- Miss Missouri USA
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Missouri.
Candice Crawford, Miss Missouri USA 2008
Amber Seyer, Miss Missouri USA 2007
Shandi Finnessey Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st Runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant.
Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey who is one of only two Miss USA winners since 1980 to win the Miss USA title. Six former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.
Contents
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA's: Shandi Finnessey (2004)
- 2nd runners-up: Carolyn Carlew (1952), Sandra Lee Marlin (1963), Melanie Breedlove (1998)
- 3rd runners-up: Nancy Rebecca (1971), Sandy Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
- 4th runners-up: Karen Hendrix (1967), Larissa Meek (2001)
- Top 10: Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Amber Seyer (2007), Candice Crawford (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010)
- Top 12: Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995)
- Top 15: Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960)
- Top 16: Hope Driskill (2011)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes 2012 Katie Kearney TBD 2011 Hope Driskill Jefferson City 21 Top 16 2010 Ashley Strohmier Jefferson City 21 Top 10 2009 Stacey Smith Florissant 22 2008 Candice Crawford Columbia 21 Top 10 Sister of Chace Crawford 2007 Amber Seyer Oran 20 Top 10 Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003 2006 Kristi Capel Springfield 22 Weather Forecaster at WBRE 2005 Andrea Ciliberti Kansas City 21 Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3 2004 Ashley Litton Olathe 20 Top 15 Semi-Finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004; Assumed title when Shandi Finnessey won Miss USA title Shandi Finnessey Florissant 25 Winner 1st runner up at Miss Universe 2004, previously Miss Missouri 2002, 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000 2003 Tara Bollinger 23 2002 Melana Scantlin Gladstone 24 Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1995 and top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1995, Reality TV star (Average Joe) 2001 Larissa Meek St. Louis 23 4th Runner-Up Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Reality TV star (Average Joe) 2000 Denette Roderick 1999 Teri Bollinger Previously Miss Illinois Teen USA 1990 1998 Melanie Breedlove 22 2nd Runner-Up Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1993 1997 Amanda Jahn St Joseph 25 1996 Aimee Rinehart 24 1995 Britt Powell Semi-Finalist Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse.[1]; Current director of the Miss Arizona USA, Miss Arizona Teen USA, Miss Utah USA, and Miss Utah Teen USA pageants. 1994 Shelly Lehman Semi-Finalist 1993 Stephanie Nunn Springfield 1992 Tonya Snodgrass 1991 Tiffany Hazel 1990 Lori Suschnick 1989 Rhonda Hoglan Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1985, 3rd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1985 1988 Alecia Workman 1987 Dawn Fonseca Independence 22 3rd Runner-Up 1986 Barbara Webster Kansas City Previously Miss Missouri 1983, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1984 1985 Amy Ruth Coverdale Columbia Semi-Finalist 1984 Sandy Percival Sunrise Beach 20 3rd Runner-Up Later Miss International USA 1984 and competed at Miss International 1984, did not place 1983 Robin Elizabeth Riley Columbia Later Miss Missouri 1987, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1988 1982 Susan Heiman Kansas City 1981 Karyn Smagacz Fulton 1980 Kelly Laxson Kansas City, MO 1979 Virginia Dean 1978 Paula Anita Taylor 1977 Connie Ast Successor to crown; Competed at Miss USA 1977 Leigh Ann Middleton Won the title of Miss Missouri USA 1977, but due to car accident, was unable to continue her reign or compete at Miss USA 1976 Donna Hibbitts Semi-Finalist 1975 Nancy LaRose Marshall Semi-Finalist 1974 Dorothy Ann McElven Semi-Finalist 1973 Camilla Crist 1972 Janet Potter 1971 Nancy Rebecca 3rd Runner-Up 1970 Suzette Grenham Independence 1969 Sherry Hoffman 1968 Jan Barton Macon 1967 Karen Hendrix 4th Runner-Up 1966 Martha Taylor 1965 Barbara Brooks 1964 Sandy Bawol 4th runner up in Miss World USA 1963 1963 Sandra Lee Marlin 2nd Runner-Up 1962 Mikee Campbell 1961 Joan Roberts 1960 Marilyn Jean Stalcup Semi-Finalist 1959 Barbara Jayne Stell 1958 Beverly Sue Wright 1957 Judith Ann Murback 1956 Carol Rae Thrower 1955 Bennie Joan Pritchard 1954 Alice Jean Porritt 1953 Donna Gardner 1952 Carolyn Carlew 2nd Runner-Up 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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