Miss Montana USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Montana.

The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant. From 1994 to 2007, it was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2012, it was taken by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington until 2021. Since 2021, the pageant is based in Great Falls, Montana under directed by Lime Light Enterprises.

Miss Montana USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Great Falls
Location	Montana
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Website	missmontanausa.com

Sharon D. Tietjen placed in the Top 15 in 1958 and having the longest streak failing to place in the finals ever since. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to represent the United States in the 2005 Miss Earth pageant. Although she did not place at Miss USA, Kimmel finished in the Top 8 at Miss Earth and was later selected to participate in Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

The current Miss Montana USA is Shelby Dangerfield of Billings and was crowned on June 16, 2024, at The Petro Theater on the Montana State University-Billings campus in Billings. Dangerfield will represent Montana at Miss USA 2024.

Gallery of winners

• 
  Megan Monroe, Miss Montana USA 2003
• 
  Tori Wanty, Miss Montana USA 2008
• 
  Sibahn Doxey, Miss Montana USA 2016

Results summary

Placements

• Top 10: Valerie Jackson (1952)
• Top 15/20: Dawn Oney (1954), Sharon D. Tietjen (1958)

Montana holds a record of 3 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Robbin English (1980), Meredith McCannel (2002), Stephanie Trudeau (2007)

Winners

Color key

• Declared as Winner
• Ended as runner-up
• Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Local title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2024	Shelby Dangerfield	Billings	30	Miss Billings
2023	Madyson Rigg	Kalispell	26	Miss Glacier
2022	Heather Lee O'Keefe	Bozeman	24				Expected to become the longest reigning titleholder at 1 year, 7 months and 25 days
2021	Jami Forseth	Huntley	23				Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 2016
2020	Merissa Underwood	Bozeman	27
2019	Grace Zitzer	Dillon	27
2018	Dani Walker	Billings	27				Previously National American Miss California Jr. Teen 2006 & National American Miss California Teen 2009. Competed in Miss California USA several times.[1] Appeared on MTV reality show Parental Control
2017	Brooke Bezanson	Missoula	19
2016	Sibahn Doxey	Frenchtown	22				Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 2011
2015	Tahnee Peppenger	Great Falls	26
2014	Kadie Latimer	Kalispell	23
2013	Kacie West[citation needed]	Kalispell	23				Previously Miss Montana 2010
2012	Autumn Muller	Harlowton	25				Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 2004
2011	Brittany Wiser	Bozeman	23				Previously Miss Montana 2009.[2]
2010	Elizabeth Anne Anseth	Billings	19
2009	Misti Vogt	Kalispell	23
2008	Tori Wanty	Shelby	21
2007	Stephanie Trudeau	Saint Ignatius	20			Miss Congeniality
2006	Jill McLain	Havre	21
2005	Amanda Kimmel	Billings	20				Miss Earth USA 2005 and top 8 finalist at Miss Earth 2005, Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains contestant.
2004	Molly Flynn	Townsend	22
2003	Megan Monroe	Missoula	22
2002	Meredith McCannel	Billings	20			Miss Congeniality	Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2005 & Miss Congeniality at Miss Earth USA 2006
2001	CaCe Hardy	Kalispell	18
2000	Brandi Bjorklund	Bonner
1999	Michon Zink
1998	Reno Wittman
1997	Christin Didier	Lewistown	24			Honorable Mention
1996	Tanya Pogatchnik		21
1995	Angela Janich
1994	Kelly Brown
1993	Kristen Anderson	Columbia Falls					Previously Miss Montana Teen USA 1988
1992	Joy Estrada
1991	Joann Kayleen Jorgensen	Helena	22				Later Miss Montana 1992
1990	Kimberlee Burger
1989	Tammy Reiter	Billings
1988	Kimberly Torp	Missoula
1987	Constance Colla	Great Falls
1986	Laurie Ryan	Belgrade
1985	Julie Knox	Columbus
1984	Kristi Ogren	Frenchtown
1983	Barbara Bowman	Great Falls
1982	Perri Stevenson	Bozeman
1981	Cathi Jo Locati	Billings
1980	Robbin English	Great Falls				Miss Congeniality
1979	Jurrette Sindelar	Billings
1978	Susan Riplett	Billings
1977	Theresa Rose Bajt	Billings
1976	Teresa Jane Klaus	Great Falls
1975	Suzanne DeMier	Great Falls
1974	Carole Aalseth	Billings
1973	Jeri Joy Shandorf[3]	Missoula
1972	Mitriann Popovich	Butte
1971	Rebecca Thomas	Billings
1970	Moreen Ann Murphy	Helena
1969	Christina Jovin	Missoula
1968	Kerry Barker	Billings
1967	Stevie Lahti	Wolf Creek
1966	Carol Marie Boetcher	Great Falls
1965	Patricia Bradford
1961–1964	Did Not Compete
1960	Joanne Lane
1959	Bar-beth Smith
1958	Sharon D. Tietjen				Semi-finalist (Top 15)		Later Miss Montana 1959
1955–1957	Did Not Compete
1954	Dawn Oney				Semi-finalist (Top 20)
1953	Billie Jean Tyrrell
1952	Valerie Jackson				Semi-finalist (Top 10)
1951	Patricia McGinty

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

1. "Dani Walker, Miss Montana USA Contestant". WELCOME TO THE PAGEANT BUZZ. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
2. Strickler, Lee (April 30, 2011). "Brains and Beauty: You Can Have Both?". Bozeman Magazine. Bozeman, MT. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
3. "Joy at Pageant". The Independent Record. Helena, Montana USA. May 5, 1973. p. 5. Retrieved May 18, 2013.

External links

• Official Website