Miss Mississippi USA

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Miss Mississippi USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Collierville
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Kim Greenwood, State Pageant Director
Website Official website

The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2001 to 2010, before becoming part of Greenwood Productions in 2010 under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood. [1]

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Mississippi has had 13 Miss USA placements as of 2024. They won Miss USA in 2020 with Asya Branch winning the Miss USA 2020 title, becoming the 36th state to have the Miss USA title, 33rd to be crowned. Eight titleholders have competed at Miss Teen USA, and as of 2025, four have competed at Miss America, including Branch. The most recent placement was Kaylee Brooke McCollum in 2024.

McKenzie Cole of Vicksburg was crowned Miss Mississippi USA 2025 on March 29, 2025 at the Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi. She will compete at Miss USA.

Results summary

Placements

Mississippi holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Winners

Color key
YearNameHometownAge1Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025 McKenzie Cole Vicksburg 18Miss VicksburgTBATBA
2024 Kaylee Brooke McCollum Amory 23Miss Monroe CountyTop 20
2023 Sydney Russell Meridian 24Miss Lauderdale Co.Impact Award
2022 Hailey White Picayune 23Miss Southern Magnolia
2021 Bailey Anderson Hurley 22Miss Jackson CountyTop 16Longest reigning Miss Mississippi USA (1 year and 20 days)
2020 Asya Branch Booneville 22Miss Northeast MSMiss USA 2020
2019 Madeleine Overby Columbus 20Miss HattiesburgFormer New Orleans Saintsation cheerleader
2018 Laine Mansour Tupelo 21Miss Tupelo
2017 Ashley Hamby Madison 23Miss Madison Co.
2016 Haley Sowers Meridian 22Miss Lauderdale Co.
2015 Courtney Byrd Oxford 22Miss North Mississippi
2014 Chelsea Reardon Southaven 23Miss Heart of DixieInternational Junior Miss Teen 2010
2013 Paromita Mitra[ citation needed ] Hattiesburg 21Miss Starkville
2012 Myverick Garcia Hattiesburg 21Miss Dixieland
2011 Keeley Patterson Starkville 20Miss Starkville
2010 Breanne Ponder Mount Olive [2] 20Top 10
2009 Jessica McRaney Terry 23
2008 Leah Laviano Ellisville 191st runner-up
2007 Jalin Wood Waynesboro 25Previously Miss Mississippi 2004
2006 Kendra King Monticello 20
2005 Jennifer Adcock Hattiesburg 24Top 10
2004 Beth Richards Laurel 25
2003 Allison Bloodworth Grenada 21
2002 Heather Soriano Philadelphia 24
2001 Melanie Vaughn [3] Olive Branch
2000 Angie Carpenter Greenwood
1999 Kari Babski Gloster
1998 Angel Whatley [4] Jackson
1997 Arlene McDonald [5] Tupelo
1996 Caroline Ramagos [6] Soso
1995 Jill TullosMarried Senator Chris McDaniel
1994 Leslie JettonGave up her title in March to become a national spokesperson for Caribe Corporations in New Orleans. [7]
1993 Sherry Bowles Lambert
1992 Tammy JohnsonJackson22Previously Mississippi's Miss Hospitality 1989
1991 Mitzi Swanson
1990 Stephanie Teneyck20Semi-finalist Miss Photogenic 2nd Runner up at Miss All Nations 1990
1989 Laura DurrettOlive Branch
1988 Dana Richmond Madison 204th runner-up
1987 Kathy Manning Drew 24Semi-finalist
1986 Cindy Williams Hattiesburg 223rd runner-up
1985 Camille Gilliland Meridian
1984 Carla Green Biloxi
1983 Becky CaseJackson
1982 Nancy Perkins Marks
1981 Angela Ashmore
1980 Cheri BrownMeridian
1979 Laurie Kimbrough Oxford 4th runner-up
1978 Wanda Gatlin
1977 Leigh TapleyJackson
1976 Teresa Camp
1975 Leigh CrossHernando
1974 Denise Clark
1973 Karen Clements
1972 Deborah Pawlik
1971 Janey Gillis
1970 Susan Ladner Pass Christian
1969 Rose Ray
1968 Brenda Conerly
1967 Lassie Cooke
1966 Jane Sutherland
1965 Madeline Scarbrough
1964 Patricia TurkSemi-finalist
1963 Joan KenebrildeHattiesburgcompeted in the 1964 Miss Dixie Pageant
1962 Sandra MazurJacksoncompeted in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant
1961 Marlene BritschSemi-finalist
1954–1960Did not compete
1953 Jessie MorganSemi-finalist at Miss America 1951
1952 Carolyn Thomas

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Producers". Miss Mississippi USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Mississippi USA - Breanne Ponder". Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  3. ↑ Purdy, Jean (2000-06-06). "With near misses in past, Desoto beauty wins title". The Commercial Appeal. p. DS1.
  4. ↑ "Jackson woman wins Miss Mississippi USA title" (Press release). Associated Press. 1997-06-14. p. B3.
  5. ↑ "Two pageants crown winners in Biloxi in double ceremony". The Commercial Appeal. 1996-06-10. p. B3.
  6. ↑ "Shooting For a New Goal MISS USA contestant turns from hoops to rule over different courts". The Commercial Appeal. 1995-12-29. p. C1.
  7. ↑ "Miss Mississippi gets a better offer". The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate. 1994-03-10. p. 4-B.
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