For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nevada USA.
Beauty pageant competition
Miss Nevada
Formation
1949
Type
Beauty pageant
Headquarters
Sparks
Location
Nevada
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Website
Official website
The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America competition, and the name of the title held by that winner. The first Nevadan to compete at Miss America was Carol Lampe in 1949.[1]
The competition currently takes place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Other venues have included Reno, Elko, Las Vegas, Carson City and Mesquite.[2][3][4] It has at various times been hosted by the Reno Lions Club and the Soroptimist club of Nevada.[5][6]
Taylor Blatchford of Boulder City was crowned Miss Nevada 2023 on June 23, 2023 at Bally’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. She competed for the title of Miss America 2024 in Orlando, Florida in January 2024.
^"Miss Nevada". Portland Press Herald. 25 June 1949.
^Harding, Adella (24 June 2003). "Miss Nevada: Pageant winner to be crowned Saturday in Elko". Elko Daily Free Press.
^Leach, Robin (3 July 2012). "UNLV student Randi Sundquist is new Miss Nevada; Henderson's Ellie Smith is Miss Nevada Teen". Las Vegas Sun.
^"Miss Carson City named Miss Nevada, Keegan runner-up". The Record Courier. 22 July 2008.
^"Signs contract". Reno Evening Gazette. 31 December 1957.
^"Miss Nevada Day slated for June 24". Reno Evening Gazette. 22 March 1961.
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