Miss Oregon USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Portland |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.
Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Toneata Morgan in 2018.
Two Miss Oregon USA titleholders have formerly held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.
Results summary
- 2nd runners-up: Gail Atchison (1976)
- Top 10: Debbie Epperson (1984), Endia Albrante (2001), Jennifer Murphy (2004)
- Top 11: Olga Calderon (1991)
- Top 15/16: Maralyn Turner (1956), Joyce Collin (1962), Toye Esch (1964), Maureen Bassett (1967), Laura Smith (1970), Toneata Morgan (2018)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Denise White (1994), Gabrielle Neilan (2013)
- Miss Photogenic: Alaina Bergsma (2012)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2018 | Toneata Morgan | Coquille[1][2] | 22 | Top 15 | ||
2017 | Elizabeth Denny | Roseburg | 26 | |||
2016 | Natriana Shorter | Eugene | 24 | |||
2015 | Bridget Wilmes | Canby | 22 | |||
2014 | Emma Pelett | Portland | 25 | |||
2013 | Gabrielle Neilan[3] | Gresham | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
2012 | Alaina Bergsma | Eugene[4] | 22[5] | Miss Photogenic | Part of the Oregon Ducks volleyball team, currently plays in Brazil for Minas Tênis Clube.[6] NCAA Volleyball Player of the Year 2012. | |
2011 | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
2010 | Kate Paul | Bend | 24 | |||
2009 | Sylvie Tarpinian | Eugene | 24 | |||
2008 | Mary Lee Horch | Corvallis | 23 | |||
2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | |||
2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Top 10 | Contestant on the fourth season of The Apprentice | |
2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
2001 | Endia Albrante | Eugene | 21 | Top 10 | ||
2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
1999 | Amy Nelson | |||||
1998 | Kara Jones | Eugene | 19 | |||
1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | ||||
1996 | Jill Chartier | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1993, finished 9th at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||||
1995 | Karrie Grove | Beaverton | 24 | |||
1994 | Denise White | Miss Congeniality | ||||
1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | ||||
1992 | Terrie House | |||||
1991 | Olga Calderon | Semi-finalist, finished 11th at Miss USA 1991 | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1985 | |||
1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | |||||
1989 | Jenifer Blaska | |||||
1988 | Elaine Rohrer | |||||
1987 | Taime Primiano | Portland | ||||
1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | 18 | Later Mrs. Oregon America 2007 under her married name, Kimberly Takla.[7] | ||
1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene
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1984 | Debbie Epperson | Portland | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1983 | Shelley Kiser | Tigard | 19 | |||
1982 | Kristina Bauer[8] | Dundee[8] | 17[8] | |||
1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | ||||
1980 | Martha Viducich | Salem | ||||
1979 | Katie Fitzpatrick[9] | Salem[9] | ||||
1978 | Julie Heater | Salem | ||||
1977 | Charisse Charlton | |||||
1976 | Gail Atchison | 2nd runner-up | ||||
1975 | Theresa Favreau | Portland | ||||
1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | |||||
1973 | Judy Bishop | |||||
1972 | Yvonne Philes | |||||
1971 | Connie Oost | |||||
1970 | Laura Smith | Portland | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1969 | Karen Morton | |||||
1968 | Marsha Mayer | |||||
1967 | Maureen Bassett | Semi-finalist | ||||
1966 | Sharon Gerritz | |||||
1965 | Leslie Brucher | |||||
1964 | Toye Esch | Salem | Semi-finalist | |||
1963 | Joset Fisher | |||||
1962 | Joyce Collin | Semi-finalist | ||||
1958-1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1957 | Sonja Landsem | |||||
1956 | Maralyn Turner | Semi-finalist | ||||
1955 | Rose Karcha | |||||
1954 | Charlotte Miller | |||||
1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1952 | Beth Bailey |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
External links
References
- ↑ "Toneata Morgan". Miss Universe. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Coquille resident crowned Miss Oregon USA". Coos Bay World. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Gabrielle Neilan Crowned Miss Oregon USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. November 26, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ "she was selected to represent the Eugene area as Miss Lane County in the 2011 Miss Oregon USA pageant" https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2012-10-04/stunning-and-court
- ↑ "Alaina Lynn Bergsma was born March 30, 1990, in Mesa, Ariz" http://www.lmulions.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/bergsma_alaina00.html
- ↑ Esporte e Beleza de Mãos Dadas, Estado de Minas (in Portuguese)
- ↑ "2007 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Daughter fulfills mother's dream, wins Miss Oregon U.S.A. crown". Statesman-Journal. 1982-05-07. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- 1 2 Apley, Kay (1979-04-18). "Miss Oregon USA off to 'Miss Universe' contest". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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