Miss U.S. International

During the early 1960s the United States was represented by Miss National Press Photographer.[2][3] From 1963-1967 the organizers ran the Miss American Beauty section candidates a few days before the Miss International finals, and after that the U.S. representative's sash was changed to American Beauty instead United States.[4][5]

Since the Miss International Beauty Pageant moved to Japan in 1968. From 1968–1970, They invited Miss Welcome to Long Beach, which sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce selected the winner to compete at Miss International in Japan.[6][7]

Alfred Patricelli of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was the Executive Director of the Miss World USA were asked to selected contestants.[8] From 1971–1976, he handpicked the representatives from their lists of Miss World USA contestants.[9][10] However, he organized the Miss International USA pageant only 2 times, which was held in 1973 and 1975.[11][12]

From 1977–1983, California Beauty Pageant Inc. lead by Leonard Stallcup were the license holders for Miss International.[13] He organized Miss California International, and the winner every years will represent as American Beauty at Miss International.[14]

From 1984–1989, the Miss Universe organization were the license holders, and sent delegates from runner-up of Miss USA to Miss International. In 1987, the U.S. representative's sash was changed back to United States and USA respectively and continued to the present.[15][16] It is unknown who was in charge of selecting the contestants from 1990–2006, but mostly they sent Californian girls to Japan.

Currently, Harrison Productions, LLC is the license holders for Miss International in the United States since 2007 and the winner of the Miss U.S. International pageant will competes at the Miss International Beauty Pageant every years.

This is a list of women who have represented the United States at the Miss International pageant.[17]

Color key

Year	Name	Age[lower-alpha 1]	State Represented	Hometown	Placement at Miss International	Notes
1960	Charlene Lundberg	19	Illinois	Joliet	4th Runner-up
1961	Jo Ann Dyer	22	Ohio	Lima
1962	Carolyn Joyner†	19	Kansas	Freeport	4th Runner-up
1963	Joyce Bryan	19	Florida	Miami	3rd Runner-up
1964	Linda Taylor	18	California	San Diego	1st Runner-up
1965	Gail Krielow	21	Ohio	Richmond Heights	1st Runner-up	Miss Ohio USA 1964, Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1964.
1966	No Pageant (cancelled)
1967	Pamela Elfast	19	New Jersey	East Orange	2nd Runner-up
1968	Karen MacQuarrie	21	California	Long Beach	2nd Runner-up
1969	Gayle Kovaly	20	California	Long Beach	Top 15
1970	Randi Blesener	21	California	Long Beach	Top 15
1971	Jacqueline Jochims	23	Iowa	Carroll	3rd Runner-up	Miss Iowa USA 1970; Miss Iowa World 1971.
1972	Lindsay Bloom	22	Arizona	Scottsdale	4th Runner-up	Miss Arizona World 1971, 2nd Runner-up at Miss World USA 1971.
1973	Pia Canzani	23	Maryland	Baltimore		Miss Maryland World 1972.
1974	Brucene Smith	23	Texas	Port Lavaca	Miss International 1974	Miss Texas World 1971, Miss World USA 1971, Top 7 at Miss World 1971.
1975	Patricia Bailey	20	Virginia	Norfolk	3rd Runner-up	Miss Virginia World 1974.
1976	Susan Carlson	21	New York	Schenectady	3rd Runner-up	Miss New York USA 1973, 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1973; Miss Tennessee World 1975.
1977	Laura Bobbit	18	California	Fresno	4th Runner-up
1978	Katherine Ruth	20	California	Los Angeles	Miss International 1978
1979	Anna Rapagna	21	California	Burbank	1st Runner-up
1980	Charissa Ewing	19	California	Los Angeles	1st Runner-up
1981	Lisa Schuman	18	California	Cypress	Top 15
1982	Christie Claridge	19	California	Los Angeles	Miss International 1982	Miss Photogenic Award.
1983	Kimberly Bleier	19	California	Los Angeles	Top 15
1984	Sandra Percival	20	Missouri	Sunrise Beach		Miss Missouri USA 1984, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1984.
1985	Sarie Joubert	22	Louisiana	Shreveport	1st Runner-up	Miss Louisiana USA 1985, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1985.
1986	Cindy Williams	22	Mississippi	Hattiesburg	Top 15	Miss Mississippi USA 1986, 3rd Runner-up at Miss USA 1986.
1987	Paula Morrinson	23	West Virginia	Barboursville	Top 15	Miss West Virginia USA 1987, Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1987.
1988	Dana Richmond	21	Mississippi	Madison	1st Runner-up	Miss Mississippi USA 1988, 4th Runner-up at Miss USA 1988.
1989	Deborah Husti	22	New Jersey	Rockaway	Top 15	Miss New Jersey USA 1989, 2nd Runner-up at Miss USA 1989.
1990	Shawna Bouwman	20	California	Artesia	Top 15
1991	Kimberly Byers	22	California	Oxnard		Miss Intercontinental 1994.
1992	Sandra Allen	24	California	Los Angeles
1993	Lynette MacFee	23	California	Pasadena
1994	Karen Doyle	21	Texas	Houston
1995	Krista Loskota	19	California	San Gabriel
1996	Maya Kashak	18	California	Palm Desert
1997	Tanya Miller	19	California	Barstow
1998	Susan Paez	22	California	South Gate
1999	Jennifer Glover	20	California	Castro Valley		Miss California USA 2001; Miss California 2002.
2000	Kirstin Cook	22	Florida	Fort Lauderdale
2001	Eleana Thompson	19	California	Lake Elsinore
2002	Mary Elizabeth Jones	21	California	Mira Loma
2003	Masielle Otero	24	Florida	Miami
2004	Amy Holbrook	19	California	San Diego	1st Runner-up
2005	Anna Ward	24	California	Long Beach
2006	Sara Harrigfeld	26	Idaho	Ashton	Did not compete	Harrigfeld did not compete because she was overage.
2007	April Strong	19	Illinois	Chicago
2008	Kelly Best	22	Michigan	Troy		Miss Michigan USA 2007, Top 15 at Miss USA 2007.
2009	Aileen Yap	21	Texas	Willis		Miss Mobile Beauty Award.
2010	Casandra Tressler	25	Maryland	Oakland		Miss Maryland USA 2008.
2011	Kristen Little	22	New Mexico	Atlanta, GA
2012	Amanda Delgado	22	California	Victorville	Top 15
2013	Andrea Neu	23	Colorado	Pueblo	Top 15	Miss Earth United States 2014, 1st Runner-up at Miss Earth 2014.
2014	Samantha Brooks	24	California	Highland
2015	Lindsay Becker	25	Minnesota	Apple Valley	4th Runner-up
2016	Kaitryana Leinbach	18	North Carolina	Charlotte	4th Runner-up
2017	Shanel James	26	Maryland	Fort Meade
2018	Bonnie Walls	24	New York	Piedmont, SC
2019	Ghazal Gill	24	California	Fremont
2020	Maritsa Platis	19	South Carolina	North Myrtle Beach	No Pageant (cancelled)	Platis was crowned the national pageant in 2020, but will compete in Miss International 2021 pageant because 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
2021					TBA

Notes:

• † Now deceased

By number of states

States	Titles	Years
California	27	1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2019
Maryland	3	1973, 2010, 2017
Texas		1974, 1995, 2009
Florida		1963, 2000, 2003
New York	2	1976, 2018
Illinois		1960, 2007
New Jersey		1967, 1989
Mississippi		1986, 1988
Ohio		1961, 1965
South Carolina	1	2020
North Carolina		2016
Minnesota		2015
Colorado		2013
New Mexico		2011
Michigan		2008
Idaho		2006
West Virginia		1987
Louisiana		1985
Missouri		1984
Virginia		1975
Arizona		1972
Iowa		1971
Kansas		1962

1. Age when competed at Miss International

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