Miss USA 2022

Miss USA 2022 will be the 71st Miss USA pageant. The competition will be held in 2022. Elle Smith of Kentucky will crown her successor at the end of the event, and she will go on to represent the United States at the Miss Universe 2022.

Miss USA 2022
Date2022
Entrants51

Background

Selection of contestants

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the duration between most of the state pageants from the previous year's competition, with previous year's state titleholders' reign being shortened to eight to eleven months, depending on state. Delegates from the 50 states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2021 and will end in July 2022 to avoid competing with Miss America 2023 state pageants, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2021. The first state pageants were Idaho and Montana, held together on September 12, 2021, and the last state pageant will be Colorado, scheduled to hold on July 3, 2022.

Starting this year, contestants who participated in a state pageant cannot compete for more than one state per year, with the eligibility rules having reverted to the past rule since Crystle Stewart took over the directorship role at the end of 2020. All state pageant competitions were returned to full capacity with spectators and contestants being required to be fully vaccinated.

Six delegates have previously competed in Miss Teen USA and Miss America, four are former Miss Teen USA state winners, one is a former Miss America state titleholder, and one is a former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder.

Contestants

As of May 3, 2022, 30 state titleholders have been crowned:

State Contestant Age[lower-alpha 1] Hometown Placement Notes
Alabama Katelyn Vinson[1] 21 Dothan
Alaska Courtney Schuman 27 Anchorage Previously Miss Alaska 2018
Arkansas Rylie Wagner[2] 21 Ozark
Connecticut Cynthia Dias[3] 22 Wolcott Previously Miss Connecticut's Outstanding Teen 2014
Delaware Grace Lange 22 Newark Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2017
Georgia Holly Haynes[4] 26 Sugar Hill
Hawaii Kiana Yamat[5] 27 Honolulu
Idaho Jordana Dahmen 26 Boise
Indiana Samantha Toney[6] 27 Clarksville
Kentucky Lizzy Neutz 23 Louisville
Louisiana KT Scannell[7] 22 Denham Springs
Maine Elizabeth Kervin[8] 20 Winterport
Massachusetts Skarlet Ramirez[9] 27 Lawrence
Mississippi Hailey White[10] 23 Picayune
Missouri Mikala McGhee[11] 28 St. Louis
Montana Heather Lee O'Keefe 25 Bozeman
Nebraska Natalie Pieper 26 Omaha
New Hampshire Camila Sacco 27 Portsmouth
New Jersey Alexandra Lakhman[12] 26 Hoboken
North Carolina Morgan Romano[13] 23 Concord
North Dakota SaNoah LaRocque 25 Belcourt
Oklahoma Ashley Ehrhart 25 Oklahoma City Previously National Sweetheart 2021
Oregon Arielle Freytag[14] 27 Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Billie LaRaé Owens[15] 25 Phoenixville Daugther of former NBA player Billy Owens
South Carolina Meera Bhonslé[16] 25 Lexington
South Dakota Shania Knutson[17] 21 Brookings Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2018
Tennessee Emily Suttle[18] 26 Franklin Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2013
Vermont Kelsey Golonka[19] 22 Montpelier Previously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2017
Virginia Kailee Horvath[20] 23 Ashburn
Washington Mazzy Eckel[21] 22 Seattle

Upcoming state pageants
State Date Ref.
Kansas May 8, 2022 [22]
Wisconsin May 8, 2022 [23]
Maryland May 15, 2022 [24]
Nevada May 15, 2022 [25]
Iowa May 21, 2022 [26]
Ohio May 21, 2022 [27]
Michigan May 28, 2022 [28]
Utah May 28, 2022 [29]
Arizona May 29, 2022 [30]
Florida May 29, 2022 [31]
Minnesota May 29, 2022 [32]
Rhode Island May 29, 2022 [33]
Illinois May 30, 2022 [34]
District of Columbia June 4, 2022 [35]
New York June 4, 2022 [36]
California June 5, 2022 [37]
New Mexico June 5, 2022 [38]
West Virginia June 5, 2022 [39]
Wyoming June 18, 2022 [40]
Texas July 2, 2022 [41]
Colorado July 3, 2022 [42]

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References
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