Kansas currently has 14 Miss USA placements including the coronation of Kelli McCarty in 1991. She finished in the Top 6 at Miss Universe 1991.
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MISS KANSAS USA 2025
| beauty pageant: Miss Kansas USA national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 68th date: March 23, 2025 venue: Polsky Theater, Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, United States candidates: 17 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN) |
| Top 17 | Annie Jones (Abilene) Tiffany Howard (Greater ICT) Miranda Smith (ICT) Elizabeth Young (Marion County) Yazmin Carrasco (Southwest Kansas) J. Hadleigh Fallon (Sunflower State) Megan Reinhart (Wichita) |
| Top 10 | Amelia Phommachanh (Air Capital) Evan Rolfe (Greater Wichita) Olivia Pikul (Johnson County) Elika Izadyar (Kansas City) Alyssa Ayers (Leawood) |
| Top 5 | Asia Cymone Smith (East Wichita) Madilynn Becker (Herington) Riley Screen (Lawrence) Darby Davis (Metro Kansas City) Taylor Rains (Sedgwick County) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | Olivia Pikul Johnson County |
| Miss Photogenic | Elizabeth Young Marian County |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 4th runner-up | Riley Screen Lawrence | Megan Reinhart Sedgwick County |
| 3rd runner-up | Madilynn Becker Herington | Amelia Phommachanh Derby |
| 2nd runner-up | Taylor Rains Sedgwick County | Madilynn Becker Herington |
| 1st runner-up | Darby Davis Metro Kansas City | Olivia Richardson ICT |
| Miss Kansas USA | Asia Cymone Smith East Wichita | Bella Whitlock Leavenworth |
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MISS USA 2024
Bella Whitlock was 19 years old when she represented Kansas at Miss USA 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA on August 4, 2024. She competed against 50 other candidates including Michigan’s Alma Cooper who won the title.
Whitlock finished in the Top 20. Runner-up to Cooper was Kentucky’s Connor Perry and the respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Oklahoma’s Danika Christopherson, Tennessee’s Christell Foote and Ohio’s Macy Hudson.
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