Miss Maryland USA

Miss Maryland USA
Formation 1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Baltimore
Location
Membership
Miss USA
Official language
English
Website Official website
Taylor Dawson, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2015 and Mame Adjei, Miss Maryland USA 2015 at an event for military families
Nana Meriwether, Miss USA 2012
Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008
Michaé Holloman, Miss Maryland USA 2007

The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.

The first Miss USA winner from Maryland, Mary Leona Gage, won Miss USA 1957. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned. In 2012, Nana Meriwether placed 1st runner-up, but became Miss USA 2012 when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012.

Four Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only one Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.

From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.

Miss USA placements

  • Winners: Mary Leona Gage (1957) ‡
  • 1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968), Nana Meriwether (2012) (became Miss USA when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe)
  • 4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973), Mamé Adjei (2015)
  • Top 8: Allyn Rose (2011)
  • Top 10: Rowann Brewer (1988), Marina Harrison (2005), Taylor Burton (2014)
  • Top 11/12: Carol Theis (1971), Tonja Walker (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995)
  • Top 15: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967) Rhonda Koch (1978), Kasey Staniszewski (2013), Brittinay Nicolette (2018)

‡ Gage was later dethroned

Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Rowann Brewer (1988)
  • Style Award: Megan Gunning (2001)

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
2018 Brittinay Nicolette Fallston 26 Top 15
2017 Adrianna David Rockville 22
2016 Christina Denny Owings Mills 25
2015 Mamé Adjei Silver Spring 23 4th runner-up
2014 Taylor Ann Burton La Plata 25 Top 10
2013 Kasey Marie Staniszewski[1] Annapolis 21 Top 15 (11th)
2012 Nana Meriwether Potomac 27 1st runner-up
2011 Allyn Elizabeth Rose Newburg 22 Top 8 (7th)
2010 Simone Feldman North Potomac 23
2009 Gabrielle Carlson Marion Station 24
2008 Casandra Tressler Damascus 22
2007 Michaé Holloman Fort Washington 25
2006 Melissa DiGiulian Bowie 20
2005 Marina Harrison[2] Severn 24 Top 10 (6th)
2004 Tia Shorts Gaithersburg 24
2003 Jamie Kramer Pasadena
2002 Mistie Renee Adams Silver Spring
2001 Megan Gunning Fallston Style Award
2000 Christie S. Davis Silver Spring
  • Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994[3]
1999 Kelly Donohue Union Bridge
1998 Maria Lynn Sheriff Bowie
1997 Ann Coale Baltimore
1996 Michele Michael Annapolis
1995 Jennifer Danielle Wilhoit Annapolis 22 Top 12 (9th)
1994 Wendy Davis Silver Spring
  • Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000[3]
1993 Mary Ann Cimino Baltimore
1992 Renee Rebstock Pasadena
1991 Lisa Marie Lawson Crofton
1990 Julie Stanford Edgewater
1989 Jackie Carroll Gaithersburg
1988 Rowanne Brewer Silver Spring 23 Semi-finalist (9th) Miss Photogenic
1987 Michelle Snow Germantown
1986 Kelly Koehler Churchton
1985 Christine Marie Baldwin
1984 Betsy Cook* Bethesda
1983 Shawn Keller Ashton
1982 Angie Boyer Dunkirk 18 Semi-finalist
1981 Linda Susan Lambert Baltimore 22 Semi-finalist
1980 Tonja Walker Kingsville 19 Semi-finalist (7th)
1979 Jean Bourne Silver Spring
1978 Rhonda Koch Brookeville
1977 Twyla Littleton Oxon Hill
1976 Linda Lee Potter Adelphi
1975 Ellen Bowie Templeville
1974 Mary Jo Ruppert College Park
1973 Betty Jo Grove College Park 19 4th runner-up
1972 Patty Townsend Silver Spring
1971 Carol Jeanne Theis Silver Spring 20 Semi-finalist
1970 Beckie Price Camp Springs
1969 Ardis Fowler Ellicott City
1968 Paulette Reck Perry Hall 20 1st runner-up
  • 2nd runner up at Miss World USA 1969
1967 Sandra Clevering Silver Spring 19 Semi-finalist
1966 Roselaine Zetter Bowie 22 Semi-finalist
1965 Barbara Kiefer Baltimore
1964 Royette Michele Tarry Baltimore 19 Semi-finalist
  • Represented Delaware in Miss World USA 1970
1963 Marsha Barbara Metrinko Laurel
1962 Shelda Farley Catonsville
1961 Gail Baxter High Point
1960 Jerri Fiorilli Baltimore
1959 Diane Dolores White Baltimore 24 Semi-finalist
1958 Patricia Vogts Silver Spring
1957 Mary Leona Gage* Glen Burnie 18 Miss USA 1957
  • Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children[5]
1956 Charlene Holt* Annapolis 28 Semi-finalist
1955 Gloria Ruth King Baltimore
1954 Barbara Eschenburg Berlin Semi-finalist Disqualified (under age)
1953 Diane Gale Durham Silver Spring
1952 Did Not Compete

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. ↑ "Kasey Staniszewski Crowned Miss Maryland USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Meade, UMd. Grad Crowned Miss Maryland USA". WBALTV. 7 December 2004.
  3. 1 2 "University Senior Wins Miss Maryland USA Pageant". Howard University. 13 December 1999. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 >"Miss USA roots sister on in Miss America bid". Hartford Courant. 1963-09-02. p. 20A.
  5. ↑ Woestendiek, John (10 April 2005). "The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage". Baltimore Sun.

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