Miss West Virginia
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss West Virginia USA
The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss America pageant.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Tiffany Lawrence | Shepherdstown | Miss Jefferson County | "People's choice" award winner at Miss West Virginia USA 2006 | ||
| 2005 | Kimberly Goodwin | Morgantown | Miss Morgantown | |||
| 2004 | Julia Burton | Petersburg | Miss Southern West Virginia | |||
| 2003 | Allison Williams | Morgantown | Miss Mountain State | |||
| 2002 | Janna Kerns | Terra Alta | Miss Morgantown | |||
| 2001 | Danae DeMasi | Morgantown | Miss Appalachia | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Evening Gown | |
| 2000 | Jodi Clark | Moundsville | Miss Point Pleasant | |||
| 1999 | Lucy Ours | Petersburg | Miss Mason County | |||
| 1998 | Amy Townsend | Morgantown | Miss Marion County Area | |||
| 1997 | Eisa Krushansky | Westover | Miss Miss North Central | |||
| 1996 | Kari Safford | Point Pleasant | Miss Ohio Valley | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1995 | Elizabeth McIntyre | Dunbar | Miss Appalachia | |||
| 1994 | Jennifer Bopp | Elkins | Miss South Central | |||
| 1993 | Cynthia Sims | Vienna | Miss Ohio Valley | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1992 | Kimberly Parrish | Parkersburg | Miss Marion County Area | former hostess on Home Shopping Network | ||
| 1991 | Leah Lasker | Bluefield | Miss Mercer County | Non-finalist Interview | ||
| 1990 | Melissa Costello | Shenandoah Junction | Miss Jefferson County | |||
| 1989 | Lisa Bittinger | Fairmont | Miss North Central | |||
| 1988 | Lisa Seagroves | Morgantown | Miss North Central | |||
| 1987 | Saundra Patton | Morgantown | Miss North Central | |||
| 1986 | Shannon Barill | Charleston | Miss Charleston Area | |||
| 1985 | Rebecca Porterfield | Martinsburg | Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County | |||
| 1984 | Melanne Pennington | Cross Lanes | Miss Kanawha County | |||
| 1983 | Andrea Patrick | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA 1980 | ||
| 1982 | Kelly Anderson | Clarksburg | Miss Harrison County | Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984 (1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984), represented the United States in the 1984 Miss World Pageant where she placed fifth. | ||
| 1981 | Candy Cohen | Huntington | Miss Marshall University | |||
| 1980 | Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | Miss South Charleston | Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 | ||
| 1979 | Deborah Davis | Huntington | Miss Southern West Virginia | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978 | |
| 1978 | Ivy Meadows | St. Albans | Miss South Charleston | |||
| 1977 | Patricia Paugh | Parkersburg | Miss Parkersburg Area | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1980 | |
| 1976 | Teresa Lucas | Elkins | Miss Fayette County | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1975 | Kristi Wick | South Charleston | Miss South Charleston | |||
| 1974 | Mary Derry | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Myra McVey | Huntington | Miss Huntington | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1972 | Lynette Koper | Weirton | Miss Huntington | |||
| 1971 | Deborah Lambert | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | |||
| 1970 | Linda Barnett | Parkersburg | Miss South Parkersburg | |||
| 1969 | Judith Shoup | Gibsonia, Pennsylvania | Miss West Virginia University | Non-finalist Talent Award | Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University | |
| 1968 | Charlotte Warwick | Charleston | Miss Morris-Harvey College | |||
| 1967 | Helen Morgan | Lewisburg | Miss Beckley | |||
| 1966 | Judith Skunda | Weirton | Miss Weirton | |||
| 1965 | Lois Gay Ratcliff | Bluefield | Miss Greater Bluefield | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Ella Dee Kessel Caperton | Ripley | Miss Morgantown | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Wife of Governor Gaston Caperton, First lady of West Virginia 1989-90 |
| 1963 | Karen Childers | South Charleston | Miss Marshall University | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1962 | Diane Hunter | Morgantown | Miss Morgantown | |||
| 1961 | Carole Johnson | Rivesville | Miss Morgantown | |||
| 1960 | Mary Hoback | Bluefield | Miss Bluefield | |||
| 1959 | Janet Hill | Nitro | ||||
| 1958 | Sandra Boyd | Fairmont | ||||
| 1957 | Janice Sickle | Fairmont | ||||
| 1956 | Carolyn Miller | Martinsburg | ||||
| 1955 | Mary Fryman | Madison | ||||
| 1954 | Miriam Reep | Clarksburg | ||||
| 1953 | Patricia Stewart | Pineville | ||||
| 1952 | Nancy Rohrbough | Grafton | ||||
| 1951 | Phyllis Walker | Charleston | ||||
| 1949 | Georganne Steiss | Barrackville | ||||
| 1948 | Jane Queen | Huntington | ||||
| 1947 | Joan Estep | Wheeling | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1946 | Norma Salisbury | Parkersburg | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1941 | Juanita Wright | Huntington | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1940 | Mary Bowles | Montgomery |
[edit] External links
| West Virginia Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss West Virginia |
Miss USA Miss West Virginia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss West Virginia Teen USA |
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