Miss Georgia USA

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

Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh most successful state [1] at Miss USA and but has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states since 2000 [2]. Georgia is within the top fifteen states in terms of most semifinalist (or better) placings (20) [3] and is one of only seven states to have won more than one Miss Photogenic award.

Despite having a large number of runners-up, no Miss Georgia USA has won the national title.

Three former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only one titleholder has previously competed at Miss America.

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

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

First runners-up: Erin Nance (1993)
Second runners-up: Tami Tesh (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006)
Third runners-up: Dorothy Taylor (1959)
Fourth runners-up: Carolann Conno (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000)
Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)

[edit] Awards

Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)

[edit] List of winners

2007 Brittany Swann
2006 Lisa Wilson (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 2006) -- American Idol (Season 3) semi-finalist
2005 Tanisha Brito -- former Miss Connecticut (America) 2002
2004 Caroline Medley (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
2003 Erin Haney
2002 Heather Hogan
2001 Tiffany Fallon (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA) -- Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Year for 2005.
2000 Patti Dunn (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
1999 Meredith Young -- former Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991
1998 Edlyn Lewis
1997 Denesha Reed -- former Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993
1996 Jenny Craig
1995 Paulette Schier
1994 Andrea Moore
1993 Erin Nance (1st Runner-up at Miss USA) --former Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988
1992 Jennifer Prodgers (Finalist at Miss USA)
1991 Tamara Rhodes
1990 Brenda Leithleiter (Finalist at Miss USA)
1989 Michele Nemeth (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
1988 Donna Rampy (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA)
1987 Sophia Bowen (4th Runner-up and Miss Photogenic at Miss USA)
1986 Tami Tesh (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA)
1985 Amanda Smith
1984 Jayne Poteet
1983 Dotsy Timm (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1982 Kelly Blackston
1981 Lisa Condre (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1980 April Reid
1979 Debbie Freeman
1978 Larinda Matthews
1977 Linda Kerr (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
1976 Liz Wickersham (Semi-finalist and Miss Photogenic at Miss USA)
1975 Diana Goodman
1974 Vicki Ross
1973 Melanie Chapman
1972 Kaye Ayers
1971 Jenny Andrews
1970 Cherie Stephens (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
1969 Judy Lyons
1968 Midge Ivie
1967 Jane Lineberger
1966 Not available
1965 Judy Simpson
1964 Lynda Tatum
1963 Brenda Seagraves
1962 Genelda Odum
1961 Patsy Giddens
1960 Cecilia Upton
1959 Dorothy Taylor (3rd Runner-up at Miss USA)
1958 Diane Austin (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
1957 Ruth Lycan
1956 Mary Ruff
1955 Carolann Conno (4th Runner-up at Miss USA)
1953-54 No representative
1952 Betty Jane Wood