the annual state pageant season. Each state holds a preliminary competition. In some states (such as Texas and Florida), local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the state competition. The state winners hold the title "Miss (State) USA" for the year of their reign. The most successful state is Texas; nine Texas representatives have gone on to win the Miss USA title, more than any other state, including five consecutive winners from 1985 until 1989. California has the second most wins at six, while the District of Columbia, New York, Hawaii, and Illinois each have four. Miss USA licenses out the state pageants to pageant directors, who in some cases are responsible for more than one state. The directorial groups are the following: RPM Productions (Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina) Vanbros and Associates (Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma) Future Productions (Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming) Pageant Associates (West Virginia) Pageants NW Productions (Idaho, Oregon, Washington) The Pageant Guy Productions (Texas) Greenwood Productions (Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee) D&D Productions (Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island) Proctor Productions (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania) Casting Crown Productions (Arizona) Smoak Productions (Nevada, Utah) Nice & Wonderful Productions (Virginia) The Clemente Organization (Maine, Massachusetts) Garness Productions (Alaska) New Media Productions (Hawaii) V&M Productions, LLC (Delaware) Laura's Productions (New Mexico) Ewald Productions (Connecticut) GDB Theatre and Pageant Productions (New Hampshire, Vermont) Crown Moxie (Indiana) Girlbossing Inc. (Florida) Crown Diva Productions (California) Brains and Beauties Productions (District of Columbia) Lime Light Enterprises (Montana) Winners At the age of , Miss USA 2022, R'Bonney Gabriel became the oldest Miss USA winner in the pageant's history. Miss USA 2015, Olivia Jordan, of Oklahoma is the only Miss USA winner to compete in two major international pageants: Miss Universe and Miss World. The tallest Miss USA is Miss USA 2012, Nana Meriwether, of Maryland at 6 feet and 0 inch (183 cm). The first Asian-American woman to win Miss USA was Macel Wilson of Hawaii in 1962; the first Hispanic woman was Laura Martinez-Herring of Texas in 1985; the first African-American winner was Carole Gist of Michigan in 1990; the first Pacific Islander American Miss USA was Brook Lee of Hawaii in 1997; and the first Middle Eastern American Miss USA was Rima Fakih of Michigan in 2010. Though no woman has ever won both titles outright, Brandi Sherwood of Idaho is the