Miss_Mississippi_USA

Miss Mississippi USA

Miss Mississippi USA

Beauty pageant competition

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

The Miss Mississippi USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Mississippi in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant was directed by Premier Pageants from 2001 to 2010, before becoming part of Greenwood Productions in 2010 under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood.[1]

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Mississippi has had 12 Miss USA placements as of 2021. They won Miss USA in 2020. The most recent placement was Asya Branch in 2020, winning the Miss USA 2020 title, becoming the 36th state to have the Miss USA title, 33rd to be crowned. Four titleholders have competed at Miss Teen USA, and as of 2007, four have competed at Miss America, including Branch.

Kaylee Brooke McCollum of Amory was crowned Miss Mississippi USA 2024 on April 6, 2024 at the Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi.

Results summary

Placements

  • Miss USA: Asya Branch (2020)
  • 1st runners-up: Leah Laviano (2008)
  • 3rd runners-up: Cindy Williams (1986)
  • 4th runners-up: Laurie Kimbrough (1979), Dana Richmond (1988)
  • Top 10/11/12: Kathy Manning (1987), Stephanie Teneyck (1990), Jennifer Adcock (2005), Breanne Ponder (2010)
  • Top 15/16: Marlene Britsch (1961), Patricia Ann Turk (1964), Bailey Anderson (2021)

Mississippi holds a record of 12 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Stephanie Teneyck (1990)
  • Impact Award: Sydney Russell (2023)

Winners

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  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
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1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. [1]
    "Producers". Miss Mississippi USA/Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Profile: Mississippi USA - Breanne Ponder
  3. [3]
    Purdy, Jean (2000-06-06). "With near misses in past, Desoto beauty wins title". The Commercial Appeal. p. DS1.
  4. [4]
    "Jackson woman wins Miss Mississippi USA title" (Press release). Associated Press. 1997-06-14. p. B3.
  5. [5]
    "Two pageants crown winners in Biloxi in double ceremony". The Commercial Appeal. 1996-06-10. p. B3.
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    "Shooting For a New Goal MISS USA contestant turns from hoops to rule over different courts". The Commercial Appeal. 1995-12-29. p. C1.
  7. [7]
    "Miss Mississippi gets a better offer". The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate. 1994-03-10. p. 4-B.
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