- Miss West Virginia USA
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The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss 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 title and competed at Miss Teen USA, and two have competed at Miss America.
Contents
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 Morrison (2005)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes 2011 Whitney Veach Petersburg 24 2003 Miss West Virginia Teen USA 2010 Erica Jade Goldsmith Mineral Wells 23 2009 Jessi Pierson Milton 21 Top 10 Miss Photogenic 2008 Skylene Montgomery Parkersburg Ms. West Virginia United States 2006 2007 Kasey Montgomery Petersburg 23 2006 Jessica Wedge Evans 22 2005 Kristin Morrison Ripley 24 Top 15 Current titleholder manager of the Miss West Virginia USA and Miss West Virginia Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kristin Flowers[1] 2004 Carolyn Jennings Morgantown 21 2003 Amy Thomason Buckhannon 2002 Angela Davenport Montgomery 2001 Karen Long Barboursville Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 2001 2000 Tara Wilson Sistersville 1999 Amanda Burns Previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997, Later Mrs. West Virginia America 2004 under her married name, Amanda Duffy.[2] 1998 Susan Booth 1997 Natalie Bevins Parkersburg 1996 Regina Fisher Glenville 1995 Tracy Holcomb 1994 Linda Bailey Charleston 1993 Jennifer Johnson Huntington 1992 Vickie Myers Parkersburg 1991 Krista Ransbottom Huntington 1990 Sabrina Anderson Hinton 1989 Kathy Eicher Huntington 1988 Cathy Fowler Huntington 1987 Paula Morrison Barboursville 22 Semi-finalist Semifinalist at Miss International 1987 1986 Shonna Lyons Parkersburg 1985 Lorre Lewis Barboursville 1984 Kelly Anderson Clarksburg 23 1st runner-up Previously Miss West Virginia 1982, later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 1983 Jill Rigsby Huntington 1982 Cindy Baniak Star City 1981 Kelly Carr 1980 Linda Hendrick Wiley Ford 1979 Candice (Candy) Boggs Keyser 21 1978 Deborah Davis Later Miss West Virginia 1979 1977 Pat Brown Shepherdstown 1976 Cheryl Plants 1975 Joyce Myers Wheeling 1974 Kim Nuzum Wheeling 1973 Kathy Rowand Pinch 1972 Diane McCutcheon Wheeling 1971 Peggy Tennant 1970 Sharon Alberti Weirton 1969 Betty Grimmer Wheeling 1968 Patricia Coyne Wheeling 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
References
- ^ "Staff". http://www.misswestvirginiausa.com/staff.html. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
External links
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