Miss California USA

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

Julie Hayek, Miss California USA and Miss USA 1983

The Miss California USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state California in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by K2 Productions. At the beginning K2 Productions was directed by former Miss Teen USA 1995 Keylee Sue Sandersand Keith Lewis. However K2 Productions is now directed by Keith and former Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1988 and Miss New Mexico USA 1994 Jill Vasquez Foley. Jill was in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1988. Prior to K2 Productions the Miss California USA Pageant was produced by Carolee Munger.Prior to Ms. Munger Guyrex Productions held the franchise for a number of years and produced successful televised pageants with over 100 participants. Before Guyrex the pageant was produced by Dr. Leanord Stallcup who took over the directorship after Faye Smith successfully led the way through the 70's and 80's.

California has produced a Miss USA every decade (except the 2000s) and is ranked second highest in terms of placements. Miss California USA 2006, Tamiko Nash, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 2006, would have had the opportunity to replace the current Miss USA, Tara Elizabeth Conner, had Conner been dethroned, however, it was announced by the organization on December 19, 2006 that Conner would retain the crown.

Only one Miss California USA was a former Miss California Teen USA, Shauna Gambill, who won the national Miss Teen USA crown in 1994. As Miss California USA in 1998, Gambill placed 1st runner-up to Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts, in what is widely considered by pageant fans to be one of the closest-fought pageants in recent years. Two Miss California USAs have also competed in the Miss America pageant.

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Awards
2 Winners
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Results summary

Miss USA winners: Terry Huntingdon (1959), Maria Remenyi (1966), Summer Bartholomew (1975), Julie Hayek (1983), Shannon Marketic (1992)
1st runners-up: Pamela Stettler (1961), Susan Bradley (1967), Diana Magaña (1988), Shauna Gambill (1998), Brittany Hogan (2005), Tamiko Nash (2006)
2nd runners-up: Diane Schock (1991), Angelique Breaux (1999)
3rd runners-up: Donna Schurr (1955), Marilyn Tindall (1962),Pamela Gergley (1977), Gayle Gorrell (1974), Cynthia Kerby (1981), Meagan Tandy (2007)
4th runners-up: Francine Herack (1964), Troas Hayes (1969), Kelly Parsons (1984)

[edit] Awards

Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Venables (1965), Cynthia Kerby (1981)
Miss Photogenic: Cynthia Kerby (1981), Shannon Marketic (1992)
Best State Costume: Suzanne Fromm (1964)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Raquel Beezley	Barstow	21	Top 15		Raquel Beezley was crowned Miss California USA 2008 after an accounting error in vote counting had previously crowned Christina Silva^[1]. Competed at Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 as USA Representative.
2007	Meagan Tandy	Fontana	21	3rd runner-up
2006	Tamiko Nash	Los Angeles	26	1st runner-up
2005	Brittany Hogan	Escondido	20	1st runner-up
2004	Ellen Chapman	San Jose	22			Won the 1999 Miss Teenage California Pageant
2003	Candice Sanders	La Habre	26
2002	Tarah Peters	San Diego	21	Semi-finalist
2001	Jennifer Glover	Castro Valley	21			Later Miss California 2002, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000. Previously Miss International USA 1999, competed at Miss International 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
2000	Rebekah Ann Keller	Lakewood	25			Previously Miss California 1997, 4th runner up at Miss America 1998
1999	Angelique Sue Breaux	San Diego		2nd Runner-up		Later Miss World USA 2000, Top 10 Semi-Finalist at Miss World 2000 in London, England, UK.
1998	Shauna Gambill	Acton		1st Runner-up		Previously Miss Teen USA 1994 and Miss California Teen USA 1994. Later Miss World USA 1998 and Top 10 Finalist at Miss World 1998 in Seychelles, Africa.
1997	Alisa Kimble	Lake Elsinore	27			1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994 as Miss Arizona
1996	Shanna Lyn Searles	Tustin	26			3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1990
1995	Deana Avila	Laguna Niguel				Won Miss Teenage California 1988
1994	Toay Lynn Foster	Oxnard
1993	Jane Olvera	Fresno		Semi-finalist
1992	Shanna Lyn Searles					Succeeded Shannon Marketic when she became Miss USA, later become Miss California USA 1996
1992	Shannon Marketic	Malibu	21	Winner	Miss Photogenic	Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1992
1991	Diane Schock	Fontana		2nd Runner-up
1990	Cynthia Nelson	Gilroy
1989	Christina Marie Faust	San Fernando Valley		Semi-finalist
1988	Diana Magaña^[2]^[3]	Rancho Palos Verdes		1st Runner-up		Prior to the Miss USA pageant, Magana received extensive training alongside eventual pageant winner Courtney Gibbs of Texas from pageant directors GuyRex;^[4]. Later Miss World USA 1988 and Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss World 1988
1987	Lori Dickerson^[5]	Lodi			Miss Congeniality^[6]
1986	Kelly Parsons	Los Angeles	22	4th Runner-up		Mouseketeer, Model and Actress
1985	Zina Ponder	Long Beach
1984	Theresa Ring	San Diego
1983	Julie Lynn Hayek	Westwood	22	Winner		1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1983, has starred in Dallas, Twin Peaks and As the World Turns
1982	Suzanne Dewames	Thousand Oaks				3rd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1982
1981	Cynthia Kerby	Westlake Village		3rd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality	First woman to win Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality at Miss USA
1980	Kari Lloyd	Thousand Oaks
1979	Linda Fogarty	Fullerton		Semi-finalist
1978	Donna Adrain	Anaheim		Semi-finalist
1977	Pamela Gergely	San Rafael		3rd Runner-up
1976	Joan Pennock			Semi-finalist
1975	Summer Bartholomew	Merced	23	Winner		2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1975, Miss Oktoberfest 1973, past hostess of Sale of the Century
1974	Gayle Gorrell			3rd Runner-up		Miss Oktoberfest 1974
1973	Carol Herrema			Semi-finalist
1972	Kim Hobson
1971	Karin Morrell			Semi-finalist
1970	Linda Hall			Semi-finalist
1969	Troas Hayes			4th Runner-up
1968	Suzanne Fromm			Semi-finalist	Best State Costume
1967	Susan Bradley			1st Runner-up
1966	Maria Remenyi	El Cerrito	20	Winner	Miss Photogenic	Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1966
1965	Kathryn Lee Hage			Semi-finalist
1964	Jeanne Venables	Sacramento		Semi-finalist	Miss Congeniality
1963	Francine Herack			4th Runner-up
1962	Marilyn Tindall			3rd Runner-up
1961	Pamela Stettler			1st Runner-up
1960	Teri Janssen			Semi-finalist
1959	Terry Lynn Huntingdon	Mount Shasta	19	Winner		2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1959
1958	Donna Kay Brooks			Semi-finalist
1957	Peggy Jacobson			Semi-finalist
1956	Shirlee Witty
1955	Donna Schurr			3rd Runner-up
1954	Sandra Constance			Semi-finalist
1953	Marcella Roulette			Semi-finalist
1952	Gloria Maxwell

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

[edit] References

^ Mix-Up Strips Miss California-USA of Her Title
^ "New Miss California", The San Francisco Chronicle, 1987-08-31, p. 6.
^ "Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California", The San Francisco Chronicle, 1987-10-01, p. 6.
^ Lewis, Holden. "Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus", Associated Press, 1988-03-02.
^ "Miss California-USA", The San Francisco Chronicle, 1986-10-30, p. 6.
^ "Personal Mention", Houston Chronicle, 1987-02-13.