Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.
In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown Productions. This company is directed by Britt Boyse, Miss Missouri USA 1995.
Arizona has had a fair success in Miss USA as it has yet to win the Miss USA title, however Miss USA 1980 first runner-up Jineane Ford was awarded the Miss USA title after Shawn Weatherly won Miss Universe 1980. Four Miss Arizona USAs were former Miss Arizona Teen USAs and two were former Miss America contestants.
Yesenia Vidales of Phoenix was crowned Miss Arizona USA 2020 on January 5, 2020 at Mesa Arts Center in Mesa. She will represent Arizona for the title of Miss USA 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary
Placements in Miss USA
- 1st runners-up: Jane Nelson, Jineane Ford
- 2nd runners-up: Susanne Pottenger, Diane Martin, Alicia-Monique Blanco
- 3rd runners-up: Ruth Hayes, Sherry Nix
- Top 10/11/12: Carlys Peterson, Toni Abranovic, Ana Rupert, Cassie Hill, Michelle Ducote, Lee Anne Locken, Maricarroll Verlinde, Dannis Shephard, Stacey Kole
- Top 15/16/20: Jerri Michaelson, Diane McGarry, Roxanne Neeley, Judianne Magnusson, Danielle Demski, Brenna Sakas, Brittany Brannon, Jordan Wessel, Maureen Montagne, Chelsea Myers
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Cara Jackson
- Miss Photogenic: Jineane Ford, Brittany Brannon
- Best State Costume: Daria Sparling, Michelle Ducote, Maricarroll Verlinde
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
| 2020 | Yesenia Vidales | Phoenix | 23 | TBA | Previously Miss Arizona Latina 2017 | |
| 2019 | Savannah Wix | Paradise Valley | 22 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 2014 | ||
| 2018 | Nicole Smith | Phoenix | 24 | |||
| 2017 | Tommy Lynn Calhoun | Tucson | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Chelsea Myers | Chandler | 20 | Top 15 | ||
| 2015 | Maureen Montagne | Tempe | 21 | Top 15 | Later 1st Runner-Up at Miss World America 2017, 1st runner-up at Miss World Philippines 2018 and Miss Eco Philippines 2019 | |
| 2014 | Jordan Wessel | Phoenix | 20 | Top 20 | ||
| 2013 | Rachel Massie | Glendale | 19 | |||
| 2012 | Erika Lane Frantzve | Scottsdale | 23 | |||
| 2011 | Brittany Brannon | Paradise Valley | 22 | Top 16 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2010 | Brittany Mesa-Bell | Chandler | 22 | Later Miss Guam Universe 2014; mother of a child with former partner Nick Cannon | ||
| 2009 | Alicia-Monique Blanco | Phoenix | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2008 | Kimberly Joiner | Gilbert | 22 | |||
| 2007 | Courtney Barnas | Mesa | 19 | |||
| 2006 | Brenna Sakas | Chandler | 21 | Top 15 | ||
| 2005 | Mariana Loya | Gilbert | 26 | Previously Miss Washington 1998 | ||
| 2004 | Danielle Demski | Chandler | 22 | Top 15 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1999, former NFL Cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals | |
| 2003 | Nafeesa DeFlorias | Phoenix | 26 | |||
| 2002 | Jennifer Lenz | Mesa | 25 | |||
| 2001 | Tasha Dixon | Phoenix | 19 | |||
| 2000 | Heather Keckler | Scottsdale | 26 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1992 | ||
| 1999 | Cara Jackson | Chandler | 25 | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Arizona 1995 | |
| 1998 | Stacey Kole | Tempe | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 1997 | Jessica Nicely | Gilbert | ||||
| 1996 | Christina Novak | Tempe | ||||
| 1995 | Shara Riggs | Oro Valley | ||||
| 1994 | Jennifer Tisdale | Mesa | ||||
| 1993 | Apryl Hettich | Scottsdale | ||||
| 1992 | Dannis Shephard | Mesa | Top 11 | |||
| 1991 | Maricarroll Verlinde | Tempe | Top 11 | Best State Costume | Later Miss Arizona World 1992 and competed in Miss World America 1992. | |
| 1990 | Lezlie Leonard | Tempe | ||||
| 1989 | LeeAnne Locken | Apache Junction | Top 10 | |||
| 1988 | Kris Keim | Scottsdale | 22 | Previously Miss Arizona Teen USA 1983 | ||
| 1987 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | 24 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Arizona 1985 | |
| 1986 | Jodi Armstrong | Phoenix | ||||
| 1985 | Michelle Ducote | Tempe | 20 | Top 10 | Best State Costume | |
| 1984 | Daria Sparling | Tucson | 19 | Best State Costume | ||
| 1983 | Sindy Hedden | Tucson | 23 | |||
| 1982 | Lori Hakola | Tucson | ||||
| 1981 | Cassie Hill | Phoenix | Top 12 | |||
| 1980 | Jineane Ford | Gilbert | 20 | 1st Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | Became Miss USA 1980 when Shawn Weatherly became Miss Universe |
| 1979 | Ana Rupert | Scottsdale | Top 12 | |||
| 1978 | Jacque Crutchfield | Phoenix | ||||
| 1977 | Toni Abranovic | Scottsdale | Top 12 | |||
| 1976 | Curvey Walters | Phoenix | ||||
| 1975 | Sanna Osgood | Scottsdale | ||||
| 1974 | Carlys Peterson | Phoenix | Top 12 | |||
| 1973 | Sherry Nix | Phoenix | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1972 | Marcia Banks | Tempe | ||||
| 1971 | Susanne Pottenger | Tempe | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1970 | Alicia Lein | Mesa | ||||
| 1969 | Ruth Hayes | Tempe | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1968 | Shirley Sprague | Avondale | ||||
| 1967 | Judianne Magnusson | Mesa | Top 15 | |||
| 1966 | Roxanne Neeley | Oro Valley | Top 15 | |||
| 1965 | Jane Nelson | Mesa | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss New Mexico 1964, top 10 at Miss America 1965 Later Miss New Mexico World 1966, top 7 at Miss USA World 1966 | ||
| 1964 | Diane Reutter | Phoenix | ||||
| 1963 | Diane McGarry | Mesa | Top 15 | |||
| 1962 | Jerri Michaelson | Paradise Valley | Top 15 | |||
| 1961 | Shyrle Owens Ortiz | Avondale | ||||
| 1960 | Virginia Crook | Mesa | ||||
| 1959 | Patricia Varga | Mesa | ||||
| 1958 | Shirlee Fox | Avondale | ||||
| 1956 | Maija Bertulson | Tucson | ||||
| 1955 | Patti Marks | Phoenix | ||||
| 1954 | Bonnie Johnson | Glendale | ||||
| 1953 | Eleanor Ruth Cross | Chandler | ||||
| 1952 | Charlene Hendricks | Tempe | Withdrew from competition |