Beauty contest
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner. It is currently produced by Pageant NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington and is previously produced by ABC Pageant Productions based in Bend, Oregon until 2015.
Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has yet to win the title. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Toneata Morgan in 2018.
Three Miss Oregon USA titleholders have formerly held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.
The current titleholder is Shayla Montgomery of Happy Valley and was crowned on May 4, 2024, at Sherwood Center for the Fine Arts in Sherwood, Oregon. She will represent Oregon at Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
- 2nd runners-up: Gail Atchison (1976)
- Top 10: Debbie Epperson (1984), Endia Albrante (2001), Jennifer Murphy (2004)
- Top 11: Olga Calderon (1991)
- Top 15/16: Maralyn Turner (1956), Joyce Collin (1962), Toye Esch (1964), Maureen Bassett (1967), Laura Smith (1970), Toneata Morgan (2018)
- Oregon holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Denise White (1994), Gabrielle Neilan (2013)
- Miss Photogenic: Alaina Bergsma (2012)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
External links
References
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- ^ "2007 Mrs America". Archived from the original on October 13, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ Vondersmith, Jason (15 December 2022). "Miss Oregon Sophia Takla finishes in top 10 at Miss America". PortlandTribune.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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