Miss Kentucky USA

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

Miss Kentucky USA
Formation1952 (1952)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersCincinnati
Location
MembershipMiss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Melissa Proctor-Pitchford (State Pageant Director)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by Proctor Productions and it was formerly directed by Connie Clark Harrison, Miss Kentucky USA 1976.

Tara Conner became the first Kentucky delegate to win Miss USA, after being crowned Miss USA 2006. She later finished as fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 2006. Elle Smith later became the second Kentucky delegate to win Miss USA, being crowned Miss USA 2021.

Four Miss Kentucky USA titleholders have also held the Miss Kentucky Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, including Conner. Two Miss Kentucky USA titleholders have also competed at Miss America, with one representing Wyoming.

Mattie Barker of Bowling Green was crowned Miss Kentucky USA 2025 on July 19, 2025, at The Vern Riffe Center for the Arts Shawnee State University in Portsmouth. She represented Kentucky at Miss USA 2025.

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