Miss Washington USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Washington.

Miss Washington USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Puyallup
Location	Washington
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Website	misswashingtonusa.com

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.

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

• Miss USA: Dorothy Anstett (1968)
• 1st runners-up: Tracey Goddard (1979)
• 3rd runners-up: Nancy Petraborg (1953)
• Top 10/12: Norene Gilbert (1976), Kathi Tucker (1983), Natasha Vantramp (1998)
• Top 15/20: Shirley Givins (1955), June Svedin (1956), Diana Schafer (1957), Rose Nielsen (1958), Deborah Gieberson (1969), Susan Hyde (1970), Tara McCormick (2004), Samantha Gallia (2023)
• Washington holds a record of 14 Placements at Miss USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Breann Parriott (2003), Imani Blackmon (2020)

Winners

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age [lower-alpha 1]	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2023	Samantha Gallia [1]	Seattle	24	Top 20
2022	Mazzy Eckel	Seattle	21			Eligible as a student of Seattle University at the time of crowning
2021	Christine Brodie [2]	Seattle	25
2020	Imani Blackmon	Tacoma	24		Miss Congeniality	Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013
2019	Evelyn Clark	Cathlamet	27			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	Enumclaw	19
2017	Alex Carlson-Helo	Bothell	22			Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012
2016	Kelsey Schmidt [3]	Bellevue	26			Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Stormy Keffeler resigned the title in January 2016
	Stormy Keffeler	Redmond	23	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	Spokane	23			Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane
2014	Allyson Rowe	Spokane	25
2013	Cassandra Searles	Redmond	24
2012	Christina Clarke	Snohomish	22
2011	Angelina Kayyalaynen	Orchards	20			Born in Ukrainian SSR, in what was then part of Soviet Union
2010	Tracy Turnure	Seattle	23			Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009
2009	Tara Turnure	Seattle	22			Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010
2008	Michelle Font	Renton	26
2007	LeiLani Jones	Tacoma	24
2006	Tiffany Doorn	Woodinville	24
2005	Amy Crawford	Auburn	25			Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001
2004	Tara McCormick	Seattle	24	Top 15
2003	Breann Parriott	Puyallup	25		Miss Congeniality	Previously Miss Washington 2001
2002	Carly Shorten	Shoreline	18
2001	Bre Sakas	Yakima	24
2000	Jamie Kern	Des Moines	22			Contestant on season 1 of Big Brother , finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics.
1999	Tammy Jansen	Bellevue	19
1998	Natasha Vantramp	Puyallup	22	Top 10		Later CNN Correspondent
1997	Sara Williams	Tacoma	24
1996	Staci Baldwin	Kirkland	27
1995	Theresa Cox	Stanwood
1994	Angel Ward	Seattle
1993	Kandi Fletcher	Longview
1992	Stinha McLynne	Redmond
1991	Lanae Williams	Burien
1990	Melissa Dickson	Seattle
1989	Chiann Fan Gibson	Seattle
1988	Sandra Kord	Seattle
1987	Jennifer Doerflinger	Seattle
1986	Jacqueline McMahon	Orting
1985	Sherry Rials	Bellevue
1984	Sue Gerrish	Seattle
1983	Kathi Tucker	Renton		Top 12		Mother of Tucker Perry, Miss Tennessee USA 2010, who placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2010
1982	Jana Minerich	Seattle
1981	Leila Wagner	Seattle
1980	Janet Brown	Seattle
1979	Tracey Goddard	Seattle		1st runner-up
1978	Barbara Bogar	Seattle
1977	Ivy Lynn Reed	Lynnwood				Later Miss Washington World 1978 and contestant at Miss World America 1978.
1976	Norene Gilbert	Custer		Top 12		Represented Washington in Miss World USA 1974 did not place
1975	Cindy Baxter	Kirkland
1974	Cheryl Rutledge	Yakima
1973	Cindi Arnett	Bellevue
1972	Connie Ambrose	White Swan
1971	Christine McComb	Bothell
1970	Susan Hyde	Seattle		Top 15
1969	Deborah Gieberson	Seattle		Top 15
1968	Dorothy Anstett	Kirkland	20	Miss USA 1968		4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968
1967	Elizabeth Kellmyer
1966	Sandra Carlile	Yakima
1960–65	No national representative
1959	Leah Robinson
1958	Rose Nielsen			Top 15
1957	Diana Schafer			Top 15
1956	June Svedin			Top 15
1955	Shirley Givins			Top 15
1954	Darlene Shride
1953	Nancy Petraborg			3rd runner-up
1952	Adele Slaybaugh

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. "Asian Americans will represent WA at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". Northwest Asian Weekly . April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
3. "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal". king5.com. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

External links

• Official website