Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Shawnee |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1992, the state joined the Vanbros group, under the directorship of Miss Kansas 1998 Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher.
Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli McCarty won the crown. McCarty's win makes Wichita, Kansas the only state to host one Miss USA and Miss Teen USA to win in their home state. This included two first runners-up, including Danielle Boatwright, winner of Survivor: Guatemala , one second runner-up, one third runner-up, and one fourth runner-up, among others. The most recent placement was Elyse Noe, placing Top 12.
Seven former Miss Kansas Teen USAs went on to win the Miss title, and also two Miss Missouri Teen USAs (Missouri is also a Vanbros state).
Haley Berger, a native of Lawrence was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2023 on June 18, 2023 at B&B Live and Music Theater in Shawnee.
Kansas holds a record of 13 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2023 | Haley Berger | Lawrence | 22 | Miss Lawrence | Daughter of Prathumrat Woramali Berger, Miss Thailand World 1989 | ||
2022 | Elyse Noe | Lawrence | 23 | Miss Lawrence | Top 12 | ||
2021 | Gracie Hunt | Overland Park | 22 | Miss Kansas City | Top 16 |
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2020 | Hayden Brax | Leawood | 20 | Miss Kansas City | Cousin of Hope Driskill, Miss Missouri USA 2011 | ||
2019 | Alyssa Klinzing | Olathe | 20 | Miss Conway | Top 10 |
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2018 | Melanie Shaner | Overland Park | 20 | Miss Johnson County |
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2017 | Catherine Carmichael | Manhattan | 25 | Miss Lawrence |
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2016 | Victoria Wiggins | Junction City | 24 | Miss Milford Lake | |||
2015 | Alexis Railsback | Shawnee | 19 | Miss Shawnee | |||
2014 | Audrey Banach | Kansas City | 22 | Miss Wildcat | |||
2013 | Staci Klinginsmith[ citation needed ] | Lenexa | 26 | Miss Lenexa | |||
2012 | Gentry Miller | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Kansas City |
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2011 | Jaymie Stokes | Lenexa | 20 | Miss Lenexa |
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2010 | Bethany Gerber | Winfield | 21 | Miss Cowley County | Top 15, finishing in 13th Place | Featured in January 2011 issue of Industrial Engineer about her titleholding role | |
2009 | Courtney Courter | Olathe | 23 | ||||
2008 | Michelle Gillespie | Mission Hills | 22 | Miss Kansas City | |||
2007 | Cara Gorges | Clearwater | 19 | 2nd runner-up | |||
2006 | Ashley Aull | Lansing | 20 | ||||
2005 | Rachel Saunders | Tonganoxie | 21 | ||||
2004 | Lisa Forbes | Overland Park | 22 | Later Miss Earth USA 2007, USA representative to Miss Earth 2007. | |||
2003 | Alicia Cabrera | Leawood | 23 | ||||
2002 | Lindsay Douglas | Lawrence | 23 | 1st Runner-up | |||
2001 | Kristie Knox | Hutchinson | 25 | ||||
2000 | Tiffany Meyer | 25 | Top 5 (4th) |
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1999 | Amanda Carraway | Manhattan | 21 | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996 | |||
1998 | Cammie Morisseau | Wichita | 18 | ||||
1997 | Kathryn Taylor | Overland Park | 24 | ||||
1996 | Danielle Boatwright | Tonganoxie | 20 | 1st Runner-up | Best in Swimsuit |
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1995 | Deborah Daulton | Salina | 18 | ||||
1994 | Carol Hovenkamp | Overland Park | 19 | Top 12 Semi-finalist, finishing in 11th Place | |||
1993 | Tavia Shackles [2] | Shawnee [2] | 21 [2] | 2nd Runner-up [2] | Best State Costume & Most Beautiful Eyes Award |
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1992 | Kimberlee Girrens | Wichita | 26 | Top 6 Finalist, Finishing in 5th Place |
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1991 | Kelli McCarty | Liberal | 21 | Miss USA 1991 |
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1990 | Rebecca Porter | Wichita | |||||
1989 | Nancy Burris | Colby | |||||
1988 | Cynthia Decker | Manhattan | |||||
1987 | Martina Castle | Overland Park | |||||
1986 | Audra Ockerman | Wichita | Mother of Claire-Bailey Lee, Miss Kansas Teen USA 2014 | ||||
1985 | Jill Denzin | Leawood | |||||
1984 | Elizabeth Johnson | Prairie View | |||||
1983 | Renee Ruch | Mission | |||||
1982 | Stefani Larson | Overland Park | |||||
1981 | Missy Kaser | Wichita | |||||
1980 | Lisa Boyd | Wichita | |||||
1979 | Linda Shields | Lawrence | |||||
1978 | Mary Bell | Wichita | |||||
1977 | Sherry Brane | Wichita | |||||
1976 | Deborah Vitera | Ottawa | |||||
1975 | Robbin Loomas | Overland Park | |||||
1974 | Lorraine Breckenridge | Wichita | |||||
1973 | Brenda Kopmeyer | Overland Park | Semi-finalist | ||||
1972 | Mona Guesnier | Great Bend | |||||
1971 | Nancy Bishop | Overland Park | |||||
1970 | Norma Decker | Tecumseh | |||||
1969 | Molly McGugin | Frankfurt | |||||
1968 | Anne Layton | Baldwin City | |||||
1967 | Regina Wolfe | ||||||
1966 | Pat Ravenscroft | Overland Park | |||||
1965 | Linda Bergsten | ||||||
1964 | Barbara Ford | ||||||
1963 | Diane Victoria Stalker | ||||||
1962 | Linda Light | ||||||
1961 | Dixie Cook | ||||||
1960 | Peggy Patterson | ||||||
1955–59 | No national representative | ||||||
1954 | Sue Ravenscroft [4] | Liberal | 18 | ||||
1953 | No national representative | ||||||
1952 | Bette Renick |
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