Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Amanda Mertz | Louisville | 25 | |||
| 2011 | Kia Hampton | Louisville | 21 | Miss Congeniality | Later became Pussycat Dolls member | |
| 2010 | Kindra Clark | Mt. Washington | 19 | |||
| 2009 | Maria Montgomery | Danville | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2008 | Alysha Harris | Carrollton | 20 | First African American woman to win the state pageant | ||
| 2007 | Michelle Banzer | Louisville | 24 | First minority woman to win state pageant | ||
| 2006 | Tara Conner | Russell Springs | 20 | Winner | Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002 (2nd runner-up & Best in Swimsuit at Miss Teen USA 2002) and 4th Runner up at Miss Universe 2006 | |
| 2005 | Kristen Johnson | Slaughters | 23 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2000 (2nd runner-up & Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2000) / Was contestant on Fear Factor in 2005 on the Miss USA episode #5.29 | |
| 2004 | Lauren Stengel | Louisville | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Lori Mitchell | Scottsville | 21 | |||
| 2002 | Elizabeth Arnold | Columbia | Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1999 | |||
| 2001 | Jo Pritchard | Hardin | ||||
| 2000 | Jolene Youngster | Glasgow | ||||
| 1999 | Lori Menshouse | Ashland | Previously Miss Kentucky 1997 | |||
| 1998 | Nancy Bradley | Franklin | ||||
| 1997 | Rachyl Hoskins | Liberty | 22 | |||
| 1996 | Lorie West | Campbellsville | 22 | |||
| 1995 | Mitzi Jones | White Plains | Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | |||
| 1994 | Kim Buford | Paducah | ||||
| 1993 | Karen Gibson | Kevil | ||||
| 1992 | Angela Hines | Maysville | Finalist, Finishing in 5th place | |||
| 1991 | Susan Farris | Benton | First runner-up State costume competition | |||
| 1990 | Tiffany Tenfelde | Lakeside Park | Finalist, Finishing in 6th place | |||
| 1989 | Veronica Hensley | Danville | ||||
| 1988 | Suzanne Pitman | Murray | ||||
| 1987 | Beth Clark | Mayfield | ||||
| 1986 | Jackie Taylor | Paducah | ||||
| 1985 | Robin Overby | Calvert City | Miss Photogenic | 1st runner up at Miss World USA 1979 | ||
| 1984 | Tammy Melendez | Murray | ||||
| 1983 | Lee Ann Austin | Benton | ||||
| 1982 | Kristina Chapman | Owensboro | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1981 | Denise Gibbs | Paducah | ||||
| 1980 | Lisa Devillez | Owensboro | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1979 | Linda Passmore | Hopkinsville | ||||
| 1978 | Linda Woodruff | Louisville | ||||
| 1977 | Sandy Smith | Princeton | ||||
| 1976 | Connie Clark | Benton | Miss Congeniality | Current director of the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA pageants under her married name, Connie Clark-Harrison | ||
| 1975 | Carol June Wallace | Somerset | Semi-finalist | Later Miss Wyoming 1976, mother of Miss Kentucky 2002, Mary Catherine Correll | ||
| 1974 | Charlesy Gulick | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1973 | Nancy Coplen | |||||
| 1972 | Tamara Branstetter | |||||
| 1971 | Patricia Barnstable | Louisville | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1970 | Joanna Smith | Morgantown | ||||
| 1969 | Regina Pryor | |||||
| 1968 | June Pinkley | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1967 | Debbie Dibble | |||||
| 1966 | Jennifer Burcham | |||||
| 1965 | Julie Andrus | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1964 | Johanna Reid | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1963 | Mary Ann Arnold | |||||
| 1962 | Sally Margaret Carter | Lowes | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1961 | Marcia Chumbler | Mayfield | Semi-finalist | competed in the 1962 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
| 1960 | Barbara Joan Lovins | |||||
| 1959 | Sherree Owens | |||||
| 1958 | Shannon Beasley | |||||
| 1955-57 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1954 | Nikki Horner | |||||
| 1953 | Mary Stice | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Jean Tingle |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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