{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{About|the state pageant to select a Texas delegate to the Miss USA pageant|the Miss America state pageant|Miss Texas|the Miss World America state pageant|Miss Texas World}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss Texas USA |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1952 |type = Beauty pageant |headquarters = Dallas |location = Texas |membership = Miss USA |language = English |leader_title = |leader_name = |key_people = |num_staff = |budget = |website = [http://www.misstexasusa.com/ Official website] }}
The '''Miss Texas USA''' competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization, owned by Texas native Crystle Stewart, herself a Miss USA for 2008.
The pageant is currently held in Houston. It has previously been hosted by El Paso, San Antonio, South Padre Island, Lubbock and Laredo.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671472/|title=Miss Metroplex crowned Miss Texas USA|date=August 4, 1987|work=Del Rio News Herald}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673054/|title=Miss Ricebelt pageant on tap for Sunday|date=February 11, 1998|work=The Facts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673499/|title=Miss Texas pageant planned at El Paso|date=March 6, 1975|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/071800/lif_071800026.shtml#.WUCjlxOGO_s|title=Austin native claims Miss Texas USA crown|last=Davis|first=John|date=July 18, 2000|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring-news/article/Harris-County-s-Brooke-Daniels-crowned-Miss-Texas-1790438.php|title=Harris County's Brooke Daniels crowned Miss Texas USA|date=June 29, 2008|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref> It was televised from 1971 to 2009.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072601/upd_0726010002.shtml#.WUClwxOGO_s|title=The Miss Texas USA pageant will go on ...|last=Davis|first=John|date=July 26, 2001|work=The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}</ref>
The current titleholder is Taylor Lauren Davis of Dallas, Texas, was crowned Miss Texas USA 2025 on May 3, 2025, at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas. She represented Texas at Miss USA 2025, placing as 3rd runner-up.
==Background== Unlike the rest of Miss and Teen state pageants in the Miss USA system have annually scheduled at the same time, this Miss and Teen pageants in Texas are held separately in different months, the Miss pageant goes first and is held on first Sunday of September every year. Those events have affected from the regular September schedule such as the 2018 pageant was held in January 2018 due to Hurricane Harvey devastated the pageant's host city, Houston; and the 2021 pageant was held in September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exactly a year originally planned for September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Popular-real-estate-agent-Logan-Lester-wins-the-12484899.php|title=Popular real estate agent Logan Lester wins the 2018 Miss Texas USA pageant|work=Houston Chronicle|last=Elliott|first=Amber|date=January 9, 2018|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMissTexasUSAandMissTexasTeenUSA/photos/a.629319393781101/2937608246285526/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/122464454466600/2937608246285526 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Event Information|publisher=Miss Texas USA Facebook|date=March 27, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Ten Miss Texas USA titleholders have won the Miss USA title, including Chelsi Smith, has been crowned Miss Universe. In the 1980s Texas won the Miss USA title five consecutive years from 1985 to 1989, a streak known as the "Texas Aces".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2015/09/28/rex-holt-dies/72760482/|title=El Paso's pageant king Rex Holt dies|last=Anderson|first=Lindsey|date=September 28, 2015|work=El Paso Times}}</ref> Prior to this no state had ever won the Miss USA pageant more than two times in succession.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-13-vw-5512-story.html|title=They Reign as Kings in the Land of the Beauty Queens|last=Kennedy|first=J Michael|date=March 13, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Past state directors have included Richard Guy and Rex Holt, "GuyRex" and Al and Gail Clark of "The Crystal Group".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671544/|title=Beauty apostles look for winners|last=Gunderson|first=Edna|date=July 7, 1985|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671883/|title=Richard Guy and Rex Holt behind new Miss Texas USA|date=September 4, 1975|work=The Waco Citizen}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/business/in-texas-two-kings-of-the-beauty-queen-business.html?pagewanted=all|title=In Texas, Two Kings of the Beauty Queen Business|last=Belkin|first=Lisa|date=February 28, 1988|work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672549/|title=Texas beauty files suit over alleged snub|date=August 8, 1991|work=The San Bernardino County Sun}}</ref>
Contestants enter by winning local pageants or may choose to compete "at large" with an assigned title.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671413/|title=New Miss Texas USA beginning her banner year with enthusiasm.|last=Krenek|first=Melinda|date=July 8, 1994|work=The Galveston Daily News}}</ref> In 2001 a record number of former Miss Texas Teen USA winners, six, competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title.<ref name=":6" />
===Texas Aces=== Prior to the 1980s, no other state had won more than two Miss USA pageants in succession (the only two states to win twice in succession were Virginia in 1969-1970 and Illinois in 1973–1974). The five Texan Miss USA winners were all coached by "GuyRex", Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who held the Texas franchise from 1975. The term was first used in 1988 after Gibbs became their fourth consecutive titleholder, with Guy referring to the four queens as "four aces in a deck of cards", with their fifth titleholder, Kimberly "Kim" Tomes (1977) as the "wildcard".<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus|publisher=Associated Press|date=March 2, 1988|first=Holden|last=Lewis}}</ref> The following year Gretchen Polhemus became the fifth and final "ace". The term is still in use.
As well as directing the Texas pageant, GuyRex also acquired the Miss California USA franchise in 1986. In 1988, Diana Magaña of California placed first runner-up to Gibbs, the fourth ace. The two had both undergone extensive preparation by GuyRex, and even lived together prior to the pageant.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Miss California |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 31, 1987|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 1, 1987|page=6}}</ref>
The five Aces were: *1985 - Laura Martinez-Herring ('''Miss USA''', Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985) *1986 - Christy Fichtner ('''Miss USA''', 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986) *1987 - Michelle Royer ('''Miss USA''', 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987) *1988 - Courtney Gibbs ('''Miss USA''', Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988) *1989 - Gretchen Polhemus ('''Miss USA''', 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989)
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Miss Texas USA Logan Lester at 3-16th FA's Battalion Ball.jpg|Logan Lester, Miss Texas USA 2018 File:Lauren Guzman, Miss Texas USA.jpg|Lauren Guzman, Miss Texas Teen USA 2008 and Miss Texas USA 2014 File:Crystle Stewart 2014.jpg|Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008 and Miss USA 2008 (pictured in 2014) File:Stephanie Guerrero headshot.jpg|Stephanie Guerrero, Miss Texas USA 2004 File:Nicole OBrian.png|Nicole O'Brian, Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 and Miss Texas USA 2003 File:KandaceKrueger1cropped.jpg|Kandace "Kandy" Krueger, Miss Texas USA 2001 and Miss USA 2001 File:MichelleRoyer.jpg|Michelle Royer, Miss Texas USA 1987 and Miss USA 1987 File:ChristyFichtner.jpg|Christy Fichtner, Miss Texas USA 1986 and Miss USA 1986 File:Laura Harring 2011.jpg|Laura Martinez Harring, Miss Texas USA 1985 and Miss USA 1985 (pictured in 2011) File:Lisa Allred Miss Texas USA 1983.png|Lisa Allred, Miss Texas USA 1983 </gallery>
==Results summary==
===Placements=== *'''Miss USAs''': Kimberly "Kim" Tomes (1977), Laura Martinez Herring (1985), Christy Fichtner (1986), Michelle Royer (1987), Courtney Gibbs (1988), Gretchen Polhemus (1989), Chelsi Smith (1995), Kandace "Kandy" Krueger (2001), Crystle Stewart (2008), R'Bonney Gabriel (2022) *'''1st runners-up''': Carelgean Douglas (1959), Diane Balloun (1964), Brenda Box (1971), Luann Caughey (1982), Lisa Allred (1983), Ylianna Guerra (2015) *'''2nd runners-up''': Barbara Horan (1978), Nicole O'Brian (2003) *'''3rd runners-up''': Betty Lee (1954), Ana Rodriguez (2011), Taylor Lauren Davis (2025) *'''4th runners-up''': Jo Dodson (1956), Aundie Evers (1975), Alexandria Nugent (2013), Lluvia Alzate (2023) *'''Top 5'''/'''6'''/'''8''': Christine Friedel (1994), Amanda Little (1997), Holly Mills (1998), Victoria Hinojosa (2021) *'''Top 10'''/'''11'''/'''12''': Lavonne McConnell (1973), Candace Gray (1976), Anne Hinnant (1979), Barbara Buckley (1980), Diana Durnford (1981), Laura Shaw (1984), Stephanie Kuehne (1990), Katie Young (1992), Angie Sisk (1993), Kara Williams (1996), Kasi Kelly (2002), Lauren Lanning (2006), Magen Ellis (2007), Brooke Daniels (2009), Brittany Booker (2012), Aareianna Ware (2024) *'''Top 15''': Joan Bradshaw (1953), Mary Daughters (1955), Gloria Hunt (1957), Linda Daugherty (1958), Jackie Williams (1962), Phillis Johnson (1965), Dorothy Pickens (1966), Bonnie Robinson (1967), Sandy Drewes (1969), Diane Swendeman (1970), Stephanie Guerrero (2004), Tyler Willis (2005), Logan Lester (2018)
'''Texas''' holds a record of 58 placements at Miss USA, being placed first overall.
===Awards=== * Miss Congeniality: Diane Swendeman (1970), Chelsi Smith (1995) * Miss Photogenic: Susan Peters (1972), Lisa Allred (1983), Laura Shaw (1984), Tyler Willis (2005) * Best State Costume: Lavonne McConnell (1973), Kimberly "Kim" Tomes (1977), Barbara Horan (1978), R'Bonney Gabriel (2022) * Best in Swimsuit: Chelsi Smith (1995), Lluvia Alzate (2023)
==Winners== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as finalist or semifinalist }}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Year ! Name ! Hometown ! Local Title ! Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant}} ! Placement at Miss USA ! Special awards at Miss USA ! Notes |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2025 | Taylor Lauren Davis | Dallas | Miss Dallas | 26 | 3rd runner-up | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2024 | Aarieanna Ware | Dallas | Miss Dallas | 26 | Top 10 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2023 | Lluvia Alzate | Houston | Miss Houston | 26 | 4th runner-up | Best in Swimsuit | |- | rowspan=2 | 2022 | Allison Drake | Dallas | Miss Dallas | 26 | colspan=3 {{N/A|''Originally second runner-up, assumed title when Gabriel won Miss Universe''}}<br>{{small|''(Sydni Leonard, the first runner-up, declined the offer)''}} |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''R'Bonney Gabriel''' | Houston | Miss Friendswood | 28 | '''Miss USA 2022''' | Best State Costume | *'''Miss Universe 2022''' *First Asian American Miss Texas USA, 1st runner Up in Miss Texas 2021 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2021 | Victoria Hinojosa | McAllen | Miss South Texas | 22 | Top 8 | | Granddaughter of U.S. Representative TX-15 Rubén Hinojosa |- | 2020 | Taylor Kessler | Houston | Miss Lone Star | rowspan="2" | 23 | | | *Previously Miss Grand USA 2017 *Longest reigning Miss Texas USA ({{age in years, months and days|2019|09|01|2021|09|04|sc=yes}}) and also the longest reigning Miss USA state titleholder under three calendar years in the organization's history |- | 2019 | Alayah Benavidez | San Antonio | Miss San Antonio | | | * Previously '''Miss United States 2016''' Later a contestant on season 24 of ''The Bachelor'' |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2018 | Logan Lester | Houston | Miss Harris County | 23 | Top 15 | | Shortest reigning Miss Texas USA ({{age in years, months and days|2018|01|06|2018|09|02|sc=yes}}) |- | 2017 | Nancy Gonzalez | Freeport | Miss Kemah | 27 | | | *Competed in ''Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010'' |- | 2016 | Daniella Rodriguez<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Miss-Texas-USA-may-be-bad-in-a-game-of-baseball-9199843.php|title=Miss Texas USA isn't great at baseball, but her Instagram game is in the big leagues|last=Mendoza|first=Madalyn|date=September 2, 2016|work=San Antonio Express-News}}</ref> | Laredo<ref name=":8" /> | Miss Central Webb County | 19 | | | *Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2013 *Married to Carlos Correa |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2015 | Ylianna Guerra<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_21a59cfc-283b-11e5-b486-cba57d3051fc.html|title=RGV native Miss Texas USA ready for pageant|last=Flores|first=Daniel|date=July 11, 2015|work=The Monitor}}</ref> | McAllen | Miss Tropics of Texas | 22 | 1st runner-up | | |- | 2014 | Lauren Guzman<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Former-Miss-Texas-serves-in-Texas-State-Guard-5757071.php|title=Former Miss Texas serves in Texas State Guard|last=Fechter|first=Joshua|date=September 16, 2014|work=San Antonio Express}}</ref> | Laredo<ref name=":9" /> | Miss Central Laredo | 24 | | | * Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2008 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2013 | Alexandria "Ali" Nugent | Dallas | Miss North Texas | 19 | 4th runner-up | Fan Vote Winner | Niece of rock musician Ted Nugent |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2012 | Brittany Booker | Friendswood | Miss Houston | 21 | Top 10 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2011 | Ana Rodriguez | Laredo | Miss Central Laredo | 24 |3rd runner-up | | |- | 2010 | Kelsey Moore | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 19 | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2009 | Brooke Daniels<ref name=":5" /> | Tomball | Miss Harris County | 22 | Top 10 | | |- |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''2008''' | '''Crystle Stewart'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.myplainview.com/article_843c358a-09e0-5865-934a-a96dc9e0068a.html|title=Miss Fort Bend County takes Miss Texas title|last=Associated Press|date=July 1, 2007|publisher=Houston Chronicle|access-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> | Missouri City | Miss Fort Bend County | 26 | '''Miss USA 2008''' | | * Top 10 at Miss Universe 2008. * Former President of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA * Top 12 in Miss Texas Usa 2003 * 1st runner up in Miss Texas Usa 2007 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2007 | Magen Ellis<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|url=http://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Miss-Houston-named-Miss-Texas-USA-8607530.php|title=Miss Houston named Miss Texas USA|date=June 24, 2006|work=Plainview Daily Herald}}</ref> | Tyler | Miss Houston<ref name=":10" /> | 19 | rowspan="2" | Top 10 | | * Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2004 (Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2004) |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2006 | Lauren Lanning | Friendswood | Miss Houston | 22 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2005 | Tyler Willis | Lubbock | Miss Central Plains | 25 | rowspan="2" | Top 15 | Miss Photogenic | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2004 | Stephanie Guerrero | Lake Jackson | Miss Houston | 23 | | * 1st Runner Up in Miss Texas USA 2002 * Miss Texas USA 2003 unplaced |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 2003 | Nicole O'Brian | Friendswood | Miss Bay Area | 20 | 2nd runner-up | | *Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 **1st Runner-up & Best in Swimsuit at Miss Teen USA 2000 *Contestant on ''The Amazing Race 5'' |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2002 | Kasi Kelly | Bridgeport | Miss DFW | 20 | Top 12 | | |- |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''2001''' | '''Kandace Gayle "Kandy" Krueger''' | Austin | Miss Austin | 24 | '''Miss USA 2001''' | | * 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 2001 |- | 2000 | Heather Ogilvie<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672634/|title=Houston woman wins Miss Texas USA title|date=July 6, 1999|work=The Kerville Times}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | Houston | rowspan="2" | Miss Southeast Texas | 22 | | | |- | 1999 | Carissa Nicole Blair |23 | | | * Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1992 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1998 | Holly Christine Mills | San Antonio | Miss San Antonio | 22 | Top 5 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1997 | Amanda Elizabeth Little | Wylie | Miss Metroplex | 21 | Top 6 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1996 | Kara Williams | Houston | Miss Harris County | 23 | Top 10 | | * Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1991 (Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991), and 2nd runner up Miss Texas 1995 |- | colspan="8" {{N/A|Title vacant}} |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1995''' | '''Chelsi Mariam-Pearl Smith''' | Deer Park | Miss Galveston County | 21 | '''Miss USA 1995''' | Miss Congeniality and Best in Swimsuit | *'''Miss Universe 1995''' *First African American Miss Texas USA<ref name=":7" /> |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1994 | Christine Louise Friedel | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 22 | Top 6 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1993 | Angie Sisk | Houston | Miss Fort Bend County | 21 | Top 12 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1992 | Katie Nicole Young | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 19 | Top 11 | | |- | 1991 | Christy "Chris" Bogard | Tomball | Miss North Harris County | 23 | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1990 | Sue Stephanie Kuehne<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672284/|title=Stephanie Kuehne new Miss Texas|date=June 27, 1989|work=The Paris News}}</ref> | Missouri City | Miss Houston | 22 | Top 12 | | Miss Wonderland 1989 |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1989''' | '''Gretchen Polhemus'''<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671737/|title=Fort Worth woman lands Miss Texas USA title Sunday night|date=August 15, 1988|work=The Paris News}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | Fort Worth<ref name=":11" /> | Miss Fort Worth | 23 | '''Miss USA 1989''' | | *2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989 *Mother of Miss Utah USA 2017, Baylee Jensen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc4.com/news/utah-woman-follows-in-mothers-footsteps-competes-for-miss-usa-title/|title=Utah woman follows in mother's footsteps, competes for Miss USA title|publisher=KTVX|last=Chinn|first=Surae|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1988''' | '''Courtney Gibbs'''<ref name=":3" /> | Miss Metroplex | rowspan="2" | 21 | '''Miss USA 1988''' | | * Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988 |- style="background-color:gold;" | '''1987''' | '''Michelle Royer'''<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672509/|title=Miss Keller will wear crown of Miss Texas USA in '87|date=August 5, 1986|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}</ref> | Keller<ref name=":12" /> | Miss Keller<ref name=":12" /> | '''Miss USA 1987''' | | * 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987 |- |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1986''' | '''Christiane "Christy" Fichtner''' | Dallas | Miss Dallas County | 23 | '''Miss USA 1986''' | | * 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986 * Top 15 in Miss Texas USA 1983 |- |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1985''' | '''Laura Martinez Herring'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672219/|title=Beauty pageant winner returns to glamour|date=September 5, 1984|work=The Baytown Sun}}</ref> | El Paso |Miss El Paso County | 21 | '''Miss USA 1985''' | | *Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985 *First Hispanic Miss Texas USA<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672411/|title=El Paso Model Miss Texas USA|date=July 24, 1984|work=Del Rio News Herald}}</ref> |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1984 | Laura Shaw<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5i8aAAAAIBAJ&pg=6040,4874663&dq=laura+shaw+texas&hl=en|title=Beauty Pinched|date=August 3, 1983|work=The Times-News}}</ref> | Burleson | Miss Burleson | 19 | Top 10 | Miss Photogenic | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1983 | Lisa Allred<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4EYuAAAAIBAJ&pg=3042,5955566&dq=lisa-allred+texas&hl=en|title=Texas USA title won|date=August 23, 1982|publisher=The Victoria Advocate}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672443/|title=Miss Texas USA crowned Monday|date=August 24, 1982|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}</ref> | Fort Worth<ref name=":13" /> | Miss Fort Worth |20<ref name=":13" /> | rowspan="2" | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | * 6th runner-up at Miss World 1983 |- style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1982 | Elizabeth LuAnn Caughey<ref name=":14">{{cite news |date=11 August 1981 |title=Miss Abilene wins pageant |pages=2 |work=The Paris News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news/11672997/ |access-date=14 June 2017 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Abilene<ref name=":14" /> | Miss Abilene<ref name=":14" /> | 22<ref name=":14" /> | | * 4th runner-up at Miss World 1982 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1981 | Diana Durnford<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bhgvAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904,4354680&dq=diana+durnford&hl=en|title=Miss Texas USA Enjoying 'Good Year' for Texas|last=Speakerman|first=Carol|date=March 18, 1981|publisher=The Victoria Advocate}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672373/|title=El Paso lass claims Miss Texas USA title|date=August 19, 1980|work=The Paris News}}</ref> | El Paso<ref name=":15" /> | Miss Sun City<ref name=":15" /> |21<ref name=":15" /> | rowspan="3" | Top 12 | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1980 | Barbara Anne Buckley | Midland | | | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1979 | Anne Hinnant<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673268/|title=Miss Texas USA selected|date=August 22, 1978|work=The Taylor Daily Press}}</ref> | Houston | Miss Harris County<ref name=":16" /> | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1978 | Barbara Horan | Dallas | | | 2nd runner-up | Best State Costume<ref>{{cite news |date=26 April 1978 |title=People: WINNERS TAKE A BOW |pages=4a |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-1978-miss-usa-c/127591634/ |access-date=13 March 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | |- |-style="background-color:gold;" | '''1977''' | '''Kimberly Louise "Kim" Tomes''' | Houston | | 21 | '''Miss USA 1977''' | Best State Costume | * Top 12 at Miss Universe 1977 * Miss Texas World 1974 and 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1974. * 2nd runner-up at Miss Texas USA 1976<ref name="1976 results">{{cite news |last1=Edgren |first1=Valerie |date=2 September 1975 |title=The Gadabout: Miss Texas Pageant held |pages=8 |work=El Paso Herald-Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/111467758/ |access-date=13 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1976 | Mary Candace "Candy" Gray<ref name="1976 results"/> | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 20 | Top 12 | | Died in a scuba diving accident in 1981<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HQkvAAAAIBAJ&pg=6883,3005230&dq=miss-texas-usa&hl=en|title=Diving Accident Kills Beauty Queen|date=September 8, 1981|publisher=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref> |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1975 | Aundie Evers<ref name="1976 results"/> | El Paso | Miss El Paso | 19 | 4th runner-up | | * Participated in Miss Texas 1974 |- | 1974 | Debra Cronin | McDade | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1973 | LaVon McConnell<ref>{{cite news |date=17 May 1973 |title=Cowgirls and Squaw |pages=6 |work=Tulsa World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-1973-miss-usa-clipping/121446918/ |access-date=15 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Haltom City | Miss Haltom-Richland | 20 | Top 12 | Best State Costume | * Top 10 at Miss Texas 1971 |- | 1972 | Susan Lynette Peters<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Texas Universe named in San Antonio Competition|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N1EcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5517,2544118&dq=miss-texas-universe&hl=en|date=April 17, 1972}}</ref> |Austin | | 22 | | {{nowrap|Miss Photogenic}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 May 1972 |title=TROPHY WINNERS |pages=8 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-1972-texas-clipping/127653989/ |access-date=7 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1971 | Brenda Box | Amarillo | | | 1st runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1970 | Diane Farrar Swendeman<ref>{{cite news |date=14 May 1970 |title=All together now... |pages=5 |work=Tulare Advance-Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulare-advance-register-1970-miss-usa-cl/121445964/ |access-date=15 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Fort Worth | Miss Highland Lakes | 21 | rowspan="6" | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1969 | Sandy Drewes | Dallas | | | | |- | 1968 | Jeannie Wilson | Dallas | | | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1967 | Bonnie Robinson | Houston | | | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1966 | Dorothy Pickens | Edinburg | | | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1965 | Phillis Johnson | Houston | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1964 | Diane Elaine Balloun<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 July 1964 |title=TIME OUT FOR PLAY |pages=46 |work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-avalanche-journal-1964-miss-usa/127587599/ |access-date=11 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Houston | | | 1st runner-up | | |- | 1963 | Cheryl Wilburn | Houston | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1962 | Jackie Williams | Waxahachie | Miss Lake Whitney | | Top 15 | | |- | 1961 | Sheila Wade | Dallas | Miss Lake Whitney | | | | |- | 1960 | Pat Cloud | Houston | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1959 | Carelgean Douglas | Houston | | | 1st runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1958 | Linda Daugherty | Houston | | | rowspan="2" | Top 15 | | |- style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1957 | Gloria Hunt | Houston | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1956 | Jo Dodson | Houston | | | 4th runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1955 | Mary Daughters | Houston | | | Top 15 | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1954 | Betty Lee | Houston | | | 3rd runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1953 | Joan Bradshaw | Houston | | 17 | Top 15 | | |- | 1952 | Charlene McClary | Houston | | | | | |} {{notelist}}
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