The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.
Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.
Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders previously held the Miss Louisiana Teen USA title, including Ali Landry, who won the Miss USA title in 1996. Jennifer Dupont, Miss Louisiana USA 2000 is one of only seven woman who have held competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants. Jeanne Vaughn Thompson, Miss Louisiana USA 1952 and 1953 is the only woman to compete in Miss USA twice. She is also the only woman to hold the state title twice and) at Miss USA twice.
Louisiana is one only two states to have won both Miss USA title and the Miss Photogenic award in the same year, on two occasions.
Miss Louisiana USA is produced by RPM Productions.
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Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2012 | Erin Edmiston | Lafayette | 22 | |||
2011 | Page Pennock | Shreveport | 20 | |||
2010 | Sara Brooks | Houston | 22 | |||
2009 | Lacey Minchew | Baton Rouge | 24 | Previously Miss Teen America 2002, representing Georgia. | ||
2008 | Michelle Berthelot | Hammond | ||||
2007 | Elizabeth McNulty | Lafayette | 25 | Top 15 (12th) | ||
2006 | Christina Cuenca | Chalmette | 26 | |||
2005 | Candice Stewart | Metairie | 21 | Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2002. | ||
2004 | Melissa McConnell | Ruston | 27 | |||
2003 | Brittney Rogers | Shreveport | 20 | Contestant on The Amazing Race 8 . | ||
2002 | Anne-Katherine Lene | New Orleans | Semi-finalist (7th) | |||
2001 | Heather Hayden | Amite | ||||
2000 | Jennifer Dupont | Bossier City | Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998, Miss Louisiana 2004 and 1st runner up at Miss America 2005 | |||
1999 | Melissa Bongiovanni | Baton Rouge | ||||
1998 | Debbie Delhomme | Lafayette | Semi-finalist (7th) | |||
1997 | Nikole Viola | Walker | ||||
1996 | Ali Landry | Breaux Bridge | 22 | Winner | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1990 (Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1990), Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1996 |
1995 | Elizabeth Coxe | Springfield | 24 | Finalist (6th) | ||
1994 | Shirelle Hebert | Arabi | Finalist (4th) | |||
1993 | Jennifer Mitchell | Baton Rouge | ||||
1992 | Christy Saylor | Baton Rouge | Semi-finalist (12th) | |||
1991 | Melinda Murphy | West Monroe | ||||
1990 | Jeanne Burns | Baton Rouge | Currently morning news anchor for CBS affiliate WAFB in Baton Rouge. | |||
1989 | Elizabeth Prim | Houma | 3rd Runner-up | Miss Photogenic | Miss USA at Miss Asia Pacific 1989, did not place. | |
1988 | Rhonda Vinson | Shreveport | ||||
1987 | Carol Carter | Shreveport | Previously Miss Louisiana 1985 | |||
1986 | Celia Brady | Olla | ||||
1985 | Sarie Joubert | Shreveport | 3rd Runner-up | 1st runner up at Miss International 1985 as Miss USA. | ||
1984 | Rusanne Jourdan | Baton Rouge | ||||
1983 | Pamela Forrest | Baton Rouge | 3rd Runner-up | |||
1982 | Lisa Michael | Baton Rouge | ||||
1981 | Lisa Moss | Shreveport | 2nd Runner-up | Later Miss World USA 1981 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1981 | ||
1980 | Kelly Bonin | Baton Rouge | ||||
1979 | Lisa Anderson | Gretna | 19 | |||
1978 | Tauny Hanes | Baton Rouge | ||||
1977 | Patti Rosenbalm | Bossier City | ||||
1976 | Robyn Sanders | Winnfield | 4th Runner-up | |||
1975 | Rhonda Shear | New Orleans | Television program host and actor, best known for her role as host of the USA Network's weekend movie show, USA Up All Night | |||
1974 | Karen Hoff | Semi-finalist | ||||
1973 | Storm Hensley | Semi-finalist | ||||
1972 | Bonnie Martin | Ashland | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1971 | Diana Risenstein | |||||
1970 | Nadine Robertson | Bossier City | ||||
1969 | Patricia Dupre | |||||
1968 | Kathy Hebert | Miss Photogenic | ||||
1967 | Diane Madere | Houma | 21 | |||
1965 | Terri Sommers | Shreveport | 19 | |||
1964 | Linda Graves | Shreveport | ||||
1963 | Peggy Romero | |||||
1962 | Diana Jane Smith | Oak Ridge | Semifinalist in Miss World USA 1962 | |||
1961 | Sharon Brown | Minden | Winner | Miss Photogenic | 4th runner up at Miss Universe 1961 | |
1960 | Judy Fletcher | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality | |||
1959 | Mary Lobianco | Semi-finalist | ||||
1958 | Eurlyne Howell | Bossier City | Winner | 3rd runner up at Miss Universe 1958 | ||
1957 | Earlyn Regouffre | |||||
1956 | Cecile Morris | Baton Rouge | 19 | |||
1955 | Merlin Garcia | Gretna | 19 | |||
1954 | Sadie Vinson | New Orleans | Finalist in the 1955 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
1953 | Jeanne Thompson | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality | Only woman ever to compete in Miss USA pageant twice. Previously Miss Louisiana 1951. Also competed in the 1952 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
1952 | 1st Runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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