Miss Texas USA

{{About|the state pageant to select a Texas delegate to the Miss USA pageant|the Miss America state pageant|Miss Texas|the Miss World America state pageant|Miss Texas World}}

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The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. This pageant is part of the Miss USA Organization, owned by Texas native Crystle Stewart, herself a Miss USA for 2008.

The pageant is currently held in Houston. It has previously been hosted by El Paso, San Antonio, South Padre Island, Lubbock and Laredo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671472/|title=Miss Metroplex crowned Miss Texas USA|date=August 4, 1987|work=Del Rio News Herald}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673054/|title=Miss Ricebelt pageant on tap for Sunday|date=February 11, 1998|work=The Facts}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673499/|title=Miss Texas pageant planned at El Paso|date=March 6, 1975|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}{{Cite news|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/071800/lif_071800026.shtml#.WUCjlxOGO_s|title=Austin native claims Miss Texas USA crown|last=Davis|first=John|date=July 18, 2000|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring-news/article/Harris-County-s-Brooke-Daniels-crowned-Miss-Texas-1790438.php|title=Harris County's Brooke Daniels crowned Miss Texas USA|date=June 29, 2008|work=Houston Chronicle}} It was televised from 1971 to 2009.{{Cite news|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072601/upd_0726010002.shtml#.WUClwxOGO_s|title=The Miss Texas USA pageant will go on ...|last=Davis|first=John|date=July 26, 2001|work=The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}

The current titleholder is Aarienna Ware of Dallas, Texas, was crowned Miss Texas USA 2024 on June 22, 2024, at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas. She will represent Texas at Miss USA 2024.

Background

Unlike the rest of Miss and Teen state pageants in the Miss USA system have annually scheduled at the same time, this Miss and Teen pageants in Texas are held separately in different months, the Miss pageant goes first and is held on first Sunday of September every year. Those events have affected from the regular September schedule such as the 2018 pageant was held in January 2018 due to Hurricane Harvey devastated the pageant's host city, Houston; and the 2021 pageant was held in September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exactly a year originally planned for September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Popular-real-estate-agent-Logan-Lester-wins-the-12484899.php|title=Popular real estate agent Logan Lester wins the 2018 Miss Texas USA pageant|work=Houston Chronicle|last=Elliott|first=Amber|date=January 9, 2018|access-date=July 20, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMissTexasUSAandMissTexasTeenUSA/photos/a.629319393781101/2937608246285526/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/122464454466600/2937608246285526 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Event Information|publisher=Miss Texas USA Facebook|date=March 27, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

Ten Miss Texas USA titleholders have won the Miss USA title, including Chelsi Smith, has been crowned Miss Universe. In the 1980s Texas won the Miss USA title five consecutive years from 1985 to 1989, a streak known as the "Texas Aces".{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2015/09/28/rex-holt-dies/72760482/|title=El Paso's pageant king Rex Holt dies|last=Anderson|first=Lindsey|date=September 28, 2015|work=El Paso Times}} Prior to this no state had ever won the Miss USA pageant more than two times in succession.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-13-vw-5512-story.html|title=They Reign as Kings in the Land of the Beauty Queens|last=Kennedy|first=J Michael|date=March 13, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times}} Past state directors have included Richard Guy and Rex Holt, "GuyRex" and Al and Gail Clark of "The Crystal Group".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671544/|title=Beauty apostles look for winners|last=Gunderson|first=Edna|date=July 7, 1985|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671883/|title=Richard Guy and Rex Holt behind new Miss Texas USA|date=September 4, 1975|work=The Waco Citizen}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/28/business/in-texas-two-kings-of-the-beauty-queen-business.html?pagewanted=all|title=In Texas, Two Kings of the Beauty Queen Business|last=Belkin|first=Lisa|date=February 28, 1988|work=New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672549/|title=Texas beauty files suit over alleged snub|date=August 8, 1991|work=The San Bernardino County Sun}}

Contestants enter by winning local pageants or may choose to compete "at large" with an assigned title.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671413/|title=New Miss Texas USA beginning her banner year with enthusiasm.|last=Krenek|first=Melinda|date=July 8, 1994|work=The Galveston Daily News}} In 2001 a record number of former Miss Texas Teen USA winners, six, competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title.

=Texas Aces=

Prior to the 1980s, no other state had won more than two Miss USA pageants in succession (the only two states to win twice in succession were Virginia in 1969-1970 and Illinois in 1973–1974). The five Texan Miss USA winners were all coached by "GuyRex", Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who held the Texas franchise from 1975. The term was first used in 1988 after Gibbs became their fourth consecutive titleholder, with Guy referring to the four queens as "four aces in a deck of cards", with their fifth titleholder, Kim Tomes (1977) as the "wildcard".{{cite news|title=Miss USA Contest Rewards Winners, Gurus|publisher=Associated Press|date=March 2, 1988|first=Holden|last=Lewis}} The following year Gretchen Polhemus became the fifth and final "ace". The term is still in use.

As well as directing the Texas pageant, GuyRex also acquired the Miss California USA franchise in 1986. In 1988, Diana Magaña of California placed first runner-up to Gibbs, the fourth ace. The two had both undergone extensive preparation by GuyRex, and even lived together prior to the pageant.{{cite news|title=New Miss California |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 31, 1987|page=6}}{{cite news|title=Bringing Up Beauty / In the months before the Miss USA Pageant, advisers work on Miss California |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 1, 1987|page=6}}

The five Aces were:

1985 - Laura Martinez-Herring (Miss USA, Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985)
1986 - Christy Fichtner (Miss USA, 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986)
1987 - Michelle Royer (Miss USA, 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987)
1988 - Courtney Gibbs (Miss USA, Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988)
1989 - Gretchen Polhemus (Miss USA, 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989)

Gallery

File:Miss Texas USA Logan Lester at 3-16th FA's Battalion Ball.jpg|Logan Lester, Miss Texas USA 2018

File:Lauren Guzman, Miss Texas USA.jpg|Lauren Guzman, Miss Texas Teen USA 2008 and Miss Texas USA 2014

File:Crystle Stewart 2014.jpg|Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA 2008 and Miss USA 2008 (pictured in 2014)

File:Stephanie Guerrero headshot.jpg|Stephanie Guerrero, Miss Texas USA 2004

File:Nicole OBrian.png|Nicole O'Brian, Miss Texas Teen USA 2000 and Miss Texas USA 2003

File:KandaceKrueger1cropped.jpg|Kandace Krueger, Miss Texas USA 2001 and Miss USA 2001

File:MichelleRoyer.jpg|Michelle Royer, Miss Texas USA 1987 and Miss USA 1987

File:ChristyFichtner.jpg|Christy Fichtner, Miss Texas USA 1986 and Miss USA 1986

File:Laura Harring 2011.jpg|Laura Martinez Harring, Miss Texas USA 1985 and Miss USA 1985 (pictured in 2011)

File:Lisa Allred Miss Texas USA 1983.png|Lisa Allred, Miss Texas USA 1983

Results summary

=Placements=

Miss USAs: Kimberly Tomes (1977), Laura Martinez Herring (1985), Christy Fichtner (1986), Michelle Royer (1987), Courtney Gibbs (1988), Gretchen Polhemus (1989), Chelsi Smith (1995), Kandace Krueger (2001), Crystle Stewart (2008), R'Bonney Gabriel (2022)
1st runners-up: Carelgean Douglas (1959), Diane Balloun (1964), Brenda Box (1971), Luann Caughey (1982), Lisa Allred (1983), Ylianna Guerra (2015)
2nd runners-up: Barbara Horan (1978), Nicole O'Brian (2003)
3rd runners-up: Betty Lee (1954), Ana Rodriguez (2011)
4th runners-up: Jo Dodson (1956), Aundie Evers (1975), Alexandria Nugent (2013), Lluvia Alzate (2023)
Top 5/6/8: Christine Friedel (1994), Amanda Little (1997), Holly Mills (1998), Victoria Hinojosa (2021)
Top 10/11/12: Lavonne McConnell (1973), Candace Gray (1976), Anne Hinnant (1979), Barbara Buckley (1980), Diana Durnford (1981), Laura Shaw (1984), Stephanie Kuehne (1990), Katie Young (1992), Angie Sisk (1993), Kara Williams (1996), Kasi Kelly (2002), Lauren Lanning (2006), Magen Ellis (2007), Brooke Daniels (2009), Brittany Booker (2012), Aareianna Ware (2024)
Top 15: Joan Bradshaw (1953), Mary Daughters (1955), Gloria Hunt (1957), Linda Daugherty (1958), Jackie Williams (1962), Phillis Johnson (1965), Dorothy Pickens (1966), Bonnie Robinson (1967), Sandy Drewes (1969), Diane Swendeman (1970), Stephanie Guerrero (2004), Tyler Willis (2005), Logan Lester (2018)

Texas holds a record of 57 placements at Miss USA, being placed first overall.

=Awards=

Miss Congeniality: Diane Swendeman (1970), Chelsi Smith (1995)
Miss Photogenic: Susan Peters (1972), Lisa Allred (1983), Laura Shaw (1984), Tyler Willis (2005)
Best State Costume: Lavonne McConnell (1973), Kimberly Tomes (1977), Barbara Horan (1978), R'Bonney Gabriel (2022)
Best in Swimsuit: Chelsi Smith (1995), Lluvia Alzate (2023)

Winners

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! Name

! Hometown

! Local Title

! Age{{efn|Age at the time of the pageant}}

! Placement at Miss USA

! Special awards at Miss USA

! Notes

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| 2024

| Aarieanna Ware

| Dallas

| Miss Dallas

| 26

| Top 10

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| 2023

| Lluvia Alzate

| Houston

| Miss Houston

| 26

| 4th runner-up

| Best in Swimsuit

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| Allison Drake

| Dallas

| Miss Dallas

| 26

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{{small|(Sydni Leonard, the first runner-up, declined the offer)}}

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| R'Bonney Gabriel

| Houston

| Miss Friendswood

| 28

| Miss USA 2022

| Best State Costume

Miss Universe 2022
First Asian American Miss Texas USA

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| 2021

| Victoria Hinojosa

| McAllen

| Miss South Texas

| 22

| Top 8

| Granddaughter of U.S. Representative TX-15 Rubén Hinojosa

2020

| Taylor Kessler

| Houston

| Miss Lone Star

| 23

Previously Miss Grand USA 2017
Longest reigning Miss Texas USA ({{age in years, months and days|2019|09|01|2021|09|04|sc=yes}}) and also the longest reigning Miss USA state titleholder under three calendar years in the organization's history

2019

| Alayah Benavidez

| San Antonio

| Miss San Antonio

| 23

Previously Miss United States 2016

Later a contestant on season 24 of The Bachelor

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| 2018

| Logan Lester

| Houston

| Miss Harris County

| 23

| Top 15

| Shortest reigning Miss Texas USA ({{age in years, months and days|2018|01|06|2018|09|02|sc=yes}})

2017

| Nancy Gonzalez

| Freeport

| Miss Kemah

| 27

Competed in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010

2016

| Daniella Rodriguez{{Cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Miss-Texas-USA-may-be-bad-in-a-game-of-baseball-9199843.php|title=Miss Texas USA isn't great at baseball, but her Instagram game is in the big leagues|last=Mendoza|first=Madalyn|date=September 2, 2016|work=San Antonio Express-News}}

| Laredo

| Miss Central Webb County

| 19

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2013
Married to Carlos Correa

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| 2015

| Ylianna Guerra{{Cite news|url=http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_21a59cfc-283b-11e5-b486-cba57d3051fc.html|title=RGV native Miss Texas USA ready for pageant|last=Flores|first=Daniel|date=July 11, 2015|work=The Monitor}}

| McAllen

| Miss Tropics of Texas

| 22

| 1st runner-up

2014

| Lauren Guzman{{Cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Former-Miss-Texas-serves-in-Texas-State-Guard-5757071.php|title=Former Miss Texas serves in Texas State Guard|last=Fechter|first=Joshua|date=September 16, 2014|work=San Antonio Express}}

| Laredo

| Miss Central Laredo

| 24

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2008

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| 2013

| Alexandria "Ali" Nugent

| Dallas

| Miss North Texas

| 19

| 4th runner-up

| Fan Vote Winner

| Niece of rock musician Ted Nugent

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| 2012

| Brittany Booker

| Friendswood

| Miss Houston

| 21

| Top 10

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| 2011

| Ana Rodriguez

| Laredo

| Miss Central Laredo

| 24

|3rd runner-up

2010

| Kelsey Moore

| El Paso

| Miss El Paso

| 19

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| 2009

| Brooke Daniels

| Tomball

| Miss Harris County

| 22

| Top 10

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| 2008

| Crystle Stewart{{cite news|url=http://www.myplainview.com/article_843c358a-09e0-5865-934a-a96dc9e0068a.html|title=Miss Fort Bend County takes Miss Texas title|last=Associated Press|date=July 1, 2007|publisher=Houston Chronicle|access-date=July 1, 2007}}

| Missouri City

| Miss Fort Bend County

| 26

| Miss USA 2008

Top 10 at Miss Universe 2008.
Former President of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA

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| 2007

| Magen Ellis{{Cite news|url=http://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Miss-Houston-named-Miss-Texas-USA-8607530.php|title=Miss Houston named Miss Texas USA|date=June 24, 2006|work=Plainview Daily Herald}}

| Tyler

| Miss Houston

| 19

| Top 10

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2004 (Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2004)

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| 2006

| Lauren Lanning

| Friendswood

| Miss Houston

| 22

| Top 10

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| 2005

| Tyler Willis

| Lubbock

| Miss Central Plains

| 25

| Top 15

| Miss Photogenic

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| 2004

| Stephanie Guerrero

| Lake Jackson

| Miss Houston

| 23

| Top 15

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| 2003

| Nicole O'Brian

| Friendswood

| Miss Bay Area

| 20

| 2nd runner-up

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 2000
1st Runner-up & Best in Swimsuit at Miss Teen USA 2000
Contestant on The Amazing Race 5

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| 2002

| Kasi Kelly

| Bridgeport

| Miss DFW

| 20

| Top 12

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| 2001

| Kandace Krueger

| Austin

| Miss Austin

| 24

| Miss USA 2001

2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 2001

2000

| Heather Ogilvie{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672634/|title=Houston woman wins Miss Texas USA title|date=July 6, 1999|work=The Kerville Times}}

| Houston

| Miss Southeast Texas

| 22

1999

| Carissa Blair

| Houston

| Miss Southeast Texas

|23

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1992

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| 1998

| Holly Mills

| San Antonio

| Miss San Antonio

| 22

| Top 5

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| 1997

| Amanda Little

| Wylie

| Miss Metroplex

| 20

| Top 6

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| 1996

| Kara Williams

| Houston

| Miss Harris County

| 23

| Top 10

Previously Miss Texas Teen USA 1991 (Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991)

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| 1995

| Chelsi Smith†

| Deer Park

| Miss Galveston County

| 21

| Miss USA 1995

| Miss Congeniality and Best in Swimsuit

Miss Universe 1995
First African American Miss Texas USA

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| 1994

| Christine Friedel

| El Paso

| Miss El Paso

| 22

| Top 6

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| 1993

| Angie Sisk

| Houston

| Miss Fort Bend County

| 21

| Top 12

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| 1992

| Katie Young

| Fort Worth

| Miss Fort Worth

| 19

| Top 11

1991

| Chris Bogard

| Tomball

| Miss North Harris County

|23

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| 1990

| Stephanie Kuehne{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672284/|title=Stephanie Kuehne new Miss Texas|date=June 27, 1989|work=The Paris News}}

| Missouri City

| Miss Houston

|22

| Top 12

| Miss Wonderland 1989

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| 1989

| Gretchen Polhemus{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11671737/|title=Fort Worth woman lands Miss Texas USA title Sunday night|date=August 15, 1988|work=The Paris News}}

| Fort Worth

| Miss Fort Worth

| 23

| Miss USA 1989

2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1989
Mother of Miss Utah USA 2017, Baylee Jensen{{cite web|url=https://www.abc4.com/news/utah-woman-follows-in-mothers-footsteps-competes-for-miss-usa-title/|title=Utah woman follows in mother's footsteps, competes for Miss USA title|publisher=KTVX|last=Chinn|first=Surae|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2019}}

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| 1988

| Courtney Gibbs

| Fort Worth

| Miss Metroplex

| 21

| Miss USA 1988

Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988

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| 1987

| Michelle Royer{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672509/|title=Miss Keller will wear crown of Miss Texas USA in '87|date=August 5, 1986|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}

| Keller

| Miss Keller

| 21

| Miss USA 1987

2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1987

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| 1986

| Christiane "Christy" Fichtner

| Dallas

| Miss Dallas County

| 23

| Miss USA 1986

1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1986

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| 1985

| Laura Martinez Herring{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672219/|title=Beauty pageant winner returns to glamour|date=September 5, 1984|work=The Baytown Sun}}

| El Paso

|Miss El Paso County

| 21

| Miss USA 1985

Top 10 at Miss Universe 1985
First Hispanic Miss Texas USA{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672411/|title=El Paso Model Miss Texas USA|date=July 24, 1984|work=Del Rio News Herald}}

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| 1984

| Laura Shaw{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5i8aAAAAIBAJ&pg=6040,4874663&dq=laura+shaw+texas&hl=en|title=Beauty Pinched|date=August 3, 1983|work=The Times-News}}

| Burleson

| Miss Burleson

| 19

| Top 10

| Miss Photogenic

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| 1983

| Lisa Allred{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4EYuAAAAIBAJ&pg=3042,5955566&dq=lisa-allred+texas&hl=en|title=Texas USA title won|date=August 23, 1982|publisher=The Victoria Advocate}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672443/|title=Miss Texas USA crowned Monday|date=August 24, 1982|work=The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise}}

| Fort Worth

| Miss Fort Worth

|20

| 1st runner-up

| Miss Photogenic

Miss World USA 1983 & 6th runner-up at Miss World 1983

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| 1982

| Luann Caughey{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672997/|title=Miss Abilene wins pageant|date=August 11, 1981|work=The Paris News}}

| Abilene

|Miss Abilene

|22

| 1st runner-up

Miss World USA 1982 & 4th runner-up at Miss World 1982

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| 1981

| Diana Durnford{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bhgvAAAAIBAJ&pg=3904,4354680&dq=diana+durnford&hl=en|title=Miss Texas USA Enjoying 'Good Year' for Texas|last=Speakerman|first=Carol|date=March 18, 1981|publisher=The Victoria Advocate}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672373/|title=El Paso lass claims Miss Texas USA title|date=August 19, 1980|work=The Paris News}}

| El Paso

| Miss Sun City

|21

| Top 12

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| 1980

| Barbara Buckley

| Midland

| Top 12

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| 1979

| Anne Hinnant{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11673268/|title=Miss Texas USA selected|date=August 22, 1978|work=The Taylor Daily Press}}

| Houston

|Miss Harris County

| Top 12

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| 1978

| Barbara Horan

| Dallas

| 2nd runner-up

| Best State Costume

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| 1977

| Kimberly Tomes

| Houston

| 21

| Miss USA 1977

| Best State Costume

Top 12 at Miss Universe 1977
Miss Texas World 1974 and 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1974.

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| 1976

| Candace Gray†{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11672107/|title=Miss Texas USA winners|date=September 4, 1975|work=The Waco Citizen}}

| El Paso

| Top 12

| Died in a scuba diving accident in 1981{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HQkvAAAAIBAJ&pg=6883,3005230&dq=miss-texas-usa&hl=en|title=Diving Accident Kills Beauty Queen|date=September 8, 1981|publisher=The Montreal Gazette}}

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| 1975

| Aundie Evers

| El Paso

| 4th runner-up

1974

| Debra Cronin

| McDade

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| 1973

| Lavonne McConnell{{cite news|title=Yoakum Entry Named Runner-up|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e1kdAAAAIBAJ&pg=3465,2487867&dq=miss-*+universe+usa&hl=en|date=April 15, 1973}}

| Fort Worth

| 19

| Top 12

| Best State Costume

1972

| Susan Peters{{cite news|title=Miss Texas Universe named in San Antonio Competition|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N1EcAAAAIBAJ&pg=5517,2544118&dq=miss-texas-universe&hl=en|date=April 17, 1972}}

|Austin

| Miss Photogenic

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| 1971

| Brenda Box

| Amarillo

| 1st runner-up

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| 1970

| Diane Swendeman

| San Antonio

| Top 15