The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Las Vegas |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Exec. Director | Shanna Moakler |
Website | Official website |
While Nevada did well in the early years of the Miss USA pageant, they only placed once from 1987 to 2000. This streak was broken by Gina Giacinto's finalist placing in Miss USA 2001. Many Miss Nevada USA titleholders previously competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss America pageants. Seven titleholders previously held the Miss Teen USA state titles six of which having won Miss Nevada Teen USA and the other was Miss Washington Teen USA, three held the Miss Nevada Crown in the Miss America Pageant.
Nia Sanchez of Las Vegas became the first Miss USA ever from the state of Nevada when she was crowned Miss USA 2014, she later placed first runner-up in Miss Universe 2014 to Paulina Vega of Colombia.
Najah Ali of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada USA 2024 on June 30, 2024, at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. She will represent Nevada at Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
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Lauren Scyphers, Miss Nevada USA 2006
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Helen Salas after placing first runner-up in Miss Nevada USA 2007, she became Miss Nevada USA after Katie Rees was stripped of her crown.
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Veronica Grabowski, Miss Nevada USA 2008
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Julianna Erdesz, Miss Nevada USA 2010
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Nia Sanchez, Miss Nevada USA 2014 and Miss USA 2014
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Nia Sanchez (2014)
- 1st runners-up: Mary O'Neal Contino (1977)
- 2nd runners-up: Joan Adams (1957), Karen Weller (1961), Kathy Landry (1968), Sheri Schruhl (1970), Carolina Urrea (2018)
- 3rd runners-up: Jade Kelsall (2012), Brittany McGowan (2015)
- 4th runners-up: Janet Hadland (1962), Helen Salas (2007)
- Top 5: Gia Giacinto (2001), Tianna Tuamoheloa (2019)
- Top 10/11/12: Linda Dryden (1974), Christa Lane Daniel (1983), Tammy Perkins (1987), Chelsea Caswell (2013)
- Top 15/16/19/20: Earlene Whitt (1953), Joy Blaine (1959), Kathee Francis (1963), Denyse Turner (1965), Jacqueline Moore (1967), Karen Essklinger (1969), Lauren Scyphers (2006), Victoria Olona (2020), Josie Stephens (2023), Najah Ali (2024)
Nevada holds a record of 27 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Alesia Prentiss (1992)
- Best State Costume: Lagracella Omran (1988)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as winner of Miss USA
- Ended as runner-up for Miss USA
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists for Miss USA
Year | Name[1] | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement | Special awards | Notes |
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2024 | Najah Ali | Las Vegas | 23 | Miss Silver State | Top 20 | ||
2023 | Josie Stephens | Fallon | 27 | Miss Sun Valley | Top 20 | ||
2022 | Summer Keffeler | Paradise | 21 | Miss Paradise |
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2021 | Kataluna Enriquez | Las Vegas | 27 | Miss Silver State |
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2020 | Victoria Olona | Henderson | 27 | Miss Paradise | Top 16 |
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2019 | Tianna Tuamoheloa[citation needed] | North Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Silver State | Top 5 | ||
2018 | Carolina Urrea | Sunrise Manor | 23 | Miss Paradise | 2nd runner-up |
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2017 | Lauren York | Primm | 22 | Miss North Las Vegas | |||
2016 | Emelina Adams | Anthem | 23 | Miss Henderson |
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2015 | Brittany McGowan | Spring Valley | 24 | Miss Chateau | 3rd runner-up | ||
2014 | Nia Sanchez[2] | Southern Highlands | 23 | Miss South Las Vegas | Miss USA 2014 |
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2013 | Chelsea Caswell[3] | Summerlin | 23 | Miss West Las Vegas | Top 10 | ||
2012 | Jade Kelsall[4] | Las Vegas | 26 | Miss Whitney Ranch | 3rd runner-up | ||
2011 | Sarah Chapman[5] | Henderson | 27 | Miss Henderson | Sister of Miss California USA 2004 Ellen Chapman | ||
2010 | Julianna Erdesz | Reno | 25 | Miss Reno |
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2009 | Georgina Vaughan[6] | Las Vegas | 20 | Miss Castle Rock |
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2008 | Veronica Grabowski | Henderson | 23 | ||||
2007 | Helen Salas | Las Vegas | 21 | 4th runner-up |
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Katie Rees | Las Vegas | 22 | did not compete | Stripped of the title on December 21, 2006, due to inappropriate photographs.[7][8] | |||
2006 | Lauren Scyphers[9] | Gardnerville | 20 | Top 15 | |||
2005 | Shivonn Geeb[10] | Las Vegas | 25 | Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Sloan Bailey's resignation | |||
Sloan Bailey | Las Vegas | did not compete | Resigned in January 2005 for personal reasons.[10] | ||||
2004 | Victoria Franklin | Las Vegas | 20 |
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2003 | Ashley Huff | Henderson | 22 |
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2002 | Jenny Valdez[11] | Las Vegas | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 & 2001 | ||||
2001 | Gina Giacinto | Las Vegas | 26 | Top 5 |
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2000 | Alicia Carnes[12] | Las Vegas |
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1999 | Shaynee Smith[13] | Las Vegas | 23 | ||||
1998 | Tammie Rankin | Las Vegas |
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1997 | Ninya Perna[14] | Green Valley | 23 | ||||
1996 | Alisa Castillo | Las Vegas | |||||
1995 | Brook Hammon | Las Vegas |
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1994 | Angela Lambert | Las Vegas | |||||
1993 | Alexis Oliver | Las Vegas | |||||
1992 | Alesia Prentiss | Las Vegas | Miss Congeniality | ||||
1991 | Jodi Jensen | Las Vegas | |||||
1990 | Michele Yegge | Las Vegas | |||||
1989 | Janu Tornell | Las Vegas | Contestant on Survivor: Palau[15] | ||||
1988 | Lagracella Omran | Las Vegas | 20 | Best State Costume[16] | |||
1987 | Tammy Perkins | Las Vegas | 21 | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | |||
1986 | LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas |
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1985 | Alicia Berger[17] | Las Vegas | Host of Access Hollywood,[18] judge of Miss USA 2009 pageant[19] | ||||
1984 | Donna Lee McNeil | Las Vegas | |||||
1983 | Christa Lane Daniel | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 7th Place | ||||
1982 | Andrea Pennington | Las Vegas | |||||
1981 | Mary Lebsock | Las Vegas | |||||
1980 | Kimberlee Guider | Las Vegas | |||||
1979 | Aleasha Magleby | Las Vegas | |||||
1978 | Dawn Jameson | Las Vegas | |||||
1977 | Mary O'Neal Contino | Las Vegas | 1st runner-up | Played lead role in Australian television series Chuck Finn[20] | |||
1976 | Janice Carrell | Las Vegas |
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1975 | Madonna Allison | Las Vegas | |||||
1974 | Linda Dryden | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1973 | Laura Fritz | Las Vegas | |||||
1972 | Tracey Lynn Whitney | Las Vegas | |||||
1971 | Anita Laurie | Las Vegas | |||||
1970 | Sheri Schruhl | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | ||||
1969 | Karen Esslinger | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1968 | Kathy Landry | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | ||||
1967 | Jacqueline Moore | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1966 | Mary Martin | Las Vegas | |||||
1965 | Denyse Turner | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
Bunny Baxter | Las Vegas | Resigned | |||||
1964 | Pamela Diane Morris | Las Vegas | |||||
1963 | Kathee Francis | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1962 | Janet Hadland | Las Vegas | 4th runner-up | ||||
1961 | Karen Weller | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | ||||
1960 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1959 | Joy Blaine | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1958 | Terry Jeffers[21] | Las Vegas | |||||
1957 | Joan Adams | Las Vegas | 2nd runner-up | She finished as 3rd runner-up, but succeeded to 2nd runner-up when the 2nd runner-up took the place of the 1st runner-up | |||
1956 | Marley Sanderson | Las Vegas | |||||
1955 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1954 | Mary Jane Arnold | Las Vegas | |||||
1953 | Earlene Whitt | Las Vegas | Semi-finalist | ||||
1952 | Barbara Jean Clark | Las Vegas |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
See also
References
- ^ "Former Titleholders". Miss Nevada USA. The Atwell Group. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2016. This site contains a listing of titleholders through 2010.
- ^ Plaisance, Stacey (June 8, 2014). "Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez wins Miss USA; she is Silver State's first winner". Las Vegas Sun. Associated Press. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Leach, Robin (January 29, 2013). "2013 Miss Nevada USA Chelsea Caswell wins pre-23rd birthday". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Przybys, John (May 31, 2012). "Chance meeting leads Jade Kelsall to Miss Nevada USA crown". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Katsilometes, John (June 16, 2011). "Miss Nevada USA Sarah Chapman: Preschool exec, model, beauty queen — and children's book author". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Cox, Diana (December 10, 2008). "Valley residents crowned in pageant". Las Vegas Sun.
- ^ Sedensky, Matt (December 23, 2006). "Ex-Miss Nevada USA Apologizes for Photos". Fox News.
- ^ Associated Press (December 30, 2006). "Miss Nevada USA won't get her tiara back". East Valley Tribune.[dead link ]
- ^ Rafferty, Jo (February 26, 2006). "Douglas High graduate represents state in Miss USA competition". The Record-Courier.
- ^ a b Frigard, Monique (March 28, 2005). "NEWSMAKERS: Las Vegan prepares for her run in Miss USA Pageant.(living)". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Di Dio, Deana (November 19, 2001). "NEWSMAKERS: Pageant winner keeps busy schedule while reaching goals". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Whitely, Joan (January 30, 2000). "Former magician's assistant hopes to pull a win out of the hat as Miss USA". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Kern, Kirk (January 30, 1999). "Pageant winner in finals". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Willert, Tim (October 16, 1996). "Perna's plans for pageant lofty". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ "Reality check". Newsday. April 25, 2005. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ^ "Work Clothes Win". The Victoria Advocate. February 23, 1988.
- ^ "1992 Miss Nevada Teen USA Executive Directors". Miss Nevada USA pageant. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "Alicia Jacobs". My News Three. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "Miss USA judge yanks essay due to threats". UPI. April 29, 2009.
- ^ Clarke, Norm (July 17, 2000). "Ex-Miss Nevada USA a hit down under".
- ^ Koch, Ed (December 3, 2013). "Philanthropist had long love affair with Nevada history, dance troupe Rhythmettes". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2015.