Miss Louisiana
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss America pageant. For many years Miss New Orleans was the state's representative.
Although no delegate from this state has ever won the Miss America title, four have placed first runner-up
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jamie Wilson | Minden | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival | |||
| 2005 | Molly Causey | Ruston | Miss Shreveport | |||
| 2004 | Jennifer Dupont | Plaquemine | Miss Ouachita Parish | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Triple Crown winner - previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998, Miss Louisiana USA 2000 |
| 2003 | Melissa Clark | Ruston | Miss Louisiana Tech University | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Casey Crowder | Shreveport | Miss Ark-La-Miss Fair | |||
| 2001 | Kati Guyton | Bossier City | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival | |||
| 2000 | Faith Jenkins | Shreveport | Miss Louisiana Lagniappe | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Award | |
| 1999 | Julie Lawrence | Destrehan | Miss Louisiana Stock Show | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | Heather Dupree | Baton Rouge | Miss Louisiana Lagniappe | Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1997 | Mette Boving | Ruston | Miss Holiday in Dixie | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1996 | Erika Schwarz | Folsom | Miss St. Tammany Parrish | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1995 | Karmyn Tyler | Shreveport | Miss City of Roses | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1994 | Tiffany Mock | Bossier City | Miss Shreveport | |||
| 1993 | Catherine Teague | Shreveport | Miss Natchitoches City of Lights | |||
| 1992 | Elizabeth Haynes | Baton Rouge | Miss Caddo Lake | |||
| 1991 | Christi Page | Ruston | Miss Caney Lake | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1990 | Linnea Fayard | Shreveport | Miss Louisiana Super Derby Festival | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1989 | Stacy King | Slidell | Miss Louisiana Deep South | Prelminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Valerie Brosset | West Monroe | Miss Louisiana Stockshow | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1987 | Patricia Brant | Monroe | Miss Red River Valley | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1986 | Amanda Mainord | Baton Rouge | Miss Louisiana State University | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Carol Carter | Shreveport | Miss Louisiana State University | Later Miss Louisiana USA 1987 | ||
| 1984 | Nita Whitaker | Shreveport | Miss Louisiana Forest Festival | |||
| 1983 | Miriam Gauthier | Shreveport | Miss Bossier City | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Bobbie Candler | Baton Rouge | Miss Baton Rouge | Non-finalist Talent Award | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1979 | |
| 1981 | Donese Worden | Monroe | Miss Northeast Louisiana | |||
| 1980 | Martha Crews | Baton Rouge | Miss Baton Rouge | |||
| 1979 | Myrrah McCully | Monroe | Miss North Louisiana Paperland | |||
| 1978 | Phyllis Kelly | Baton Rouge | Miss Southeastern Louisiana University | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1977 | Donna Holt | Tioga | Miss Plain Dealing Dogwood | |||
| 1976 | Candy Sue Crocker | Hammond | Miss Plain Dealing Dogwood | |||
| 1975 | Becky Wilson | Bossier City | Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival | |||
| 1974 | Libby Lovejoy | Sulphur | Miss Lake Charles | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1973 | Debbie Ward | Baton Rouge | Miss Delhi | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured performer and co-host of the Miss America pageant 1974-1977 |
| 1972 | Debby Robert | Baton Rouge | Miss Baton Rouge | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1971 | Avis Cochran | Shreveport | Miss Shreveport | toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1970 | Carol Almand | Haynesville | Miss Homer | |||
| 1969 | Sharon Branaman | New Iberia | Miss Lafayette | |||
| 1968 | Susanne Saunders | Shreveport | Miss Northeast Louisiana State College | |||
| 1967 | Genevieve Del Gallo | New Orleans | Miss New Orleans | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1966 | Joy Woods | New Orleans | Miss Northeast Louisiana State College | |||
| 1965 | Lynda Ferguson | Shreveport | Miss Shreveport | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1964 | Cherie Martin | Pineville | Miss Rapides Parrish | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1963 | Linda Gail Baucum | Springhill | Miss Springhill | |||
| 1962 | Diana Jane Smith | Oak Ridge | Miss Bastrop | |||
| 1961 | Lyndra Frances Pate | Shreveport | Miss Bastrop | |||
| 1960 | Judith Ann Coday | Baton Rouge | Miss Baton Rouge | |||
| 1959 | Mary Mills Hawkins | Lake Providence | ||||
| 1958 | Alberta Louise Futch | Hammond | ||||
| 1957 | Beverly Leigh Norman | Shreveport | ||||
| 1956 | Bobbie Chachere | Baton Rouge | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1955 | Jan Aline Johnston | Ruston | ||||
| 1954 | Gail Gleason | Shreveport | ||||
| 1953 | Sonya Lee LeBlanc | Baton Rouge | ||||
| 1952 | Barbara Barker | Monroe | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 1951 | Jeanne Thompson | Baton Rouge | Future Miss Louisiana USA 1952-1953 | |||
| 1950 | Rowena Taliaferro | Winnsboro | ||||
| 1949 | Annie Hollingsworth | Baton Rouge | ||||
| 1947 | Ruth Mary Blust | New Orleans | ||||
| 1946 | Marguerite McClelland | Baton Rouge | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1939 | Frances Helen Anello* | New Orleans | ||||
| 1938 | Irene Blush Schomberger* | New Orleans | ||||
| 1937 | Gussie Short | Winnsboro | ||||
| Gertrude Rissie Miller* | New Orleans | Top 15 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1936 | Doris Huet* | New Orleans | ||||
| 1933 | Marjorie Hagler | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1927 | Gladys Renya Moore* | |||||
| 1926 | Edna du Vernay* | |||||
| 1925 | Thelma Roeling* | |||||
| 1924 | Louise Moore* | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1923 | * | |||||
| 1922 | Maud Allison Price* |
* Competed in Miss America pageant as Miss New Orleans
[edit] External links
| Louisiana Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Louisiana |
Miss USA Miss Louisiana USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Louisiana Teen USA |
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