The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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for the

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pageant. From 2001 to 2007, it was produced by Red Curtain Productions. Casting Crowns Productions directed the pageant from 2007 to 2018 under the directorship of former

Miss Missouri USA The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of st ...

Britt Boyse. Smoak Productions became the new director for Miss and Teen pageants in 2019 under executive director and

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. Utah has been successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. The most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced two Miss USA winners, in 1960 (

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, who went on to win the Miss Universe 1960 title) and in 2023. Miss Utah USA 1957,

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, also won the Miss USA 1957 crown after the original titleholder ( Leona Gage,

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) was dethroned. Utah has a strong recent record, having placed in four out of five pageants between 2005 and 2009. The most recent placement and win was Venezuelan-American Noelia Voigt in 2023. Five Miss Utah USAs are former Miss Utah Teen USAs who competed at Miss Teen USA. Three placed at Miss USA, which eclipsed their Teen performances. They are also very similar to the

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titleholders who also placed at Miss USA rather than Miss Teen USA. Two also competed in

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. The current titleholder is Alyssa Chandler of American Fork, was crowned Miss Utah USA 2024 on July 6, 2024, at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Jeanné Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. She will represent Utah at Miss USA 2024.

Gallery of titleholders

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Results summary

Placements

*Miss USA:

(1960), Noelia Voigt (2023) *1st runners-up: Charlotte Sheffield (1957) *2nd runners-up: Susan Gasser (1982) *3rd runners-up: Janet Joy Erikson (1964), Laura Chukanov (2009), Marissa Powell (2013) *4th runners-up: Shauna Wood (1953) *Top 5/6: Temple Taggert (1997), Melissa Leigh Anderson (1998) *Top 10/12: Tracy Kennick (1996), Margo Flynn (1978), Heather Anderson (2007) *Top 15/16: Cheryl Brown (1956), Sandra Puch (1958), Janet Marie Hawley (1961), Patricia Profaizer (1962), Janice Sadler (1965), Denice Blair (1966), Marin Poole (2005), Julia Bachison (2008), Jamie Crandall (2011), JessiKate Riley (2021) Utah holds a record of 23 placements at

Awards

* Miss Congeniality: Peggy Moore (1972) * Miss Photogenic: Marissa Powell (2013) * Best State Costume 2nd Place: JessiKate Riley (2021)

Winners

;Color key

Notes

References

External links

* {{Miss USA state

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