The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.
Maryland had one winner in 1957: Leona Gage. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned.
Four Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only one Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.
From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.
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| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2012 | Nana Meriwether | Potomac | 26 | TBA | ||
| 2011 | Allyn Rose | Newburg | 22 | Top 8 | Miss Sinergy 2010 | |
| 2010 | Simone Feldman | North Potomac | 23 | |||
| 2009 | Gabrielle Carlson | Marion Station | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Casandra Tressler | Damascus | 22 | Miss U.S. International 2010 | ||
| 2007 | Michaé Holloman | Bowie | 25 | Cheerleader for Washington Redskins | ||
| 2006 | Melissa DiGiulian | Ocean City | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Marina Harrison[1] | Severn | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Maryland 2003, 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2004 | |
| 2004 | Tia Shorts | Gaithersburg | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Jamie Kramer | Pasadena | ||||
| 2002 | Mistie Adams | Silver Spring | ||||
| 2001 | Megan Gunning | Fallston | Style award | |||
| 2000 | Christie Davis | Silver Spring | Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994[2] | |||
| 1999 | Kelly Donohue | |||||
| 1998 | Maria Lynn Sheriff | |||||
| 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | ||||
| 1996 | Michele Michael | |||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Wilhoit | Top 12 (9th) | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Wendy Davis | Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000[2] | ||||
| 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino | Baltimore | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1990 | |||
| 1992 | Renee Rebstock | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1987 | ||||
| 1991 | Lisa Lawson | |||||
| 1990 | Julie Stanford | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1986 | ||||
| 1989 | Jackie Carroll | Gaithersburg | ||||
| 1988 | Rowann Brewer | Silver Spring | Semi-finalist (9th) | Miss Photogenic | Married rock musician Jani Lane. | |
| 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | ||||
| 1986 | Kelly Koehler | |||||
| 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | ||||
| 1984 | Betsy Cook | Bethesda | ||||
| 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | ||||
| 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Linda Lambert | Baltimore | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | Tonja Walker | Kingsville | Semi-finalist (7th) | Miss Teen All American 1979 | ||
| 1979 | Jean Bourne | Silver Spring | ||||
| 1978 | Rhonda Koch | |||||
| 1977 | Twyla Littleton | |||||
| 1976 | Linda Lee Potter | Adelphi | ||||
| 1975 | Ellen Bowie | Temple Hills | ||||
| 1974 | Mary Jo Ruppert | |||||
| 1973 | Betty Jo Grove | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1972 | Patty Townsend | |||||
| 1971 | Carol Theis | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1970 | Beckie Price | Camp Springs | ||||
| 1969 | Ardis Fowler | |||||
| 1968 | Paulette Reck | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner up at Miss World USA 1969 | |||
| 1967 | Sandy Clevering | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Roselaine Zetter | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Barbara Keefer | |||||
| 1964 | Royette Tarry | Semi-finalist | Represented Delaware in Miss World USA 1970, did not). | |||
| 1963 | Marsha Metrinko | Represented New York City in the Miss America 1964 pageant.[3] Sister Michele Metrinko also competed at Miss USA 1963 as Miss District of Columbia and later represented the United States at Miss World.[3] | ||||
| 1962 | Shelda Farley | |||||
| 1961 | Gail Baxter | |||||
| 1960 | Jerri Fiorilli | |||||
| 1959 | Diane White | Semi-finalist | 3rd runner up at Miss World USA 1961, mother of Miss Georgia USA 1989 | |||
| 1958 | Patricia Vogts | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Leona Gage | Winner | Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children.[4] | |||
| 1956 | Charlene Holt | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Gloria Ruth King | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Eschenburg | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Diane Gale Durham | |||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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