United States at major beauty pageants

This is a list of United States' representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has won three of the four pageants:

The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on SPECIFIC STANDARDS such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[1][2][3]

Color Key
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2016 Deshauna Barber
TBA		 Audra Mari
TBA		 Kaitryana Leinbach
4th Runner-up		 Corrin Stellakis
Top 8
2015 Olivia Jordan
2nd Runner-up		 Victoria Mendoza Lindsay Becker
4th Runner-up		 Brittany Ann Payne
2nd Runner-up
2014 Nia Sanchez
1st Runner-up		 Elizabeth Safrit
2nd Runner-up		 Samantha Brooks Andrea Neu
1st Runner-up
2013 Erin Brady
Top 10		 Olivia Jordan
Top 20		 Andrea Neu
Top 15		 Nicole Velez
Top 16
2012 Olivia Culpo
WINNER		 Claudine Book
Top 15		 Amanda Renee Delgado
Top 15		 Siria Bojorquez
Top 8
2011 Alyssa Campanella
Top 16		 Erin Cummins Kristen Little Nicole Kelley
2010 Rima Fakih Alexandria Mills
WINNER		 Casandra Tressler Danielle Bounds
Top 14
2009 Kristen Dalton
Top 10		 Lisa-Marie Kohrs Aileen Jan Yap Amy Diaz
2008 Crystle Stewart
Top 10		 Lane Lindell Kelly Best Jana Murrell
Top 16
2007 Rachel Smith
4th Runner-up		 Abigail McCary
Top 16 		April Strong Lisa Forbes
2006 Tara Conner
4th Runner-up		 Brooke Angus × Amanda Pennekamp
Top 15
2005 Chelsea Cooley
Top 10		 Lissette Diaz Anna Ward Amanda Kimmel
Top 8
2004 Shandi Finnessey
1st Runner-up		 Nancy Randall
2nd Runner-up 		Amy Lynne Holbrook
1st Runner-up		 Stephanie Brownell
2003 Susie Castillo
Top 15		 Kimberly Harlan Masielle Otero Jessica Schilling
2002 Shauntay Hinton Rebekah Revels
Top 10 		Mary Elizabeth Jones Casey Marie Burns
2001 Kandace Krueger
2nd Runner-up		 Carrie Stroup Eliana Thompson Abigail Royce
Top 10
2000 Lynnette Cole
Top 5		 Angelique Breaux
Top 10 		Kirstin Anne Cook ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999 Kimberly Pressler Natasha Allas
Top 10 		Jennifer Glover
1998 Shawnae Jebbia
Top 5		 Shauna Gambill
Top 10		 Susan Paez
1997 Brook Lee
WINNER		 Sallie Toussaint
Top 10 		Tanya Lorraine Miller
1996 Ali Landry
Top 6		 Kelly Webber Maya Yadira Kashak
1995 Chelsi Smith
WINNER		 Jill Ankuda Krista Loskota
1994 Lu Parker
Top 6		 Kristie Harmon Karen Kristie Doyle
1993 Kenya Summer Moore
Top 6		 Maribeth Brown
Top 10		 Lynette Jonene MacFee
1992 Shannon Marketic
Top 10		 Sharon Belden
Top 10		 Sandra Lee Allen
1991 Kelli McCarty
Top 6		 Charlotte Ray
Top 10		 Kimberly Anne Byers
1990 Carole Gist
1st Runner-up		 Gina Tolleson
WINNER 		Shawna Lea Bowman
Top 10
1989 Gretchen Polhemus
2nd Runner-up		 Jill Renee Scheffert
4th Runner-up 		Deborah Lee Husti
Top 15
1988 Courtney Gibbs
Top 10		 Diana Magaňa
Top 10 		Dana Michelle Richmond
1st Runner-up
1987 Michelle Royer
2nd Runner-up		 Clotlide Helen Cabrera Paula Jean Morrison
Top 15
1986 Christy Fichtner
1st Runner-up		 Halle Berry
5th Runner-up 		Cindy Jane Williams
Top 15
1985 Laura Martínez-Herring
Top 10		 Brenda Denton
2nd Runner-up 		Sarie Nerine Jourbert
1st Runner Up
1984 Mai Shanley
Top 10		 Kelly Lea Anderson
4th Runner-up 		Sandra Lee Percival
1983 Julie Hayek
1st Runner-up		 Lisa Allred
6th Runner-up 		Kimberly Anne Bleier
Top 15
1982 Terri Utley
4th Runner-up		 Elizabeth LuAnn Caughey
4th Runner-up		 Christie Ellen Claridge
WINNER
1981 Kim Seelbrede
Top 12		 Lisa Lynn Moss
6th Runner-up 		Lisa Schuman
Top 15
1980 Shawn Weatherly
WINNER		 Brooke Alexander
6th Runner-up 		Clarissa Ann Ewing
1st Runner-up
1979 Mary Therese Friel
Top 12		 Carter Wilson
Top 15 		Anna Maria Rapagna
1st Runner-up
1978 Judi Andersen
1st Runner-up		 Debra Jean Freeze
Top 15 		Katherine Patricia Ruth
WINNER
1977 Kimberly Tomes
Top 12		 Cindy Darlene Miller
4th Runner-up		 Laura Jean Bobbit
4th Runner-up
1976 Barbara Peterson Kimberly Marre Foley Susan Elizabeth Carlson
3rd Runner-up
1975 Summer Bartholomew
2nd Runner-up		 Annelise Ilschenko Patricia Lynn Bailey
3rd Runner-up
1974 Karen Morrison
Top 12		 Terry Ann Browning
4th Runner-up 		Brucene Smith
WINNER
1973 Amanda Jones
1st Runner-up		 Marjorie Wallace
WINNER		 Maria Pia Canzani
1972 Tanya Wilson
Top 12		 Lynda Carter
Top 15		 Lindsay Diane Bloom
4th Runner-up
1971 Michele Marlene McDonald
Top 12		 Brucene Smith
5th Runner-up 		Jacqueline Lee Jochims
3rd Runner-up
1970 Deborah Shelton
1st Runner-up		 Sandra Anne Wolsfeld
Top 15		 Randi Blesner
Top 15
1969 Wendy Jane Dascomb
Top 15		 Gail Renshaw
1st Runner-up		 Gayle Kovaly
Top 15
1968 Dorothy Anstett
4th Runner-up		 Johnine Leigh Avery Karen Ann MacQuarrie
2nd Runner-up
1967 Sylvia Hitchcock
WINNER		 Pamela Valari Pall
Top 15 		Pamela Elfast
1966 Maria Remenyi
Top 15		 Denice Estelle Blair
6th Runner-up		 ↑ No Pageant Held
1965 Sue Ann Downey
2nd Runner-up		 Dianna Lynn Batts
1st Runner-up		 Gail Karen Krielow
1st Runner-up
1964 Bobbie Johnson
Top 15		 Jeanne Marie Quinn
Top 16		 Linda Ann Taylor
1st Runner-up
1963 Marite Ozers
Top 15		 Michele Metrinko
Top 14		 Joyce Bryan
3rd Runner-up
1962 Macel Leilani Wilson
Top 15		 Amadee Chabot
Top 8		 Carolyn Joyner
4th Runner-up
1961 Sharon Renee Brown
4th Runner-up		 Jo Ann Odum
6th Runner-up		 Jo Ann Marie Dye
1960 Linda Jeanne Bement
WINNER		 Judith Ann Achter
4th Runner-up		 Charlene Lundberg
4th Runner-up
1959 Terry Lynn Huntingdon
2nd Runner-up		 Loretta Powell ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958 Arlene Howell
3rd Runner-up		 Nancy Ann Corcoran
1957 × Charlotte Sheffield
1956 Carol Ann Laverne Morris
WINNER		 Betty Lane Cherry
1st Runner-up
1955 Carlene King Johnson
Top 15		 Margaret Anne Haywood
1st Runner-up
1954 Miriam Stevenson
WINNER		 Karin Hultman
1st Runner-up
1953 Myrna Hansen
1st Runner-up		 Mary Griffin
5th Runner-up
1952 Jacqueleen Loughery
Top 10		 Tally Richards
4th Runner-up
1951 ↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States)		 Annette Gibson


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Name of Pageant Placements Best Result
Miss Universe 59 Winner (1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997, 2012)
Miss World 46 Winner (1973, 1990, 2010)
Miss International 32 Winner (1974, 1978, 1982)
Miss Earth 10 1st Runner-up (2014)
Total 142 14 Winners

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ International Beauty Pageant Ranking
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.

See also

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