Miss Georgia USA
Beauty pageant competition
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The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood and it is hosted in McDonough, Georgia.[1]
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Collierville |
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| Members | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kim Greenwood, State Pageant Director |
| Website | Official website |
Georgia has had a fair success at Miss USA, and has yet to win the title. The best placement was Erin Nance, who placed 1st runner-up in 1993, and many 2nd and 4th runner-ups. The most recent placement was Savannah Miles in 2025, placing Top 10.
Seven former Miss Georgia Teen USAs went on to win this competition, but only three titleholders has previously competed at Miss America. One represented Connecticut.
In 2025, Miss Buckhead 2025 Bella Bautista became the first openly transgender woman enlisted to compete in the pageant, but she later withdrew from the competition.[2]
The current Miss Georgia USA is Jade Kircus of Southside, AL who was appointed on June 30th, 2026 after the open casting call from Thomas Brodeur, the new owner of the national pageant. She will represent Georgia at the Miss USA 2026.
Results summary
- 1st runner-up: Erin Nance (1993)
- 2nd runners-up: Tami Tesch (1986), Donna Rampy (1988), Tiffany Fallon (2001), Lisa Wilson (2006), Tiana Griggs (2014), Emanii Davis (2016)
- 3rd runner-up: Dorothy Taylor (1959)
- 4th runners-up: Carolann Connor (1955), Diane Austin (1958), Cherie Stephens (1970), Sophia Bowen (1987), Michele Nemeth (1989), Jasmyn "Jazz" Wilkins (2012)
- Top 5/6: Brenda Leithleiter (1990), Jennifer Prodgers (1992), Patti Dunn (2000)
- Top 10/12: Liz Wickersham (1976), Linda Kerr (1977), Lisa Condre (1981), Dotsy Timm (1983), Caroline Medley (2004), Marianny Egurrola (2018), Savannah Miles (2025)
- Top 15/16: Kimberly Gittings (2009), Kaylin Reque (2011), Alyssa Beasley (2020)
Georgia holds a record of 27 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Liz Wickersham (1976), Sophia Bowen (1987)
Titleholders
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-up or Finalist
- Semifinalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2026 | Jade Kircus | Southside, AL | 36 | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2025 | Savannah Miles | Atlanta | 24 | Miss GA South | Top 10 |
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| 2024 | Emmaline Farmer | Winder | 24 | Miss Northeast GA | |||
| 2023 | Rachel Russaw | Atlanta | 24 | Miss GA South | |||
| 2022 | Holly Haynes | Sugar Hill | 26 | Miss Coastal GA | Shortest reigning Miss Georgia USA at 8 months and 24 days | ||
| 2021 | Cora Griffen | Columbus | 24 | Miss GA South |
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| 2020 | Alyssa Beasley | Brunswick | 22 | Miss GA South | Top 16 |
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| 2019 | Katerina Rozmajzl | Atlanta | 21 | Miss Fulton Co. | |||
| 2018 | Marianny Egurrola | Buford[5] | 25 | Miss Heart of Gwinnett | Top 10 |
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| 2017 | DeAnna Johnson | Hazlehurst | 20 | Miss Central East GA | Contestant on season 8 of The Voice | ||
| 2016 | Emanii Davis[7][8] | Griffin | 22 | Miss Spalding Co. | 2nd Runner-Up[7] |
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| 2015 | Brooke Fletcher[9] | Peachtree City | 23 | Miss Peachtree City |
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| 2014 | Tiana Griggs[10] | Monticello | 26 | Miss Monticello | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 2013 | Brittany Sharp | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Central Atlanta |
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| 2012 | Jasmyn "Jazz" Wilkins | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Johns Creek | 4th Runner-Up | Daughter of Gerald Wilkins, niece of Dominique Wilkins, and sister of Damien Wilkins. | |
| 2011 | Kaylin Reque[11] | Suwanee | 22 | Miss Suwanee | Top 16 | Atlanta Thrashers' Blue Crew member | |
| 2010 | Cassady Lance | Savannah | 25 | Miss Coastal Georgia |
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| 2009 | Kimberly Gittings | Lilburn | 20 | Miss Greater Lilburn | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Amanda Kozak[12] | Warner Robins | 23 | Miss Warner Robins |
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| 2007 | Brittany Swann | Tyrone | 23 | Miss Peachtree City | |||
| 2006 | Lisa Wilson | Rome | 26 | Miss Rome | 2nd Runner-Up | Contestant on season 3 of American Idol, finished as semifinalist | |
| 2005 | Tanisha Brito | Dunwoody | 24 |
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| 2004 | Caroline Medley | Suwanee | 26 | Top 10 | |||
| 2003 | Erin Haney | Atlanta | 21 | ||||
| 2002 | Heather Hogan | Duluth | 21 | ||||
| 2001 | Tiffany Fallon | Duluth | 26 | 2nd Runner-Up | Playboy Playmate of the Year for 2005, contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice. | ||
| 2000 | Patti Dunn | Duluth | 24 | Top 5 | |||
| 1999 | Meredith Young | 25 |
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| 1998 | Edlyn Lewis | 24 | |||||
| 1997 | Denesha Reed | McDonough | 22 |
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| 1996 | Jenny Craig |
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| 1995 | Paulette Schier | Atlanta | 23 |
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| 1994 | Andrea Moore | Atlanta | |||||
| 1993 | Erin Nance | Calhoun | 21 | 1st Runner-Up |
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| 1992 | Jennifer Prodgers | Atlanta | 23 | Top 6 |
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| 1991 | Tamara Rhoads | Marietta | 23 | ||||
| 1990 | Brenda Leithleiter | 22 | Top 6 |
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| 1989 | Michele Nemeth | Lilburn | 24 | 4th Runner-Up |
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| 1988 | Donna Rampy | Atlanta | 24 | 2nd Runner-Up | Semi-finalist in Miss Asia Pacific Quest 1988 as Miss USA | ||
| 1987 | Sophia Bowen | Marietta | 21 | 4th Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1986 | Tami Tesh | Hephzibah | 21 | 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 1985 | Amanda Smith | Smyrna | 24 | Mother of Miss Tennessee 2024, Carley Jaymes Vogel | |||
| 1984 | Jayne "Jaynie" Poteet | Norcross | 19 | Miss Oktoberfest 1987 | |||
| 1983 | Dotsy Timm | Augusta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1982 | Kelly Blackston | Savannah | |||||
| 1981 | Lisa Condre | Atlanta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1980 | April Reid | Augusta | Future Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White placed 4th runner-up in this pageant | ||||
| 1979 | Debbie Freeman | Morrow | |||||
| 1978 | Larinda Matthews | Marietta | |||||
| 1977 | Linda Kerr | Alpharetta | Top 12 | ||||
| 1976 | Liz Wickersham | Atlanta | Top 12 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1975 | Diana Goodman | Forest Park | |||||
| 1974 | Vicki Ross | Warner Robins | |||||
| 1973 | Melanie Chapman | Atlanta | |||||
| 1972 | Kaye Ayers | Atlanta | |||||
| 1971 | Jenny Lynn Andrews[14] | Atlanta | |||||
| 1970 | Cherie Stephens[15] | Tucker | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
| 1969 | Judy Lyons[16] | Atlanta | 18 | ||||
| 1968 | Midge Ivie | ||||||
| 1967 | Jane Lineberger | ||||||
| 1966 | Flora Goddard[17] | Atlanta | |||||
| 1965 | Judy Simpson | ||||||
| 1964 | Lynda Tatum | ||||||
| 1963 | Brenda Jean Seagraves[18] | ||||||
| 1962 | Genelda Odum | Odum | Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||||
| 1961 | Patsy Giddens | ||||||
| 1960 | Cecilia Upton | Rockmart | |||||
| 1959 | Dorothy Taylor | 3rd Runner-Up | |||||
| 1958 | Diane Austin | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
| 1957 | Ruth Lycan | ||||||
| 1956 | Mary Ruff | ||||||
| 1955 | Carolann Conno | 4th Runner-Up | |||||
| 1953-54 | No representative | ||||||
| 1952 | Betty Jane Wood | Successor to Rosemarie Bowe | |||||
| Rosemarie Bowe | did not compete | Resigned | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant