These states have produced the most Miss USA winners, with Texas in first place

These states have had the most success at the Miss USA pageant.Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe 74th annual Miss USA pageant will take place in Reno, Nevada, on October 24.We looked back at the states that have had the most success at the pageant.Texas has the most Miss USA wins, taking the crown 10 times.The United States has the most winners in Miss Universe history, but which states reign supreme when it comes to Miss USA?One state had a five-year winning streak and produced two future Miss Universe winners. Meanwhile, 18 states still haven't won the crown.They'll get a chance to change their record at the 74th annual Miss USA pageant in Reno, Nevada, on October 24. Until then, let's take a look back at the most successful states in the history of the Miss USA pageant.Texas has won the Miss USA title 10 times.Josh Brasted/Getty ImagesTwo Miss Texas winners who won Miss USA went on to win Miss Universe: Chelsi Smith and R'Bonney Gabriel. Miss Texas 2008 Crystle Stewart, who also won Miss USA, served as CEO and president of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants from 2020 to 2023.Texas won the Miss USA pageant five times from 1985 to 1989, a streak nicknamed the "Texas Aces."Here are all the Miss Texas titleholders who won Miss USA:1977: Kimberly Tomes1985: Laura Martinez Herring1986: Christy Fichtner1987: Michelle Royer1988: Courtney Gibbs1989: Gretchen Polhemus1995: Chelsi Smith2001: Kandace Krueger2008: Crystle Stewart2022: R'Bonney GabrielClose to catching up is California, which has taken the Miss USA crown six times.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty ImagesCalifornia has won a Miss USA title in every decade except the 2000s. Its most recent Miss USA win was when Alyssa Campanella took the crown in 2011.These are all the Miss California titleholders who won Miss USA:1959: Terry Huntingdon1966: Maria Remenyi1975: Summer Bartholomew1983: Julie Hayek1992: Shannon Marketic2011: Alyssa CampanellaHawaii assumed its fifth Miss USA title after 2023 winner Noelia Voigt resigned, a first in the pageant's history.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesMiss Hawaii 1962 Macel Wilson became the first woman from Hawaii to enter the Miss USA competition, as well as the first Asian American and first woman of color to win the crown. Miss Hawaii 1997 Brook Lee went on to win both Miss USA and Miss Universe.The state assumed its fifth title after Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt stepped down three months before her reign came to an end due to the leadership of Laylah Rose, who was CEO of Miss USA at the time. Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz, who had won first runner-up at the pageant, took Voigt's place.The full list of Miss Hawaii titleholders who were named Miss USA is:1962: Macel Wilson1972: Tanya Wilson1978: Judi Andersen1997: Brook Lee2023: Savannah GankiewiczMultiple places have four winners, including Michigan, the most recent state to take the Miss USA crown.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesCarole Gist was both the first Miss Michigan and the first African American woman to win the Miss USA crown. In 2010, another Miss Michigan made history as Rima Fakih became the first Arab American woman to take the title.Former Miss Michigan Kenya Moore, who won Miss USA in 1993, has become one of the most famous contestants in the pageant's history after starring in "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" from 2012 to 2025.The most recent Miss Michigan to win Miss USA is Alma Cooper, a US Army officer who took the crown in 2024.Here are all the Miss Michigan titleholders who won Miss USA:1990: Carole Gist1993: Kenya Moore2010: Rima Fakih2024: Alma CooperThe District of Columbia's most recent Miss USA titles came in quick succession.Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe District of Columbia may not have representation in the Senate, but it sure does great on the Miss USA stage.In 2016, Deshauna Barber won Miss District of Columbia, and Kára McCullough placed first runner-up. Barber went on to win Miss USA, while McCullough won Miss District of Columbia in 2017. That year, Barber crowned McCullough the new Miss USA. It was the first time a place had won back-to-back titles at Miss USA since the reign of the Texas Aces.The full list of Miss District of Columbia titleholders who won Miss USA is:1964: Bobbi Johnson2002: Shauntay Hinton2016: Deshauna Barber2017: Kára McCulloughAll four of Illinois' Miss USA wins came before 1975.Bettmann/Getty ImagesIllinois is also one of only four states to win back-to-back Miss USA titles.The full list of Miss Illinois titleholders who won Miss USA is:1953: Myrna Hansen1963: Marite Ozers1973: Amanda Jones1974: Karen MorrisonRead the original article on Business Insider

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