Miss Colorado USA
The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010.
From 1993 to 2006, the Miss Colorado USA state pageant was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2007, it was taken over by Future Productions, based in Savage, Minnesota. Colorado has been one of the less successful states at Miss USA, having not had a finalist since 1963 until Jessica Hartman finished third runner-up in 2010. They have, however been successful with other awards, being one of only four states to have been awarded Miss Photogenic twice.
Six Miss Colorado USA winners were former Miss Colorado Teen USA titleholders, four were former Miss America contestants, two later compete in Miss America one as Miss Colorado and one as Miss Missouri. One of Colorado's winners Katee Doland has all three state titles: Miss Colorado Teen USA, Miss Colorado USA, and Miss Colorado America. The 2002 and 2003 Miss Colorado USA titleholders had previously held Miss Colorado titles in the same order in subsequent years.
Emily DeMure, a native of Granite Bay, California residing in Boulder, was crowned Miss Colorado USA 2020 on October 27, 2019 at Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. She will represent Colorado for the title of Miss USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.
Results summary
Placements
- 3rd runner-up: Rhea Looney, Jessica Hartman
- Top 10: Debbie James, Tiani Jones, Marybel Gonzalez
- Top 15/16/20: Jeanie Carroll, Dorothy Jane Bewley, Karen Keeler, Diane Lee Gardner, Penny Jo James, Susan Hawkins
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Knaub, Crystal Grove
- Miss Photogenic: Katee Doland, Susan Hawkins
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Emily DeMure | Boulder | 22 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | Madison Dorenkamp | Lamar | 25 | Previously a Texas Roadhouse Server | ||
| 2018 | Chloe Brown | Grand Junction | 22 | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2013 | ||
| 2017 | Sabrina Janssen | Denver | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Caley-Rae Pavillard | Castle Rock | 22 | Triple crown winner
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| 2015 | Talyah Polee | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2014 | Eleanna Livaditis | Centennial | 25 | |||
| 2013 | Amanda Wiley | Denver | 25 | |||
| 2012 | Marybel Gonzalez | Denver | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2011 | Blair Griffith | Lakewood | 22 | |||
| 2010 | Jessica Hartman | Pueblo | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2009 | Patrice Williams | Colorado Springs | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Beckie Hughes | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2007 | Keena Bonella | Grand Junction | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Jacqueline Madera | Denver | 26 | |||
| 2005 | Lauren Cisneros | Castle Rock | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Janel Haw | Aurora | 26 | |||
| 2003 | Erin MacGregor | Vail | 26 | Previously Miss Colorado 1999 | ||
| 2002 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 24 | Previously Miss Colorado 1998 | ||
| 2001 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 20 | Miss Photogenic | Triple Crown winner | |
| 2000 | Tiani Jones | Aurora | 23 | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Manuello | Boulder | ||||
| 1998 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | Previously Miss Colorado 1996 | |||
| 1997 | Damien Munoz | Westminster | ||||
| 1996 | Suesan Rajabi | Englewood | ||||
| 1995 | Emily Weeks | Denver | ||||
| 1994 | Kimberly Veldhuizen | Denver | ||||
| 1993 | Janna Durbin | Golden | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989 | |||
| 1992 | Laura Dewild | Denver | ||||
| 1991 | Melanie Ness | Fort Morgan | ||||
| 1990 | Michelle Harrison | Conifer | 2nd runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1990 | |||
| 1989 | Debbie James | Denver | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Nicola Svaldi | Aurora | ||||
| 1987 | Polly Kuska | Fort Bliss | ||||
| 1986 | Cheryl Rohleder | Denver | ||||
| 1985 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | Previously Miss Colorado 1981 | |||
| 1984 | Michelle Anderson | Denver | ||||
| 1983 | Lisa Gay Trujillo | Denver | ||||
| 1982 | Dusty Hutton | Longmont | ||||
| 1981 | Shannon Davidson | Boulder | ||||
| 1980 | Shelley Marks | Littleton | ||||
| 1979 | Jene Nelson | Pueblo | ||||
| 1978 | Linda Potestio | Pueblo | ||||
| 1977 | Mary Anne Genzel | Denver | ||||
| 1976 | Patricia Sweany | Lamar | ||||
| 1975 | Amy Long | Lakewood | ||||
| 1974 | Connie Larsen | Denver | ||||
| 1973 | Lenita Mosley | Denver | ||||
| 1972 | Patricia Cadigan | Lakeland | ||||
| 1971 | Diane Knaub | Denver | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1970 | Linda Hicklin | Greeley | ||||
| 1969 | Susan Hawkins | Colorado Springs | Semi-finalist | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1968 | Ann Bell | Littleton | ||||
| 1967 | Kim Kelly | |||||
| 1966 | Rosemary Barnwell | |||||
| 1965 | Cathy McPherson | |||||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Rhea Looney | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1962 | Penny James | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1960 | Karen Eickermann | |||||
| 1959 | Dianne Gardner | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958 | Devona Hubka | |||||
| 1957 | Mary Clapham | |||||
| 1956 | Karen Keeler | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Dorothy Bewley | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1954 | Lorna Batterson | |||||
| 1953 | Jeanie Carroll | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Joan Linn | |||||
| 1951 | Josephine Barbie |