Miss USA 2023 was the 72nd Miss USA pageant, held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on September 29, 2023. All times in this article are Pacific Time Zone (UTC-7)
Morgan Romano of North Carolina crowned Noelia Voigt of Utah as her successor at the end of the event. This is Utah's third Miss USA title and first win in sixty-three years. Voigt resigned from the title on May 6, 2024, due to mental health. Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was later announced as her successor on May 9, 2024.
The competition was hosted by Keltie Knight and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, with Jordan Kimball and Miss USA 2022 Morgan Romano as correspondents. This was the first pageant to be held under the directorship of fashion designer Laylah Rose, and aired on The CW. It was also the last edition with an upper age limit of twenty-eight years.
Background Location
On July 14, 2022, it was reported that the competition would be held in Reno, Nevada, with the city securing a three-year deal to host the pageant from 2022 to 2024. It was the third time that the pageant was held in Reno, and the second consecutive year in the city, following Miss USA 2019 and 2022. Then-Miss USA organization president Crystle Stewart said the location was chosen to honor Cheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA 2019 in the same venue and had died by suicide in January 2022.
On October 7, due to allegations of rigging at Miss USA 2022, the franchise for the pageant and its sister pageant Miss Teen USA were suspended and returned to the Miss Universe Organization. In August 2023, it was announced that Crystle Stewart had stepped down as president of the Miss USA Organization. She was replaced by fashion designer Laylah Rose.
Selection of contestants Starting with this competition, the Miss Universe organization announced that married women and mothers could compete. The ruling was first used in the first five editions of the pageant before being revised in 1957.
In September 2023, Miss USA 2022 winner R'Bonney Gabriel announced that from 2024, there would be no maximum age limit, especially for related national pageants. Previously, contestants had to be between the ages of 18 and 28 by the start of pageants.
Delegates from the fifty states and the District of Columbia are selected in state pageants which began in September 2022 and scheduled to conclude in August 2023, as the state pageant schedule can become very dense between the last state pageant held from 2022. The first state pageant was Miss Idaho USA, held on September 11, 2022, and the last state pageant was Miss New York USA, held on August 6, 2023. Miss Maine USA became the first married Miss USA state titleholder in sixty-six years after getting married in April 2023. Nine state titleholders were former Miss Teen USA state winners, two were former Miss World America state winners, another was a former Miss America's Outstanding Teen state titleholder, three are former Miss America state titleholders, and one is former Miss Supranational Zambian winner.
Results
Placements PlacementContestant Miss USA 2023 – Noelia Voigt1st runner-up – Savannah Gankiewicz ∞2nd runner-up – Alexis Loomans3rd runner-up – Jasmine Daniels4th runner-up – Lluvia AlzateTop 20 – Sophie Burzynski – Mackenzie Hinderberger – Tianna Clark – Karla Aponte Roque – Cassie Baloue – Caroline Dixon – Samantha Elliott – Savena Mushinge – Josie Stephens – Bianca Wright § – Jordyn McKey – Kirby Elizabeth Self – Ashley Williams – Samantha Gallia
Special awards AwardContestant Best State Costume Hawaii – Savannah Gankiewicz Miss Congeniality Alaska – Jordan Naylor Miss Photogenic Massachusetts – Annika Sharma Best in Interview Hawaii – Savannah Gankiewicz Best in Evening Gown Pennsylvania – Jasmine Daniels Best in Swimwear Texas – Lluvia Alzate Impact Award Mississippi - Sydney Russell
Pageant
Format The Miss USA Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. The number of semi-finalists was increased to twenty from sixteen of the previous year. The results of the preliminary competition — which consisted of the swimsuit competition, the evening gown competition, and the closed-door interview determined the first nineteen semi-finalists who advanced at the first cut. The internet voting was also used, with fans being able to vote for another delegate to advance into the semifinals. The twenty semi-finalists competed in both the swimsuit and evening gown competitions and were to be narrowed down to five afterwards. The five finalists competed in the question and answer round, and the final speech portion, after which Miss USA 2023 and her runners-up were announced.
Selection committee Nicole Miller – Fashion designer Vivica A. Fox – Actress Emina Cunmulaj Nazarian – Model Patrick Starrr – Beauty entrepreneur Luann de Lesseps – Television personality
Contestants Fifty-one contestants competed for the title. State/districtContestant AgeHometown Notes Alabama Sophie Burzynski 22 Auburn Alaska Jordan Naylor 25 Anchorage Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012 Later Miss Alaska 2024ArizonaCandace Kanavel27Tempe ArkansasMackenzie Hinderberger24FarmingtonPreviously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2018 California Tianna Clark27Perris Colorado Arianna Lemus27GunnisonConnecticut Karla Aponte Roque 27 Branford Previously Miss Connecticut World 2019 Delaware Noa Mills 25 Middletown District of Columbia Cassie Baloue 25 Washington, D.C. Florida Caroline Dixon 25Palm Harbor Georgia Rachel Russaw 24 Atlanta Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz 27 Kihei Previously Mutya ng Pilipinas Overseas Filipino Communities 2017 Idaho Hannah Menzner 27 Boise Previously Miss Idaho Teen USA 2014 IllinoisSamantha Elliott22FreeportLater Miss Cosmo USA 2024, Top 5 at Miss Cosmo 2024 Indiana Haley Jordan 25 Pittsboro Previously Miss Indiana 2017 IowaGrace Lynn Keller24CoralvillePreviously Miss Iowa 2021 KansasHaley Berger22LawrenceDaughter of Prathumrat Woramali Berger, Miss Thailand World 1989 Kentucky Madalyne Kinnett 22 Lexington Louisiana Sylvia Masters 28 Houma Maine Juliana Morehouse Locklear 23 Portland First married Miss USA state titleholderDaughter of Lynn Jenkins Morehouse, Miss North Carolina USA 1994 Maryland Savena Mushinge 26 Germantown Previously Miss Supranational Zambia 2022 Massachusetts Annika Sharma 22 Newton Previously Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2020MichiganAlexis Fagan-Williams 22Detroit Minnesota Sarah Anderson 20Maple Grove Mississippi Sydney Russell 24 CollinsvilleMissouri Autumn Black 24Kansas City Montana Madyson Rigg 26KalispellPreviously Miss Montana Teen USA 2014 Nebraska Mimi Wood 24 Omaha Nevada Josie Stephens 28Fallon New Hampshire Britney Lane 26 HooksettNew Jersey Derby Chukwudi 25 HobokenNew MexicoBianca Wright28AnthonyNew York Rachelle Di Stasio 26 New York City North Carolina Jordyn McKey 25 Charlotte North DakotaMonni Nyaribo27Grand Forks OhioMackenzie Schutt 27 WestervilleOklahomaLiv Walbeck21Norman Oregon Manju Bangalore 25 Corvallis Previously Miss Oregon World 2018 and 2020, and Miss California World 2019PennsylvaniaJasmine Daniels26CollegevillePreviously Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2015Rhode Island Mary Malloy 26 Cumberland Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 2015 South CarolinaKirby Elizabeth Self23Greenwood Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2018 South Dakota Amber Hulse25Hot Springs Previously Miss South Dakota 2019 and Miss South Dakota 2020. Tennessee Regan Ringler 26NashvilleTexasLluvia Alzate26Houston Utah Noelia Voigt 23 Park City Vermont Jenna Howlett 21 BridportPreviously Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019 Virginia Ashley Williams 24 Reston Former professional cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders Washington Samantha Gallia 25 Seattle West VirginiaNevaeh Harmon21Charleston WisconsinAlexis Loomans21WaunakeePreviously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2018 Wyoming Beck Bridger27Sheridan Previously Miss Wyoming 2018
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