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Miss Arkansas USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Lenexa, Kansas |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher |
Website | Official website |
Miss Arkansas USA, previously known as Miss Arkansas Universe,[1][2] is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates.[3][4][5][6]
Arkansas's most successful placement was in 1982, when Terri Utley was crowned Miss USA.[7] Arkansas's most recent placement was in 2019, when Savannah Skidmore placed in the Top 5.
The current Miss Arkansas USA is Stephanie Barber of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Barber represented Arkansas at Miss USA 2021.
Gallery of titleholders
Stephanie Barber, Miss Arkansas USA 2021
Haley Pontius, Miss Arkansas USA 2020
Savannah Skidmore, Miss Arkansas USA 2019
Lauren Weaver, Miss Arkansas USA 2018
Arynn Johnson, Miss Arkansas USA 2017
Abby Floyd, Miss Arkansas USA 2016
Terri Utley, Miss Arkansas USA 1982 and Miss USA 1982
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Terri Utley (1982)
- 1st Runner-Up: Margaret Haywood (1955)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Nancy McCollum (1956)
- Top 5: Savannah Skidmore (2019)
- Top 10: Chanley Painter (2009), Abby Floyd (2016)
- Top 15/16: Jineane Marie Ford (1954), Helen Garrott (1957), Donna Needham (1959), Ann Smithwick (1968), Mary Dial (1970), Jessica Furrer (2005), Adrielle Churchill (2010), Kelsey Dow (2012)
Arkansas holds a record of 14 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Jennifer Sherrill (2004)
Winners
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-Up
- Semifinalist
Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2022 | To be announced April 10, 2022 | |||||
2021 | Stephanie Barber | Fayetteville | 22 | |||
2020 | Haley Pontius | Houston | 23 | |||
2019 | Savannah Skidmore[8] | Calico Rock | 23 | Top 5 |
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2018 | Lauren Weaver | Greenwood | 21 |
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2017 | Arynn Johnson | Hot Springs | 19 |
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2016 | Abby Floyd[10] | Searcy[10] | 19 | Top 10 |
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2015 | Leah Blefko | Fayetteville | 21 | |||
2014 | Helen Wisner | Fayetteville | 25 | |||
2013 | Hannah Billingsley | Franklin | 22 |
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2012 | Kelsey Dow | Jonesboro | 21 | Top 16 | ||
2011 | Lakynn McBride | White Hall | 20 | |||
2010 | Adrielle Churchill | Dover | 24 | Top 15 |
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2009 | Chanley Painter | Conway | 24 | Top 10 | ||
2008 | Rachel Howells | Alma | 21 | |||
2007 | Kelly George | Sherwood | 24 | |||
2006 | Kimberly Forsyth | Cabot | 26 | |||
2005 | Jessica Furrer | Conway | 22 | Top 15 | ||
2004 | Jennifer Sherrill | Sherwood | 19 | Miss Photogenic | ||
2003 | Taylor Carlisle | Jacksonville | 21 | |||
2002 | Amber Boatman | Norphlet | 23 | |||
2001 | Jessie Davis | Harrison | ||||
2000 | Whitney Moore | Cabot | 22 | |||
1999 | Allison Heavener | |||||
1998 | Kami Tice | Huntsville | ||||
1997 | Tamara Henry | Little Rock | 25 | |||
1996 | Tiffany Parks | 20 |
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1995 | Kristen Bettis | |||||
1994 | Hannah Hilliard | Little Rock | ||||
1993 | Kati Fish | Hot Springs | ||||
1992 | Jona Garner | |||||
1991 | Angela Rockwell | |||||
1990 | Kathryn Harris | Pine Bluff | 18 | |||
1989 | Paige Yandell | Greenwood |
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1988 | Melissa Staples | Calion |
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1987 | Sheri Smeltzer | Smackover | ||||
1986 | Rhonda Blaylock | Springdale | ||||
1985 | Susan Dean | Osceola | ||||
1984 | Shelly Boyd | Manila | ||||
1983 | Debra Baltz | Paris | ||||
1982 | Terri Utley[7] | Cabot | 20 | Miss USA 1982[7] | ||
1981 | Lynnanne Derryberry | Jerusalem | ||||
1980 | Susie Owens | Jacksonville | ||||
1979 | Cynthia Caldwell | Jacksonville | ||||
1978 | Donna Funderburk | El Dorado | ||||
1977 | Debra Duree | Texarkana | ||||
1976 | Sonia Kay Jines | Conway | ||||
1975 | Robin Fields | Hot Springs | ||||
1974 | Gina Huddle | |||||
1973 | Christal Phiffer[1] | Texarkana[1] | ||||
1972 | Susan Tichenor[12] | Pine Bluff[12] | 21[12] | |||
1971 | Paula Keith[13] | Little Rock[13] | 20[13] | |||
1970 | Mary Dial[14] | Malvern[14] | 21[14] | Top 15 | ||
1969 | Leonette Reed | |||||
1968 | Ann Smithwick[5] | Jacksonville[5] | 19[5] | Top 15 | ||
1967 | Katy Wurst[15][16] | Fort Smith[15][16] | 19[16] | |||
1966 | Peggy Jones | |||||
1965 | Jeri Haynie[4] | El Dorado[4] | ||||
1964 | Barbara McGlothlin | |||||
1963 | Cheryl Bechtelheimer | |||||
1962 | Linda Riggan | Leola | ||||
1961 | Mickey Lambert | |||||
1960 | Gene Chambers | |||||
1959 | Donna Needham | Top 15 | ||||
1958 | Nancy Hill | |||||
1957 | Helen Garrott | Top 15 | ||||
1956 | Nancy McCollum | 2nd Runner-Up[17] | ||||
1955 | Margaret Haywood | Jonesboro | 1st Runner-Up |
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1954 | Jineane Marie Ford | Top 21 | ||||
1953 | Jackie Stucker | |||||
1952 | Barbara Wathen |
Notes
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ a b c "Pageant Winners". Hope Star. April 3, 1973. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "March 24". The Courier News. March 24, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Prudenti, Richard Dean (April 25, 2007). "Pageant Company Selects Bentonville For Events". The Morning News. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c "To Perform". El Dorado Daily News. April 4, 1967. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Named at ASU". Northwest Arkansas Times. May 6, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Universe for State to Be Named". Northwest Arkansas Times. February 18, 1971. p. 2. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Coghlan, Curtis (May 14, 1982). "Miss Arkansas Crowned Miss USA". The Daily Journal. p. 4. Retrieved May 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Christman, Jennifer (November 25, 2018). "PAPER TRAILS: Former Miss Arkansas wins Miss Arkansas USA crown". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
- ^ "New Miss Arkansas named after Shields wins Miss America". Arkansas Online. September 12, 2016.
- ^ a b c Rolf, Carol (December 13, 2015). "Searcy woman named Miss Arkansas USA". Arkansas Online. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Michaud, Sarah; Tracy, Brianne (October 21, 2017). "Dan + Shay's Shay Mooney Marries Hannah Billingsley — All the Wedding Details!". People Magazine.
- ^ a b c Associated Press (April 17, 1972). "Miss Arkansas Universe named". Hope Star. p. 6. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Shorts". The Camden News. May 11, 1971. p. 2. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Arkansas Beauty". Northwest Arkansas Times. May 1, 1970. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "UA Freshman Places Second in Contest". Northwest Arkansas Times. May 1, 1967. p. 8. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Magnolia Girl Wins Contest". Hope Star. May 1, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clergyman's daughter may be Miss Universe". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. July 19, 1956. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Miss USA state pageants
- Arkansas culture
- Women in Arkansas