The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
in the
Miss USA
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pageant. It is, , produced by Future Productions based in
Savage
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, Minnesota since 2005.
Wyoming has placed twice in Miss USA (in 1986 and 2010), won five Miss Congeniality awards, and one Miss Photogenic award.
Six Miss Wyoming USAs have won the
Miss Wyoming Teen USA
The Miss Wyoming Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wyoming in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Wyoming's highest placement was at Miss Teen USA 1985 when Emily Ernst placed first runner-up to Kelly Hu ...
title and competed at
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant that has been run since 1983 by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19 years old as of January 1st of the competition year. They must be US citizens, and cannot have been married, pregnant, or ...
, six have competed at
Miss America
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and two has competed at
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
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.
Mackenzie Rush of
Sheridan was crowned Miss Wyoming USA 2024 on June 30, 2024 at The Union Colony Civic Center in
Greeley. She will represent Wyoming for the title of
Miss USA 2024
Miss USA 2024 was the 73rd Miss USA pageant, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States, on August 4, 2024.
Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii crowned Alma Cooper of Michigan as her successor at the end of the event. Sh ...
.
Gallery of titleholders
File:Katie Rudoff Dunn.jpg, Katie Rudoff, Miss Wyoming USA 2004
File:KristinGeorge.jpg, Kristin George, Miss Wyoming USA 2006
File:Holly Allen, 2011.jpg, Holly Allen, Miss Wyoming USA 2012
Results summary
Placements
*Top 10: Beth King (1986)
*Top 15: Claire Schreiner (2010)
Wyoming holds a record of just 2 placements at
Miss USA
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020. ...
.
Awards
*Miss Congeniality: Linda Leafdale (1966), Pam Williams (1979), Cynthia Pate (2009), Mikaela Shaw (2017), Callie Bishop (2018)
*Miss Photogenic: Beth King (1986)
Winners
;Color key
References
External links
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Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
Wyoming culture
Women in Wyoming
1952 establishments in Wyoming
Recurring events established in 1952