- Miss Colorado USA
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Colorado.
The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant.[1] The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 (2007-2009 titles) and moved to Greeley in 2010.[2]
From 1993 - 2006 the Miss Colorado USA state pageant was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group. In 2007 it was taken over by Future Productions, which also directs the state pageants for Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Colorado has been one of the less successful states at Miss USA, having not had a finalist since 1963 until Jessica Hartman finished third runner-up in 2010. They have, however been successful with other awards, being one of only four states to have been awarded Miss Photogenic twice.Two Miss Colorado USA winners were former Miss Colorado Teen USA titleholders and four were former Miss America contestants. One of Colorado's winners Katee Doland has all three state titles: Miss Colorado Teen USA, Miss Colorado USA and Miss Colorado America. The 2002 and 2003 Miss Colorado USA titleholders had previously held Miss Colorado titles in the same order in subsequent years.
Contents
Results summary
Placements
- Third runner-up: Rhea Looney (1963), Jessica Hartman (2010)
- Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000)
- Top 15: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971), Crystal Grove (1998)
- Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2001), Susan Hawkins (1969)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes 2011 Blair Griffith Lakewood 22 Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 2010 Jessica Hartman Pueblo 19 3rd runner-up Miss Intercontinental 2011 2009 Patrice Williams Colorado Springs 21 2008 Beckie Hughes Grand Junction 21 2007 Keena Bonella Grand Junction 21 2006 Jacqueline Madera Denver 26 2005 Lauren Cisneros Castle Rock 23 2004 Janel Haw Aurora 26 2003 Erin MacGregor[3] Vail 26 Previously Miss Colorado 1999 2002 Keely Coe Gaston Morrison 24 Previously Miss Colorado 1998 2001 Katee Doland Arvada 20 Miss Photogenic Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 and top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1998 and later Miss Colorado 2003; Former Denver Broncos cheerleader; Current publicist for the Miss Colorado pageant and director of the Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen pageant under her married name, Katee Mink[4] 2000 Tiani Jones Aurora 23 Top 10 1999 Susan Manuello Boulder 1998 Michelle Stanley Littleton Previously Miss Colorado 1996 1997 Damien Munoz Westminster 1996 Suesan Rajabi Englewood 1995 Emily Weeks Denver 1994 Kimberly Veldhuizen Denver 1993 Janna Durbin Golden Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989 1992 Laura Dewild Denver 1991 Melanie Ness Fort Morgan 1990 Michelle Harrison Conifer 2nd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1990 1989 Debbie James Denver Semi-finalist Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985 and Winner of Miss Oktoberfest 1989 1988 Nicola Svaldi Aurora 1987 Polly Kuska Fort Bliss 1986 Cheryl Rohleder Denver 1985 Lynnette Jessen Denver Previously Miss Colorado 1981 1984 Michelle Anderson Denver 1983 Lisa Gay Trujillo Denver 1982 Dusty Hutton Longmont 1981 Shannon Davidson Boulder 1980 Shelley Marks Littleton 1979 Jene Nelson Pueblo 1978 Linda Potestio Pueblo 1977 Mary Anne Genzel Denver 1976 Patricia Sweany Lamar 1975 Amy Long Lakewood 1974 Connie Larsen Denver 1973 Lenita Mosley Denver 1972 Patricia Cadigan Lakeland 1971 Diane Knaub Denver Miss Congeniality 1970 Linda Hicklin Greeley 1969 Susan Hawkins Colorado Springs Semi-finalist Miss Photogenic 1968 Ann Bell Littleton 1967 Kim Kelly 1966 Rosemary Barnwell 1965 Cathy McPherson 1964 Did Not Compete 1963 Rhea Looney 3rd runner-up 1962 Penny James Semi-finalist 1961 Did Not Compete 1960 Karen Eickermann 1959 Diane Lee Gardner Semi-finalist 1958 Devona Hubka 1957 Mary Linda Clapham 1956 Karen Keeler Semi-finalist 1955 Dorothy Jane Bewley Semi-finalist 1954 Lorna Batterson 1953 Jeanie Carroll Semi-finalist 1952 Joan Linn 1951 Josephine Barbie ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Will Miss Colorado Teen USA hail from Eagle County?". Vail Daily. 2007-10-24.
- ^ "Greeley to hold the Miss Colorado USA and Teen pageants". The Tribune. 2009-06-10. http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20090610/NEWS/906099963/1002/NONE&parentprofile=1001.
- ^ Wyrick, Randy (2002-11-27). "Beauty that extends to the soul". http://www.vaildaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=VD&Date=20021127&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=211270103&Ref=AR&SectionCat=FRONTPAGE.
- ^ "Contact Us". http://www.misscolorado.org/contactus. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
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