Miss Georgia USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Atlanta |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
Brittany Swann, Miss Georgia USA 2007, at the Peach Bowl
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant. The current titleholder is DeAnna Johnson of Hazlehurst who was previously a contestant on Season 8 of The Voice.[1]
The pageant is directed by Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kim Greenwood.[2]
Results summary
- 1st Runner-Up: Erin Nance (1993)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Tami Tesch (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006), Tiana Griggs (2014), Emanii Davis (2016)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Dorothy Taylor (1959), Shellie O'Neal (1993)
- 4th Runner-Up: Carolann Connor (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000), Jasmyn Wilkins (2012)
- Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
- Top 10: Caroline Medley (2004)
- Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)
- Top 15: Kimberly Gittings (2009)
- Top 16: Kaylin Reque (2011)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
Titleholders
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Finalist or semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss USA | Special Awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2017 | DeAnna Johnson | Hazlehurst | 21 | Contestant on Season 8 of The Voice | ||
| 2016 | Emanii Davis[3][4] | Griffin | 22 | 2nd Runner Up[3] | ||
| 2015 | Brooke Fletcher[5] | Peachtree City | 23 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2009 and 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2014 | Tiana Griggs[6] | Monticello | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 2013 | Brittany Sharp | Atlanta | 22 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2006 and 4th runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||
| 2012 | Jasmyn Wilkins | Atlanta | 22 | 4th Runner-Up | Daughter of Gerald Wilkins, niece of Dominique Wilkins, and sister of Damien Wilkins. | |
| 2011 | Kaylin Reque[7] | Suwanee | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Amanda Kozak[8] | Warner Robins | 23 | Previously Miss Georgia 2006 and Miss America 2007 2nd runner-up;[8] 1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | American Idol (season 3) Semi-finalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 | Previously Miss Connecticut 2002 and top 10 at Miss America 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | |||
| 2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. | |
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | 4th Runner-Up | ||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991 and 1st Runner-Up at Miss Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | ||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993 and top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1996 | Jenny Craig | Later Mrs. Texas America 2004 and Mrs. Photogenic at the Mrs. America 2004 pageant under her married name, Jennifer Palmieri.[9] | ||||
| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 | Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1995, Miss Teen All American 1990 | ||
| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-Up | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988, 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994, Miss Teen All American 1991 | |
| 1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | 23 | Top 6 | 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1992 | |
| 1991 | Tamara Rhoads | Marietta | 23 | |||
| 1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | 22 | Top 6 | Miss Flower Queen 1990 | ||
| 1989 | Michele Nemeth | Lilburn | 24 | 4th Runner-Up | 1st Runner-Up at Miss Oktoberfest 1989, was USA representative in Miss Maja International 1984 but did not place. Daughter of Miss Maryland USA 1959 | |
| 1988 | Donna Rampy | 24 | 2nd Runner-Up | Semi-finalist in Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1988 as Miss USA | ||
| 1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1986 | Tami Tesch | Hephzibah | 21 | 2nd Runner-Up | 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Oktoberfest 1986 | |
| 1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | ||||
| 1984 | Jayne Poteet | Norcross | Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | |||
| 1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Top 12 | |||
| 1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | ||||
| 1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Top 12 | |||
| 1980 | April Reid | Augusta | ||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | |||||
| 1978 | Larinda Matthews | Marietta | ||||
| 1977 | Linda Kerr | Alpharetta | Top 12 | |||
| 1976 | Liz Wickersham | Atlanta | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1975 | Diana Goodman | Forest Park | ||||
| 1974 | Vicki Ross | Warner Robins | ||||
| 1973 | Melanie Chapman | Atlanta | ||||
| 1972 | Kaye Ayers | Atlanta | ||||
| 1971 | Jenny Andrews | Atlanta | ||||
| 1970 | Cherie Stephens | Atlanta | 4th Runner-Up | |||
| 1969 | Judy Lyons | |||||
| 1968 | Midge Ivie | |||||
| 1967 | Jane Lineberger | |||||
| 1966 | Flora Goddard | |||||
| 1965 | Judy Simpson | |||||
| 1964 | Lynda Tatum | |||||
| 1963 | Brenda Seagraves | |||||
| 1962 | Genelda Odum | Odum | Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1961 | Patsy Giddens | |||||
| 1960 | Cecilia Upton | Rockmart | ||||
| 1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1957 | Ruth Lycan | |||||
| 1956 | Mary Ruff | |||||
| 1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1953-54 | | |||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood | Successor to Rosemarie Bowe | ||||
| Rosemarie Bowe | Resigned | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Sen. Blake Tillery Recognizes Miss Georgia USA 2017" (Press release). Georgia Senate Press Office. 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "Producers". Miss Georgia USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- 1 2 Ho, Sally (6 June 2016). "Miss Georgia wins second runner-up in Miss USA competition". 11Alive.com.
- ↑ Ashley, Asia (24 November 2016). "New Miss Georgia and Miss Teen Georgia crowned in McDonough". Henry Herald.
- ↑ "Miss Georgia USA and Miss Georgia Teen USA 2015 crowned in Henry County". Henry Herald. 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Miss Georgia USA heads to Baton Rouge, La. for 2014 Miss USA pageant". WLTZ. 27 May 2014.
- ↑ Richardson, Marc (2010-10-22). "Kaylin Reque of Suwanee Wins Miss Georgia USA , Kristen Robinson of Stone Mountain Wins Miss GA Teen". Stone Mountain 11alive.com.
- 1 2 Carver, Desiree (11 December 2016). "Former Miss Georgia speaks at VSU". The Valdosta Daily Times.
- ↑ "2004 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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