Miss Georgia USA
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Collierville |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kim Greenwood, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood and it is hosted in McDonough, Georgia.[1]
Georgia has had a fair success at Miss USA, and has yet to win the title. The best placement was Erin Nance, who placed 1st runner-up in 1993, and many 2nd and 4th runner-ups. The most recent placement was Alyssa Beasley in 2020, placing Top 16.
Four former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only three titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.
The current Miss Georgia USA is Rachel Russaw of Atlanta who was crowned on November 19, 2022 at Henry County Performing Arts Center in McDonough.
Results summary
- 1st Runner-Up: Erin Nance (1993)
- 2nd Runners-Up: Tami Tesch (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006), Tiana Griggs (2014), Emanii Davis (2016)
- 3rd Runners-Up: Dorothy Taylor (1959)
- 4th Runners-Up: Carolann Connor (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Jasmyn "Jazz" Wilkins (2012)
- Top 5/6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992), Patti Dunn (2000)
- Top 10/12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983), Caroline Medley (2004), Marianny Egurrola (2018)
- Top 15/16: Kimberly Gittings (2009), Kaylin Reque (2011), Alyssa Beasley (2020)
Georgia holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
Titleholders
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-up or Finalist
- Semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Rachel Russaw | Atlanta | 24 | Miss GA South | |||
| 2022 | Holly Haynes | Sugar Hill | 26 | Miss Coastal GA | Shortest reigning Miss Georgia USA at 8 months and 24 days | ||
| 2021 | Cora Griffen | Columbus | 24 | Miss GA South | |||
| 2020 | Alyssa Beasley | Brunswick | 22 | Miss GA South | Top 16 |
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| 2019 | Katerina Rozmajzl | Atlanta | 21 | Miss Fulton Co. | |||
| 2018 | Marianny Egurrola | Buford[4] | 25 | Miss Heart of Gwinnett | Top 10 |
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| 2017 | DeAnna Johnson | Hazlehurst | 20 | Miss Central East GA | Contestant on season 8 of The Voice | ||
| 2016 | Emanii Davis[6][7] | Griffin | 22 | Miss Spalding Co. | 2nd Runner-Up[6] |
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| 2015 | Brooke Fletcher[8] | Peachtree City | 23 | Miss Peachtree City |
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| 2014 | Tiana Griggs[9] | Monticello | 26 | Miss Monticello | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 2013 | Brittany Sharp | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Central Atlanta |
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| 2012 | Jasmyn "Jazz" Wilkins | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Johns Creek | 4th Runner-Up | Daughter of Gerald Wilkins, niece of Dominique Wilkins, and sister of Damien Wilkins. | |
| 2011 | Kaylin Reque[10] | Suwanee | 22 | Miss Suwanee | Top 16 | Atlanta Thrashers' Blue Crew member | |
| 2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Miss Coastal Georgia |
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| 2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Miss Greater Lilburn | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Amanda Kozak[11] | Warner Robins | 23 | Miss Warner Robins |
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| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | Miss Peachtree City | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | Miss Rome | 2nd Runner-Up | Contestant on season 3 of American Idol, finished as semifinalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 |
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| 2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10 | |||
| 2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | ||||
| 2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | ||||
| 2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | Playboy Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice. | ||
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | Top 5 | |||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | 25 |
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| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | |||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 |
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| 1996 | Jenny Craig |
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| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 |
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| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | |||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-Up |
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| 1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | 23 | Top 6 | 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1992 | ||
| 1991 | Tamara Rhoads | Marietta | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | 22 | Top 6 | Miss Flower Queen 1990 | |||
| 1989 | Michele Nemeth | Lilburn | 24 | 4th Runner-Up | 1st Runner-Up at Miss Oktoberfest 1989, was USA representative in Miss Maja International 1984 but did not place. Daughter of Miss Maryland USA 1959 | ||
| 1988 | Donna Rampy | Atlanta | 24 | 2nd Runner-Up | Semi-finalist in Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1988 as Miss USA | ||
| 1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1986 | Tami Tesh | Hephzibah | 21 | 2nd Runner-Up | 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Oktoberfest 1986 | ||
| 1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | |||||
| 1984 | Jayne Poteet | Norcross | Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | ||||
| 1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | |||||
| 1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1980 | April Reid | Augusta | Future Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White placed 4th runner-up in this pageant | ||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | Morrow | |||||
| 1978 | Larinda Matthews | Marietta | |||||
| 1977 | Linda Kerr | Alpharetta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1976 | Liz Wickersham | Atlanta | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1975 | Diana Goodman | Forest Park | |||||
| 1974 | Vicki Ross | Warner Robins | |||||
| 1973 | Melanie Chapman | Atlanta | |||||
| 1972 | Kaye Ayers | Atlanta | |||||
| 1971 | Jenny Andrews | Atlanta | |||||
| 1970 | Cherie Stephens | Atlanta | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1969 | Judy Lyons | ||||||
| 1968 | Midge Ivie | ||||||
| 1967 | Jane Lineberger | ||||||
| 1966 | Flora Goddard | ||||||
| 1965 | Judy Simpson | ||||||
| 1964 | Lynda Tatum | ||||||
| 1963 | Brenda Seagraves | ||||||
| 1962 | Genelda Odum | Odum | Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||||
| 1961 | Patsy Giddens | ||||||
| 1960 | Cecilia Upton | Rockmart | |||||
| 1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-Up | |||||
| 1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
| 1957 | Ruth Lycan | ||||||
| 1956 | Mary Ruff | ||||||
| 1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
| 1953-54 | No representative | ||||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood | Successor to Rosemarie Bowe | |||||
| Rosemarie Bowe | did not compete | Resigned | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Producers". Miss Georgia USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ Coyne, Amanda C. (June 17, 2017). "Kennesaw State student wins Miss Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Coyne, Amanda C. (September 11, 2017). "Miss Georgia shines in Miss America top 12; North Dakota wins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Ashley, Asia (November 24, 2015). "New Miss Georgia and Miss Teen Georgia crowned in McDonough". Clayton News-Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "Sanjuanera Marianny Egurrola representará al estado de Georgia en el próximo Miss USA" [San Juan's Marianny Egurrola representing the state of Georgia as the next Miss USA]. Diario del Norte (in Spanish). November 20, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ a b Ho, Sally (June 6, 2016). "Miss Georgia wins second runner-up in Miss USA competition". 11Alive.com.
- ^ Ashley, Asia (November 24, 2016). "New Miss Georgia and Miss Teen Georgia crowned in McDonough". Henry Herald.
- ^ "Miss Georgia USA and Miss Georgia Teen USA 2015 crowned in Henry County". Henry Herald. November 27, 2014.
- ^ "Miss Georgia USA heads to Baton Rouge, La. for 2014 Miss USA pageant". WLTZ. May 27, 2014.
- ^ Richardson, Marc (October 22, 2010). "Kaylin Reque of Suwanee Wins Miss Georgia USA , Kristen Robinson of Stone Mountain Wins Miss GA Teen". Stone Mountain 11alive.com.
- ^ a b Carver, Desiree (December 11, 2016). "Former Miss Georgia speaks at VSU". The Valdosta Daily Times.
- ^ "2004 Mrs America". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.