The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner.
Unlike the rest of Miss and Teen state pageants in the Miss USA system have annually scheduled at the same time, this Miss and Teen pageants in Texas are held separately in different months, the Miss pageant goes first and is held on first Sunday of September every year with the exception is the 2018 pageant was held in January 2018 due to Hurricane Harvey devastated that city.Nine Miss Texas USA titleholders have won the Miss USA title, including Chelsi Smith, has been crowned Miss Universe.
In the 1980s Texas won the Miss USA title five consecutive years from 1985 to 1989, a streak known as the "Texas Aces".
Prior to this no state had ever won the Miss USA pageant more than two times in succession.
Past state directors have included Richard Guy and Rex Holt, "GuyRex" and Al and Gail Clark of "The Crystal Group".The pageant is currently held in Houston.
It has previously been hosted by El Paso, San Antonio, South Padre Island, Lubbock and Laredo.
It was televised from 1971 to 2009.Contestants enter by winning local pageants or may choose to compete "at large" with an assigned title.
In 2001 a record number of former Miss Texas Teen USA winners, six, competed for the Miss Texas USA 2002 title.Taylor Kessler of Houston was crowned Miss Texas USA 2020 on September 1, 2019 at Hilton Post Oak Hotel in Houston.
She will represent Texas for the title of Miss USA 2020 on the spring of 2020.