The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by Vanbros and Associates, based in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system.
Missouri has had only one Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, who placed as 1st runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. The most recent placement was Shae Addison Smith in 2025, placing Top 20. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey. Ten former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title one as former Miss Illinois Teen USA, equalling Indiana and Virginia for the most crossovers, although both Indiana and Missouri have had titleholders who competed in a different state at Miss Teen USA.
Madison Beck of Barnhart was crowned Miss Missouri USA 2026 on May 10, 2026 at The Mansion Theater in Branson. She will represent Missouri at Miss USA 2026.
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Results summary
Placements
Miss USA's: Shandi Finnessey (2004)
2nd runners-up: Carolyn Corlew (1952), Sandra Lee Marlin (1963), Melanie Breedlove (1998)
3rd runners-up: Nancy Rebecca Rich (1971), Sandra Percival (1984), Dawn Fonseca (1987)
4th runner-up: Karen Hendrix (1967)
Top 5: Larissa Meek (2001)
Top 10/12: Dorothy Ann McElven (1974), Nancy LaRose (1975), Donna Hibbitts (1976), Amy Ruth Coverdale (1985), Shelly Lehman (1994), Britt Powell (1995), Amber Seyer (2007), Candice Crawford (2008), Ashley Strohmier (2010), Sydnee Stottlemyre (2016), Bayleigh Dayton (2017)
Top 15/16/20: Alice Jean Porritt (1954), Barbara Jayne Stell (1959), Marilyn Jean Stalcup (1960), Hope Driskill (2011), Megan Renee Kelly (2020), Mikala McGhee (2022), Shae Smith (2025)
Missouri holds a record of 27 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
Miss Congeniality: Bayleigh Dayton (2017)
Best State Costume: Shae Smith (2025)
Winners
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