Miss Rodeo USA
Miss Rodeo USA is an annual pageant to select the official spokesperson for the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA).
On January 19, 2020, Brooke Wallace was crowned Miss Rodeo USA 2020 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The ceremony was held during the 50th anniversary of the International Finals Rodeo (IFR) for the IPRA. Wallace hails from Council Grove, Kansas. The event occurs annually at the IFR.[1]
Current Miss Rodeo USA 2020
Brooke Wallace is Miss Rodeo USA for 2020. Wallace is the 55th woman to wear the crown. She is also the first woman to hold the title from the Sunflower state. She will travel throughout the United States and Canada as the ambassador for the IPRA promoting professional rodeo.[2]
History
The Miss Rodeo USA Association has represented the IPRA for more than five decades. The pageant is open to cowgirls around the nation, who have won the title each January in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1]
Past winners
This is a list of women who have won the Miss Rodeo USA crown.
Year | Name | Home State | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Heather Morison | Iowa | [3] |
2018 | Summer Weldon | Tennessee | [4] |
2017 | Brittany Howard | Kentucky | [5] |
2016 | Harmony Latham | California | [6] |
2015 | Kirbi Allen | Arkansas | [7] |
2014 | Elisa Swenson | California | [8] |
2013 | Lauren Terry | Alabama | |
2012 | Trisha Smeenk | South Dakota | |
2011 | Katie Barger | Arkansas | |
2010 | Dakota Missildine | Alabama | |
2009 | Jamie Virden | Washington | |
2008 | Kristin Scott | Alabama | |
2007 | Candice Carper | California | |
2006 | Stacy Jo Johnson | Wyoming | |
2005 | Joanna Blackwell | Texas | |
2004 | Katie Woods | California | |
2003 | Leslie Burgreen | Alabama | |
2002 | Georgiana Abdo | Oklahoma | |
2001 | Rebecca Passion | Alabama | |
2000 | Marjon Brady | Arizona | |
1999 | Bobbie Jo Loomis | Oklahoma | |
1998 | Kimberly Williams | Idaho | |
1997 | Donna Stricklen | Texas | |
1996 | Kimberly Bullard | Texas | |
1995 | Amy Hettich | Wyoming | |
1994 | Lucynda Henrick | Oklahoma | |
1993 | Karen Ranswieler | California | |
1992 | Lana Grubb | Texas | |
1991 | Lorraine Keogh | California | |
1990 | Nicki Barefoot | Alabama | |
1989 | Lisa Watson | Oklahoma | |
1988 | Bobbie Kay Tate | Texas | |
1987 | Paige Hoffman | Alabama | |
1986 | Carmen Knepper | Nevada | |
1985 | Catherine Santee | Oklahoma | |
1984 | Robin Vroman | Oklahoma | |
1983 | Teresa Bailey | Alabama | |
1982 | Bobbie Newman | California | |
1981 | Laura Akers | California | |
1980 | Diana Parsons | Alabama | |
1979 | Sheri Howell | Oklahoma | |
1978 | Nancy Sides | California | |
1977 | Katie Kiebler | Missouri | |
1976 | Jackie Hayes | Tennessee | |
1975 | Billie Ruth Elrod | Texas | |
1974 | Terry Jo Langford | Florida | |
1973 | Sandra Garnett | New Mexico | |
1972 | Brenda Jowers | Louisiana | |
1971 | Mary Ellen Maxwell | Ohio | |
1970 | Diana Flynn | Oklahoma | |
1969 | Donna McLaughlin | Texas | |
1968 | Linda Lindsay | Texas | |
1967 | Sandra Polovkas | Texas | |
1966 | Donna Gittleson |
Source: [9]
References
- "Miss Rodeo USA". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Brooke Wallace Biography". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- "Heather Morrison". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- "Summer Weldon". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Brittany Howard". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Harmony Latham". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Kirbi Allen". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Elisa Swenson". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- "Past Queens". Miss Rodeo USA. Retrieved January 25, 2020.