Miss Colorado USA
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The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant.
From 1993 - 2006 the Miss Colorado USA state pageant was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group. It has been announced that in 2007 Colorado will merge into the Future Productions group.
Colorado has been one of the more unlucky states at Miss USA, having not had a finalist since 1963. They have, however been successful with other awards, being one of only four states to have been awarded Miss Photogenic twice.
Two Miss Colorado USAs were former Miss Colorado Teen USAs and four were former Miss America contestants. One of Colorado's winners was Katee Doland, most notably a Triple Crown winner. She is one of six in the Nation to win all three state titles: Colorado Teen USA, Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado America. In a relatively rare occurrence, the titleholders from 2002 and 2003 had previously held Miss Colorado titles in the same order in subsequent years.
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Third runner-up: Rhea Looney (1963)
- Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000)
- Top 15: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971)
- Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2001), Susan Hawkins (1969)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2008 | Beckie Hughes | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Keena Bonella | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | |||
| 2003 | Erin MacGregor | Vail | 26 | Previously Miss Colorado 1999 | ||
| 2002 | Keely Coe Gaston | Morrison | 24 | Previously Miss Colorado 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 20 | Miss Photogenic | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1998 and later Miss Colorado 2003
Former Denver Broncos cheerleader |
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| 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Manuello | Boulder | ||||
| 1998 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | Previously Miss Colorado 1996 | |||
| 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | ||||
| 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | ||||
| 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | ||||
| 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | Denver | ||||
| 1993 | Janna Durbin | Golden | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989 | |||
| 1992 | Laura Dewild | Denver | ||||
| 1991 | Melanie Ness | Fort Morgan | ||||
| 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | 2nd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1990 | |||
| 1989 | Debbie James | Denver | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985 and Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1989 | ||
| 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | ||||
| 1987 | Polly Kuska | Fort Bliss | ||||
| 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | ||||
| 1985 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | Previously Miss Colorado 1981 | |||
| 1984 | Michelle Anderson | Denver | ||||
| 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | Denver | ||||
| 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | ||||
| 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | ||||
| 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | ||||
| 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | ||||
| 1978 | Linda Potestio | Pueblo | ||||
| 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Denver | ||||
| 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lemar | ||||
| 1975 | Amy Long | Lakewood | ||||
| 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | ||||
| 1973 | Lenita Mosley | Denver | ||||
| 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakeland | ||||
| 1971 | Diane Knaub | Denver | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | ||||
| 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | ||||
| 1967 | Kim Kelly | |||||
| 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | |||||
| 1965 | Cathy McPherson | |||||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Rhea Looney | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1962 | Penny Jo James | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1960 | Karen Eickermann | |||||
| 1959 | Diane Lee Gardner | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Devona Hubka | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Linda Clapham | |||||
| 1956 | Karen Keeler | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Dorothy Jane Bewley | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1954 | Lorna Batterson | |||||
| 1953 | Jeanie Carroll | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Joan Linn | |||||
| 1951 | Josephine Barbie |
^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
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| Miss America Miss Colorado |
Miss USA Miss Colorado USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Colorado Teen USA |
| Future Productions state pageants | ||||||||||
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| Miss Colorado USA 2007- Miss Colorado Teen USA 2007- |
Miss Iowa USA 2008- Miss Iowa Teen USA 2008- |
Miss Minnesota USA 2004- Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2004- |
Miss South Dakota USA 2003- Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2003- |
Miss Wisconsin USA 2007- Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2007- |
Miss Wyoming USA 2005- Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005- |
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