Linda Louise Rowley
Miss Alaska USA, previously known as Miss Alaska Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Simply Stunning LLC.
Alaska's most successful placement was in 1964, when Patricia Marlin placed as the second runner-up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 2017, when Alyssa London placed in the Top 10. Alaska ties with Texas as the states with the most wins in the pageant's history for "Best State Costume".
The current Miss Alaska USA is Brenna Schaake of Fairbanks who was crowned on June 1, 2024 at Bartlett High School Auditorium in Anchorage. Schaake will represent Alaska at Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
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Courtney Carroll, Miss Alaska USA 2008 -
Kathy Hartman, Miss Alaska USA 1971
Results summary
Placements in Miss USA
- 2nd Runner-Up: Patricia Marlin (1964)
- Top 6: Karin Meyer (1990)
- Top 10/12: Patricia Lane (1972), Barbara Samuelson (1978), Alyssa London (2017)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Toni Lynn McFadden (1982), Kimberly Agron (2015), Courtney Schuman (2022), Jordan Naylor (2023)
- Miss Photogenic: Courtney Carroll (2008)
- Best State Costume: Carla Sullivan (1965), Linda Louise Rowley (1969), Katherine Hartman (1971), Patricia Lane (1972)
Winners
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-Up
- Semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Brenna Schaake | Fairbanks | 29 | Miss Fairbanks | |||
| 2023 | Jordan Naylor | Anchorage | 25 | Miss Forget-Me-Not | Miss Congeniality |
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| 2022 | Courtney Schuman | Anchorage | 27 | Miss Cook Inlet | Miss Congeniality |
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| 2021 | Madison Edwards | Anchorage | 24 | ||||
| 2020 | Hannah Carlile | Fairbanks | 24 | ||||
| 2019 | JoEllen Walters | Eagle River | 24 | ||||
| 2018 | Brooke Johnson | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
| 2017 | Alyssa London | Anchorage | 27 | Top 10 |
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| 2016 | Ariane Audett | Anchorage | 21 | ||||
| 2015 | Kimberly Agron | Anchorage | 20 | Miss Congeniality |
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| 2014 | Kendall Bautista | Eagle River | 21 |
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| 2013 | Melissa McKinney | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
| 2012 | Jessica Kazmierczak | Salcha | 21 | ||||
| 2011 | Jessica Chuckran | Anchorage | 23 | ||||
| 2010 | Sarah Temple | Chugiak | 21 |
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| 2009 | Jessica Nolin | Palmer | 22 | ||||
| 2008 | Courtney Carroll | Fairbanks | 25 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 2007 | Blair Chenoweth | Anchorage | 25 |
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| 2006 | Noelle Meyer | Anchorage | 25 | ||||
| 2005 | Aleah Scheick | Anchorage | 22 | ||||
| 2004 | Cari Leyva | Anchorage | 20 |
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| 2003 | Stacey Storey | Eagle River | 23 |
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| 2002 | Christine Olejniczak | Palmer | 20 |
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| 2001 | Ivette Fernandez | Fairbanks | 25 | ||||
| 2000 | Laurie Ann Miller | Palmer | 21 |
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| 1999 | Anna Ruble | Anchorage | 26 | ||||
| 1998 | Pamela Kott | Anchorage | 27 | Daughter of Pete Kott, state representative for District 17, imprisoned for corruption | |||
| 1997 | Rea Bavilla | Unalaska | 23 | ||||
| 1996 | Janelle Canady | Eagle River | 23 | ||||
| 1995 | Theresa Lindley | Anchorage | |||||
| 1994 | Dawn Stuvek | Anchorage | |||||
| 1993 | Teresa Gates | Anchorage | |||||
| 1992 | Kelly Quirk | Anchorage | |||||
| 1991 | Tiffany Smith | Tok | |||||
| 1990 | Karin Meyer | Anchorage | Top 6 | ||||
| 1989 | Tina Geraci | Eagle River | |||||
| 1988 | Raun Reaves | Anchorage | |||||
| 1987 | Shelly Dunlevy | Anchorage | |||||
| 1986 | Kim Christopher-Taylor | Homer | 21 | ||||
| 1985 | Kari Moore | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1984 | Sherri McNealley | Fort Wainwright | |||||
| 1983 | Amy Harms | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1982 | Toni Lynn McFadden | Fairbanks | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1981 | Shelly Brunaugh | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1980 | Debby Fickus | Fairbanks |
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| 1979 | Kimberley Fidler | North Pole | |||||
| 1978 | Barbara Samuelson | Anchorage | Top 12 | ||||
| 1977 | Edith Baker | North Pole | 21 | ||||
| 1976 | Liz Staib | Anchorage | |||||
| 1975 | Andie Higgins | Fairbanks | 19 | ||||
| 1974 | Cynthia Dickerson | Anchorage | |||||
| 1973 | Wendy Curwen | Chugach | 21 | ||||
| 1972 | Patricia Lane | Anchorage | Top 12 | Best State Costume | |||
| 1971 | Katherine Hartman | Fairbanks | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1970 | Therese Press | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1969 | Linda Louise Rowley | Fairbanks | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1968 | Sharon Long | Anchorage | |||||
| 1967 | Mary Lou Helfrich | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1966 | Elrita Blakensop | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1965 | Carla Sullivan | Fairbanks | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1964 | Patricia Marlin | North Pole | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1963 | Nina Whaley | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1962 | Teresa Hanson | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1961 | Judy Onstad | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1960 | Evelyn Bly | Fairbanks | |||||
| 1959 | Anna Lekanof | St. George | |||||
| 1958 | Elenor Moses | Represented the Territory of Alaska at Miss Universe | |||||
| 1957 | Martha Lehmann | ||||||
| 1956 | Barbare Sellar | ||||||
| 1955 | Lorna McLeod | ||||||
| 1954 | Charleen Lander | ||||||
| 1953 | Muriel Hagberg | ||||||
| 1952 | Shirley Burnett | ||||||
Notes
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
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- ^ Daybreak Staff (9 February 2017). "Miss Alaska USA 2017: 'I want to empower women'". KTVA 11. Archived from the original on 2017-02-10. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Gullufsen, Kevin (20 February 2017). "Miss Alaska 2017 talks Tlingit heritage and digital entrepreneurship". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Brown, Robin (13 July 2015). "Renee Bull breaks 'Delaware Curse' in Miss USA pageant". The News Journal. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kendall Bautista". Miss Universe.
- ^ Dave, Tirusha (June 27, 2016). "The Road to Miss America – Miss Alaska Kendall Rae Bautista". Bravura Magazine.
- ^ Associated Press (14 April 2008). "Texas Entrepreneur Crowned Miss USA". The Elwell Call-Leader. p. 7.
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- ^ "Wendy Curwen wins crown in Miss Alaska-Universe contest". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 12 March 1973. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pat Lane Alaska's Choice for Miss Universe pageant". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 13 March 1972. p. 1.
- ^ "Kathy Hartman wears the crown as Miss Alaska-Universe, 1971". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 16 March 1971. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Alaska-Universe leaves for Miss USA pageant in Florida". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 7 May 1970. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Linda Rowley Joint Winner". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 14 April 1969. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Alaska-Universe to Crown New Queen Tonight". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 12 April 1969 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mary Lou's Year Exciting, Hectic". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 29 February 1968. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "An Eskimo Shivers in City Cold". Daily News. 15 January 1964. p. 32. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Forever Queens| Miss Alaska USA & Miss Alaska Teen USA".
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