Here's who won the Miss USA pageant the year you were born

Anneta Konstantinides,Samantha GrindellJan 12, 2024, 22:26 IST

Insider rounded up every Miss USA winner since the pageant was founded.The Miss Universe Organization/AFP via Getty Images/Jason Kempin/Getty Images

The 72nd annual Miss USA pageant will be held in Reno, Nevada, on September 29.
Insider took a look back at every winner of the pageant since its inception in 1952.

On Friday, 51 pageant queens from across the country will gather for the 72nd annual Miss USA pageant.

The competition will take place at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, airing live on the CW at 8 p.m. ET.

Miss USA 2023 comes after a tumultuous year during which contestants accused the organization of rigging the pageant in winner R'Bonney Gabriel's favor. Gabriel went on to win Miss Universe, so Morgan Romano took her place as the current Miss USA.

In honor of the upcoming pageant, Insider took a look back at who won the Miss USA crown each year since its inception in 1952.

1952: Miss New York Jackie Loughery

Miss USA 1952.CBS via Getty Images

1953: Miss Illinois Myrna Hansen

Miss USA 1953.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

1954: Miss South Carolina Miriam Stevenson

Miss USA 1954.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1955: Miss Vermont Carlene King Johnson

Miss USA 1955.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1956: Miss Iowa Carol Morris

Miss USA 1956.Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

1957: Miss Maryland Mary Leona Gage

Miss USA 1957.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1958: Miss Louisiana Eurlyne Howell

Miss USA 1958.Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images

1959: Miss California Terry Huntingdon

Miss USA 1959.Miss USA

1960: Miss Utah Linda Bement

Miss USA 1960.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1961: Miss Louisiana Sharon Brown

Miss USA 1961.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1962: Miss Hawaii Macel Wilson

Miss USA 1962.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

1963: Miss Illinois Marite Ozers

Miss USA 1963 Marite Ozers.The Miss Universe Organization

1964: Miss District of Columbia Bobbi Johnson

Miss USA 1964.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images

1965: Miss Ohio Sue Ann Downey

Miss USA 1965.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1966: Miss California Maria Remenyi

Miss USA 1966.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1967: Miss Alabama Sylvia Louise Hitchcock

Miss USA 1967.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1968: Miss Washington Dorothy Anstett

Miss USA 1968.Miss USA

1969: Miss Virginia Wendy Dascomb

Miss USA 1969.Steve Larson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

1970: Miss Virginia Deborah Shelton

Miss USA 1970.Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty Images

1971: Miss Pennsylvania Michele McDonald

Miss USA 1971.The Miss Universe Organization

1972: Miss Hawaii Tanya Wilson

Miss USA 1972.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1973: Miss Illinois Amanda Jones

Miss USA 1973.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1974: Miss Illinois Karen Jean Morrison

Miss USA 1974.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1975: Miss California Summer Bartholomew

Miss USA 1975.Kevin John Berry/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

1976: Miss Minnesota Barbara Elaine Peterson

Miss USA 1976.FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images

1977: Miss Texas Kimberly Tomes

Miss USA 1977.Sunny Lee/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

1978: Miss Hawaii Judi Andersen

Miss USA 1978.The Miss Universe Organization

1979: Miss New York Mary Therese Friel

Miss USA 1979.Russell McPhedran/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

1980: Miss South Carolina Shawn Weatherly

Miss USA 1980.Keystone/Getty Images

1981: Miss Ohio Kim Seelbrede

Miss USA 1981.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1982: Miss Arkansas Terri Lea Utley

Miss USA 1982.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1983: Miss California Julie Hayek

Miss USA 1983 Julie Hayek.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1984: Miss New Mexico Mai Shanley

Miss USA 1984.CBS via Getty Images

1985: Miss Texas Laura Harring

Miss USA 1985.Images Press/IMAGES/Getty Images

1986: Miss Texas Christy Fichtner

Miss USA 1986.Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images

1987: Miss Texas Michelle Royer

Miss USA 1987.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1988: Miss Texas Courtney Gibbs

Miss USA 1988.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1989: Miss Texas Gretchen Polhemus

Miss USA 1989.George Rose/Getty Images

1990: Miss Michigan Carole Gist

Miss USA 1990.George Rose/Getty Images

1991: Miss Kansas Kelli McCarty

Miss USA 1991.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

1992: Miss California Shannon Marketic

Miss USA 1992.Sygma/Corbis/Sygma via Getty Images

1993: Miss Michigan Kenya Moore

Miss USA 1993.MISS UNIVERSE,INC./AFP via Getty Images

1994: Miss South Carolina Lu Parker

Miss USA 1994.ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images

1995: Miss Texas Chelsi Smith

Miss USA 1995.PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP via Getty Images

1996: Miss Louisiana Ali Landry

Miss USA 1996.MISS UNIVERSE/ho/AFP via Getty Images

1997: Miss Hawaii Brook Lee

Miss USA 1997.ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

1998: Miss Massachusetts Shawnae Jebbia

Miss USA 1998.Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images

1999: Miss New York Kimberly Pressler

Miss USA 1999.AFP via Getty Images

2000: Miss Tennessee Lynnette Cole

Miss USA 2000.Evan Agostini/Liaison

2001: Miss Texas Kandace Krueger

Miss USA 2001.PATRICK PRATHER/AFP via Getty Images

2002: Miss District of Columbia Shauntay Hinton

Miss USA 2002.Frank Micelotta/Getty Images

2003: Miss Massachusetts Susie Castillo

Miss USA 2003.Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images

2004: Miss Missouri Shandi Finnessey

Miss USA 2004.Michael Caulfield/WireImage

2005: Miss North Carolina Chelsea Cooley

Miss USA 2005.Carley Margolis/FilmMagic

2006: Miss Kentucky Tara Conner

Miss USA 2006.Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic

2007: Miss Tennessee Rachel Smith

Miss USA 2007.MATT CARASELLA/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

2008: Miss Texas Crystle Stewart

Miss USA 2008.Denise Truscello/WireImage

2009: Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton

Miss USA 2009.Denise Truscello/WireImage

2010: Miss Michigan Rima Fakih

Miss USA 2010.Denise Truscello/WireImage

2011: Miss California Alyssa Campanella

Miss USA 2011.Julie Jacobson/AP Images

2012: Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo

Miss USA 2012.David Becker/Getty Images

2013: Miss Connecticut Erin Brady

Miss USA 2013.Ethan Miller/Getty Images

2014: Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez

Miss USA 2014.Stacy Revere/Getty Images

2015: Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan

Miss USA 2015.AP Images

2016: Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber

Miss USA 2016.Ethan Miller/Getty Images

2017: Miss District of Columbia Kára McCullough

Miss USA 2017.Patrick Prather

2018: Miss Nebraska Sarah Rose Summers

Miss USA 2018.Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

2019: Miss North Carolina Cheslie Kryst

Miss USA 2019.Frank L Szelwach/The Miss Universe Organization

2020: Miss Mississippi Asya Branch

Miss USA 2020.Benjamin Askinas/Miss USA

2021: Miss Kentucky Elle Smith

Miss USA 2021.Felipe Espinal

2022: Miss Texas R'Bonney Gabriel

Miss USA 2022.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

My boyfriend and I traveled to a remote Scottish island right before its off-season. We had an entire beach hotel to ourselves and were treated like VIPs.

Cookies on the Business Insider India website