Miss United States

Miss United States Pageant is a pageant held in the United States for unmarried women between the ages of 20-29. The pageant includes women selected to represent all 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Miss United States is part of the system known as Mrs. United States Pageants, Inc. ^[1] which has eight divisions starting at the age of 8: Little Miss United States, Miss Pre-Teen United States, Miss Jr. Teen United States, Miss Teen United States, Miss United States, Ms. United States, Ms. Woman United States, and Mrs. United States. Mrs. United States Pageant, Inc. is the official and exclusive owner of the Mrs. United States Pageants trademarks. In 2016, Miss United States organizers held the national pageant in Las Vegas, where it initially was held, for a 30th anniversary celebration.

The reigning Miss United States is Samantha Anderson of Phoenix, Arizona, who was crowned on October 7, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ^[2]

Notable past Miss United States titleholders include Miss United States 2013 Candiace Dillard, who is a reality television personality on Bravo's Real Housewives of Potomac, and Miss United States 2014 Elizabeth Safrit, who also represented the United States at Miss World 2014 in London, England on December 14, 2014 where she placed as 2nd runner-up and earned the title of Continental Queen of Beauty of the Americas.

In the 2000 American comedy film Miss Congeniality, the FBI asks tomboy agent Gracie (Sandra Bullock) to go under cover as a contestant when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant.

Titleholders[]

This is a list of women who have won the Miss United States beauty pageant since 2001.

Year	Miss United States	State Represented	Host City	International Pageant
2021	Samantha Keene Anderson	Arizona	Las Vegas, Nevada	Samantha also held the following pageant titles: Miss Teen Arizona 2014, Miss Vermont 2018, Miss Virginia 2019, Miss Arizona 2021.
2020	Tiffany Ann Rea	California	Palm Beach, Florida
2019	Alexia Robinson	Missouri	Las Vegas, Nevada
2018	Andromeda Peters	Virginia	Orlando, Florida
2017	Rachael Todd	Florida	Orlando, Florida
2016	Alayah Benavidez	Texas	Las Vegas, Nevada
2015	Summer Priester	South Carolina	Washington, District of Columbia
2014	Elizabeth Safrit	North Carolina	Washington, District of Columbia	Miss World 2014 - 2nd Runner-up *Miss Multimedia *Top 5 Performing Talent *Top 19 Interview Scores
2013	Candiace Dillard	District of Columbia	Washington, District of Columbia	Currently appears on The Real Housewives of Potomac
2012	Whitney Miller	Texas	Washington, District of Columbia
2011	Ashley Smith	Virginia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2010	Jessica Black	Georgia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2009	Erin Grizzle	Georgia	Las Vegas, Nevada
2008	Brittany Williams	Nevada	Las Vegas, Nevada
2007	Ashley Kazian [3] [4]	South Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina
2006	Shannon Haggard	North Carolina	Raleigh, North Carolina
2005	Nicole Falsone	Arizona	Los Angeles, California
2004	Brandy Baham	Louisiana	Houston, Texas
2003	Lacie Lybrand	South Carolina	New York City, New York
2001	Starla Smith	Alabama	New York City, New York

Recent Placements and Awards[]

2021^[5][]

Results	Contestant	State Represented
Winner	Samantha Keene Anderson	Arizona
1st runner-up	Amanda Ford	California
2nd runner-up	Lily K. Donaldson	Tennessee
3rd runner-up	Azia Hernandez	Massachusetts
4th runner-up	Tabitha Ivan	Oregon
People’s Choice	Lily K. Donaldson	Tennessee
Interview Award	Portland Tidwell	Texas
Miss Congeniality	Tabitha Ivan	Oregon
Swimsuit Award	Samantha Keene Anderson	Arizona
Evening Gown Award	Tabitha Ivan	Oregon

2020^[6][]

Results	Contestant	State Represented
Winner	Tiffany Ann Rea	California
1st runner-up	Thais Ridgeway	New York
2nd runner-up	Hayley Leach	Kentucky
Miss Congeniality	Britt Klocko	Texas

2019^[7][]

Results	Contestant	State Represented
Winner	Alexia Robinson	Missouri
1st runner-up	Brittany Bearden	Massachusetts
2nd runner-up	Harleigh Lantrip	Alabama

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