These states have produced the most Miss USA winners
Some states have dominated the Miss USA pageant over its 74-year history.
Ethan Miller/Getty Images The 75th annual Miss USA pageant will take place in Miami on August 27.
Some states have had far more success than others at the competition.
Texas has the most Miss USA wins, taking the crown 10 times.
The United States has the most winners in Miss Universe history , but which states reign supreme when it comes to Miss USA ? One state had a five-year winning streak and produced two future Miss Universe winners .
Meanwhile, 18 states still haven't won the crown.
They'll get a chance to change their record at the 75th annual Miss USA pageant in Miami on August 27.
Until then, let's take a look back at the most successful states in the history of the Miss USA pageant .
Texas has won the Miss USA crown 10 times.
Josh Brasted/Getty Images Texas has a storied history in the world of pageants.
Two Miss Texas winners who won Miss USA went on to win Miss Universe: Chelsi Smith and R'Bonney Gabriel .
Miss Texas 2008 Crystle Stewart , who also won Miss USA, served as CEO and president of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants from 2020 to 2023.
Texas won five Miss USA pageants in a row from 1985 to 1989, a streak nicknamed the "Texas Aces." The full list of Miss Texas titleholders who won Miss USA is: 1977: Kimberly Tomes 1985: Laura Martinez Herring 1986: Christy Fichtner 1987: Michelle Royer 1988: Courtney Gibbs 1989: Gretchen Polhemus 1995: Chelsi Smith 2001: Kandace Krueger 2008: Crystle Stewart 2022: R'Bonney Gabriel California, which has taken the Miss USA crown six times, is catching up.
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images California has won a Miss USA title in every decade except the 2000s.
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