Miss West Virginia USA
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The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.
West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner. The most recent semi-finalist from West Virginia was Kristin Morrison in 2005, who ended an eighteen-year drought.
One Miss West Virginia USA has held the Miss West Virginia Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, and two have competed at Miss America.
[edit] List of winners
- 2007 - Kasey Montgomery
- 2006 - Jessica Wedge
- 2005 - Kristin Morrison (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 2004 - Carolyn Jennings
- 2003 - Amy Thomason
- 2002 - Angela Davenport
- 2001 - Karen Long
- 2000 - Tara Wilson
- 1999 - Amanda Burns -- former Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997
- 1998 - Susan Booth
- 1997 - Natalie Bevins
- 1996 - Regina Fisher
- 1995 - Tracy Holcomb
- 1994 - Linda Bailey
- 1993 - Jennifer Johnson
- 1992 - Vickie Myers
- 1991 - Krista Ransbottom
- 1990 - Sabrina Anderson
- 1989 - Kathy Eicher
- 1988 - Cathy Fowler
- 1987 - Paula Morrison (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1986 - Shonna Lyons
- 1985 - Lorre Lewis
- 1984 - Kelly Anderson (1st runner-up at Miss USA) -- former Miss West Virginia (America) 1982, finalist at Miss World 1984
- 1983 - Jill Rigsby
- 1982 - Cindy Baniak
- 1981 - Kelly Carr
- 1980 - Linda Hendrick
- 1979 - Candy Boggs
- 1978 - Deborah Davis -- future Miss West Virginia (America) 1979
- 1977 - Pat Brown
- 1976 - Cheryl Plants
- 1975 - Joyce Myers
- 1974 - Kim Nuzum
- 1973 - Kathy Rowand
- 1972 - Diane McCutcheon
- 1971 - Peggy Tennant
- 1970 - Sharon Alberti
- 1969 - Deborah Gleberson
- 1968 - Patricia Coyne (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1967 - Unknown
- 1966 - Unknown
- 1964-1965 - Did Not Compete
- 1963 - Nina Lou Denton
- 1962 - Nicki Galais
- 1961 - Kathy McManaway (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1960 - Garnett Puch (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1959 - Wilda Estep (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1958 - Mary Guthrie
- 1957 - Ruth Parr (2nd runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1956 - Janet Cardi
- 1955 - Barbara Tucker
- 1954 - Sandra Waggy
- 1953 - Fay Higley
- 1952 - Did Not Compete
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