Miss Maryland USA
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The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant.
Maryland had one winner in 1957: Leona Gage. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned.
Four Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990-1995 were former teens. Only one Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.
[edit] Results summary
- Winners: Mary Leona Gage (1957) (dethroned)
- 1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968)
- 4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973)
- Top 10: Rowann Brewer (1988), Marina Harrison (2005)
- Top 11/12: Carol Theis (1971), Tonja Walker (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995)
- Top 15: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Michaé Holloman | Cheerleader, Washington Redskins | ||||
| 2006 | Melissa DiGiulian | |||||
| 2005 | Marina Harrison | Finalist | Previously Miss Maryland 2003 | |||
| 2004 | Tia Shorts | |||||
| 2003 | Jamie Kramer | |||||
| 2002 | Mistie Renee Adams | |||||
| 2001 | Megan Gunning | Style award | ||||
| 2000 | Christie Davis | |||||
| 1999 | Kelly Donohue | |||||
| 1998 | Maria Lynn Sheriff | |||||
| 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | ||||
| 1996 | Michele Michael | |||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Wilhoit | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1994 | Wendy Davis | |||||
| 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino | Baltimore | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1990 | |||
| 1992 | Renee Rebstock | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1987 | ||||
| 1991 | Lisa Marie Lawson | |||||
| 1990 | Julie Stanford | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1986 | ||||
| 1989 | Jackie Carroll | |||||
| 1988 | Rowann Brewer | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | Married rock musician Jani Lane | ||
| 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | ||||
| 1986 | Kelly Koehler | |||||
| 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | ||||
| 1984 | Betsy Cook | Bethesda | ||||
| 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | ||||
| 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Linda Lambert | Baltimore | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | Tonja Walker | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1979 | Jean Bourne | |||||
| 1978 | Rhonda Koch | |||||
| 1977 | Twyla Littleton | |||||
| 1976 | Linda Lee Potter | |||||
| 1975 | Ellen Bowie | |||||
| 1974 | Mary Jo Ruppert | |||||
| 1973 | Betty Jo Grove | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1972 | Patty Townsend | |||||
| 1971 | Carol Theis | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1970 | Beckie Price | |||||
| 1969 | Ardis Fowler | |||||
| 1968 | Paulette Reck | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1967 | Sandy Clevering | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Roselaine Zetter | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Barbara Keefer | |||||
| 1964 | Royette Tarry | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Marcia Metrinko | |||||
| 1962 | Shelda Farley | |||||
| 1961 | Gail Baxter | |||||
| 1960 | Jerri Fiorilli | |||||
| 1959 | Diane White | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Patricia Vogts | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Leona Gage | Winner | later dethroned | |||
| 1956 | Charlene Holt | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Gloria Ruth King | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Eschenburg | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Diane Gale Durham | |||||
| 1952 | Did Not Compete |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
| Maryland Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Maryland |
Miss USA Miss Maryland USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Maryland Teen USA |
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