The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of
Oregon
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in the
Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by that winner. It is currently produced by Pageants NW Productions based in
Puyallup, Washington and is previously produced by ABC Pageant Productions based in
Bend, Oregon
Bend is a city in central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range, on the Deschutes River.
The site became known by pioneers as a ford (cros ...
until 2015.
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.
Three Miss Oregon USA titleholders have formerly held the
Miss Oregon Teen USA title and competed at
Miss Teen USA
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.
The current titleholder is Shayla Montgomery of
Happy Valley and was crowned on May 4, 2024, at Sherwood Center for the Fine Arts in
Sherwood, Oregon. She will represent Oregon at
Miss USA 2024.
Gallery of titleholders
File:OregonTitleholders2006.jpg, Kelci Flowers, Miss Oregon Teen USA 2006 and Allison Machado, Miss Oregon USA 2006 at the Miss Oregon USA 2007 pageant
File:Toneata Morgan 2018.jpg, Toneata Morgan, Miss Oregon USA 2018 at the Sundance Film Festival
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Results summary
*2nd runners-up: Gail Atchison (1976)
*Top 10: Debbie Epperson (1984), Endia Albrante (2001), Jennifer Murphy (2004)
*Top 11: Olga Calderon (1991)
*Top 15/16: Maralyn Turner (1956), Joyce Collin (1962), Toye Esch (1964), Maureen Bassett (1967), Laura Smith (1970), Toneata Morgan (2018)
*Oregon holds a record of 11 placements at
Miss USA.
Awards
*Miss Congeniality: Denise White (1994), Gabrielle Neilan (2013)
*Miss Photogenic: Alaina Bergsma (2012)
Winners
External links
Official Website
References
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
Beauty pageants in Oregon
Oregon culture
Women in Oregon
1952 establishments in Oregon
Recurring events established in 1952
Annual events in Oregon
Long stubs with short prose
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