Miss Maryland USA 2021 Layilah Nasser, 27, of Montgomery Village, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States will crown her successor at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland on May 15, 2022. It is the 70th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects Maryland’s candidate for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.

Currently, Maryland 24 Miss USA placements. Representing the state, Mary Leona Gage won the title in 1957 while both Paulette Reck and Nana Meriwether in 1968 and in 2012, respectively.

Nasser was crowned Miss Maryland USA 2021 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center on July 15, 2021. Representing Maryland, she finished in the Top 8 at Miss USA 2022 on November 29, 2021.

A total of 81 women are competing for the Miss Maryland USA 2022 title. Here is the list of candidates:

1. Jordana Aberbach
2. Brianna Anderson
3. Praboda Bandara
4. Autumn Banks
5. Amanda Bertholf
6. Britney Best
7. Kirsten Beverly
8. Aniya Bradsher
9. Asia Brown
10. Raven Brown
11. Yasmine Bryant
12. Yessica Caceres
13. Stephanie Cahill
14. Kailah Caliskan
15. Morgan Civita
16. Brianna Clark
17. Jessica Colahar
18. Taylor Coleman
19. Natasha Coleman-Ball
20. Yazha’e Conway
21. Tanaja Cooper
22. Erin Davis
23. Brianna Davis
24. Brandi Dortch
25. Jazzmin Duncan
26. Aliyah Farnum
27. LaShauntae’ Finney
28. Victoria Ford
29. Erin Freitas
30. Lydia Frentsos
31. Kellie Gallman
32. Valerie Gregorio
33. Riley Guetig
34. Rose Harlow
35. Courtney Henderson
36. Katie Hibler
37. Bri’Anna Horne
38. La’Tayshja Howell
39. Kayleigh Hubbert
40. Mellisa Ikwubuo
41. Celeste Iroha
42. Dasia Jones
43. Ashley Jones
44. Amya Jones
45. Ashley Knox
46. Cassidy Lacey
47. Maya Larbi
48. Alescia Lewis
49. Rita Lyakhovetskaya
50. Tymisha McDaniels
51. Sya McKay
52. Tara McKenna
53. Nadia Morales
54. Sophia Mordukhayeva
55. Kayla Morgan
56. Angie Moscoso
57. Mackenzie Peters
58. Hailey Putnam
59. Nisa Putri
60. Kimbi Quartey
61. Kaylene Robinson
62. Sally Ruskowski
63. Allie Rock
64. Caleigh Shade
65. Omnia Shedid
66. Jody Shuey
67. Jennifer Smith
68. Lacey Smith
69. Dyani Stocks
70. Jordan Stronsky
71. Caitlyn Stupi
72. Sonia Sukumar
73. Kennedy Taylor
74. Porsha Thompson
75. Lindsey Thompson
76. Christella Tsombeng
77. Alani Tydings
78. Alisa Vasquez
79. Rheyna Washington
80. Megan Williams
81. Jessica Wilson