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Miss Colorado USA

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Miss Colorado USA
Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Savage
Location	Minnesota
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Key people	Denise Wallace Craig Heitkamp
Website	Official website

Miss Colorado USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner.^[1] The pageant is directed by Future Productions.

Colorado's most successful placements were in 1963 and 2010, when Rhea Looney and Jessica Hartman, respectively, placed as the third runner-up. Colorado's most recent placement was in 2012, when Marybel Gonzalez placed in the Top 10.

Arianna Lemus of Gunnison was crowned Miss Colorado USA on July 17, 2023 at Union Colony Civic CenterinGreeley. She represented Colorado at Miss USA 2023.

Gallery of titleholders

Blair Griffith, Miss Colorado USA 2011
Beckie Hughes, Miss Colorado USA 2008

Results summary

Placements

3rd Runner-Up: Rhea Looney (1963), Jessica Hartman (2010)
Top 10: Debbie James (1989), Tiani Jones (2000), Marybel Gonzalez (2012)
Top 15/16/20: Jeanie Carroll (1953), Dorothy Jane Bewley (1955), Karen Keeler (1956), Diane Lee Gardner (1959), Penny Jo James (1962), Susan Hawkins (1969)

Colorado holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub (1971), Crystal Grove (1998)
Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland (2001), Susan Hawkins (1969)

Winners

Color key

Winner

Runner-Up

Semifinalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age^[a]	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2024	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2023	Arianna Lemus	Gunnison	27
2022	Alexis Glover	Colorado Springs	23			Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2017
2021	Olivia Lorenzo	Fort Collins	20
2020	Emily DeMure	Boulder	21			Later crowned as Miss Grand United States of America 2022, unplaced at Miss Grand International 2022
2019	Madison Dorenkamp	Lamar	25
2018	Chloe Brown	Grand Junction	22			Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2013
2017	Sabrina Janssen	Denver	22
2016	Caley-Rae Pavillard	Castle Pines	22			Previously Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Miss Colorado Teen USA 2011
2015	Talyah Polee	Denver	26
2014	Eleanna Livaditis	Centennial	25
2013	Amanda Wiley	Littleton	25
2012	Marybel Gonzalez	Denver	24	Top 10
2011	Blair Griffith	Lakewood	22			Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 and Miss Congeniality at Miss Teen USA 2006; later Miss Grand USA 2013
2010	Jessica Hartman	Pueblo	19	3rd Runner-Up		Later Miss Missouri 2014
2009	Patrice Williams	Colorado Springs	22
2008	Beckie Hughes ^[2]^[3]	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^[4]	Vail	26			Previously Miss Colorado 1999
2002	Keely Gaston	Morrison	24			Miss Colorado 1998
2001	Katee Doland	Arvada	20		Miss Photogenic	Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998; later Miss Colorado 2003. Former Denver Broncos cheerleader.
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	Pueblo
1990	Michelle Harrison	Conifer
1989	Debbie James	Denver	21	Top 10		Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1985
1988	Nicola Svaldi	Aurora
1987	Polly Kuska	Northglenn
1986	Cheryl Rohleder	Denver
1985	Lynnette Jessen					Previously Miss Colorado 1981
1984	Michelle Anderson
1983	Lisa Gay Trujillo
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		Top 15	Miss Photogenic
1968	Ann Bell	Littleton
1967	Kim Kelly
1966	Rosemary Barnwell
1965	Cathy McPherson
Did not compete at Miss USA 1964
1963	Rhea Looney			3rd Runner-Up
1962	Penny James			Top 16
Did not compete at Miss USA 1961
1960	Karen Eickermann
1959	Dianne Gardner			Top 15
1958	Devona Hubka
1957	Mary Clapham
1956	Karen Keeler			Top 15
1955	Dorothy Bewley			Top 15
1954	Lorna Batterson
1953	Jeanie Carroll			Top 20
1952	Joan Linn

Notes

^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

^ "Will Miss Colorado Teen USA hail from Eagle County?". Vail Daily. 2007-10-24.

^ "Owner of Pinque wins Miss Colorado USA crown". The Daily Sentinel. 2007-10-30.

^ Stina Sieg (31 October 2007). "Businesswoman named Miss Colorado". The Post Independent. Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, CO, USA: Swift Communications, Inc.

^ Wyrick, Randy (2002-11-27). "Beauty that extends to the soul". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08.