Miss Tennessee USA
The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kimberly Payne Greenwood, since 1992. Since 1999, the pageant has been held in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Lynnette Cole, Miss Tennessee USA 2000, and Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, are the only titleholders to win the Miss USA title. Five Miss Tennessee USA titleholders have formerly competed at Miss Tennessee Teen USA, and six have competed at Miss America. One of these is Allison Alderson, a "triple crown" winner who has held the Miss Tennessee Teen USA, Miss Tennessee, and Miss Tennessee USA titles, competing at all three major pageants.
Justice Enlow of Nashville was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020 on October 12, 2019 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. She will represent Tennessee for the title of Miss USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
- Miss USAs: Lynnette Cole, Rachel Smith
- 1st runners-up: Morgan High, Ashley Durham
- 2nd runners-up: Gail White, Desiree Daniels, Becca Lee, Towanna Stone
- 3rd runners-up: Jean Harper, Donna Marie Ford
- 4th runners-up: Beth Hood, Stephanie Culberson
- Top 10/12: Sharon Kay Steakly, Nise Levy, Stephanie Jane Potts, Charita Moses, Cammy Gregory, Leah Hulan, Lisa Tollett, Hailey Brown, Kristen Motil, Tucker Perry, Allee-Sutton Hethcoat, Alexandra Harper
- Top 15/16/20: Stella Wilson, Martha Boales, Bobbie Lynn Morrow, Mary Margaret Smith, Nancy Brackhahn, Sandra Force, Lauren Grissom, Jessica Hibler, Kristy Landers Niedenfuer
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Suzanna Timberlake
- Best State Costume: Pat Kerr
- Miss Congeniality: Bonnie Perkins, Martha Elizabeth Browning
- Style Award: Lee Ann Huey, Becca Lee
- Best in Swimsuit: Lynnette Cole
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Justice Enlow | Nashville | 25 | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | Savana Hodge | Nashville | 25 | |||
| 2018 | Alexandra Harper | Franklin | 25 | Top 10 | Daughter of Sharon Steakly, Miss Tennessee USA 1981 | |
| 2017 | Allee-Sutton Hethcoat | Franklin | 25 | Top 10 | ||
| 2016 | Hope Stephens | Livingston | 20 | |||
| 2015 | Kiara Young | Nashville | 23 | |||
| 2014 | Kristy Landers Niedenfuer | Nashville | 22 | Top 20 |
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| 2013 | Brenna Mader | Nashville | 25 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005 | ||
| 2012 | Jessica Hibler | Brentwood | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Durham | Adamsville | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006 | |
| 2010 | Tucker Perry | Franklin | 20 | Top 10 | Daughter of Kathi Tucker, Miss Washington USA 1983. | |
| 2009 | Kristen Motil | Franklin | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2008 | Hailey Brown | Franklin | 25 | Top 10 | Placed 4th runner-up at Miss Tennessee 2003 | |
| 2007 | Rachel Smith | Clarksville | 21 | Miss USA 2007 | ||
| 2006 | Lauren Grissom | Shelbyville | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2005 | Amy Colley | Jonesborough | 21 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Tennessee 2008 | ||
| 2004 | Stephanie Culberson | Knoxville | 24 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 2001, 2nd runner up at Miss America 2002 | |
| 2003 | Beth Hood | Cleveland | 24 | 4th runner-up | Miss Tennessee 2000 | |
| 2002 | Allison Alderson | Nashville | 25 | Triple crown winner | ||
| 2001 | Lisa Tollett | Crossville | 24 | Top 10 | Previously engaged with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Elliott Sadler | |
| 2000 | Lynnette Cole | Columbia | 21 | Miss USA 2000 | Best in Swimsuit | |
| 1999 | Morgan Tandy High | Nashville | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1998 | Amy Neely | Macon County | Honorable Mention | |||
| 1997 | Towanna Stone | Morristown | 24 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1996 | Becca Lee | Memphis | 24 | 2nd runner-up | Finesse Style Award | |
| 1995 | Lee Ann Huey | Memphis | Style Award | |||
| 1994 | Leah Hulan | Memphis | Top 12 | Previously Miss Tennessee 1992 | ||
| 1993 | Camila "Cammy" Dawn Gregory | Paris/Calvert City, KY | 22 | Top 12 | The Kentucky native died on Jan. 3, 2003 of a sudden brain aneurysm in Jackson, TN. | |
| 1992 | Natalie Bray | |||||
| 1991 | Angela Johnson | |||||
| 1990 | Charita Moses | 20 | Top 12 | |||
| 1989 | Kimberly Payne | |||||
| 1988 | Stephanie Potts | Memphis | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1987 | Molly Brown | Loretto | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1984 | |||
| 1986 | Karen Compton | Lawrenceburg | ||||
| 1985 | Martha Browning | Chattanooga | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1984 | Desiree Denise Daniels | Chattanooga | 24 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1983 | Ladonna Friday | Jonesborough | ||||
| 1982 | Nise Levy | Nashville | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Sharon Steakly | Nashville | Semi-finalist | Mother of Alexandra Harper, Miss Tennessee USA 2018 | ||
| 1980 | Diane Hunt | Chattanooga | ||||
| 1979 | Sandy Nuismer | Nashville | ||||
| 1978 | Suzanna Timberlake | Chattanooga | Miss Photogenic | Semifinalist in Miss World USA 1980 | ||
| 1977 | Rene Smith | Cookeville | ||||
| 1976 | Jana Kerr | Savannah | ||||
| 1975 | Shelly Smith | Memphis | Previously Miss Memphis State 1975 | |||
| 1974 | Brin Hendrix | |||||
| 1973 | Tommye Hooker | Memphis | ||||
| 1972 | Linda Thompson | Memphis | ||||
| 1971 | Sue Collins | |||||
| 1970 | Donna Ford | Trenton | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1969 | Suzie Richardson | Jackson | ||||
| 1968 | Sandra Force | Memphis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1967 | Nancy Brackhahn | Nashville | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Mary Margaret Smith | Nashville | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1965 | Bonnie Perkins | Nashville | 23 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1964 | Pat Kerr | Nashville | 19 | Best State Costume | ||
| 1963 | Bobbie Morrow | Memphis | 26 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1962 | Gail White | Chattanooga | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1961 | Anita Atkins | Nashville | 25 | |||
| 1960 | Christine McSwain | Memphis | 21 | |||
| 1959 | Marcia Daniels | Memphis | 20 | |||
| 1958 | Martha Boales | Memphis | 23 | Semi-finalist | 1st runner-up in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant | |
| 1957 | Patricia Prather | Memphis | 18 | |||
| 1956 | Stella Wilson | Memphis | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1955 | Barbara Gurley | Memphis | 24 | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Holly | Nashville | 21 | |||
| 1953 | No representative | |||||
| 1952 | Jean Harper | Memphis | 18 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 1951 |