Gallery of titleholders
Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri USA 2001
Shandi Finnessey, Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004
Amber Seyer, Miss Missouri USA 2007
Candice Crawford, Miss Missouri USA 2008
Katie Kearney, Miss Missouri USA 2012
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Shawnee |
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| 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.
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 represented Missouri at Miss USA 2025.
Missouri holds a record of 27 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [a] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Shae Addison Smith | Bolivar | 22 | Miss Springfield | Top 20 | Best State Costume | Triple crown winner
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| 2024 | Ashleigh Bedwell | Campbell | 25 | Miss Heartland | |||
| 2023 | Autumn Black | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Kansas City | |||
| 2022 | Mikala McGhee | St. Louis | 28 | Miss St. Louis | Top 16 | Appeared on MTV reality show Made | |
| 2021 | Joye Forrest | Spanish Lake | 25 | Miss Spanish Lake | Former professional cheerleader of Laker Girls | ||
| 2020 | Megan Renee Kelly | Seymour | 22 | Miss Springfield | Top 16 | ||
| 2019 | Miriah Jo Ludtke | St. Louis | 24 | Miss City of St. Louis | |||
| 2018 | Victoria "Tori" Ann Kruse | Osage Beach | 26 | Miss Osage Beach | |||
| 2017 | Bayleigh Dayton | Lee's Summit | 23 | Miss Kansas City | Top 10 | Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Wyoming USA 2017 Mikaela Shaw) |
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| 2016 | Sydnee Stottlemyre | Chesterfield | 21 | Miss Wildhorse Creeks | Top 10 | Triple crown winner
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| 2015 | Rebecca Dunn | Columbia | 23 | Miss Columbia | Game Day Host for the Missouri Mavericks and Entertainment Host for Fox 22. Former anchor at Newsy.com. | ||
| 2014 | Erica Sturdefant | Springfield | 23 | Miss Creve Coeur |
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| 2013 | Ellie Holtman[ citation needed ] | Montgomery City | 20 | Miss Montgomery | |||
| 2012 | Katie Kearney | St. Louis | 23 | Miss St. Louis | |||
| 2011 | Hope Driskill | Jefferson City | 21 | Miss Jefferson City | Top 16 |
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| 2010 | Ashley Strohmier | Jefferson City | 21 | Miss Cole County | Top 10 | ABC 17 KMIZ Evening News Anchor | |
| 2009 | Stacey Smith | Florissant | 22 | Miss Florissant | |||
| 2008 | Candice Crawford | Columbia | 21 | Top 10 | Sister of actor Chace Crawford and wife of NFL quarterback Tony Romo. | ||
| 2007 | Amber Marie Seyer | Oran | 20 | Top 10 |
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| 2006 | Kristi Marie Capel | Springfield | 22 | Weather presenter at WBRE | |||
| 2005 | Andrea Ciliberti | Kansas City | 21 | Contestant on Beauty and the Geek , season 3 | |||
| 2004 | Ashley Renee Litton | Columbia | 20 | did not compete |
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| Shandi Ren Finnessey | Florissant | 25 | Miss Metro St. Louis | Miss USA 2004 |
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| 2003 | Tara Bollinger | 23 | |||||
| 2002 | Melana Scantlin | Gladstone | 24 |
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| 2001 | Larissa Meek | St. Louis | 23 | Top 5 |
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| 2000 | Denette Roderick | ||||||
| 1999 | Teri Bollinger |
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| 1998 | Melanie Breedlove | 22 | 2nd runner-up |
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| 1997 | Amanda Jahn | St Joseph | 25 | ||||
| 1996 | Aimee Rinehart | 24 | |||||
| 1995 | Brigitta Dara "Britt" Powell | Kansas City | Semi-finalist |
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| 1994 | Shelly Lehman | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1993 | Stephanie Nunn | Marshfield | Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2016 Dallas Ezard | ||||
| 1992 | Tonya Snodgrass | Mother 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 |
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| 1988 | Alecia Workman | ||||||
| 1987 | Dawn Theresa Fonseca | Independence | 22 | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1986 | Barbara Webster | Kansas City |
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| 1985 | Amy Ruth Coverdale | Columbia | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1984 | Sandra Lee Percival | Sunrise Beach | 20 | 3rd runner-up |
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| 1983 | Robin Elizabeth Riley | Columbia |
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| 1982 | Susan Heiman | Kansas City | |||||
| 1981 | Karyn Marie Smagacz | Fulton | |||||
| 1980 | Kelly Laxson | Kansas City | |||||
| 1979 | Virginia Dean | ||||||
| 1978 | Paula Anita Taylor | ||||||
| 1977 | Connie Ast | Successor to crown; Competed at Miss USA 1977 | |||||
| Leigh Middleton | did not compete | Won 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 Hibbitts | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1975 | Nancy LaRose | Marshall | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1974 | Dorothy Ann McElven | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1973 | Camilla Crist | ||||||
| 1972 | Janet Potter | ||||||
| 1971 | Nancy Rebecca Rich | 3rd runner-up | |||||
| 1970 | Suzette Grinham | Independence | |||||
| 1969 | Sherry Hoffman | ||||||
| 1968 | Jan Barton | Macon | |||||
| 1967 | Karen Hendrix | 4th runner-up | |||||
| 1966 | Martha Taylor | ||||||
| 1965 | Barbara Brooks | ||||||
| 1964 | Sandy Bawol | 4th runner up in Miss World USA 1963 | |||||
| 1963 | Sandra Lee Marlin [2] | Springfield | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1962 | Mikee Campbell | ||||||
| 1961 | Joan Roberts | ||||||
| 1960 | Marilyn Jean Stalcup | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1959 | Barbara Jayne Stell | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1958 | Beverly Sue Wright | ||||||
| 1957 | Judith Ann Murback | Sikeston | |||||
| 1956 | Carol Rea Thrower | ||||||
| 1955 | Bennie Pritchard | ||||||
| 1954 | Alice Jean Porritt | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1953 | Donna Gardner | ||||||
| 1952 | Carolyn Carlew | Sikeston [3] | 18 | 2nd runner-up | |||