Miss Maryland USA

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Miss Maryland USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Clermont
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Deborah Miller
Cindy Provost
Website Official website

The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Productions.

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The first Miss USA winner from Maryland, Mary Leona Gage, won Miss USA 1957. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned. In 2012, Nana Meriwether placed 1st runner-up, but became Miss USA 2012 when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012.

Seven Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of seven titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only four Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.

From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.

Bailey Anne Kennedy of Williamsport was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2024 on June 1, 2024 at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville. She is the first trans woman to win the title. [1] She represented Maryland at Miss USA 2024 but went unplaced.

Results summary

Miss USA placements

Maryland holds a record of 25 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Winners

Color key
YearNameHometownAge [c] Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2024 Bailey Anne Kennedy Williamsport 31Miss Williamsport
2023 Savena Mushinge Germantown 26Miss GermantownTop 20
2022 Caleigh Shade Cumberland 22
2021 Layilah Nasser Montgomery Village 26Top 8
2020 Taelyr Robinson Annapolis 27
  • Minor part in The Vineyard
  • Represented USA at Miss Model of the World 2016
  • Longest reigning Miss Maryland USA (1 year, 8 months, and 15 days)
2019 Mariela Pepin Severn 23Top 10
2018 Brittinay Nicolette Fallston 26Top 15
2017 Adrianna David Rockville 22Miss University of Maryland
2016 Christina Denny Owings Mills 25
2015 Mamé Adjei Silver Spring 234th runner-up
2014 Taylor Burton La Plata 25Top 10
2013 Kasey Staniszewski[ citation needed ] Annapolis 21Top 15Triple crown winner
2012 Nana Meriwether Potomac 271st runner-up
2011 Allyn Rose Newburg 22Top 8
2010 Simone Feldman North Potomac 23
2009 Gabrielle Carlson Marion Station 24
2008 Casandra Tressler Damascus 22
2007 Michaé Holloman Fort Washington 25
2006 Melissa DiGiulian Bowie 20
2005 Marina Harrison [2] Severn 24Top 10
2004 Tia Shorts Gaithersburg 24
2003 Jamie Kramer Pasadena
2002 Mistie Renee Adams Silver Spring
2001 Megan Gunning Fallston Style Award
2000 Christie S. DavisSilver Spring
  • Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994 [3]
1999 Kelly DonohueUnion Bridge
1998 Maria Lynn SheriffBowie
1997 Ann Coale Baltimore
1996 Michele MichaelAnnapolis
1995 Jennifer Danielle WilhoitAnnapolis22Top 12
1994 Wendy DavisSilver Spring
  • Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000 [3]
1993 Mary Ann CiminoBaltimore
1992 Renee RebstockPasadena
1991 Lisa Marie LawsonCrofton
1990 Julie StanfordEdgewater
1989 Jackie CarrollGaithersburg
1988 Rowanne BrewerSilver Spring23Semi-finalist Miss Photogenic
1987 Michelle Snow Germantown
1986 Kelly KoehlerChurchton
1985 Christine Marie Baldwin
1984 Betsy Cook* Bethesda
1983 Shawn Keller Ashton
1982 Angie Boyer Dunkirk 18Semi-finalist
1981 Linda Susan LambertBaltimore22Semi-finalist
1980 Tonja Walker Kingsville 19Semi-finalist
  • Previously Miss Teen All American 1979
1979 Jean BourneSilver Spring
1978 Rhonda KochBrookevilleUnplaced at Miss World USA 1976, as Miss District of Columbia World.
1977 Twyla LittletonOxon Hill
1976 Linda Lee Potter Adelphi
1975 Ellen BowieTempleville
1974 Mary Jo RuppertCollege Park
1973 Betty Jo GroveCollege Park194th runner-up
1972 Patty TownsendSilver Spring
1971 Carol Jeanne TheisSilver Spring20Semi-finalist
1970 Beckie Price Camp Springs
1969 Ardis FowlerEllicott City
1968 Paulette Reck Perry Hall201st runner-up
1967 Sandra CleveringSilver Spring19Semi-finalist
1966 Roselaine ZetterBowie22Semi-finalist
1965 Barbara KieferBaltimore
1964 Royette Michele TarryBaltimore19Semi-finalist
1963 Marsha Barbara MetrinkoLaurel
1962 Shelda FarleyCatonsville
1961 Gail BaxterHigh Point
1960 Jerri FiorilliBaltimore
1959 Diane Dolores WhiteBaltimore24Semi-finalist
1958 Patricia VogtsSilver Spring
1957 Mary Leona Gage * Glen Burnie 18Miss USA 1957
  • Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children [5]
1956 Charlene Holt*Annapolis28Semi-finalist
1955 Gloria Ruth KingBaltimore
1954 Barbara EschenburgBerlinSemi-finalistDisqualified (under age)
1953 Diane Gale DurhamSilver Spring
1952 Did not compete

Notes

  1. ↑ Mary Leona Gage was later dethroned when she was discovered that she was married and had two children.
  2. ↑ Nana Meriwether was 1st runner-up at Miss USA, but succeeded the title when Olivia Culpo became Miss Universe.
  3. ↑ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ More, Maggie; McFly, Tommy; Reporter, News4 Scene; Harris, Leon (13 June 2024). "'Every woman, universally': Military wife is first Asian American, transgender woman to win Miss Maryland". NBC4 Washington.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Meade, UMd. Grad Crowned Miss Maryland USA". WBALTV. 7 December 2004.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "University Senior Wins Miss Maryland USA Pageant". Howard University. 13 December 1999. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Miss USA roots sister on in Miss America bid". Hartford Courant. 2 September 1963. p. 20A.
  5. ↑ Woestendiek, John (10 April 2005). "The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage". The Baltimore Sun.
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