Miss USA 2023

Miss USA 2023 will be the 72nd Miss USA pageant that will be held in 2023 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Morgan Romano of North Carolina will crown her successor at the end of the event. The winner will go on to represent the United States at Miss Universe 2023 competition which is scheduled to be held in El Salvador at the end of 2023.

Miss USA 2023
VenueGrand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada
Entrants51

This will be the first edition of the pageant to be held under the ownership of Thailand-based JKN Global Group, which purchased the Miss Universe Organization from WME/IMG on October 26, 2022.[1]

Background

Location
Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, the host venue of the Miss USA 2023 competition

On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024.[2] This will be the third time that the pageant is held in Reno, and a second consecutive year holding the pageant in the city, following Miss USA 2019 and 2022.[3][4] Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who had been crowned Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died of suicide in January 2022.[5]

On October 7, the license for Miss USA and its sister pageant Miss Teen USA were suspended and returned to the Miss Universe Organization due to allegations of rigging in the previous competition.[6]

Selection of contestants

As with the previous year, contestants who have participated in each state with the eligibility rules applied which they are to compete not more than one state per year. Starting from this edition, the Miss Universe Organization has announced it would accept married women and mothers to compete in the pageant unless the eligibility will still be below 28 years of age.[7]

Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2022 and scheduled to conclude in August 2023, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2022. The first state pageant was Idaho, held on September 11, 2022, and the last state pageant is New York, scheduled to be held on August 6, 2023. Maine becomes the first married Miss USA state titleholder after getting married on April 2023.[8] Seven state titleholders were former Miss Teen USA state winners, two were former Miss World America state winners, another was a former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder, one is a former Miss America state titleholder, and one is former Miss Supranational Zambia winner.

Contestants

As of May 16, 2023, 31 state titleholders have been crowned.

State Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown Placement Notes
Alabama Alabama Sophie Burzynski[9] 21 Auburn
Alaska Alaska Jordan Naylor[10] 25 Anchorage Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012
Arkansas Arkansas Mackenzie Hinderberger 24 Farmington Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2018
Connecticut Connecticut Karla Roque[11] 27 Branford Previously Miss Connecticut World 2019
Delaware Delaware Noa Mills 25 Middletown
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Cassie Baloue 25 Washington, D.C.
Florida Florida Caroline Dixon 25 Palm Harbor
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Rachel Russaw[12] 24 Atlanta
Hawaii Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz[13] 27 Wailea
Idaho Idaho Hannah Menzner[14] 27 Boise Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2014
Kentucky Kentucky Madalyne Kinnett[15] 21 Lexington
Louisiana Louisiana Sylvia Masters[16] 28 Houma
Maine Maine Juliana Morehouse Locklear[17] 23 Portland
Maryland Maryland Savena Mushinge[18] 26 Germantown Previously Miss Supranational Zambia 2022
Massachusetts Massachusetts Annika Sharma[19] 22 Newton Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2020
Mississippi Mississippi Sydney Russell[20] 24 Collinsville
Montana Montana Madyson Lily Rigg 26 Kalispell Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 2014
Nebraska Nebraska Mimi Wood 24 Omaha
New Hampshire New Hampshire Britney Lane 26 Hooksett
New Jersey New Jersey Derby Chukwudi 25 Hoboken
North Carolina North Carolina Jordyn McKey[21][22] 25 Charlotte
Oklahoma Oklahoma Liv Walbeck 21 Norman
Oregon Oregon Manju Bangalore[23] 25 Corvallis Previously Miss California World 2019 and Miss Oregon World 2020
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Jasmine Daniels 26 Collegeville Previously Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2015
South Carolina South Carolina Kirby Self[24] 23 Greenwood Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2018
Tennessee Tennessee Regan Ringler[25] 25 Nashville
Vermont Vermont Jenna Howlett 20 Bridport Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019
Virginia Virginia Ashley Williams 24 Reston Former professional cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders
Washington (state) Washington Samantha Gallia[26] 25 Seattle
Wisconsin Wisconsin Alexis Loomans 21 Waunakee Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2018
Wyoming Wyoming Beck Bridger 27 Sheridan Previously Miss Wyoming 2018

Upcoming state pageants
State Date Ref
Ohio Ohio May 20, 2023 [27]
Missouri Missouri May 21, 2023 [28]
Illinois Illinois May 28, 2023 [29]
Rhode Island Rhode Island [30]
Arizona Arizona May 29, 2023 [31]
Michigan Michigan June 3, 2023 [32]
New Mexico New Mexico June 4, 2023 [33]
West Virginia West Virginia [34]
North Dakota North Dakota June 11, 2023 [35]
South Dakota South Dakota [36]
California California June 17, 2023 [37]
Kansas Kansas [38]
Iowa Iowa June 24, 2023 [39]
Nevada Nevada June 25, 2023 [40]
Utah Utah July 8, 2023 [41]
Texas Texas July 15, 2023 [42]
Colorado Colorado July 16, 2023 [43]
Indiana Indiana July 17, 2023 [44]
Minnesota Minnesota July 30, 2023 [45]
New York (state) New York August 1, 2023 [46]

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
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