Miss Washington USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Puyallup |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | misswashingtonusa |
The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington since 2002, which also produces Idaho and Oregon state pageants.
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. The most recent placement was Samantha Gallia in 2023, placing Top 20.
Prior to 2017, no Washington delegate had previously competed at Miss Teen USA, although one has competed at Miss America. Alex Carlson-Helo, Miss Washington Teen USA 2012, became the last state to have made her the first Teen to Miss crossover for the state.
Samantha Gallia of Sacramento, California, residing in Seattle, was crowned Miss Washington USA 2023 on November 13, 2022 at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton, Washington. She will represent Washington for the title of Miss USA 2023.
Results summary
[edit]- Miss USA: Dorothy Anstett (1968)
- 1st runners-up: Tracey Goddard (1979)
- 3rd runners-up: Nancy Petraborg (1953)
- Top 10/12: Norene Gilbert (1976), Kathi Tucker (1983), Natasha Vantramp (1998)
- Top 15/20: Shirley Givins (1955), June Svedin (1956), Diana Schafer (1957), Rose Nielsen (1958), Deborah Gieberson (1969), Susan Hyde (1970), Tara McCormick (2004), Samantha Gallia (2023)
- Washington holds a record of 14 Placements at Miss USA.
Awards
[edit]- Miss Congeniality: Breann Parriott (2003), Imani Blackmon (2020)
Winners
[edit]- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Age[a] | Hometown | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tiffany Rea | 27 | Clarkston | |||
| 2023 | Samantha Gallia[1] | 24 | Seattle | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Mazzy Eckel[2] | 21 | Seattle | Eligible as a student of Seattle University at the time of crowning | ||
| 2021 | Christine Brodie[3] | 25 | Seattle | |||
| 2020 | Imani Blackmon[4] | 24 | Tacoma | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013 | |
| 2019 | Evelyn Clark[5] | 27 | Cathlamet | Competed at the state pageant in the Miss USA system on her 8th consecutive attempt, including top 5 placements in Miss Washington USA and Miss Oregon USA | ||
| 2018 | Abigail Hill[6] | 19 | Enumclaw | |||
| 2017 | Alex Carlson-Helo | 22 | Bothell | Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012 | ||
| 2016 | Kelsey Schmidt[7] | 26 | Bellevue | Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Stormy Keffeler resigned the title in January 2016 | ||
| Stormy Keffeler | 23 | Redmond | did not compete |
| ||
| 2015 | McKenzie Novell[8] | 23 | Spokane | Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane | ||
| 2014 | Allyson Rowe | 25 | Spokane | |||
| 2013 | Cassandra Searles | 24 | Redmond | |||
| 2012 | Christina Clarke | 22 | Snohomish | |||
| 2011 | Angelina Kayyalaynen | 20 | Orchards | Born in Ukrainian SSR, in what was then part of Soviet Union | ||
| 2010 | Tracy Turnure | 23 | Seattle | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009 | ||
| 2009 | Tara Turnure | 22 | Seattle | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010 | ||
| 2008 | Michelle Font | 26 | Renton | |||
| 2007 | LeiLani Jones | 24 | Tacoma | |||
| 2006 | Tiffany Doorn | 24 | Woodinville | |||
| 2005 | Amy Crawford | 25 | Auburn | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Tara McCormick | 24 | Seattle | Top 15 | ||
| 2003 | Breann Parriott | 25 | Puyallup | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Washington 2001 | |
| 2002 | Carly Shorten | 18 | Shoreline | |||
| 2001 | Bre Sakas | 24 | Yakima | |||
| 2000 | Jamie Kern | 22 | Des Moines | Contestant on season 1 of Big Brother, finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics. | ||
| 1999 | Tammy Jansen | 19 | Bellevue | |||
| 1998 | Natasha Vantramp | 22 | Puyallup | Top 10 | Later CNN Correspondent | |
| 1997 | Sara Williams | 24 | Tacoma | |||
| 1996 | Staci Baldwin | 27 | Kirkland | |||
| 1995 | Theresa Cox | Stanwood | ||||
| 1994 | Angel Ward | Seattle | ||||
| 1993 | Kandi Fletcher | Longview | ||||
| 1992 | Stinha 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 | Later Miss Washington World 1978 and contestant at Miss World America 1978. | |||
| 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 | 20 | Kirkland | Miss USA 1968 | 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968 | |
| 1967 | Elizabeth Kellmyer | |||||
| 1966 | Sandra Carlile | Yakima | ||||
| 1960–65 | No national representative | |||||
| 1959 | Leah Robinson | |||||
| 1958 | Rose Nielsen | Top 15 | ||||
| 1957 | Diana Schafer | Top 15 | ||||
| 1956 | June Svedin | Top 15 | ||||
| 1955 | Shirley Jean Givins[9] | 20 | Seattle | Top 15 | ||
| 1954 | Darlene Shride | – | – | |||
| 1953 | Nancy Petraborg[10] | 18 | Seattle | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1952 | Adele Slaybaugh[11] | 18 | Kennewick | |||
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
[edit]- ^ "Introducing Miss WA USA & Miss WA Teen USA". King TV. November 15, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ White, McKenna (February 16, 2022). "Mazzy Eckel, a Queen on and off the Runway". The Spectator. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Asian Americans will represent WA at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". Northwest Asian Weekly. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Newly-crowned 2020 Miss Washington USA Imani Blackmon & 2020 Miss Teen Washington Marianne Bautista discuss what they hope to accomplish during their reigns". KING 5. November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Grace, Amanda (November 5, 2018). "Blaine woman first to compete in Miss Washington USA pageant in wheelchair". KING-TV. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Still, Ray (November 16, 2017). "Local Miss Washington prepares for national stage". Enumclaw Courier-Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal". king5.com. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ Hval, Cindy (November 27, 2014). "LC, GU grad Kenzie Novell new Miss Washington USA". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "JC girls Miss U.S.A. finalist, Miss New Mexico is favorite". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 20 July 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Untitled". The Troy Messenger. Troy, Alabama. 12 July 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 8 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "39 compete tonight for Miss United States". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 27 June 1952. p. 26. Retrieved 12 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.