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1 Gallery of titleholders  




2 Results summary  


2.1  Miss USA placements  




2.2  Awards  






3 Winners  




4 Notes  




5 References  




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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Maryland.

Miss Maryland USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersClermont
Location

Membership

Miss USA

Official language

English

Key people

Deborah Miller
Cindy Provost
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Productions.

The first Miss USA winner from Maryland, Mary Leona Gage, won Miss USA 1957. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned. In 2012, Nana Meriwether placed 1st runner-up, but became Miss USA 2012 when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012.

Six 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 four Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.

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

Savena Mushinge of Germantown was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2023 on April 2, 2023 at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville. She represent Maryland at Miss USA 2023 and placed Top 20.

In June 2024, Bailey Anne Kennedy became the first trans woman to win the pageant.[1]

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary

Miss USA placements

Maryland holds a record of 25 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Winners

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
    • Year Name Hometown Age[c] Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
    2024 Bailey Anne Kennedy Williamsport 31 TBA
    2023 Savena Mushinge Germantown 26 Top 20 Previously Miss Supranational Zambia 2022
    2022 Caleigh Shade Cumberland 22
    2021 Layilah Nasser Montgomery Village 26 Top 8
    2020 Taelyr Robinson Annapolis 27
    • Minor part in The Vineyard
    • Represented USA at Miss Model of the World 2016
    • Longest reigning Miss Maryland USA (1 year, 8 months, and 15 days)
    2019 Mariela Pepin Severn 23 Top 10
    2018 Brittinay Nicolette Fallston 26 Top 15
    2017 Adrianna David Rockville 22
    2016 Christina Denny Owings Mills 25
    2015 Mamé Adjei Silver Spring 23 4th runner-up
    2014 Taylor Burton La Plata 25 Top 10
    2013 Kasey Staniszewski[citation needed] Annapolis 21 Top 15 Triple crown winner
    2012 Nana Meriwether Potomac 27 1st runner-up
    2011 Allyn Rose Newburg 22 Top 8
    2010 Simone Feldman North Potomac 23
    2009 Gabrielle Carlson Marion Station 24
    2008 Casandra Tressler Damascus 22
    2007 Michaé Holloman Fort Washington 25
    2006 Melissa DiGiulian Bowie 20
    2005 Marina Harrison[2] Severn 24 Top 10
    2004 Tia Shorts Gaithersburg 24
    2003 Jamie Kramer Pasadena
    2002 Mistie Renee Adams Silver Spring
    2001 Megan Gunning Fallston Style Award
    2000 Christie S. Davis Silver Spring
    • Sister of Wendy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 1994[3]
    1999 Kelly Donohue Union Bridge
    1998 Maria Lynn Sheriff Bowie
    1997 Ann Coale Baltimore
    1996 Michele Michael Annapolis
    1995 Jennifer Danielle Wilhoit Annapolis 22 Top 12
    1994 Wendy Davis Silver Spring
    • Sister of Christy Davis, Miss Maryland USA 2000[3]
    1993 Mary Ann Cimino Baltimore
    1992 Renee Rebstock Pasadena
    1991 Lisa Marie Lawson Crofton
    1990 Julie Stanford Edgewater
    1989 Jackie Carroll Gaithersburg
    1988 Rowanne Brewer Silver Spring 23 Semi-finalist Miss Photogenic
    1987 Michelle Snow Germantown
    1986 Kelly Koehler Churchton
    1985 Christine Marie Baldwin
    1984 Betsy Cook* Bethesda
    1983 Shawn Keller Ashton
    1982 Angie Boyer Dunkirk 18 Semi-finalist
    1981 Linda Susan Lambert Baltimore 22 Semi-finalist
    1980 Tonja Walker Kingsville 19 Semi-finalist
    • Previously Miss Teen All American 1979
    1979 Jean Bourne Silver Spring
    1978 Rhonda Koch Brookeville Unplaced at Miss World USA 1976, as Miss District of Columbia World.
    1977 Twyla Littleton Oxon Hill
    1976 Linda Lee Potter Adelphi
    1975 Ellen Bowie Templeville
    1974 Mary Jo Ruppert College Park
    1973 Betty Jo Grove College Park 19 4th runner-up
    1972 Patty Townsend Silver Spring
    1971 Carol Jeanne Theis Silver Spring 20 Semi-finalist
    1970 Beckie Price Camp Springs
    1969 Ardis Fowler Ellicott City
    1968 Paulette Reck Perry Hall 20 1st runner-up
    1967 Sandra Clevering Silver Spring 19 Semi-finalist
    1966 Roselaine Zetter Bowie 22 Semi-finalist
    1965 Barbara Kiefer Baltimore
    1964 Royette Michele Tarry Baltimore 19 Semi-finalist
    1963 Marsha Barbara Metrinko Laurel
    1962 Shelda Farley Catonsville
    1961 Gail Baxter High Point
    1960 Jerri Fiorilli Baltimore
    1959 Diane Dolores White Baltimore 24 Semi-finalist
    1958 Patricia Vogts Silver Spring
    1957 Mary Leona Gage* Glen Burnie 18 Miss USA 1957
    • Dethroned after it was discovered she was married and had two children[5]
    1956 Charlene Holt* Annapolis 28 Semi-finalist
    1955 Gloria Ruth King Baltimore
    1954 Barbara Eschenburg Berlin Semi-finalist Disqualified (under age)
    1953 Diane Gale Durham Silver Spring
    1952 Did not compete

    Notes

    1. ^ Mary Leona Gage was later dethroned when she was discovered that she was married and had two children.
  • ^ Nana Meriwether was 1st runner-up at Miss USA, but succeeded the title when Olivia Culpo became Miss Universe.
  • ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

    • References

    1. ^ More, Maggie; McFly, Tommy; Reporter, News4 Scene; Harris, Leon (13 June 2024). "'Every woman, universally': Military wife is first Asian American, transgender woman to win Miss Maryland". NBC4 Washington.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "Meade, UMd. Grad Crowned Miss Maryland USA". WBALTV. 7 December 2004.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ a b "University Senior Wins Miss Maryland USA Pageant". Howard University. 13 December 1999. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  • ^ a b "Miss USA roots sister on in Miss America bid". Hartford Courant. 2 September 1963. p. 20A.
  • ^ Woestendiek, John (10 April 2005). "The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage". The Baltimore Sun.

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