From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Miss Washington USA

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Washington USA
formation	1952
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Puyallup
location	Washington
membership	Miss USA
language	English
website

The ** Miss Washington USA **competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington since 2002, which also produces Idaho and Oregon state pageants.

Washington has been moderately successful in terms of number of semi-finalists and placements, and has had one Miss USA. Dorothy "Didi" Anstett won the crown in 1968 and went on to place 4th runner-up at Miss Universe. The most recent placement was Samantha Gallia in 2023, placing Top 20.

Prior to 2017, no Washington delegate had previously competed at Miss Teen USA, although one has competed at Miss America. Alex Carlson-Helo, Miss Washington Teen USA 2012, became the last state to have made her the first Teen to Miss crossover for the state.

Carisa Erickson of Seattle was appointed Miss Washington USA on September 30th, 2025 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She represented Washington at Miss USA 2025.

Results summary

Miss USA: Dorothy "Didi" Anstett (1968)
1st runner-up: Tracey Goddard (1979)
3rd runner-up: Nancy Petraborg (1953)
Top 10/12: Norene Gilbert (1976), Kathi Tucker (1983), Natasha Vantramp (1998)
Top 15/20: Shirley Givins (1955), June Svedin (1956), Diana Schafer (1957), Rose Nielsen (1958), Deborah Gieberson (1969), Susan Hyde (1970), Tara McCormick (2004), Samantha Gallia (2023)
Washington holds a record of 14 Placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Miss Congeniality: Breann Parriott (2003), Imani Blackmon (2020)

Winners

;Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Age	Hometown	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2025	Carisa Erickson	38	Seattle
2024	Tiffany Rea	27	Clarkston
2023	Samantha Gallia{{cite news	title=Introducing Miss WA USA & Miss WA Teen USA	date=November 15, 2022	url=https://www.king5.com/video/news/local/introducing-miss-wa-usa-miss-wa-teen-usa/281-9419f97d-f295-44af-99a5-946f797f989a	access-date=2024-04-21 }}	24
2022	Mazzy Eckel	21	Seattle			Eligible as a student of Seattle University at the time of crowning
2021	Christine Brodie	25	Seattle
2020	Imani Blackmon	24	Tacoma		Miss Congeniality	Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2013
2019	Evelyn Clark	27	Cathlamet			Competed at the state pageant in the Miss USA system on her 8th consecutive attempt, including top 5 placements in Miss Washington USA and Miss Oregon USA
2018	Abigail Hill	19	Enumclaw
2017	Alex Carlson-Helo	22	Bothell			Previously Miss Washington Teen USA 2012
2016	Kelsey Schmidt	26	Bellevue			Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Stormy Keffeler resigned the title in January 2016
Stormy Keffeler	23	Redmond	did not compete}}
2015	McKenzie Novell	23	Spokane			Top 10 at Miss Washington 2013 as Miss Tahoma and top 10 at Miss Washington 2012 as Miss Spokane
2014	Allyson Rowe	25	Spokane
2013	Cassandra Searles	24	Redmond
2012	Christina Clarke	22	Snohomish
2011	Angelina Kayyalaynen	20	Orchards			Born in Ukrainian SSR, in what was then part of Soviet Union
2010	Tracy Turnure	23	Seattle			Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2009
2009	Tara Turnure	22	Seattle			Twin sister of Miss Washington USA 2010
2008	Michelle Font	26	Renton
2007	LeiLani Jones	24	Tacoma
2006	Tiffany Doorn	24	Woodinville
2005	Amy Crawford	25	Auburn			Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001
2004	Tara McCormick	24	Seattle	Top 15
2003	Breann Parriott	25	Puyallup		Miss Congeniality	Previously Miss Washington 2001
2002	Carly Shorten	18	Shoreline
2001	Bre Sakas	24	Yakima
2000	Jamie Kern	22	Des Moines			Contestant on season 1 of Big Brother, finished in 4th Place. Co-founder and CEO of It Cosmetics.
1999	Tammy Jansen	19	Bellevue
1998	Natasha Vantramp	22	Puyallup	Top 10		Later CNN Correspondent
1997	Sara Williams	24	Tacoma
1996	Staci Baldwin	27	Kirkland
1995	Theresa Cox		Stanwood
1994	Angel Ward		Seattle
1993	Kandi Fletcher		Longview
1992	Stinha McLynne		Redmond
1991	Lanae Williams		Burien
1990	Melissa Dickson		Seattle
1989	Chiann Fan Gibson		Seattle
1988	Sandra Kord		Seattle
1987	Jennifer Doerflinger		Seattle
1986	Jacqueline McMahon		Orting
1985	Sherry Rials		Bellevue
1984	Sue Gerrish		Seattle
1983	Kathi Tucker		Renton	Top 12		Mother of Tucker Perry, Miss Tennessee USA 2010, who placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2010
1982	Jana Minerich		Seattle
1981	Leila Wagner		Seattle
1980	Janet Brown		Seattle
1979	Tracey Goddard		Seattle	1st runner-up
1978	Barbara Ann Bogar		Seattle
1977	Ivy Lynn Reed		Lynnwood			Later Miss Washington World 1978 and contestant at Miss World America 1978.
1976	Norene Gilbert		Custer	Top 12		Represented Washington in Miss World USA 1974 did not place
1975	Cindy Baxter		Kirkland
1974	Cheryl Rutledge		Yakima
1973	Cindi Arnett		Bellevue
1972	Connie Ambrose		White Swan
1971	Christine "Chris" McComb		Bothell
1970	Susan Hyde	20	Seattle	Top 15
1969	Deborah Gieberson		Seattle	Top 15
1968	Dorothy Catherine "Didi" Anstett	20	Kirkland	Miss USA 1968	Top 15 Best in Swimsuit	4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968
1967	Diana Lee Bateman		Moses Lake
1966	Sandra Carlile		Yakima
1960–65	No national representative}}
1959	Leah Robinson
1958	Rose Nielsen			Top 15
1957	Diana Schafer			Top 15
1956	June Svedin			Top 15
1955	date=20 July 1955	title=JC girls Miss U.S.A. finalist, Miss New Mexico is favorite	url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-and-sun-bulletin/32446109/	access-date=5 September 2023	work=Press and Sun-Bulletin	pages=1	via=Newspapers.com}}	20	Seattle	Top 15
1954	Darlene Shride	–	–
1953	Nancy Petraborg	18	Seattle	3rd runner-up
1952	Adele Slaybaugh	18	Kennewick

References

White, McKenna. (February 16, 2022). "Mazzy Eckel, a Queen on and off the Runway".
(April 1, 2021). "Asian Americans will represent WA at Miss USA, Miss Teen USA". [[Northwest Asian Weekly]].
(November 4, 2019). "Newly-crowned 2020 Miss Washington USA Imani Blackmon & 2020 Miss Teen Washington Marianne Bautista discuss what they hope to accomplish during their reigns.". KING 5.
Grace, Amanda. (November 5, 2018). "Blaine woman first to compete in Miss Washington USA pageant in wheelchair". [[KING-TV]].
Still, Ray. (November 16, 2017). "Local Miss Washington prepares for national stage". [[Enumclaw Courier-Herald]].
(14 January 2016). "Miss Washington USA resigns amidst scandal".
Hval, Cindy. (November 27, 2014). "LC, GU grad Kenzie Novell new Miss Washington USA". [[The Spokesman-Review]].
(15 April 1978). "WESTERN DELEGATION". [[The Herald-Palladium]].
(18 May 1971). "Me Jane!". [[Tampa Times]].
(10 April 1970). "Seattle Girl Gets Crown". [[The Daily Herald]].
(11 May 1968). "Looking for Florida Sunshine". [[The Spokesman-Review]].
(16 May 1968). "SWIMSUIT WINNERS". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].
(16 May 1967). "MISS MONTANA'S RIGHT UP FRONT". [[Missoulian]].
(20 July 1955). "JC girls Miss U.S.A. finalist, Miss New Mexico is favorite". Press and Sun-Bulletin.
(12 July 1953). "Untitled". [[The Troy Messenger]].
(27 June 1952). "39 compete tonight for Miss United States". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

miss-usa-state-pageants miss-washington-usa-winners culture-of-washington-(state) women-in-washington-(state) recurring-events-established-in-1952 1952-establishments-in-washington-(state) annual-events-in-washington-(state)

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Miss Washington USA — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report