Miss Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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	Madeleine Overby	Hattiesburg	20	TBA

2018	Laine Alden Mansour	Tupelo	21

2017	Ashley Marie Hamby	Madison	23

2016	Haley Brooke Sowers	Meridian	22	Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2010 & 4th runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2010

2015	Courtney Elizabeth Byrd	Oxford	22

2014	Chelsea Reardon	Southaven	23	International Junior Miss Teen 2010

2013	Paromita Mitra	Hattiesburg	21	Born in Bangladesh Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2009

2012	Myverick Rashea Garcia	Hattiesburg	21	Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

2011	Keeley Patterson	Starkville	20

2010	Breanne Ponder	Mount Olive	20	Top 10

2009	Jessica Lauren McRaney	Terry	23	Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2004

2008	Leah Laviano	Ellisville	19	1st runner-up

2007	Jalin Wood	Waynesboro	25	Previously Miss Mississippi 2004

2006	Kendra King	Monticello	20

2005	Jennifer Adcock	Hattiesburg	24	Top 10	Previously Miss Mississippi 2002, semifinalist at Miss America 2003, Mississippi's Junior Miss 1998

2004	Beth Richards	Laurel	25

2003	Allison Bloodworth	Grenada	21	Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1999

2002	Heather Soriano	Philadelphia	24	Previously Miss Mississippi 1999

2001	Melanie Vaughn	Olive Branch

2000	Angie Carpenter	Greenwood	Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1994, semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1994

1999	Kari Babski	Gloster

1998	Angel Whatley	Jackson

1997	Arlene McDonald	Tupelo	Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1992, semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1992

1996	Caroline Ramagos	Soso

1995	Jill Tullos	Married Senator Chris McDaniel

1994	Leslie Jetton	Gave up her title in March to become a national spokesperson for Caribe Corporations in New Orleans.

1993	Sherry Bowles	Lambert

1992	Tammy Johnson	Jackson	22	Previously Mississippi's Miss Hospitality 1989

1991	Mitzi Swanson

1990	Stephanie Teneyck	20	Semi-finalist	Miss Photogenic	2nd Runner up at Miss All Nations 1990

1989	Laura Durrett	Olive Branch

1988	Dana Richmond	Madison	20	4th runner-up	1st Runner up at Miss International 1988

1987	Kathy Manning	Drew	24	Semi-finalist	Previously Miss Mississippi 1984, 2nd runner up at Miss America 1985

1986	Cindy Williams	Hattiesburg	22	3rd runner-up	Semifinalist at Miss International 1986

1985	Camille Gilliland	Meridian

1984	Carla Green	Biloxi

1983	Becky Case	Jackson

1982	Nancy Perkins	Marks

1981	Angela Ashmore

1980	Cheri Brown	Meridian	Previously Miss Mississippi 1978, preliminary swimsuit winner at Miss America 1979

1979	Laurie Kimbrough	Oxford	4th runner-up

1978	Wanda Gatlin

1977	Leigh Tapley	Jackson

1976	Teresa Camp

1975	Leigh Cross	Hernando

1974	Denise Clark

1973	Karen Clements

1972	Deborah Pawlik

1971	Janey Gillis

1970	Susan Ladner	Pass Christian

1969	Rose Ray

1968	Brenda Conerly

1967	Lassie Cooke

1966	Jane Sutherland

1965	Madeline Scarbrough

1964	Patricia Ann Turk	Semi-finalist

1963	Joan Kenebrilde	Hattiesburg	competed in the 1964 Miss Dixie Pageant

1962	Sandra Mazur	Jackson	competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant

1961	Marlene Britsch	Semi-finalist

1954–1960	Did Not Compete

1953	Jessie Morgan	Semi-finalist at Miss America 1951

1952	Carolyn Thomas

Sentence(s)

Miss Mississippi USA's highest placement was Leah Laviano's 1st runner-up placement in 2008.
Leah Laviano was the 1st runner-up in 2008 at Miss USA.
Ellisville placed Leah Laviano as 1st runner-up in 2008.

final_sentence: Miss Mississippi USA's highest placement was Leah Laviano's 1st runner-up placement in 2008.
final_sentence: Leah Laviano was the 1st runner-up in 2008 at Miss USA.
final_sentence: Ellisville placed Leah Laviano as 1st runner-up in 2008.