Miss Oregon USA
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Portland |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
Kelci Flowers, Miss Oregon Teen USA 2006 and Allison Machado, Miss Oregon USA 2006 at the Miss Oregon USA 2007 pageant
For the state pageant associated with the Miss America pageant, see Miss Oregon.
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.
Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Jennifer Murphy in 2004. She is better known as a contestant on The Apprentice.
Two Miss Oregon USAs have formerly held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bridget Wilmes | Portland | 22 | TBA | ||
| 2014 | Emma Pelett | Portland | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Gabrielle Neilan[1] | Gresham | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2012 | Alaina Bergsma | Eugene[2] | 22[3] | Miss Photogenic | Part of the Oregon Ducks volleyball team, currently plays in Brazil for Minas Tênis Clube.[4] NCAA Volleyball Player of the Year 2012. | |
| 2011 | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
| 2010 | Kate Paul | Bend | 24 | |||
| 2009 | Sylvie Tarpinian | Eugene | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Mary Lee Horch | Corvallis | 23 | |||
| 2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | Miss Oregon International 2009 | ||
| 2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Top 10 | Contestant on the fourth season of The Apprentice | |
| 2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Endia Albrante | Eugene | 21 | Top 10 | ||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
| 1999 | Amy Nelson | |||||
| 1998 | Kara Jones | |||||
| 1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Chartier | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1993, finished 9th at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||||
| 1995 | Karrie Grove | Beaverton | 24 | Previously Miss Oregon Venus USA 1989 | ||
| 1994 | Denise White | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | ||||
| 1992 | Terrie House | |||||
| 1991 | Olga Calderon | Semi-finalist, finished 11th at Miss USA 1991 | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | |||||
| 1989 | Jenifer Blaska | |||||
| 1988 | Elaine Rohrer | |||||
| 1987 | Taime Primiano | Portland | Mrs. Oregon International 2007 | |||
| 1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | 18 | Later Mrs. Oregon America 2007 under her married name, Kimberly Takla.[5] | ||
| 1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | ||||
| 1984 | Debbie Epperson | Portland | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Shelley Kiser | Tigard | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Kristina Bauer | Dundee | ||||
| 1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | ||||
| 1980 | Martha Viducich | Salem | ||||
| 1979 | Katie Fitzpatrick | Salem | ||||
| 1978 | Julie Heater | Salem | ||||
| 1977 | Charisse Charlton | |||||
| 1976 | Gail Atchison | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1975 | Theresa Favreau | Portland | ||||
| 1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | |||||
| 1973 | Judy Bishop | |||||
| 1972 | Yvonne Philes | |||||
| 1971 | Connie Oost | |||||
| 1970 | Laura Smith | Portland | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1969 | Karen Morton | |||||
| 1968 | Marsha Mayer | |||||
| 1967 | Maureen Bassett | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Sharon Gerritz | |||||
| 1965 | Leslie Brucher | |||||
| 1964 | Toye Esch | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Joset Fisher | |||||
| 1962 | Joyce Collin | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958-1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1957 | Sonja Landsem | |||||
| 1956 | Maralyn Turner | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Rose Karcha | |||||
| 1954 | Charlotte Miller | |||||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Beth Bailey |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
External links
References
- ↑ "Gabrielle Neilan Crowned Miss Oregon USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. November 26, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ "she was selected to represent the Eugene area as Miss Lane County in the 2011 Miss Oregon USA pageant" http://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2012-10-04/stunning-and-court
- ↑ "Alaina Lynn Bergsma was born March 30, 1990, in Mesa, Ariz" http://www.lmulions.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/bergsma_alaina00.html
- ↑ Esporte e Beleza de Mãos Dadas, Estado de Minas (Portuguese)
- ↑ "2007 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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