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Miss Georgia USA

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Formation
  
1952

Headquarters
  
Atlanta

Membership
  
Miss USA

Type
  
Beauty pageant

Location
  
Georgia

Official language
  
English


The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.

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Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh-most successful state [1] at Miss USA and 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.

Four former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only two titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.

The pageant is directed by Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kim Greenwood.

The current titleholder is Deanna Johnson, who was a contestant on Season 8 of The Voice.

Results summary

  • 1st Runner-Up: Erin Nance (1993)
  • 2nd Runner-Up: Tami Tesch (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006), Tiana Griggs (2014), Emanii Davis (2016)
  • 3rd Runner-Up: Dorothy Taylor (1959), Shellie O'Neal (1993)
  • 4th Runner-Up: Carolann Connor (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Patti Dunn (2000), Jasmyn Wilkins (2012)
  • Top 6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992)
  • Top 10: Caroline Medley (2004)
  • Top 12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983)
  • Top 15: Kimberly Gittings (2009)
  • Top 16: Kaylin Reque (2011)

    • Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)

    • Titleholders

    Color key

    1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

    References

    Miss Georgia USA Wikipedia
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