Miss Utah USA
beauty contest
The Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah for the Miss USA pageant. From 2001 to 2007, it was produced by Red Curtain Productions. Casting Crowns Productions directed the pageant from 2007 to 2018 under the directorship of former Miss Missouri USA Britt Boyse. Smoak Productions became the new director for Miss and Teen pageants in 2019 under executive director and Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler.
Utah has been successful at Miss USA, with 23 placements as of 2024. The most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced two Miss USA winners, in 1960 (Linda Bement, who went on to win the Miss Universe 1960 title) and in 2023. Miss Utah USA 1957, Charlotte Sheffield, also won the Miss USA 1957 crown after the original titleholder (Leona Gage, Miss Maryland USA) was dethroned. Utah has a strong recent record, having placed in four out of five pageants between 2005 and 2009. The most recent placement and win was Venezuelan-American Noelia Voigt in 2023.
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