# Miss Alaska USA

Miss Alaska USA, previously known as Miss Alaska Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Simply Stunning LLC.
Alaska's most successful placement was in 1964, when Patricia Marlin placed as the second runner-up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 2017, when Alyssa London placed in the Top 10. Alaska ties with Texas as the states with the most wins in the pageant's history for "Best State Costume".
The current Miss Alaska USA is Brenna Schaake of Fairbanks who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage. Schaake will represent Alaska at Miss USA 2024.

## Gallery of titleholders

* Courtney Carroll, Miss Alaska USA 2008
* Kathy Hartman, Miss Alaska USA 1971

## Results summary
### Placements in Miss USA

* 2nd Runner-Up: Patricia Marlin (1964)
* Top 6: Karin Meyer (1990)
* Top 10/12: Patricia Lane (1972), Barbara Samuelson (1978), Alyssa London (2017)

### Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Toni Lynn McFadden (1982), Kimberly Agron (2015), Courtney Schuman (2022), Jordan Naylor (2023)
* Miss Photogenic: Courtney Carroll (2008)
* Best State Costume: Carla Sullivan (1965), Linda Louise Rowley (1969), Katherine Hartman (1971), Patricia Lane (1972)

## Winners
### Color key

* Winner
* Runner-Up
* Semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2024 | Brenna Schaake | Fairbanks | 29 | Miss Fairbanks | | | |
| 2023 | Jordan Naylor | Anchorage | 25 | Miss Forget-Me-Not | | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012 |
| 2022 | Courtney Schuman | Anchorage | 27 | Miss Cook Inlet | | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Alaska 2018 |
| 2021 | Madison Edwards | Anchorage | 24 | | | | |
| 2020 | Hannah Carlile | Fairbanks | 24 | | | | |
| 2019 | JoEllen Walters | Eagle River | 24 | | | | |
| 2018 | Brooke Johnson | Anchorage | 26 | | | | |
| 2017 | Alyssa London | Anchorage | 27 | | Top 10 | | First titleholder of Tlingit heritage |
| 2016 | Ariane Audett | Anchorage | 21 | | | | |
| 2015 | Kimberly Agron | Anchorage | 20 | | | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 2013 |
| 2014 | Kendall Bautista | Eagle River | 21 | | | | Later Miss Alaska 2016 |
| 2013 | Melissa McKinney | Anchorage | 26 | | | | |
| 2012 | Jessica Kazmierczak | Salcha | 21 | | | | |
| 2011 | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 23 | | | | |
| 2010 | Sarah Temple | Chugiak | 21 | | | | Sister of Veronica Temple, Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Alaska Teen USA 2012 |
| 2009 | Jessica Nolin | Palmer | 22 | | | |
| 2008 | Courtney Carroll | Fairbanks | 25 | | | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2007 | Blair Chenoweth | Anchorage | 25 | | | | Previously Miss Alaska 2003 |
| 2006 | Noelle Meyer | Anchorage | 25 | | | | |
| 2005 | Aleah Scheick | Anchorage | 22 | | | | |
| 2004 | Cari Leyva | Anchorage | 20 | | | | Later Miss Alaska 2007 |
| 2003 | Stacey Storey | Eagle River | 23 | | | | Previously Miss Alaska 1995 |
| 2002 | Christine Olejniczak | Palmer | 20 | | | | Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 2000 |
| 2001 | Ivette Fernandez | Fairbanks | 25 | | | | |
| 2000 | Laurie Ann Miller | Palmer | 21 | | | | Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 1997 |
| 1999 | Anna Ruble | Anchorage | 26 | | | | |
| 1998 | Pamela Kott | Anchorage | 27 | | | | Daughter of Pete Kott, state representative for District 17, imprisoned for corruption |
| 1997 | Rea Bavilla | Unalaska | 23 | | | | |
| 1996 | Janelle Canady | Eagle River | 23 | | | | |
| 1995 | Theresa Lindley | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1994 | Dawn Stuvek | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1993 | Teresa Gates | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1992 | Kelly Quirk | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1991 | Tiffany Smith | Tok | | | | | |
| 1990 | Karin Meyer | Anchorage | | | Top 6 | | |
| 1989 | Tina Geraci | Eagle River | | | | | |
| 1988 | Raun Reaves | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1987 | Shelly Dunlevy | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1986 | Kim Christopher-Taylor | Homer | 21 | | | | |
| 1985 | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1984 | Sherri McNealley | Fort Wainwright | | | | | |
| 1983 | Amy Harms | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1982 | Toni Lynn McFadden | Fairbanks | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1981 | Shelly Brunaugh | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1980 | Debby Fickus | Fairbanks | | | | | Sister of Linda Kay Fickus, Miss Alaska Teen USA 1983 |
| 1979 | Kimberley Fidler | North Pole | | | | | |
| 1978 | Barbara Samuelson | Anchorage | | | Top 12 | | |
| 1977 | Edith Baker | North Pole | 21 | | | | |
| 1976 | Liz Staib | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1975 | Andie Higgins | Fairbanks | 19 | | | | |
| 1974 | Cynthia Dickerson | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1973 | Wendy Curwen | Chugach | 21 | | | | |
| 1972 | Patricia Lane | Anchorage | | | Top 12 | Best State Costume | |
| 1971 | Katherine Hartman | Fairbanks | | | | Best State Costume | |
| 1970 | Therese Press | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1969 | Linda Louise Rowley | Fairbanks | | | | Best State Costume | |
| 1968 | Sharon Long | Anchorage | | | | | |
| 1967 | Mary Lou Helfrich | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1966 | Elrita Blakensop | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1965 | Carla Sullivan | Fairbanks | | | | Best State Costume | |
| 1964 | Patricia Marlin | North Pole | | | 2nd Runner-Up | | |
| 1963 | Nina Whaley | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1962 | Teresa Hanson | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1961 | Judy Onstad | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1960 | Evelyn Bly | Fairbanks | | | | | |
| 1959 | Anna Lekanof | St. George | | | | | |
| 1958 | Elenor Moses | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1957 | Martha Lehmann | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1956 | Barbare Sellar | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1955 | Lorna McLeod | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1954 | Charleen Lander | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1953 | Muriel Hagberg | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |
| 1952 | Shirley Burnett | | | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |