The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.
The pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.
In 1992, the state joined the Vanbros group, under the directorship of Miss Kansas 1998 Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher.
Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement.
From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli McCarty won the crown.
McCarty's win makes Wichita, Kansas the only state to host one Miss USA and Miss Teen USA to win in their home state.
This included two first runners-up, including Danielle Boatwright, winner of Survivor: Guatemala, one second runner-up, one third runner-up, and one fourth runner-up, among others.
All but three of Kansas's ten placements have been runners-up.
Seven former Miss Kansas Teen USAs went on to win the Miss title, and also two Miss Missouri Teen USAs (Missouri is also a Vanbros state).
Alyssa Klinzing of Olathe was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2019 on November 25, 2018 at Kansas State Event Center in Mulvane.
She represented Kansas for the title of Miss USA 2019 on May 2, 2019 in Reno, Nevada where she placed in the Top 10.