The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.
The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The first Nevadan to compete at Miss America was Carol Lampe in 1949.
Amanda Kozak-Miliner is a pageant titleholder and educator from Warner Robins, Georgia who competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants. She is also the 2015 Georgia Teacher of the Year.
Miss America 2008, the 81st Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on Saturday, January 26, 2008.
Miss America 2009, the 82nd Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana, the first woman representing that state to take the crown.
Maria Venus Bayonito Raj is a Filipino-Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant and placed 4th Runner-Up.
Katie R. Stam Irk is an American beauty queen from Seymour, Indiana, who was crowned Miss America 2009.
Miss America 2010, the 83rd Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada at the Theatre for the Performing Arts of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Miss America 2009, Katie Stam from Indiana, crowned her successor, Caressa Cameron from Virginia, at the end of the event.
Caressa Venal Cameron-Jackson is an American beauty pageant titleholder and occasional singer who was Miss Virginia 2009 and Miss America 2010. She is the eighth African American Miss America titleholder, the first Black Miss Virginia to be crowned Miss America.
Claire Buffie, is an American photographer. As Miss New York 2010, she was the first Miss America contestant to advocate a gay-rights platform at the Miss America 2011 pageant.
Ashleigh Udalovas held the title of Miss New Jersey 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was the 1st runner-up at the Miss New Jersey 2009 pageant and competed in 2010 as Miss All-State. She also won the Interview award and Academic award at the 2010 pageant. Her talent is tap dancing. Her platform is "Read to Succeed: Improving America's Future Through Literacy. Udalovas has twice visited the Downe Township Elementary School in Newport, New Jersey to express the importance of literacy education to students. She is the founder of the Cumberland County chapter of First Book, which is an organization that gives books to financially disadvantaged children, and the spokesperson for Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey.
Erika Hebron is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Missouri 2010 and competed in Miss America 2011 on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She competed at Miss Missouri as Miss Gateway St. Louis. She was a Top 10 finalist in the 2009 pageant and had won the Talent and Evening Gown awards in the 2010 pageant. Her talent is Lyrical Dance and her platform is the Children’s Miracle Network. She is a 2009 Oklahoma City University alumni having obtained a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Dance. She also held the title of Missouri's Junior Miss 2005 and competed at nationals with future Miss America Katie Stam.
Ashley Lauren Melnick is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Texas 2010. She competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, placing in the Top 12. She competed at the pageant as Miss Fort Worth, and it was her third try for the title. She also won the Preliminary Talent and Preliminary Physical Fitness awards. Her platform is “The Voice of Autism” which she chose because her older brother is autistic. Her goal is to educate others both on autism and the needs of those who are autistic. She is a senior at Texas Christian University with a major in broadcast journalism and a minor in political science. Her career goals are to become both a news broadcaster and a recording artist.
Brittany Wiser is an American beauty pageant title holder from Bozeman, Montana. As of 2015, she is one of only two women to earn both the Miss Montana and Miss Montana USA titles.
Stephanie Ariel Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is a graduate of the George Washington University Medical School, she went on to UCLA Mattel Children's hospital for her general pediatrics residency, and will be a fellow in neonatology at The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles., She was also 1st runner-up in the Miss District of Columbia 2009 pageant. She grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which was home to the Miss America pageant until 2004, and always dreamed of competing there someday.
Caroline McGowan is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder from Corvallis, Oregon, who was crowned Miss Oregon 2011. She competed for the Miss America 2012 title but was not a Top 16 semi-finalist.
Elyse Umemoto, is an American dance team manager and former Miss Washington in the Miss America circuit. She is known for finishing third place at Miss America 2008, and for competing on the reality competition show Survivor, following her stint as Miss Washington.
Kira Dixon is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss America 2015 on September 14, 2014. She is the third consecutive Miss America winner from New York and had won the title of Miss New York on May 24, 2014 while serving as Miss City of New York.
Ellen Bryan is an American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder from Celina, Ohio. She was crowned Miss Ohio 2011 and competed for the Miss America 2012 title. She worked as a reporter for KXAS-TV in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In March 2016, she left KXAS-TV and moved to Washington D.C. where she began working for WUSA 9.
Brittany Lee Lewis is an activist, television personality, political commentator, disc jockey (DJ), Miss Delaware 2014, and Miss Black America 2017. She is a native of Brigantine, New Jersey. Lewis was crowned the 49th Miss Black America in 2017 and she competed in the Miss America Pageant as Miss Delaware in 2014. She is also a regular commentator on RT News, Roland Martin Show, Fox5DC, and various Sinclair Broadcasting programs.
