The Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas. In 1997, Oklahoma joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Shawnee |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official website |
Olivia Jordan was crowned Miss USA 2015 on July 12, 2015, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, becoming the first contestant from Oklahoma to win the national title, and as well the 34th state to have the national title. Oklahoma is in the top 20 states in terms of the number of semi-finalists.
Six Miss Oklahoma USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA, five as Miss Oklahoma Teen USA, and one as Miss Illinois Teen USA. Four have also competed at Miss America.
Danika Christopherson of Lawton was crowned Miss Oklahoma USA 2024 on April 14, 2024, at OCCC Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City. She will represent Oklahoma at Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
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Kasie Head, Miss Oklahoma USA 2002 -
Morgan Woolard, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2006 & Miss Oklahoma USA 2010 -
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Taylor Gorton, Miss Oklahoma USA 2016 & Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2008
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Olivia Jordan (2015)
- 1st runners-up: Jill Scheffert (1989), Morgan Woolard (2010)
- 2nd runners-up: Triana Browne (2019), Mariah Davis (2020)
- 3rd runners-up: Lindsay Hill (2004), Lindsey Jo Harrington (2008)
- 4th runners-up: Trula Birchfield (1952)
- Top 6: Julie Khoury (1991), Heather Crickard (1996)
- Top 10/12: Nancy Lippold (1978), Mignon Merchant (1983), Julia Murdock (1984), Sophia Henderson (1985), Teresa Lucas (1986), Tamara Walker (1988), DuSharme Carter (1995), Trisha Stillwell (1997), Dia Webb (1999), Cortney Phillips (2001), Star Williams (2003), Laci Scott (2005), Lauren Lundeen (2012)
- Top 15/20: Roberta Mosier (1963), Jackie Maloney (1964), Cheryl Semrad (1965), Brooklynne Young (2014), Taylor Gorton (2016)
Oklahoma holds a record of 28 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Cheryl Semrad (1965)
- Best State Costume: Gayla Bryan (1975), Albreuna Gonzaque (2021; 3rd place)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age[^] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Danika Christopherson | Lawton | 22 | Miss The Village | TBA | TBA |
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| 2023 | Liv Walbeck | Norman | 21 | Miss Norman | |||
| 2022 | Ashley Ehrhart | Oklahoma City | 25 | Miss Heart of Oklahoma |
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| 2021 | Albreuna Gonzaque | Warr Acres | 28 | Miss North Oklahoma City | Best State Costume – 3rd Place | Shortest reigning Miss Oklahoma USA at 9 months and 22 days | |
| 2020 | Mariah Davis | Moore | 24 | Miss Moore | 2nd runner-up | Longest reigning Miss Oklahoma USA at 1 year, 5 months and 16 days | |
| 2019 | Triana Browne[1] | Tulsa | 25 | Miss Riverside | 2nd runner-up |
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| 2018 | Cheyene Darling | Oklahoma City | 19 | Miss South Oklahoma City | |||
| 2017 | Alex Smith[3] | Mooreland[3] | 22 | Miss NorthWest Oklahoma | |||
| 2016 | Taylor Gorton[4] | Glenpool[4] | 23 | Miss South Tulsa | Top 15 |
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| 2015 | Alexandra "Alex" Miller[5] | Oklahoma City | 26 | Miss Oklahoma City | did not compete |
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| Olivia Jordan | Tulsa | 26 | Miss Tulsa | Miss USA 2015 |
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| 2014 | Brooklynne Young | Norman | 19 | Miss Metro Tulsa | Top 20 Quarter-Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Makenzie Muse[citation needed] | Yukon | 20 | Miss Surrey Hills | |||
| 2012 | Lauren Lundeen | Edmond | 20 | Miss Edmond | Top 10 Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Kaitlyn Smith | Norman | 22 | Miss North Norman | |||
| 2010 | Morgan Woolard | Moore | 20 | Miss Stillwater | 1st Runner-up |
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| 2009 | Lauren Lunday | Altus | 25 | Miss Southwest Oklahoma | |||
| 2008 | Lindsey Jo Harrington | Frederick | 21 | Miss Southwest Oklahoma | 3rd Runner-up | ||
| 2007 | Caitlin Simmons | Lawton | 21 | Miss Jenks | |||
| 2006 | Robyn Watkins | Norman | 24 | ||||
| 2005 | Laci Scott | Oklahoma City | 18 | Top 10 Finalist | Was contestant on NBC game show Fear Factor in 2005 on the Miss USA episode #5.29 (4th place) | ||
| 2004 | Lindsay Hill | Mooreland | 19 | 3rd Runner-up | |||
| 2003 | Star Williams | Oklahoma City | 22 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 2002 | Kasie Head | Braman | 21 | Briefcase model on Deal or No Deal | |||
| 2001 | Cortney Phillips | Yukon | 21 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 2000 | Amanda Penix | Shawnee | 20 |
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| 1999 | Dia Webb | Boise City | 25 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Niece of singer/songwriter/composer Jimmy Webb | ||
| 1998 | Anne-Marie Dixon | Oklahoma City | 21 |
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| 1997 | Trisha Stillwell | Edmond | 21 | Miss Oklahoma City | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1996 | Heather Crickard | Oklahoma City | 25 | Top 6 Finalist | |||
| 1995 | DuSharme Carter | Oklahoma City | 24 | Top 12 Semi-finalist |
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| 1994 | Angela Parrick | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1993 | Brenda Caudle | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1992 | Maya Walker | Oklahoma City | 24 |
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| 1991 | Julie Khoury | Oklahoma City | 22 | Top 6 Finalist |
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| 1990 | Lauralynn Norton | Tulsa | 22 | Spokesmodel on Star Search 1990, Toured with USO '90 | |||
| 1989 | Jill Scheffert | Oklahoma City | 20 | 1st Runner-up |
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| 1988 | Tamara Walker | Norman | 18 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 1987 | Dyan Rody | Oklahoma City | Miss Oklahoma City | ||||
| 1986 | Teresa Lucas | Oklahoma City | 23 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Assumed the state title when the original winner resigned shortly after winner the state crown. | ||
| 1985 | Sophia Henderson | Tulsa | 23 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 1984 | Julia Murdock | Shawnee | 18 | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 1983 | Mignon Merchant | Oklahoma City | 22 | Top 12 Semi-finalist |
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| 1982 | Jill Liebmann | Oklahoma City | Mother of Lauren Hudman, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2008 and Britney Barnhart Miss Nevada Teen USA 2018, and Mrs. Nevada 2016 [6] | ||||
| 1981 | Stacey Loach | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1980 | Martha Streightoff | Norman | |||||
| 1979 | Susan Gibson | Norman | |||||
| 1978 | Nancy Lippold | Norman | Top 12 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1977 | Kathy Malchar | Dill City | |||||
| 1976 | Lori Hansen | Alva | |||||
| 1975 | Gayla Bryan | Oklahoma City | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1974 | Yugonda Willits | Enid | |||||
| 1973 | Martha Buchanan | Stillwater | |||||
| 1972 | Pam Vennerberg | Midwest City | Miss Midwest City | ||||
| 1971 | Kim Hardesty | Tulsa | |||||
| 1970 | Evelyn Walkup | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1969 | Deborah Federsen | El Reno | |||||
| 1968 | Linda Bertozzi | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1967 | Becky Berry | Norman | |||||
| 1966 | Melva Brown | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1965 | Cheryl Semrad | Oklahoma City | Top 15 Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | 2nd Runner-up in the 1965 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
| 1964 | Jackie Maloney | Oklahoma City | Top 15 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Roberta Mosier | Tulsa | Top 15 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1962 | DID NOT COMPETE | ||||||
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| 1960 | Suzanne Moore | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1959 | Sondra Osbourne | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1958 | DID NOT COMPETE | ||||||
| 1957 | Rose Mary Raab | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1956 | DID NOT COMPETE | ||||||
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| 1953 | Barbara Bond | Oklahoma City | |||||
| 1952 | Trula Birchfield | Oklahoma City | 4th Runner-up | ||||
^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ "Billings wins Miss Oklahoma Teen USA crown in Shawnee". Woodward News. October 24, 2018.
- ^ "Triana Browne, Miss Oklahoma City, crowned Miss Oklahoma 2017". TulsaWorld.com. June 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Tillman, Savannah. "Road to Miss Oklahoma". Ranger Pulse. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Tramel, Jimmie (28 January 2016). "Former NFL cheerleader from Glenpool graduates to Miss Oklahoma USA". Tulsa World. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Leach, Robin (2 June 2016). "2016 Miss USA preliminaries: Alex Miller of Oklahoma is Miss 52 USA". The Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "New Mrs. Nevada America Lauren Cahlan follows in Mom's high heels - Las Vegas Sun News". lasvegassun.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.