Miss USA

The **Miss USA** pageant is a beauty contest. It has been held every year since 1952. Winners compete in the Miss Universe pageant.

On November 29, 2021, Elle Smith of Kentucky became Miss USA 2021.

It used to be owned by billionaire businessman and television personality Donald Trump who was the 45th President of the United States since 2017. Since September 2015, the pageant has been owned by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and the International Management Group which are collectively known as WME-IMG.

## Winners

|Year|State|Winner|Placement at Miss Universe||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|2022|****|R'Bonney Gabriel|Miss Universe 2022|
|****|Morgan Romano|* 1st Runner-up at Miss USA * Took over Miss USA crown when R'Bonney Gabriel won Miss Universe|||
|2021|****|Elle Smith|Top 10||
|2020|****|Asya Branch|Top 21||
|2019|****|Cheslie Kryst|Top 10||
|2018|****|Sarah Rose Summers|Top 20||
|2017|****|Kára McCullough|Top 10||
|2016|****|Deshauna Barber|Top 9||
|2015|****|Olivia Jordan|2nd Runner-Up||
|2014|****|Nia Sanchez|1st Runnner-Up||
|2013|****|Erin Brady|Top 10||
|rowspan=2|2012|****|Olivia Culpo|Miss Universe 2012|
|****|Nana Meriwether|* 1st Runner-Up at Miss USA * Took over Miss USA crown when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe|||
|2011|****|Alyssa Campanella|Top 16||
|2010|****|Rima Fakih|Unplaced||
|2009|****|Kristen Dalton|Top 10||
|2008|****|Crystle Stewart|Top 10||
|2007|****|Rachel Smith|4th Runner-Up||
|2006|****|Tara Conner|4th Runner-Up||
|2005|****|Chelsea Cooley|Top 10||
|2004|****|Shandi Finnessey|1st Runner-Up||
|2003|****|Susie Castillo|Top 15||
|2002|****|Shauntay Hinton|Unplaced||
|2001|****|Kandace Krueger|2nd Runner-Up||
|2000|****|Lynnette Cole|Top 5||
|1999|****|Kimberly Pressler|Unplaced||
|1998|****|Shawnae Jebbia|Top 5||
|rowspan=2|1997|****|Brook Lee|Miss Universe 1997|
|****|Brandi Sherwood|*1st Runner-Up at Miss USA *Took over Miss USA crown when Brook Lee won Miss Universe|||
|1996|****|Ali Landry|Top 6||
|rowspan=2|1995|****|Chelsi Smith|Miss Universe 1995|
|****|Shanna Moakler|*1st Runner-Up at Miss USA *Took over Miss USA crown when Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe|||
|1994|****|Lu Parker|Top 6||
|1993|****|Kenya Moore|Top 6||
|1992|****|Shannon Marketic|Top 10||
|1991|****|Kelli McCarty|Top 6||
|1990|****|Carole Gist|1st Runner-Up||
|1989|****|Gretchen Polhemus|2nd Runner-Up||
|1988|****|Courtney Gibbs|Top 10||
|1987|****|Michelle Royer|2nd Runner-Up||
|1986|****|Christy Fichtner|1st Runner-Up||
|1985|****|Laura Martinez-Herring|Top 10||
|1984|****|Mai Shanley|Top 10||
|1983|****|Julie Hayek|1st Runner-Up||
|1982|****|Terri Utley|4th Runner-Up||
|1981|****|Kim Seelbrede|Top 12||
|rowspan=2|1980|****|Shawn Weatherly|Miss Universe 1980|
|****|Jineane Ford|*1st Runner-Up at Miss USA *Took over Miss USA crown when Shawn Weatherly won Miss Universe|||
|1979|****|Mary Therese Friel|Top 12||
|1978|****|Judi Andersen|1st Runner-Up||
|1977|****|Kimberly Tomes|Top 12||
|1976|****|Barbara Peterson|Unplaced||
|1975|****|Summer Bartholomew|2nd Runner-Up||
|1974|****|Karen Morrison|Top 12||
|1973|****|Amanda Jones|1st Runner-Up||
|1972|****|Tanya Wilson|Top 12||
|1971|****|Michele McDonald|Top 12||
|1970|****|Deborah Shelton|1st Runner-Up||
|1969|****|Wendy Dascomb|Top 15||
|1968|****|Dorothy Anstett|4th Runner-Up||
|rowspan=2|1967|****|Sylvia Hitchcock|Miss Universe 1967|
|****|Cheryl Patton|*2nd Runner-Up at Miss USA *Took over Miss USA title after 1st Runner-Up Susan Bradley of California  declined when Sylvia Hitchcock  won Miss Universe|||
|1966|****|Maria Remenyi|Top 15||
|1965|****|Sue Ann Downey|2nd Runner-Up||
|1964|****|Bobbi Johnson|Top 15||
|1963|****|Marite Ozers|Top 15||
|1962|****|Macel Wilson|Top 15||
|1961|****|Sharon Brown|4th Runner-Up||
|1960|****|Linda Bement|Miss Universe 1960||
|1959|****|Terry Lynn Huntingdon|2nd Runner-Up||
|1958|****|Eurlyne Howell|3rd Runner-Up||
|rowspan=2|1957|****|Mary Leona Gage|Disqualified  (note: was officially announced as Top 15 Semi-Finalist at the time of her disqualification)|
|****|Charlotte Sheffield|*Succeeded Mary Leona Gage as Miss USA 1957 after Gage was dethroned *She competed at Miss World 1957, but was a non-finalist|||
|1956|****|Carol Morris|Miss Universe 1956||
|1955|****|Carlene King Johnson|Top 15||
|1954|****|Miriam Stevenson|Miss Universe 1954||
|1953|****|Myrna Hansen|1st Runner-Up||
|1952|****|Jackie Loughery|Top 10||