The Miss Maryland USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state

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in the

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pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Productions. The first Miss USA winner from Maryland,

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, won

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. However, she was later discovered to be a mother of two sons and was therefore dethroned. In 2012, Nana Meriwether placed 1st runner-up, but became Miss USA 2012 when

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won

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. Six Maryland titleholders are former Miss Maryland Teen USAs. These four all reigned in the early 1990s, and in fact four out of six titleholders from 1990 to 1995 were former teens. Only four Miss Maryland USA has competed at

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. From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous year's first runner-up. Caleigh Shade of

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was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2022 on May 15, 2022 at Bethesda North

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and Conference Center in Rockville. She represented Maryland for the title of

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Gallery of titleholders

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title after

won

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Results summary

Miss USA placements

*Miss USAs:

(1957) *1st runners-up: Paulette Reck (1968), Nana Meriwether (2012) *4th runners-up: Betty Jo Grove (1973), Mamé Adjei (2015) *Top 8/10/12: Carol Theis (1971),

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(1980), Linda Lambert (1981), Angie Boyer (1982), Rowann Brewer (1988), Jennifer Wilhoit (1995),

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(2005), Allyn Rose (2011), Taylor Burton (2014), Mariela Pepin (2019), Layilah Nasser (2021) *Top 15/20: Barbara Eschenburg (1954), Charlene Holt (1956), Diane White (1959), Royette Tarry (1964), Roselaine Zetter (1966), Sandy Clevering (1967), Kasey Staniszewski (2013), Brittinay Nicolette (2018) Maryland holds a record of 24 placements at

Awards

*Miss Photogenic: Rowann Brewer (1988) *Style Award: Megan Gunning (2001)

Winners

;Color key

Notes

References

External links

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