Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Collierville |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kim Greenwood, State Pageant Director |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood and it is hosted in McDonough, Georgia. [1]
Georgia has had a fair success at Miss USA, and has yet to win the title. The best placement was Erin Nance, who placed 1st runner-up in 1993, and many 2nd and 4th runner-ups. The most recent placement was Alyssa Beasley in 2020, placing Top 16.
Six former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only three titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.
The current Miss Georgia USA is Emmaline Farmer of Winder who was crowned on June 15, 2024 at Henry County Performing Arts Center in McDonough. She will represent Georgia at the Miss USA 2024.
Georgia holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2024 | Emmaline Farmer | Winder | 24 | Miss Northeast GA | |||
2023 | Rachel Russaw | Atlanta | 24 | Miss GA South | |||
2022 | Holly Haynes | Sugar Hill | 26 | Miss Coastal GA | Shortest reigning Miss Georgia USA at 8 months and 24 days | ||
2021 | Cora Griffen | Columbus | 24 | Miss GA South | |||
2020 | Alyssa Beasley | Brunswick | 22 | Miss GA South | Top 16 |
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2019 | Katerina Rozmajzl | Atlanta | 21 | Miss Fulton Co. | |||
2018 | Marianny Egurrola | Buford [4] | 25 | Miss Heart of Gwinnett | Top 10 |
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2017 | DeAnna Johnson | Hazlehurst | 20 | Miss Central East GA | Contestant on season 8 of The Voice | ||
2016 | Emanii Davis [6] [7] | Griffin | 22 | Miss Spalding Co. | 2nd Runner-Up [6] |
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2015 | Brooke Fletcher [8] | Peachtree City | 23 | Miss Peachtree City |
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2014 | Tiana Griggs [9] | Monticello | 26 | Miss Monticello | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
2013 | Brittany Sharp | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Central Atlanta |
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2012 | Jasmyn "Jazz" Wilkins | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Johns Creek | 4th Runner-Up | Daughter of Gerald Wilkins, niece of Dominique Wilkins, and sister of Damien Wilkins. | |
2011 | Kaylin Reque [10] | Suwanee | 22 | Miss Suwanee | Top 16 | Atlanta Thrashers' Blue Crew member | |
2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Miss Coastal Georgia |
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2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Miss Greater Lilburn | Top 15 | ||
2008 | Amanda Kozak [11] | Warner Robins | 23 | Miss Warner Robins |
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2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | Miss Peachtree City | |||
2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | Miss Rome | 2nd Runner-Up | Contestant on season 3 of American Idol , finished as semifinalist | |
2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 |
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2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10 | |||
2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | ||||
2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | ||||
2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | Playboy Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice . | ||
2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | Top 5 | |||
1999 | Meredith Young | 25 |
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1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | |||||
1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 |
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1996 | Jenny Craig |
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1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 |
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1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | |||||
1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-Up |
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1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | 23 | Top 6 |
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1991 | Tamara Rhoads | Marietta | 23 | ||||
1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | 22 | Top 6 |
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1989 | Michele Nemeth | Lilburn | 24 | 4th Runner-Up |
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1988 | Donna Rampy | Atlanta | 24 | 2nd Runner-Up | Semi-finalist in Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1988 as Miss USA | ||
1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | ||
1986 | Tami Tesh | Hephzibah | 21 | 2nd Runner-Up |
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1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | |||||
1984 | Jayne Poteet | Norcross | Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | ||||
1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Top 12 | ||||
1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | |||||
1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Top 12 | ||||
1980 | April Reid | Augusta | Future Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White placed 4th runner-up in this pageant | ||||
1979 | Debbie Freeman | Morrow | |||||
1978 | Larinda Matthews | Marietta | |||||
1977 | Linda Kerr | Alpharetta | Top 12 | ||||
1976 | Liz Wickersham | Atlanta | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | |||
1975 | Diana Goodman | Forest Park | |||||
1974 | Vicki Ross | Warner Robins | |||||
1973 | Melanie Chapman | Atlanta | |||||
1972 | Kaye Ayers | Atlanta | |||||
1971 | Jenny Andrews | Atlanta | |||||
1970 | Cherie Stephens | Atlanta | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
1969 | Judy Lyons | ||||||
1968 | Midge Ivie | ||||||
1967 | Jane Lineberger | ||||||
1966 | Flora Goddard | ||||||
1965 | Judy Simpson | ||||||
1964 | Lynda Tatum | ||||||
1963 | Brenda Seagraves | ||||||
1962 | Genelda Odum | Odum | Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||||
1961 | Patsy Giddens | ||||||
1960 | Cecilia Upton | Rockmart | |||||
1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-Up | |||||
1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
1957 | Ruth Lycan | ||||||
1956 | Mary Ruff | ||||||
1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
1953-54 | No representative | ||||||
1952 | Betty Jane Wood | Successor to Rosemarie Bowe | |||||
Rosemarie Bowe | did not compete | Resigned |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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