Miss Oregon USA
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The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.
Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchinson who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Jennifer Murphy in 2004. She is better known as a contestant on The Apprentice.
Two Miss Oregon USAs have former held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | |||
| 2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Finalist | Contestant on the fourth season of The Apprentice | |
| 2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Endia Albrante | Eugene | 21 | Top 10 | ||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
| 1999 | Amy Nelson | |||||
| 1998 | Kara Jones | |||||
| 1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Chartier | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1993 | ||||
| 1995 | Karrie Grove | |||||
| 1994 | Denise White | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | ||||
| 1992 | Terrie House | |||||
| 1991 | Olga Calderon | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | |||||
| 1989 | Jenifer Blaska | |||||
| 1988 | Elaine Rohrer | |||||
| 1987 | Taime Primiano | Portland | ||||
| 1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | ||||
| 1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | ||||
| 1984 | Debbie Epperson | Portland | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Shelly Kiser | Portland | ||||
| 1982 | Kristina Bauer | Dundee | ||||
| 1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | ||||
| 1980 | Martha Viducich | |||||
| 1979 | Katie Fitzpatrick | |||||
| 1978 | Julie Heater | |||||
| 1977 | Charisse Charlton | |||||
| 1976 | Gail Atchinson | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1975 | Theresa Favreau | |||||
| 1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | |||||
| 1973 | Judy Bishop | |||||
| 1972 | Yvonne Philes | |||||
| 1971 | Connie Oost | |||||
| 1970 | Laura Smith | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1969 | Karen Morton | |||||
| 1968 | Marsha Mayer | |||||
| 1967 | Maureen Bassett | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Sharon Gerritz | |||||
| 1965 | Leslie Brucher | |||||
| 1964 | Toye Esch | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1963 | Joset Fisher | |||||
| 1962 | Joyce Collin | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958-1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1957 | Sonja Landsem | |||||
| 1956 | Maralyn Turner | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Rose Karcha | |||||
| 1954 | Charlotte Miller | |||||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Beth Bailey |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
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