Miss Nebraska USA
The Miss Nebraska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Nebraska in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Vanbros & Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 2002, Nebraska joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Lenexa |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | John M. Vannatta Jason Vannatta Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official website |
Nebraska is one of the least successful states at Miss USA, having only placed 12 times. They were most successful in the 1950s, placing 6 times, with three runner up placements. Until 2018, their highest placement was in 1955 which was 2nd runner up. Belinda Wright's top 15 placement in 2010 was Nebraska's first semi-final placement since 1980 and first to win Miss Congeniality. In 2018, Sarah Rose Summers became the first Miss Nebraska USA to win Miss USA and becoming the 35th state to have the title of Miss USA for the first time.
In 2020, Megan Swanson became the first Miss Nebraska delegate to ever win the state title. Also, she and her sister Allie Swanson, Miss Nebraska 2019, became the first sisters to have statewide Miss USA and Miss America titleholders simultaneously.[1]
Megan Swanson of Omaha was crowned Miss Nebraska USA 2020 on January 12, 2020 at Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center in Omaha. She represented Nebraska for the title of Miss USA 2020.
Gallery
Guerin Austin, Miss Nebraska USA 2004
Micaela Johnson, Miss Nebraska USA 2008
Results summary
Placements
- Miss USA: Sarah Rose Summers (2018)
- 2nd runners-up: Donna Jo Streever (1955)
- 3rd runners-up: Shari Lewis (1956), Carolyn McGirr (1957)
- Top 12: Janice Geiler (1973), Rebecca Staab (1980)
- Top 15/19/20: Berneta Nelson (1953), Margie Winkhoff (1954), Dee Kjeldgaard (1958), Gail Weinstock (1961), Belinda Wright (2010), Amanda Soltero (2014)
Nebraska holds a record of 12 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Janice Geiler (1973)
- Honorable Mention: Stacey Skidmore (2002)
- Miss Congeniality: Belinda Wright (2010)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | To be announced February 2021 | |||||
| 2020 | Megan Swanson[1] | Omaha | 26 |
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| 2019 | Alexis "Lex" Nicole Najarian[2] | Lincoln | 23 | Daughter of Peter Najarian | ||
| 2018 | Breanna "Bree" Coffey | Valley | 24 | Did not compete |
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| Sarah Rose Summers | Omaha | 23 | Miss USA 2018 |
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| 2017 | Jasmine Jade Fuelberth | Norfolk | 20 |
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| 2016 | Sarah Elizabeth Hollins | Omaha | 25 |
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| 2015 | Hoang-Kim Cung | Grand Island | 23 | Previously National American Miss 2012–2013 | ||
| 2014 | Amanda Soltero | Columbus | 22 | Top 20 | Previously Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2010 | |
| 2013 | Ellie Lorenzen[3] | Omaha | 21 | |||
| 2012 | Amy Marie Spilker | Malcolm | 21 | |||
| 2011 | Haley Jo Herold | Omaha | 23 | |||
| 2010 | Belinda Renee Wright[4] | Scotia | 21 | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2009 | Meagan Winings | Atkinson | 22 |
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| 2008 | Micaela Johnson | Omaha | 23 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Squad Member 2003-2005 | ||
| 2007 | Geneice Wilcher[6] | Omaha | 26 | |||
| 2006 | Emily Poeschl[7] | Lincoln | 21 | |||
| 2005 | Jana Murrell | Omaha | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Guerin Austin | Omaha | 24 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Perea[8] | Omaha | 22 | First Latina to win title[8] | ||
| 2002 | Stacey Skidmore | Omaha | 19 | Honorable Mention | ||
| 2001 | Su Joing Drakeford | Bellevue | 23 | USAF Airman 1995–1999, Miss Teen Omaha 1996, Later Mrs. Maryland 2015 | ||
| 2000 | Valerie Cook | Omaha | 25 | |||
| 1999 | WaLynda Lou Sipple | Previously Miss Michigan Teen USA 1992 | ||||
| 1998 | Jennifer Naro | |||||
| 1997 | Kimberly Jane Weir | Lincoln | 21 | |||
| 1996 | Kerry Lynn Kemper | 24 | ||||
| 1995 | Chandelle Peacock | Omaha | ||||
| 1994 | Shawn Wolff | |||||
| 1993 | Tish Gade | Lincoln | ||||
| 1992 | Jeanna Margaret Blom | |||||
| 1991 | Ziba Ayeen[9] | Native of Afghanistan[9] | ||||
| 1990 | Angela Humphrey | |||||
| 1989 | Renee Harter | |||||
| 1988 | Kellie O'Neil | |||||
| 1987 | Amy Anderson | Kearney | ||||
| 1986 | Ellen Withrow | Papillion | ||||
| 1985 | Lori Leigh Straight | Omaha | ||||
| 1984 | Joni Rundall | Omaha | ||||
| 1983 | Penelope Boynton | Lincoln | ||||
| 1982 | Lori Lynn Novicki | Omaha | ||||
| 1981 | Ladonna Hill | Seward | ||||
| 1980 | Rebecca Staab[10] | Ralston | 18 | Semi-Finalist | Played Jessie Matthews on Guiding Light[10] | |
| 1979 | Rhonda Lundberg | McCook | ||||
| 1978 | Shari Alyce Reimers | |||||
| 1977 | Deb Ridge | Hastings | ||||
| 1976 | Catherine Fricke | |||||
| 1975 | Mary Lee Hoth | Omaha | ||||
| 1974 | Mary Wolff | |||||
| 1973 | Janice Geiler | Semi-Finalist | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1972 | Theresa Engels | |||||
| 1971 | Lola Butler | |||||
| 1970 | Bonnie McElveen | Bellevue | ||||
| 1969 | Marily Poole | |||||
| 1968 | Linda J Dresher | |||||
| 1967 | Mary Hoth | |||||
| 1966 | Karen Weinfurtner | |||||
| 1965 | Constance Kellogg | |||||
| 1964 | Georgia Ann Merriam | |||||
| 1963 | Sandy Zimmer | |||||
| 1962 | No Representative | |||||
| 1961 | Gail Weinstock | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1960 | No Representative | |||||
| 1959 | Priscilla Eckrish | |||||
| 1958 | Dee Kjeldgaard | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1957 | Carolyn McGirr | 3rd Runner-Up | She finished as 4th runner-up, but succeeded to 3rd runner-up when the 3rd runner-up took the place of the 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1956 | Shari Lewis | 3rd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1955 | Donna Jo Streever | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1954 | Margie Winkhoff | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Berneta Nelson | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1952 | No Representative | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- "New Miss Nebraska USA crowned". KSNB-TV. January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- "Lex Najarian - Pageant Planet". www.pageantplanet.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- "Ellie Lorenzen Crowned Miss Nebraska USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. October 8, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- Coddington, Mark (2006-10-09). "Scotia native overcomes fear to win Miss Nebraska USA". The Grand Island Independent.
- Barge, Evelyn (2005-03-31). "Pepperdine beauty-pageant contestants reveal the ins and outs of the pageant system". Pepperdine University Graphic. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14.
- Hascall, Kelley (2006-10-09). "Several UNL students compete for Miss Nebraska". Daily Nebraskan. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16.
- Hascall, Kelley (2005-10-10). "Crowning Achievements". WOWT. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.
- Baez, Leia (2002-10-11). "UNO student crowned Miss Nebraska". Gateway. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
- "Duty Could Switch from Contest to Gulf". The Buffalo News. 1991-02-17.
- Passalacqua, Connie (1986-05-18). "Staab will reign as soap's sweetest star". Tri City Herald.
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