List of Miss USA titleholders| Jackie Loughery | New York | 1952 | | Myrna Hansen | Illinois | 1953 | | Miriam Stevenson | South Carolina | 1954
(Won Miss Universe) | | Carlene King Johnson | Vermont | 1955 | | Carol Morris | Iowa | 1956
(Won Miss Universe) | | Charlotte Sheffield* | Utah | 1957 | | Eurlyne Howell | Louisiana | 1958 | | Terry Lynn Huntingdon | California | 1959 | | Linda Bement | Utah | 1960
(Won Miss Universe) | | Sharon Brown | Louisiana | 1961 | | Macel Wilson | Hawaii | 1962 | | Marite Ozers | Illinois | 1963 | | Bobbie Johnson | D.C. | 1964 | | Sue Downey | Ohio | 1965 | | Maria Remenyi | California | 1966 | | Sylvia Hitchcock | Alabama | 1967
(Won Miss Universe, ceded USA) | | Cheryl Ann Patton | Florida | 1967
(Succeeded Miss Universe winner) | | Dorothy Anstett | Washington | 1968 | | Wendy Dascomb | Virginia | 1969 | | Debbie Shelton | Virginia | 1970 | | Michele McDonald | Pennsylvania | 1971 | | Tanya Wilson | Hawaii | 1972 | | Amanda Jones | Illinois | 1973 | | Karen Morrison | Illinois | 1974 | | Summer Bartholomew | California | 1975 | | Barbara Peterson | Minnesota | 1976 | | Kimberly Tomes | Texas | 1977 | | Judi Andersen | Hawaii | 1978 | | Mary Therese Friel | New York | 1979 | | Shawn Weatherly | South Carolina | 1980
(Won Miss Universe, ceded USA) | | Jineane Ford | Arizona | 1980
(Succeeded Miss Universe winner) | | Kim Seelbrede | Ohio | 1981 | | Terri Utley | Arkansas | 1982 | | Julie Hayek | California | 1983 | | Mai Shanley | New Mexico | 1984 | | Laura Martinez-Herring | Texas | 1985 | | Christy Fichtner | Texas | 1986 | | Michelle Royer | Texas | 1987 | | Courtney Gibbs | Texas | 1988 | | Gretchen Polhemus | Texas | 1989 | | Carole Gist | Michigan | 1990 | | Kelli McCarty | Kansas | 1991 | | Shannon Marketic | California | 1992 | | Kenya Moore | Michigan | 1993 | | Lu Parker | South Carolina | 1994 | | Chelsi Smith | Texas | 1995
(Won Miss Universe, ceded USA) | | Shanna Lynn Moakler | New York | 1995
(Succeeded Miss Universe winner) | | Ali Landry | Louisiana | 1996 | | Brook Lee | Hawaii | 1997
(won Miss Universe, ceded Miss USA) | | Brandi Sherwood | Idaho | 1997
(Succeeded Miss Universe winner) | | Shawnae Jebbia | Massachusetts | 1998 | | Kimberly Ann Pressler | New York | 1999 | | Lynnette Cole | Tennessee | 2000 | | Kandace Krueger | Texas | 2001 | Shauntay Hinton | District of Columbia | 2002 | | Susie Castillo | Massachusetts | 2003 | | Shandi Finnessey | Missouri | 2004 | | Chelsea Cooley | North Carolina | 2005 | | Tara Elizabeth Conner | Kentucky | 2006 | | Rachel Smith | Tennessee | 2007 | | Crystle Stewart | Texas | 2008 |
* Received the crown after Leona Gage of Maryland gave it up.
(Note: The Miss USA Pageant was founded simultaneously with the Miss Universe Pageant, and both pageants were first held in Long Beach, Calif.) Official list courtesy of Miss Universe, Inc. Additional information provided by the Pageant News Bureau. |
