For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Missouri.
Beauty pageant competition
Miss Missouri USA
Formation
1952
Type
Beauty pageant
Headquarters
Shawnee
Location
Kansas
Membership
Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director
Website
Official website
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. The most recent placement was Mikala McGhee in 2022, placing Top 16. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey. Six former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.
Autumn Black of Kansas City was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2023 on May 21, 2023 at The Mansion Theatre for the Performing Arts in Branson, Missouri.
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