Miss California USA
Winners
Color key Declared as Winner Ended as runner-up Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

Miss California USA

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Color key Declared as Winner Ended as runner-up Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes

2019	Erica Dann	San Francisco	27	TBA

2018	Kelley Johnson	Los Angeles	25	Top 10	Previously Miss Colorado 2015 and 2nd runner-up to Miss America 2016

2017	India Williams	Lafayette	20	Top 10

2016	Nadia Mejia	Diamond Bar	20	Top 5	Daughter of Gerardo Mejia and Kathy Eichmann, Miss West Virginia USA 1989

2015	Natasha Martinez	Chino Hills	23

2014	Cassandra Kunze	San Diego	20	Top 10	Miss Photogenic

2013	Mabelynn Capeluj	San Diego	21	Top 15	Competed on Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015

2012	Natalie Pack	Palos Verdes	22	Previously competed in America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 (Eliminated in Episode 10)

2011	Katie Blair	Los Angeles	23	Did not compete	1st runner-up at Miss California USA 2011. Succeeded when Alyssa Campanella won Miss USA.

Alyssa Campanella	Los Angeles	21	Miss USA 2011	Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007; 1st runner-up to Miss Teen USA 2007. Top 16 semifinalist at Miss Universe 2011.

2010	Nicole Johnson	Westlake Village	24	Top 10, Finished 9th at Miss USA 2010	Later married Olympian and 22-time gold medalist Michael Phelps

2009	Tami Farrell	Los Angeles	25	Did not compete	Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 2003 and Miss Teen USA 2003. Succeeded when Carrie Prejean dethroned.

Carrie Prejean	San Diego	21	1st runner-up	Involved in the Miss USA 2009 same-sex marriage controversy; later dethroned.

2008	Raquel Beezley	Barstow	21	Top 15, Finished 12th at Miss USA 2008	Raquel Beezley was crowned Miss California USA 2008 after an accounting error in vote counting had previously crowned Christina Silva.

2007	Meagan Tandy	Fontana	21	3rd runner-up	Actress known for roles on Teen Wolf and UnREAL

2006	Tamiko Nash	Los Angeles	26	1st runner-up	Model on The Price Is Right in 2007 and 2008.

2005	Brittany Hogan	Escondido	20	1st runner-up	Contestant on Miss USA episode of Fear Factor in 2005.

2004	Ellen Chapman	San Jose	22	Sister of Miss Nevada USA 2011 Sarah Chapman; Previously Miss Teenage California 1999

2003	Candice Sanders	La Habre	26

2002	Tarah Peters	San Diego	21	Top 12 semifinalist

2001	Jennifer Glover	Castro Valley	21	Later Miss California 2002. Previously Miss United States International 1999, competed at Miss International 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.

2000	Rebekah Ann Keller	Lakewood	25	Previously Miss California 1997 and 4th runner up at Miss America 1998

1999	Angelique Breaux	San Diego	21	2nd runner-up	Later Miss World USA 2000 and semi-finalist at Miss World 2000.

1998	Shauna Gambill	Acton	21	1st runner-up	Previously Miss California Teen USA 1994 and Miss Teen USA 1994. Later Miss World USA 1998 and semi-finalist at Miss World 1998.

1997	Alisa Kimble	Lake Elsinore	27

1996	Shauna Lyn Searles	Tustin	26

1995	Deana Avila	Laguna Niguel	Won the 1988 Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant

1994	Toay Lynn Foster	Oxnard

1993	Jane Olvera	Fresno	23	Top 12 semifinalist

1992	Shauna Lyn Searles	Los Angeles	Did not compete	Succeeded Shannon Marketic when she became Miss USA 1992, later became Miss California USA 1996

Shannon Marketic	Malibu	21	Miss USA 1992	Miss Photogenic	Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1992

1991	Diane Schock	Fontana	24	2nd runner-up

1990	Cynthia Nelson	Gilroy

1989	Christina Maria Faust	San Fernando Valley	23	Top 10 semifinalist

1988	Diana Magaña	Rancho Palos Verdes	22	1st runner-up	Later Miss World USA 1988 and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss World 1988.

1987	Lori Dickerson	Lodi	Miss Congeniality

1986	Kelly Parsons	Los Angeles	22	4th runner-up	Mouseketeer, Model and Actress

1985	Zina Ponder	Long Beach

1984	Theresa Ring	San Diego	1987 Star Search spokesmodel

1983	Julie Lynne Hayek	Westwood	22	Miss USA 1983	1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1983, has starred in Dallas, Twin Peaks and As the World Turns

1982	Suzanne Dewames	Thousand Oaks

1981	Cynthia Kerby	Westlake Village	3rd runner-up	Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality	First woman to win Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality at Miss USA

1980	Kari Lloyd	Thousand Oaks

1979	Linda Fogarty	Fullerton	Top 12 semifinalist

1978	Donna Adrain	Anaheim	Top 12 semifinalist

1977	Pamela Gergely	San Rafael	3rd runner-up

1976	Joni Pennock	Fullerton	20	Top 12 semifinalist

1975	Summer Bartholomew	Merced	23	Miss USA 1975	Past hostess of Sale of the Century

1974	Gayle Gorrell	Los Angeles	3rd runner-up

1973	Carol Herrema	Artesia	Top 12 semifinalist

1972	Kim Hobson	San Mateo	2nd runner up

1971	Karin Morrell	Auburn	Top 12 semifinalist

1970	Linda Hall	Los Angeles	Top 15 semifinalist

1969	Troas Hayes	Sacramento	4th runner-up

1968	Suzanne Fromm	Los Angeles	Top 15 semifinalist	Best State Costume

1967	Susan Bradley	Tustin	1st runner-up

1966	Maria Remenyi	El Cerrito	20	Miss USA 1966	Miss Photogenic	Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1966

1965	Kathryn Lee Hage	Santa Monica	Top 15 semifinalist

1964	Jeanne Venables	Sacramento	Top 15 semifinalist	Miss Congeniality

1963	Francine Herack	Encino	4th runner-up

1962	Marilyn Tindall	Los Angeles	3rd runner-up

1961	Pamela Stettler	San Rafael	1st runner-up

1960	Teri Janssen	Los Angeles	Top 15 semifinalist

1959	Terry Lynn Huntingdon	Mount Shasta	19	Miss USA 1959	2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959

1958	Donna Kay Brooks	Los Angeles	Top 15 semifinalist

1957	Peggy Jacobson	Los Angeles	Top 15 semifinalist

1956	Shirlee Witty	Los Angeles

1955	Donna Schurr	Los Angeles	3rd runner-up

1954	Sandra Constance	Los Angeles	Top 20 semifinalist

1953	Marcella Roulette	Los Angeles	Top 20 semifinalist

1952	Gloria Maxwell	Los Angeles

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In 2009 Carrie Prejean was dethroned placing 1st runner-up at Miss USA 2009 after a controversy.

final_sentence: In 2009 Carrie Prejean was dethroned placing 1st runner-up at Miss USA 2009 after a controversy.