Miss Texas USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Houston |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The current titleholder is Nancy Gonzalez of Freeport.[1]
Nine Miss Texas USA titleholders have won the Miss USA title and one, Chelsi Smith, has been crowned Miss Universe. In the 1980s Texas won the Miss USA title five consecutive years from 1985 to 1989, a streak known as the "Texas Aces".[2] Prior to this no state had ever won the Miss USA pageant more than two times in succession.[3] Past state directors have included Richard Guy and Rex Holt, "GuyRex" and Al and Gail Clark of "The Crystal Group".[4][5][6][7]
The pageant is currently held in Houston and has previously been hosted by El Paso, San Antonio, South Padre Island, Lubbock and Laredo.[6][8][9][10][11][12] It was televised from 1971 to 2009.[5][9][13]
Contestants enter by winning local pageants or may choose to compete "at large" with an assigned title. [9][14] In 2001 a record number of former Miss Texas Teen USA winners, six, competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title.[13]
Results summary
- Miss USA: Kimberly Tomes (1977), Laura Martinez Herring (1985), Christy Fichtner (1986), Michelle Royer (1987), Courtney Gibbs (1988), Gretchen Polhemus (1989), Chelsi Smith (1995), Kandace Krueger (2001), Crystle Stewart (2008).
- 1st runners-up: Carelgean Douglas (1959), Diane Balloun (1964), Brenda Lynn Box (1971), Luann Caughey (1982), Lisa Allred (1983), Ylianna Guerra (2015).
- 2nd runners-up: Barbara Horan (1978), Nicole O'Brian (2003).
- 3rd runners-up: Betty Lee (1954), Ana Rodriguez (2011).
- 4th runners-up: Jo Dodson (1956), Aundie Evers (1975), Alexandria Nugent (2013).
- Top 5: Holly Mills (1998)
- Top 6: Christine Friedel (1994), Amanda Little (1997)
- Top 10: Laura Shaw (1984), Kara Williams (1996), Lauren Lanning (2006), Magen Ellis (2007), Brooke Daniels (2009), Brittany Booker (2012).
- Top 11: Katie Young (1992)
- Top 12: Lavonne McConnell (1973), Candace Gray (1976), Anne Hinnant (1979), Barbara Buckley (1980), Diana Durnford (1981), Stephanie Kuehne (1990), Angie Sisk (1993), Kasi Kelly (2002).
- Top 15: Joan Bradshaw (1953), Mary Daughters (1955), Gloria Hunt (1957), Linda Daugherty (1958), Jackie Williams (1962), Phillis Johnson (1965), Dorothy Pickens (1966), Bonnie Robinson (1967), Sandy Drewes (1969), Diane Swendeman (1970), Stephanie Guerrero (2004), Tyler Willis (2005).
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Swendeman (1970), Chelsi Smith (1995)
- Miss Photogenic: Susan Peters (1972), Lisa Allred (1983), Laura Shaw (1984), Tyler Willis (2005)
- Best State Costume: Lavonne McConnell (1973), Kimberly Tomes (1977), Barbara Horan (1978)
- Best in Swimsuit: Chelsi Smith (1995)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nancy Gonzalez[1] | Freeport | Miss Kemah[1] | 27 | Competed in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010 | |||
| 2016 | Daniella Rodriguez[15] | Laredo[15] | Miss Central Webb County | 19 | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2013 | |||
| 2015 | Ylianna Guerra[16] | McAllen | Miss Tropics of Texas | 22 | 1st runner-up | |||
| 2014 | Lauren Guzman[17] | Laredo[17] | Miss Central Laredo | 24 | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2008 |  | ||
| 2013 | Ali Nugent | Dallas | Miss North Texas | 19 | 4th runner-up | Fan Vote Winner | ||
| 2012 | Brittany Booker | Friendswood | Miss Houston | 21 | Top 10 | |||
| 2011 | Ana Rodriguez | Laredo | Miss Central Laredo | 24 | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 2010 | Kelsey Moore | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 19 | ||||
| 2009 | Brooke Daniels[12] | Tomball | Miss Harris County | 22 | Top 10 | |||
| 2008 | Crystle Stewart[18] | Missouri City | Miss Fort Bend County | 26 | Miss USA 2008 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 2008 |  | |
| 2007 | Magen Ellis[19] | Tyler | Miss Houston[19] | 19 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2004 (Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2004) | ||
| 2006 | Lauren Lanning | Friendswood | Miss Houston | 22 | Top 10 | |||
| 2005 | Tyler Willis | Lubbock | Miss Central Plains | 25 | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2004 | Stephanie Guerrero | Lake Jackson | Miss Houston | 23 | Top 15 |  | ||
| 2003 | Nicole O'Brian | Friendswood | Miss Bay Area | 20 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 (1st Runner-up & Best in Swimsuit at Miss Teen USA 2000) and a contestant on The Amazing Race 5 |  | |
| 2002 | Kasi Kelly | Bridgeport | Miss DFW | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 2001 | Kandace Krueger | Austin | Miss Austin | 24 | Miss USA 2001 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 2001 |  | |
| 2000 | Heather Ogilvie[20] | Houston | Miss Southeast Texas | 22 | ||||
| 1999 | Carissa Blair | Houston | Miss Southeast Texas | 23 | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1992 | |||
| 1998 | Holly Mills | San Antonio | Miss San Antonio | 22 | Top 5 | |||
| 1997 | Amanda Little | Wylie | Miss Metroplex | 20 | Top 6 | |||
| 1996 | Kara Williams | Houston | Miss Harris County | 23 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1991 (Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991) | ||
| 1995 | Chelsi Smith | Deer Park | Miss Galveston County | 21 | Miss USA 1995 | Miss Congeniality and Best in Swimsuit | Miss Universe 1995; first biracial Miss Texas USA.[14] | |
| 1994 | Christine Friedel | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 22 | Top 6 | |||
| 1993 | Angie Sisk | Houston | Miss Fort Bend County | 21 | Top 12 | |||
| 1992 | Katie Young | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 19 | Top 11 | |||
| 1991 | Chris Bogard | Tomball | Miss North Harris County | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | Stephanie Kuehne[21] | Missouri City | Miss Houston | 22 | Top 12 | Miss Wonderland 1989 | ||
| 1989 | Gretchen Polhemus[22] | Fort Worth[22] | Miss Fort Worth | 23 | Miss USA 1989 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989 | ||
| 1988 | Courtney Gibbs[8] | Fort Worth | Miss Metroplex | 21 | Miss USA 1988 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988 | ||
| 1987 | Michelle Royer[23] | Keller[23] | Miss Keller[23] | 21 | Miss USA 1987 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987 |  | |
| 1986 | Christy Fichtner | Dallas | Miss Dallas County | 23 | Miss USA 1986 | 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986 |  | |
| 1985 | Laura Martinez Herring[24] | El Paso | Miss El Paso County | 21 | Miss USA 1985 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985; first Hispanic Miss Texas USA[25] |  | |
| 1984 | Laura Shaw[26] | Burleson | Miss Burleson | 19 | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1983 | Lisa Allred[27][28] | Fort Worth[28] | Miss Fort Worth | 20[28] | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | Miss World USA 1983 & 6th runner-up at Miss World 1983 |  |
| 1982 | Luann Caughey[29] | Abilene[29] | Miss Abilene[29] | 22[29] | 1st runner-up | Miss World USA 1982 & 4th runner-up at Miss World 1982 | ||
| 1981 | Diana Durnford[30][31] | El Paso[31] | Miss Sun City[31] | 21[31] | Top 12 | |||
| 1980 | Barbara Buckley | Midland | Top 12 | |||||
| 1979 | Anne Hinnant[32] | Houston | Miss Harris County[32] | Top 12 | ||||
| 1978 | Barbara Horan | Dallas | 2nd runner-up | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1977 | Kimberly Tomes | Houston | 21 | Miss USA 1977 | Best State Costume | Top 12 at Miss Universe 1977, 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1974 | ||
| 1976 | Candace Gray[33] | El Paso | Top 12 | Died in a scuba diving accident in 1981[34] | ||||
| 1975 | Aundie Evers | El Paso | 4th runner-up | |||||
| 1974 | Debra Cronin | McDade | ||||||
| 1973 | Lavonne McConnell[35] | Fort Worth | 19 | Top 12 | Best State Costume | |||
| 1972 | Susan Peters[36] | Austin | Miss Photogenic | |||||
| 1971 | Brenda Lynn Box | Amarillo | 1st runner-up | |||||
| 1970 | Diane Swendeman | San Antonio | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1969 | Sandy Drewes | Dallas | Top 15 | |||||
| 1968 | Jeannie Wilson | Dallas | ||||||
| 1967 | Bonnie Robinson | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1966 | Dorothy Pickens | Edinburg | Top 15 | |||||
| 1965 | Phillis Johnson | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1964 | Diane Balloun | Houston | 1st runner-up | |||||
| 1963 | Cheryl Wilburn | Houston | ||||||
| 1962 | Jackie Faye Williams | Waxahachie | Miss Lake Whitney | Top 15 | ||||
| 1961 | Sheila Wade | Dallas | Miss Lake Whitney | |||||
| 1960 | Pat Cloud | Houston | ||||||
| 1959 | Carelgean Douglas | Houston | 1st runner-up | |||||
| 1958 | Linda Daugherty | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1957 | Gloria Hunt | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1956 | Jo Dodson | Houston | 4th runner-up | |||||
| 1955 | Mary Daughters | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1954 | Betty Lee | Houston | 3rd runner-up | |||||
| 1953 | Joan Bradshaw | Houston | Top 15 | |||||
| 1952 | Charlene McClary | Houston |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- 1 2 3 Newport, Mary (16 October 2016). "Freeport girl grows up to be Miss Texas USA". The Facts.
- ↑ Anderson, Lindsey (28 September 2015). "El Paso's pageant king Rex Holt dies". El Paso Times.
- ↑ Kennedy, J Michael (13 March 1987). "They Reign as Kings in the Land of the Beauty Queens". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Gunderson, Edna (7 July 1985). "Beauty apostles look for winners". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise.
- 1 2 "Richard Guy and Rex Holt behind new Miss Texas USA". The Waco Citizen. 4 September 1975.
- 1 2 Belkin, Lisa (28 February 1988). "In Texas, Two Kings of the Beauty Queen Business". New York Times.
- ↑ "Texas beauty files suit over alleged snub". The San Bernadino County Sun. 8 August 1991.
- 1 2 "Miss Metroplex crowned Miss Texas USA". Del Rio News Herald. 4 August 1987.
- 1 2 3 "Miss Ricebelt pageant on tap for Sunday". The Facts. 11 February 1998.
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- ↑ Davis, John (18 July 2000). "Austin native claims Miss Texas USA crown". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
- 1 2 "Harris County's Brooke Daniels crowned Miss Texas USA". Houston Chronicle. 29 June 2008.
- 1 2 Davis, John (26 July 2001). "The Miss Texas USA pageant will go on ...". The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
- 1 2 Krenek, Melinda (8 July 1994). "New Miss Texas USA beginning her banner year with enthusiasm.". The Galveston Daily News.
- 1 2 Mendoza, Madalyn (2 September 2016). "Miss Texas USA isn't great at baseball, but her Instagram game is in the big leagues". San Antonio Express-News.
- ↑ Flores, Daniel (11 July 2015). "RGV native Miss Texas USA ready for pageant". The Monitor.
- 1 2 Fechter, Joshua (16 September 2014). "Former Miss Texas serves in Texas State Guard". San Antonio Express.
- ↑ Associated Press (1 July 2007). "Miss Fort Bend County takes Miss Texas title". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- 1 2 "Miss Houston named Miss Texas USA". Plainview Daily Herald. 24 June 2006.
- ↑ "Houston woman wins Miss Texas USA title". The Kerville Times. 6 July 1999.
- ↑ "Stephanie Kuehne new Miss Texas". The Paris News. 27 June 1989.
- 1 2 "Fort Worth woman lands Miss Texas USA title Sunday night". The Paris News. 15 August 1988.
- 1 2 3 "Miss Keller will wear crown of Miss Texas USA in '87". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. 5 August 1986.
- ↑ "Beauty pageant winner returns to glamour". The Baytown Sun. 5 September 1984.
- ↑ "El Paso Model Miss Texas USA". Del Rio News Herald. 24 July 1984.
- ↑ "Beauty Pinched". The Times-News. 3 August 1983.
- ↑ "Texas USA title won". The Victoria Advocate. 23 August 1982.
- 1 2 3 "Miss Texas USA crowned Monday". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. 24 August 1982.
- 1 2 3 4 "Miss Abilene wins pageant". The Paris News. 11 August 1981.
- ↑ Speakerman, Carol (18 March 1981). "Miss Texas USA Enjoying 'Good Year' for Texas". The Victoria Advocate.
- 1 2 3 4 "El Paso lass claims Miss Texas USA title". The Paris News. 19 August 1980.
- 1 2 "Miss Texas USA selected". The Taylor Daily Press. 22 August 1978.
- ↑ "Miss Texas USA winners". The Waco Citizen. 4 September 1975.
- ↑ "Diving Accident Kills Beauty Queen". The Montreal Gazette. 8 September 1981.
- ↑ "Yoakum Entry Named Runner-up". The Victoria Advocate. 1973-04-15.
- ↑ "Miss Texas Universe named in San Antonio Competition". The Victoria Advocate. 1972-04-17.
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