Gallery of titleholders
Courtney Carroll, Miss Alaska USA 2008
Kathy Hartman, Miss Alaska USA 1971
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Anchorage |
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Membership | Miss Universe (1952–1958) Miss USA (1959–present) |
Official language | English |
| 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 is directed by Garness Productions.
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 Brenna Schaake of Fairbanks who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage. Schaake will represent Alaska at Miss USA 2024.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 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] | ||||||
| 1956 | Barbare Sellar | ||||||
| 1955 | Lorna McLeod | ||||||
| 1954 | Charleen Lander | ||||||
| 1953 | Muriel Hagberg | ||||||
| 1952 | Shirley Burnett | ||||||
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