Miss Pennsylvania USA
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant.
Michele McDonald (1971) is Pennsylvania's only Miss USA so far. At only eighteen, she was one of the youngest competitors ever to win the crown. Apart from that victory, Pennsylvania has had only moderate success at Miss USA in terms of number of semi-finalists. Their most recent placement came in 2008 when LauRen Merola placed 4th runner-up.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2008 | LauRen Merola | Pittsburgh | 23 | 4th runner-up | Former Miami Dolphins Cheerleader | |
| 2007 | Samantha Johnson | Philadelphia | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Tanya Lehman | York | 22 | |||
| 2005 | Brenda Brabham | Philadelphia | 24 | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Nicole Georghalli | East Stroudsburg | 25 | |||
| 2003 | Camille Young | Philadelphia | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Nicole Bigham | Belle Vernon | 25 | Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1994, top 12 in Miss Teen USA 1994 | ||
| 2001 | Jennifer Ann Watkins | Monongahela | Represented Pennsylvania in Miss Oktoberfest 2001, did not place | |||
| 2000 | Angela Patla | Sweet Valley | 26 | |||
| 1999 | Melissa Godshall | |||||
| 1998 | Kimberly Jaycox | Pittsburgh | ||||
| 1997 | Cara Bernosky | Whitehall | ||||
| 1996 | Susan Barnett | Levittown | Previously Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1990, top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Stephanie Fallat | Murrysville | ||||
| 1994 | Linda Chiaraluna | |||||
| 1993 | Kimmarie Johnson | Pittsburgh | Finalist | |||
| 1992 | Catherine Weber | |||||
| 1991 | Adrienne Romano | |||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Cebak | Ross | 4th runner up at Miss World USA 1992 | |||
| 1989 | Denise Epps[1] | Lansdale | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1988 | Susan Gray | Lansdale | ||||
| 1987 | Lisa Rynkiewicz | Clarksville | ||||
| 1986 | Sherri Fitzpatrick | Quakertown | ||||
| 1985 | Sandra Ferguson[2] | Pittsburgh | 18 | Played Amanda Cory on Another World | ||
| 1984 | Tina Albright | Lansford | ||||
| 1983 | Julie Page | Belle Vernon | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1982 | Theresa Rosa | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1981 | Nena Stone | Bethel Park | ||||
| 1980 | Andrea Lynn Patrick | Later Miss West Virginia 1983. Married Fabian in 1998[3] | ||||
| 1979 | Maureen Starinsky | |||||
| 1978 | Sandy Dell | Latrobe | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1977 | Lorraine Lincoski | |||||
| 1976 | Marcy Zambelli | |||||
| 1975 | Pat Hurley | |||||
| 1974 | Dorisann Gatalski | |||||
| 1973 | Jill Unbewust | |||||
| 1972 | Jeanie Zadrozny | |||||
| 1971 | Michele McDonald | Winner | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1971 | |||
| 1970 | Carol Cerully | |||||
| 1969 | Marlene Vaughn | |||||
| 1968 | Barbara Verlander | |||||
| 1967 | Barbara Woronko | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Susan Joanne Fennell | |||||
| 1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1964 | Maryann Reilly | |||||
| 1963 | Deborah Cardonick | |||||
| 1962 | Margaret Lineman | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Gayle Nelson | |||||
| 1960 | Betsy Reeves | |||||
| 1959 | Rhoda Mae Kachilo | |||||
| 1958 | Natalie Dee | |||||
| 1957 | Rosalie Culp | |||||
| 1956 | Serena Kifer | |||||
| 1955 | Marianne Marcus | |||||
| 1954 | Helen Vidovich | |||||
| 1953 | Jeri Bauer | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Jeanne Ferguson |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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| Miss America Miss Pennsylvania |
Miss USA Miss Pennsylvania USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA |
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