Complete list of Miss California USA 2023 candidates

The Miss California USA 2023 coronation night will take place at the Grand Ballroom of Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, California, United States on June 18, 2023. It is the 72nd edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects California’s candidate for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate from the U.S.

Currently, California has 51 Miss USA placements including the coronation of Terry Huntingdon in 1959, Maria Remenyi in 1966, Summer Bartholomew in 1975, Julie Hayek in 1983, Shannon Marketic in 1992 and Alyssa Campanella in 2011. The most recent was in 2022 when Tiffany Johnson finished in the Top 16.

Representing Lancaster, Johnson was crowned Miss California USA 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County on June 5, 2022. The respective first, second, third and fourth runners-up were Andrea Shen of North California, Brianne Bailey of Garden Grove, Acacia C. McBride of Los Angeles County and Athena Michaela Crosby of San Jose.

There are 86 women competing for the Miss California USA 2023 crown. Here are the candidates:

1. Claudia (Anaheim)
2. Monique Barrios (Anaheim Hills)
3. Tiffany Nguyen (Baldwin Park)
4. Vivian Chu (Bay Area)
5. Valerie Izabella Hernandez (Bel Air)
6. Alexandrea Bretz (Belmont Shore)
7. Cindy Wu (Berkeley)
8. Frankie Chantel (Beverly Grove)
9. Viktoria Fox (Beverly Hills)
10. Giselle Burgos (Boyle Heights)
11. Maria (Burbank)
12. Emma Ritz (Calabasas)
13. Athena Mobbs (Camp Pendleton)
14. Jasmine Signorino (Central Irvine)
15. Acacia McBride (Central Los Angeles)
16. Dominique Garcia (Central Valley)
17. Analys David (Century City)
18. Leanna Bautista (Chula Vista)
19. Samantha Maestro (Corona)
20. Renee Chew (Coronado)
21. Kaelani Amputch-Curtis (Culver City)
22. Serena Schreifels (East Los Angeles)
23. Tabitha Swatosh (Encino)
24. Destiny Cheyenne Smith (Escondido)
25. Kathy Vu (Fashion Valey)
26. Samantha Ramos (Fullerton)
27. Mia Hudd (Glendale)
28. Tea Alexis (Gold Coast)
29. Morayo Olujumu (Golden State)
30. Stefany Cruz (Greater Bay Area)
31. Supreet Thiara (Hayward)
32. Janette Lares (Hercules)
33. Suzan (Hollywood)
34. Jaanu Patel (Huntington Beach)
35. Roopan Sidhu (Irvine)
36. Nijal Suthar (Kernville)
37. Nicole Duran (Koreatown)
38. Fallon Williams (La Brea)
39. Megan Milito (La Crescenta)
40. Alexandra M. Gill (Lake Forest)
41. Sanduni Silva (Loma Linda)
42. RaKiya Winton (Long Beach)
43. Brittany Jordan Butler (Los Angeles County)
44. Kalea Lorren Pitel (Mission Bay)
45. Cat McCann (Newport Beach)
46. Dominique Greenman (Newport Coast)
47. Trishia Ohionye (North Hollywood)
48. Athenna Michaela Crosby (Northern California)
49. Isabella Christina Rodriguez (Orange)
50. Ghazal Gill (Orange County)
51. Madiaba (Pacific Beach)
52. Amber (Pacific Coast)
53. Akanksha Kumar (Pacific Palisades)
54. Honey Devore (Palmdale)
55. Amber (Pasadena)
56. Tianna Clark (Perris)
57. Evelyn Burgos (Pico Rivera)
58. Rachel Adrienne Park (Rancho Palos Verdes)
59. Aaliyah Baltazar Ferreira (Riverside)
60. Daria (Rolling Hills)
61. Caroline Jaquish (Sacramento County)
62. Marielle L’Heureux (San Diego)
63. Sabrina Pajarillo (San Diego County)
64. Amanda Dilena (San Francisco)
65. Dominique Mihaljević (San Francisco County)
66. Chao Nou Xiong (San Joaquin)
67. Norah Truong (San Jose)
68. Jade Nguyen Tom (Santa Ana)
69. Samantha Chapman (Santa Clara)
70. Lillian Thorington (Santa Cruz County)
71. Allison Garcia (Santa Monica)
72. Maritza Barrios (Silicon Valley)
73. Alexandra Antenen (Sonoma)
74. Natalie Benson (South Coast)
75. Chrissy La’Parriea Smith (Southern California)
76. Lauren (Sunset Beach)
77. Athena Poulos (Toluca Lake)
78. Issha Rose Mata (Torrance)
79. Maria Celeste Marquez (Victorville)
80. Alora Martin (West Coast)
81. Daileen Cortez (West Covina)
82. Danielle Halley (West Hollywood)
83. Jendalyn (West Los Angeles)
84. Mariah Larronde (Westwood)
85. July Garza (Wilshire)
86. Kennedy Thorne (Windsor Square)