The Miss Nevada USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss USA pageant.
While Nevada did well in the early years of the Miss USA pageant, they only placed once from 1987 to 2000. This streak was broken by Gina Giacinto's finalist placing in Miss USA 2001.
Nevada has not had a Miss USA, and they have only had one 1st runner-up, but they do have the second-equal highest number of 2nd runners-up.
Four titleholders had previously won the Miss Nevada Teen USA crown, and two had competed at Miss America.
List of winners
- 2007 - Helen Salas -- former Miss Nevada Teen USA 2004
- 2007 - Katie Rees (*)
- 2006 - Lauren Scyphers (Semi-finalist at Miss USA 2006)
- 2005 - Shivonn Geeb
- 2005 - Sloan Bailey (**)
- 2004 - Victoria Franklin -- former Miss Nevada Teen USA 1998
- 2003 - Ashley Huff -- former Miss Nevada (America) 2001
- 2002 - Jenny Valdez
- 2001 - Gina Giacinto (Finalist at Miss USA) -- former Miss Nevada (America) 1999
- 2000 - Alicia Carnes -- former Miss Nevada Teen USA 1995
- 1999 - Shaynee Smith
- 1998 - Tammie Rankin -- former Miss Nevada Teen USA 1993
- 1997 - Ninya Perna
- 1996 - Alisa Castillo
- 1995 - Brook Hammond -- former Miss Nevada Teen USA 1991
- 1994 - Angela Lambert
- 1993 - Alexis Oliver
- 1992 - Alesia Prentiss (Miss Congeniality)
- 1991 - Jodi Jensen
- 1990 - Michele Yegge
- 1989 - Janu Tornell -- Contestant on Survivor: Palau
- 1988 - Lagracella Omran (Best State Costume)
- 1987 - Tammy Perkins (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1986 - LeAnna Grant -- former Miss Nevada (America) 1984
- 1985 - Alicia Berger
- 1984 - Donna Lee McNeil
- 1983 - Christa Lane Daniel (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1982 - Andrea Pennington
- 1981 - Mary Lebsock
- 1980 - Kimberlee Guider
- 1979 - Aleasha Magleby
- 1978 - Dawn Jameson
- 1977 - Mary O'Neal Contino (1st runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1976 - Janice Carrell
- 1975 - Madonna Allison
- 1974 - Linda Dryden (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1973 - Laura Fritz
- 1972 - Tracey Lynn Whitney
- 1971 - Anita Laurie
- 1970 - Sheri Schruhl (Second runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1969 - Karen Esslinger (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1968 - Kathy Landry (Second runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1967 - Jacqueline Moore (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1966 - Mary Martin (Miss Nevada USA) (previously unknown)
- 1965 - Denyse Turner (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1964 - Pamela Diane Morris
- 1963 - Kathee Francis (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1962 - Janet Hadland (Fourth runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1961 - Karen Weller (Second runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1960 - Did Not Compete
- 1959 - Joy Blaine (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1958 - Terry Lee Jeffers
- 1957 - Joan Adams (Second runner-up at Miss USA)
- 1956 - Marley Sanderson
- 1955 - Did Not Compete
- 1954 - Mary Jane Arnold
- 1953 - Earlene Whitt (Semi-finalist at Miss USA)
- 1952 - Barbara Jean Clark
(*) Katie Rees was stripped of her title due to inappropriate photographs. Helen Salas, the 1st runner up of the 2007 pageant took over.
(**) Sloan Bailey resigned the title of Miss Nevada USA in January 2005 and was replaced by Shivonn Geeb.