Miss Georgia
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Georgia USA
The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant. Georgia has once won the Miss America crown.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Amanda Kozak | Warner Robins | Miss Valdosta | 2nd Runner Up at Miss America 2007 | ||
| 2005 | Monica Pang | Atlanta | Miss Lake Lanier | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2004 | Danica Tisdale | Atlanta | Miss Atlanta | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2003 | Andrea Bailey | Evans | Miss Savannah | Top 15 Semi-finalist | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1999 | |
| 2002 | Amy Mulkey | Gainesville | Miss Atlanta | Preliminary On-Stage Interview Award | ||
| 2001 | Emily Foster | Cornelia | Miss Northwest Georgia | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 2000 | Pamela Kennedy | LaGrange | Miss Atlanta | |||
| 1999 | Osjha Anderson | Glennville | Miss University of Georgia | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | April Brinson | Bainbridge | Miss Greater Southwest Georgia | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Candice Little | Hartwell | Miss Lake Lanier | |||
| 1996 | Shea Olliff | Augusta | Miss Northeast Georgia | Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
| 1995 | Rachel English | Thomaston | Miss University of Georgia | former Georgia's Junior Miss 1991, father Paschal English was a contestant on Survivor: Marquesas | ||
| 1994 | Andra Krahn | Calhoun | Miss West Coast Georgia | Third Runner Up | ||
| 1993 | Kara Martin | Statesboro | Miss Southeast Georgia | First Runner Up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1992 | Stephanie Michels | Marietta | Miss Southeast Georgia | |||
| 1991 | Kimberly Hardee | Lilburn | Miss Stone Mountain | |||
| 1990 | Darla Pruett | Canton | Miss Northeast Georgia | Non-Finalist Interview Award (tie) | ||
| 1989 | Jamie Price | Tucker | Miss DeKalb County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Frances Frazier | Rome | Miss Peachtree City | |||
| 1987 | Kelly Jerles | Perry | Miss Cobb County | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1983 (3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1983) | |
| 1986 | Marlesa Ball | Thomasville | Miss Southeast Georgia | Top Ten | ||
| 1985 | Samantha Mohr | Columbus | Miss University of Georgia | |||
| 1984 | Camille Bentley | Thomasville | Miss Thomasville | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Megan Blake | Columbus | Miss Southeast Georgia | competed at Miss America using her birth name Tammy Fulwider | ||
| 1982 | Bobbie Eakes | Warner Robins | Miss University of Georgia | Top Ten | Actress best known for her role as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful | |
| 1981 | Kristl Evans | Atlanta | Miss West Central Georgia | Second Runner Up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1980 | Lynn Smith | Savannah | Miss Savannah | |||
| 1979 | Sandra Eakes | Warner Robins | Miss Macon | Non-Finalist Talent Award | sister of Bobbie Eakes, Miss Georgia 1982 | |
| 1978 | Deborah Mosely | Atlanta | Miss Dekalb County | |||
| 1977 | Pam Souders | Thomasville | Miss Thomasville | |||
| 1976 | Sandy Adamson | Atlanta | Miss South Cobb | recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1975 | Seva Day | Thomasville | Miss Thomasville | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1974 | Gail Nelson | Atlanta | Miss Atlanta | |||
| 1973 | Gail Bullock | Thomasville | Miss West Georgia College | |||
| 1972 | Lisa Lawalin | Rome | Miss Cedar Valley | |||
| 1971 | Cynthia Cook | Smyrna | Miss Cobb County | Top Ten | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Nancy Carr | Midland | Miss Hamilton on the Square | |||
| 1969 | Marilyn Olley | Marietta | Miss Cobb County | |||
| 1968 | Burma Davis | Warner Robins | Miss Warner Robins | |||
| 1967 | Sandra McRee | Atlanta | Miss Atlanta | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1966 | Maudie Walker | Tifton | Miss Tifton | |||
| 1965 | Mary Jane Yates | Savannah | Miss Coffee County | |||
| 1964 | Vivian Davis | Augusta | Miss Augusta | |||
| 1963 | Nancy Middleton | Macon | Miss Macon | |||
| 1962 | Jeannie Cross | Albany | Miss Albany | Top Ten | ||
| 1961 | Glenda Brunson | Savannah | Miss Savannah | |||
| 1960 | Sandra Tally | Homerville | ||||
| 1959 | Kayanne Shoeffner | Calhoun | ||||
| 1958 | Jeanette Ardell | Marietta | ||||
| 1957 | Jody Shattuck | Atlanta | Miss Cobb County | First Runner Up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1956 | Jane Morris | East Point | ||||
| 1955 | Jeanine Parris | Atlanta | ||||
| 1954 | Mary Jane Doar | Macon | ||||
| 1953 | Lucia Hutchinson | Macon | Miss Macon | |||
| 1952 | Neva Jane Langley | Macon | Miss Macon | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1951 | Carol Taylor | Alma | ||||
| 1950 | Louise Thomas | Fitzgerald | Miss Fitzgerald | |||
| 1949 | Dorothy Johnston | LaGrange | Miss Troup County | |||
| 1948 | Gwen West | Statesboro | ||||
| 1947 | Robbie Sauls | Cuthbert | ||||
| 1946 | Mary Lou Henderson | Columbus | Miss Columbus | |||
| 1945 | Doris Coker | Columbus | Miss Columbus | |||
| 1944 | Trudie Hayward | Atlanta | ||||
| 1941 | Esther Shepard | Griffin | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1939 | Mary Durrance | Glennville | ||||
| 1936 | Hilda Veale | Watkinsville |
[edit] External links
| Georgia Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Georgia |
Miss USA Miss Georgia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Georgia Teen USA |
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