Miss Mississippi USA
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The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant.
Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants. They have never had a Miss USA, and their highest placement was Cindy Williams' 3rd-runner up placement in 1986.
Three titleholders have competed at Miss Teen USA, and as of 2007, four have competed at Miss America.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jalin Wood | Waynesboro | Previously Miss Mississippi 2004 | |||
| 2006 | Kendra King | Monticello | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Jennifer Adcock | Hattiesburg | 24 | Finalist | Previously Miss Mississippi 2002 | |
| 2004 | Beth Richards | 25 | ||||
| 2003 | Allison Bloodworth | 21 | Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1999 | |||
| 2002 | Heather Soriano | Philadelphia | 24 | Previously Miss Mississippi 1999 | ||
| 2001 | Melanie Vaughn[1] | Olive Branch | ||||
| 2000 | Angie Carpenter | Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1994 | ||||
| 1999 | Kari Babski | |||||
| 1998 | Angel Whatley[2] | |||||
| 1997 | Arlene McDonald[3] | Tupelo | Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 1992 | |||
| 1996 | Caroline Ramagos[4] | |||||
| 1995 | Jill Tullos | |||||
| 1994 | Leslie Jetton | Gave up her title in March to become a national spokesperson for Caribe Corporations in New Orleans.[5] | ||||
| 1993 | Sherry Bowles | Lambert | ||||
| 1992 | Tammy Johnson | |||||
| 1991 | Mitzi Swanson | |||||
| 1990 | Stephanie Teneyck | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1989 | Laura Leigh Durrett | |||||
| 1988 | Dana Richmond | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1987 | Katharine Manning | Drew | 24 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Mississippi 1984 | |
| 1986 | Cindy Williams | Hattiesburg | 22 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1985 | Camille Gilliland | Meridian | ||||
| 1984 | Carla Green | Biloxi | ||||
| 1983 | Becky Case | Jackson | ||||
| 1982 | Nancy Perkins | Marks | ||||
| 1981 | Angela Ashmore | |||||
| 1980 | Cheri Brown | |||||
| 1979 | Laurie Kimbrough | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1978 | Wanda Gatlin | |||||
| 1977 | Leigh Tapley | |||||
| 1976 | Teresa Camp | |||||
| 1975 | Leigh Cross | |||||
| 1974 | Denise Clark | |||||
| 1973 | Karen Clements | |||||
| 1972 | Deborah Pawlik | |||||
| 1971 | Janey Gillis | |||||
| 1970 | Susan Ladner | |||||
| 1969 | Rose Ray | |||||
| 1968 | Brenda Conerly | |||||
| 1967 | Lassie Cooke | |||||
| 1966 | Unknown | |||||
| 1965 | Unknown | |||||
| 1964 | Patricia Ann Turk | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Joan Kenebrilde | |||||
| 1962 | Sandra Mazur | |||||
| 1961 | Marlene Britsch | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1954-1960 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1953 | Jessie Morgan | semi-finalist at Miss America 1951 | ||||
| 1952 | Carolyn Thomas |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] References
- ^ Purdy, Jean. "With near misses in past, Desoto beauty wins title", The Commercial Appeal, 2000-06-06, p. DS1.
- ^ Associated Press (1997-06-14). Jackson woman wins Miss Mississippi USA title. Press release.
- ^ "Two pageants crown winners in Biloxi in double ceremony", The Commercial Appeal, 1996-06-10, p. B3.
- ^ "Shooting For a New Goal MISS USA contestant turns from hoops to rule over different courts", The Commercial Appeal, 1995-12-29, p. C1.
- ^ "Miss Mississippi gets a better offer", The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate, p. 4-B.
[edit] External links
| Mississippi Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Mississippi |
Miss USA Miss Mississippi USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Mississippi's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Mississippi Teen USA |
| Premier Pageants State Pageants | ||||
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| Miss Alabama USA 1993- Miss Alabama Teen USA 1993- |
Miss Arkansas USA 2002- Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2002- |
Miss Mississippi USA 2002- Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2002- |
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