Miss West Virginia USA
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
in the Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
pageant.
West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner. After an eighteen year drought that ended in 2005, two West Virginian delegates placed within five years: Kristen Morrison in 2005 and Jessi Pierson in 2009.
One Miss West Virginia USA has held the Miss West Virginia Teen USA
Miss West Virginia Teen USA
The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.The current titleholder is Miss Susan Hines King of Fairmont, West Virginia....
title and competed at Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....
, and two have competed at Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
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Results summary
- 1st runners-up: Kelly Anderson (1984)
- 2nd runners-up: Ruth Parr (1957)
- Top 10: Jessi Pierson (2009)
- Top 12: Paula Morrison (1987)
- Top 15: Wilda Estep (1959), Garnett Pugh (1960), Kathy McManaway (1961), Kristin MorrisonKristin MorrisonKristin Morrison-Flowers is a beauty queen from Ripley, West Virginia who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Morrison first competed for the Miss West Virginia USA title in 2004 when she placed in the top five. She returned the following year, and won the Miss West Virginia USA 2005 title...
(2005)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2011 Miss USA 2011 Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end... |
Whitney Veach | Petersburg Petersburg, West Virginia Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:... |
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| 2010 Miss USA 2010 Miss USA 2010, the 59th edition of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, crowned her successor, Rima Fakih of Michigan as Miss USA 2010 at the... |
Erica Jade Goldsmith | Mineral Wells Mineral Wells, West Virginia Mineralwells, also known as Mineral Wells, is a census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
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| 2009 Miss USA 2009 Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009... |
Jessi Pierson Jessi Pierson Jessi Pierson is a beauty queen from Milton, West Virginia who was crowned Miss West Virginia USA 2009. She placed in the top 10 in the Miss USA 2009 pageant and was also voted "Miss Photogenic".-External links:* Miss USA profile... |
Milton Milton, West Virginia Milton is a town in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2000 census.Milton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649... |
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| 2008 Miss USA 2008 Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee... |
Skylene Montgomery Skylene Montgomery Skylene Montgomery is a pageant titleholder from Parkersburg, West Virginia who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008.... |
Parkersburg | Ms. West Virginia United States 2006 | |||
| 2007 Miss USA 2007 Miss USA 2007, the 56th Miss USA pageant, was held in Hollywood, California, on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition. The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith, of Tennessee.... |
Kasey Montgomery Kasey Montgomery Kasey Montgomery is a beauty queen from Petersburg, West Virginia who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Montgomery won the Miss West Virginia USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Flatwoods on 22 October 2006. Her "sister" titleholder was Chelsea Welch of West Union... |
Petersburg Petersburg, West Virginia Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:... |
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| 2006 Miss USA 2006 Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky... |
Jessica Wedge Jessica Wedge Jessica Rae Wedge is a beauty queen from Evans, West Virginia who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Wedge won the Miss West Virginia USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in Flatwoods, West Virginia in late 2005. It was her first attempt at the title. Wedge represented West Virginia in the... |
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| 2005 Miss USA 2005 Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005... |
Kristin Morrison Kristin Morrison Kristin Morrison-Flowers is a beauty queen from Ripley, West Virginia who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Morrison first competed for the Miss West Virginia USA title in 2004 when she placed in the top five. She returned the following year, and won the Miss West Virginia USA 2005 title... |
Ripley Ripley, West Virginia Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.-Geography:Ripley is located at , along Mill Creek.... |
24 | Top 15 | Current titleholder manager of the Miss West Virginia USA and Miss West Virginia Teen USA Miss West Virginia Teen USA The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.The current titleholder is Miss Susan Hines King of Fairmont, West Virginia.... pageants under her married name, Kristin Flowers |
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| 2004 Miss USA 2004 The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri... |
Carolyn Jennings | Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area... |
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| 2003 Miss USA 2003 The Miss USA 2003 pageant was held in San Antonio, Texas March 24, 2003, the first time it had been held in this state since 1996 when the pageant was held in South Padre Island... |
Amy Thomason | Buckhannon Buckhannon, West Virginia Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,725 at the 2000 census. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival,... |
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| 2002 Miss USA 2002 The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas.... |
Angela Davenport | Montgomery Montgomery, West Virginia Montgomery is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Most of the city is in Fayette County, with the remainder in Kanawha County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,942 .... |
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| 2001 Miss USA 2001 Miss USA 2001, the 50th edition of the Miss USA pageant was held at the Genesis Convention Center, Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2001. The event was won by Kandace Krueger of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing queen Lynnette Cole of Tennessee.... |
Karen Long | Barboursville Barboursville, West Virginia Barboursville is a village in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. It is located near the second largest city in the state, Huntington. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census.... |
Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 2001 | |||
| 2000 Miss USA 2000 Miss USA 2000, the forty-ninth Miss USA pageant, was held in Branson, Missouri at The Grand Palace on February 4, 2000.At the conclusion of the final competition, Lynnette Cole of Tennessee was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kimberly Pressler of New York.... |
Tara Wilson Tara Wilson (pageant titleholder) Tara Shae Wilson is a former Miss West Virginia USA.She is the only state titleholder to hold 3 state titles and competed in two national competitions. Tara was also Miss West Virginia Association of Fairs & Festivals and WV Homecoming Queen... |
Sistersville Sistersville, West Virginia Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. The Sistersville Ferry crosses the Ohio River to the unincorporated community of Fly in Monroe County, Ohio.-Geography:... |
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| 1999 Miss USA 1999 Miss USA 1999, the forty-eighth Miss USA pageant, was held at the Grande Palace Theatre in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 1999.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kimberly Pressler of New York, was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts... |
Amanda Burns | Previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA Miss West Virginia Teen USA The Miss West Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.The current titleholder is Miss Susan Hines King of Fairmont, West Virginia.... 1997, Later Mrs. West Virginia America 2004 under her married name, Amanda Duffy. |
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| 1998 Miss USA 1998 Miss USA 1998, the 47th Miss USA pageant, was held in Shreveport, Louisiana in March, 1998. The preliminary competition was held on 6 March 1998 and the final competition on 10 March 1998... |
Susan Booth | |||||
| 1997 Miss USA 1997 Miss USA 1997, the forty-sixth Miss USA pageant, was held at Shreveport, Louisiana in January and February, 1997. Delegates arrived in the city on January 19, the preliminary competition was held on February 2, 1997 and the final competition on February 5, 1997... |
Natalie Bevins | Parkersburg | ||||
| 1996 Miss USA 1996 Miss USA 1996, the forty-fifth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 2, 1996.... |
Regina Fisher | Glenville Glenville, West Virginia Glenville is a town in and the county seat of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Glenville State College.-History:... |
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| 1995 Miss USA 1995 Miss USA 1995, the forty-fourth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 10, 1995.... |
Tracy Holcomb | |||||
| 1994 Miss USA 1994 Miss USA 1994, the 43rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the South Padre Island Convention Centre on South Padre Island, Texas on 11 February 1994... |
Linda Bailey | Charleston Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early... |
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| 1993 Miss USA 1993 Miss USA 1993, the 42nd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 19 February 1993.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kenya Moore of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California... |
Jennifer Johnson | Huntington Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at... |
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| 1992 Miss USA 1992 Miss USA 1992, the 41st Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 7 February 1992.At the conclusion of the final competition, Shannon Marketic of California was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kelli McCarty of Kansas... |
Vickie Myers | Parkersburg Parkersburg, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing... |
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| 1991 Miss USA 1991 Miss USA 1991, the 40th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 22 February 1991.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelli McCarty of Kansas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Carole Gist of Michigan... |
Krista Ransbottom | Huntington Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at... |
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| 1990 Miss USA 1990 Miss USA 1990, the 39th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on March 2, 1990.At the conclusion of the final competition, Carole Gist of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Gretchen Polhemus of Texas... |
Sabrina Anderson | Hinton Hinton, West Virginia Hinton is a city in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,880 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Summers County. Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897. Hinton was named for John "Jack" Hinton, a prominent lawyer of Summers County and husband of... |
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| 1989 | Kathy Eicher | Huntington | ||||
| 1988 | Cathy Fowler | Huntington | ||||
| 1987 | Paula Morrison | Barboursville | 22 | Semi-finalist | Semifinalist at Miss International Miss International Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador... 1987 |
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| 1986 | Shonna Lyons | Parkersburg | ||||
| 1985 | Lorre Lewis | Barboursville | ||||
| 1984 | Kelly Anderson | Clarksburg Clarksburg, West Virginia Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area... |
23 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss West Virginia Miss West Virginia The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss America pageant.- Winners :- External links :*... 1982, later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 Miss World 1984 The 34th Miss World Pageant was held on 15 November 1984 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal from Venezuela. The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Constance Ellen Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. It was hosted by... |
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| 1983 | Jill Rigsby | Huntington | ||||
| 1982 | Cindy Baniak | Star City Star City, West Virginia Star City is a small town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,366 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
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| 1981 | Kelly Carr | |||||
| 1980 | Linda Hendrick | Wiley Ford Wiley Ford, West Virginia Wiley Ford is a census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States and part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'... |
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| 1979 | Candice (Candy) Boggs | Keyser | 21 | |||
| 1978 | Deborah Davis | Later Miss West Virginia Miss West Virginia The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss America pageant.- Winners :- External links :*... 1979 |
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| 1977 | Pat Brown | Shepherdstown Shepherdstown, West Virginia Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Potomac River. It is the oldest town in the state, having been chartered in 1762 by Colonial Virginia's General Assembly. Since 1863, Shepherdstown has been in West Virginia, and is the oldest town in... |
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| 1976 | Cheryl Plants | |||||
| 1975 | Joyce Myers | Wheeling Wheeling -Places in the United States of America:*Wheeling, Illinois*Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana*Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana*Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana*Wheeling, Missouri*Wheeling, West Virginia... |
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| 1974 | Kim Nuzum | Wheeling Wheeling -Places in the United States of America:*Wheeling, Illinois*Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana*Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana*Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana*Wheeling, Missouri*Wheeling, West Virginia... |
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| 1973 | Kathy Rowand | Pinch Pinch Pinch may refer to:* Pinch , the gripping of part of a substance, such as a powder or the skin* Pinch , a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice* Pinch, West Virginia-Mathematics and Science:... |
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| 1972 | Diane McCutcheon | Wheeling Wheeling -Places in the United States of America:*Wheeling, Illinois*Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana*Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana*Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana*Wheeling, Missouri*Wheeling, West Virginia... |
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| 1971 | Peggy Tennant | |||||
| 1970 | Sharon Alberti | Weirton | ||||
| 1969 | Betty Grimmer | Wheeling Wheeling -Places in the United States of America:*Wheeling, Illinois*Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana*Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana*Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana*Wheeling, Missouri*Wheeling, West Virginia... |
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| 1968 | Patricia Coyne | Wheeling Wheeling -Places in the United States of America:*Wheeling, Illinois*Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana*Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana*Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana*Wheeling, Missouri*Wheeling, West Virginia... |
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| 1967 | Pamela Young | |||||
| 1966 | Annette Peery | |||||
| 1964-1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Nina Lou Denton | |||||
| 1962 | Nicki Galais | |||||
| 1961 | Kathy McManaway | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1960 | Garnett Pugh | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Wilda Estep | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Mary Guthrie | |||||
| 1957 | Ruth Parr | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | Janet Cardi | |||||
| 1955 | Barbara Tucker | |||||
| 1954 | Sandra Waggy | |||||
| 1953 | Fay Higley | |||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant