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Miss Kansas USA
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The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.
Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli McCarty won the crown. In 1992 the state joined the Vanbros group, which led to a surge in placements in the 1990s and early 2000s. This included two first runners-up, one second runner-up, one third runner-up and one fourth runner-up, among others. All but two of Kansas' nine placements have been runners-up.
Three former Miss Kansas Teen USAs went on to win the Miss title, and also two Miss Missouri USAs (Missouri is also a Vanbros state).
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- Winners: Kelli McCarty (1991)
- 1st runners-up: Danielle Boatwright (1996), Lindsay Douglas (2002)
- 2nd runners-up: Tavia Shackles (1993), Cara Gorges (2007)
- 3rd runners-up: Tiffany Meyer (2000)
- 4th runners-up: Kimberlee Girrens (1992)
- Top 12: Brenda Kopmeyer (1973), Carol Hovenkamp (1994)
- Best State Costume: Tavia Shackles (1993)
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2007 | Cara Gorges | Clearwater | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Ashley Aull | Lansing | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Rachel Saunders | Tonganoxie | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Lisa Forbes | Overland Park | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Alicia Cabrera | Leawood | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Lindsay Douglas | Lawrence | 23 | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2001 | Kristie Knox | Hutchinson | 25 | |||
| 2000 | Tiffany Meyer | Lawrence | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1994 | |
| 1999 | Amanda Carraway | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996 | ||||
| 1998 | Cammie Morisseau | |||||
| 1997 | Kathryn Taylor | Overland Park | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Danielle Boatwright | Tonganoxie | 20 | 1st Runner-up | Best in Swimsuit | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992, sports broadcaster and winner of Survivor: Guatemala |
| 1995 | Deborah Daulton | Salina | ||||
| 1994 | Carol Hovenkamp | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1993 | Tavia Shackles | Shawnee | 2nd Runner-up | Best State Costume | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1990 | |
| 1992 | Kimberlee Girrens | Wichita | 4th Runner-up | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1986 | ||
| 1991 | Kelli McCarty | Liberal |
Winner |
Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1991 Starred as Beth Wallace in the NBC show Passions |
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| 1990 | Rebecca Porter | |||||
| 1989 | Nancy Burris | |||||
| 1988 | Cynthia Decker | |||||
| 1987 | Martina Castle | Overland Park | ||||
| 1986 | Audra Ockerman | Wichita | ||||
| 1985 | Jill Denzin | Leawood | ||||
| 1984 | Elizabeth Johnson | Prairie View | ||||
| 1983 | Renee Ruch | Mission | ||||
| 1982 | Stefani Larson | Overland Park | ||||
| 1981 | Missy Kaser | Wichita | ||||
| 1980 | Lisa Boyd | |||||
| 1979 | Linda Shields | |||||
| 1978 | Mary Bell | |||||
| 1977 | Sherry Brane | |||||
| 1976 | Deborah Vitera | |||||
| 1975 | Robbin Loomas | |||||
| 1974 | Lorraine Breckenridge | |||||
| 1973 | Brenda Kopmeyer | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1972 | Mona Guesnier | |||||
| 1971 | Nancy Bishop | |||||
| 1970 | Norma Decker | |||||
| 1969 | Molly McGugin | |||||
| 1968 | Anne Layton | |||||
| 1967 | Not Available | |||||
| 1966 | Pat Ravenscroft | |||||
| 1965 | Linda Bergsten | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Ford | |||||
| 1963 | Diane Stoker | |||||
| 1962 | Linda Light | |||||
| 1961 | Dixie Cook | |||||
| 1960 | Peggy Patterson | |||||
| 1955-59 | No Representative | |||||
| 1954 | Sue Ravencroft | |||||
| 1953 | No Representative | |||||
| 1952 | Betty Renick |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
| Kansas Pageantry | |
|---|---|
| Miss America Miss Kansas |
Miss USA Miss Kansas USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Kansas's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Kansas Teen USA |
| Vanbros State Pageants | ||||||
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| Miss Kansas USA 1993- Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992- |
Miss Missouri USA 1993- Miss Missouri Teen USA 1993- |
Miss Nebraska USA 2002- Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2002- |
Miss Oklahoma USA 1997- Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997- |
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