

The pageant sponsor, Catalina, pulled their funding and founded their own pageant, Miss USA.įeaturing the top winners from Minnesota, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, and more, this list of past contestants who won Miss USA also includes their state and year by their name. A little more scandalous and lively than Miss America, the Miss USA competition is certainly not lacking gorgeous women. The Miss USA competition began when the Miss America pageant winner, Yolande Betbeze, refused to pose in a swimsuit for publicity photos in 1950. Who are the hottest Miss USA winners ever? This list has pictures of Miss USA winners, ranked as the absolute hottest. Make sure to also check out the dumbest beauty queen answers, the biggest beauty pageant scandals, and the hottest Miss Universe winners! Eight Miss USA winners have gone on to become Miss Universe.


The Miss USA pageant, not to be confused with the Miss America Pageant, is an annual competition to select the American contestant for the Miss Universe Pageant.
