Miss Mississippi

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Mississippi USA

Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization. [1]

Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986).

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2006	Taryn Foshee	Clinton	Miss Byram Tri County	3rd runner-up at Miss America 2007
2005	Kristian Dambrino	Grenada	Miss Grenada County
2004	Jalin Wood	Waynesboro	Miss Metro Jackson			Later Miss Mississippi USA 2007
2003	Allison Kellogg	Madison	Miss Madison County			Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1999
2002	Jennifer Adcock	Hattiesburg	Miss West Central Mississippi	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Top 10 at Miss USA 2005), Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1998
2001	Becky Pruett	Laurel	Miss Deep South	Top 20 Quarter-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
2000	Christy May	Pontotoc	Miss Pontotoc	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1999	Heather Soriano	Philadelphia	Miss East Central Mississippi		Non-finalist Talent Award	Later Miss Mississippi USA 2002
1998	Melinda King	Waynesboro	Miss Hattiesburg
1997	Myra Barginear	Grenada	Miss West Central	2nd runner-up
1996	Kari Litton	Pontotoc	Miss New South	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1995	Monica Louwerens	Greenville	Miss Magnolia	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1994	Rebecca Blouin	Batesville	Miss Dixieland	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1993	Lenena Holder	Booneville	Miss Magnolia		Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award
1992	Kandace Williams	Tupelo	Miss Tupelo
1991	Mary Allison Hurdle	Holly Springs	Miss DeSoto County	4th runner-up
1990	Beth Howell	Clinton	Miss Dixie		Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1987
1989	Cherry Busby	Tupelo	Miss Tupelo
1988	Carla Haag	Hattiesburg	Miss Dixie	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1987	Toni Seawright	Moss Point	Miss Mississippi University for Women	4th runner-up		First African American Miss Mississippi
1986	Kimberly McGuffee	Mendenhall	Miss Lamar County	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1985	Nan Sumrall	Hattiesburg				Successor to crown. Known now as Nan Kelley, host on Great American Country TV.
1985	Susan Akin	Meridian	Miss University	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1984	Kathy Manning	Drew	Miss University of Mississippi	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Mississippi USA 1987 (Top 10 at Miss USA)
1983	Wanda Geddie	Hattiesburg	Miss William Carey College	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1982	Dianne Evans	Taylorsville	Miss William Carey College	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1981	Karen Hopson	Vicksburg	Miss Vicksburg	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1980	Donna Pope	McNeil	Miss Picayune	2nd runner-up (tie)	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1979	Sherye Simmons	Jackson				Successor to crown
1979	Cheryl Prewitt	Ackerman	Miss Starkville	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1978	Cheri Brown	Meridian	Miss Oxford		Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie)	Later Miss Mississippi USA 1980
1977	Mary Donnelly	Oxford	Miss University
1976	Bobbye Wood	Hattiesburg	Miss William Carey College
1975	Mollie Magee	Mendenhall	Miss University of Southern Mississippi
1974	Diane Bounds	Gulfport	Miss Mississippi State University
1973	Kathleen Coole	Gulfport	Miss Mississippi State College for Women
1972	Glenda Meadows	Richton	Miss Richton
1971	Jennifer Blair	Tupelo	Miss Mississippi State University			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970	Christine McClamroch	Columbus	Miss Columbus	3rd runner-up
1969	Jane Foshee	Hattiesburg	Miss Hattiesburg
1968	Mary Mills	McComb	Miss University of Southern Mississippi
1967	Joan Myers	Forest	Miss Mississippi College	1st runner-up		Featured performer on the 1968 Miss America Pageant telecast
1966	Robbie Robertson	Hattiesburg	Miss University of Southern Mississippi
1965	Patricia Puckett	Columbus	Miss Columbus	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Featured Performer on the 1966 Miss America telecast
1964	Judy Simono	Vicksburg	Miss Vicksburg
1963	Jan Nave	McComb	Miss Mississippi State College for Women
1962	Charlotte Ann Carroll	Eupora	Miss Eupora	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1961	Annice Jernigan	New Albany	Miss University of Mississippi
1960	Patricia McRaney	McComb	Miss McComb		Non-finalist Talent Award
1959	Betty Porter	Brookhaven				Successor to crown
1959	Lynda Lee Mead	Natchez		Winner
1958	Margie Wilson	Itta Bena				Successor to crown
1958	Mary Ann Mobley	Brandon		Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
1957	Mary Allen	Yazoo City
1956	Martha Tisdale	Hattiesburg
1955	Carolyn Cochran	Lucedale
1954	Celeste Luckett	Clarksdale
1953	Suzanne Dugger	Picayune		4th runner-up
1952	Dora Livingston	Yazoo City
1951	Jessie Morgan	Newton
1950	Annie Roberts	Hattiesburg
1949	Katherine Wright	Pascagoula		1st runner-up
1948	Virginia Hollingsworth	Kosciusko
1947	Kitty Bailey	Oxford
1946	Lennie Nobles	Greenwood			Non-finalist Talent Award
1945	Harriet Carr	Marks
1944	Sarah Topp	Tupelo
1943	Arminta Scott	Corinth
1942	Dorothy Fox	Columbus			Miss Congeniality
1941	Madeline Smith	Winona
1940	Carolyn Simon	Greenville
1939	Doris Coggins	Baldwyn			Miss Congeniality
1938	Frances Sykes	Aberdeen
1937	Virginia Riley	West Point
1936	Rachel Smith	Booneville
1935	LeFrance Boyett	Sumner
1934	Madolyn Hardy	Belzoni

[edit] Note

Hattiesburg is home to nine Miss Mississippis; more than any other city/town.

[edit] External link

Miss Mississippi official website

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