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Miss California USA Wiki Information
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Miss California USA
is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant. It is produced by K2 Productions. In the beginning, K2 Productions was directed by former Miss Teen USA 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders and Keith Lewis. K2 Productions is now directed by Lewis and Jill Vasquez Foley, who held the titles Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1988 and Miss New Mexico USA 1994. (Foley was in the Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1988.) Prior to K2 Productions the Miss California USA Pageant was produced by Carolee Munger. Prior to Ms. Munger, Guyrex Productions held the franchise for a number of years and produced successful televised pageants with over 100 participants. Before Guyrex, the pageant was produced by Dr. Leanord Stallcup, who took over the directorship after Faye Smith successfully led the way through the 70's and 80's.
California has produced a Miss USA every decade (except the 2000s) and is ranked second highest among states in terms of placements.
Only one Miss California USA was a former Miss California Teen USA, Shauna Gambill, who won the national Miss Teen USA crown in 1994. As Miss California USA in 1998, Gambill placed 1st runner up to Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts, in what is widely considered by pageant fans to be one of the closest-fought pageants in recent years. Two Miss California USAs have also competed in the Miss America pageant, while two were former winners of the Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant.
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Results summary
- Miss USA winners:
Terry Huntingdon (1959), Maria Remenyi (1966), Summer Bartholomew (1975), Julie Hayek (1983), Shannon Marketic (1992)
- 1st runners-up:
Pamela Stettler (1961), Susan Bradley (1967), Diana Magaña (1988), Shauna Gambill (1998), Brittany Hogan (2005), Tamiko Nash (2006), Carrie Prejean (2009).
- 2nd runners-up:
Kim Hobson (1972), Diane Schock (1991), Angelique Breaux (1999)
- 3rd runners-up:
Donna Schurr (1955), Marilyn Tindall (1962),Pamela Gergley (1977), Gayle Gorrell (1974), Cynthia Kerby (1981), Meagan Tandy (2007)
- 4th runners-up:
Francine Herack (1964), Troas Hayes (1969), Kelly Parsons (1984)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality:
Jeanne Venables (1964), Cynthia Kerby (1981), Lori Dickerson (1987)
- Miss Photogenic:
Cynthia Kerby (1981), Shannon Marketic (1992)
- Best State Costume:
Suzanne Fromm (1964)
Winners
| Year
| Name
| Hometown
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| Placement at Miss USA
| Special awards at Miss USA
| Notes
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| 2009
| Tami Farrell
| Los Angeles
| 24
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| Former Miss Teen USA 2003
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| Carrie Prejean
| San Diego
| 21
| 1st runner-up
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| Fired on 10 June 2009 for breach of contract. 2nd Runner-Up to the Deal or No Deal Season 3 Model Search.
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| 2008
| Raquel Beezley
| Barstow
| 21
| Top 15
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| Raquel Beezley was crowned Miss California USA 2008 after an accounting error in vote counting had previously crowned Christina Silva [1]. Competed at Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 as USA Representative.
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| 2007
| Meagan Tandy
| Fontana
| 21
| 3rd runner-up
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| 2006
| Tamiko Nash
| Los Angeles
| 26
| 1st runner-up
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| 2005
| Brittany Hogan
| Escondido
| 20
| 1st runner-up
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| 2004
| Ellen Chapman
| San Jose
| 22
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| Won the 1999 Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant
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| 2003
| Candice Sanders
| La Habre
| 26
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| 2002
| Tarah Peters
| San Diego
| 21
| Semi-finalist
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| 2001
| Jennifer Glover
| Castro Valley
| 21
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| Later Miss California 2002, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000. Previously Miss International USA 1999, competed at Miss International 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
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| 2000
| Rebekah Ann Keller
| Lakewood
| 25
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| Previously Miss California 1997, 4th runner up at Miss America 1998
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| 1999
| Angelique Sue Breaux
| San Diego
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| Later Miss World USA 2000, Top 10 Semi-Finalist at Miss World 2000 in London, England, UK.
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| 1998
| Shauna Gambill
| Acton
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| 1st Runner-up
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| Previously Miss Teen USA 1994 and Miss California Teen USA 1994. Later Miss World USA 1998 and Top 10 Finalist at Miss World 1998 in Seychelles, Africa.
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| 1997
| Alisa Kimble
| Lake Elsinore
| 27
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| 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1994 as Miss Arizona
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| 1996
| Shanna Lyn Searles
| Tustin
| 26
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| 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1990
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| 1995
| Deana Avila
| Laguna Niguel
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| Won the 1988 Miss Teenage California Scholarship Pageant
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| 1994
| Toay Lynn Foster
| Oxnard
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| 1993
| Jane Olvera
| Fresno
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1992
| Shanna Lyn Searles
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| Succeeded Shannon Marketic when she became Miss USA, later become Miss California USA 1996
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| Shannon Marketic
| Malibu
| 21
| Winner
| Miss Photogenic
| Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1992
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| 1991
| Diane Schock
| Fontana
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| 1990
| Cynthia Nelson
| Gilroy
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| 1989
| Christina Marie Faust
| San Fernando Valley
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1988
| Diana Magaña [2] [3]
| Rancho Palos Verdes
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| 1st Runner-up
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| Prior to the Miss USA pageant, Magana received extensive training alongside eventual pageant winner Courtney Gibbs of Texas from pageant directors GuyRex; [4]. Later Miss World USA 1988 and Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss World 1988
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| 1987
| Lori Dickerson [5]
| Lodi
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| Miss Congeniality [6]
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| 1986
| Kelly Parsons
| Los Angeles
| 22
| 4th Runner-up
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| Mouseketeer, Model and Actress
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| 1985
| Zina Ponder
| Long Beach (Miss Congeniality)
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| (Miss USA Special Awards, column writer for Lakeland Ledger Newspaper, a daily account of Miss USA activities
| (Actress and Writer, former Director of Creative Affairs for Morgan Freeman's production company ("Under Suspicion", "The Human Factor"), produced "Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Zina Ponder Pistor & Friends" for Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw's Children's Action Network, University of Southern California (magna cum laude), 1988
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| 1984
| Theresa Ring
| San Diego
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| 1983
| Julie Lynn Hayek
| Westwood
| 22
| Winner
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| 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1983, has starred in Dallas
, Twin Peaks
and As the World Turns
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| 1982
| Suzanne Dewames
| Thousand Oaks
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| 3rd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1982
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| 1981
| Cynthia Kerby
| Westlake Village
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| 3rd Runner-up
| Miss Photogenic & Miss Congeniality
| First woman to win Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality at Miss USA
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| 1980
| Kari Lloyd
| Thousand Oaks
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| 1979
| Linda Fogarty
| Fullerton
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1978
| Donna Adrain
| Anaheim
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1977
| Pamela Gergely
| San Rafael
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| 1976
| Joan Pennock
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1975
| Summer Bartholomew
| Merced
| 23
| Winner
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| 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1975, Miss Oktoberfest 1973, past hostess of Sale of the Century
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| 1974
| Gayle Gorrell
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| Miss Oktoberfest 1974
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| 1973
| Carol Herrema
| Artesia
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1972
| Kim Hobson
| San Mateo
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| 2nd Runner up
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| 1971
| Karin Morrell
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1970
| Linda Hall
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1969
| Troas Hayes
| Sacramento
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| 4th Runner-up
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| 1968
| Suzanne Fromm
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| Semi-finalist
| Best State Costume
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| 1967
| Susan Bradley (Miss California USA)
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 1966
| Maria Remenyi
| El Cerrito
| 20
| Winner
| Miss Photogenic
| Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1966
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| 1965
| Kathryn Lee Hage
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1964
| Jeanne Venables
| Sacramento
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| Semi-finalist
| Miss Congeniality
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| 1963
| Francine Herack
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| 4th Runner-up
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| 1962
| Marilyn Tindall
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| 1961
| Pamela Stettler
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 1960
| Teri Janssen
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1959
| Terry Lynn Huntingdon
| Mount Shasta
| 19
| Winner
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| 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 1959
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| 1958
| Donna Kay Brooks
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1957
| Peggy Jacobson
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1956
| Shirlee Witty
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| 1955
| Donna Schurr
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| 1954
| Sandra Constance
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1953
| Marcella Roulette
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| Semi-finalist
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| 1952
| Gloria Maxwell
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1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- Mix-Up Strips Miss California-USA of Her Title
- New Miss California
- Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California
- Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus
- Miss California-USA
- Personal Mention
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