The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.
In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions. This company is directed by Britt Boyse, Miss Missouri USA 1995.
Arizona has had a comparatively large number of semi-finalists and placings, but has never won the Miss USA crown in its own right. However, in 1980, Jineane Ford was awarded the title after Shawn Weatherly (who won the original pageant) won the Miss Universe pageant.
Three Miss Arizona USAs were former Miss Arizona Teen USAs and two were former Miss America contestants.
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| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2012 | Erika Frantzve | Scottsdale | 23 | TBA | ||
| 2011 | Brittany Brannon | Paradise Valley | 22 | Top 16 | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Teen America 2007 |
| 2010 | Brittany Bell | Chandler | 22 | |||
| 2009 | Alicia-Monique Blanco | Phoenix | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2008 | Kimberly Joiner[1] | Gilbert | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Courtney Barnas | Mesa | 19 | |||
| 2006 | Brenna Sakas | Chandler | 21 | Top 15, placed 11th at Miss USA 2006 | Previously semi-finalist at Miss Arizona 2004 | |
| 2005 | Mariana Loya | Gilbert | 26 | Previously Miss Washington 1998 | ||
| 2004 | Danielle Demski | Chandler | 22 | Top 15, Placed 11th at Miss USA 2004 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999 (4th at Miss Teen USA 1999), NFL Cheerleader | |
| 2003 | Nafeesa DeFlorias | Phoenix | 26 | |||
| 2002 | Jennifer Lenz | Mesa | 25 | |||
| 2001 | Tasha Dixon | Phoenix | 19 | |||
| 2000 | Heather Keckler | Scottsdale | 26 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1992 | ||
| 1999 | Cara Jackson | Chandler | 25 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Arizona 1995 | |
| 1998 | Stacey Kole | Tempe | Top 10, Placed 6th at Miss USA 1998 | |||
| 1997 | Jessica Nicely | Gilbert | ||||
| 1996 | Christina Novak | |||||
| 1995 | Shara Riggs | Oro Valley | ||||
| 1994 | Jennifer Tisdale | Mesa | ||||
| 1993 | Apryl Hettich | Scottsdale | ||||
| 1992 | Dannis Shephard | Mesa | Top 11 | |||
| 1991 | Maricarroll Verlinde | Top 11 | Best State Costume | |||
| 1990 | Lezlie Leonard | |||||
| 1989 | Lee Anne Locken | Apache Junction | Top 10 | |||
| 1988 | Kris Keim[2] | Scottsdale | 22 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1983 | ||
| 1987 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | 24 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Arizona 1985, semifinalist in Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as USA rep | |
| 1986 | Jodi Armstrong | Phoenix | ||||
| 1985 | Michelle Ducote | Tempe | 20 | Top 10 | Best State Costume | |
| 1984 | Daria Sparling[3] | Tucson | 19 | Best State Costume[4] | ||
| 1983 | Sindy Hedden | Tucson | ||||
| 1982 | Lori Hakola | Tucson | ||||
| 1981 | Cassie Hill | Phoenix | ||||
| 1980 | Jineane Ford | Gilbert | 20 | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | Became Miss USA 1980 when Shawn Weatherly became Miss Universe |
| 1979 | Ana Rupert | Scottsdale | Top 12 | |||
| 1978 | Jacque Crutchfield | Phoenix | ||||
| 1977 | Toni Abranovic | Scottsdale | Top 12 | Previously 1st runner-up in the 1974 Miss American Teenager Pageant. | ||
| 1976 | Curvey Walters | Phoenix | ||||
| 1975 | Sanna Osgood | Scottsdale | ||||
| 1974 | Carlys Peterson | Top 12 | ||||
| 1973 | Sherry Nix | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1972 | Marcia Banks | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1971 | Susanne Pottenger | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1970 | Alicia Lein | |||||
| 1969 | Ruth Hayes | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1968 | Shirley Sprague | |||||
| 1967 | Judianne Magnusson | Top 15 | ||||
| 1966 | Roxanne Neeley | Top 15 | ||||
| 1965 | Jane Nelson | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss New Mexico 1964, top 10 at Miss America 1965, preliminary swimsuit award; Competed in the 1962 Miss Teenage America Pageant | |||
| 1964 | Diane Reutter | |||||
| 1963 | Diane McGarry | Top 15 | ||||
| 1962 | Jerri Michaelson | Top 15 | ||||
| 1961 | Shyrle Owens | |||||
| 1960 | Virginia Crook | |||||
| 1959 | Patricia Varga | |||||
| 1958 | Shirlee Fox | |||||
| 1956 | Maija Bertulson | |||||
| 1955 | Patti Marks | |||||
| 1954 | Bonnie Jackson | |||||
| 1953 | Eleanor Ruth Cross | |||||
| 1952 | Charlene Hendricks | Withdrew from competition |
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