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Miss Montana USA

Miss Montana USA

Beauty pageant competition

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Montana.

The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant. From 1994 to 2007, it was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2012, it was taken by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington until 2021. Since 2021, the pageant is based in Great Falls, Montana under directed by Lime Light Enterprises.

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Sharon D. Tietjen placed in the Top 15 in 1958 and having the longest streak failing to place in the finals ever since. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to represent the United States in the 2005 Miss Earth pageant. Although she did not place at Miss USA, Kimmel finished in the Top 8 at Miss Earth and was later selected to participate in Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

The current Miss Montana USA is Madyson Rigg of Kalispell and was crowned on May 7, 2023, at Center For The Performing Arts Lewistown in Lewistown, Montana. Rigg represented Montana at Miss USA 2023.

  • Megan Monroe, Miss Montana USA 2003
  • Tori Wanty, Miss Montana USA 2008
  • Sibahn Doxey, Miss Montana USA 2016

Results summary

Placements

  • Top 10: Valerie Jackson (1952)
  • Top 15/20: Dawn Oney (1954), Sharon D. Tietjen (1958)

Montana holds a record of 3 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Robbin English (1980), Meredith McCannel (2002), Stephanie Trudeau (2007)

Winners

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  • Declared as Winner
  • Ended as runner-up
  • Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists
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1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

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    "Dani Walker, Miss Montana USA Contestant". WELCOME TO THE PAGEANT BUZZ. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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    Strickler, Lee (April 30, 2011). "Brains and Beauty: You Can Have Both?". Bozeman Magazine. Bozeman, MT. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Joy at Pageant". The Independent Record. Helena, Montana USA. May 5, 1973. p. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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