Miss U.S. International

Miss U.S. International
Formation	1960;64 years ago
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Burton
Location	United States ;
Membership	Miss International
Official language	English
National Director	Britt Harrison
Website	Miss U.S. International Official Website

Last updated February 22, 2024

Miss U.S. International is the official United States preliminary to the Miss International Beauty Pageant (officially titled The International Beauty Pageant).^[1] The United States has sent a representative to the Miss International pageant since its inception in 1960. The only year a representative was not sent was in 2006.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

During the early 1960s, the United States was represented by a titleholder called 'Miss National Press Photographer'.^[2]^[3] From 1963 to 1967, the U.S. titleholder sent was called 'Miss American Beauty', and she was crowned few days before the Miss International finals.^[4]^[5]

The Miss International Beauty Pageant moved to Japan in 1968. From 1968 to 1970, 'Miss Welcome to Long Beach', was invited to compete at Miss International in Japan.^[6]^[7]

From 1971 to 1976, Alfred Patricelli, who was the executive director of the Miss World USA competition, was asked to select a U.S. titleholder to compete at Miss International from contestants at the Miss World USA contest.^[8] He organized the Miss International USA pageant only 2 times, 1973 and 1975.^[9]^[10]

From 1977 to 1983, California Beauty Pageant Inc. led by Leonard Stallcup, was the license holder for the U.S. representative to Miss International.^[11] They organized Miss California International, and the winner every year represented the U.S. at Miss International as 'Miss American Beauty'.^[12]

From 1984 to 1989, the Miss Universe organization was the license holder for the U.S. representative to Miss International, and sent runner-ups of Miss USA to Miss International. In 1987, the U.S. representative's sash was changed back to 'United States'.^[13]^[14] It is unknown who was in charge of selecting the contestants from 1990 to 2006, but, mostly Californian titleholders were sent to Japan.

Harrison Productions, LLC has been the license holder for Miss International in the United States since 2007 and the winner of the Miss U.S. International pageant competes at the Miss International Beauty Pageant every years.^{[ citation needed ]}

Results summary

Placements in Miss International

USA holds a record of 32 placements at Miss International.

Miss International: Brucene Smith (Miss International 1974), Katherine Ruth (Miss International 1978), Christie Claridge (Miss International 1982)
1st Runners-up: Linda Taylor (1964), Gail Krielow (1965), Anna Rapagna (1979), Charissa Ewing (1980), Sarie Joubert (1985), Dana Richmond (1988), Amy Holbrook (2004)
2nd Runners-up: Pamela Elfast (1967), Karen MacQuarrie (1968)
3rd Runners-up: Joyce Bryan (1963), Jacqueline Jochims (1971), Patricia Bailey (1975), Susan Carlson (1976)
4th Runners-up: Charlene Lundberg (1960), Carolyn Joyner (1962), Lindsay Bloom (1972), Laura Bobbitt (1977), Lindsay Becker (2015), Kaitryana Leinbach (2016)
Top 15: Gayle Kovaly (1969), Randi Blesener (1970), Lisa Schuman (1981), Kimberly Bleier (1983), Cindy Williams (1986), Paula Morrison (1987), Deborah Husti (1989), Shawna Bouwman (1990), Amanda Delgado (2012), Andrea Neu (2013)

Awards

Miss Photogenic: Christie Claridge (1982)
Miss Mobile Beauty: Aileen Yap (2009)

Titleholders

This is a list of women who have represented the United States at the Miss International pageant.^[15]

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as Runner-up
Ended as one of the Semi-finalists

Year	Name	Age^{[lower-alpha 1]}	State Represented	Hometown	Placement at Miss International	Notes
1960	Charlene Lundberg	19	Illinois	Joliet	4th Runner-up
1961	Jo Ann Dyer	22	Ohio	Lima
1962	Carolyn Joyner†	19	Kansas	Freeport	4th Runner-up
1963	Joyce Bryan†	20	Florida	Miami	3rd Runner-up
1964	Linda Ann Taylor	18	California	San Diego	1st Runner-up
1965	Gail Krielow	21	Ohio	Richmond Heights	1st Runner-up	Miss Ohio USA 1964, Top 15 at Miss USA 1964.
1966	No Pageant (cancelled)
1967	Pamela Elfast	19	New Jersey	East Orange	2nd Runner-up
1968	Karen MacQuarrie	20	California	Long Beach	2nd Runner-up
1969	Gayle Kovaly	20	California	Long Beach	Top 15
1970	Randi Blesener	21	California	Long Beach	Top 15
1971	Jacqueline Jochims	23	Iowa	Carroll	3rd Runner-up	Miss Iowa USA 1970.
1972	Lindsay Bloom	22	Arizona	Scottsdale	4th Runner-up	2nd Runner-up at Miss World USA 1971.
1973	Pia Canzani	23	Maryland	Baltimore
1974	Brucene Smith	23	Texas	Port Lavaca	Miss International 1974	Miss World USA 1971, Top 7 at Miss World 1971.
1975	Patricia Bailey	20	Virginia	Norfolk	3rd Runner-up
1976	Susan Carlson	21	New York	Schenectady	3rd Runner-up	Miss New York USA 1973, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1973.
1977	Laura Bobbitt	18	California	Fresno	4th Runner-up
1978	Katherine Ruth	18	California	Los Angeles	Miss International 1978
1979	Anna Rapagna	21	California	Burbank	1st Runner-up
1980	Charissa Ewing	18	California	Los Angeles	1st Runner-up
1981	Lisa Schuman	18	California	Cypress	Top 15
1982	Christie Claridge	19	California	Los Angeles	Miss International 1982	Miss Photogenic.
1983	Kimberly Bleier	19	California	Los Angeles	Top 15
1984	Sandra Percival	20	Missouri	Sunrise Beach		Miss Missouri USA 1984, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1984.
1985	Laura Bach	23	Illinois	Elmhurst	did not compete	Bach didn't compete for unknown reasons; Miss Illinois USA 1985, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1985.
1985	Sarie Joubert	22	Louisiana	Shreveport	1st Runner-up	Elevated to replace Bach; Miss Louisiana USA 1985, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1985.
1986	Tami Tesch	21	Georgia	Hephzibah	did not compete	Tesch didn't compete for unknown reasons; Miss Georgia USA 1986, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1986.
1986	Cindy Williams	22	Mississippi	Hattiesburg	Top 15	Elevated to replace Tesch; Miss Mississippi USA 1986, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1986.
1987	Diane Martin	23	Arizona	Tucson	did not compete	Martin couldn't compete due to overage requirement in the time of international pageant; Miss Arizona 1985; Miss Arizona USA 1987, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1987.
1987	Paula Morrison	22	West Virginia	Barboursville	Top 15	Selected to replace Martin; Miss West Virginia USA 1987, Top 11 at Miss USA 1987.
1988	Dana Richmond	20	Mississippi	Madison	1st Runner-up	Miss Mississippi USA 1988, 4th Runner-up at Miss USA 1988.
1989	Deborah Husti	21	New Jersey	Rockaway	Top 15	Miss New Jersey USA 1989, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1989.
1990	Shawna Bouwman	20	California	Artesia	Top 15
1991	Kimberly Byers	22	California	Oxnard
1992	Sandra Lee Allen	22	California	Los Angeles
1993	Lynette MacFee	23	California	Pasadena
1994	Karen Kristie Doyle	21	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
1995	Krista Loskota	19	California	San Gabriel
1996	Maya Yadira Kashak	18	California	Palm Desert
1997	Tanya Miller	19	California	Barstow
1998	Susan Paez	22	California	South Gate
1999	Jennifer Glover	20	California	Castro Valley		Miss California USA 2001; Miss California 2002.
2000	Kirstin Cook	22	Florida	Miami
2001	Eleana Thompson	19	California	Lake Elsinore
2002	Mary Elizabeth Jones	21	California	Mira Loma
2003	Masielle Otero	23	Florida	Miami
2004	Amy Holbrook	19	California	San Diego	1st Runner-up
2005	Anna Ward	24	California	Long Beach
2006	Sara Harrigfeld	26	California	Palm Springs	did not compete	Harrigfeld was disqualified due to overage requirement. No runners-up were sent to Miss International 2006.
2007	April Strong	19	Illinois	Chicago
2008	Kelly Best	21	Michigan	Troy		Miss Michigan USA 2007, Top 15 at Miss USA 2007.
2009	Aileen Jan Yap	20	Texas	Willis		Miss Mobile Beauty.
2010	Casandra Tressler	24	Maryland	Oakland		Miss Maryland USA 2008.
2011	Kristen Little	22	New Mexico	Atlanta, GA
2012	Amanda Delgado	22	California	Victorville	Top 15
2013	Andrea Neu	22	Colorado	Pueblo	Top 15	Miss Earth United States 2014, 1st Runner-up at Miss Earth 2014.
2014	Samantha Brooks	23	California	Highland
2015	Lindsay Becker	24	Minnesota	Apple Valley	4th Runner-up
2016	Kaitryana Leinbach	18	North Carolina	Charlotte	4th Runner-up
2017	Shanel James	26	Maryland	Fort Meade
2018	Bonnie Walls	24	New York	New York City
2019	Ghazal Gill	23	California	Fremont
2020	Maritsa Platis	19	South Carolina	North Myrtle Beach	No Pageant	Miss International 2020 and 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; later 4th Runner-Up at Miss South Carolina USA 2023.
2021	Maritsa Platis	19	South Carolina	North Myrtle Beach	No Pageant
2022	Corrin Stellakis^[16]	23	New York	Bridgeport		Miss New York Teen USA 2014; Top 12 at Miss World America 2015; Miss Earth United States 2016, 3rd Runner-up at Miss Earth 2016 (Originally placed Top 8, later elevated after original 3rd runner-up was resigned).
2023	Kenyatta Beazer^[17]	25	Maryland	Baltimore		Top 25 at Miss World America 2019; 1st Runner-up at Miss US International 2021.

Notes:

† Now deceased

By number of states

States	Titles	Years
California	28	1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006,^{[lower-alpha 2]} 2012, 2014, 2019^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Maryland	4	1973, 2010, 2017, 2023^{[lower-alpha 4]}
New York	3	1976, 2018, 2022
Illinois		1960, 1985,^{[lower-alpha 2]} 2007
Florida		1963, 2000, 2003
Texas	2	1974, 2009
New Jersey		1967, 1989
Mississippi		1986, 1988
Arizona		1972, 1987^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Ohio		1961, 1965
South Carolina	1	2020/2021
North Carolina		2016^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Minnesota		2015
Colorado		2013
New Mexico		2011
Michigan		2008
Oklahoma		1994
West Virginia		1987
Georgia		1986^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Louisiana		1985
Missouri		1984
Virginia		1975
Iowa		1971
Kansas		1962

↑ Age when crowned the national title.
1 2 3 4 Took over or held the title for a brief period of time after the original winner resigned, or before they unable to participate, and thus did not compete at Miss International.
↑ Competed at Miss West Coast
↑ Competed at Miss Northeast
↑ Competed at Miss South Atlantic

Winners' gallery

Miss U.S. International 2010
Casandra Tressler
Miss International USA 1986
Cindy Williams

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↑ "Charlene Lundberg was selected as Miss U.S.A. by the National Press Photographers". oocities.org.
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[16] Age when crowned the national title.

[a-19] 1 2 3 4 Took over or held the title for a brief period of time after the original winner resigned, or before they unable to participate, and thus did not compete at Miss International.

[c-20] Competed at Miss West Coast

[e-21] Competed at Miss Northeast

[b-22] Competed at Miss South Atlantic

[1] "The winner of Miss U.S. International every year will compete at Miss International beauty pageant". missusinternational.com.

[2] "Charlene Lundberg was selected as Miss U.S.A. by the National Press Photographers". oocities.org.

[3] "JoAnn Dyer of Ohio, crowned Miss National Press Photographers". veestarz.com.

[4] "Joyce Bryan was selected as the American Beauty". veestarz.com.

[5] "The American Beauty is Linda Ann Taylor". veestarz.com.

[6] "Mayor of Long Beach and Miss Welcome to Long Beach was invited to attend the 1968 Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California – via newspapers.com.

[7] "Homegrown American Beauty seeks world crown (Karen MacQuarrie, Miss Welcome to Long Beach for Miss International Beauty Pageant in Tokyo)". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California – via newspapers.com.

[8] "Japanese Name Patricelli to Head Miss International Beauty Contest". www.newspapers.com.

[9] "Miss International USA 1973". www.newspapers.com.

[10] "Girl who won pageant here ranked fourth in world test". www.newspapers.com.

[11] "Miss California International". 7 June 1979.

[12] "Lisa Schuman, Miss California International 1981".

[13] "Sarie Joubert selected as 1st RU". www.newspapers.com.

[14] "Dana Richmond was selected to represent USA". www.newspapers.com.

[15] "History of the United States representative at Miss International beauty pageant". missusinternational.com.

[Stellakis-17] "Catching Up with Miss U.S. International Corrin Stellakis". WSYR-TV. July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

[18] "Kenyatta Beazer was recently crowned as Miss U.S. International 2022 and will be representing the United States at the 61st Miss International 2023 pageant". Instagram . 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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