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Miss Missouri USA
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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.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Amber Seyer | 20 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Kristi Capel | 22 | ||||
| 2005 | Andrea Ciliberti | 21 | Contestant on Beauty and the Geek, season 3 | |||
| 2004 | Ashley Litton | |||||
| 2004 | Shandi Finnessey | Florissant | 25 | Winner | 1st runner up at Miss Universe 2004, previously Miss Missouri 2002 | |
| 2003 | Tara Bollinger | 23 | ||||
| 2002 | Melana Scantlin | 24 | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1995, Reality TV star (Average Joe) | |||
| 2001 | Larissa Meek | 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 1998 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 1988 | Alecia Workman | |||||
| 1987 | Dawn Fonseca | Independence | 22 | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 1986 | Barbara Webster | Kansas City | Previously Miss Missouri 1983 | |||
| 1985 | Amy Ruth Coverdale | Columbia | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1984 | Sandy Lee Percival | Sunrise Beach | 20 | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 1983 | Robin Elizabeth Riley | Columbia | Later Miss Missouri 1987 | |||
| 1982 | Susan Heiman | Kansas City | ||||
| 1981 | Karien Smagacz | Fulton | ||||
| 1980 | Kelly Laxson | |||||
| 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 | Not Available | |||||
| 1965 | Barbara Brooks | |||||
| 1964 | Sandy Bawol | |||||
| 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
| Missouri Pageantry | |
|---|---|
| Miss America Miss Missouri |
Miss USA Miss Missouri USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Missouri Teen USA |
| Vanbros State Pageants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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