Miss Alaska USA

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The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.

Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin taking third. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6. Alaska held the most wins in the pageant's history for "Best State Costume," until the category was discontinued in 1994. Two Miss Alaska USAs were former Miss Alaska Teen USA titleholders and two were former Miss Alaska titleholders who competed at Miss America.

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Awards
2 Winners
3 External links

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

2nd runner-up: Patricia Marlin (1964)
Top 6: Karin Meyer (1990)
Top 12: Patricia Lane (1972), Barbara Samuelson (1978)

[edit] Awards

Miss Congeniality: Toni McFadden (1982)
Miss Photogenic: Courtney Carroll (2008)
Best State Costume: Carla Sullivan (1965), Linda Louise Rowley (1969), Katherine Hartman (1971), Patricia Lane (1972)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Courtney Carroll	Fairbanks	25		Miss Photogenic	Previously Miss World Eskimo-Indian Olympics 2001, Miss Fairbanks Native Association 2001
2007	Blair Chenoweth	Anchorage	25			Previously Miss Alaska 2003
2006	Noelle Meyer	Wasilla	25
2005	Aleah Scheick	Anchorage	22
2004	Cari Leyva	Anchorage	20			Later Miss Alaska 2007
2003	Stacey Storey	Eagle River	23			Previously Miss Alaska 1995 Non-finalist at Miss Texas USA 2000-2001
2002	Christine Olejniczak	Palmer	20			Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 2000
2001	Ivette Fernandez	Fairbanks	25
2000	Laurie Ann Miller	Palmer	21			Previously Miss Alaska Teen USA 1997
1999	Anna Ruble		26
1998	Pamela Kott
1997	Rea Bavilla		23			Later Alaska state pageant director
1996	Janelle Canady		23
1995	Theresa Lindley
1994	Dawn Stuvek	Anchorage
1993	Teresa Gates	Anchorage
1992	Kelly Quirk	Anchorage
1991	Tiffany Smith
1990	Karin Meyer	Anchorage		Top 6 Finalist		1st runner up at Miss World USA 1992, semifinalist in Miss Asia Pacific 1992, as USA rep
1989	Tina Geraci	Eagle River
1988	Raun Reaves	Anchorage				4th runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1988
1987	Shelly Dunlevy	Anchorage
1986	Kim Christopher-Taylor	Fairbanks
1985	Kari Moore	Fairbanks
1984	Sherri McNealley	Fort Wainwright
1983	Amy Harms	Fairbanks
1982	Toni McFadden	Fairbanks			Miss Congeniality
1981	Shelly Brunaugh	Fairbanks
1980	Debby Fickus
1979	Kimberley Fidler
1978	Barbara Samuelson			Top 15 Semifinalist
1977	Edith Baker	North Pole	21			Married Michael C Desmond in 1980.
1976	Elizabeth Staib
1975	Andie Higgins
1974	Cynthia Dickerson
1973	Wendy Curwen
1972	Patricia Lane			Top 15 Semifinalist	Best State Costume
1971	Katherine Hartman				Best State Costume
1970	Therese Press
1969	Linda Louise Rowley				Best State Costume
1968	Sharon Long
1967	Maria Helfrich
1966	Elrita Blakensop
1965	Carla Sullivan				Best State Costume
1964	Patricia Marlin			2nd runner-up		1st runner up in Miss World USA 1964
1963	Nina Whaley
1962	Teresa Hanson
1961	Judy Onstad
1960	Evelyn Bly
1959²	Anna Lekanof