Miss_Colorado_USA

Miss Colorado USA

Miss Colorado USA

Beauty pageant competition

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Colorado.

Miss Colorado USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner.[1] The pageant is directed by Future Productions.

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Colorado's most successful placements were in 1963 and 2010, when Rhea Looney and Jessica Hartman, respectively, placed as the third runner-up. Colorado's most recent placement was in 2012, when Marybel Gonzalez placed in the Top 10.

Arianna Lemus of Gunnison was crowned Miss Colorado USA on July 17, 2023 at Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She represented Colorado at Miss USA 2023.

  • Blair Griffith, Miss Colorado USA 2011
  • Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008

Results summary

Placements

  • 3rd Runner-Up: Rhea Looney (1963), Jessica Hartman (2010)
  • Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000), Marybel Gonzalez (2012)
  • Top 15/16/20: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)

Colorado holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971), Crystal Grove (1998)
  • Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2001), Susan Hawkins (1969)

Winners

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  •   Winner
  •   Runner-Up
  •   Semifinalist
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Notes

  1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. [1]
    "Will Miss Colorado Teen USA hail from Eagle County?". Vail Daily. 2007-10-24.
  2. [2]
    "Owner of Pinque wins Miss Colorado USA crown". The Daily Sentinel. 2007-10-30.
  3. [3]
    Stina Sieg (31 October 2007). "Businesswoman named Miss Colorado". The Post Independent. Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, CO, USA: Swift Communications, Inc.
  4. [4]
    Wyrick, Randy (2002-11-27). "Beauty that extends to the soul". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08.
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