Miss North Carolina USA


The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group since 1992.
In 2005, Miss North Carolina USA Chelsea Cooley won the Miss USA crown and placed in the top 10 at Miss Universe. Cooley is the first former Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title, although not the first to have competed at Miss Teen USA. The second Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title was Erin O'Kelley in 2007. She went on to place in the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. Similar to the Miss Utah USA titleholders, both Cooley and Kelley placed at Miss USA, eclipsing their teen performances. In 2009, Kristen Dalton became the second woman from North Carolina to be crowned Miss USA. In 2019, Cheslie Kryst became the third woman from the state to win Miss USA. In both occasions, they placed top 10 on their respective Miss Universe pageants.
North Carolina is currently third tied with Idaho in number of former teens have competed in this pageant: eight, after Indiana and Virginia, including three competed at Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia, respectively. In addition, two others have also competed at Miss America.
In 2020, Madeline Delp was the first woman in a wheelchair to win the top 10 finalists in a statewide Miss USA pageant.
Jane Axhoj of Waxhaw was crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2020 on November 9, 2019 at High Point Theatre in High Point. She will represent North Carolina for the title of Miss USA 2020.

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary

Placements

North Carolina holds a record of 18 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

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1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant