Miss Washington USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Seattle |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Washington USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington, which also produces Idaho, Montana and Oregon state pageants.
Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA. Dorothy Anstett won the crown in 1968 and went on to place 4th runner-up at Miss Universe. The most recent placement was Tara McCormick in 2004, placing Top 15.
Prior to 2017, no Washington delegate has competed at Miss Teen USA, although one has competed at Miss America. Alex Carlson-Helo, Miss Washington Teen USA 2012, became the last state to have made her the first Teen to Miss crossover for the state.
Christine Brodie of Seattle was crowned Miss Washington USA 2021 on March 21, 2021 at Hilton Garden Inn Wilsonville Portland at Wilsonville, Oregon. She represented Washington for the title of Miss USA 2021.
Results summary
- Miss USA: Dorothy Anstett (1968)
- 1st runners-up: Tracey Goddard (1979)
- 3rd runners-up: Nancy Petraborg (1953)
- Top 10/12: Norene Gilbert (1976), Kathi Tucker (1983), Natasha Vantramp (1998)
- Top 15: Shirley Givins (1955), June Svedin (1956), Diana Schafer (1957), Rose Nielsen (1958), Deborah Gieberson (1969), Susan Hyde (1970), Tara McCormick (2004)
- Washington holds a record of 13 Placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- : Breann Parriott (2003), Imani Blackmon (2020)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | To be determined February 5, 2022 | |||||
| 2021 | Christine Brodie[1] | Seattle | 25 | |||
| 2020 | Imani Blackmon | Tacoma | 24 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013 | |
| 2019 | Evelyn Clark | Cathlamet | 27 | Competed at the state pageant in the Miss USA system on her 8th consecutive attempt, including top 5 placements in Miss Washington USA and Miss Oregon USA[2] | ||
| 2018 | Abigail Hill | Enumclaw | 19 | |||
| 2017 | Alex Carlson-Helo | Bothell | 22 | Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012 | ||
| 2016 | Kelsey Schmidt[3] | Bellevue | 26 | Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Stormy Keffeler resigned the title in January 2016 | ||
| Stormy Keffeler | Redmond | 23 | Did not compete |
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| 2015 | McKenzie Novell | Spokane | 23 | Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane | ||
| 2014 | Allyson Rowe | Spokane | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Cassandra Searles | Redmond | 24 | |||
| 2012 | Christina Clarke | Snohomish | 22 | |||
| 2011 | Angelina Kayyalaynen | Orchards | 20 | Born in Ukrainian SSR, in what was then part of Soviet Union | ||
| 2010 | Tracy Turnure | Seattle | 23 | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009 | ||
| 2009 | Tara Turnure | Seattle | 22 | Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010 | ||
| 2008 | Michelle Font | Renton | 26 | |||
| 2007 | LeiLani Jones | Tacoma | 24 | |||
| 2006 | Tiffany Doorn | Woodinville | 24 | |||
| 2005 | Amy Crawford | Auburn | 25 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Seattle | 24 | Top 15 | |||
| 2003 | Puyallup | 25 | Previously Miss Washington 2001 | |||
| 2002 | Shoreline | 18 | ||||
| 2001 | Yakima | 24 | ||||
| 2000 | Jamie Kern | Des Moines | 22 | Contestant on season 1 of Big Brother, finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics. | ||
| 1999 | Tammy Jansen | Bellevue | 19 | |||
| 1998 | Natasha Vantramp | Puyallup | 22 | Top 10 | Later CNN Correspondent | |
| 1997 | Tacoma | 24 | ||||
| 1996 | Kirkland | 27 | ||||
| 1995 | Stanwood | |||||
| 1994 | Seattle | |||||
| 1993 | Longview | |||||
| 1992 | Redmond | |||||
| 1991 | Burien | |||||
| 1990 | Seattle | |||||
| 1989 | Chiann Fan Gibson | Seattle | ||||
| 1988 | Seattle | |||||
| 1987 | Seattle | |||||
| 1986 | Orting | |||||
| 1985 | Bellevue | |||||
| 1984 | Seattle | |||||
| 1983 | Renton | Top 12 | Mother of Tucker Perry, Miss Tennessee USA 2010, who placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2010 | |||
| 1982 | Seattle | |||||
| 1981 | Seattle | |||||
| 1980 | Seattle | |||||
| 1979 | Seattle | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1978 | Seattle | |||||
| 1977 | Lynnwood | Later Miss Washington World 1978 and contestant at Miss World America 1978. | ||||
| 1976 | Custer | Top 12 | Represented Washington in Miss World USA 1974 did not place | |||
| 1975 | Kirkland | |||||
| 1974 | Yakima | |||||
| 1973 | Bellevue | |||||
| 1972 | White Swan | |||||
| 1971 | Bothell | |||||
| 1970 | Susan Hyde | Seattle | Top 15 | |||
| 1969 | Seattle | Top 15 | ||||
| 1968 | Dorothy Anstett | Kirkland | 20 | Miss USA 1968 | 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968 | |
| 1967 | ||||||
| 1966 | Yakima | |||||
| 1960–65 | No national representative | |||||
| 1959 | Leah Robinson | |||||
| 1958 | Top 15 | |||||
| 1957 | Top 15 | |||||
| 1956 | Top 15 | |||||
| 1955 | Top 15 | |||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| 1953 | 3rd runner-up | |||||
| 1952 | Adele Slaybaugh | |||||
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Asian Americans will represent WA at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". Northwest Asian Weekly. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Evelyn Clark". Pageant Update.
- ^ "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal". king5.com. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
External links
- Miss USA state pageants
- Miss Washington USA winners
- Washington (state) culture
- Women in Washington (state)