Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Brenna Mader | Nashville | 25 | Previously Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2005 | ||
| 2012 | Jessica Hibler | Brentwood | 22 | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Ashley Durham | Adamsville | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2006 | |
| 2010 | Tucker Perry | Franklin | 20 | Top 10 | Daughter of Kathi Tucker, Miss Washington USA 1983. | |
| 2009 | Kristen Motil | Franklin | 24 | Top 10 | ||
| 2008 | Hailey Brown | Franklin | 25 | Top 10 | Placed 4th runner-up at Miss Tennessee 2003 | |
| 2007 | Rachel Smith | Clarksville | 21 | Winner | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2002 (Top 10 Semi-Finalist & Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2002) and 4th Runner-up at Miss Universe 2007, currently hosting ABC's OnTheRedCarpet | |
| 2006 | Lauren Grissom | Shelbyville | 21 | Top 15 | Girlfriend of Jake Owen; participant on VH1's You're Cut Off! | |
| 2005 | Amy Colley | Jonesborough | 21 | 2nd runner-up at Miss Tennessee 2008 | ||
| 2004 | Stephanie Culberson | Knoxville | 24 | 4th runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 2001, 2nd runner up at Miss America 2002 | |
| 2003 | Beth Hood | Cleveland | 24 | 4th runner-up | Miss Tennessee 2000 | |
| 2002 | Allison Alderson | Nashville | 25 | Triple Crown winner: Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA, top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1994 and Miss Tennessee 1999 | ||
| 2001 | Lisa Tollett | Crossville | 24 | Top 10 | Previously engaged with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Elliott Sadler | |
| 2000 | Lynnette Cole | Columbia | 21 | Winner | Best in Swimsuit | Top 5 finalist at Miss Universe 2000 Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1995 (3rd RU & Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 1995), 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1998, Miss Teen All American 1997 |
| 1999 | Morgan Tandy High | Nashville | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1998 | Amy Neely | Macon County | Honorable Mention | |||
| 1997 | Towanna Stone | Morristown | 24 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1996 | Becca Lee | 24 | 2nd runner-up | Finesse Style Award | ||
| 1995 | Lee Ann Huey | Style Award | ||||
| 1994 | Leah Hulan | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Tennessee 1992 | |||
| 1993 | Cammy Gregory | Paris | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Natalie Ann Bray | |||||
| 1991 | Angela Johnson | |||||
| 1990 | Charita Moses | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1989 | Kimberly Payne | Previously Tennessee's Junior Miss 1985; Current director of the Miss Georgia USA, Miss Georgia Teen USA, Miss Mississippi USA, Miss Mississippi Teen USA, Miss Tennessee USA, and Miss Tennessee Teen USA pageants under her married name, Kim Greenwood | ||||
| 1988 | Stephanie Jane Potts | Memphis | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1987 | Molly Brown | Loretto | Previously Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1984 (2nd runner-up at Miss Teen USA) | |||
| 1986 | Karen Compton | Lawrenceburg | ||||
| 1985 | Martha Elizabeth Browning | Chattanooga | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1984 | Desiree Denise Daniels | Chattanooga | 24 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 1982 and finished 1st runner up to Miss America 1983 | |
| 1983 | Ladonna Friday | Jonesborough | ||||
| 1982 | Sherly Deanice Levy (aka Nise Levy) | Nashville | Semi-finalist | Appeared on Australian series of World's Strictest Parents | ||
| 1981 | Sharon Kay Steakly | Nashville | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1980 | Diane Hunt | Chattanooga | ||||
| 1979 | Sandy Nuismer | Nashville | ||||
| 1978 | Suzanna Timberlake | Chattanooga | Miss Photogenic | semifinalist in Miss World USA 1980 | ||
| 1977 | Rene Jean Smith | Cookeville | ||||
| 1976 | Jana Kerr | |||||
| 1975 | Shelly Smith | Memphis | Previously Miss Memphis State 1975 | |||
| 1974 | Brin Annette Hendrix | |||||
| 1973 | Tommye Hooker | |||||
| 1972 | Linda Diane Thompson | actress and songwriter | ||||
| 1971 | Sue Collins | |||||
| 1970 | Donna Marie Ford | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1969 | Suzie Richardson | |||||
| 1968 | Sandra Force | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1967 | Nancy Brackhahn | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1966 | Mary Margaret Smith | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Bonnie Perkins | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1964 | Pat Kerr | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1963 | Bobbie Lynn Morrow | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1962 | Gail White | Chattanooga | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1961 | Anita Atkins | |||||
| 1960 | Christine McSwain | |||||
| 1959 | Marcia Daniels | |||||
| 1958 | Martha Boales | Memphis | Semi-finalist | 1st runner-up in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
| 1957 | Patricia Prather | |||||
| 1956 | Stella Wilson | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Barbara Gurley | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Holly | |||||
| 1953 | No representative | |||||
| 1952 | Jean Harper | Memphis | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss Tennessee 1951 |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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