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1 Gallery of titleholders  




2 Results summary  


2.1  Placements  




2.2  Awards  






3 Winners  




4 References  




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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss District of Columbia.

Miss District of Columbia USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location

Membership

Miss USA

Official language

English

Key people

Chelsey Rodgers (Executive Director)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant. Four District of Columbia representatives have won the Miss USA title. Of those two, Deshauna Barber and Kára McCullough won successive Miss USA titles in 2016 and 2017. The most recent placement was Cassie Baloue in 2023, placing Top 20.

Two Miss District of Columbia USA titleholders previously held the Miss District of Columbia Teen USA title and three have competed at Miss America.

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary

Placements

Awards

Winners

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
    • Year Name Hometown Age[a] Placement Special awards Notes
    2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA
    2023 Cassie Baloue Washington, D.C. 25 Top 20
    2022 Faith Porter Washington, D.C. 23 Top 16 Miss Earth USA Air 2022
    2021 Sasha Perea Washington, D.C. 27 Previously 2nd runner-up at Miss World America 2016
    2020 Cierra Jackson Washington, D.C. 27 Top 16 Previously Miss District of Columbia 2016
    2019 Cordelia Cranshaw 26 Top 10
    2018 Bryce Armstrong Washington, D.C. 21
    2017 Ryann Richardson 27 did not compete
    • Originally first runner-up, assumed the title when Kára McCullough won Miss USA
    • Went on to become Miss Black America 2018
    Kára McCullough Washington, D.C. 25 Miss USA 2017
    2016 Jasmine Jones Washington, D.C. 27 did not compete Originally placed in the semifinals after first runner-up Kára McCullough declined to take the title (when she was preparing for the following year's state pageant), assumed the title when Deshauna Barber won Miss USA
    Deshauna Barber Washington, D.C. 26 Miss USA 2016
    2015 Lizzy Olsen Washington, D.C. 25
    2014 Ciera Nicole Butts 23
    2013 Jessica Frith[citation needed] 26
    2012 Monique Thompkins 23 Washington Redskins Cheerleader
    2011 Heather Swann 22
    2010 MacKenzie Green 21
    2009 Nicole White 20 Previously Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2004
    2008 Chelsey Rodgers 25
    • Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006[1]
    • Current executive director of Miss District of Columbia USA pageants
    2007 Mercedes Lindsay 26
    2006 Candace Allen Washington, D.C. 22 Top 10
    2005 Sarah-Elizabeth Langford Washington, D.C. 25 Previously Miss District of Columbia 2002; contestant and winner on Fear Factor in 2005 Miss USA episode #5.29
    2004 Tiara Dews 21 Previously Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 2000, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2000
    2003 Michelle Dollie Wright 26 Previously Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1995
    2002 Diahann Adair Doyen 23 did not compete Originally first runner-up; succeeded the title when Shauntay Hinton won Miss USA
    Shauntay Hinton Washington, D.C. 23 Miss USA 2002 Non-semi-finalist at Miss Universe 2002
    2001 Liane Angus Washington, D.C. 24 1st runner-up
    2000 Juel April Casamayor Washington, D.C. 18 Washington Redskins Cheerleader
    1999 Amy Alderson 27 Sister of Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994, top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1994 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002, Allison Alderson
    1998 Zanice Lyles 24
    1997 Napiera Groves 21 Miss Congeniality
    1996 La Chanda Jenkins 19
    1995 Marci Andrews 27
    1994 Angela McGlowan 25
    1993 Alena Neves 18
    1992 Wanda Jones 20
    1991 Lakecia Smith 27
    1990 Catherine Staples Washington, D.C. 23 Top 12
    1989 Somaly Susan Sieng Washington, D.C. 24
    1988 Elva Anderson 27 Miss Congeniality
    1987 Edwina Richard 18
    1986 Desiree Keating Previously Miss District of Columbia 1984
    1985 Christal Chacon
    1984 Steffanee Leaming Washington, D.C. 21 4th runner-up
    1983 Julie Anne Warner Washington, D.C.
    1982 Lori Esteep
    1981 Belinda Johnson
    1980 Marianne Ritter 18
    1979 Cynthia Ramsay 19
    1978 Wanda Clineman 23
    1977 Sharon Sutherland Washington, D.C. 25 Top 12
    1976 Nancy Stitt Washington, D.C. 20 Nancy Sitt competed at Miss USA,[2] but Mary Theresa Clair is listed as Miss DC USA 1976 on the Miss DC USA website.
    1975 Mary Lamond Washington, D.C. 27 Top 12
    1974 Robin Lee Utterback 22 Top 12
    1973 Nancy Plachta 22 Top 12
    1972 Janet Gail Greenawalt 18 Top 12
    1971 Sue Lowden 19 Top 12 Later Miss New Jersey 1973 as Suzanne Plummer, 2nd Runner-up to Miss America 1974
    1970 Nikki Phillipp 27 Top 15
    1969 Shelley Gosman Washington, D.C.
    1968 Diane Mothershead 23 Previously semi-finalist at Miss World USA 1967
    1967 Myra Chudy Washington, D.C. 26 Top 15
    1966 Sue Counts 19 Top 15
    1965 Dianna Lynn Batts Washington, D.C. 4th runner-up Model on The Price Is Right, later Miss USA World 1965 and 1st runner up in Miss World 1965
    1964 Bobbi Johnson Washington, D.C. 19 Miss USA 1964 Top 15 at Miss Universe 1964
    1963 Michele Metrinko Washington, D.C. 1st runner-up Later won the Miss New York City World 1963 and Miss USA World 1963 pageants, and placed as a top 14 semi-finalist at Miss World 1963. Her sister Marsha Metrinko also competed at Miss USA 1963 as Miss Maryland and in Miss America 1963 as Miss New York City.[3]
    Candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 U.S. House of Rep. election in Delaware for Delaware's at-large congressional district under her married name Michele Rollins.
    1962 Helen Sweeney Washington, D.C. 27 Top 16
    1961 Patricia Brunette
    1960 Doris Lee Jones
    1959 Shirley Ann Hobbs
    1958 Peggy Wolf
    1957 did not compete
    1956 Joanne Holler
    1955 did not compete
    1954 Laura Farley Washington, D.C. 21 Top 19
    1953 did not compete
    1952
    1. ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

    References

    1. ^ "National Sweetheart". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • ^ "Miss USA 1976 Parade of States". YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  • ^ "Miss USA roots sister on in Miss America bid". Hartford Courant. 1963-09-02. p. 20A.

    • Bertha Pincus 1932

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