Kára Deidra McCullough was was runner-up to Miss District of Columbia USA 2015 Lizzy Olsen and Miss District of Columbia USA 2016 Deshauna Barber. After Barber was crowned Miss USA 2016, McCullough declined to take over as the new Miss District of Columbia 2016.
On December 17, 2016, McCullough won Miss District of Columbia USA 2017 at The Westin DC Downtown in Northwest, Washington, D.C., USA. The respective first, second, third and fourth runners-up were Ryann Richardson, Bilikisu Adeyemi, Bryce Armstrong and Cordelia Cranshaw.
On May 14, 2017, McCullough represented Washington, D.C. at Miss USA 2017, competed against 50 other candidates at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada, USA and won the title. After her coronation, Richardson took over as the new Miss District of Columbia USA 2017.
On December 16, 2017, Richardson crowned her successor Bryce Amrstrong at Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel in Northwest, Washington, D.C. The latter will represent the district at Miss USA 2018.
Miss District of Columbia USA 2018 results
| beauty pageant: Miss District of Columbia USA national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 63rd date: December 16, 2017 venue: Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States candidates: 26 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME |
| Top 26 | Alexandria McDowell Alice Adu Gyamfi Ashlee White Courtney Ballenger Karen Kagha Lledon Stokes Malaika Khafra Maura Deegan Mia Simms Shannon Lynch Shawna Melvin Sydney Hawkins Tiah Andrea Hodges |
| Top 13 | Alexis Lete Alexis Davis Bilikisu Adeyemi Chelsie Stevens Jade Kenny Midori Amae Tara Ward Vinielle Acha-Morfaw |
| Top 5 | Bryce Amrstrong Cordelia Cranshaw Destani Huffman-Jefferson Fig O’Reilly Samira Howard |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | Tiah Andrea Hodges |
| Miss Photogenic | Chelsie Stevens |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2018 | 2017 |
| 4th runner-up | Cordelia Cranshaw | Cordelia Cranshaw |
| 3rd runner-up | Fig O’Reilly | Bryce Armstrong |
| 2nd runner-up | Destani Huffman-Jefferson | Bilikisu Adeyemi |
| 1st runner-up | Samira Howard | Ryann Richardson |
| Miss District of Columbia USA | Bryce Amrstrong | Kara McCullough |
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