Quick Facts
Biography
The Miss Wyoming USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Wyoming in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2005.
Wyoming is the second least successful state behind Montana and ahead of Delaware that did not place in Miss USA until 1986, the second-to-last state to make their first placement. It had having only reached the semi-finals twice, in 1986 and 2010.This state has, however, won five Miss Congeniality awards and one Miss Photogenic award.
Three Miss Wyoming USAs have won the Miss Wyoming Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, four have competed at Miss America and one has competed at Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
Katie Bozner of Buffalo was crowned Miss Wyoming USA 2020 on September 14, 2019 at John F. Welsh Auditorium on Natrona County High School in Casper. She will represent Wyoming for the title of Miss USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Katie Rudoff, Miss Wyoming USA 2004
Kristin George, Miss Wyoming USA 2006
Holly Allen, Miss Wyoming USA 2012
Results summary
Placements
- Top 10: Beth King (1986)
- Top 15: Claire Schreiner (2010)
Wyoming holds a record of just 2 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Linda Leafdale (1966), Pam Williams (1979), Cynthia Pate (2009), Mikaela Shaw (2017), Callie Bishop (2018)
- Miss Photogenic: Beth King (1986)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Caitlin "Katie" Bozner | Buffalo | 24 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | Addison Treesh | Gillette | 18 |
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| 2018 | Callie Bishop | Casper | 27 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2008 | |
| 2017 | Mikaela Shaw | Casper | 23 | Miss Congeniality (tied with Miss Missouri USA 2017 Bayleigh Dayton) | Previously Miss Wyoming 2015, Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 | |
| 2016 | Autumn Olson | Saratoga | 21 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2015 | Caroline Scott | Cheyenne | 22 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2010 and top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2010 | ||
| 2014 | Lexi Hill | Gillette | 20 | |||
| 2013 | Courtney Gifford | Sheridan | 24 | Triple Crown winner
First woman to win Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Miss America and Miss USA state titles | ||
| 2012 | Holly Allen | Lander | 23 |
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| 2011 | Kaitlyn Davis | Laramie | 20 | |||
| 2010 | Claire Schreiner | Gillette | 23 | Top 15 | ||
| 2009 | Cynthia Pate | Casper | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2008 | Cassie Shore | Casper | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Robyn Johnson | Sheridan | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Kristin George | Casper | 24 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2000 | ||
| 2005 | Abby Norman | Laramie | 21 | Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Katie Rudoff | Green River | 20 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1999 | ||
| 2003 | Jamie Gorman | Cheyenne | ||||
| 2002 | Jeannie Crofts | Cheyenne | ||||
| 2001 | Heather Jackelen | Rock Springs | Later Miss Wyoming 2005 and Miss Galaxy 2007 | |||
| 2000 | Rebecca Smith | Jackson Hole | ||||
| 1999 | Arnica Bryant | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1998 | Megan Starr Wigert | Cheyenne | 22 | |||
| 1997 | Stacy Dawn Cenedese | Cheyenne | Previously Miss Wyoming 1992 | |||
| 1996 | Kellee Nicole Kattleman | Laramie | ||||
| 1995 | Susan Elizabeth Shaffer | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1994 | Tolan Clark | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1993 | Leissann Marie Stolz | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1992 | Lisa Postle | Green River | ||||
| 1991 | Wendy Lee Dunn | Laramie | ||||
| 1990 | Cheryl James | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1989 | Chandra Anderson | Jackson | ||||
| 1988 | Kristen Youmans | Casper | ||||
| 1987 | Michelle Zimmermann | Recluse | ||||
| 1986 | Beth King | Cheyenne | 22 | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1985 | Wendy Hartwigsen | Gillette | ||||
| 1984 | Cheryl Rawson | Laramie | ||||
| 1983 | Joanie Engstrom | Rawlins | ||||
| 1982 | Judy Lynn Wilder | Casper | ||||
| 1981 | Deborah Aspinwall | Riverton | ||||
| 1980 | Suzie Harris | Casper | ||||
| 1979 | Pam Williams | Casper | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1978 | Kathryn Flitner | Greybull | ||||
| 1977 | Michele Fisser | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1976 | Murlie Colosky | Laramie | ||||
| 1975 | Kimerli Jayne Pring | Cheyenne | Later Miss Wyoming 1978 | |||
| 1974 | Debbie K. Petty | Rawlins | ||||
| 1973 | Michele Walter | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1972 | Tamara Tulley | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1971 | Mary Kay Heaton | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1970 | Elizabeth Swarthout | Sheridan | ||||
| 1969 | Pam Lewis | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1968 | Penny Smathers | Douglas | ||||
| 1967 | Helen Barker | Buffalo | ||||
| 1966 | Linda Leafdale | Thermopolis | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1965 | Linda Lou Peck | Sheridan | ||||
| 1962 | Ann Bonner | Powell | withdrew | |||
| 1961 | Judy Larae Walton | Cokeville | ||||
| 1960 | Anita Simon | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1958 | Dorothy Kochiras | Evanston | ||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Hawkins | Casper | ||||
| 1956 | Marilyn Scott | Cheyenne | ||||
| 1955 | Barbara Kaye Latta | Casper | ||||
| 1954 | Faith Radenbaugh | Heart Mountain | ||||
| 1953 | Nancy Rogers | Cheyenne |
Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant Note: there were no event held in 59, 63 and 64.
