Miss Virginia USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Richmond |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Virginia.
Catherine Muldoon, Miss Virginia USA 2012
Samantha Casey, Miss Virginia USA 2010
Amber Copley, Miss Virginia USA 2006
Kristi Lauren Glakas, Miss Virginia USA 2004
Julie Laipply, Miss Virginia USA 2002
The Miss Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.
Virginia has been only moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists, they have had two Miss USAs. They are one of only three states to have had two Miss USAs in succession (the others being Illinois and Texas). Virginia's greatest success came from the late 1960s to early 1980s. Virginia should have had the first Miss USA crown in 1954, as Ellen Whitehead finished 1st runner up, and Miss USA 1954, Miriam Stevenson, became Miss Universe 1954. However, there was no rule until the 1960s that the 1st runner up became Miss USA after the winner won Miss Universe. If that was true, 2nd runner up, Miss New York USA, Karin Hultman would have become Miss USA 1954, as Ellen was disqualified due to being underage.
Eight Miss Virginia USA winners have previously held the Miss Virginia Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA. Virginia currently holds the record for the most Miss Teen USA state winners to win a Miss USA state title from the same state; it is second to Miss Indiana USA for crowning the most former teens. Two Miss winners have also competed at Miss America.
Results summary
- Miss USA: Wendy Dascomb (1969), Deborah Shelton (1970)
- 1st runners-up: Ellen Whitehead (1954), Patricia Southall (1994)
- 2nd runners-up: Samantha Casey (2010)
- 4th runners-up: Sheryl Lynn Herring (1977)
- Top 10: Meredith Blankenship (1998), Kellie Lightbourn (1999), Lauren Barnette (2007)
- Top 11/12: Brenda Joyce Miller (1971), Linda McKee (1975), Robin Shadle (1978), Betsy Bott (1979), Pam Hutchens (1981),Sondra Dee Jones (1982), Marsha Ralls (1987), Brandi Bottorff (1992),
- Top 15: Laurie Burke (1968), Maegan Phillips (2009), Laura Puleo (2015)
- Top 20: Arielle Rosmarino (2014)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Kimberly Nicewonder (1989)
- Miss Photogenic: Elizabeth "Betty" Karen Kallmyer (1967), Deborah Shelton (1970), Brenda Joyce Miller (1971), Sondra Dee Jones (1982), Patricia Southall (1994), Audra Wilks (1997)
- Best in Swimsuit: Patricia Southall (1994)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Desiree Williams | Newport News | 26 | TBA | Previously Miss Virginia 2013 and National Sweetheart 2012 | |
| 2015 | Laura Puleo | Lexington | 25 | Top 15 | Sister of Miss North Carolina USA 2004, 1st runner up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2006 | |
| 2014 | Arielle Rosmarino | Salem | 22 | Top 20 | Later Miss Virginia World 2015 and 4th runner up at Miss World America 2015 | |
| 2013 | Shannon McAnally | Arlington | 23 | |||
| 2012 | Catherine Muldoon | Virginia Beach | 26 | Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2004 and top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2011 | Nikki Poteet | Richmond | 24 | |||
| 2010 | Samantha Casey | Jeffersonton | 21 | 2nd runner up | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2006 and 3rd Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2006 | |
| 2009 | Maegan Phillips | Quantico | 22 | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Tori Hall | Midlothian | 21 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2005, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Lauren Barnette | Wise | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2002 | |
| 2006 | Amber Copley | Abingdon | 20 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2005 | Jennifer Pitts | Richmond | 26 | Previously Miss Virginia 2002; Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Kristi Lauren Glakas | Centreville | 23 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 1999, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1999, Miss Virginia 2005 and 3rd runner-up to Miss America 2006 | ||
| 2003 | Meron Mimi Abraham | Alexandria | 24 | |||
| 2002 | Julie Marie Laipply | Alexnadria | 24 | Public speaker | ||
| 2001 | Kristel Jenkins | Vinton | 23 | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 1995; Current producer & choreographer of the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kristel Jenkins-Wittensoldner[1] | ||
| 2000 | Crystal Marie Jones | Virginia Beach | ||||
| 1999 | Kellie Lightbourn | Vienna | 21 | Semi-finalist | Later Mrs. Florida America 2010 and Top 12 at Mrs. America 2011.[2][3] | |
| 1998 | Meredith Blankenship | Hurley | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1997 | Audra Wilks | Richmond | 24 | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 1988 | |
| 1996 | Danielle Connors | Forest | ||||
| 1995 | Susan Elizabeth Robinson | Lynchburg | ||||
| 1994 | Patricia Southall | Cheasapeake | 21 | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic & Best in Swimsuit | Married to Emmitt Smith |
| 1993 | Stephanie Satterfield | Virginia Beach | Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 1989 | |||
| 1992 | Brandi Bottrof | Fairfax | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1991 | Traci Dority | Fairfax | ||||
| 1990 | Evelyn Green | Richmond | ||||
| 1989 | Kimberly Nicewonder | Bristol | Miss Congeniality | Current director of the Miss Virginia USA and Miss Virginia Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kim Nicewonder-Johnson[4] | ||
| 1988 | Denise Adrain Smith | Fairfax | ||||
| 1987 | Marsha Ralls | Alexandria | 24 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Maureen McDonnell | Alexandria | Cheerleader for Notre Dame. | |||
| 1985 | Dana Bryant | Richmond | Miss Teen All American 1984 | |||
| 1984 | Leah Rush | Leesburg | ||||
| 1983 | Tanquil Collins | Virginia Beach | Model and actress whose credits include Baywatch, carried on an affair with Chuck Robb while he was Governor of Virginia, has appeared in Playboy magazine | |||
| 1982 | Sondra Dee Jones | Richmond | 24 | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1981 | Pamela Elizabeth Hutchens | Newport News | 22 | Semi-finalist | General District Court Judge in Virginia Beach, Virginia | |
| 1980 | Kelly Humphrey | Hampton | ||||
| 1979 | Betsy Ann Bott | Falls Church | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1978 | Robin Lee Schadle | Springfield | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1977 | Sheryl Lynn Herring | Fairfax | 19 | 4th runner-up | actress best known for her role as Lucy Coe on General Hospital | |
| 1976 | Donna Dixon | Alexandria | actress best known for her role as Sonny Lumet on the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies, 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1977 as Miss District of Columbia | |||
| 1975 | Linda McKee | Alexandria | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1974 | Hazel Thomas | Alexandria | ||||
| 1973 | Brenda Childress | Richmond | ||||
| 1972 | Diane Elizabeth "Dede" Moore | Radford | ||||
| 1971 | Brenda Joyce Miller | Norfolk | 20 | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1970 | Deborah Shelton | Norfolk | 21 | Miss USA 1970 | Miss Photogenic | 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1970, 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1968 |
| 1969 | Wendy Dascomb | Danville | 19 | Miss USA 1969 | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1969 | |
| 1968 | Laurie Burke | McLean | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1967 | Elizabeth "Betty" Karen Kallmyer | Richmond | 18 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1966 | Beverly Johnson | Alexandria | ||||
| 1965 | Mary Montgomery | Martinsville | ||||
| 1964 | Heidi Karen Smith | Fort Lee | ||||
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1962 | ||||||
| 1961 | Bonnie Lea Jones | Norfolk | ||||
| 1960 | Elizabeth "Betty" Noreen Fulford | Norfolk | ||||
| 1959 | Pat Poindexter | Salem | ||||
| 1958 | Betty Marsh | Lynchburg | ||||
| 1957 | Patricia Bush | Portsmouth | ||||
| 1956 | Audra Stark | Virginia Beach | ||||
| 1955 | Jeannie Asble | Portsmouth | ||||
| 1954 | Ellen Whitehead | Chatham | 1st runner-up (later disqualified for being underage) | |||
| 1953 | Dorothy Lee Bailey | Norfolk | ||||
| 1952 | Elizabeth Glenn | Roanoke | ||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Pageant Staff". Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ↑ "2010 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Mrs America 2010 Results". Mrs. America Pageant. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Pageant Staff". Retrieved July 10, 2010.
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