Miss USA 2020

Miss USA 2020 will be the 69th Miss USA pageant. Cheslie Kryst of North Carolina will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2020 competition.

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The competition will mark the first year that a new crown made by luxury jeweler Mouawad will be used at Miss USA, effectively retiring the Mikimoto Crown.[1]

Background

Selection of contestants

Delegates from 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2019 and ended in February 2020. The first state pageant was Texas, held on September 1, 2019, and the final pageant was Kentucky, was held on February 1, 2020. Nine of these delegates are former Miss Teen USA state winners, six of them are former Miss America state winners, one delegate is former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state winner and one is former Miss Earth United States winner who competed at Miss Earth 2017.

Contestants

As of June 28, 2020, all 51 state titleholders have been crowned.

State Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown Placement Notes
Alabama Kelly Hutchinson[2] 22 Auburn Previously Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen 2013[3]
Alaska Hannah Carlile[4] 24 Fairbanks
Arizona Yesenia Vidales[5] 23 Phoenix
Arkansas Haley Pontius[6] 24 Conway
California Allyshia Gupta 25 Los Angeles
Colorado Emily DeMure[7] 22 Boulder
Connecticut Chelsea Demby[8] 23 Farmington
Delaware Katie Guevarra[9] 27 Middletown
District of Columbia Cierra Jackson 28 Washington, D.C. Previously Miss District of Columbia 2016
Florida Monique Evans[10] 28 Naples Previously Miss Texas 2014
Georgia Alyssa Beasley[11] 22 Brunswick Previously Miss Georgia 2017[12]
Hawaii Samantha Neyland[13] 24 Honolulu First African-American Miss Hawaii USA
Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2013
Idaho Kim Layne[14] 25 Nampa Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2012
Illinois Olivia Pura[15] 21 Deer Park Previously Miss Illinois Teen USA 2016
Indiana Alexis Lete[16] 23 New Albany
Iowa Morgan Kofoid[17] 23 Leon Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2013
Kansas Hayden Brax 21 Leawood
Kentucky Lexie Iles 23 Louisville
Louisiana Mariah Clayton[18] 24 Zachary
Maine Julia Van Steenberghe[19] 21 Old Town
Maryland Taelyr Robinson[20] 27 Annapolis Starred in The Vineyard
Massachusetts Sabrina Victor[21] 23 Brockton
Michigan Chanel Johnson[22] 24 Southfield
Minnesota Taylor Fondie[23] 22 Ham Lake Former Minnesota Vikings Cheerleader
Mississippi Asya Branch[24] 22 Booneville First African-American Miss Mississippi USA
Previously Miss Mississippi 2018[25]
Missouri Megan Kelly[26] 23 Seymour
Montana Merissa Underwood[27] 27 Bozeman
Nebraska Megan Swanson[28] 27 Omaha Previously Miss Nebraska 2014
Nevada Victoria Olona 26 Henderson
New Hampshire Alyssa Fernandes[29] 25 Merrimack
New Jersey Gina Mellish[30] 21 Oceanport Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2016
New Mexico Cecilia Rodriguez[31] 27 South Valley
New York Andreia Gibau[32] 24 New York City Previously Miss Earth United States 2017
North Carolina Jane Axhoj[33] 22 Waxhaw Previously Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2015
North Dakota Macy Christianson[34] 23 Minot Previously Miss North Dakota 2016[35]
Ohio Sthephanie Miranda[36] 26 Campbell
Oklahoma Mariah Davis[37] 24 Moore
Oregon Katerina Villegas[38] 27 Hillsboro Previously Top 16 semifinalist at Miss World America 2017 representing California.
Pennsylvania Victoria Piekut[39] 24 Irwin
Rhode Island Jonét Nichelle[40] 25 Providence Former New England Patriots Cheerleader
South Carolina Hannah Jane Curry[41] 21 Greer
South Dakota Kalani Jorgensen[42] 26 Sioux Falls Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2012
Tennessee Justice Enlow[43] 26 Nashville
Texas Taylor Kessler[44] 23 Houston
Utah Rachel Slawson[45] 26 Park City First openly LGBT person to compete at Miss USA[46][45][47]
Vermont Shannah Weller[48] 24 Middlebury
Virginia Susie Evans 26 Poquoson Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2011
Washington Imani Blackmon[49] 25 Tacoma Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013
West Virginia Charlotte Bellotte[50] 25 Charles Town
Wisconsin Gabriella Deyi[51] 28 Madison
Wyoming Katie Bozner[52] 24 Buffalo

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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