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] Results summary
- 1st runners-up: Kelly Anderson (1984)
- 2nd runners-up: Ruth Parr (1957)
- 'Top 11/12: Paula Morrison (1987)
- Top 15: Wilda Estep (1959), Garnett Puch (1960), Kathy McManaway (1961), Patricia Coyne (1968), Kristin Morrison (2005)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kasey Montgomery | |||||
| 2006 | Jessica Wedge | |||||
| 2005 | Kristin Morrison | Top 15 | ||||
| 2004 | Carolyn Jennings | |||||
| 2003 | Amy Thomason | |||||
| 2002 | Angela Davenport | |||||
| 2001 | Karen Long | |||||
| 2000 | Tara Wilson | |||||
| 1999 | Amanda Burns | Previously Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | Susan Booth | |||||
| 1997 | Natalie Bevins | |||||
| 1996 | Regina Fisher | |||||
| 1995 | Tracy Holcomb | |||||
| 1994 | Linda Bailey | |||||
| 1993 | Jennifer Johnson | Huntington | ||||
| 1992 | Vickie Myers | |||||
| 1991 | Krista Ransbottom | |||||
| 1990 | Sabrina Anderson | |||||
| 1989 | Kathy Eicher | |||||
| 1988 | Cathy Fowler | |||||
| 1987 | Paula Morrison | Barboursville | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Shonna Lyons | Parkersburg | ||||
| 1985 | Lorre Lewis | Barboursville | ||||
| 1984 | Kelly Anderson | Clarksburg | 23 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss West Virginia 1982, Finalist at Miss World 1984 | |
| 1983 | Jill Rigsby | Huntington | ||||
| 1982 | Cindy Baniak | Star City | ||||
| 1981 | Kelly Carr | |||||
| 1980 | Linda Hendrick | |||||
| 1979 | Candy Boggs | |||||
| 1978 | Deborah Davis | Later Miss West Virginia 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 | ||||
| 1967 | Unknown | |||||
| 1966 | Unknown | |||||
| 1964-1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Nina Lou Denton | |||||
| 1962 | Nicki Galais | |||||
| 1961 | Kathy McManaway | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1960 | Garnett Puch | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1959 | Wilda Estep | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Mary Guthrie | |||||
| 1957 | Ruth Parr | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | Janet Cardi | |||||
| 1955 | Barbara Tucker | |||||
| 1954 | Sandra Waggy | |||||
| 1953 | Fay Higley | |||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
| West Virginia Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss West Virginia |
Miss USA Miss West Virginia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss West Virginia Teen USA |
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