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| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Clermont |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Deborah Miller Cindy Provost |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Productions.
The first Miss USA winner from Maryland, Mary Leona Gage, won Miss USA 1957. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned. In 2012, Nana Meriwether placed 1st runner-up, but became Miss USA 2012 when Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012.
Six Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only four Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America.
From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up.
Savena Mushinge of Germantown was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2023 on April 2, 2023 at Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville. She represent Maryland at Miss USA 2023 and placed Top 20.
Gallery of titleholders
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Michaé Holloman, Miss Maryland USA 2007 -
Casandra Tressler, Miss Maryland USA 2008 -
Nana Meriwether, Miss Maryland USA 2012. She later assumed the Miss USA 2012 title after Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012 -
Taylor Dawson, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2015 and Mamé Adjei, Miss Maryland USA 2015 at an event for military families
Results summary
Miss USA placements
- Miss USAs: Mary Leona Gage †(1957)[a]
- 1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968), Nana Meriwether (2012)[b]
- 4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973), Mamé Adjei (2015)
- Top 8/10/12: Carol Theis (1971), Tonja Walker (1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Rowann Brewer (1988), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995), Marina Harrison (2005), Allyn Rose (2011), Taylor Burton (2014), Mariela Pepin (2019), Layilah Nasser (2021)
- Top 15/20: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967), Kasey Staniszewski (2013), Brittinay Nicolette (2018), Savena Mushinge (2023)
Maryland holds a record of 25 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Rowann Brewer (1988)
- Style Award: Megan Gunning (2001)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age[c] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Bailey Anne | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Savena Mushinge | Germantown | 26 | Top 20 | Previously Miss Supranational Zambia 2022 | |
| 2022 | Caleigh Shade | Cumberland | 22 |
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| 2021 | Layilah Nasser | Montgomery Village | 26 | Top 8 | ||
| 2020 | Taelyr Robinson | Annapolis | 27 |
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| 2019 | Mariela Pepin | Severn | 23 | Top 10 |
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| 2018 | Brittinay Nicolette | Fallston | 26 | Top 15 | ||
| 2017 | Adrianna David | Rockville | 22 |
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| 2016 | Christina Denny | Owings Mills | 25 |
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| 2015 | Mamé Adjei | Silver Spring | 23 | 4th runner-up |
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| 2014 | Taylor Burton | La Plata | 25 | Top 10 | ||
| 2013 | Kasey Staniszewski[citation needed] | Annapolis | 21 | Top 15 | Triple crown winner
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| 2012 | Nana Meriwether | Potomac | 27 | 1st runner-up |
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| 2011 | Allyn Rose | Newburg | 22 | Top 8 |
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| 2010 | Simone Feldman | North Potomac | 23 | |||
| 2009 | Gabrielle Carlson | Marion Station | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Casandra Tressler | Damascus | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Michaé Holloman | Fort Washington | 25 | |||
| 2006 | Melissa DiGiulian | Bowie | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Marina Harrison[1] | Severn | 24 | Top 10 |
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| 2004 | Tia Shorts | Gaithersburg | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Jamie Kramer | Pasadena | ||||
| 2002 | Mistie Renee Adams | Silver Spring | ||||
| 2001 | Megan Gunning | Fallston | Style Award | |||
| 2000 | Christie S. Davis | Silver Spring |
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| 1999 | Kelly Donohue | Union Bridge | ||||
| 1998 | Maria Lynn Sheriff | Bowie | ||||
| 1997 | Ann Coale | Baltimore | ||||
| 1996 | Michele Michael | Annapolis | ||||
| 1995 | Jennifer Danielle Wilhoit | Annapolis | 22 | Top 12 |
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| 1994 | Wendy Davis | Silver Spring |
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| 1993 | Mary Ann Cimino | Baltimore |
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| 1992 | Renee Rebstock | Pasadena |
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| 1991 | Lisa Marie Lawson | Crofton | ||||
| 1990 | Julie Stanford | Edgewater |
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| 1989 | Jackie Carroll | Gaithersburg | ||||
| 1988 | Rowanne Brewer | Silver Spring | 23 | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic |
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| 1987 | Michelle Snow | Germantown | ||||
| 1986 | Kelly Koehler | Churchton | ||||
| 1985 | Christine Marie | Baldwin | ||||
| 1984 | Betsy Cook* | Bethesda | ||||
| 1983 | Shawn Keller | Ashton | ||||
| 1982 | Angie Boyer | Dunkirk | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1981 | Linda Susan Lambert | Baltimore | 22 | Semi-finalist | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Miss_Maryland_USA |