- Miss Maryland USA
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Maryland.
Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008
Michaé Holloman, Miss Maryland USA 2007The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.
Maryland had one winner in 1957: Leona Gage. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned.
Four Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only one Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.
From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.
Contents
Results summary
- Winners: Mary Leona Gage (1957) (dethroned)
- 1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968)
- 4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973),
- Top 8: Allyn Rose (2011)
- Top 10: Rowann Brewer (1988), Marina Harrison (2005)
- Top 11/12: Carol Theis (1971), Tonja Walker (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995)
- Top 15: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967) Rhonda Koch (1978)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Rowann Brewer (1988)
- Style Award: Megan Gunning (2001)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes 2011 Allyn Rose Newburg 22 Top 8 Miss Sinergy 2010 2010 Simone Feldman North Potomac 23 2009 Gabrielle Carlson Marion Station 24 2008 Casandra Tressler Damascus 22 Miss U.S. International 2010 2007 Michaé Holloman Bowie 25 Cheerleader for Washington Redskins 2006 Melissa DiGiulian Ocean City 20 2005 Marina Harrison[1] Severn 24 Top 10 Previously Miss Maryland 2003, 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2004 2004 Tia Shorts Gaithersburg 24 2003 Jamie Kramer Pasadena 2002 Mistie Adams Silver Spring 2001 Megan Gunning Fallston Style award 2000 Christie Davis Silver Spring Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994[2] 1999 Kelly Donohue 1998 Maria Lynn Sheriff 1997 Ann Coale Baltimore 1996 Michele Michael 1995 Jennifer Wilhoit Top 12 (9th) Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1991 1994 Wendy Davis Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000[2] 1993 Mary Ann Cimino Baltimore Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1990 1992 Renee Rebstock Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1987 1991 Lisa Lawson 1990 Julie Stanford Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1986 1989 Jackie Carroll Gaithersburg 1988 Rowann Brewer Silver Spring Semi-finalist (9th) Miss Photogenic Married rock musician Jani Lane. 1987 Michelle Snow Germantown 1986 Kelly Koehler 1985 Christine Marie Baldwin 1984 Betsy Cook Bethesda 1983 Shawn Keller Ashton 1982 Angie Boyer Dunkirk Semi-finalist 1981 Linda Lambert Baltimore Semi-finalist 1980 Tonja Walker Kingsville Semi-finalist (7th) Miss Teen All American 1979 1979 Jean Bourne Silver Spring 1978 Rhonda Koch 1977 Twyla Littleton 1976 Linda Lee Potter Adelphi 1975 Ellen Bowie Temple Hills 1974 Mary Jo Ruppert 1973 Betty Jo Grove 4th runner-up 1972 Patty Townsend 1971 Carol Theis Semi-finalist 1970 Beckie Price Camp Springs 1969 Ardis Fowler 1968 Paulette Reck 1st runner-up 2nd runner up at Miss World USA 1969 1967 Sandy Clevering Semi-finalist 1966 Roselaine Zetter Semi-finalist 1965 Barbara Keefer 1964 Royette Tarry Semi-finalist Represented Delaware in Miss World USA 1970, did not). 1963 Marsha Metrinko Represented New York City in the Miss America 1964 pageant.[3] Sister Michele Metrinko also competed at Miss USA 1963 as Miss District of Columbia and later represented the United States at Miss World.[3] 1962 Shelda Farley 1961 Gail Baxter 1960 Jerri Fiorilli 1959 Diane White Semi-finalist 3rd runner up at Miss World USA 1961, mother of Miss Georgia USA 1989[citation needed] 1958 Patricia Vogts 1957 Mary Leona Gage Winner Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children.[4] 1956 Charlene Holt Semi-finalist 1955 Gloria Ruth King 1954 Barbara Eschenburg Semi-finalist 1953 Diane Gale Durham 1952 Did Not Compete 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Meade, UMd. Grad Crowned Miss Maryland USA". WBALTV. 7 December 2004. http://www.wbaltv.com/r/3979213/detail.html.
- ^ a b "University Senior Wins Miss Maryland USA Pageant". Howard University. 1999-12-13. http://www.founders.howard.edu/communications/hh19991215MissMD.htm.
- ^ a b >"Miss USA roots sister on in Miss America bid". Hartford Courant. 1963-09-02. p. 20A.
- ^ Woestendiek, John (10 April 2005). "The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-missusa041005,0,6686993.story.
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