Miss Colorado USA
Miss Colorado USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by Future Productions.
Colorado's most successful placements were in 1963 and 2010, when Rhea Looney and Jessica Hartman, respectively, placed as the third runner-up. Colorado's most recent placement was in 2012, when Marybel Gonzalez placed in the Top 10.
Jessi Kalambayi of Denver was crowned Miss Colorado USA on June 30, 2024 at Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She will represent Colorado at Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
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Blair Griffith, Miss Colorado USA 2011 -
Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008
Results summary
Placements
- 3rd Runner-Up: Rhea Looney (1963), Jessica Hartman (2010)
- Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000), Marybel Gonzalez (2012)
- Top 15/16/20: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)
Colorado holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971), Crystal Grove (1998)
- Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2001), Susan Hawkins (1969)
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 | Jessi Kalambayi | Denver | 26 | Miss Denver | Top 10 | ||
| 2023 | Arianna Lemus | Gunnison | 27 | Miss Gunnison | |||
| 2022 | Alexis Glover | Colorado Springs | 23 | Miss Colorado Springs |
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| 2021 | Olivia Lorenzo | Fort Collins | 20 | Miss Fort Collins | |||
| 2020 | Emily DeMure | Boulder | 21 |
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| 2019 | Madison Dorenkamp | Lamar | 25 | ||||
| 2018 | Chloe Brown | Grand Junction | 22 |
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| 2017 | Sabrina Janssen | Denver | 22 | ||||
| 2016 | Caley-Rae Pavillard | Castle Pines | 22 |
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| 2015 | Talyah Polee | Denver | 26 | ||||
| 2014 | Eleanna Livaditis | Centennial | 25 | ||||
| 2013 | Amanda Wiley | Littleton | 25 | ||||
| 2012 | Marybel Gonzalez | Denver | 24 | Top 10 | |||
| 2011 | Blair Griffith | Lakewood | 22 |
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| 2010 | Jessica Hartman | Pueblo | 19 | 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 2009 | Patrice Williams | Colorado Springs | 22 | ||||
| 2008 | Beckie Hughes | Grand Junction | 21 | ||||
| 2007 | Keena Bonella | 21 | |||||
| 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | ||||
| 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | ||||
| 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | ||||
| 2003 | Erin MacGregor | Vail | 26 |
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| 2002 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 24 |
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| 2001 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 20 | Miss Photogenic |
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| 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Top 10 | |||
| 1999 | Susan Manuello | Boulder | |||||
| 1998 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton |
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| 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | |||||
| 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | |||||
| 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | |||||
| 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | ||||||
| 1993 | Janna Durbin | Golden |
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| 1992 | Laura Dewild | Denver | |||||
| 1991 | Melanie Ness | Pueblo | |||||
| 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | |||||
| 1989 | Debbie James | Denver | 21 | Top 10 |
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| 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | |||||
| 1987 | Polly Kuska | Northglenn | |||||
| 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | |||||
| 1985 | Lynnette Jessen |
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| 1984 | Michelle Anderson | ||||||
| 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | ||||||
| 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | |||||
| 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | |||||
| 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | |||||
| 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | |||||
| 1978 | Linda Potestio | ||||||
| 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Denver | |||||
| 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lamar | |||||
| 1975 | Amy Long | Lakewood | |||||
| 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | |||||
| 1973 | Lenita Mosley | ||||||
| 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakeland | |||||
| 1971 | Diane Knaub | Denver | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | |||||
| 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | |||||
| 1967 | Kim Kelly | ||||||
| 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | ||||||
| 1965 | Cathy McPherson | ||||||
| Did not compete at Miss USA 1964 | |||||||
| 1963 | Rhea Looney | 3rd Runner-Up | |||||
| 1962 | Penny James | Top 16 | |||||
| Did not compete at Miss USA 1961 | |||||||
| 1960 | Karen Eickermann | ||||||
| 1959 | Dianne Gardner | Top 15 | |||||
| 1958 | Devona Hubka | ||||||
| 1957 | Mary Clapham | ||||||
| 1956 | Karen Keeler | Top 15 | |||||
| 1955 | Dorothy Bewley | Top 15 | |||||
| 1954 | Lorna Batterson | ||||||
| 1953 | Jeanie Carroll | Top 20 | |||||
| 1952 | Joan Linn | ||||||
Notes
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Will Miss Colorado Teen USA hail from Eagle County?". Vail Daily. 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Owner of Pinque wins Miss Colorado USA crown". The Daily Sentinel. 2007-10-30.
- ^ Stina Sieg (31 October 2007). "Businesswoman named Miss Colorado". The Post Independent. Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, CO, USA: Swift Communications, Inc.
- ^ Wyrick, Randy (2002-11-27). "Beauty that extends to the soul". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08.
External links
- Official website (archived; to 2006)
- Official website (archived; from 2007 to 2010)
- Official website (current)