Miss Missouri USA
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st Runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant.
Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey who is one of only two Miss USA winners since 1980 to win the Miss USA title. Six former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA's: Shandi Finnessey (2004)
- 2nd runners-up: Carolyn Carlew (1952), Sandra Lee Marlin (1963), Melanie Breedlove (1998)
- 3rd runners-up: Nancy Rebecca (1971), Sandy Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
- 4th runners-up: Karen Hendrix (1967), Larissa Meek (2001)
- Top 10: Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Amber Seyer (2007), Candice Crawford (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010)
- Top 12: Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995)
- Top 15: Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960)
- Top 16: Hope Driskill (2011)
Winners
| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
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Placement at Miss USA |
Special awards at Miss USA |
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| 2012 |
Katie Kearney |
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| 2011 |
Hope Driskill |
Jefferson City |
21 |
Top 16 |
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| 2010 |
Ashley Strohmier |
Jefferson City |
21 |
Top 10 |
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| 2009 |
Stacey Smith |
Florissant |
22 |
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| 2008 |
Candice Crawford |
Columbia |
21 |
Top 10 |
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Sister of Chace Crawford |
| 2007 |
Amber Seyer |
Oran |
20 |
Top 10 |
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Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003 |
| 2006 |
Kristi Capel |
Springfield |
22 |
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Weather Forecaster at WBRE |
| 2005 |
Andrea Ciliberti |
Kansas City |
21 |
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Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3 |
| 2004 |
Ashley Litton |
Olathe |
20 |
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Top 15 Semi-Finalist at Miss Missouri USA 2004; Assumed title when Shandi Finnessey won Miss USA title |
| Shandi Finnessey |
Florissant |
25 |
Winner |
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1st runner up at Miss Universe 2004, previously Miss Missouri 2002, 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000 |
| 2003 |
Tara Bollinger |
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23 |
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| 2002 |
Melana Scantlin |
Gladstone |
24 |
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Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1995 and top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1995, Reality TV star (Average Joe) |
| 2001 |
Larissa Meek |
St. Louis |
23 |
4th Runner-Up |
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Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Reality TV star (Average Joe) |
| 2000 |
Denette Roderick |
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| 1999 |
Teri Bollinger |
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Previously Miss Illinois Teen USA 1990 |
| 1998 |
Melanie Breedlove |
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22 |
2nd Runner-Up |
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Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1993 |
| 1997 |
Amanda Jahn |
St Joseph |
25 |
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| 1996 |
Aimee Rinehart |
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24 |
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| 1995 |
Britt Powell |
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Semi-Finalist |
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Later Mrs. Arizona America 2004 under her married name, Britt Boyse.[1]; Current director of the Miss Arizona USA, Miss Arizona Teen USA, Miss Utah USA, and Miss Utah Teen USA pageants. |
| 1994 |
Shelly Lehman |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1993 |
Stephanie Nunn |
Marshfield |
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| 1992 |
Tonya Snodgrass |
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| 1991 |
Tiffany Hazel |
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| 1990 |
Lori Suschnick |
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| 1989 |
Rhonda Hoglan |
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Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1985, 3rd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1985 |
| 1988 |
Alecia Workman |
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| 1987 |
Dawn Fonseca |
Independence |
22 |
3rd Runner-Up |
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| 1986 |
Barbara Webster |
Kansas City |
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Previously Miss Missouri 1983, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1984 |
| 1985 |
Amy Ruth Coverdale |
Columbia |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1984 |
Sandy Percival |
Sunrise Beach |
20 |
3rd Runner-Up |
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Later Miss International USA 1984 and competed at Miss International 1984, did not place |
| 1983 |
Robin Elizabeth Riley |
Columbia |
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Later Miss Missouri 1987, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1988 |
| 1982 |
Susan Heiman |
Kansas City |
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| 1981 |
Karyn Smagacz |
Fulton |
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| 1980 |
Kelly Laxson |
Kansas City, MO |
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| 1979 |
Virginia Dean |
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| 1978 |
Paula Anita Taylor |
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| 1977 |
Connie Ast |
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Successor to crown; Competed at Miss USA 1977 |
| Leigh Ann Middleton |
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Won the title of Miss Missouri USA 1977, but due to car accident, was unable to continue her reign or compete at Miss USA |
| 1976 |
Donna Hibbitts |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1975 |
Nancy LaRose |
Marshall |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1974 |
Dorothy Ann McElven |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1973 |
Camilla Crist |
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| 1972 |
Janet Potter |
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| 1971 |
Nancy Rebecca |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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| 1970 |
Suzette Grenham |
Independence |
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| 1969 |
Sherry Hoffman |
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| 1968 |
Jan Barton |
Macon |
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| 1967 |
Karen Hendrix |
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4th Runner-Up |
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| 1966 |
Martha Taylor |
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| 1965 |
Barbara Brooks |
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| 1964 |
Sandy Bawol |
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4th runner up in Miss World USA 1963 |
| 1963 |
Sandra Lee Marlin |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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| 1962 |
Mikee Campbell |
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| 1961 |
Joan Roberts |
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| 1960 |
Marilyn Jean Stalcup |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1959 |
Barbara Jayne Stell |
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| 1958 |
Beverly Sue Wright |
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| 1957 |
Judith Ann Murback |
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| 1956 |
Carol Rae Thrower |
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| 1955 |
Bennie Joan Pritchard |
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| 1954 |
Alice Jean Porritt |
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| 1953 |
Donna Gardner |
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| 1952 |
Carolyn Carlew |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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