Miss Colorado USA

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The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant.

From 1993 - 2006 the Miss Colorado USA state pageant was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group. It has been announced that in 2007 Colorado will merge into the Future Productions group.

Colorado has been one of the more unlucky states at Miss USA, having not had a finalist since 1963. They have, however been successful with other awards, being one of only four states to have been awarded Miss Photogenic twice.

Two Miss Colorado USAs were former Miss Colorado Teen USAs and four were former Miss America contestants. One of Colorado's winners was Katee Doland, most notably a Triple Crown winner. She is one of six in the Nation to win all three state titles: Colorado Teen USA, Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado America. In a relatively rare occurrence, the titleholders from 2002 and 2003 had previously held Miss Colorado titles in the same order in subsequent years.

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Awards
2 List of winners
3 External links

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

Third runner-up: Rhea Looney (1963)
Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000)
Top 15: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)

[edit] Awards

Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971)
Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2000), Susan Hawkins (1969)

[edit] List of winners

2007 Keena Bonella
2006 Jacqueline Madera
2005 Lauren Cisneros
2004 Janel Haw
2003 Erin MacGregor -- former Miss Colorado (America) 1999
2002 Keely Coe Gaston -- former Miss Colorado (America) 1998
2001 Katee Doland (Miss Photogenic) -- Triple Crown winner, former Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 and future Miss Colorado (America) 2003
2000 Tiani Jones (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1999 Susan Manuello
1998 Michelle Stanley -- former Miss Colorado (America) 1996
1997 Damien Munoz
1996 Suesan Rajabi
1995 Emily Weeks
1994 Kimberly Veldhuizen
1993 Janna Durbin -- former Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989
1992 Laura Dewild
1991 Melanie Ness
1990 Michelle Harrison
1989 Debbie James (Semi-finalist at Miss USA) -- former Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985
1988 Nicola Svaldi
1987 Polly Kuska
1986 Cheryl Rohleder
1985 Lynnette Jessen -- former Miss Colorado (America) 1981
1984 Michelle Anderson
1983 Lisa Gay Trujillo
1982 Dusty Hutton
1981 Shannon Davidson
1980 Shelley Marks
1979 Jene Nelson
1978 Linda Potestio
1977 Mary Anne Genzel
1976 Patricia Sweany
1975 Amy Long
1974 Connie Larsen
1973 Lenita Mosley
1972 Patricia Cadigan
1971 Diane Knaub (Miss Congeniality)
1970 Linda Hicklin
1969 Susan Hawkins (Semi-finalist at Miss USA and Miss Photogenic)
1968 Ann Bell
1967 Kim Kelly
1966 Rosemary Barnwell
1965 Cathy McPherson
1964 Did Not Compete
1963 Rhea Looney (3rd runner-up at Miss USA)
1962 Penny Jo James (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1961 Did Not Compete
1960 Karen Eickermann
1959 Diane Lee Gardner (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1958 Devona Hubka
1957 Mary Linda Clapham
1956 Karen Keeler (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1955 Dorothy Jane Bewley (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1954 Lorna Batterson
1953 Jeanie Carroll (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1952 Joan Linn
1951 Josephine Barbie