The Texas Aces is a name coloquially given to five Miss Texas USA titleholders who went on to win the Miss USA beauty pageant in succession from 1985-1989. The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. ... Miss USA 2005 Chelsea Cooley from North Carolina Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey from Missouri Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo from Massachusetts The Miss USA Pageant (not to be confused with the similar Miss America pageant) is a beauty contest that has been held every year since 1952, and is...

Until these women came along, no other state had won more than two Miss USA pageants in succession (the only two states to win twice in succession were Virginia in 1969-1970 and Illinois from 1973-1974). Miss USA 2005 Chelsea Cooley from North Carolina Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey from Missouri Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo from Massachusetts The Miss USA Pageant (not to be confused with the similar Miss America pageant) is a beauty contest that has been held every year since 1952, and is... The Miss Illinois USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Illinois in the Miss USA pageant. ...

The five Aces were:

• 1989 - Gretchen Polhemus (Miss USA, 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe)
• 1988 - Courtney Gibbs (Miss USA, Semi-finalist at Miss Universe)
• 1987 - Michelle Royer (Miss USA, 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe)
• 1986 - Christy Fitchner (Miss USA, 1st runner-up at Miss Universe)
• 1985 - Laura Martinez-Herring (Miss USA, Semi-finalist at Miss Universe)