Alma Cooper of Michigan, United States won Miss USA 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States on August 4, 2024. Kentucky’s Connor Perry, Oklahoma’s Danika Christopherson, Tennessee’s Christell Foote and Ohio’s Macy Hudson were the first, second, third and fourth runners-up, respectively.
Miss USA 2025 contestants
On September 4, 2025, Thom Brodeur became the new chairman, president and chief executive officer of Miss USA. On October 24, 2025, Cooper will crown her successor at the Grand Theater of the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA, which marks the 74th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the country’s Miss Universe candidate.
As per tradition, the 50 states of the U.S. and the capital city of the country will be represented at Miss USA 2025. Here are the candidates:
- Kennedy Whisenant, 24, Alabama
- Kelsey Craft, 33, Alaska
- Elexes SaRay Richardson, 30, Arizona
- Olivia Halsey, 24, Arkansas
- Kylie Lynn Chang, 19, California
- Sydney Hella, 26, Colorado
- Jenna Hofmann, 23, Connecticut
- Tetra Shaylice Shockley, 44, Delaware
- Allison Laforce, 25, District of Columbia
- Lou V. Schieffelin, 25, Florida
- Savannah Miles, 24, Georgia
- Issha Rose Pili Mata, 30, Hawaii
- Jenny Crawford Ting, 36, Idaho
- Nikolina Vujcic, 23, Illinois
- Sydney Shrewsbury, 24, Indiana
- Hayley Buettell, 27, Iowa
- Asia Cymone Smith, 25, Kansas
- Mattie Barker, 22, Kentucky
- Francie Millan, 23, Louisiana
- Shelby Ann Howell, 25, Maine
- Lexia Gillette, 28, Maryland
- Perianne Caron, 25, Massachusetts
- Michele Lewandoski, 23, Michigan
- Megan Rivera, 27, Minnesota
- McKenzie Susanne Cole, 19, Mississippi
- Shae Addison Smith, 21, Missouri
- Juliana Robbins Wilson, 34, Montana
- Audrey Eckert, 23, Nebraska
- Mary Sickler, 23, Nevada
- MonaLesa Diamond Brackett, 36, New Hampshire
- Ivy Harrington, 31, New Jersey
- Dominique Ehrl Lugo, 31, New Mexico
- Christiana DiNardo, 27, New York
- Lourdes “Lulu” Madera, 39, North Carolina
- Olivia Redding, 20, North Dakota
- Hannah Marie Klein, 33, Ohio
- Zoe Janae Kent Ferraro, 24, Oklahoma
- Chantéa Fleming McIntyre, 43, Oregon
- Rica Shenell Clements, 29, Pennsylvania
- Brianna Vega, 28, Rhode Island
- Gallienne Nabila Gilmer Hack, 28, South Carolina
- Megan Bazant Hiykel, 20, South Dakota
- Madison Starr Kunst, 27, Tennessee
- Taylor Lauren Davis, 24, Texas
- Elle Hinojosa, 24, Utah
- Victoria Chuah, 26, Vermont
- Erin Houston, 27, Virginia
- Carisa Mae Brown Erickson, 37, Washington
- Erin Wellman, 28, West Virginia
- Aneisha Alise Cox, 22, Wisconsin
- Eilish Anne Connor Young, 29, Wyoming
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