Miss Oregon USA

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Miss Oregon USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Puyallup
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Maureen Francisco
Website Official Website

The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner.

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The pageant is produced and directed by ABC Pageant Productions, based in Bend, Oregon, from 1989 until 2015 under Carol Jean Lukens as executive producer and state director, then in the same year saw their state director duties is handed to David Van Maren and Maureen Franchisco under directed by NW Productions, LLC. dba- Pageants NW Productions, based in Puyallup, Washington, which is continued for 9 years, their inclumbent franchise is unexpected ended on August 2024 and the state director of this state is vacant.

Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has yet to win the title. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Toneata Morgan in 2018.

Three Miss Oregon USA titleholders have formerly held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.

The current titleholder is Shayla Montgomery of Happy Valley and was crowned on May 4, 2024, at Sherwood Center for the Fine Arts in Sherwood, Oregon. She will represent Oregon at Miss USA 2024.

Results summary

Awards

Winners

YearNameHometownAge [a] Local titlePlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2024 Shayla Montgomery Happy Valley 21Miss Portland
2023 Manju Bangalore Corvallis 25Miss Benton County
2022 Arielle Freytag Harrisburg 28
2021 Allison Cook Portland 27
2020 Katerina Villegas Hillsboro 26
2019 Natalie Tonneson[ citation needed ] Portland 28
2018 Toneata Morgan Coquille [2] [3] 22Top 15Contestant of Beauty and the Geek Australia [4]
2017 Elizabeth (Liz) Denny Roseburg 26
2016 Natriana Shorter Eugene 25
2015 Bridget Wilmes Canby 22
2014 Emma Pelett Portland 25
2013 Gabrielle Neilan[ citation needed ] Gresham 23Miss Congeniality
2012 Alaina Bergsma Eugene 22Miss PhotogenicFormer member of the Oregon Ducks volleyball team and National Volleyball Player of the Year 2012 [5]
2011 Anna Prosser Portland 26Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008
2010 Kate Paul Mitchell 24
2009 Sylvie Tarpinian Eugene 24
2008 Mary Lee Horch Corvallis 24
2007 Sharitha McKenzie Portland 23
2006 Allison Machado Medford 24
2005 Jessica Carlson Portland 24
  • Later represented Oregon at Miss International (US) 2009
2004 Jennifer Murphy Medford 25Top 10Contestant on the fourth season of The Apprentice [6]
2003 Myah Moore Portland 21
2002 Kristi Walkoski Wilsonville 23
2001 Endia Albrante Eugene 21Top 10
2000 Elizabeth Heitmanek Medford 19
1999 Amy Nelson Eugene 20
1998 Kara Jones Eugene 20
1997 Heather Williams Gold Beach 25
1996 Jill Chartier Roseburg 21
1995 Karrie Grove Portland 24
1994 Denise White Lake Oswego 25Miss Congeniality
1993 Dawn Kennedy Lake Oswego 24
1992 Terrie House Astoria 22
1991 Olga Calderon Beaverton 22Top 11 [8]
1990 Elizabeth Michaud Portland 24
1989Jenifer Blaska
1988Elaine Rohrer
1987Taime PrimianoPortland
1986Kimberly StubblefieldLake Oswego18
  • Later Mrs. Oregon America 2007 under her married name, Kimberly Takla; [10] mother of Miss Oregon 2022 Sophia Takla [11]
1985Jodi Unruh Eugene 20Top 20
  • Later an award-winning TV anchor/reporter, entertainment host and producer [12]
1984Debbie EppersonPortland21Semi-finalist
1983Shelley Kiser Tigard 19
1982Kristina Bauer [13] Dundee [13] 17 [13]
1981Dawn LewisPortland
1980Martha Viducich Salem
1979Katie Fitzpatrick [14] Salem [14]
1978Julie HeaterSalem
1977Charisse Charlton
1976Gail Atchison2nd runner-up
1975Theresa FavreauPortland
1974Peggy Ann Gerding
1973Judy Bishop
1972Yvonne Philes
1971Connie Oost
1970Laura Smith Portland 18Semi-finalist
1969Karen Morton
1968Marsha Mayer
1967Maureen BassettSemi-finalist
1966Sharon Gerritz
1965Leslie Brucher
1964Toye EschSalemSemi-finalist
1963Joset Fisher
1962Joyce CollinSemi-finalist
1958–1961did not compete
1957Sonja Landsem
1956Maralyn TurnerSemi-finalist
1955Rose Karcha
1954Charlotte Miller
1953did not compete
1952Beth Bailey
  1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

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