Miss Wyoming USA

This article is about the state pageant to select a Wyoming delegate to the Miss USA pageant. For the Miss America state pageant, see Miss Wyoming.

Miss Wyoming USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Savage
Location	Minnesota
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Key people	Denise Wallace Craig Heitkamp
Website	Official website

The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. It is, as of 2025 ^[update] , produced by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2005. ^[1]

Wyoming has placed twice in Miss USA (in 1986 and 2010), won five Miss Congeniality awards, and one Miss Photogenic award.

Six Miss Wyoming USAs have won the Miss Wyoming Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, six have competed at Miss America and two has competed at Miss America's Outstanding Teen.

Mackenzie Rush of Sheridan was crowned Miss Wyoming USA 2024 on June 30, 2024 at The Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She will represent Wyoming for the title of Miss USA 2024.

Gallery of titleholders

• 
  Katie Rudoff, Miss Wyoming USA 2004
• 
  Kristin George, Miss Wyoming USA 2006
• 
  Holly Allen, Miss Wyoming USA 2012

Results summary

Placements

• Top 10: Beth King (1986)
• Top 15: Claire Schreiner (2010)

Wyoming holds a record of just 2 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Linda Leafdale (1966), Pam Williams (1979), Cynthia Pate (2009), Mikaela Shaw (2017), Callie Bishop (2018)
• Miss Photogenic: Beth King (1986)

Winners

Color key

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

Year [a]	Name	Hometown	Age [b]	Local title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2024	Mackenzie Rush	Sheridan	19	Miss Northeast Wyoming
2023	Beck Bridger	Sheridan	27	Miss Sheridan County			Previously Miss Wyoming 2018
2022	Morgan McNally	Casper	27	Miss Central Wyoming
2021	Mackenzie Kern	Casper	21				Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2018
2020	Lexi Revelli	Lyman	26				Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Katie Bozner's resignation and competed in Miss USA [2] Competed under the Miss USA system on her 9th consecutive year including two appearances in Teen and seven in Miss before assuming the title
	Caitlin "Katie" Bozner	Buffalo	24		did not compete		Resigned the title three weeks before the Miss USA 2020 pageant due to academic obligations
2019	Addison Treesh	Gillette	18				Youngest contestant competing for Miss USA 2019 Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2014
2018	Callie Bishop	Casper	27			Miss Congeniality	Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2008
2017	Mikaela Shaw	Casper	23			Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Missouri USA 2017 Bayleigh Dayton)	Previously Miss Wyoming 2015 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013
2016	Autumn Olson	Saratoga	21				Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2013
2015	Caroline Scott	Cheyenne	22				Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2010 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2010
2014	Lexi Hill	Gillette	20
2013	Courtney Gifford	Sheridan	24				Triple Crown winner Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005 Previously Miss Wyoming 2008 First woman to win Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Miss America and Miss USA state titles
2012	Holly Allen	Lander	23				Sister of Jessie Allen, Miss Wyoming 2014 Later Big Brother 21 runner-up
2011	Kaitlyn Davis	Laramie	20
2010	Claire Schreiner [3]	Gillette	23		Top 15
2009	Cynthia Pate	Casper	22			Miss Congeniality
2008	Cassie Shore	Casper	22
2007	Robyn Johnson	Sheridan	22
2006	Kristin George	Casper	24				Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2000
2005	Abby Norman	Laramie	21				Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2002
2004	Katie Rudoff	Green River	20				Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1999
2003	Jamie Gorman	Cheyenne
2002	Jeannie Crofts	Cheyenne
2001	Heather Jackelen	Rock Springs					Later Miss Wyoming 2005 and Miss Galaxy 2007
2000	Rebecca Smith	Jackson Hole
1999	Arnica Bryant	Cheyenne
1998	Megan Starr Wigert	Cheyenne	22
1997	Stacy Dawn Cenedese	Cheyenne					Previously Miss Wyoming 1992
1996	Kellee Nicole Kattleman	Laramie
1995	Susan Elizabeth Shaffer	Cheyenne
1994	Tolan Clark	Cheyenne
1993	Leissann Marie Stolz	Cheyenne
1992	Lisa Postle	Green River
1991	Wendy Lee Dunn	Laramie
1990	Cheryl James	Cheyenne
1989	Chandra Anderson	Jackson
1988	Kristen Youmans	Casper
1987	Michelle Zimmermann	Recluse
1986	Beth King [4]	Cheyenne	22		Top 10	Miss Photogenic
1985	Wendy Hartwigsen	Gillette
1984	Cheryl Rawson	Laramie
1983	Joanie Engstrom	Rawlins
1982	Judy Lynn Wilder	Casper
1981	Deborah Aspinwall	Riverton
1980	Suzie Harris	Casper
1979	Pam Williams	Casper				Miss Congeniality
1978	Kathryn Flitner	Greybull
1977	Michele Fisser	Cheyenne
1976	Murlie Colosky	Laramie
1975	Kimerli Jayne Pring	Cheyenne					Later Miss Wyoming 1978
1974	Debbie K. Petty	Rawlins
1973	Michele Walter	Cheyenne
1972	Tamara Tulley	Cheyenne
1971	Mary Kay Heaton	Cheyenne
1970	Elizabeth Swarthout	Sheridan
1969	Pam Lewis	Cheyenne
1968	Penny Smathers	Douglas
1967	Helen Barker	Buffalo
1966	Linda Leafdale	Thermopolis				Miss Congeniality
1965	Linda Lou Peck	Sheridan
1962	Ann Bonner	Powell			did not compete		Withdrew
1961	Judy Larae Walton	Cokeville
1960	Anita Simon	Cheyenne
1958	Dorothy Kochiras	Evanston
1957	Marilyn Hawkins	Casper
1956	Marilyn Scott	Cheyenne
1955	Barbara Kaye Latta	Casper
1954	Faith Radenbaugh	Heart Mountain
1953	Nancy Rogers	Cheyenne

1. There were no events held in 1959, 1963 and 1964.
2. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

1. "Future Productions, LLC State Directors" . Retrieved 8 February 2017.
2. Romero, Hannah (October 23, 2020). "Rock Springs resident will be Miss Wyoming". Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner . Retrieved October 24, 2020.
3. "Gillette woman to compete in Miss USA pageant". KULR-TV . Associated Press. May 13, 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
4. "Miss Wyoming Wins Miss Photogenic". Kentucky New Era . May 12, 1986. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

External links

• Official website