Miss Missouri USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Kansas City |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official 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. 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 Casino Hotel in Boonville. She represented Missouri for the title of Miss USA 2019 on May 2, 2019 in Reno, Nevada.
Gallery of titleholders
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Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri USA 2001 -
Shandi Finnessey Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004 -
Amber Seyer, Miss Missouri USA 2007 -
Candice Crawford, Miss Missouri USA 2008 -
Katie Kearney, Miss Missouri USA 2012
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), Sandy Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
- 4th runners-up: Karen Hendrix (1967)
- Top 5: Larissa Meek, (2001)
- Top 10: Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Amber Seyer (2007), Candice Crawford (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2016), Bayleigh Dayton (2017)
- Top 12: Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995)
- Top 15: Barbara Jayne Stell (1959), Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960)
- Top 16: Hope Driskill (2011)
- Top 19: Alice Jean Porritt (1954)
- Missouri holds a record of 24 placements at Miss USA.
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2020 | Miss Missouri USA 2020 will be held on December 1, 2019[1] | |||||
| 2019 | Miriah Jo Ludtke | St. Louis | 24 | |||
| 2018 | Tori Kruse | Osage Beach | 26 | |||
| 2017 | Bayleigh Dayton | Lee's Summit | 23 | Top 10 | Tied for Miss Congeniality with Miss Wyoming USA |
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| 2016 | Sydnee Stottlemyre | Chesterfield | 22 | Top 10 |
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| 2015 | Rebecca Marie Dunn | Columbia | 23 | Game Day Host for the Missouri Mavericks and Entertainment Host for Fox 22. Former anchor at Newsy.com. | ||
| 2014 | Erica Danielle Sturdefant | Springfield | 23 | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2010 | ||
| 2013 | Ellie Holtman[2] | Montgomery City | 20 | |||
| 2012 | Katie Kearney | St. Louis | 23 | |||
| 2011 | Hope Driskill | Jefferson City | 21 | Top 16 | Contestant of Survivor: Caramoan as a part of "fans" tribe | |
| 2010 | Ashley Strohmier | Jefferson City | 21 | Top 10 | ABC 17 KMIZ Evening News Anchor | |
| 2009 | Stacey Smith | Florissant | 22 | |||
| 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 | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003 and wife of baseball pitcher Barry Zito. | |
| 2006 | Kristi Marie Capel | Springfield | 22 | Weather Forecaster at WBRE | ||
| 2005 | Andrea Ciliberti | Kansas City | 21 | Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3 | ||
| 2004 | Ashley Renee Litton | Olathe, KS | 20 | Did not compete | Top 15 Semi-Finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004; Assumed title when Shandi Finnessey won Miss USA title | |
| Shandi Finnessey | Florissant | 25 | Miss USA 2004 | 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 competed in Average Joe | ||
| 2001 | Larissa Meek | St. Louis | 23 | Top 5 | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Reality TV star competed in 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.;[3] Current director of the Miss Arizona USA and Miss Arizona Teen USA. | |||
| 1994 | Shelly Lehman | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1993 | Stephanie Nunn | Marshfield | Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2016 Dallas Ezard | |||
| 1992 | Tonya Snodgrass | |||||
| 1991 | Tiffany Hazel | |||||
| 1990 | Lori Suschnick | Liberal | Mother of Miss Missouri Teen USA 2018 Chloe Bartlett | |||
| 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 | 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 Ann McElven | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1973 | Camilla Crist | |||||
| 1972 | Janet Potter | |||||
| 1971 | Nancy Rebecca Rich | 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 | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Beverly Sue Wright | |||||
| 1957 | Judith Ann Murback | Sikeston, Missouri | ||||
| 1956 | Carol Rae Thrower | |||||
| 1955 | Bennie Joan Pritchard | |||||
| 1954 | Alice Jean Porritt | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Donna Gardner | |||||
| 1952 | Carolyn Carlew | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Competition Info". Miss Missouri USA. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Miss Missouri USA 2013 is Ellie Holtman". Beauty Pageant News. November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.