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This article is about the state pageant to select a California delegate to the Miss USA pageant. For the Miss America state pageant, see Miss California.
The Newly Crowned Miss California USA 2010, Nicole Johnson, on-stage at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009
Miss California USA 2009 - Tami Farrell attending the Miss California USA 2010 Pagent at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA on Nov. 22, 2009
Julie Hayek, Miss California USA and Miss USA 1983

Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant. It is produced by K2 Productions. In the beginning, K2 Productions was directed by former Miss Teen USA 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders and Keith Lewis. K2 Productions is now directed by Lewis and Jill Vasquez Foley, who held the titles Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1988 and Miss New Mexico USA 1994. (Foley was in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1988.) Prior to K2 Productions the Miss California USA Pageant was produced by Carolee Munger. Prior to Ms. Munger, Guyrex Productions held the franchise for a number of years and produced successful televised pageants with over 100 participants. Before Guyrex, the pageant was produced by Dr. Leanord Stallcup, who took over the directorship after Faye Smith successfully led the way through the 70's and 80's.

California has produced a Miss USA every decade (except the 2000s) and is ranked second highest among states in terms of placements.

Only one Miss California USA was a former Miss California Teen USA, Shauna Gambill, who won the national Miss Teen USA crown in 1994. As Miss California USA in 1998, Gambill placed 1st runner up to Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts, in what is widely considered by pageant fans to be one of the closest-fought pageants in recent years. Two Miss California USAs have also competed in the Miss America pageant, while two were former winners of the Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant.

Contents

Results summary

Awards

Winners

Year Name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2010 Nicole Johnson Sherwood 24
2009 Tami Farrell Los Angeles 24 Former Miss Teen USA 2003
Carrie Prejean San Diego 21 1st runner-up Fired on 10 June 2009 for breach of contract. 2nd Runner-Up to the Deal or No Deal Season 3 Model Search.
2008 Raquel Beezley Barstow 21 Top 15 Raquel Beezley was crowned Miss California USA 2008 after an accounting error in vote counting had previously crowned Christina Silva[1]. Competed at Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 as USA Representative.
2007 Meagan Tandy Fontana 21 3rd runner-up
2006 Tamiko Nash Los Angeles 26 1st runner-up
2005 Brittany Hogan Escondido 20 1st runner-up
2004 Ellen Chapman San Jose 22 Won the 1999 Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant
2003 Candice Sanders La Habre 26
2002 Tarah Peters San Diego 21 Semi-finalist
2001 Jennifer Glover Castro Valley 21 Later Miss California 2002, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000. Previously Miss International USA 1999, competed at Miss International 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
2000 Rebekah Ann Keller Lakewood 25 Previously Miss California 1997, 4th runner up at Miss America 1998
1999 Angelique Sue Breaux San Diego 2nd Runner-up Later Miss World USA 2000, Top 10 Semi-Finalist at Miss World 2000 in London, England, UK.
1998 Shauna Gambill Acton 1st Runner-up Previously Miss Teen USA 1994 and Miss California Teen USA 1994. Later Miss World USA 1998 and Top 10 Finalist at Miss World 1998 in Seychelles, Africa.
1997 Alisa Kimble Lake Elsinore 27 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994 as Miss Arizona
1996 Shanna Lyn Searles Tustin 26 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1990
1995 Deana Avila Laguna Niguel Won the 1988 Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant
1994 Toay Lynn Foster Oxnard
1993 Jane Olvera Fresno Semi-finalist
1992 Shanna Lyn Searles Succeeded Shannon Marketic when she became Miss USA, later become Miss California USA 1996
Shannon Marketic Malibu 21 Winner Miss Photogenic Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1992
1991 Diane Schock Fontana 2nd Runner-up
1990 Cynthia Nelson Gilroy
1989 Christina Marie Faust San Fernando Valley Semi-finalist
1988 Diana Magaña[2][3] Rancho Palos Verdes 1st Runner-up Prior to the Miss USA pageant, Magana received extensive training alongside eventual pageant winner Courtney Gibbs of Texas from pageant directors GuyRex;[4]. Later Miss World USA 1988 and Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss World 1988
1987 Lori Dickerson[5] Lodi Miss Congeniality[6]
1986 Kelly Parsons Los Angeles 22 4th Runner-up Mouseketeer, Model and Actress
1985 Zina Ponder Long Beach (Miss Congeniality) (Miss USA Special Awards, column writer for Lakeland Ledger Newspaper, a daily account of Miss USA activities (Actress and Writer, former Director of Creative Affairs for Morgan Freeman's production company ("Under Suspicion", "The Human Factor"), produced "Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Zina Ponder Pistor & Friends" for Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw's Children's Action Network, University of Southern California (magna cum laude), 1988
1984 Theresa Ring San Diego
1983 Julie Lynn Hayek Westwood 22 Winner 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1983, has starred in Dallas, Twin Peaks and As the World Turns
1982 Suzanne Dewames Thousand Oaks 3rd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1982
1981 Cynthia Kerby Westlake Village 3rd Runner-up Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality First woman to win Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality at Miss USA
1980 Kari Lloyd Thousand Oaks
1979 Linda Fogarty Fullerton Semi-finalist
1978 Donna Adrain Anaheim Semi-finalist
1977 Pamela Gergely San Rafael 3rd Runner-up
1976 Joan Pennock Semi-finalist
1975 Summer Bartholomew Merced 23 Winner 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1975, Miss Oktoberfest 1973, past hostess of Sale of the Century
1974 Gayle Gorrell 3rd Runner-up Miss Oktoberfest 1974
1973 Carol Herrema Artesia Semi-finalist
1972 Kim Hobson San Mateo 2nd Runner up
1971 Karin Morrell Semi-finalist
1970 Linda Hall Semi-finalist
1969 Troas Hayes Sacramento 4th Runner-up
1968 Suzanne Fromm Semi-finalist Best State Costume
1967 Susan Bradley (Miss California USA) 1st Runner-up
1966 Maria Remenyi El Cerrito 20 Winner Miss Photogenic Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1966
1965 Kathryn Lee Hage Semi-finalist
1964 Jeanne Venables Sacramento Semi-finalist Miss Congeniality
1963 Francine Herack 4th Runner-up
1962 Marilyn Tindall 3rd Runner-up
1961 Pamela Stettler 1st Runner-up
1960 Teri Janssen Semi-finalist
1959 Terry Lynn Huntingdon Mount Shasta 19 Winner 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1959
1958 Donna Kay Brooks Semi-finalist
1957 Peggy Jacobson Semi-finalist
1956 Shirlee Witty
1955 Donna Schurr 3rd Runner-up
1954 Sandra Constance Semi-finalist
1953 Marcella Roulette Semi-finalist
1952 Gloria Maxwell

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

  1. ^ Mix-Up Strips Miss California-USA of Her Title
  2. ^ "New Miss California". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1987-08-31. p. 6. 
  3. ^ "Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1987-10-01. p. 6. 
  4. ^ Lewis, Holden (1988-03-02). "Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus". Associated Press. 
  5. ^ "Miss California-USA". The San Francisco Chronicle. 1986-10-30. p. 6. 
  6. ^ "Personal Mention". Houston Chronicle. 1987-02-13. 

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