Miss Washington USA

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Miss Washington USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Puyallup
Location
Membership Miss USA
Official language
English
Website misswashingtonusa.com
Jamie Kern, Miss Washington USA 2000 Jamie Kern Lima - It Cosmetics Headshot.jpg
Jamie Kern, Miss Washington USA 2000

The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington since 2002, which also produces Idaho and Oregon state pageants.

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Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA. Dorothy Anstett won the crown in 1968 and went on to place 4th runner-up at Miss Universe. The most recent placement was Samantha Gallia in 2023, placing Top 20.

Prior to 2017, no Washington delegate had previously competed at Miss Teen USA, although one has competed at Miss America. Alex Carlson-Helo, Miss Washington Teen USA 2012, became the last state to have made her the first Teen to Miss crossover for the state.

Samantha Gallia of Sacramento, California, residing in Seattle, was crowned Miss Washington USA 2023 on November 13, 2022 at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center in Renton, Washington. She will represent Washington for the title of Miss USA 2023.

Results summary

Awards

Winners

Color key
YearNameAge [a] HometownPlacement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2024 Tiffany Rea27Clarkston
2023 Samantha Gallia [1] 24 Seattle Top 20
2022 Mazzy Eckel [2] 21 Seattle Eligible as a student of Seattle University at the time of crowning
2021 Christine Brodie [3] 25 Seattle
2020 Imani Blackmon [4] 24 Tacoma Miss CongenialityPreviously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013
2019 Evelyn Clark [5] 27 Cathlamet Competed at the state pageant in the Miss USA system on her 8th consecutive attempt, including top 5 placements in Miss Washington USA and Miss Oregon USA
2018 Abigail Hill [6] 19 Enumclaw
2017 Alex Carlson-Helo22 Bothell Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012
2016 Kelsey Schmidt [7] 26 Bellevue Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Stormy Keffeler resigned the title in January 2016
Stormy Keffeler23 Redmond did not compete
  • Former Seattle Mist player
  • Keffeler resigned the title due to having failed to disclose a DUI conviction from April 2015.
2015 McKenzie Novell [8] 23 Spokane Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane
2014 Allyson Rowe25 Spokane
2013 Cassandra Searles24 Redmond
2012 Christina Clarke22 Snohomish
2011 Angelina Kayyalaynen20 Orchards Born in Ukrainian SSR, in what was then part of Soviet Union
2010 Tracy Turnure23 Seattle Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009
2009 Tara Turnure22 Seattle Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010
2008 Michelle Font26 Renton
2007 LeiLani Jones24 Tacoma
2006 Tiffany Doorn24 Woodinville
2005 Amy Crawford25 Auburn Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001
2004 Tara McCormick24 Seattle Top 15
2003 Breann Parriott25 Puyallup Miss CongenialityPreviously Miss Washington 2001
2002 Carly Shorten18 Shoreline
2001 Bre Sakas24 Yakima
2000 Jamie Kern 22 Des Moines Contestant on season 1 of Big Brother , finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics.
1999 Tammy Jansen19Bellevue
1998 Natasha Vantramp 22PuyallupTop 10Later CNN Correspondent
1997 Sara Williams24Tacoma
1996 Staci Baldwin27 Kirkland
1995 Theresa Cox Stanwood
1994 Angel Ward Seattle
1993 Kandi Fletcher Longview
1992 Stinha McLynne Redmond
1991 Lanae Williams Burien
1990 Melissa DicksonSeattle
1989 Chiann Fan Gibson Seattle
1988 Sandra KordSeattle
1987 Jennifer DoerflingerSeattle
1986 Jacqueline McMahonOrting
1985 Sherry Rials Bellevue
1984 Sue GerrishSeattle
1983 Kathi Tucker Renton Top 12Mother of Tucker Perry, Miss Tennessee USA 2010, who placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2010
1982 Jana MinerichSeattle
1981 Leila WagnerSeattle
1980 Janet BrownSeattle
1979 Tracey GoddardSeattle1st runner-up
1978 Barbara BogarSeattle
1977 Ivy Lynn Reed Lynnwood Later Miss Washington World 1978 and contestant at Miss World America 1978.
1976 Norene Gilbert Custer Top 12Represented Washington in Miss World USA 1974 did not place
1975 Cindy Baxter Kirkland
1974 Cheryl RutledgeYakima
1973 Cindi ArnettBellevue
1972 Connie AmbroseWhite Swan
1971 Christine McCombBothell
1970 Susan HydeSeattleTop 15
1969 Deborah GiebersonSeattleTop 15
1968 Dorothy Anstett 20 Kirkland Miss USA 19684th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968
1967 Elizabeth Kellmyer
1966 Sandra CarlileYakima
1960–65No national representative
1959 Leah Robinson
1958 Rose NielsenTop 15
1957 Diana SchaferTop 15
1956 June SvedinTop 15
1955 Shirley Jean Givins [9] 20 Seattle Top 15
1954 Darlene Shride––
1953 Nancy Petraborg [10] 18 Seattle 3rd runner-up
1952 Adele Slaybaugh [11] 18 Kennewick
  1. ↑ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Introducing Miss WA USA & Miss WA Teen USA". King TV. November 15, 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. ↑ White, McKenna (February 16, 2022). "Mazzy Eckel, a Queen on and off the Runway". The Spectator. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Asian Americans will represent WA at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". Northwest Asian Weekly . April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Newly-crowned 2020 Miss Washington USA Imani Blackmon & 2020 Miss Teen Washington Marianne Bautista discuss what they hope to accomplish during their reigns". KING 5. November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ Grace, Amanda (November 5, 2018). "Blaine woman first to compete in Miss Washington USA pageant in wheelchair". KING-TV . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ Still, Ray (November 16, 2017). "Local Miss Washington prepares for national stage". Enumclaw Courier-Herald . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal". king5.com. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Hval, Cindy (November 27, 2014). "LC, GU grad Kenzie Novell new Miss Washington USA". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ "JC girls Miss U.S.A. finalist, Miss New Mexico is favorite". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 20 July 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Untitled". The Troy Messenger . Troy, Alabama. 12 July 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 8 May 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "39 compete tonight for Miss United States". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 27 June 1952. p. 26. Retrieved 12 December 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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