- Tara Conner
Tara Elizabeth Conner (born on 18 December 1985 in Dallas, Texas) is a beauty queen who is Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model and waitress. She was a featured model on the HDNet series "Bikini Destinations" in 2004, posing for the cameras in Lake Tahoe. She has held the titles Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 and Miss USA 2006.
- Rachel Smith
Rachel Renee Smith (born April 18, 1985 in Panama) is a beauty queen from Clarksville, Tennessee who won the Miss USA pageant in 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
- Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley, (born October 30, 1983), is a beauty queen from Mint Hill, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title. Cooley was crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2005 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. She was the first Miss North Carolina USA to win the Miss USA crown.
- Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American beauty queen, model and television hostess. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She had previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America where she won a preliminary award. In 2002 Finnessey authored a children’s book, "The Furrtails", which helps children appreciate individuality and understand their peers who have disabilities.
- Shanna Moakler
Playboy playmate of the month for December 2001, Shanna Moakler was born on March 28, 1975, in Providence, Rhode Island. Shanna, whose measurements are 34C-24-36, became Miss USA in 1995 by default when the original winner won the Miss Universe pageant four months later. She has had minor roles in the films "The Wedding Singer," "Paulie Shore Is Dead" and "Big Mamma's House 2," but she is best known for work on MTV's reality show "Meet the Barkers."
- Susie Castillo
Susie Cintron Castillo (born January 6, 1980 in Methuen, Massachusetts), is a beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title and who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She is also a presenter on the MTV television show "Total Request Live".
- Shauntay Hinton
Shauntay Hinton won the Miss USA title in 2002 competing as Miss District of Columbia USA. Hinton hails from Starkville, Mississippi and graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She qualified to represent the District of Columbia because she was attending Howard University at the time, studying broadcast communications.
- Kimberly Pressler
Kimberly Pressler (born May 21, 1978) is an entertainment presenter and former Miss USA. She is one of few women to win Miss New York Teen USA and Miss New York USA titles. Pressler hails from Franklinville, New York. Her first major pageant title came in 1994 when she won the Miss New York Teen USA title. At the national pageant that year, she failed to make the top 10. She ranked 45th in the preliminaries, almost dead last.
- Shawnae Jebbia
Shawnae Jebbia (born August 26 1972) won the Miss USA title in 1998. To win the crown, Jebbia, Miss Massachusetts USA, edged out former Miss Teen USA 1994 from California, Shauna Gambill who was the press favorite. There was controversy about Shawnae's win after the final question. Fans argued that the rightful winner, based on the final question, was Shauna Gambill.
- Ali Landry
Ali Germaine Landry (born July 21, 1973) is a former Miss USA (1996), model and actress. She is recognized as the Doritos Girl from her popular 1998 Super Bowl commercial. In 1998, she was named by "People" magazine as one of 50 most beautiful people in the world.
- Brandi Sherwood
Brandi Sherwood (born January 13, 1971 in Idaho Falls, Idaho) is a model and most recognizable as 1997 Miss USA and a frequent rotating Barker's Beauty model on the daytime game show "The Price Is Right". Brandi Sherwood has held the titles of Miss Idaho Teen USA and Miss Idaho USA. At the age of 18, Sherwood was crowned Miss Teen USA 1989 and in 1997, first runner up Miss USA.
- Lynnette Cole
Lynette Cole (born February 9 1978), won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000. Cole hails from Columbia, Tennessee and was twenty-one years old when she won the national crown.
- Carole Gist
Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born c. 1970) was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2 1990 in Wichita, Kansas. The 1990 pageant is to this day considered one the most competitive ever in the history of Miss USA, with representatives from Georgia (Brenda Leithleiter), Alaska (Karin Elizabeth Meyer), Kentucky (Tiffany Tenfelde), South Carolina (Gina Tolleson, …
- Kandace Krueger
Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas.
- Julie Hayek
Julie Hayek (born on October 4, 1960) won the Miss USA pageant in 1983, competing as Miss California USA. She was the 1st runner up at that same state pageant the year before. Hayek went on to be the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant, won by New Zealand's Lorraine Downes. She had been a favorite for the win and entered the semifinals with the highest preliminary score - she then won both the swimsuit and the evening gown competitions.
- Jackie Loughery
Jackie Loughery (born 1930) or Jacqueline Loughery is a woman originally from New York, known for being the first Miss New York USA and winner of the first Miss USA beauty pageant, in Long Beach, California. She won the title only after a second ballot broke a first-place tie. That victory was in 1952. The redheaded Loughery went on to represent the USA at the very first Miss Universe pageant, where she placed among the top 10 semi-finalists, finishing 9th overall.
- Miriam Stevenson
Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson, of Winnsboro, South Carolina won the Miss USA pageant as Miss South Carolina USA in 1954. She was the first Miss USA to hold the Miss Universe beauty crown. Her win over Brazil's Martha Rocha was memorable for there was a tie between the two women for the crown. As Catalina was the major sponsor of the pageant in its early years, the tie-breaking judgment finally came down to who has the better body, which went to Miriam's favor, …
- Carol Morris
Carol Laverne Morris (born 1936), Miss Iowa USA, was the second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956. Morris hails from Ottumwa, Iowa and attended Ottumwa High School. She was the first and only Miss Iowa USA to win the Miss USA crown.
- Christy Fichtner
Christinane Crane "Christy" Fichtner (born on October 28, 1962), Miss Texas USA 1986, was crowned Miss USA in the national pageant that same year. First runner up was Halle Berry. Fichtner was the second of the Texas Aces, five consecutive winners from Texas during the decade. Fichtner is often renowned as the most beautiful woman to wear the Miss USA crown and bore an uncanny resemblance to supermodel Christie Brinkley (so much that in fact, …
- Jineane Ford
Jineane Ford (born c. 1960) is a beauty queen from Arizona who held the title Miss USA 1980.
- Carlene King Johnson
Carlene King Johnson (born c. 1933) is Miss USA 1955. After winning the Miss Vermont USA crown, Johnson, from Rutland, Vermont went on to become Vermont's only representative (as of 2007) to achieve the title of Miss USA. Previously, she was Miss Vermont 1953.
- Mai Shanley
Mai Shanley (born c. 1963), Miss New Mexico USA 1984 is a former beauty queen.Her mother is of Chinese ancestry and is from Taiwan, while her father is of Irish ancestry. Shanley's first pageant experience came when she represented New Mexico in the Miss America pageant in 1983. Later, Shanley became the first Eurasian delegate to win Miss USA. She was twenty-one at the time she was crowned the 33rd Winner at the pageant held in Lakeland, Florida on May 17 1984.
- Mary Leona Gage
Leona Gage (born Mary Leona Gage in 1939, Longview, Texas), won the title of Miss USA in 1957, representing the state of Maryland. The next day, she was stripped of her crown when it was revealed that she was married and the mother of two children. She had also lied about her age and was only 18, not 21. At the time, the Miss USA and the Miss Universe pageants took place at the same time in Long Beach, California.
- Kelli McCarty
Kelli McCarty (b. September 6 1969, Liberal, Kansas) won the Miss USA pageant in 1991, competing as Miss Kansas USA. Her victory was a much celebrated one because the event took place in Wichita in her home state and because it marked the first time Kansas won the title. She was later a finalist at the Miss Universe pageant. Then, in the mid-90s she went on to pursue a career in acting.
- Cheryl Patton
Cheryl Patton is a beauty queen coming from Florida who has held the Miss USA title. Patton won the Miss Florida USA 1967 title and represented Florida in the Miss USA 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach in her home state. She placed as second runner-up in the pageant, which was won by Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama. In July that year, Hitchcock became the fourth woman from the United States to win the Miss Universe title, and for the first time, …
- Kenya Moore
Kenya Summer Moore (born January 24, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film and television actress.
- Laura Harring
Laura Elena Harring (born March 3, 1964) is a Mexican American actress and former Miss USA (1985). She starred as Rita in David Lynch's 2001 film "Mulholland Dr."
- Lu Parker
Frances Louise "Lu" Parker was born in Anderson, South Carolina. She attended the College of Charleston and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She then went on to receive a Masters of Art in Education from The Citadel. After graduating, Parker taught English Literature at North Charleston High School. Her first television broadcasting job was for WCSC in Charleston where she was an education reporter and fill-in anchor.
- Chelsi Smith
Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith (born August 23, 1973 in Redwood City, California) is a beauty queen from Deer Park who has held the Miss USA and Miss Universe titles.
- Dorothy Anstett
Dorothy Anstett (born c. 1948) is Miss USA 1968. After winning the Miss Washington USA crown, Anstett, from Kirkland, Washington went on to become Washington's only representative (as of 2006) to achieve the title of Miss USA.
- Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock won the title of Miss Alabama USA in 1967 and went on to be crowned Miss USA. In 1967, she won the Miss Universe pageant, only the fourth American to do so. Hailing from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, she is described as epitomizing the image of the classic Southern belle with her classic charm and striking beauty.
- Shannon Marketic
Shannon LaRhea Marketic (born February 5. 1971), is a beauty queen from Malibu, California, who has held the Miss USA title. She's of Croatian background. Marketic was crowned Miss Arizona Teen USA 1989 but held the title for only a week and a half after it was discovered an error had been made and she had actually placed first runner-up. She was later crowned Miss California USA, and went on to represent California in the then Miss USA 1992 pageant.
- Deborah Shelton
Deborah Shelton (born November 21, 1948) is an American beauty queen and actress. Shelton first won the Miss Virginia USA title and was subsequently crowned Miss USA in May 1970. She then went on to the Miss Universe contest in Miami, Florida the same year where she placed first runner-up to Marisol Malaret of Puerto Rico. She later starred in the 1984 film "Body Double" and made frequent guest appearances on television in shows such as "Fantasy Island", …
- Brook Mahealani Lee
Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee (born January 8, 1971), also known as Brook Lee, was crowned Miss Universe 1997 on May 16, 1997. Of mixed Korean, Portuguese, Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry, Brook was Miss USA and Miss Hawaii USA prior to winning the Miss Universe 1997 pageant. Her Korean grandfather immigrated to Hawaii in the 1950s. She attended University Lab School for one year, 1987-1988. Lee graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1989.
- Barbara Peterson
Barbara Peterson (born c. 1954) is a beauty queen from Edina, Minnesota who has held the Miss USA title. Peterson won the Miss Minnesota USA 1976 crown and later represented Minnesota in the Miss USA 1976 pageant held in Niagara Falls, New York in May that year. She won the Miss USA crown, becoming the first titleholder from Minnesota. Peterson represented the United States at the 1976 Miss Universe pageant in Hong Kong where she failed to place in the semi-finals.
- Shawn Weatherly
Shawn Nichols Weatherly (born July 24 1959 in San Antonio, Texas) is a beauty queen and entertainer from Texas. Shawn would move to South Carolina as a child which allowed her to participate in Miss South Carolina - U.S.A. pageant, which placed her in the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageant's and subsequently won both titles. Weatherly first won the Miss South Carolina USA title in 1979, and was the first representative of RPM Productions.
- Wendy Dascomb
Wendy Dascomb is a former Miss USA titleholder from Virginia. In 1969 she became the first woman from this state to win this national pageant title. Dascomb later represented the United States in the Miss Universe pageant where she placed in the semi-finals. Dascomb was succeeded by Deborah Shelton, also of Virginia, which made Virginia the first state in the pageant's history to have back-to-back winners.
- Terry Huntingdon
Terry Lynn Huntingdon (born on May 8, 1940) is Miss USA 1959. After winning the Miss California USA crown, Huntingdon, from Mount Shasta, California went on to become California's first representative to achieve the title of Miss USA.
- Kim Seelbrede
Kimberly "Kim" Seelbrede (born c. 1961) is a beauty queen from Ohio who held the title Miss USA 1981. Kim Seelbrede currently lives in New York City with her two sons and holds a graduate degree from New York University (NYU) School of Social Work and a BA in psychology. Kim is licensed to practice social work and psychotherapy. Seelbrede, who hails from Germantown, Ohio won the Miss Ohio USA pageant in late 1980.
- Karen Morrison
Karen Morrison (born c. 1955) is a beauty queen from St. Charles, Illinois who held the title Miss USA 1974. Morrison first won the Miss Illinois USA title, then represented her state in the Miss USA pageant, held in Niagara Falls, New York in May 1974. In the nationally televised pageant, Morrison won the pageant crown, and was crowned by Amanda Jones, also of Illinois.