Miss Georgia USA
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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 [1] at Miss USA and but has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states since 2000 [2]. Georgia is within the top fifteen states in terms of most semifinalist (or better) placings (20) [3] and is one of only seven states to have won more than one Miss Photogenic award.
Despite having a large number of runners-up, no Miss Georgia USA has won the national title.
Three former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only one titleholder has previously competed at Miss America.
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- First runners-up: Erin Nance (1993)
- Second runners-up: Tami Tesh (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006)
- Third runners-up: Dorothy Taylor (1959)
- Fourth runners-up: Carolann Conno (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000)
- Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
- Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | 2nd Runner-up | American Idol (season 3) semi-finalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 | Previously Miss Connecticut 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | |||
| 2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-up | Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Year for 2005. | |
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1991 | ||||
| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | |||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1993 | |||
| 1996 | Jenny Craig | |||||
| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | ||||
| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 1st Runner-up | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988 | ||
| 1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | Finalist | |||
| 1991 | Tamara Rhodes | |||||
| 1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | Finalist | ||||
| 1989 | Michele Nemeth | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1988 | Donna Rampy | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
| 1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |
| 1986 | Tami Tesh | 21 | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | ||||
| 1984 | Jayne Poteet | Norcross | ||||
| 1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | ||||
| 1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | April Reid | |||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | |||||
| 1978 | Larinda Matthews | |||||
| 1977 | Linda Kerr | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1976 | Liz Wickersham | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1975 | Diana Goodman | |||||
| 1974 | Vicki Ross | |||||
| 1973 | Melanie Chapman | |||||
| 1972 | Kaye Ayers | |||||
| 1971 | Jenny Andrews | |||||
| 1970 | Cherie Stephens | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1969 | Judy Lyons | |||||
| 1968 | Midge Ivie | |||||
| 1967 | Jane Lineberger | |||||
| 1966 | Not available | |||||
| 1965 | Judy Simpson | |||||
| 1964 | Lynda Tatum | |||||
| 1963 | Brenda Seagraves | |||||
| 1962 | Genelda Odum | |||||
| 1961 | Patsy Giddens | |||||
| 1960 | Cecilia Upton | |||||
| 1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1957 | Ruth Lycan | |||||
| 1956 | Mary Ruff | |||||
| 1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-up | ||||
| 1953-54 | No representative | |||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] Source
| Georgia Pageantry | |
|---|---|
| Miss America Miss Georgia |
Miss USA Miss Georgia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Georgia Teen USA |
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