Miss Missouri USA

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Miss Missouri USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Shawnee, Kansas, U.S.
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
John M. Vannatta
Jason Vannatta
Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director
Website Official website

The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.

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Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. The most recent placement was Mikala McGhee in 2022, placing Top 16. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey. Nine former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title one as former Miss Illinois Teen USA, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.

Shae Smith of Bolivar was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2025 on May 11, 2025 at The Mansion Theater in Branson. She will represent Missouri at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

Placements

Missouri holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Winners

Color key
YearNameHometownAge [a] Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2025 Shae Addison Smith Bolivar 21Miss SpringfieldTBATriple crown winner
2024 Ashleigh Bedwell Campbell 25Miss Heartland
2023 Autumn Black Kansas City 24Miss Kansas City
2022 Mikala McGhee St. Louis 28Miss St. LouisTop 16Appeared on MTV reality show Made
2021 Joye Forrest Spanish Lake 25Miss Spanish LakeFormer professional cheerleader of Laker Girls
2020 Megan Renee Kelly Seymour 22Miss SpringfieldTop 16
2019 Miriah Ludtke St. Louis 24Miss City of St. Louis
2018 Victoria "Tori" Kruse Osage Beach 26Miss Osage Beach
2017 Bayleigh Dayton Lee's Summit 23Miss Kansas CityTop 10Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Wyoming USA 2017 Mikaela Shaw)
2016 Sydnee Stottlemyre Chesterfield 21Miss Wildhorse CreeksTop 10Triple crown winner
2015 Rebecca Dunn Columbia 23Miss ColumbiaGame Day Host for the Missouri Mavericks and Entertainment Host for Fox 22. Former anchor at Newsy.com.
2014 Erica Sturdefant Springfield 23Miss Creve Coeur
2013 Ellie Holtman[ citation needed ] Montgomery City 20Miss Montgomery
2012 Katie Kearney St. Louis 23Miss St. Louis
2011 Hope Driskill Jefferson City 21Miss Jefferson CityTop 16
2010 Ashley Strohmier Jefferson City 21Miss Cole CountyTop 10 ABC 17 KMIZ Evening News Anchor
2009 Stacey Smith Florissant 22Miss Florissant
2008 Candice Crawford Columbia 21Top 10Sister of actor Chace Crawford and wife of NFL quarterback Tony Romo.
2007 Amber Seyer Oran 20Top 10
2006 Kristi Capel Springfield 22 Weather presenter at WBRE
2005 Andrea Ciliberti Kansas City 21Contestant on Beauty and the Geek , season 3
2004 Ashley Litton Columbia 20did not compete
  • Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004
  • Assumed the state title after 1st runner-up Danielle Crafton (when she already crowned a title unrelated to Miss USA system) declined the title when Shandi Finnessey won Miss USA title
Shandi Finnessey Florissant 25Miss Metro St. LouisMiss USA 2004
2003 Tara Bollinger23
2002 Melana Scantlin Gladstone 24
2001 Larissa Meek St. Louis 23Top 5
2000 Denette Roderick
1999 Teri Bollinger
1998 Melanie Breedlove222nd runner-up
1997 Amanda Jahn St Joseph 25
1996 Aimee Rinehart24
1995 Britt PowellKansas CitySemi-finalist
  • Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse; [1] Current director of Arizona pageants in Miss and Teen divisions.
1994 Shelly LehmanSemi-finalist
1993 Stephanie NunnMarshfieldMother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2016 Dallas Ezard
1992 Tonya SnodgrassMother of Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2016 Makenzie Sexton
1991 Tiffany Hazel
1990 Lori Suschnick Liberal Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2018 Chloe Bartlett
1989 Rhonda Hoglan
1988 Alecia Workman
1987 Dawn Fonseca Independence 223rd runner-up
1986 Barbara WebsterKansas City
1985 Amy Coverdale Columbia Semi-finalist
1984 Sandra Percival Sunrise Beach 203rd runner-up
1983 Robin RileyColumbia
1982 Susan HeimanKansas City
1981 Karyn Smagacz Fulton
1980 Kelly LaxsonKansas City
1979 Virginia Dean
1978 Paula Taylor
1977 Connie AstSuccessor to crown; Competed at Miss USA 1977
Leigh Middletondid not competeWon the title of Miss Missouri USA 1977, but due to car accident, was unable to continue her reign or compete at Miss USA
1976 Donna HibbittsSemi-finalist
1975 Nancy LaRoseMarshallSemi-finalist
1974 Dorothy McElvenSemi-finalist
1973 Camilla Crist
1972 Janet Potter
1971 Nancy Rich3rd runner-up
1970 Suzette GrinhamIndependence
1969 Sherry Hoffman
1968 Jan BartonMacon
1967 Karen Hendrix4th runner-up
1966 Martha Taylor
1965 Barbara Brooks
1964 Sandy Bawol4th runner up in Miss World USA 1963
1963 Sandra Marlin2nd runner-up
1962 Mikee Campbell
1961 Joan Roberts
1960 Marilyn StalcupSemi-finalist
1959 Barbara StellSemi-finalist
1958 Beverly Wright
1957 Judith Murback Sikeston
1956 Carol Thrower
1955 Bennie Pritchard
1954 Alice PorrittSemi-finalist
1953 Donna Gardner
1952 Carolyn CarlewSikeston [2] 182nd runner-up
  1. Age at the time of crowning

References

  1. "2004 Mrs America". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  2. "U.S. Beauty List". Independent. 22 June 1952. Retrieved 20 June 2023.