Gallery of winners
Megan Monroe, Miss Montana USA 2003
Tori Wanty, Miss Montana USA 2008
Sibahn Doxey, Miss Montana USA 2016
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Great Falls |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | missmontanausa |
The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant. From 1994 to 2007, it was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2012, it was taken by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington until 2021. Since 2021, the pageant is based in Great Falls, Montana under directed by Lime Light Enterprises.
Sharon D. Tietjen placed in the Top 15 in 1958 and having the longest streak failing to place in the finals ever since. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to represent the United States in the 2005 Miss Earth pageant. Although she did not place at Miss USA, Kimmel finished in the Top 8 at Miss Earth and was later selected to participate in Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
The current Miss Montana USA is Shelby Dangerfield of Billings and was crowned on June 16, 2024, at The Petro Theater on the Montana State University-Billings campus in Billings. Dangerfield will represent Montana at Miss USA 2024.
Montana holds a record of 3 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Shelby Dangerfield | Billings | 30 | Miss Billings | |||
| 2023 | Madyson Rigg | Kalispell | 26 | Miss Glacier | |||
| 2022 | Heather Lee O'Keefe | Bozeman | 24 | Expected to become the longest reigning titleholder at 1 year, 7 months and 25 days | |||
| 2021 | Jami Forseth | Huntley | 23 |
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| 2020 | Merissa Underwood | Bozeman | 27 | ||||
| 2019 | Grace Zitzer | Dillon | 27 | ||||
| 2018 | Dani Walker | Billings | 27 |
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| 2017 | Brooke Bezanson | Missoula | 19 | ||||
| 2016 | Sibahn Doxey | Frenchtown | 22 |
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| 2015 | Tahnee Peppenger | Great Falls | 26 | ||||
| 2014 | Kadie Latimer | Kalispell | 23 | ||||
| 2013 | Kacie West[ citation needed ] | Kalispell | 23 |
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| 2012 | Autumn Muller | Harlowton | 25 |
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| 2011 | Brittany Wiser | Bozeman | 23 |
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| 2010 | Elizabeth Anne Anseth | Billings | 19 | ||||
| 2009 | Misti Vogt | Kalispell | 23 | ||||
| 2008 | Tori Wanty | Shelby | 21 | ||||
| 2007 | Stephanie Trudeau | Saint Ignatius | 20 | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 2006 | Jill McLain | Havre | 21 | ||||
| 2005 | Amanda Kimmel | Billings | 20 |
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| 2004 | Molly Flynn | Townsend | 22 | ||||
| 2003 | Megan Monroe | Missoula | 22 | ||||
| 2002 | Meredith McCannel | Billings | 20 | Miss Congeniality | Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2005 & Miss Congeniality at Miss Earth USA 2006 | ||
| 2001 | CaCe Hardy | Kalispell | 18 | ||||
| 2000 | Brandi Bjorklund | Bonner | |||||
| 1999 | Michon Zink | ||||||
| 1998 | Reno Wittman | ||||||
| 1997 | Christin Didier | Lewistown | 24 | Honorable Mention | |||
| 1996 | Tanya Pogatchnik | 21 | |||||
| 1995 | Angela Janich | ||||||
| 1994 | Kelly Brown | ||||||
| 1993 | Kristen Anderson | Columbia Falls |
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| 1992 | Joy Estrada | ||||||
| 1991 | Joann Kayleen Jorgensen | Helena | 22 |
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| 1990 | Kimberlee Burger | ||||||
| 1989 | Tammy Reiter | Billings | |||||
| 1988 | Kimberly Torp | Missoula | |||||
| 1987 | Constance Colla | Great Falls | |||||
| 1986 | Laurie Ryan | Belgrade | |||||
| 1985 | Julie Knox | Columbus | |||||
| 1984 | Kristi Ogren | Frenchtown | |||||
| 1983 | Barbara Bowman | Great Falls | |||||
| 1982 | Perri Stevenson | Bozeman | |||||
| 1981 | Cathi Jo Locati | Billings | |||||
| 1980 | Robbin English | Great Falls | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1979 | Jurrette Sindelar | Billings | |||||
| 1978 | Susan Riplett | Billings | |||||
| 1977 | Theresa Rose Bajt | Billings | |||||
| 1976 | Teresa Jane Klaus | Great Falls | |||||
| 1975 | Suzanne DeMier | Great Falls | |||||
| 1974 | Carole Aalseth | Billings | |||||
| 1973 | Jeri Joy Shandorf [3] | Missoula | |||||
| 1972 | Mitriann Popovich | Butte | |||||
| 1971 | Rebecca Thomas | Billings | |||||
| 1970 | Moreen Ann Murphy | Helena | |||||
| 1969 | Christina Jovin | Missoula | |||||
| 1968 | Kerry Barker | Billings | |||||
| 1967 | Stevie Lahti | Wolf Creek | |||||
| 1966 | Carol Marie Boetcher | Great Falls | |||||
| 1965 | Patricia Bradford | ||||||
| 1961–1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1960 | Joanne Lane | ||||||
| 1959 | Bar-beth Smith | ||||||
| 1958 | Sharon D. Tietjen | Semi-finalist (Top 15) |
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| 1955–1957 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1954 | Dawn Oney | Semi-finalist (Top 20) | |||||
| 1953 | Billie Jean Tyrrell | ||||||
| 1952 | Valerie Jackson | Semi-finalist (Top 10) | |||||
| 1951 | Patricia McGinty |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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