Annamaria Thomas

Annamaria Thomas, a 22 year old Miami native, was crowned Miss Oklahoma USA 2026 on June 14th in the OCCC Performing Arts Center, making history the first married woman to ever win the title. Representing Ottawa County, Thomas won during the 75th diamond celebration year of the Miss USA Organization to which she earned a special edition golden sash only made for 2026 titleholders.

Passionate about ending child abuse and exploitation she is a Child Advocate and Community Outreach specialist at The Children’s Advocacy Center of Ottawa County, on the Multidiciplinary team of Ottawa County, and founder of The SAFE Project 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The SAFE Project provides educational material on body safety and consent, warning signs, and preventatives of child abuse free of charge, easy to access, and easy to understand for all ages. The SAFE Project focuses not only on preventing child abuse, but educating communities to be better equiped to recognize the signs and know what to do if they suspect something is wrong. Thomas is also actively working to change Oklahoma law to better protect children from abuse.

A Junior at Oklahoma State University, she has plans to attend law school and earn her Juris Doctorate before becoming a prosecutor.