The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 in the Miss USA

Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.

Maryland had one winner in 1957: Leona Gage. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned.

Four Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only one Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

.

From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.

Results summary

• Winners: Mary Leona Gage
  Mary Leona Gage
  Mary Leona Gage was a beauty queen from Maryland who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first, and so far, only woman from that state to capture the Miss USA crown...
  
   (1957) (dethroned)
• 1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968)
• 4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973),
• Top 8: Allyn Rose
  Allyn Rose
  Allyn Rose is an American beauty pageant titleholder and collegiate athlete from Newburg, Maryland.Rose won the Miss Maryland USA 2011 title in a state pageant held in Bethesda, Maryland on October 31, 2010. Rose's previous pageant experience includes winning the 1st Miss Sinergy beauty pageant...
  
   (2011)
• Top 10: Rowann Brewer (1988), Marina Harrison
  Marina Harrison
  Marina Harrison is a former beauty queen from Maryland who was the first woman to represent that state at both Miss USA and Miss America.Harrison was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, grew up as a military brat, living in locations all around the United States....
  
   (2005)
• Top 11/12: Carol Theis (1971), Tonja Walker
  Tonja Walker
  Tonja Walker is a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, an actress, and a singer. She is known for her role as Alex Olanov on One Life to Live and for her role as Olivia St. John Jerome on General Hospital.-Career:Walker held the Miss Teen All-American title...
  
   (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995)
• Top 15: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967) Rhonda Koch (1978)

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Rowann Brewer (1988)
• Style Award: Megan Gunning (2001)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2012 Miss USA 2012 Miss USA 2012, will be the 61st Miss USA pageant. It will be held in June of 2012. The winner will represent the United States in Miss Universe 2012. Miss USA 2011, Alyssa Campanella of California will crown her successor at the end of this event...	Nana Meriwether	Potomac	26	TBA
2011 Miss USA 2011 Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end...	Allyn Rose Allyn Rose Allyn Rose is an American beauty pageant titleholder and collegiate athlete from Newburg, Maryland.Rose won the Miss Maryland USA 2011 title in a state pageant held in Bethesda, Maryland on October 31, 2010. Rose's previous pageant experience includes winning the 1st Miss Sinergy beauty pageant...	Newburg Newburg, Maryland Newburg is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Newburg has two stores, a lodge hall, a fire department, as well as the Piccowaxen Middle School and Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary, both serving the entire Cobb Neck peninsula ....	22	Top 8		Miss Sinergy 2010
2010 Miss USA 2010 Miss USA 2010, the 59th edition of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, crowned her successor, Rima Fakih of Michigan as Miss USA 2010 at the...	Simone Feldman	North Potomac North Potomac, Maryland North Potomac is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. In 2009, CNN Money Magazine listed North Potomac as one of the wealthiest best places to live in the U.S., describing it as, "a tony town that sits on the bank of the Potomac River,"...	23
2009 Miss USA 2009 Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009...	Gabrielle Carlson	Marion Station Somerset County, Maryland -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*53.5% White*42.3% Black*0.3% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.5% Other races*3.3% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...	24
2008 Miss USA 2008 Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee...	Casandra Tressler	Damascus Damascus, Maryland Damascus is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.In the early part of the 20th century, there was an incorporated municipality there for about a quarter century, but it no longer exists...	22			Miss U.S. International 2010 Miss United States International Miss US International is the official United States of America preliminary to Miss International. The USA has sent a representative to the Miss International pageant since its inception in 1960...
2007 Miss USA 2007 Miss USA 2007, the 56th Miss USA pageant, was held in Hollywood, California, on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition. The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith, of Tennessee....	Michaé Holloman Michaé Holloman Michaé Holloman is a beauty queen from Fort Washington, Maryland who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Holloman won the Miss Maryland USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Bethesda, Maryland on November 5, 2006. She had previously placed first runner-up to Melissa DiGiulian in the 2006...	Bowie Bowie, Maryland Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...	25			Cheerleader for Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
2006 Miss USA 2006 Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky...	Melissa DiGiulian Melissa DiGiulian Melissa Nicole DiGiulian is a beauty queen from Ocean City, Maryland who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.DiGiulian won the Miss Maryland USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005...	Ocean City Ocean City, Maryland Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, or OCMD, is an Atlantic Ocean resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area...	20
2005 Miss USA 2005 Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...	Marina Harrison Marina Harrison Marina Harrison is a former beauty queen from Maryland who was the first woman to represent that state at both Miss USA and Miss America.Harrison was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, grew up as a military brat, living in locations all around the United States....	Severn Severn, Maryland Severn is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 35,076 at the 2000 census, which is a 30 percent increase over the 24,499 population of 1990...	24	Top 10		Previously Miss Maryland Miss Maryland The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss America pageant.- Winners :- External links :*...  2003, 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2004 Miss America 2004 Miss America 2004, the 83rd Miss America, pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 20, 2003 on ABC Network.-Placements:*Miss America 2004: Ericka Dunlap...
2004 Miss USA 2004 The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...	Tia Shorts Tia Shorts Tia Shorts is a beauty queen from Germantown, Maryland who was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2004. She competed in the Miss USA 2004 pageant but was unplaced.-External links:**...	Gaithersburg Gaithersburg, Maryland Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The city had a population of 59,933 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest incorporated city in the state, behind Baltimore, Frederick, and Rockville...	24
2003 Miss USA 2003 The Miss USA 2003 pageant was held in San Antonio, Texas March 24, 2003, the first time it had been held in this state since 1996 when the pageant was held in South Padre Island...	Jamie Kramer	Pasadena Pasadena, Maryland Pasadena is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,093 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pasadena is located at ....
2002 Miss USA 2002 The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas....	Mistie Adams	Silver Spring Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown.The urbanized, oldest, and...
2001 Miss USA 2001 Miss USA 2001, the 50th edition of the Miss USA pageant was held at the Genesis Convention Center, Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2001. The event was won by Kandace Krueger of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing queen Lynnette Cole of Tennessee....	Megan Gunning	Fallston Fallston, Maryland Fallston is a census-designated place in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,427 at the 2000 census. It is a semi-rural community consisting mostly of farms and suburban-like developments and is a good example of an "exurb"...			Style award
2000 Miss USA 2000 Miss USA 2000, the forty-ninth Miss USA pageant, was held in Branson, Missouri at The Grand Palace on February 4, 2000.At the conclusion of the final competition, Lynnette Cole of Tennessee was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kimberly Pressler of New York....	Christie Davis	Silver Spring				Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994
1999 Miss USA 1999 Miss USA 1999, the forty-eighth Miss USA pageant, was held at the Grande Palace Theatre in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 1999.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kimberly Pressler of New York, was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts...	Kelly Donohue
1998 Miss USA 1998 Miss USA 1998, the 47th Miss USA pageant, was held in Shreveport, Louisiana in March, 1998. The preliminary competition was held on 6 March 1998 and the final competition on 10 March 1998...	Maria Lynn Sheriff
1997 Miss USA 1997 Miss USA 1997, the forty-sixth Miss USA pageant, was held at Shreveport, Louisiana in January and February, 1997. Delegates arrived in the city on January 19, the preliminary competition was held on February 2, 1997 and the final competition on February 5, 1997...	Ann Coale	Baltimore
1996 Miss USA 1996 Miss USA 1996, the forty-fifth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 2, 1996....	Michele Michael
1995 Miss USA 1995 Miss USA 1995, the forty-fourth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 10, 1995....	Jennifer Wilhoit			Top 12 (9th)		Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...  1991
1994 Miss USA 1994 Miss USA 1994, the 43rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the South Padre Island Convention Centre on South Padre Island, Texas on 11 February 1994...	Wendy Davis					Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000
1993 Miss USA 1993 Miss USA 1993, the 42nd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 19 February 1993.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kenya Moore of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California...	Mary Ann Cimino	Baltimore				Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...  1990
1992 Miss USA 1992 Miss USA 1992, the 41st Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 7 February 1992.At the conclusion of the final competition, Shannon Marketic of California was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kelli McCarty of Kansas...	Renee Rebstock					Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...  1987
1991 Miss USA 1991 Miss USA 1991, the 40th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 22 February 1991.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelli McCarty of Kansas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Carole Gist of Michigan...	Lisa Lawson
1990 Miss USA 1990 Miss USA 1990, the 39th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on March 2, 1990.At the conclusion of the final competition, Carole Gist of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Gretchen Polhemus of Texas...	Julie Stanford					Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA Miss Maryland Teen USA The Miss Maryland Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Maryland did not place at Miss Teen USA until 1992, but since then this state has been quite successful, including earning four runner-up placements, and a...  1986
1989	Jackie Carroll	Gaithersburg
1988	Rowann Brewer	Silver Spring		Semi-finalist (9th)	Miss Photogenic	Married rock musician Jani Lane Jani Lane Jani Lane , born John Kennedy Oswald, later changed to John Patrick Oswald, was an American recording artist and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the hard rock band Warrant.... .
1987	Michelle Snow	Germantown
1986	Kelly Koehler
1985	Christine Marie	Baldwin Baldwin, Maryland Baldwin is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The United States Postal Service has assigned Baldwin the ZIP Code 21013. Until 1958, this community was served by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad at milepost 18.4. Hidden Valley Farm was listed on the...
1984	Betsy Cook	Bethesda Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
1983	Shawn Keller	Ashton Ashton, Maryland Ashton is an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The commercial center of Ashton lies at the junction of Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue ....
1982	Angie Boyer	Dunkirk Dunkirk, Maryland Dunkirk is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census. The area is very fast-growing, with many large estate homes. Considered one the wealthiest places to live inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with home prices...		Semi-finalist
1981	Linda Lambert	Baltimore		Semi-finalist
1980	Tonja Walker Tonja Walker Tonja Walker is a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, an actress, and a singer. She is known for her role as Alex Olanov on One Life to Live and for her role as Olivia St. John Jerome on General Hospital.-Career:Walker held the Miss Teen All-American title...	Kingsville Kingsville, Maryland Kingsville is a semi-rural, unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a close-knit and rustic community bounded by the Little Gunpowder Falls river and the Big Gunpowder Falls river which join to form the Gunpowder...		Semi-finalist (7th)		Miss Teen All American 1979
1979	Jean Bourne	Silver Spring
1978	Rhonda Koch
1977	Twyla Littleton
1976	Linda Lee Potter	Adelphi Adelphi, Maryland Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
1975	Ellen Bowie	Temple Hills
1974	Mary Jo Ruppert
1973	Betty Jo Grove			4th runner-up
1972	Patty Townsend
1971	Carol Theis			Semi-finalist
1970	Beckie Price	Camp Springs Camp Springs, Maryland Camp Springs is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,968 at the 2000 census. Camp Springs is not an official post office designation, but rather the area is divided between the surrounding mailing addresses...
1969	Ardis Fowler
1968	Paulette Reck Paulette Reck Paulette Reck is a former pageant titleholder from Baltimore, Maryland who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Reck is a graduate of Mercy High School and Villa Julie College, in Stevenson, Maryland. She held the Miss Maryland USA title 1968 and placed 1st runner up to Dorothy Anstett at Miss USA...			1st runner-up		2nd runner up at Miss World USA 1969
1967	Sandy Clevering			Semi-finalist
1966	Roselaine Zetter			Semi-finalist
1965	Barbara Keefer
1964	Royette Tarry			Semi-finalist		Represented Delaware in Miss World USA 1970, did not).
1963	Marsha Metrinko					Represented New York City in the Miss America Miss America The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...  1964 pageant. Sister Michele Metrinko Michele Rollins Michele Rollins was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the United States House of Representatives election in 2010, in Delaware's At-large congressional district, a race she narrowly lost to Glen Urquhart...  also competed at Miss USA 1963 as Miss District of Columbia Miss District of Columbia The Miss District of Columbia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant. The District has twice won the title of Miss America....  and later represented the United States at Miss World Miss World The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951... .
1962	Shelda Farley
1961	Gail Baxter
1960	Jerri Fiorilli
1959	Diane White			Semi-finalist		3rd runner up at Miss World USA 1961, mother of Miss Georgia USA Miss Georgia USA The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh most successful state at Miss USA and has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states...  1989
1958	Patricia Vogts
1957	Mary Leona Gage Mary Leona Gage Mary Leona Gage was a beauty queen from Maryland who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first, and so far, only woman from that state to capture the Miss USA crown...			Winner		Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children.
1956	Charlene Holt Charlene Holt Verna Charlene Stavely, professionally known as Charlene Holt, was an American actress, known for her supporting roles in TV and film.-Early life:...			Semi-finalist
1955	Gloria Ruth King
1954	Barbara Eschenburg			Semi-finalist
1953	Diane Gale Durham
1952	Did Not Compete

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

External links

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