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

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in the

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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 at Austin Peay State University in

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Lynnette Cole Lynnette Marie Cole-O'Nan (née Cole; born February 9, 1978) is an American television personality, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win ...

, Miss Tennessee USA 2000, and

Rachel Smith Rachel Renee Smith (born April 18, 1985) is an American actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss USA 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant. She represented the United States at Mis ...

, Miss Tennessee USA 2007, are the only titleholders to win the

title and both previously won the

Miss Tennessee Teen USA The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant is directed by Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989, Kim ...

title. Six Miss Tennessee USA titleholders have formerly competed at

, and six have competed at

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. One of these is Allison Alderson, a "triple crown" winner who has held the Miss Tennessee Teen USA,

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, and Miss Tennessee USA titles, competing at all three major pageants. Emily Suttle of

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was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2022 on March 12, 2022. She represented Tennessee for the title of Miss USA 2022, placed at the top 12.

Gallery of titleholders

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Allison Alderson Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus (born January 18, 1977) is an American actress, TV host and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants. Alderson is married to Jay DeMarcus, the bassist in the band Rascal ...

, Miss Tennessee USA 2002 (pictured in 2008) File:StephanieCulberson.jpg, Stephanie Culberson, Miss Tennessee USA 2004 File:Rachel Smith headshot 2.png,

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Results summary

*Miss USAs:

(2000),

(2007) *1st runners-up: Morgan Tandy High (1999), Ashley Durham (2011) *2nd runners-up: Gail White (1962), Desiree Daniels (1984), Becca Lee (1996), Towanna Stone (1997) *3rd runners-up: Jean Harper (1952), Donna Marie Ford (1970) *4th runners-up: Beth Hood (2003), Stephanie Culberson (2004) *Top 10/12: Sharon Kay Steakley (1981), Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy (1982), Stephanie Jane Potts (1988), Charita Moses (1990), Camila "Cammy" Gregory (1993), Leah Hulan (1994), Lisa Tollett (2001), Hailey Laine Brown (2008), Kristen Motil (2009), Tucker Perry (2010), Allee-Sutton Hethcoat (2017), Alexandra Harper (2018), Emily Suttle (2022) *Top 15/16/20: Stella Wilson (1956), Martha Boales (1958), Bobbie Lynn Morrow (1963), Mary Margaret Smith (1966), Nancy Brackhahn (1967), Sandra Force (1968), Lauren Grissom (2006), Jessica Hibler (2012), Kristy Landers Niedenfuer (2014), Elizabeth Pistole (2021) Tennessee holds a record of 35 placements at

Awards

*Miss Photogenic: Suzanna Timberlake (1978) *Best State Costume: Pat Kerr (1964), Elizabeth Pistole (2021) *Miss Congeniality: Bonnie Perkins (1965), Martha Browning (1985) *Style Award: Becca Lee (1996) *Best in Swimsuit:

(2000)

Winners

;Color key

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss USA state

Tennessee culture Women in Tennessee