The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2005.[1]
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Savage |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Denise Wallace Craig Heitkamp |
| Website | Official website |
Wyoming has placed twice in Miss USA (in 1986 and 2010), won five Miss Congeniality awards, and earned one Miss Photogenic award.
Six Miss Wyoming USAs have won the Miss Wyoming Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, Six have competed at Miss America and two has competed at Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
Mackenzie Rush of Sheridan was crowned Miss Wyoming USA 2024 on June 30, 2024 at The Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She will represent Wyoming for the title of Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
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Katie Rudoff, Miss Wyoming USA 2004 -
Kristin George, Miss Wyoming USA 2006 -
Holly Allen, Miss Wyoming USA 2012
Results summary
Placements
- Top 10: Beth King (1986)
- Top 15: Claire Schreiner (2010)
Wyoming holds a record of just 2 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Linda Leafdale (1966), Pam Williams (1979), Cynthia Pate (2009), Mikaela Shaw (2017), Callie Bishop (2018)
- Miss Photogenic: Beth King (1986)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year[a] | Name | Hometown | Age[b] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Mackenzie Rush | Sheridan | 19 | Miss Northeast Wyoming | |||
| 2023 | Beck Bridger | Sheridan | 27 | Miss Sheridan County |
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| 2022 | Morgan McNally | Casper | 27 | Miss Central Wyoming | |||
| 2021 | Mackenzie Kern | Casper | 21 |
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| 2020 | Lexi Revelli | Lyman | 26 |
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| Caitlin "Katie" Bozner | Buffalo | 24 | did not compete | Resigned the title three weeks before the Miss USA 2020 pageant due to academic obligations | |||
| 2019 | Addison Treesh | Gillette | 18 |
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| 2018 | Callie Bishop | Casper | 27 | Miss Congeniality |
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| 2017 | Mikaela Shaw | Casper | 23 | Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Missouri USA 2017 Bayleigh Dayton) |
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| 2016 | Autumn Olson | Saratoga | 21 |
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| 2015 | Caroline Scott | Cheyenne | 22 |
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| 2014 | Lexi Hill | Gillette | 20 | ||||
| 2013 | Courtney Gifford | Sheridan | 24 | Triple Crown winner
First woman to win Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Miss America and Miss USA state titles | |||
| 2012 | Holly Allen | Lander | 23 |
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| 2011 | Kaitlyn Davis | Laramie | 20 | ||||
| 2010 | Claire Schreiner[3] | Gillette | 23 | Top 15 | |||
| 2009 | Cynthia Pate | Casper | 22 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2008 | Cassie Shore | Casper | 22 | ||||
| 2007 | Robyn Johnson | Sheridan | 22 | ||||
| 2006 | Kristin George | Casper | 24 |
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| 2005 | Abby Norman | Laramie | 21 | Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2002 | |||
| 2004 | Katie Rudoff | Green River | 20 |
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| 2003 | Jamie Gorman | Cheyenne | |||||
| 2002 | Jeannie Crofts | Cheyenne | |||||
| 2001 | Heather Jackelen | Rock Springs |
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| 2000 | Rebecca Smith | Jackson Hole | |||||
| 1999 | Arnica Bryant | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1998 | Megan Starr Wigert | Cheyenne | 22 | ||||
| 1997 | Stacy Dawn Cenedese | Cheyenne |
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| 1996 | Kellee Nicole Kattleman | Laramie | |||||
| 1995 | Susan Elizabeth Shaffer | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1994 | Tolan Clark | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1993 | Leissann Marie Stolz | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1992 | Lisa Postle | Green River | |||||
| 1991 | Wendy Lee Dunn | Laramie | |||||
| 1990 | Cheryl James | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1989 | Chandra Anderson | Jackson | |||||
| 1988 | Kristen Youmans | Casper | |||||
| 1987 | Michelle Zimmermann | Recluse | |||||
| 1986 | Beth King[4] | Cheyenne | 22 | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1985 | Wendy Hartwigsen | Gillette | |||||
| 1984 | Cheryl Rawson | Laramie | |||||
| 1983 | Joanie Engstrom | Rawlins | |||||
| 1982 | Judy Lynn Wilder | Casper | |||||
| 1981 | Deborah Aspinwall | Riverton | |||||
| 1980 | Suzie Harris | Casper | |||||
| 1979 | Pam Williams | Casper | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1978 | Kathryn Flitner | Greybull | |||||
| 1977 | Michele Fisser | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1976 | Murlie Colosky | Laramie | |||||
| 1975 | Kimerli Jayne Pring | Cheyenne |
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| 1974 | Debbie K. Petty | Rawlins | |||||
| 1973 | Michele Walter | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1972 | Tamara Tulley | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1971 | Mary Kay Heaton | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1970 | Elizabeth Swarthout | Sheridan | |||||
| 1969 | Pam Lewis | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1968 | Penny Smathers | Douglas | |||||
| 1967 | Helen Barker | Buffalo | |||||
| 1966 | Linda Leafdale | Thermopolis | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1965 | Linda Lou Peck | Sheridan | |||||
| 1962 | Ann Bonner | Powell | did not compete | Withdrew | |||
| 1961 | Judy Larae Walton | Cokeville | |||||
| 1960 | Anita Simon | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Kochiras | Evanston | |||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Hawkins | Casper | |||||
| 1956 | Marilyn Scott | Cheyenne | |||||
| 1955 | Barbara Kaye Latta | Casper | |||||
| 1954 | Faith Radenbaugh | Heart Mountain | |||||
| 1953 | Nancy Rogers | Cheyenne | |||||
References
- ^ "Future Productions, LLC State Directors". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Romero, Hannah (October 23, 2020). "Rock Springs resident will be Miss Wyoming". Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "Gillette woman to compete in Miss USA pageant". KULR-TV. Associated Press. May 13, 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Miss Wyoming Wins Miss Photogenic". Kentucky New Era. May 12, 1986. Retrieved 1 November 2010.