Miss Oregon USA
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by Pageant NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington.
Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has yet to win the title. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent finalist was Toneata Morgan in 2018.
Two Miss Oregon USA titleholders have formerly held the Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA.
Katerina Villegas, a native of Chino, California residing in Hillsboro, was crowned Miss Oregon USA 2020 on January 12, 2020 at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham. She will represent Oregon for the title of Miss USA 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
- 2nd runners-up: Gail Atchison
- Top 10: Debbie Epperson, Endia Albrante, Jennifer Murphy
- Top 11: Olga Calderon
- Top 15/16: Maralyn Turner, Joyce Collin, Toye Esch, Maureen Bassett, Laura Smith, Toneata Morgan
- Oregon holds a record of 11 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Denise White, Gabrielle Neilan
- Miss Photogenic: Alaina Bergsma
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Katerina Villegas | Hillsboro | 26 | TBA | Previously • Miss World California 2017 and top 16 at Miss World America 2017 • Miss California Us International 2016 and 1st Runner-up at Miss US International 2016 | |
| 2019 | Natalie Tonneson | Portland | 27 | Oldest Miss Oregon contestant competing for Miss USA 2019 | ||
| 2018 | Toneata Morgan | Coquille | 21 | Top 15 | Contestant of Beauty and the Geek Australia | |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Denny | Roseburg | 25 | |||
| 2016 | Natriana Shorter | Eugene | 24 | |||
| 2015 | Bridget Wilmes | Canby | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Keyla Serafim | Bend | 18 | |||
| 2013 | Gabrielle Neilan | Gresham | 24 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2012 | Alaina Bergsma | Eugene | 21 | Miss Photogenic | Part of the Oregon Ducks volleyball team, currently plays in South Korea for Daejeon KGC. NCAA Volleyball Player of the Year 2012. | |
| 2011 | Anna Prosser | Portland | 26 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
| 2010 | Kate Paul | Bend | 24 | |||
| 2009 | Sylvie Tarpinian | Eugene | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Mary Lee Horch | Corvallis | 23 | |||
| 2007 | Sharitha McKenzie | Portland | 23 | |||
| 2006 | Allison Machado | Medford | 24 | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Carlson | Portland | 24 | |||
| 2004 | Jennifer Murphy | Medford | 25 | Top 10 | Contestant on the fourth season of The Apprentice | |
| 2003 | Myah Moore | Portland | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Kristi Walkoski | Wilsonville | 23 | |||
| 2001 | Endia Albrante | Eugene | 21 | Top 10 | ||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Heitmanek | Medford | 19 | |||
| 1999 | Amy Nelson | |||||
| 1998 | Kara Jones | Eugene | 19 | |||
| 1997 | Heather Williams | Gold Beach | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Chartier | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1993, finished 9th at Miss Teen USA 1993 | ||||
| 1995 | Karrie Grove | Beaverton | 24 | |||
| 1994 | Denise White | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1993 | Dawn Kennedy | Lake Oswego | ||||
| 1992 | Terrie House | |||||
| 1991 | Olga Calderon | Semi-finalist, finished 11th at Miss USA 1991 | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Michaud | |||||
| 1989 | Jenifer Blaska | |||||
| 1988 | Elaine Rohrer | |||||
| 1987 | Taime Primiano | Portland | ||||
| 1986 | Kimberly Stubblefield | Lake Oswego | 18 | Later Mrs. Oregon America 2007 under her married name, Kimberly Takla. | ||
| 1985 | Jodi Unruh | Eugene | 20 | Top 20 | Former award-winning TV anchor/reporter and entertainment host and producer. Previously Miss T.E.E.N. Oregon 1983, Oregon's Homecoming Princess 1983 and America's Homecoming Princess 1983. | |
| 1984 | Debbie Epperson | Portland | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1983 | Shelley Kiser | Tigard | 19 | |||
| 1982 | Kristina Bauer | Dundee | 17 | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Lewis | Portland | ||||
| 1980 | Martha Viducich | Salem | ||||
| 1979 | Katie Fitzpatrick | Salem | ||||
| 1978 | Julie Heater | Salem | ||||
| 1977 | Charisse Charlton | |||||
| 1976 | Gail Atchison | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1975 | Theresa Favreau | Portland | ||||
| 1974 | Peggy Ann Gerding | |||||
| 1973 | Judy Bishop | |||||
| 1972 | Yvonne Philes | |||||
| 1971 | Connie Oost | |||||
| 1970 | Laura Smith | Portland | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1969 | Karen Morton | |||||
| 1968 | Marsha Mayer | |||||
| 1967 | Maureen Bassett | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Sharon Gerritz | |||||
| 1965 | Leslie Brucher | |||||
| 1964 | Toye Esch | Salem | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1963 | Joset Fisher | |||||
| 1962 | Joyce Collin | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1958-1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1957 | Sonja Landsem | |||||
| 1956 | Maralyn Turner | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Rose Karcha | |||||
| 1954 | Charlotte Miller | |||||
| 1953 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1952 | Beth Bailey |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant