Miss Georgia USA
This article is about the U.S. state pageant affiliated with Miss USA. For the U.S. state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Georgia (U.S. state). For the national pageant affiliated with Miss World and Miss Universe, see Miss Georgia (country).
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Atlanta |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
Emanii Davis, Miss Georgia USA 2016
Brittany Swann, Miss Georgia USA 2007, at the Peach Bowl
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.
Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh-most successful state at Miss USA and has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states since 2000 . Georgia is within the top fifteen states in terms of most semifinalist (or better) placings (20) and is one of only seven states to have won more than one Miss Photogenic award.
Despite having a large number of runners-up, no Miss Georgia USA has won the national title.
Four former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only two titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.
The pageant is directed by Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kim Greenwood.[1]
The current titleholder is Deanna Johnson, who was a contestant on Season 8 of The Voice.
Results summary
- 1st Runner-Up: Erin Nance (1993)
- 2nd Runner-Up: Tami Tesch (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006), Tiana Griggs (2014), Emanii Davis (2016)
- 3rd Runner-Up: Dorothy Taylor (1959), Shellie O'Neal (1993)
- 4th Runner-Up: Carolann Connor (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000), Jasmyn Wilkins (2012)
- Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
- Top 10: Caroline Medley (2004)
- Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)
- Top 15: Kimberly Gittings (2009)
- Top 16: Kaylin Reque (2011)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
Titleholders
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss USA | Special Awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2017 | DeAnna Johnson | Hazlehurst | 20 | TBA | The Voice US Season 8 (10th) | |
| 2016 | Emanii Davis | Griffin | 22 | 2nd Runner Up | ||
| 2015 | Brooke Fletcher | Peachtree City | 23 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2009 and 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2014 | Tiana Griggs | Monticello | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 2013 | Brittany Sharp[2] | Atlanta | 22 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2006 and 4th runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||
| 2012 | Jasmyn Wilkins | Atlanta | 22 | 4th Runner-Up | Daughter of Gerald Wilkins, niece of Dominique Wilkins, and sister of Damien Wilkins. | |
| 2011 | Kaylin Reque[3] | Suwanee | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Amanda Kozak | Warner Robins | 23 | Previously Miss Georgia 2006 and Miss America 2007 2nd runner-up; 1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | American Idol (season 3) Semi-finalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 | Previously Miss Connecticut 2002 and top 10 at Miss America 2003 | ||
| 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 Magazine's Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. | |
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | 4th Runner-Up | ||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | 25 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991 and 1st Runner-Up at Miss Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | ||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993 and top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1996 | Jenny Craig | Later Mrs. Texas America 2004 and Mrs. Photogenic at the Mrs. America 2004 pageant under her married name, Jennifer Palmieri.[4] | ||||
| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 | Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1995, Miss Teen All American 1990 | ||
| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-Up | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988, 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994, Miss Teen All American 1991 | |
| 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 | 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 Tesch | 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 | ||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | |||||
| 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 | | |||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood | Successor to Rosemarie Bowe | ||||
| Rosemarie Bowe | Resigned | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Producers". Miss Georgia USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Brittany Sharp Crowned Miss Georgia USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. January 18, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ↑ Richardson, Marc (2010-10-22). "Kaylin Reque of Suwanee Wins Miss Georgia USA , Kristen Robinson of Stone Mountain Wins Miss GA Teen". Stone Mountain 11alive.com.
- ↑ "2004 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
External links
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