Miss Washington USA
Appearance
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Seattle |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
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The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant.
Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA. Dorothy Anstett won the crown in 1968 and went on to place 4th runner-up at Miss Universe.
As of 2016, no Miss Washington USA has competed at Miss Teen USA, although one has competed at Miss America. However, on November 13, 2016 Alex Carlson-Helo, Miss Washington Teen USA 2012 was crowned Miss Washington USA making her the first Miss Teen USA /Miss USA crossover for the state.
Results summary
- Miss USA: Dorothy Anstett (1968)
- 1st runners-up: Tracey Goddard (1979)
- 3rd runners-up: Nancy Petraborg (1953)
- Top 10: Natasha Vantramp (1998)
- Top 12: Norene Gilbert (1976), Kathi Tucker (1983)
- Top 15: Shirley Givins (1955), June Svedin (1956), Diana Schafer (1957), Rose Nielsen (1958), Deborah Gieberson (1969), Susan Hyde (1970), Tara McCormick (2004)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Breann Parriott (2003)
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 |
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2018 | Abigail Hill | Enumclaw | 19 | |||
2017 | Alex Carlson-Helo | Bothell | 22 | Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012. | ||
2016 | Kelsey Schmidt | Bellevue | 26 | |||
Stormy Keffeler | Redmond | 23 | Keffeler vacated her crown, having failed to disclose a DUI conviction from April 2015. The first runner-up, Kelsey Schmidt, was named as her successor in January 2016.[1] | |||
2015 | McKenzie Novell | Spokane | 23 | Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma, and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane | ||
2014 | Allyson Rowe | Spokane | 25 | |||
2013 | Cassandra Searles | Redmond | 24 | |||
2012 | Christina Clarke | Snohomish | 22 | |||
2011 | Angelina Kayyalaynen | Orchards | 20 | |||
2010 | Tracy Turnure | Seattle | 23 | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009 | ||
2009 | Tara Turnure | Seattle | 22 | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010 | ||
2008 | Michelle Font | Renton | 26 | |||
2007 | LeiLani Jones | Tacoma | 24 | |||
2006 | Tiffany Doorn | Woodinville | 24 | |||
2005 | Amy Crawford | Auburn | 25 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 | ||
2004 | Tara McCormick | Seattle | 24 | Top 15 | ||
2003 | Breann Parriott | Puyallup | 25 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Washington 2001 | |
2002 | Carly Shorten | Shoreline | 18 | |||
2001 | Bre Sakas | Yakima | 24 | |||
2000 | Jamie Kern | Des Moines | 22 | Big Brother USA season 1 contestant, Finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics. | ||
1999 | Tammy Jansen | Bellevue | 19 | |||
1998 | Natasha Vantramp | Puyallup | 22 | Top 10 | Now Natasha Curry, CNN Correspondent | |
1997 | Sara Williams | Tacoma | 24 | |||
1996 | Staci Baldwin | Kirkland | 27 | |||
1995 | Theresa Cox | Stanwood | ||||
1994 | Angel Ward | Seattle | ||||
1993 | Kandi Fletcher | Longview | ||||
1992 | Stina McLynne | Redmond | ||||
1991 | Lanae Williams | Burien | ||||
1990 | Melissa Dickson | Seattle | ||||
1989 | Chiann Fan Gibson | Seattle | ||||
1988 | Sandra Kord | Seattle | ||||
1987 | Jennifer Doerflinger | Seattle | ||||
1986 | Jacqueline McMahon | Orting | ||||
1985 | Sherry Rials | Bellevue | ||||
1984 | Sue Gerrish | Seattle | ||||
1983 | Kathi Tucker | Renton | Top 12 | Mother of Tucker Perry, Miss Tennessee USA 2010, who placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2010. | ||
1982 | Jana Minerich | Seattle | ||||
1981 | Leila Wagner | Seattle | ||||
1980 | Janet Brown | Seattle | ||||
1979 | Tracey Goddard | Seattle | 1st runner-up | |||
1978 | Barbara Bogar | Seattle | ||||
1977 | Ivy Lynn Reed | Lynnwood | ||||
1976 | Norene Gilbert | Custer | Top 12 | Represented Washington in Miss World USA 1974 did not place | ||
1975 | Cindy Baxter | Kirkland | ||||
1974 | Cheryl Rutledge | Yakima | ||||
1973 | Cindi Arnett | Bellevue | ||||
1972 | Connie Ambrose | White Swan | ||||
1971 | Christine McComb | Bothell | ||||
1970 | Susan Hyde | Seattle | Top 15 | |||
1969 | Deborah Gieberson | Seattle | Top 15 | |||
1968 | Dorothy Anstett | Kirkland | 20 | Miss USA 1968 | 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968 | |
1967 | Elizabeth Kellmyer | |||||
1966 | Sandra Carlile | Yakima | ||||
1965 | No National Representative | |||||
1964 | No National Representative | |||||
1963 | No National Representative | |||||
1962 | No National Representative | |||||
1961 | No National Representative | |||||
1960 | No National Representative | |||||
1959 | Leah Robinson | |||||
1958 | Rose Nielsen | Top 15 | ||||
1957 | Diana Schafer | Top 15 | ||||
1956 | June Svedin | Top 15 | ||||
1955 | Shirley Givins | Top 15 | ||||
1954 | Darlene Shride | |||||
1953 | Nancy Petraborg | 3rd runner-up | ||||
1952 | Adele Slaybaugh |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal". king5.com. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.