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 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] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2007	Keena Bonella	Grand Junction
2006	Jacqueline Madera	Denver	26
2005	Lauren Cisneros	Castle Rock	23
2004	Janel Haw	Aurora	26
2003	Erin MacGregor	Vail	26			Previously Miss Colorado 1999
2002	Keely Coe Gaston	Morrison	24			Previously Miss Colorado 1998
2001	Katee Doland	Arvada	20		Miss Photogenic	Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 and later Miss Colorado 2003
2000	Tiani Jones	Aurora	23	Top 10
1999	Susan Manuello	Boulder
1998	Michelle Stanley	Littleton				Previously Miss Colorado 1996
1997	Damien Munoz	Westminster
1996	Suesan Rajabi	Englewood
1995	Emily Weeks	Denver
1994	Kimberly Veldhuizen	Denver
1993	Janna Durbin	Golden				Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989
1992	Laura Dewild	Denver
1991	Melanie Ness	Fort Morgan
1990	Michelle Harrison	Conifer
1989	Debbie James	Denver		Semi-finalist		Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985
1988	Nicola Svaldi	Aurora
1987	Polly Kuska	Fort Bliss
1986	Cheryl Rohleder	Denver
1985	Lynnette Jessen	Denver				Previously Miss Colorado 1981
1984	Michelle Anderson	Denver
1983	Lisa Gay Trujillo	Denver
1982	Dusty Hutton	Longmont
1981	Shannon Davidson	Boulder
1980	Shelley Marks	Littleton
1979	Jene Nelson	Pueblo
1978	Linda Potestio	Pueblo
1977	Mary Anne Genzel	Denver
1976	Patricia Sweany	Lemar
1975	Amy Long	Lakewood
1974	Connie Larsen	Denver
1973	Lenita Mosley	Denver
1972	Patricia Cadigan	Lakeland
1971	Diane Knaub	Denver			Miss Congeniality
1970	Linda Hicklin	Greeley
1969	Susan Hawkins	Colorado Springs		Semi-finalist	Miss Photogenic
1968	Ann Bell	Littleton
1967	Kim Kelly
1966	Rosemary Barnwell
1965	Cathy McPherson
1964	Did Not Compete
1963	Rhea Looney			3rd runner-up
1962	Penny Jo James			Semi-finalist
1961	Did Not Compete
1960	Karen Eickermann
1959	Diane Lee Gardner			Semi-finalist
1958	Devona Hubka
1957	Mary Linda Clapham
1956	Karen Keeler			Semi-finalist
1955	Dorothy Jane Bewley			Semi-finalist
1954	Lorna Batterson
1953	Jeanie Carroll			Semi-finalist
1952	Joan Linn
1951	Josephine Barbie

↑ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

[edit] External links

Colorado Pageantry
Miss America Miss Colorado	Miss USA Miss Colorado USA
Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen	Miss Teen USA Miss Colorado Teen USA