Miss Virginia
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Virginia USA
The Miss Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss America pageant. Virginia has had two Miss America's. In 1978, Kylene Barker of Roanoke, Virginia and 1998, Nicole Johnson Baker also of Roanoke, Virginia.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Adrianna Sgarlata | Fairfax Station | Miss Arlington | |||
| 2005 | Kristi Lauren Glakas | Centreville | Miss Apple Blossom Festival | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Virginia USA 2004 and Miss Virginia Teen USA 1999 (top ten at Miss Teen USA) |
| 2004 | Mariah Rice | Mechanicsville | Miss Greater Richmond | Children's Champion award | ||
| 2003 | Nancy Redd | Martinsville | Miss Martinsville-Henry Counties | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit; Children's Champion award | |
| 2002 | Jennifer Pitts | Arlington | Miss Apple Blossom Festival | Later Miss Virginia USA 2005 | ||
| 2001 | Meghan Shanley | Virginia Beach | Miss Hampton Holly Days Festival | |||
| 2000 | Jacqueline Cook-Hedbloom | Colonial Heights | Miss Hampton/Newport News | |||
| 1999 | Crystal Evans (Lewis) | Portsmouth | Miss Lynchburg Festival | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1998 | Nita Booth * | Tidewater | Miss Tidewater | |||
| Nicole Johnson | Virginia Beach | Miss Lynchburg Festival | Winner | |||
| 1997 | Kelli Quick | Lynchburg | Miss Lynchburg Festival | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1996 | Michelle Kang | Fredericksburg | Miss Apple Blossom Festival | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1995 | Amber Medlin | Virginia Beach | Miss Virginia Beach | *assumed the title after the original winner, Andrea Ballengee, was disqualified | ||
| 1994 | Cullen Johnson | Norfolk | Miss Central Shenandoah Valley | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1993 | Nancy Glisson | Williamsburg | Miss Lynchburg Festival | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1992 | Lora Flattum | Isle of Wight | Miss Apple Blossom Festival | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1991 | Sheri Huffman | Lynchburg | Miss Amhearst County | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1990 | Shannon DePuy | Lynchburg | Miss Amhearst County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Later Miss Florida USA 1995 (finalist at Miss USA) | |
| 1989 | Tami Elliott | Newport News | Miss Portsmouth-Seawall Festival | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1988 | April Fleming | Richmond | Miss Richmond | |||
| 1987 | Heidi Lammi | Alexandria | Miss Northern Virginia | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Julianne Smith | Yorktown | Miss Williamsburg | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1985 | Kimberly Johnson | Coeburn | Miss Lonesome Pine | |||
| 1984 | Susan Parker | Covington | Miss Alleghany Highlands | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Lisa Aliff | Roanoke | Miss Vinton Dogwood Festival | |||
| 1982 | Beverly Cooke | Richmond | Miss Portsmouth-Seawall Festival | |||
| 1981 | Vicky Pulliam | Martinsville | Miss Martinsville/Henry County | |||
| 1980 | Holly Jereme | Roanoke | Miss Roanoke Valley | |||
| 1979 | Darlene McIntosh | Chesapeake | Miss Chesapeake | |||
| 1978 | Paige Brown * | Alexandria | Miss Fairfax County | |||
| Kylene Barker | Galax | Miss Pulaski County | Winner | |||
| 1977 | Terri Bartlett | Newport News | Miss Norfolk | |||
| 1976 | Pamela Polk | Richmond | Miss Peanut Festival | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent award | |
| 1975 | Joan Grady | Virginia Beach | Miss Virginia Beach | |||
| 1974 | Stephanie Dowdy | Virginia Beach | Miss Virginia Beach | |||
| 1973 | Elinda Vandeventer | Pulaski | Miss Pulaski | |||
| 1972 | Dona Marie Pillow | Lynchburg | Miss Lynchburg | |||
| 1971 | Linda Moyer | Norfolk | Miss Norfolk | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with the Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Jeannette Smith | Roanoke | Miss Roanoke Valley | |||
| 1969 | Sydney Lewis | Hampton | Miss Hampton/Newport News | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1968 | Cherie Davis | Clifton Forge | Miss Alleghany Highlands | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent award | |
| 1967 | Barbara Yost | Roanoke | Miss Roanoke Valley | |||
| 1966 | Linda Maclin | Roanoke | Miss Roanoke Valley | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1965 | Jean Inge | Norfolk | Miss Norfolk | |||
| 1964 | Carolyn Eddy | Norfolk | Miss Norfolk | |||
| 1963 | Dorcas Campbell | Fairfield | Miss Rockbridge County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent award | |
| 1962 | Patricia Gaulding | Richmond | Miss Richmond | |||
| 1961 | Charlotte Thomas | Roanoke | Miss Lynchburg | |||
| 1960 | Catherine Birch | Staunton | Miss Bristol | |||
| 1959 | Alice Sue Williams | Richmond | Miss Williamsburg | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1958 | Barbara Guthrie | Martinsville | Miss Martinsville | |||
| 1957 | Rebecca Lee Edmunds | Roanoke | Miss Roanoke Valley | |||
| 1956 | Rebecca Richardson | Martinsville | Miss Martinsville | |||
| 1955 | Betty Sue Mathews | Norfolk | Miss Virginia Beach | |||
| 1954 | Julie Ann Bruening | Swoope | Miss Staunton-Augusta County | |||
| 1953 | Anne Lee Ceglis | Norfolk | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1952 | Edna Long | Richmond | ||||
| 1951 | Shirley Bryant | Norfolk | ||||
| 1950 | Gloria Fenderson | Petersburg | ||||
| 1949 | Betty Lewis | Norfolk | ||||
| 1948 | Bobby Joe Wilson | Hillsville | ||||
| 1947 | Ruth Mears | Cape Charles | ||||
| 1946 | Bette Cannon | Alexandria | ||||
| 1943 | Dorothy Taylor | Richmond | ||||
| 1942 | Charlotte Smith | Fredericksburg | ||||
| 1941 | Jacquelyn McWin | Waynesboro | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1940 | Virginia Campbell | Charlottesville | ||||
| 1939 | Rosa Marie Elliott | Suffolk | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1938 | Kathleen Mann | North Arlington | ||||
| 1937 | Frances L. Sultan | Kecoughtan | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1936 | Dolores Taylor | Ocean View | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1933 | Evangeline Glidwell | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1926 | Eleanor Reid | Norfolk | Finalist |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Virginia won Miss America
[edit] External links
| Virginia Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Virginia |
Miss USA Miss Virginia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Virginia Teen USA |
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