Missouri, United States currently has 26 Miss USA placements including the coronation of Shandi Ren Finnessey in 2004. The most recent one was in 2022 when Mikala McGhee finished in the Top 16.
Miss Missouri USA 2024
On June 15, 2024, Ashleigh Lorene Bedwell of Kansas City, Missouri won Miss Missouri USA 2024 at Polsky Theater in Overland Park, Missouri. She competed against 26 other candidates.
Runner-up to Bedwell was Shae Addison Smith of Route 66. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Francesca Mirabella DeStefane of Warson Woods, Olivia Henson of Springfield and Jessica Janorschke of Westport.
Miss Missouri USA 2025
On May 11, 2025, Bedwell will crown her successor at The Mansion Theater in Branson, Missouri. It is the 74th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects Missouri’s candidate for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.
There are 21 women competing for the Miss Missouri USA 2025 title. Here are the candidates:
- Kaitlin Murrell, Bates County
- Jessie Alexis Terry, 25, Branson
- Jentri Worley, 24, Butler County
- Keara “Key” Okolo, Capital City
- Latoya Sumner, 35, Gateway St. Louis
- Rachel Page-Easley, Jackson County
- Holly Haynes, Kansas City
- Britt Klocko, Lamar
- Marissa Pablo, Parkville
- Heather Dorr, 31, Poplar Bluff
- Chrissy La’Parriea, River City
- Manuella Meaders, 21, Route 66
- Cecily Graham, 36, Show Me State
- Kara Roberts, 42, South Central Missouri
- Amanah Asé, 29, South St. Louis
- Shae Addison Smith, 21, Springfield
- Ashley Westermann, Saint Charles
- Grace Imo, 20, Saint Louis
- Kinsey Sowell, 25, Table Rock
- Gracie Makayla May, West County
- Ashley Johnson, Westport
Finnessey is the first and still the only Miss USA from Missouri. She was born in Florissant, Missouri to Patrick Finnesseey and Linda Finnessey.
On June 1, 2004, Shandi represented the U.S. at Miss Universe 2004 and competed against 79 other candidates at the Centro de Exposiciones y Convenciones Mitad del Mundo (CEMEXPO) in Quito, Ecuador. She was runner-up to Jennifer Hawkins of Australia.
On July 11, 2015, Shandi married Ben Higgins. On June 9, 2024, she turned 46.
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