Miss Colorado
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Colorado USA
The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Janie Allen | Arvada | Miss Parker | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Urban | Colorado Springs | Miss Highlands Ranch | |||
| 2004 | Laura Tobey | Denver | Miss Denver | |||
| 2003 | Katee Doland | Arvada | Miss Denver | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 Semi finalist and Miss Colorado USA 2001- Miss Photogenic | ||
| 2002 | Morgan O'Murray | Colorado Springs | Miss Centennial | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1999 | ||
| 2001 | Kelly McKee | Prescott | Miss Rocky Mountain | |||
| 2000 | Anamarie Bonafede | Loveland | Miss Centennial | |||
| 1999 | Erin MacGregor | Denver | Miss Columbine | Later Miss Colorado USA 2003 | ||
| 1998 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | Miss Rocky Mountain | Later Miss Colorado USA 2002 | ||
| 1997 | Regina Flores | Colorado Springs | Miss Capital City | |||
| 1996 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | Miss Capital City | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Future Miss Colorado USA 1998 | |
| 1995 | Amy Ciccolella | Monument | Miss Northern Front Range | |||
| 1994 | Shellene Cockrell | Colorado Springs | Miss Colorado Springs | |||
| 1993 | Stephanie Irving | Colorado Springs | Miss Colorado Springs | |||
| 1992 | Stacey Rose | Parker | Miss Metro South | |||
| 1991 | Colleen Walker | Pueblo | Miss Pueblo County | |||
| 1990 | Karrie Mitchell | Arvada | Miss Arvado | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1989 | Debbie Riecks | Aurora | Miss Mile High/Front Range | 2nd runner-up | Former Colorado's Junior Miss 1983, 1st runner-up America's Junior Miss | |
| 1988 | Maya Walker | Eagle-Vail | Miss Western Counties | 1st runner-up | Future Miss Oklahoma USA 1992 | |
| 1987 | LaTanya Hall | Boulder | Miss Boulder Valley | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Carol Janson | Boulder | Miss Boulder Valley | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Linda Trimmer | Denver | Miss Sterling | |||
| 1984 | Lisa Frees | Thornton | Miss Adams County | |||
| 1983 | Melanie Scott | Littleton | Miss Denver | |||
| 1982 | Deborah Davids | Denver | Miss Chatfield | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | Miss Jefferson County | Future Miss Colorado USA 1985 | ||
| 1980 | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | Miss Aurora | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | Miss Denver | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Brown | Littleton | Miss Littleton | |||
| 1977 | Suzan Hogan | Colorado Springs | Miss Denver County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Karen Land | Littleton | Miss Northeastern Junior College | |||
| 1975 | Penny Currier | Lakewood | Miss Lakewood | |||
| 1974 | Cynthia Hunter | Denver | Miss Denver | |||
| 1973 | Rebecca Ann King | Sterling | Miss Metro Denver | Winner | Currently serving on the Miss America Board of Directors | |
| 1972 | Sally Anderson | Longmont | Miss Longmont | |||
| 1971 | Cathy Glau | Denver | Miss Northern Colorado | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer for the 1973 Miss America pageant and toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins | Miss Northglen | |||
| 1969 | Adria Easton | Boulder | Miss Boulder | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Pamela Kerker | Sterling | Miss Sterling | |||
| 1967 | Tia Tyler | Golden | Miss Denver | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Congeniality (3 way tie) | |
| 1966 | Holly Smith | Denver | Miss University of Denver | |||
| 1965 | Kristina Holm | Denver | ||||
| 1964 | Kathleen Knight | Denver | Miss May Days | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Sweeten | Arvada | Miss Arvada | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1962 | Sally Guinn | Westminster | Miss Westminster | |||
| 1961 | Jane McBurney | Denver | Miss University of Colorado | |||
| 1960 | Anne Walker | Littleton | Miss Aurora | |||
| 1959 | Marlinda Mason | Denver | ||||
| 1958 | Cynthia Cullen | Boulder | ||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver | Winner | |||
| 1956 | Polly Childs | |||||
| 1955 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver | Winner | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Busey | Denver | ||||
| 1953 | Mary Donelan | Keenesburg | ||||
| 1952 | Chardelle Hayward | Fort Collins | ||||
| 1951 | Jo London | Aurora | ||||
| 1950 | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | ||||
| 1949 | Sylvia Canaday | Denver | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1948 | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | ||||
| 1947 | Joyce Haycock | Pueblo | ||||
| 1946 | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs | ||||
| 1941 | Charlene Woods | Denver | ||||
| 1940 | Eileen Hoskins | Denver | ||||
| 1938 | Rosanna Bean | Montrose |
[edit] External links
| Colorado Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Colorado |
Miss USA Miss Colorado USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Colorado Teen USA |
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