Miss Arkansas
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Arkansas USA
The Miss Arkansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss America pageant. Arkansas has twice won the Miss America title.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Amber Bennett | Carlisle | Miss Central Arkansas | won Miss America "Pageant School" competition | ||
| 2005 | Eudora Mosby | Hazen | Miss Central Arkansas | Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2006 | ||
| 2004 | Lacy Fleming | Hampton | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | 3rd runner-up | Former Arkansas Junior Miss 2000 | |
| 2003 | Whitney Kirk | Cabot | Miss Three Rivers | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2002 | Lauren Davidson | El Dorado | Miss White River | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 2001 | Jessie Ward | Prescott | Miss Texarkana | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Sara Harris | Forrest City | Miss Delta | |||
| 1999 | Brandy Rhodes | Hot Springs | Miss Lake Dardanelle | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Erin Wheatley | Little Rock | Miss White River | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1997 | Stacy Freeman | Sheridan | Miss White River | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1992 | ||
| 1996 | Melonie McGarrah | Rogers | Miss White River | |||
| 1995 | Paula Montgomery | Cabot | Miss Greater Little Rock | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1991 | |
| 1994 | Beth Anne Rankin | Magnolia | Miss Diamond Lakes | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Nicole Bethmann | Rogers | Miss Diamond Lakes | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Shannon Boy | Alma | Miss Diamond Lakes | |||
| 1991 | Heather Hunnicutt | Fayetteville | Miss Northwest Arkansas | |||
| 1990 | Karissa Rushing | Benton | Miss White River | |||
| 1989 | Marci Lewallen | Dardanelle | Miss Arkansas Valley | |||
| 1988 | Patti Thorn | Hot Springs | Miss Diamond Lakes | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Carole Lawson | Paragould | Miss University of Arkansas | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1986 | ||
| 1986 | Julie Russell | Fort Smith | Miss Russellville | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1985 | Christi Taunton | Camden | Miss Camden | recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1984 | Lisa Stevens | Arkadelphia | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Regina Hopper | Springdale | Miss Springdale | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Mary Stuart | Little Rock | Miss White River | Semi-finalist | actress who played "Frannie Hughes" on "As the World Turns" from 1990-1993 | |
| 1981 | Micki Petrus | |||||
| Elizabeth Ward | Russellville | Miss White River | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | now known as actress "Elizabeth Gracen," former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1980 | |
| 1980 | Lencola Sullivan | Morrilton | Miss White River | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | *first African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at Miss America; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1979 | Janet Holman | North Little Rock | Miss University of Arkansas | |||
| 1978 | Naylene Vuurens | Searcy | Miss Diamond Lakes | |||
| 1977 | Bunnie Holbert | Stuttgart | Miss White River | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Joyce McCormack | Little Rock | Miss White River | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1975 | Paula Roach | Jonesboro | Miss Jonesboro | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1974 | Rhonda Pope | Hot Springs | Miss Hot Springs | Miss Congeniality (tie) | participated in Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Becky Hume | Jonesboro | Miss Osceola | |||
| 1972 | Debbye Hazelwood | Magnolia | Miss Southern State College | |||
| 1971 | Marilyn Morgan | Clarksville | Miss Clarksville | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Featured singer in the 1972 Miss America production | |
| 1970 | Donna Connelly | Hope | Miss State College of Arkansas | Semi-finalist | participated in Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1969 | Marilyn Allen | North Little Rock | Miss North Little Rock | |||
| 1968 | Helen Gennings | Batesville | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1967 | Sharon Evans | North Little Rock | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Miss Congeniality (tie) | ||
| 1966 | Mary Craig | Batesville | Miss Batesville | |||
| 1965 | Nita VanHook | *Miss America program from 1965 lists Rhonda Oglesby of Pine Bluff as Miss Arkansas | ||||
| 1964 | Karen Carlson | Fayetteville | Miss University of Arkansas | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1963 | Pam Jackson | |||||
| Donna Axum | El Dorado | Miss El Dorado | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Currently serving on the Miss America Board of Directors | |
| 1962 | Edye Addington | Texarkana | Miss Arkansas State Teachers' College | |||
| 1961 | Frances Anderson | Pine Bluff | Miss Pine Bluff | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Featured Performer for the 1962 Miss America Pageant |
| 1960 | Claudette Smith | Star City | Miss Pine Bluff | |||
| 1959 | Susie Jackson | North Little Rock | Miss University of Arkansas | |||
| 1958 | Sally Miller | Pine Bluff | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1957 | Suzanne Scudder | Hot Springs | Miss University of Arkansas | |||
| 1956 | Barbara Banks | Little Rock | Prelminary Talent Award | |||
| 1955 | Charlene Bowers | Helena | ||||
| 1954 | Sarah Martin | Little Rock | ||||
| 1953 | Helen Reed | Fayetteville | ||||
| 1952 | Bonnie Nicksic | Hot Springs | ||||
| 1951 | Charlotte Simmen | Little Rock | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1950 | Mary Jennings | Hot Springs | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | was a featured soprano with the New York City Opera, judged the 1989 and 1991 Miss America pageants | |
| 1949 | Barbara Brothers | Little Rock | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1948 | Van Louis McDaniel | Forrest City | ||||
| 1947 | Pam Camp | Little Rock | ||||
| 1946 | Rebecca McCall | Blytheville | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1945 | Leslie Hampton | Lake Village | ||||
| 1944 | Mineola Graham | Brinkley | ||||
| 1943 | Dorris Love | Jonesboro | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1941 | Ferol Amelia Dumas | Magnolia | ||||
| 1940 | Betty Benson | Forrest City | ||||
| 1939 | Jean Thompson | Helena | ||||
| 1938 | Lorene Bailey | Jonesboro | ||||
| 1933 | Vivian Ferguson | disqualified - married |
[edit] External links
| Arkansas Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Arkansas |
Miss USA Miss Arkansas USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Arkansas Teen USA |
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