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Year Name State 2017 Kára Mccullough District of Columbia Year Name State 2017 Kára McCullough District of Columbia 2016 Deshauna Barber District of Columbia 2015 Olilvia Jordan Oklahoma 2014 Nina Sanchez Nevada 2013 Erin Brady Connecticut 2012 Olivia Culpo * Cranston 2012 Nana Meriwether Maryland 2011 Alyssa Campanella California 2010 Rima Fakih Michigan 2009 Kristen Dalton North Carolina 2008 Crystle Stewart Texas 2007 Rachel Smith Tennessee 2006 Tara Conner Kentucky 2005 Chelsea Cooley North Carolina 2004 Shandi Finnessey Missouri 2003 Susie Castillo Massachusetts 2002 Shauntay Hinton District of Columbia 2001 Kandace Krueger Texas 2000 Lynnette Cole Tennessee 1999 Kimberly Ann Pressler New York 1998 Shawnae Jebbia Massachusetts 1997 Brook Lee * Hawaii 1997 Brandi Sherwood Idaho 1996 Ali Landry Louisiana 1995 Chelsi Smith * Texas 1995 Shanna Lynn Moakler New York 1994 Frances Louise “Lu” Parker South Carolina 1993 Kenya Moore Michigan 1992 Shannon Marketic California 1991 Kelli McCarty Kansas 1990 Carole Gist Michigan 1989 Gretchen Polhemus Texas 1988 Courtney Gibbs Texas 1987 Michelle Royer Texas 1986 Christy Fichtner Texas 1985 Laura Martinez-Herring Texas 1984 Mai Shanley New Mexico 1983 Julie Hayek California 1982 Terri Utley Arkansas 1981 Kim Seelbrede Ohio 1980 Shawn Weatherly * South Carolina 1980 Jineane Ford Arizona 1979 Mary Therese Friel New York 1978 Judi Anderson Hawaii 1977 Kimberly Tomes Texas 1976 Barbara Peterson Minnesota 1975 Summer Bartholomew California 1974 Karen Morrison Illinois 1973 Amanda Jones Illinois 1972 Tanya Wilson Hawaii 1971 Michele McDonald Pennsylvania 1970 Debbie Shelton Virginia 1969 Wendy Dascomb Virginia 1968 Dorothy Anstett Washington 1967 Sylvia Louise Hitchcock * Alabama 1967 Cheryl Ann Patton Florida 1966 Maria Remenyi California 1965 Sue Downey Ohio 1964 Bobbi Johnson District of Columbia 1963 Marite Ozers Illinois 1962 Macel Wilson Hawaii 1961 Sharon Brown Louisiana 1960 Linda Bement * Utah 1959 Terry Lynn Huntingdon California 1958 Eurlyne Howell Louisiana 1957 Charlotte Sheffield Utah 1956 Carol Morris* Iowa 1955 Carlene King Johnson Vermont 1954 Miriam Stevenson * South Carolina 1953 Myrna Hansen Illinois 1952 Jackie Loughery New York *Signifies Miss USA Titleholders who proceeded to win the Miss Universe Title .
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