Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Shawnee |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher |
Website | Official website |
Miss Arkansas USA, previously known as Miss Arkansas Universe, [1] [2] is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Arkansas's most successful placement was in 1982, when Terri Utley was crowned Miss USA. The most recent placement was Mackenzie Hinderberger in 2023 who placed in the Top 20. Five Miss Arkansas USA titleholders were former Miss Arkansas Teen USA titleholders who competed at Miss Teen USA. The longest reigning titleholder was Haley Rose Pontius in 2020, having held the title for 18 months, while the shortest titleholder was Stephanie Barber in 2021, having held the title for 10 months and 18 days.
The state pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2002 to 2007 before becoming part of the Vanbros organization, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 2018, Vanbros chose Fort Smith, Arkansas as the new host city of the pageant. Other host cities for the pageant have included Bentonville, Little Rock, Magnolia, and West Memphis. [7] [8] [9]
The current Miss Arkansas USA is Mackenzie Hinderberger of Farmington who was crowned on April 30, 2023 at the Fort Smith Convention Center. Hinderberger.
Arkansas holds a record of 15 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2023 | Mackenzie Hinderberger | Farmington | 23 | Miss Farmington | Top 20 | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2018 | |
2022 | Rylie Wagner | Ozark | 21 | Miss Ozark | |||
2021 | Stephanie Barber | Fayetteville | 22 | Miss Northwest Arkansas |
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2020 | Haley Rose Pontius | Houston | 23 | Miss Richland Hills |
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2019 | Savannah Skidmore [10] | Calico Rock | 23 | Miss White River | Top 5 |
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2018 | Lauren Weaver | Greenwood | 21 | Miss Greenwood |
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2017 | Arynn Johnson | Hot Springs | 19 | Miss Hot Springs |
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2016 | Abby Floyd [12] | Searcy [12] | 19 | Miss Searcy | Top 10 |
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2015 | Leah Blefko | Fayetteville | 21 | Miss White River | |||
2014 | Helen Wisner | Fayetteville | 25 | Miss White River | |||
2013 | Hannah Billingsley | Franklin | 22 | Miss North Arkansas |
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2012 | Kelsey Dow | Jonesboro | 21 | Miss Craighead County | Top 16 | ||
2011 | Lakynn McBride | White Hall | 20 | Miss Central Arkansas | |||
2010 | Adrielle Churchill | Dover | 24 | Miss White River | Top 15 |
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2009 [ citation needed ] | Chanley Painter | Conway | 24 | Miss Conway | Top 10 | ||
2008 | Rachel Howells | Alma | 21 | Miss Washington County | |||
2007 | Kelly George | Sherwood | 24 |
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2006 | Kimberly Forsyth | Cabot | 26 | ||||
2005 | Jessica Furrer | Conway | 22 | Top 15 | |||
2004 | Jennifer Sherrill | Sherwood | 19 | Miss Photogenic | |||
2003 | Taylor Carlisle | Jacksonville | 21 | ||||
2002 | Amber Boatman | Norphlet | 23 | ||||
2001 | Jessie Davis | Harrison | |||||
2000 | Whitney Moore | Cabot | 22 | ||||
1999 | Allison Heavener | ||||||
1998 | Kami Tice | Huntsville | |||||
1997 | Tamara Henry | Little Rock | 25 | ||||
1996 | Tiffany Parks | 20 |
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1995 | Kristen Bettis | ||||||
1994 | Hannah Hilliard | Little Rock | |||||
1993 | Kati Fish | Hot Springs | |||||
1992 | Jona Garner | ||||||
1991 | Angela Rockwell | ||||||
1990 | Kathryn Harris | Pine Bluff | 18 | ||||
1989 | Paige Yandell | Greenwood |
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1988 [ citation needed ] | Melissa Staples | Calion |
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1987 | Sheri Smeltzer | Smackover | |||||
1986 | Rhonda Blaylock | Springdale | |||||
1985 | Susan Dean | Osceola | |||||
1984 | Shelly Boyd | Manila | |||||
1983 | Debra Baltz | Paris | |||||
1982 | Terri Utley [14] | Cabot | 20 | Miss USA 1982 [14] | |||
1981 | Lynnanne Derryberry | Jerusalem | |||||
1980 | Susie Owens | Jacksonville | |||||
1979 | Cynthia Caldwell | Jacksonville | |||||
1978 | Donna Funderburk | El Dorado | |||||
1977 | Debra Duree | Texarkana | |||||
1976 | Sonia Kay Jines | Conway | |||||
1975 | Robin Fields | Hot Springs | |||||
1974 | Gina Huddle | ||||||
1973 | Christal Phiffer [1] | Texarkana [1] | |||||
1972 | Susan Tichenor [15] | Pine Bluff [15] | 21 [15] | ||||
1971 | Paula Keith [16] | Little Rock [16] | 20 [16] | ||||
1970 | Mary Dial [17] | Malvern [17] | 21 [17] | Top 15 | |||
1969 | Leonette Reed | ||||||
1968 | Ann Smithwick [5] | Jacksonville [5] | 19 [5] | Top 15 | |||
1967 | Katy Wurst [18] [19] | Fort Smith [18] [19] | 19 [19] | ||||
1966 | Peggy Jones | ||||||
1965 | Jeri Haynie [4] | El Dorado [4] | |||||
1964 | Barbara McGlothlin | ||||||
1963 | Cheryl Bechtelheimer | ||||||
1962 | Linda Riggan | Leola |
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1961 | Mickey Lambert | ||||||
1960 | Gene Chambers |
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1959 | Donna Needham | Top 15 | |||||
1958 | Nancy Hill | ||||||
1957 | Helen Garrott | Top 15 | |||||
1956 | Nancy McCollum | 2nd Runner-Up [20] | |||||
1955 | Margaret Haywood | Jonesboro | 1st Runner-Up |
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1954 | Waydine Nesbitt [21] [22] | Magnolia [22] | 21 [22] | Top 21 | |||
1953 | Jackie Stucker | ||||||
1952 | Barbara Wathen |
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