Miss Utah USA

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Heather Anderson, Miss Utah USA 2007

The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss USA pageant.

Utah has had moderate success at Miss USA, with their most consistent period being in the 1950s and 1960s. They have produced one Miss USA in 1960, who went on to win Miss Universe 1960. Miss Utah USA 1957, Charlotte Sheffield also won the Miss USA 1957 crown after the original titleholder was dethroned. Their most recent finalist was Julia Bachison in 2008.

In 2006 Red Curtain Productions took over the directorship of this pageant. The staff of Red Curtain are all former Miss Utah USAs and Miss Utah Teen USAs.

Three Miss Utah USAs are former Miss Utah Teen USAs who competed at Miss Teen USA. All three placed at Miss USA, which eclipsed their Teen performances. They are also very similar to the Miss North Carolina USA titleholders who also placed at Miss USA rather than Miss Teen USA.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Julia Bachison	North Ogden	24	Top 15		Previously Miss Utah 2005
2007	Heather Anderson	Sandy	26	Top 10		top 10 in Miss Utah MAO 2001
2006	Soben Huon	Provo	23
2005	Marin Poole	Provo	21	Top 15		Previously Miss Utah Teen USA 2002
2004	Kyla Faye Dickerson	Midvale	23
2003	Kelly Chapman	South Jordan	24
2002	Abbie Jane Smith	West Jordan	19
2001	Tiffany Seaman	Salt Lake City	21
2000	Keri Hatfield	Bountiful	22
1999	Rachel Rasmussen
1998	Melissa Leigh Anderson	Provo	24	Top 5		Previously Miss Utah Teen USA 1990, Won Miss Teenage California 1987
1997	Temple Taggart	Cedar City	21	Top 6
1996	Tracy Kennick	Price	24	Top 10		Previously Miss Utah Teen USA 1989
1995	Melanie Mitton
1994	Vanessa Munns	Provo
1993	Natalie Pyper	Salt Lake City
1992	Nichelle Mickelson	West Valley City
1991	Patti Jo Bender	Sandy
1990	Debra Linn Tingey	Centerville
1989	Zanetta van Zyverden	South Jordan
1988	Suzie Lundell	Park City
1987	Patty Thorpe	Clawson
1986	Stephanie Reber	Salt Lake City
1985	Kim Thompson	Salt Lake City
1984	Michele Lynn Brown	Roy
1983	Launa Lewis	Heber City	18	13th
1982	Susan L. Gasser	Salt Lake City		2nd runner-up
1981	Tonya Anderson	Orem
1980	Tamara Parsons
1979	Victoria Scott
1978	Margo Flynn			Semi-finalist
1977	Michele Miner
1976	Debbie Drecksel
1975	Andrea Felt
1974	Halene Petersen
1973	Julia Nebeker
1972	Peggy Moore				Miss Congeniality
1971	Janey Montgomery
1970	Tamina Roark
1969	Anne Meuller
1968	Shelle Cannon
1967	Marilyn Christiansen
1966	Denice Blair			Semi-finalist		Miss World USA 1966, 6th runner up at Miss World 1966
1965	Janis Sadler			Semi-finalist		represented Utah in Miss World USA 1965, did not place
1964	Janet Joy Erikson			3rd runner-up
1963	Carla Ann Dinius
1962	Patricia Profaizer			Semi-finalist
1961	Janet Marie Hawley			Semi-finalist
1960	Linda Bement			Winner		Miss Universe 1960
1959	Melanie Canfield
1958	Sandra Puch			Semi-finalist
1957	Charlotte Sheffield			1st runner up		Later Miss USA 1957 after Leona Gage was disqualified. Miss World USA 1957, competed at Miss World 1957
1956	Cheryl Brown			Semi-finalist
1955	Myrna J. Rasmussen
1954	Laverna Laub
1953	Shauna Wood			4th runner-up
1952	Carol Jean Isbell