| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Phoenix |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Britt Powell Boyse (Executive Director) |
| Website | Official website |
Miss Arizona USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Casting Crown Productions. [1]
Arizona's most successful placements were in 1965 and 1980, when Jane Nelson and Jineane Ford, respectively, placed as the first runner-up. Ford later became Miss USA 1980 after the original winner Shawn Weatherly was crowned Miss Universe 1980. Arizona's most recent placement was in 2016, when Chelsea Myers placed in the Top 15.
The longest reigning titleholder was Yesenia Vidales in 2020 at 1 year, 6 months and 5 days, while Cassidy Jo Jacks was the shortest reigning titleholder in 2021 ended her reign at 10 months and 19 days.
The current Miss Arizona USA is Isabel Ticlo of Phoenix and was crowned in Gilbert on May 30, 2022. Ticlo represented Arizona at Miss USA 2022.
Arizona holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 2] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes | |
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| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| 2023 | Candace Kanavel | Tempe | 27 | ||||
| 2022 | Isabel Ticlo | Phoenix | 28 |
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| 2021 | Cassidy Jo Jacks | Mesa | 26 |
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| 2020 | Yesenia Vidales | Phoenix | 23 | ||||
| 2019 | Savannah Wix | Paradise Valley | 22 |
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| 2018 | Nicole Smith | Phoenix | 24 | ||||
| 2017 | Tommy Lynn Calhoun [2] | Tucson | 26 | ||||
| 2016 | Chelsea Myers | Chandler | 20 | Top 15 | |||
| 2015 | Maureen Montagne | Chandler | 21 | Top 15 |
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| 2014 | Jordan Wessel | Phoenix | 20 | Top 20 | |||
| 2013 | Rachel Massie | Glendale | 19 | ||||
| 2012 | Erika Lane Frantzve | Scottsdale | 23 | ||||
| 2011 | Brittany Brannon | Paradise Valley | 22 | Top 16 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2010 | Brittany Bell | Chandler | 22 |
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| 2009 | Alicia-Monique Blanco [3] | Phoenix | 22 | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 2008 | Kimberly Joiner [4] [1] | Gilbert [1] | 22 [1] | ||||
| 2007 | Courtney Barnas | Mesa | 19 | ||||
| 2006 | Brenna Sakas | Chandler | 21 | Top 15 | |||
| 2005 | Mariana Loya | Gilbert | 26 |
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| 2004 | Danielle Demski [5] | Chandler | 22 | Top 15 |
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| 2003 | Nafeesa DeFlorias | Phoenix | 26 | ||||
| 2002 | Jennifer Lenz | Mesa | 25 | ||||
| 2001 | Tasha Dixon | Phoenix | 19 | ||||
| 2000 | Heather Keckler | Scottsdale | 26 |
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| 1999 | Cara Jackson [6] | Chandler [6] | 25 | Miss Congeniality [6] |
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| 1998 | Stacey Kole | Tempe | 24 | Top 10 | |||
| 1997 | Jessica Nicely | Gilbert | |||||
| 1996 | Christina Novak | Tempe | |||||
| 1995 | Shara Riggs | Oro Valley | |||||
| 1994 | Jennifer Tisdale | Mesa | |||||
| 1993 | Apryl Hettich | Scottsdale | |||||
| 1992 | Dannis Shephard | Mesa | Top 11 | ||||
| 1991 | Maricarroll Verlinde | Tempe | Top 11 | Best State Costume | |||
| 1990 | Lezlie Leonard | Tempe | |||||
| 1989 | LeeAnne Locken | Apache Junction | Top 10 |
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| 1988 | Kris Keim [8] | Scottsdale | 22 |
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| 1987 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | 24 | 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 1986 | Jodi Armstrong | Phoenix | |||||
| 1985 | Michelle Ducote | Tempe | 20 | Top 10 | Best State Costume | ||
| 1984 | Daria Sparling [9] | Tucson | 19 | Best State Costume [10] | |||
| 1983 | Sindy Hedden [11] | Tucson [11] | 23 [11] | ||||
| 1982 | Lori Hakola | Tucson | |||||
| 1981 | Cassie Hill | Phoenix | Top 12 | ||||
| 1980 | Jineane Ford | Gilbert | 20 | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic |
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| 1979 | Ana Rupert | Scottsdale | Top 12 | ||||
| 1978 | Jacque Crutchfield | Phoenix | |||||
| 1977 | Toni Abranovic | Scottsdale | Top 12 | ||||
| 1976 | Curvey Walters | Phoenix | |||||
| 1975 | Sanna Osgood | Scottsdale | |||||
| 1974 | Carlys Peterson | Phoenix | Top 12 | ||||
| 1973 | Sherry Nix | Phoenix | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1972 | Marcia Banks | Tempe | |||||
| 1971 | Susanne Pottenger | Tempe | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1970 | Alicia Lein | Mesa | |||||
| 1969 | Ruth Hayes | Tempe | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1968 | Shirley Sprague | Avondale | |||||
| 1967 | Judianne Magnusson | Mesa | Top 15 | ||||
| 1966 | Roxanne Neeley | Oro Valley | Top 15 | ||||
| 1965 | Jane Nelson | Mesa | 1st Runner-Up | Previously Miss New Mexico 1964, dethroned when she won the Miss Arizona USA title. [12] | |||
| 1964 | Diane Reutter | Phoenix | |||||
| 1963 | Diane McGarry | Mesa | Top 15 | ||||
| 1962 | Jerri Michaelson | Paradise Valley | Top 15 | ||||
| 1961 | Shyrle Owens Ortiz | Avondale | |||||
| 1960 | Virginia Crook | Mesa | |||||
| 1959 | Patricia Varga | Mesa | |||||
| 1958 | Shirlee Fox | Avondale | |||||
| 1956 | Maija Bertulson | Tucson | |||||
| 1955 | Patti Marks | Phoenix | |||||
| 1954 | Bonnie Johnson | Glendale | |||||
| 1953 | Eleanor Ruth Cross | Chandler | |||||
| 1952 | Charlene Hendricks | Tempe |
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