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Miss Denver, Jessi Kalambayi was crowned Miss Colorado USA 2024 on Sunday, June 30 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, Colorado. The 26-year-old model of Congolese descent succeeds last year's winner Arianna Lemus. She will represent Colorado at Miss USA 2024 in Los Angeles, California this August. "I'm still processing what God did last night. Incredibly honored, and grateful for this opportunity and the work I'm going to do with this crown," shared the new Miss Colorado USA after winning the state title. "This win should serve as a reminder to myself and anyone else. That your dreams can only be fulfilled if you dare to chase after them. To every Congolese girl who sees me reflected in them. This is for you." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Future Productions® (@usastatepageants) FINAL RESULTS Miss Colorado USA 2024 - Jessi Kalambayi (Denver) 1st runner-up - Tiana Cooks (Cimarron Hills) 2nd runner-up - Kelsey

Arianna Lemus, representing Gunnison, was crowned Miss Colorado USA 2023 on Sunday, July 16 at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley. The 27-year-old beauty of Mexican descent succeeds Alexis Glover and will now prepare to represent Colorado at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Tianna Cooks of Cimarron Hills finished as first runner-up while Sydney Hella of Red Rocks, Brina Bily of Central Colorado, and Haley Lara of Brighton were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively.  The new Miss Colorado USA is a filmmaker, model, actress, writer, producer, and student pursuing a degree in pre-counseling at Capela University. No stranger to pageantry, Arianna placed first runner-up to her predecessor during last year's competition. She also participated in Miss California USA and finished in the Top 16 twice (2017 and 2019). Sunday's event also culminated with the crowning of Miss Colorado Teen USA 2023 Grace Covney who will now proceed to compete in the Miss Teen USA 2023