13 things about Miss USA 2022 Morgan Romano

Morgan Renee Romano competed in Miss North Carolina USA twice. She represented North Carolina, United States in the 71st edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Romano is an American engineer and beauty queen from Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She previously lived in New York, USA and South Carolina, USA.

On July 19, 2025, Romano turned 27. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Johnstown, New York.
2. She was Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen 2014 first runner-up.
3. She won Miss Fulton County’s Outstanding Teen 2015.
4. She was a Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen 2015 candidate.
5. From 2016 to 2020, she attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina where she earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
6. She was a Miss South Carolina 2017 finalist.
7. In 2018, she joined RE Mason in Charlotte, North Carolina as an application engineer.
8. She was Miss South Carolina 2018 third runner-up.
9. She was a Miss South Carolina USA 2019 finalist.
10. She was Miss North Carolina USA 2021 second runner-up.
11. She won Miss North Carolina USA 2022.
12. She was originally Miss USA 2022 first runner-up.
13. She became Miss USA 2022.

TIMELINE

Romano is 5′ 8.5″ tall. She was an honors student at Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.

2010s

• On May 24, 2014, she represented Fulton County at Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen 2014, which was her first beauty pageant. She was runner-up to Cady Ruth Stoever.
• In January 2015, she was crowned Miss Fulton County’s Outstanding Teen 2015.
• She was unplaced at Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen 2015 on April 11, 2015.
• On June 24, 2017, she represented the Midlands region of South Carolina at Miss South Carolina 2017 at The Township Auditorium in Columbia and finished in the Top 10.
• On June 30, 2018, she represented River City at Miss South Carolina 2018 at The Township Auditorium in Columbia. She was third runner-up to Davia Bunch.
• In October 2018, she became an RE Mason employee in Charlotte.
• On December 1, 2018, she competed at Miss South Carolina USA 2019 in North Charleston, South Carolina and finished in the Top 10.
• On June 29, 2019, she represented Greenville Scottish Games at Miss South Carolina 2019 at The Township Auditorium in Columbia. She was runner-up to Morgan Nichols.

2020s

• On March 6, 2021, she competed against 65 other Miss North Carolina USA 2021 candidates at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center in North Charleston. She was second runner-up to Madison Bryant.
• On January 29, 2022, she competed at Miss North Carolina USA 2022 at The High Point Theatre in High Point, North Carolina and won the title.
• On October 3, 2022, she represented North Carolina at Miss USA 2022 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA. She was runner-up to R-Bonney Gabriel of Texas.
• In November 2022, she helped with the STEM Girls Change the World event in Charlotte.
• On January 27, 2023, she started her reign as Miss USA 2022, succeeding Gabriel who won Miss Universe 2022 on January 14, 2023. That day, Gabriel crowned her during the Miss Alabama USA 2023 preliminary competition at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, USA.
• On February 25, 2023, she crowned her successor Miss North Carolina USA 2023 Jordyn McKey at The High Point Theatre.
• On September 29, 2023, she crowned her successor Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA.