Official State Producers for Miss USA and Miss Teen USA

VANBROS and Associates, Inc., holds the State Licenses for the MISS USA® & MISS TEEN USA® State Pageants in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

VANBROS and Associates, Inc., acquired the license for Kansas in 1992, Missouri in 1993, Oklahoma in 1997, Nebraska in 2002, Arkansas in 2008 and most recently the State of Illinois in 2014. Under the direction of company President John Vannatta with the support of his team, these states have produced three national MISS TEEN USA winners, one MISS USA winner, a 1st runner-up to MISS UNIVERSE, 3 national 1st runners-up, 5 national 2nd runners-up, 7 national 3rd runners-up, 3 national 4th runners-up, 1 national 5th runner-up, 36 national semifinalists, and 12 national honorable mentions (11th-15th place, prior to 2003). Of over 100 young women who have competed at nationals as a VANBROS girl, 71 have finished somewhere among the top 16.

VANBROS titleholders have also brought home national awards for, Teen with Style, Miss Photogenic, Miss Congeniality, Most Beautiful Eyes, and Best State Costume. The team has enormous pride in young women who have been VANBROS titleholders, and attempt to not only represent them through the organization, but also form a group of life-long mentors and a friends.

John’s vision for the state pageants is that they provide a forum in which young women can gain more self confidence, improve themselves as individuals, and make an impact in their community. He believes that it’s important for young women who compete in pageants to be able to feel as though they are better individuals the day after the pageant, than they were the day they decided to enter. John uses the pageant to encourage his titleholders, as well as all the contestants, to become socially aware and active. After it is all said and done, he feels that all of the contestants are winners by virtue of their preparation for, and participation in the pageant competition.