Miss Michigan USA

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Elisabeth Crawford, Miss Michigan USA 2008

Miss Michigan USA 2004 Stacey Lee was one of a group of Miss USA contestants to take part in a USO tour, visiting U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

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

Michigan is recognized by Pageant Almanac's rating system as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist was the first African-American to win the title. Following in her footsteps, Kenya Moore, also African-American, won the title in 1993.

Michigan is one of only twelve states to have had more than one Miss USA and has had the ninth highest number of Semi-finalists. They have not, however, been successful in gaining other awards.

[edit] Results summary

Miss USA winners: Carole Gist (1990), Kenya Moore (1993)
1st runners-up: Kevin Gale (1976)
3rd runners-up: Elisa Schleef (2003)
Top 6 placements: Natasha Bell (1996)
Top 10 placements: Judy Hatula (1952), Johnelle Ryan (1998), Shannon Grace Clark (1999), Jill Dobson (2000), Kenya Howard (2001)
Top 12 placements: Pat Glannon (1971), Marilyn Ann Petty (1972), Diane Arabia (1982), Kimberly Mexicotte (1983)
Top 15 placements: Barbara Sias (1956), Judith Richards (1960), Patricia Lyn Squires (1961), Pamela Lee Sands (1963), Susan Pill (1965), Virginia Clift (1968), Crystal Hayes (2005), Kelly Best (2007)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Elisabeth Crawford	Canton	25
2007	Kelly Best	Troy	20	Top 15
2006	Danelle Gay	Lapeer	24
2005	Crystal Hayes	Rock	20	Top 15
2004	Stacey Lee	Rochester Hills	26
2003	Elisa Schleef	St. Joseph	23	3rd runner-up
2002	Rebekah Lynn Decker	Ferndale	24
2001	Kenya Howard	Detroit	24	Top 10
2000	Jill Dobson	Quincy	22	Top 10	Michigan's Junior Miss 1995
1999	Shannon Grace Clark	Troy	26	Top 10	Semi-finalist at Miss World America 1993
1998	Johnelle Ryan	Detroit	25	Top 10
1997	Jennifer Reed	Taylor	25		Later Mrs. Michigan America 2001
1996	Natasha Bell	Berrien Springs	20	Finalist
1995	Keisha Eichelberger	Detroit
1994	Kelly Richelle Pawlowski	Allen Park
1993	Kenya Moore	Detroit	22	Winner	Finalist at Miss Universe 1993
1992	Lainie Lu Howard	St. Joseph			1st Runner Up at Miss World America 1994
1991	Leann Rothi
1990	Carole Gist	Detroit	20	Winner	1st Runner Up at Miss Universe 1990
1989	Karyn Lynne Finucan	Birmingham
1988	Anthonia Dotson	Detroit
1987	Elizabeth Puleo	Grosse Pointe
1986	Lisa Bernardi	Carleton
1985	Nancy Mazuro	Washington
1984	Adriana Krambeck
1983	Kimberly Mexicotte			Semi-finalist
1982	Diane Marie Arabia	Warren		Semi-finalist	4th runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1981
1981	Karen Eidson	Hazel Park
1980	Teena Hammonds
1979	Susan James
1978	April Patrick
1977	Jenny Pinks
1976	Kevin Gale			1st runner-up
1975	Debra Holland
1974	Patricia Loftis
1973	Linda East
1972	Marilyn Ann Petty			Semi-finalist	represented Michigan in Miss World USA 1974, did not place
1971	Pat Glannan			Semi-finalist
1970	Daune Marie Bergen
1969	Lisa Brenner
1968	Virginia Clift
1967	Sonja Dunson
1966	Kathlene Blascak
1965	Susan Lynne Pill			Top 15
1964	Johneane Teeter
1963	Pamela Lee Sands			Top 15
1962	Judith Lamparter
1961	Patricia Souires			Top 15
1960	Judith Richards			Top 15
1959	Susan Westergaard
1958	Shirley Ann Black	Flint	19
1957	Sharon Moore
1956	Barbara Sias			Top 15
1955	Martha Smith
1954	Gerri Hoffman
1953	Jo Ann Page
1952	Judy Hatula			Top 15