Miss Missouri USA

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Candice Crawford, Miss Missouri USA 2008
Candice Crawford, Miss Missouri USA 2008
Amber Seyer, Miss Missouri USA 2007
Amber Seyer, Miss Missouri USA 2007
Shandi Finnessey Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004
Shandi Finnessey Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004

The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.

Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st Runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant.

Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey who is one of only two Miss USA winners since 1980 to win the Miss USA title. Six former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.

[edit] Winners

Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2008 Candice Crawford Columbia 21 Top 10 Sister of Chace Crawford
2007 Amber Seyer Oran 20 Top 10 Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003
2006 Kristi Capel Springfield 22
2005 Andrea Ciliberti Kansas City 21 Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3
2004 Ashley Litton Olathe 20
2004 Shandi Finnessey Florissant 25 Winner 1st runner up at Miss Universe 2004, previously Miss Missouri 2002, 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000
2003 Tara Bollinger 23
2002 Melana Scantlin Gladstone 24 Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1995 and top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1995, Reality TV star (Average Joe)
2001 Larissa Meek St. Louis 23 4th Runner-Up Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997, Reality TV star (Average Joe)
2000 Denette Roderick
1999 Teri Bollinger Previously Miss Illinois Teen USA 1990
1998 Melanie Breedlove 2nd Runner-Up Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1993
1997 Amanda Jahn St Joseph 25
1996 Aimee Rinehart 24
1995 Britt Powell Semi-Finalist
1994 Shelly Lehman Semi-Finalist
1993 Stephanie Nunn Springfield
1992 Tonya Snodgrass
1991 Tiffany Hazel
1990 Lori Suschnick
1989 Rhonda Hoglan Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1985, 3rd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1985
1988 Alecia Workman
1987 Dawn Fonseca Independence 22 3rd Runner-Up
1986 Barbara Webster Kansas City Previously Miss Missouri 1983, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1984
1985 Amy Ruth Coverdale Columbia Semi-Finalist
1984 Sandy Percival Sunrise Beach 20 3rd Runner-Up Later Miss International USA 1984 and competed at Miss International 1984, did not place
1983 Robin Elizabeth Riley Columbia Later Miss Missouri 1987, top 10 semifinalist for Miss America 1988
1982 Susan Heiman Kansas City
1981 Karien Smagacz Fulton
1980 Kelly Laxson Kansas City, MO
1979 Virginia Dean
1978 Paula Anita Taylor
1977 Connie Ast
1976 Donna Hibbitts Semi-Finalist
1975 Nancy LaRose Semi-Finalist
1974 Dorothy Ann McElven Semi-Finalist
1973 Camilla Crist
1972 Janet Potter
1971 Nancy Rebecca 3rd Runner-Up
1970 Suzette Grenham
1969 Sherry Hoffman
1968 Jan Barton
1967 Karen Hendrix 4th Runner-Up
1966 Martha Taylor
1965 Barbara Brooks
1964 Sandy Bawol 4th runner up in Miss World USA 1963
1963 Sandra Lee Marlin 2nd Runner-Up
1962 Mikee Campbell
1961 Joan Roberts
1960 Marilyn Jean Stalcup Semi-Finalist
1959 Barbara Jayne Stell
1958 Beverly Sue Wright
1957 Judith Ann Murback
1956 Carol Rae Thrower
1955 Bennie Joan Pritchard
1954 Alice Jean Porritt
1953 Donna Gardner
1952 Carolyn Carlew 2nd Runner-Up

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

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