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

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in the

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pageant. While Nevada did well in the early years of the Miss USA pageant, they only placed once from 1987 to 2000. This streak was broken by Gina Giacinto's finalist placing in Miss USA 2001. Many Miss Nevada USA titleholders previously competed in the

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and

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pageants. Seven titleholders previously held the

state titles six of which having won

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and the other was

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, three held the

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Crown in the

Pageant. Nia Sanchez of

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became the first Miss USA ever from the state of Nevada when she was crowned

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, she later placed first runner-up in

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of Colombia. Summer Keffeler of

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was crowned Miss Nevada USA 2022 on May 15, 2022 at

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in Las Vegas. She represented Nevada for the title of

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Gallery of titleholders

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was stripped of her crown. File:Veronica Grabowski headshot.png, Veronica Grabowski, Miss Nevada USA 2008 File:Julianna Erdesz reclined wearing a sequined white top.jpg, Julianna Erdesz, Miss Nevada USA 2010 File:Nia Sanchez 2010.jpg, Nia Sanchez, Miss Nevada USA 2014 and

Results summary

Placements

*Miss USA: Nia Sanchez (2014) *1st runners-up: Mary O'Neal Contino (1977) *2nd runners-up: Joan Adams (1957), Karen Weller (1961), Kathy Landry (1968), Sheri Schruhl (1970), Carolina Urrea (2018) *3rd runners-up: Jade Kelsall (2012), Brittany McGowan (2015) *4th runners-up: Janet Hadland (1962), Helen Salas (2007) *Top 5: Gia Giacinto (2001), Tianna Tuamoheloa (2019) *Top 10/11/12: Linda Dryden (1974), Christa Lane Daniel (1983), Tammy Perkins (1987), Chelsea Caswell (2013) *Top 15/16/19: Earlene Whitt (1953), Joy Blaine (1959), Kathee Francis (1963), Denyse Turner (1965), Jacqueline Moore (1967), Karen Essklinger (1969), Lauren Scyphers (2006), Victoria Olona (2020) Nevada holds a record of 25 placements at

Awards

*Miss Congeniality: Alesia Prentiss (1992) *Best State Costume: Lagracella Omran (1988)

Winners

;Color key ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

External links

Official Website
{{Miss USA state

Nevada culture