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Miss Mississippi USA

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Formation
  
1952

Headquarters
  
Jackson

Membership
  
Miss USA

Name
  
Miss USA

Type
  
Beauty pageant

Location
  
Mississippi

Official language
  
English

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

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Mississippi has not been very successful in Miss USA pageants, with only 10 placements as of 2010. They have never had a Miss USA, and their highest placement was Leah Laviano's 1st-runner up placement in 2008.

Four titleholders have competed at Miss Teen USA, and as of 2007, four have competed at Miss America.

The state pageant, now held at the Gold Strike Casino in Robinsonville, Mississippi, has been directed by Miss Tennessee USA 1989: Kim Greenwood since 2009.

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Placements

  • 1st runners-up: Leah Laviano (2008)
  • 3rd runners-up: Cindy Williams (1986)
  • 4th runners-up: Laurie Kimbrough (1979), Dana Richmond (1988)
  • Top 10: Jennifer Adcock (2005), Breanne Ponder (2010)
  • Top 11/12: Katharine Manning (1987), Stephanie Teneyck (1990)
  • Top 15: Marlene Britsch (1961), Patricia Ann Turk (1964)

    • Awards

  • Miss Photogenic: Stephanie Teneyck (1990)

    • Winners

    Color key

    1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

    References

    Miss Mississippi USA Wikipedia
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