Miss US Virgin Islands

Between 1961 and 1978, the National Committee of Virgin Islands celebrated Miss Virgin Islands contest, in which the grand winners competed at the Miss Universe and other beauty pageants.

Beginning in 1979, the official name changed to Miss US Virgin Islands.

The pageant was then owned by Sam King (Owner of Pan American Finishing School) and the US Virgin Islands Carnival Committee.

The only other international pageant finalist from the US Virgin Islands has been Esonica Veira of St. Thomas, who was awarded 4th Runner up in The Miss Supranational in Minsk, Belarus in September 2013.

Through the 1990s, franchise ownership of the Miss US Virgin Islands title belonged to The Lions Club of St. Thomas and also to Debra Gottlieb; a local staple in pageantry.