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Miss Kentucky USA

Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky USA 2006 & Miss USA 2006

The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by Proctor Productions and it was formerly directed by Connie Clark Harrison, Miss Kentucky USA 1976.[1][citation needed]

Tara Conner became the first Kentucky delegate to win Miss USA, after being crowned Miss USA 2006. She later finished as fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 2006. Elle Smith later became the second Kentucky delegate to win Miss USA, being crowned Miss USA 2021.

Three Miss Kentucky USA titleholders have also held the Miss Kentucky Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, including Conner. Two Miss Kentucky USA titleholders have also competed at Miss America, with one representing Wyoming.

Connor Perry of Lexington was crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2024 on May 19, 2024, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. She will represent Kentucky for the title of Miss USA 2024.

Media coverage

In 2006, it was reported that Miss Kentucky USA 2002, Elizabeth Arnold was in a relationship with celebrity Nick Lachey.[2][3] That same year Tara Conner became the first Kentucky delegate to win the Miss USA title, putting Kentucky in the top five for the second consecutive year, after Kristen Johnson placed 2nd runner-up in 2005. She later came under intense scrutiny when it was revealed that she had been drinking underage, tested positive for the use of cocaine, and kissed Miss Teen USA Katie Blair, among other things.[4] Conner was allowed to keep her title, but was ordered into rehab for one month. After her rehab session, she resumed her reign until her year was completed.

In 2008, Miss Kentucky USA Alysha Harris was involved in an incident involving photos in which she was photographed dancing with New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss in a manner some saw as sexually suggestive.[5][6][7]

Results summary

Placements

Kentucky holds a record of 16 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

Winners

Color key

1 Age at the time of the Miss Kentucky USA pageant

References

  1. ^ "Producers". Miss Kentucky USA.
  2. ^ STAR'S WORLD EXCLUSIVE: THE FATHER OF NICK LACHEY'S NEW GIRL SAYS SHE AND NICK ARE "VERY CLOSE", Star Magazine (accessed 6 May 2006)
  3. ^ Nick Lachey: poster boy for the brokenhearted, Houston Chronicle, 28 April 2006 (accessed 6 May 2006)
  4. ^ Piazza, Jo. "Queen is way out of line". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  5. ^ "Randy Moss Drafts Wide Receiver - TMZ.com". 5 May 2008.
  6. ^ "C.J.: Randy Moss' naughty dance moves photographed at Derby party". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  7. ^ Clarke, Norm (2008-05-08). "'Idol' contestant set to go country". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  8. ^ "Braea Tilford Crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2018". The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Playboy's November/December 2017 Collector's Edition". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  10. ^ "NASCAR's Monster Energy Girl Amanda Mertz perfectly shuts down outfit critics". For The Win. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  11. ^ Shastry, Tejas (2007-03-20). "Cardinal to compete for Miss USA crown". The Louisville Cardinal. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  12. ^ "Home state girls hard to find". Kingman Daily Miner. 1976-09-10. p. 7.
  13. ^ "Miss Kentucky". The Paducah Sun. 16 April 1968. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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