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Former Miss Oregon Teen USA, Shayla Montgomery, was crowned Miss Oregon USA 2024 on Saturday, May 4 at the Sherwood Center for the Arts in Sherwood, Oregon. The 22-year-old registered nurse, representing Portland, will now prepare to represent the "Beaver State" at Miss USA 2024 this August in Hollywood, California. She succeeds last year's winner, physicist and aspiring astronaut  Manju Bangalore . No stranger to pageantry, Shayla previously won Miss Oregon Teen USA 2020 and went on to participate in Miss Teen USA 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee where she placed as first runner-up. View this post on Instagram A post shared by S H A Y L A 🇯🇲 (@shaylamontgomery) FINAL RESULTS Miss Oregon USA 2024 - Shayla Montgomery (Portland) 1st runner-up - Melissa Timora (Gresham) 2nd runner-up - Ana Gonzalez (Marion County) 3rd runner-up - Juliana Yip-Ono (Beaverton) 4th runner-up - Amulya Chava (Klamath Falls) 5th runner-up - Eliana Skirving (Wilsonville) TOP 9 Raque

Miss Benton County, Manju Bangalore, was crowned Miss Oregon USA 2023 on Saturday, October 15 at the Sherwood Center for the Arts in Sherwood, Oregon. The 25-year-old physicist, actor, model, and founder of two nonprofits edged out over 20 other competitors to win the state title in her third attempt. She succeeds last year's winner Arielle Freytag and will now prepare to represent Oregon at Miss USA 2023. "As an Oregonian, this has been a dream of mine for so long and I'm just in shock," she excitedly told her predecessor in a video clip shortly after winning her title. "It's literally surreal, I mean, this is the pageant that I grew up watching, like admiring all the intelligent, beautiful, strong girls. I'm just in shock," she added. Rounding out the Top 5 finalists were Miss Klamath Falls, Amulya Chava; Miss Progress Ridge, Brooklyn Lowery; Miss Multnomah County, Kelly Smith; and Miss West Portland, Aly Nordie. The new Miss Oregon USA is also an