Miss Tennessee USA
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The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.
Lynnette Cole, Miss Tennessee USA 2000, and Rachel Smith, Miss Tennesse USA 2007, are the only titleholders to win the Miss USA title. Cole's predecessor Morgan Tandy High placed first runner-up in 1999. Three Miss Tennessee USA titleholders have formerly competed at Miss Tennessee Teen USA, and five at Miss America. One of these is Allison Alderson, a "triple crown" winner who has held the Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Miss Tennessee, and Miss Tennessee USA titles, competing at all three major pageants.
In the 2000s, there have been two notable progressions of three consecutive titleholders. From 2002-2004, three consecutive Miss Tennessee titleholders won Miss Tennessee USA titles, in the order in which they had held the original titles. This has never happened in the history of Miss USA and Miss America state pageants. From 2005-2007, three women who placed in the top six in the Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2002 pageant won the Miss Tennessee USA title. One of these includes the winner of the 2002 teen pageant, Rachel Smith.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2007 | Rachel Smith | Clarksville | 21 | Winner | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2002 (Top 10 Semi-Finalist & Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2002) | |
| 2006 | Lauren Grissom | 21 | Top 15 | |||
| 2005 | Amy Colley | 21 | ||||
| 2004 | Stephanie Culberson | 24 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 2001 | ||
| 2003 | Beth Hood | 24 | 4th runner-up | Miss Tennessee 2000 | ||
| 2002 | Allison Alderson | 25 | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994 and Miss Tennessee 1999 | |||
| 2001 | Lisa Tollett | Top 10 | ||||
| 2000 | Lynnette Cole | Winner | Best in Swimsuit | Top 5 finalist at Miss Universe 2000 Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1995 (Top 6 Finalist & Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 1995) |
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| 1999 | Morgan Tandy High | 1st Runner-up | ||||
| 1998 | Amy Neely | |||||
| 1997 | Towanna Stone | 24 | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1996 | Becca Lee | 24 | 2nd Runner-up | Finesse Style Award | ||
| 1995 | Lee Ann Huey | Style Award | ||||
| 1994 | Leah Hulan | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Tennessee 1992 | |||
| 1993 | Cammy Gregory | Paris | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1992 | Natalie Ann Bray | |||||
| 1991 | Angela Johnson | |||||
| 1990 | Charita Moses | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1989 | Kimberly Payne | |||||
| 1988 | Stephanie Jane Potts | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1987 | Molly Brown | Loretto | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1984 (2nd runner-up at Miss Teen USA) | |||
| 1986 | Karen Compton | Lawrenceburg | ||||
| 1985 | Martha Elizabeth Browning | Chattanooga | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1984 | Desiree Denise Daniels | Chattanooga | 24 | 2nd Runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 1982 | |
| 1983 | Ladonna Friday | Jonesborough | ||||
| 1982 | Sherly Deanice Levy | Nashville | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Sharon Kay Steakly | Nashville | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | Diane Hunt | |||||
| 1979 | Sandy Nuismer | |||||
| 1978 | Suzanna Timberlake | Miss Photogenic | ||||
| 1977 | Rene Jean Smith | |||||
| 1976 | Jana Kerr | |||||
| 1975 | Shelly Smith | |||||
| 1974 | Brin Annette Hendrix | |||||
| 1973 | Tommye Hooker | |||||
| 1972 | Linda Diane Thompson | actress and songwriter | ||||
| 1971 | Sue Collins | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
| 1970 | Donna Marie Ford | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| 1969 | Suzie Richardson | |||||
| 1968 | Sandra Force | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1967 | Nancy Brackhahn | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Mary Margaret Smith | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Bonnie Perkins | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1964 | Pat Kerr | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1963 | Bobbie Lynn Morrow | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1962 | Gail White | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
| 1961 | Anita Atkins | |||||
| 1960 | Christine McSwain | |||||
| 1959 | Marcia Daniels | |||||
| 1958 | Martha Boales | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1957 | Patricia Prather | |||||
| 1956 | Stella Wilson | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Barbara Gurley | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Holly | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | No representative | |||||
| 1952 | Jean Harper | 3rd Runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] External links
| Tennessee Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Tennessee |
Miss USA Miss Tennessee USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Tennessee's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Tennessee Teen USA |
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