The Miss District of Columbia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss USA pageant. Four District of Columbia representatives have won the Miss USA title. Of those two, Deshauna Barber and Kára McCullough won successive Miss USA titles in 2016 and 2017. The most recent placement was Kleo Torres in 2024, placing Top 20.
Two Miss District of Columbia USA titleholders previously held the Miss District of Columbia Teen USA title and four have competed at Miss America, one as Miss New Jersey.
The current titleholder is Kennedy Lucas of Washington, D.C., was crowned Miss District of Columbia USA 2026 on June 20, 2026 at McKinley Tech High School in Washington, D.C.. She will represent the District of Columbia at Miss USA 2026.
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Results summary
Placements
Miss USAs: Bobbie Johnson (1964), Shauntay Hinton (2002), Deshauna Barber (2016), Kára McCullough (2017)
1st runners-up: Michele Metrinko (1963), Liane Angus (2001)
4th runners-up: Diana Batts (1965), Steffanee Leaming (1984)
Top 10/12: Nikki Phillipp (1970), Susan Pluskoski (1971), Janet Gail Greenawalt (1972), Nancy Plachta (1973), Robin Utterback (1974), Mary Lamond (1975), Sharon Sutherland (1977), Catherine Staples (1990), Candace Allen (2006), Cordelia Cranshaw (2019)
Top 15/16/20: Laura Farley (1954), Helen Sweeney (1962), Myra Chudy (1967), Sue Counts (1966), Cierra Jackson (2020), Faith Porter (2022), Cassie Baloue (2023), Kleo Torres (2024)
District of Columbia holds a record of 26 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
Miss Congeniality: Elva Anderson (1988), Napiera Groves (1997)
Winners
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