Miss Pennsylvania USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Pennsylvania.

Miss Pennsylvania USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersCincinnati
Location
Membership
Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, State Pageant Director
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant. It has been previously known as Miss Pennsylvania Universe.[1] This pageant is independently conducted and produced by Proctor Productions based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was produced by Sanders & Associates, Inc., dba- Pageant Associates based in Buckhannon, West Virginia from 2001 to 2020. Since 2020 the pageant based in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]

The annual competition is currently held in Johnstown and has previously been hosted by Harrisburg, Greensburg, Monroeville, and Pittsburgh.[1][3][4]

Michele McDonald, Miss USA 1971, is the only woman from Pennsylvania to win the Miss USA title.[5] At just eighteen, she was the youngest competitor ever to win the crown.[6] Their most recent placement came in 2023 when Jasmine Daniels placed 3rd runner-up.

The current titleholder is Noni Diarra of Philadelphia was crowned on June 29, 2024, at Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. She will represent Pennsylvania at Miss USA 2024.

  1. ^ a b "Miss Pennsylvania Pageant to be Held in Harrisburg". The Daily Notes. 9 March 1967. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Who We Are: Pageant Associates". Miss Pennsylvania USA® & Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA®. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ "Deadline Set for Miss PA USA Entrants". The Titusville Herald. 7 December 1993. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Deadline Set for Pageant Applications". The Daily News. 22 November 1980. p. 12.
  5. ^ "First push from mother helps teen-age winner". The Manhattan Mercury. 24 May 1971.
  6. ^ Koteski, Rena Lynn (3 July 1971). "'I still feel the same', Michelle: Miss Saxonburg to Miss USA". North Hills News Record.