Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Anchorage |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe (1952–1958) Miss USA (1959–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Troy Michael Smith |
Website | Official website |
Miss Alaska USA, previously known as Miss Alaska Universe, [1] [2] is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant was directed by Simply Stunning, LLC. from 2015 until 2024, the directorship went vacant shortly after Miss USA 2024 and remained vacant until May 2025 when the Miss USA Organization announced that Crowned Pageantry took over the contest with the new state director being Troy Michael Smith, Mr. Gay World 2023.
Alaska's most successful placement was in 1964, when Patricia Marlin placed as the second runner-up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 2017, when Alyssa London placed in the Top 10. Alaska ties with Texas as the states with the most wins in the pageant's history for "Best State Costume".
The current Miss Alaska USA is Kelsey Craft of Anchorage who was crowned on August 3, 2025 at The University Of Alaska, Recital Hall in Anchorage. Craft will represent Alaska at Miss USA 2025.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2025 | Kelsey Craft | Anchorage | 34 | Miss North Star | TBA | TBA | |
2024 | Brenna Schaake | Fairbanks | 29 | Miss Fairbanks | |||
2023 | Jordan Naylor | Anchorage | 25 | Miss Forget-Me-Not | Miss Congeniality |
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2022 | Courtney Schuman | Anchorage | 27 | Miss Cook Inlet | Miss Congeniality |
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2021 | Madison Edwards | Anchorage | 24 | ||||
2020 | Hannah Carlile | Fairbanks | 24 | ||||
2019 | JoEllen Walters [3] | Eagle River | 24 | ||||
2018 | Brooke Johnson [4] | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
2017 | Alyssa London [5] [6] | Anchorage | 27 | Top 10 | |||
2016 | Ariane Audett | Anchorage | 21 | ||||
2015 | Kimberly Agron | Anchorage | 20 | Miss Congeniality [7] |
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2014 | Kendall Bautista [8] | Eagle River | 21 |
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2013 | Melissa McKinney | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
2012 | Jessica Kazmierczak | Salcha | 21 | ||||
2011 | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 23 | ||||
2010 | Sarah Temple | Chugiak | 21 |
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2009 | Jessica Nolin | Palmer | 22 | ||||
2008 | Courtney Carroll | Fairbanks | 25 | Miss Photogenic [10] | |||
2007 | Blair Chenoweth | Anchorage | 25 |
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2006 | Noelle Meyer | Anchorage | 25 | ||||
2005 | Aleah Scheick | Anchorage | 22 | ||||
2004 | Cari Leyva | Anchorage | 20 |
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2003 | Stacey Storey | Eagle River | 23 |
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2002 | Christine Olejniczak | Palmer | 20 |
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2001 | Ivette Fernandez | Fairbanks | 25 | ||||
2000 | Laurie Ann Miller | Palmer | 21 |
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1999 | Anna Ruble | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
1998 | Pamela Kott | Anchorage | 27 | Daughter of Pete Kott, state representative for District 17, imprisoned for corruption [11] | |||
1997 | Rea Bavilla | Unalaska | 23 | ||||
1996 | Janelle Canady | Eagle River | 23 | ||||
1995 | Theresa Lindley | Anchorage | |||||
1994 | Dawn Stuvek | Anchorage | |||||
1993 | Teresa Gates | Anchorage | |||||
1992 | Kelly Quirk | Anchorage | |||||
1991 | Tiffany Smith | Tok | |||||
1990 | Karin Meyer | Anchorage | Top 6 | ||||
1989 | Tina Geraci | Eagle River | |||||
1988 | Raun Reaves | Anchorage | |||||
1987 | Shelly Dunlevy | Anchorage | |||||
1986 | Kim Christopher-Taylor | Homer | 21 | ||||
1985 | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | |||||
1984 | Sherri McNealley | Fort Wainwright | |||||
1983 | Amy Harms | Fairbanks | |||||
1982 | Toni Lynn McFadden | Fairbanks | Miss Congeniality | ||||
1981 | Shelly Brunaugh | Fairbanks | |||||
1980 | Debby Fickus | Fairbanks |
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1979 | Kimberley Fidler | North Pole | |||||
1978 | Barbara Samuelson | Anchorage | Top 12 | ||||
1977 | Edith Baker | North Pole | 21 | ||||
1976 | Liz Staib | Anchorage | |||||
1975 | Andie Higgins [12] | Fairbanks [12] | 19 [12] | ||||
1974 | Cynthia Dickerson [13] | Anchorage [13] | |||||
1973 | Wendy Curwen [14] | Chugach | 21 [14] | ||||
1972 | Patricia Lane [15] | Anchorage [15] | Top 12 | Best State Costume | |||
1971 | Katherine Hartman [16] | Fairbanks [16] | Best State Costume | ||||
1970 | Therese Press [17] | Fairbanks [17] | |||||
1969 | Linda Louise Rowley [18] | Fairbanks [18] | Best State Costume | ||||
1968 | Sharon Long [19] | Anchorage [19] | |||||
1967 | Mary Lou Helfrich [20] | Fairbanks [20] | |||||
1966 | Elrita Blakensop | Fairbanks | |||||
1965 | Carla Sullivan | Fairbanks | Best State Costume | ||||
1964 | Patricia Marlin | North Pole | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
1963 | Nina Whaley | Fairbanks | |||||
1962 | Teresa Hanson | Fairbanks | |||||
1961 | Judy Onstad | Fairbanks | |||||
1960 | Evelyn Bly | Fairbanks | |||||
1959 | Anna Lekanof | St. George [21] | |||||
1958 | Elenor Moses [22] | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |||||
1957 | Martha Lehmann [23] | Top 15 at Miss Universe 1957. | |||||
1956 | Barbare Sellar | ||||||
1955 | Lorna McLeod | McLeod was also registered to participate at Miss World 1955, but withdrew due to lack of sponsorship funds to cover expenses needed to participate. [24] | |||||
1954 | Charleen Lander | ||||||
1953 | Muriel Hagberg | ||||||
1952 | Shirley Burnett |
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