Miss Kansas USA
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| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Wichita |
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Membership
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Miss USA |
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Official language
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English |
| Website | Official Website |
The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.
Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli McCarty won the crown. McCarty's win makes Wichita, Kansas the only state to host one Miss USA and Miss Teen USA to win in their home state. In 1992 the state joined the Vanbros group, which led to a surge in placements in the 1990s and early 2000s. This included two first runners-up, one second runner-up, one third runner-up and one fourth runner-up, among others. All but three of Kansas's ten placements have been runners-up.
Three former Miss Kansas Teen USAs went on to win the Miss title, and also two Miss Missouri USAs (Missouri is also a Vanbros state).
Results summary
Placements
- Winners: Kelli McCarty (1991)
- 1st runners-up: Danielle Boatwright (1996), Lindsay Douglas (2002)
- 2nd runners-up: Tavia Shackles (1993), Cara Gorges (2007)
- 3rd runners-up: Tiffany Meyer (2000)
- Top 6 Finalist: Kimberlee Girrens (1992)
- Top 12: Brenda Kopmeyer (1973), Carol Hovenkamp (1994)
- Top 15: Bethany Gerber (2010)
Awards
- Best State Costume: Tavia Shackles (1993)
- Most Beautiful Eyes: Tavia Shackles (1993)
- Best in Swimsuit: Danielle Boatwright (1996)
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- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2016 | Victoria Wiggins | Junction City | 24 | TBA | ||
| 2015 | Alexis Railsback | Shawnee | 19 | |||
| 2014 | Audrey Banach | Kansas City | 22 | |||
| 2013 | Staci Klinginsmith[1] | Lenexa | 26 | |||
| 2012 | Gentry Miller | Kansas City | 24 | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2006, top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2006 | ||
| 2011 | Jaymie Stokes | Lenexa | 20 | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2007, top 10 finalist at Miss Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2010 | Bethany Gerber | Winfield | 21 | Top 15, Finishing in 13th Place | ||
| 2009 | Courtney Courter | Olathe | 23 | |||
| 2008 | Michelle Gillespie | Mission Hills | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Cara Gorges | Clearwater | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Ashley Aull | Lansing | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Rachel Saunders | Tonganoxie | 21 | |||
| 2004 | Lisa Forbes | Overland Park | 22 | Later Miss Earth USA 2007, USA representative to Miss Earth 2007. | ||
| 2003 | Alicia Cabrera | Leawood | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Lindsay Douglas | Lawrence | 23 | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2001 | Kristie Knox | Hutchinson | 25 | |||
| 2000 | Tiffany Meyer | Lawrence | 23 | 3rd Runner-up | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1994 and finished 5th at Miss Teen USA 1994, 2nd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2001 as Miss Missouri | |
| 1999 | Amanda Carraway | Manhattan | 21 | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1996 | ||
| 1998 | Cammie Morisseau | |||||
| 1997 | Kathryn Taylor | Overland Park | 24 | |||
| 1996 | Danielle Boatwright | Tonganoxie | 20 | 1st Runner-up | Best in Swimsuit | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992 2nd runner up at Miss Teen USA 1992, sports broadcaster and winner of Survivor: Guatemala |
| 1995 | Deborah Daulton | Salina | ||||
| 1994 | Carol Hovenkamp | Overland Park | Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 11th Place | |||
| 1993 | Tavia Shackles | Shawnee | 2nd Runner-up | Best State Costume & Most Beautiful Eyes Award | Previously Miss Missouri Teen USA 1990 and top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1990. Later married Clark Hunt. | |
| 1992 | Kimberlee Girrens | Wichita | Top 6 Finalist, Finishing in 4th Place | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 1986, Later Mrs. Kansas America 2004 under her married name, Kimberlee Easter.[2] | ||
| 1991 | Kelli McCarty | Liberal | Miss USA 1991 | Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1991 Starred as Beth Wallace in the NBC show Passions |
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| 1990 | Rebecca Porter | Wichita | ||||
| 1989 | Nancy Burris | Colby | ||||
| 1988 | Cynthia Decker | Manhattan | ||||
| 1987 | Martina Castle | Overland Park | ||||
| 1986 | Audra Ockerman | Wichita | Mother of Claire-Bailey Lee Miss Kansas Teen USA 2014 | |||
| 1985 | Jill Denzin | Leawood | ||||
| 1984 | Elizabeth Johnson | Prairie View | ||||
| 1983 | Renee Ruch | Mission | ||||
| 1982 | Stefani Larson | Overland Park | ||||
| 1981 | Missy Kaser | Wichita | ||||
| 1980 | Lisa Boyd | Wichita | ||||
| 1979 | Linda Shields | Lawrence | ||||
| 1978 | Mary Bell | Wichita | ||||
| 1977 | Sherry Brane | Wichita | ||||
| 1976 | Deborah Vitera | Ottawa | ||||
| 1975 | Robbin Loomas | Overland Park | ||||
| 1974 | Lorraine Breckenridge | Wichita | ||||
| 1973 | Brenda Kopmeyer | Overland Park | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1972 | Mona Guesnier | Great Bend | ||||
| 1971 | Nancy Bishop | Overland Park | ||||
| 1970 | Norma Decker | Tecumseh | ||||
| 1969 | Molly McGugin | Frankfurt | ||||
| 1968 | Anne Layton | Baldwin City | ||||
| 1967 | Regina Wolfe | |||||
| 1966 | Pat Ravenscroft | Overland Park | ||||
| 1965 | Linda Bergsten | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Ford | |||||
| 1963 | Diane Victoria Stalker | |||||
| 1962 | Linda Light | |||||
| 1961 | Dixie Cook | |||||
| 1960 | Peggy Patterson | |||||
| 1955-59 | No Representative | |||||
| 1954 | Sue Ravencroft | |||||
| 1953 | No Representative | |||||
| 1952 | Bette Renick |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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