Gallery of titleholders
Blair Griffith, Miss Colorado USA 2011
Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Savage |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Denise Wallace Craig Heitkamp |
| Website | Official website |
Miss Colorado USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. [1] The pageant is directed by Future Productions.
Colorado's most successful placements were in 1963 and 2010, when Rhea Looney and Jessica Hartman, respectively, placed as the third runner-up. Colorado's most recent placement was in 2012, when Marybel Gonzalez placed in the Top 10.
Arianna Lemus of Gunnison was crowned Miss Colorado USA on July 17, 2023 at Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She represented Colorado at Miss USA 2023.
Colorado holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Arianna Lemus | Gunnison | 27 | |||
| 2022 | Alexis Glover | Colorado Springs | 23 | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2017 | ||
| 2021 | Olivia Lorenzo | Fort Collins | 20 | |||
| 2020 | Emily DeMure | Boulder | 21 | Later crowned as Miss Grand United States of America 2022, unplaced at Miss Grand International 2022 | ||
| 2019 | Madison Dorenkamp | Lamar | 25 | |||
| 2018 | Chloe Brown | Grand Junction | 22 | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2017 | Sabrina Janssen | Denver | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Caley-Rae Pavillard | Castle Pines | 22 | Previously Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Miss Colorado Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2015 | Talyah Polee | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2014 | Eleanna Livaditis | Centennial | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Amanda Wiley | Littleton | 25 | |||
| 2012 | Marybel Gonzalez | Denver | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2011 | Blair Griffith | Lakewood | 22 | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 and Miss Congeniality at Miss Teen USA 2006; later Miss Grand USA 2013 | ||
| 2010 | Jessica Hartman | Pueblo | 19 | 3rd Runner-Up | Later Miss Missouri 2014 | |
| 2009 | Patrice Williams | Colorado Springs | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Beckie Hughes [2] [3] | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Keena Bonella | 21 | ||||
| 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | |||
| 2003 | Erin MacGregor [4] | Vail | 26 | Previously Miss Colorado 1999 | ||
| 2002 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 24 | Miss Colorado 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 20 | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998; later Miss Colorado 2003. Former Denver Broncos cheerleader. | |
| 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Manuello | Boulder | ||||
| 1998 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | Previously Miss Colorado 1996 | |||
| 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | ||||
| 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | ||||
| 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | ||||
| 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | |||||
| 1993 | Janna Durbin | Golden | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989 | |||
| 1992 | Laura Dewild | Denver | ||||
| 1991 | Melanie Ness | Pueblo | ||||
| 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | ||||
| 1989 | Debbie James | Denver | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985 | |
| 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | ||||
| 1987 | Polly Kuska | Northglenn | ||||
| 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | ||||
| 1985 | Lynnette Jessen | Previously Miss Colorado 1981 | ||||
| 1984 | Michelle Anderson | |||||
| 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | |||||
| 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | ||||
| 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | ||||
| 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | ||||
| 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | ||||
| 1978 | Linda Potestio | |||||
| 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Denver | ||||
| 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lamar | ||||
| 1975 | Amy Long | Lakewood | ||||
| 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | ||||
| 1973 | Lenita Mosley | |||||
| 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakeland | ||||
| 1971 | Diane Knaub | Denver | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | ||||
| 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | ||||
| 1967 | Kim Kelly | |||||
| 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | |||||
| 1965 | Cathy McPherson | |||||
| Did not compete at Miss USA 1964 | ||||||
| 1963 | Rhea Looney | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1962 | Penny James | Top 16 | ||||
| Did not compete at Miss USA 1961 | ||||||
| 1960 | Karen Eickermann | |||||
| 1959 | Dianne Gardner | Top 15 | ||||
| 1958 | Devona Hubka | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Clapham | |||||
| 1956 | Karen Keeler | Top 15 | ||||
| 1955 | Dorothy Bewley | Top 15 | ||||
| 1954 | Lorna Batterson | |||||
| 1953 | Jeanie Carroll | Top 20 | ||||
| 1952 | Joan Linn | |||||
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