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{{for|the state pageant affiliated with [[Miss America]]|Miss Missouri}}
{{for|the state pageant affiliated with [[Miss America]]|Miss Missouri}}
{{Short description|Beauty pageant competition}}
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|headquarters = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
| headquarters = [[Shawnee, Kansas]], U.S.
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The ''' Miss Missouri USA '''competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state [[Missouri]] in the [[Miss USA]] pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in [[Lenexa, Kansas]]. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
The ''' Miss Missouri USA '''competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state [[Missouri]] in the [[Miss USA]] pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in [[Lenexa, Kansas]]. 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. 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.
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. The most recent placement was Mikala McGhee in 2022, placing Top 16. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at [[Miss America]], including Finnessey. 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.


Miriah Jo Ludtke of [[St. Louis]] was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2019 on September 16, 2018 at [[Isle of Capri Boonville|Isle of Capri Casino Hotel]] in [[Boonville, Missouri|Boonville]]. She represented Missouri for the title of Miss USA 2019 on May 2, 2019 in [[Reno, Nevada]].
Ashleigh Bedwell of [[Campbell, Missouri|Campbell]] was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2024 on June 15, 2024 at Polsky Theater in [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]]. She will represent Missouri at [[Miss USA 2024]].


==Gallery of titleholders==
==Gallery of titleholders==
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*'''Miss USA's:''' [[Shandi Finnessey]] (2004)
*'''Miss USA's:''' [[Shandi Finnessey]] (2004)
*'''2nd runners-up:''' Carolyn Carlew (1952), Sandra Lee Marlin (1963), Melanie Breedlove (1998)
*'''2nd runners-up:''' Carolyn Carlew (1952), Sandra Lee Marlin (1963), Melanie Breedlove (1998)
*'''3rd runners-up:''' Nancy Rebecca Rich (1971), Sandy Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
*'''3rd runners-up:''' Nancy Rebecca Rich (1971), Sandra Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
*'''4th runners-up:''' Karen Hendrix (1967)
*'''4th runners-up:''' Karen Hendrix (1967)
*'''Top 5:''' Larissa Meek, (2001)
*'''Top 5:''' Larissa Meek, (2001)
*'''Top 10'''/'''12:''' Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995), [[Amber Seyer]] (2007), [[Candice Crawford]] (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2016), [[Bayleigh Dayton]] (2017)
*'''Top 10'''/'''12:''' Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995), [[Amber Seyer]] (2007), [[Candice Crawford]] (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2016), Bayleigh Dayton (2017)
*'''Top 15'''/'''16'''/'''19:''' Alice Jean Porritt (1954), Barbara Jayne Stell (1959), Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960), Hope Driskill (2011)
*'''Top 15'''/'''16'''/'''20:''' Alice Jean Porritt (1954), Barbara Jayne Stell (1959), Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960), Hope Driskill (2011), Megan Renee Kelly (2020), Mikala McGhee (2022)


'''Missouri''' holds a record of 24 placements at [[Miss USA]].
'''Missouri''' holds a record of 26 placements at [[Miss USA]].


===Awards===
===Awards===
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! width=5% | Year
! width=5% | Year
! width=20%| Name
! width=15%| Name
! width=10%| Hometown
! width=15%| Hometown
! width=3%|Age<sup>1</sup>
! width=3%|Age{{efn|Age at the time of crowning}}
! width=12%| Local title
! width=14%| Placement at Miss USA
! width=14%| Placement at Miss USA
! width=17%| Special awards at Miss USA
! width=17%| Special awards at Miss USA
! width=31%| Notes
! width=31%| Notes
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| [[Miss USA 2024|2024]]
| Ashleigh Bedwell
| [[Campbell, Missouri|Campbell]]
| 25
| Miss Heartland
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| [[Miss USA 2023|2023]]
| Autumn Black
| [[Kansas City]]
| 24
| Miss Kansas City
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| [[Miss USA 2022|2022]]
| Mikala McGhee
| [[St. Louis]]
| 28
| Miss St. Louis
| Top 16
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| Appeared on [[MTV]] reality show ''[[Made (TV series)|Made]]''
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| [[Miss USA 2021|2021]]
| Joye Forrest
| [[Spanish Lake, Missouri|Spanish Lake]]
| 25
| Miss Spanish Lake
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| Former professional cheerleader of [[Laker Girls]]
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| [[Miss USA 2020|2020]]
| [[Miss USA 2020|2020]]
| Megan Renee Kelly
| colspan="6" align="center"|'''Miss Missouri USA 2020''' will be held on December 1, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missmissouriusa.com/info.html|title=Competition Info|publisher=Miss Missouri USA|accessdate=May 3, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Seymour, Missouri|Seymour]]
| 22
| Miss Springfield
| Top 16
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|[[Miss USA 2019|2019]]
| [[Miss USA 2019|2019]]
|Miriah Jo Ludtke
| Miriah Ludtke
|[[St. Louis]]
| [[St. Louis]]
|24
| 24
| Miss City of St. Louis
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| [[Osage Beach, Missouri|Osage Beach]]
| [[Osage Beach, Missouri|Osage Beach]]
| 26
| 26
| Miss Osage Beach
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| [[Miss USA 2017|2017]]
| [[Miss USA 2017|2017]]
| [[Bayleigh Dayton]]
| Bayleigh Dayton
| [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]]
| [[Lee's Summit, Missouri|Lee's Summit]]
| 23
| 23
| Miss Kansas City
| Top 10
| Top 10
| Miss Congeniality (tied with [[Miss Wyoming USA]] 2017 [[Mikaela Shaw]])
| Miss Congeniality (tied with [[Miss Wyoming USA]] 2017 [[Mikaela Shaw]])
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*Later a HouseGuest on ''[[Big Brother 20 (U.S.)|Big Brother 20]]''
*Later a 2x HouseGuest on ''[[Big Brother (American TV series)|Big Brother]]''
*First ever [[African-American]] Miss Missouri USA
*First ever [[African-American]] Miss Missouri USA
*Later a contestant in ''[[The Challenge: Total Madness]]''
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| [[Miss USA 2016|2016]]
| [[Miss USA 2016|2016]]
| Sydnee Stottlemyre
| Sydnee Stottlemyre
| [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]]
| [[Chesterfield, Missouri|Chesterfield]]
| 22
| 21
| Miss Wildhorse Creeks
| Top 10
| Top 10
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| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| 23
| 23
| Miss Columbia
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| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
| 23
| 23
| Miss Creve Coeur
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| Previously [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 2010
* Previously [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 2010
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| [[Miss USA 2013|2013]]
| [[Miss USA 2013|2013]]
| Ellie Holtman{{cn|date=October 2023}}
| Ellie Holtman<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Missouri USA 2013 is Ellie Holtman|url=http://beautypageantnews.com/miss-missouri-usa-2013-is-ellie-holtman/|accessdate=January 25, 2013|newspaper=Beauty Pageant News|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Montgomery City, Missouri|Montgomery City]]
| [[Montgomery City, Missouri|Montgomery City]]
| 20
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| Miss Montgomery
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| [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]
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| Miss St. Louis
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| [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
| [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
| 21
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| Miss Jefferson City
| Top 16
| Top 16
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| Contestant of ''[[Survivor: Caramoan]]'' as a part of "fans" tribe
*Contestant of ''[[Survivor: Caramoan]]'' as a part of "fans" tribe
*Cousin of Hayden Brax, [[Miss Kansas USA]] 2020
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| [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
| [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
| 21
| 21
| Miss Cole County
| Top 10
| Top 10
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| [[KMIZ-TV|ABC 17 KMIZ]] Evening News Anchor
| [[KMIZ-TV|ABC 17 KMIZ]] Evening News Anchor
|-Overnight News Anchor at Fox News Channel in NY
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| [[Miss USA 2009|2009]]
| [[Miss USA 2009|2009]]
| Stacey Smith
| Stacey Smith
| [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]]
| [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]]
| 22
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| Miss Florissant
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| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| 21
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| Top 10
| Top 10
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| [[Oran, Missouri|Oran]]
| [[Oran, Missouri|Oran]]
| 20
| 20
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| Top 10
| Top 10
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| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
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| 22
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| [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
| [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
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| Contestant on ''[[Beauty and the Geek]]'', season 3
| Contestant on ''[[Beauty and the Geek]]'', season 3
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| rowspan=2 | [[Miss USA 2004|2004]]
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Miss USA 2004|2004]]'''
| [[Ashley Litton]]
| [[Ashley Litton]]
| [[Olathe, Kansas|Olathe, KS]]
| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| 20
| 20
| colspan="2" align="center"| ''Did not compete''
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*Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004
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*Assumed title when Shandi Finnessey won [[Miss USA]] title
*Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004
*Assumed the state title after 1st runner-up Danielle Crafton (when she already crowned a title unrelated to Miss USA system) declined the title when Shandi Finnessey won [[Miss USA]] title
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|-style="background-color:GOLD;"
| [[Shandi Finnessey]]
| '''[[Shandi Finnessey]]'''
| [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]]
| [[Florissant, Missouri|Florissant]]
| 25
| 25
| Miss Metro St. Louis
| '''Miss USA 2004'''
| '''Miss USA 2004'''
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| [[Gladstone, Missouri|Gladstone]]
| [[Gladstone, Missouri|Gladstone]]
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| 24
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| [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]
| [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]
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| Top 5
| Top 5
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| Previously [[Miss Illinois Teen USA]] 1990
* Previously [[Miss Illinois Teen USA]] 1990
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| 22
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| 2nd runner-up
| 2nd runner-up
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| Previously [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 1993
* Previously [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 1993
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| [[Miss USA 1997|1997]]
| [[Miss USA 1997|1997]]
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| [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St Joseph]]
| [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St Joseph]]
| 25
| 25
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| 24
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| [[Miss USA 1995|1995]]
| [[Miss USA 1995|1995]]
| Britt Powell
| Britt Powell
| Kansas City
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004 |title=2004 Mrs America |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=July 9, 2010}}</ref> Current director of Arizona pageants in Miss and Teen divisions.
* Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004 |title=2004 Mrs America |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624080946/http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2004 |archive-date=June 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Current director of Arizona pageants in Miss and Teen divisions.
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| Semi-finalist
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| Marshfield
| Marshfield
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| Mother of [[Miss Arkansas Teen USA]] 2016 Makenzie Sexton
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| [[Miss USA 1991|1991]]
| [[Miss USA 1991|1991]]
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| Mother of [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 2018 Chloe Bartlett
| Mother of [[Miss Missouri Teen USA]] 2018 Chloe Bartlett
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| [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]]
| [[Independence, Missouri|Independence]]
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| 3rd runner-up
| 3rd runner-up
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| Kansas City
| Kansas City
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| Amy Coverdale
| Amy Coverdale
| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| [[Miss USA 1984|1984]]
| [[Miss USA 1984|1984]]
| Sandy Percival
| Sandra Percival
| [[Sunrise Beach, Missouri|Sunrise Beach]]
| [[Sunrise Beach, Missouri|Sunrise Beach]]
| 20
| 20
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| 3rd runner-up
| 3rd runner-up
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| Later [[Miss International USA]] 1984 and competed at [[Miss International]] 1984, did not place
* Later [[Miss U.S. International|Miss International USA]] 1984 and competed at [[Miss International]] 1984, did not place
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| [[Miss USA 1983|1983]]
| [[Miss USA 1983|1983]]
| Robin Riley
| Robin Riley
| Columbia
| Columbia
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| Later [[Miss Missouri]] 1987, top 10 semifinalist for [[Miss America 1988]]
* Later [[Miss Missouri]] 1987, top 10 semifinalist for [[Miss America 1988]]
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| [[Miss USA 1982|1982]]
| [[Miss USA 1982|1982]]
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| Kansas City
| Kansas City
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| [[Fulton, Missouri|Fulton]]
| [[Fulton, Missouri|Fulton]]
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| Paula Taylor
| Paula Taylor
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| Connie Ast
| Connie Ast
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| Leigh Middleton
| Leigh Middleton
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| colspan="2" align="center"| ''Did not compete''
| colspan="2" align="center"| ''did not compete''
| Won the title of Miss Missouri USA 1977, but due to car accident, was unable to continue her reign or compete at [[Miss USA]]
| Won the title of Miss Missouri USA 1977, but due to car accident, was unable to continue her reign or compete at [[Miss USA]]
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| Donna Hibbitts
| Donna Hibbitts
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| Marshall
| Marshall
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| Nancy Rich
| Nancy Rich
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| 3rd runner-up
| 3rd runner-up
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| [[Miss USA 1970|1970]]
| [[Miss USA 1970|1970]]
| Suzette Grenham
| Suzette Grinham
| Independence
| Independence
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| 1969
| [[Miss USA 1969|1969]]
| Sherry Hoffman
| Sherry Hoffman
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| 1968
| [[Miss USA 1968|1968]]
| Jan Barton
| Jan Barton
| Macon
| Macon
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| 1967
| [[Miss USA 1967|1967]]
| Karen Hendrix
| Karen Hendrix
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| 4th runner-up
| 4th runner-up
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| 1966
| [[Miss USA 1966|1966]]
| Martha Taylor
| Martha Taylor
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| 1965
| [[Miss USA 1965|1965]]
| Barbara Brooks
| Barbara Brooks
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| 1964
| [[Miss USA 1964|1964]]
| Sandy Bawol
| Sandy Bawol
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| 1963
| [[Miss USA 1963|1963]]
| Sandra Marlin
| Sandra Marlin
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| 2nd runner-up
| 2nd runner-up
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| 1962
| [[Miss USA 1962|1962]]
| Mikee Campbell
| Mikee Campbell
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| 1961
| [[Miss USA 1961|1961]]
| Joan Roberts
| Joan Roberts
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| 1960
| [[Miss USA 1960|1960]]
| Marilyn Stalcup
| Marilyn Stalcup
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| 1959
| [[Miss USA 1959|1959]]
| Barbara Stell
| Barbara Stell
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| 1958
| [[Miss USA 1958|1958]]
| Beverly Wright
| Beverly Wright
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| 1957
| [[Miss USA 1957|1957]]
| Judith Murback
| Judith Murback
| Sikeston, Missouri
| [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]]
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| 1956
| [[Miss USA 1956|1956]]
| Carol Thrower
| Carol Thrower
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| 1955
| [[Miss USA 1955|1955]]
| Bennie Pritchard
| Bennie Pritchard
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| 1954
| [[Miss USA 1954|1954]]
| Alice Porritt
| Alice Porritt
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| Semi-finalist
| Semi-finalist
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| 1953
| [[Miss USA 1953|1953]]
| Donna Gardner
| Donna Gardner
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| 1952
| [[Miss USA 1952|1952]]
| Carolyn Carlew
| Carolyn Carlew
| Sikeston<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Beauty List |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-1952-contestants/120358074/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |publisher=Independent |date=22 June 1952}}</ref>
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| 2nd runner-up
| 2nd runner-up
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<sup>1</sup> Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Miss USA state pageants|Missouri]]
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 6 August 2024

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Missouri.

Miss Missouri USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersShawnee, Kansas, U.S.
Location
MembershipMiss USA
Official language
English
Key people
John M. Vannatta
Jason Vannatta
Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. 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. The most recent placement was Mikala McGhee in 2022, placing Top 16. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey. 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.

Ashleigh Bedwell of Campbell was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2024 on June 15, 2024 at Polsky Theater in Overland Park. She will represent Missouri at Miss USA 2024.

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 Rich (1971), Sandra Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
  • 4th runners-up: Karen Hendrix (1967)
  • Top 5: Larissa Meek, (2001)
  • Top 10/12: Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995), Amber Seyer (2007), Candice Crawford (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2016), Bayleigh Dayton (2017)
  • Top 15/16/20: Alice Jean Porritt (1954), Barbara Jayne Stell (1959), Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960), Hope Driskill (2011), Megan Renee Kelly (2020), Mikala McGhee (2022)

Missouri holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Bayleigh Dayton (2017)

Winners

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year Name Hometown Age[a] Local title Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2024 Ashleigh Bedwell Campbell 25 Miss Heartland
2023 Autumn Black Kansas City 24 Miss Kansas City
2022 Mikala McGhee St. Louis 28 Miss St. Louis Top 16 Appeared on MTV reality show Made
2021 Joye Forrest Spanish Lake 25 Miss Spanish Lake Former professional cheerleader of Laker Girls
2020 Megan Renee Kelly Seymour 22 Miss Springfield Top 16
2019 Miriah Ludtke St. Louis 24 Miss City of St. Louis
2018 Victoria "Tori" Kruse Osage Beach 26 Miss Osage Beach
2017 Bayleigh Dayton Lee's Summit 23 Miss Kansas City Top 10 Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Wyoming USA 2017 Mikaela Shaw)
2016 Sydnee Stottlemyre Chesterfield 21 Miss Wildhorse Creeks Top 10 Triple crown winner
2015 Rebecca Dunn Columbia 23 Miss Columbia Game Day Host for the Missouri Mavericks and Entertainment Host for Fox 22. Former anchor at Newsy.com.
2014 Erica Sturdefant Springfield 23 Miss Creve Coeur
2013 Ellie Holtman[citation needed] Montgomery City 20 Miss Montgomery
2012 Katie Kearney St. Louis 23 Miss St. Louis
2011 Hope Driskill Jefferson City 21 Miss Jefferson City Top 16
2010 Ashley Strohmier Jefferson City 21 Miss Cole County Top 10 ABC 17 KMIZ Evening News Anchor
2009 Stacey Smith Florissant 22 Miss Florissant
2008 Candice Crawford Columbia 21 Top 10 Sister of actor Chace Crawford and wife of NFL quarterback Tony Romo.
2007 Amber Seyer Oran 20 Top 10
2006 Kristi Capel Springfield 22 Weather presenter at WBRE
2005 Andrea Ciliberti Kansas City 21 Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3
2004 Ashley Litton Columbia 20 did not compete
  • Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004
  • Assumed the state title after 1st runner-up Danielle Crafton (when she already crowned a title unrelated to Miss USA system) declined the title when Shandi Finnessey won Miss USA title
Shandi Finnessey Florissant 25 Miss Metro St. Louis Miss USA 2004
2003 Tara Bollinger 23
2002 Melana Scantlin Gladstone 24
2001 Larissa Meek St. Louis 23 Top 5
2000 Denette Roderick
1999 Teri Bollinger
1998 Melanie Breedlove 22 2nd runner-up
1997 Amanda Jahn St Joseph 25
1996 Aimee Rinehart 24
1995 Britt Powell Kansas City Semi-finalist
  • Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse;[1] Current director of Arizona pageants in Miss and Teen divisions.
1994 Shelly Lehman Semi-finalist
1993 Stephanie Nunn Marshfield Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2016 Dallas Ezard
1992 Tonya Snodgrass Mother of Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2016 Makenzie Sexton
1991 Tiffany Hazel
1990 Lori Suschnick Liberal Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2018 Chloe Bartlett
1989 Rhonda Hoglan
1988 Alecia Workman
1987 Dawn Fonseca Independence 22 3rd runner-up
1986 Barbara Webster Kansas City
1985 Amy Coverdale Columbia Semi-finalist
1984 Sandra Percival Sunrise Beach 20 3rd runner-up
1983 Robin Riley Columbia
1982 Susan Heiman Kansas City
1981 Karyn Smagacz Fulton
1980 Kelly Laxson Kansas City
1979 Virginia Dean
1978 Paula Taylor
1977 Connie Ast Successor to crown; Competed at Miss USA 1977
Leigh Middleton did not compete 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 McElven Semi-finalist
1973 Camilla Crist
1972 Janet Potter
1971 Nancy Rich 3rd runner-up
1970 Suzette Grinham 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 Marlin 2nd runner-up
1962 Mikee Campbell
1961 Joan Roberts
1960 Marilyn Stalcup Semi-finalist
1959 Barbara Stell Semi-finalist
1958 Beverly Wright
1957 Judith Murback Sikeston
1956 Carol Thrower
1955 Bennie Pritchard
1954 Alice Porritt Semi-finalist
1953 Donna Gardner
1952 Carolyn Carlew Sikeston[2] 18 2nd runner-up
  1. ^ Age at the time of crowning

References

  1. ^ "2004 Mrs America". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "U.S. Beauty List". Independent. 22 June 1952. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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