| Formation | 1952 |
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| 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.
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.
In June 2024, Bailey Anne Kennedy became the first trans woman to win the pageant. [1]
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 will represent Maryland at Miss USA 2024.
Maryland holds a record of 25 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [c] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Bailey Anne Kennedy | Williamsport | 31 | Miss Williamsport | |||
| 2023 | Savena Mushinge | Germantown | 26 | Miss Germantown | Top 20 |
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| 2022 | Caleigh Shade | Cumberland | 22 |
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| 2021 | Layilah Nasser | Montgomery Village | 26 | Top 8 | |||
| 2020 | Taelyr Robinson | Annapolis | 27 |
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| 2019 | Mariela Pepin | Severn | 23 | Top 10 |
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| 2018 | Brittinay Nicolette | Fallston | 26 | Top 15 | |||
| 2017 | Adrianna David | Rockville | 22 | Miss University of Maryland |
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| 2016 | Christina Denny | Owings Mills | 25 |
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| 2015 | Mamé Adjei | Silver Spring | 23 | 4th runner-up |
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| 2014 | Taylor Burton | La Plata | 25 | Top 10 | |||
| 2013 | Kasey Staniszewski[ citation needed ] | Annapolis | 21 | Top 15 | Triple crown winner
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| 2012 | Nana Meriwether | Potomac | 27 | 1st runner-up |
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| 2011 | Allyn Rose | Newburg | 22 | Top 8 |
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| 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 | 24 | Top 10 |
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| 2004 | Tia Shorts | Gaithersburg | 24 | ||||
| 2003 | Jamie Kramer | Pasadena | |||||
| 2002 | Mistie Renee Adams | Silver Spring | |||||
| 2001 | Megan Gunning | Fallston | Style Award | ||||
| 2000 | Christie S. Davis | Silver Spring |
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| 1999 | Kelly Donohue | Union Bridge | |||||
| 1998 | Maria Lynn Sheriff | Bowie | |||||
| 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | |||||
| 1996 | Michele Michael | Annapolis | |||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Danielle Wilhoit | Annapolis | 22 | Top 12 |
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| 1994 | Wendy Davis | Silver Spring |
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| 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino | Baltimore |
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| 1992 | Renee Rebstock | Pasadena |
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| 1991 | Lisa Marie Lawson | Crofton | |||||
| 1990 | Julie Stanford | Edgewater |
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| 1989 | Jackie Carroll | Gaithersburg | |||||
| 1988 | Rowanne Brewer | Silver Spring | 23 | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic |
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| 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | |||||
| 1986 | Kelly Koehler | Churchton | |||||
| 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | |||||
| 1984 | Betsy Cook* | Bethesda | |||||
| 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | |||||
| 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Linda Susan Lambert | Baltimore | 22 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | Tonja Walker | Kingsville | 19 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1979 | Jean Bourne | Silver Spring | |||||
| 1978 | Rhonda Koch | Brookeville | Unplaced at Miss World USA 1976, as Miss District of Columbia World. | ||||
| 1977 | Twyla Littleton | Oxon Hill | |||||
| 1976 | Linda Lee Potter | Adelphi | |||||
| 1975 | Ellen Bowie | Templeville | |||||
| 1974 | Mary Jo Ruppert | College Park | |||||
| 1973 | Betty Jo Grove | College Park | 19 | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1972 | Patty Townsend | Silver Spring | |||||
| 1971 | Carol Jeanne Theis | Silver Spring | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1970 | Beckie Price | Camp Springs | |||||
| 1969 | Ardis Fowler | Ellicott City | |||||
| 1968 | Paulette Reck | Perry Hall | 20 | 1st runner-up |
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| 1967 | Sandra Clevering | Silver Spring | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1966 | Roselaine Zetter | Bowie | 22 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1965 | Barbara Kiefer | Baltimore | |||||
| 1964 | Royette Michele Tarry | Baltimore | 19 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1963 | Marsha Barbara Metrinko | Laurel |
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| 1962 | Shelda Farley | Catonsville | |||||
| 1961 | Gail Baxter | High Point | |||||
| 1960 | Jerri Fiorilli | Baltimore | |||||
| 1959 | Diane Dolores White | Baltimore | 24 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1958 | Patricia Vogts | Silver Spring | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Leona Gage * | Glen Burnie | 18 | Miss USA 1957 |
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| 1956 | Charlene Holt* | Annapolis | 28 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1955 | Gloria Ruth King | Baltimore | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Eschenburg | Berlin | Semi-finalist | Disqualified (under age) | |||
| 1953 | Diane Gale Durham | Silver Spring | |||||
| 1952 | Did not compete |
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