Miss Texas USA

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This article is about the state pageant to select a Texas delegate to the Miss USA pageant. For the Miss America state pageant, see Miss Texas

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Kandace Krueger, Miss USA 2001

The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe.

Texas is the most successful state ever to compete at Miss USA. They have had eight winners, three more than any other state, but only one Miss Universe. Texas may best known for its five consecuitve winners. Until these five beauties came along no state had ever won the Miss USA pageant more than two times in succession, but Texas then won consecutively from 1985 to 1989. Texas has also had the most semifinalists (or better) - 44, and has received the most special awards - 9.

The Miss Texas USA pageant itself is one of the most competititve among state pageants for Miss USA; the number of contestants often exceeds one hundred. To make it even tougher, many of the cotestants are winners from local pageants, the most notable of which are held in cities such Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Other contestants are "assigned" a title, but unlike local winners, they have to pay an entry fee in order to participate. The Miss Texas USA pageant also one of the few state pageants to be broadcasted on television (in the state of Texas naturally).

Christy Fichtner, Miss Texas USA, Miss USA and first runner-up for Miss Universe 1986 had a soon-to-be famous first runner-up - Oscar winner actress Halle Berry.

[edit] Former Miss Texas Teen USA titleholders at Miss Texas USA

Although a large number of former Miss Texas Teen USA titleholders have attempted to win the Miss Texas USA title, only four have succeeded, each only after competing in the pageant on at least one prior occasion.

There was a rare occurrence in 2001 when all former Miss Texas Teen USA titleholders from 1995-2000 competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title. Andria Mullins (1997) was second runner-up, Christie Lee Woods (1996) was third runner-up, Mandy Jeffreys (1995) was a semi-finalist and Nicole O'Brian, Christie Cole and Misty Giles did not place.

Former Miss Texas Teen USA titleholders who have competed for Miss Texas USA but did not win the title are:

Mandy Jeffreys (1995), a non-finalist in 1998 and 2000, semi-finalist in 2002 and 2004, 3rd runner-up in 1999 and 2003 and 1st runner-up in 2001.
Christie Lee Woods, (1996), was the first former Miss Teen USA not to win a Miss USA state pageant on her first attempt. She first competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title, where she placed 3rd runner-up. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and again in 2004, her last year of eligibility.
Andria Mullins (1997), a non-finalist in 1999 and 2000, semi-finalist in 2001, 2003, and 2004, and second runner-up in 2002, and then competed in New York in 2005 (4th runner-up) and 2007 (1st runner-up) and California in 2006 (Top ten and Miss Photogenic).
Misty Giles (1999) was a non-finalist in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Christie Cole (1998) was a non-finalist in 2002.
Tye Felan (2003), was a finalist in 2005

Successful former Teen titleholders include:

Kara Williams (1991) - 2nd runner-up in 1995, Miss Texas USA 1996
Carissa Blair (1992) - Top 12 in 1997, 3rd runner-up in 1998, Miss Texas USA 1999
Nicole O'Brian (2000) - Non-finalist in 2002, Miss Texas USA 2003
Magen Ellis (2004) - Top 15 in 2005, Miss Texas USA 2007

[edit] Winners

Michelle Royer, Miss Texas USA and Miss USA 1987

Christy Fichtner, Miss Texas USA and Miss USA 1986

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2007	Magen Ellis	Tyler	Miss Houston	20	Top 10		Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2004 (Top 15 at Miss Teen USA)
2006	Lauren Lanning	Friendswood	Miss Houston	22	Top 10
2005	Tyler Willis	Lubbock	Miss Central Plains	25	Top 15	Miss Photogenic
2004	Stephanie Guerrero	Lake Jackson	Miss Lake Jackson	23	Top 15
2003	Nicole O'Brian	Friendswood	Miss Bay Area	20	2nd runner-up		Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2000
2002	Kasi Kelly	Bridgeport	Miss DFW	20	Top 12
2001	Kandace Krueger	Austin	Miss Austin	24	Winner		2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 2001
2000	Heather Ogilvie	Houston	Miss Southeast Texas	22
1999	Carissa Blair	Houston	Miss Southeast Texas				Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1992
1998	Holly Mills	San Antonio	Miss San Antonio		Top 5
1997	Amanda Little	Wylie	Miss Metroplex		Top 6
1996	Kara Williams	Houston	Miss Harris County		Top 12		Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1991
1995	Chelsi Smith	Deer Park	Miss Galveston County	21	Winner	Jantzen Best in Swimsuit Award Miss Congeniality	Miss Universe 1995
1994	Christine Friedel	El Paso	Miss El Paso		Top 6
1993	Angie Sisk	Houston	Miss Fort Bend County		Top 12
1992	Katie Young	Fort Worth			Top 12
1991	Chris Bogard	Tomball
1990	Stephanie Kuehne	Missouri City			Top 12
1989	Gretchen Polhemus	Fort Worth		23	Winner		2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989
1988	Courtney Gibbs	Fort Worth		21	Winner		Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988
1987	Michelle Royer	Keller		21	Winner		2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987
1986	Christy Fichtner	Dallas		23	Winner		1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986
1985	Laura Martinez Herring	El Paso		21	Winner		Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985
1984	Laura Shaw	Burleson		19		Miss Photogenic
1983	Lisa Allred	Fort Worth			1st runner-up	Miss Photogenic	6th runner-up at Miss World 1983
1982	Luann Caughey	Abilene			1st runner-up		4th runner-up at Miss World 1982
1981	Diana Durnford	El Paso			Top 12
1980	Barbara Buckley	Midland			Top 12
1979	Anne Hinnant	Houston			Top 12
1978	Barbara Horan	Dallas			2nd runner-up	Best State Costume
1977	Kimberly Tomes	Houston		21	Winner	Best State Costume	Top 12 at Miss Universe 1977
1976	Candice Gray	El Paso			Top 12
1975	Aundie Evers	El Paso			4th runner-up
1974	Debra Cronin
1973	Lavon McConnell				Top 12	Best State Costume
1972	Susan Peters					Miss Photogenic
1971	Brenda Lynn Box				1st runner-up
1970	Diane Swendeman				Top 15	Miss Congeniality
1969	Sandy Drewes				Top 15
1968	Jeannie Wilson
1967	Bonnie Robinson				Top 15
1966	Dorothy Pickens				Top 15
1965	Phillis Johnson				Top 15
1964	Diane Balloun				1st runner-up
1963	Cheryl Wilburn
1962	Jackie Williams				Top 15
1961	Sheila Wade
1960	Pat Cloud
1959	Carelgean Douglas				1st runner-up
1958	Linda Daugherty				Top 15
1957	Gloria Hunt				Top 15
1956	Jo Dodson				4th runner-up
1955	Mary Daughters				Top 15
1954	Betty Lee				3rd runner-up
1953	Joan Bradshaw				Top 15
1952	Charlene McClary

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

[edit] External links

Official site of Miss Texas USA

Texas Pageantry
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