Miss Pennsylvania USA
The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant. It has been previously known as Miss Pennsylvania Universe. This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Proctor Productions based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was produced by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2001 to 2020.
The annual competition is currently held in Pittsburgh and has previously been hosted by Harrisburg, Greensburg and Monroeville.
Michele McDonald, Miss USA 1971, is the only woman from Pennsylvania to win the Miss USA title. At only eighteen, she was the youngest competitor ever to win the crown. Their most recent placement came in 2019 when Kailyn Marie Perez reached in the Top 15.
Victoria Piekut of Irwin was crowned Miss Pennsylvania USA 2020 on November 3, 2019 at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She will represent Pennsylvania for the title of Miss USA 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
- Miss USA: Michele McDonald
- 4th runners-up: LauRen Merola
- Top 6: Kimmarie Johnson
- Top 10/12: Sandy Dell, Julie Page, Denise Epps, Brenda Brabham
- Top 15/16/20: Jeri Bauer, Margaret Lineman, Barbara Ann Woronko, Gina Cerilli, Jessica Billings, Valerie Gatto, Kailyn Marie Perez
Awards
- Best State Costume: Theresa Rosa
- Best in Swimsuit: Barbara Ann Woronko
Winners
| Year | Name | City | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Victoria Piekut | Irwin | 23 | TBA | TBA | Previously International Junior Miss Teen 2015 |
| 2019 | Kailyn Marie Perez | Camp Hill | 27 | Top 15 |
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| 2018 | Olivia Ann Suchko | Belle Vernon | 21 | |||
| 2017 | Cassandra Lee Angst | Philadelphia | 22 | |||
| 2016 | Elena Flora LaQuatra | Pittsburgh | 23 | Triple crown winner; deaf since age 4 due to bacterial meningitis | ||
| 2015 | Elizabeth Lee Cardillo | Pittsburgh | 24 | |||
| 2014 | Valerie Gatto | Pittsburgh | 24 | Top 20 | ||
| 2013 | Jessica Billings | Berwyn | 26 | Top 15 | ||
| 2012 | Sheena Monnin | Pittsburgh | 26 | Resigned the title after the Miss USA competition, alleging that the pageant was a fraud. | ||
| 2011 | Amber-Joi Watkins | Philadelphia | 26 | Former Sixers Dancer | ||
| 2010 | Gina Domenica Cerilli | Greensburg | 23 | Top 15 | Former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader | |
| 2009 | Lindsey Nelsen | Stewartstown | 21 | |||
| 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 | Top 10 | ||
| 2004 | Nicole Georghalli | East Stroudsburg | 25 | |||
| 2003 | Camille Young | Philadelphia | 23 | |||
| 2002 | Nicole Bigham | Belle Vernon | 25 | Previously Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1994 top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1994 | ||
| 2001 | Jennifer Ann Watkins | Monongahela | ||||
| 2000 | Angela Patla | Sweet Valley | 26 | |||
| 1999 | Melissa Godshall | Philadelphia | 25 | |||
| 1998 | Kimberly Jaycox | Indiana | ||||
| 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 | Evans City | 23 | |||
| 1993 | Kimmarie Johnson | Pittsburgh | Top 6 | |||
| 1992 | Catherine Weber | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1991 | Adrienne Romano | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Cebak | Ross | 23 | 4th runner up at Miss World USA 1992 | ||
| 1989 | Denise Epps | Lansdale | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Susan Gray | Lansdale | 20 | |||
| 1987 | Lisa Rynkiewicz | Clarksville | ||||
| 1986 | Sherri Fitzpatrick | Quakertown | 23 | 1983 & 1984 Professional Cheerleader for the USFL Philadelphia Stars Football Team; 1985 Professional Cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 1985 | Sandra Ferguson | Pittsburgh | 18 | Played Amanda Cory on Another World | ||
| 1984 | Tina Albright | Lansford | ||||
| 1983 | Julie Page | Belle Vernon | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Theresa Rosa | North Versailles | Best State Costume | |||
| 1981 | Nena Stone | Bethel Park | 21 | |||
| 1980 | Andrea Patrick | Connellsville | Later Miss West Virginia 1983. Married Fabian in 1998 | |||
| 1979 | Maureen Starinsky | Monongahela | 23 | |||
| 1978 | Sandy Dell | Latrobe | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1977 | Lorraine Lincoski | Daisytown | ||||
| 1976 | Marcy Zambelli | Newcastle | ||||
| 1975 | Pat Hurley | Wilkes-Barre | ||||
| 1974 | Dorisann Gatalski | Bethel Park | ||||
| 1973 | Jill Unbewust | Benton | ||||
| 1972 | Jeanie Zadrozny | Pittsburgh | ||||
| 1971 | Michele McDonald | Butler | Miss USA 1971 | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1971 | ||
| 1970 | Carol Cerully | Altoona | ||||
| 1969 | Marlene Vaughn | Philadelphia | 21 | |||
| 1968 | Barbara Verlander | White Oak | 20 | |||
| 1967 | Barbara Ann Woronko | Edwardsville | 17 | Semifinalist | Swimsuit Winner | Former Radio City Rockette. |
| 1966 | Susan Joanne Fennell | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1964 | Maryann Reilly | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1963 | Deborah Cardonick | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1962 | Margaret Lineman | Philadelphia | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1961 | Gayle Nelson | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1960 | Betsy Reeves | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1959 | Rhoda Mae Kachilo | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1958 | Natalie Dee | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1957 | Rosalie Culp | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1956 | Serena Kifer | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1955 | Marianne Marcus | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1954 | Helen Vidovich | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1953 | Jeri Bauer | Philadelphia | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1952 | Jeanne Ferguson | Philadelphia |