna Allison | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1974 | Linda Dryden | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1973 | Laura Fritz | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1972 | Tracey Lynn Whitney | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1971 | Anita Laurie | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1970 | Sheri Schruhl | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1969 | Karen Esslinger | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1968 | Kathy Landry | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1967 | Jacqueline Moore | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1966 | Mary Martin | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1965 | Denyse Turner | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| Bunny Baxter | Las Vegas | Resigned | ||||
| 1964 | Pamela Diane Morris | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1963 | Kathee Francis | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1962 | Janet Hadland | Las Vegas | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1961 | Karen Weller | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1960 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1959 | Joy Blaine | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1958 | Terry Jeffers[20] | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1957 | Joan Adams | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1956 | Marley Sanderson | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1955 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Mary Jane Arnold | Las Vegas | ||||
| 1953 | Earlene Whitt | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1952 | Barbara Jean Clark | Las Vegas |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
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- ^ Kern, Kirk (1999-01-30). "Pageant winner in finals". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Willert, Tim (1996-10-16). "Perna's plans for pageant lofty". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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- ^ "Work Clothes Win". The Victoria Advocate. 1988-02-23.
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