Miss Kansas USA
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The Miss Kansas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.
Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli McCarty won the crown. In 1992 the state joined the Vanbros group, which led to a surge in placements in the 1990s and early 2000s. This included two first runners-up, one second runner-up, one third runner-up and one fourth runner-up, among others. All but two of Kansas' eight placements have been runners-up.
Three former Miss Kansas Teen USAs went on to win the Miss title, and also two Miss Missouri USAs (Missouri is also a Vanbros state).
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Winners: Kelli McCarty (1991)
- 1st runners-up: Danielle Boatwright (1996), Lindsay Douglas (2002)
- 2nd runners-up: Tavia Shackles (1993)
- 3rd runners-up: Tiffany Meyer (2004)
- 4th runners-up: Kimberlee Girrens (1992)
- Top 12: Brenda Kopmeyer (1973), Carol Hovenkamp (1994)
[edit] Awards
- Best State Costume: Tavia Shackles (1993)
[edit] List of winners
- 2006 Ashley Aull
- 2005 Rachel Saunders
- 2004 Lisa Forbes
- 2003 Alicia Cabrera
- 2002 Lindsay Douglas (1st Runner-up at Miss USA)
- 2001 Kristie Knox
- 2000 Tiffany Meyer (3rd Runner-up at Miss USA) -- former Miss Missouri Teen USA 1994
- 1999 Amanda Carraway -- former Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996
- 1998 Cammie Morisseau
- 1997 Kathryn Taylor
- 1996 Danielle Boatwright (1st Runner-up at Miss USA) -- former Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992, sports broadcaster and winner of Survivor: Guatemala
- 1995 Deborah Daulton
- 1994 Carol Hovenkamp (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1993 Tavia Shackles (2nd Runner-up at Miss USA) -- former Miss Missouri Teen USA 1990
- 1992 Kimberlee Girrens (4th Runner-up at Miss USA) -- former Miss Kansas Teen USA 1986
- 1991 Kelli McCarty (Miss USA and top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1991) -starred as Beth Wallace in the NBC show Passions
- 1990 Rebecca Porter
- 1989 Nancy Burris
- 1988 Cynthia Decker
- 1987 Martina Castle
- 1986 Audra Ockerman
- 1985 Jill Denzin
- 1984 Elizabeth Johnson
- 1983 Renee Ruch
- 1982 Stefani Larson
- 1981 Missy Kaser
- 1980 Lisa Boyd
- 1979 Linda Shields
- 1978 Mary Bell
- 1977 Sherry Brane
- 1976 Deborah Vitera
- 1975 Robbin Loomas
- 1974 Lorraine Breckenridge
- 1973 Brenda Kopmeyer (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1972 Mona Guesnier
- 1971 Nancy Bishop
- 1970 Norma Decker
- 1969 Molly McGugin
- 1968 Anne Layton
- 1967 Not Available
- 1966 Pat Ravenscroft
- 1965 Linda Bergsten
- 1964 Barbara Ford
- 1963 Diane Stoker
- 1962 Linda Light
- 1961 Dixie Cook
- 1960 Peggy Patterson
- 1955-59 No Representative
- 1954 Sue Ravencroft
- 1953 No Representative
- 1952 Betty Renick
[edit] External links
| Vanbros State Pageants | ||||||
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| Miss Kansas USA 1993- Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992- |
Miss Missouri USA 1993- Miss Missouri Teen USA 1993- |
Miss Nebraska USA 2002- Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2002- |
Miss Oklahoma USA 1997- Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997- |
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