The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss USA pageant.
Up until the 2017 pageant, both Miss and Teen state pageants were held separately in different months.
In recent years, the organization was decided that both pageants would compete at the same time from 2018 onwards, just like the most of state pageants in the Miss USA system under the hands of Todd Chrisley, star of Chrisley Knows Best.While Florida has had number of runners-up, finalists, and semi-finalists.
The state has yet to win the Miss USA title, although 2nd runner-up Cheryl Patton became Miss USA after Sylvia Hitchcock won Miss Universe.
The most recent finalist is Nicolette Jennings who placed in the Top 10 in 2019.
Two former Miss Florida Teen USA titleholders have won this competition, and three titleholders have also competed at Miss America.
In 2019, contestant Madison Anderson would go on to become Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019, where she received a popular sensation in Puerto Rico.Nicolette Jennings of Palm Harbor was crowned Miss Florida USA 2019 on January 19, 2019 at Coral Springs Center for the Arts in Coral Springs.
She represented Florida for the title of Miss USA 2019 on May 2, 2019 in Reno, Nevada where she placed in the Top 10.