The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss USA pageant.
Mai Therese Shanley is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss New Mexico 1983, Miss New Mexico USA 1984 and Miss USA 1984.
Jenna Edwards is an American beauty queen from Brandon, Mississippi who has held the titles Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA. Edwards represented Florida at the Miss America 2005 pageant and the Miss USA 2007 pageant.
Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American model, television personality, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Destinations in 2004, posing in Lake Tahoe. She has also held the titles Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004, and Miss Kentucky USA 2006.
The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by Proctor Productions and it was formerly directed by Connie Clark Harrison, Miss Kentucky USA 1976.
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.
The Miss California's Outstanding Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of California in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant.
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.
Ann Blair Thornton is a former American beauty pageant titleholder from Bowling Green, Kentucky who was named Miss Kentucky 2011.
Rosemary Willis, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Chesapeake, Virginia who was named Miss Virginia 2012.
Jaden Natalie Leach is an American beauty pageant titleholder from West Monroe, Louisiana who was named Miss Louisiana 2013.
Carly Mathis is an American attorney and beauty pageant titleholder from Leesburg, Georgia who was named Miss Georgia 2013.
Maria Christina Maldonado Smith is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Lexington, Kentucky. She was named Miss Kentucky Teen 1999 and crowned Miss Kentucky 2004. She competed for the Miss America 2005 title.
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Kentucky Teen USA
Clark Janell Davis is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Lexington, Kentucky, who was crowned Miss Kentucky 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015.
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Massachusetts Teen USA
The Miss America 2019 pageant/competition was the 92nd Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 98th anniversary in 2018. This discrepancy is due to national pageants not being held from 1928–1932 or in 1934 because of financial problems associated with the Great Depression. The 2019 competition was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On May 23, 2018, it was announced that the pageant would air live on ABC on Sunday, September 9, 2018. This was the last Miss America to be aired on ABC before would be moving to NBC beginning from 2020 pageant.
Miss USA 2022 will be the 71st Miss USA pageant. The competition will be held on October 3, 2022 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada and will be broadcast on FYI. The competition will be hosted by Zuri Hall for the second consecutive year, while Julissa Bermudez and Micah Jesse will serve as sideline correspondents. Elle Smith of Kentucky will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2022.
Ellen Elizabeth "Elle" Smith is an American model, journalist, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2021. As Miss USA, she represented the United States at Miss Universe 2021 where she was placed in the top ten. Smith had previously been crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2021, and is the second woman from Kentucky to win Miss USA.
Ashley Ann Cariño Barreto is a Puerto Rican-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022. She will represent Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2022, and is the second Afro-Puerto Rican to win the title. Previously, Cariño was crowned Miss Florida USA 2021 and placed as the second runner-up at Miss USA 2021.
