Miss Arizona
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2007 | Nicole Turner | Phoenix | 24 | Miss Chandler | Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Hilary Griffith | Glendale | 20 | Miss Chandler | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 | |
| 2005 | Audrey Sibley | Sierra Vista | 19 | Miss San Marcos | Quality of Life Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Katherine Kennedy | Tempe | 24 | Miss Twirling Athlete | |||
| 2003 | Corrie Hill | Gilbert | 24 | Miss Mesa | |||
| 2002 | Laura Lawless | Tempe | 24 | Miss Maricopa | Semi-finalist | Former New York's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 2001 | Kapri Rose | Gilbert | 19 | Miss Gilbert | |||
| 2000 | Kristen Vatt | Mesa | 20 | Miss Gilbert | |||
| 1999 | Lori Whiting | Mesa | 20 | Miss Desert Sun | |||
| 1998 | Leean Hendrix | Parker | 22 | Miss Tempe Buttes | |||
| 1997 | Stacey Momeyer | Phoenix | 21 | Miss Chandler | 3rd runner-up | Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996 | |
| 1996 | Erin Gingrich | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1995 | Cara Jackson | Chandler | Miss Chandler | Later Miss Arizona USA 1999 | |||
| 1994 | Stacy Agren | Mesa | Miss Mesa | Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1993 | Amanda Murray | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Quality of Life Award | |||
| 1992 | Robyn Rayborn | Mesa | Miss Maricopa County | ||||
| 1991 | Darsi Turner | Yuma | Miss Tucson | ||||
| 1990 | Kimberly Hoskins | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1989 | Tammy Kettunen | Yuma | Miss Maricopa County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1988 | Lisa Mandel | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1987 | Theresa Light | Tucson | Miss Western Maricopa | ||||
| 1986 | Terri Kettunen | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | ||||
| 1985 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Later Miss Arizona USA 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA | |||
| 1984 | Rhonda White | Central | Miss Graham County | ||||
| 1983 | Jennifer Nichols | Tempe | Miss Glendale | ||||
| 1982 | Debra Daniels | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1981 | Sarah Tattersall | Scottsdale | Miss Scottsdale | Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1980 | Brenda Strong | Tempe | Miss Valley West | Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives | |||
| 1979 | Pam Wenzel | Phoenix | Miss North Central Phoenix | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1978 | Susan Kohler | Tempe | Miss Arizona State University | ||||
| 1977 | Cindy Glenn | Globe | Miss Globe | ||||
| 1976 | Anne DeVarennes | Tucson | Miss Tucson | ||||
| 1975 | Vickie Hall | Sierra Vista | Miss Sierra Vista | successor to crown | |||
| 1975 | Stacey Peterson | Phoenix | Miss Tucson | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1974 | Mary Avilla | Glendale | Miss Maryvale | ||||
| 1973 | Susan May | Kingman | Miss Kingman | ||||
| 1972 | Linda Gail Sirrine | Mesa | Miss Mesa | Special Talent Award | |||
| 1971 | Celia Sklan | Scottsdale | Miss Scottsdale | ||||
| 1970 | Karen Shields | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |||
| 1969 | Kathleen Ennis | Tucson | Miss Tucson | ||||
| 1968 | Linda Johnson | Warren | Miss Warren | ||||
| 1967 | Bea Willis | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | ||||
| 1966 | Launa Gardner | Holbrook | Miss Holbrrok | ||||
| 1965 | Sandra Montgomery | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | ||||
| 1964 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Winner | Miss Congeniality | Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality | |
| 1963 | Susan Bergstrom | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1962 | Paula Lou Welch | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1961 | Susan Webb | Prescott | Miss Prescott | ||||
| 1960 | Georgia Garbarino | Flagstaff | Miss Flagstaff | ||||
| 1959 | Patricia Allebrand | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1958 | Donna Riggs | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Special Scholarship | |||
| 1957 | Lynn Freyse | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1956 | Barbara Hilgenberg | Tucson | Miss Tucson | 3rd runner-up | tied w/Miss Kansas | ||
| 1955 | Beth Andre | Phoenix | Miss Maricopa County | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1954 | Marjorie Nylund | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | ||||
| 1953 | Betty Lou Lindly | Tempe | Miss Tempe | ||||
| 1950 | Kathryn Lunsford | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | ||||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Litchfield | Miss Litchfield | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1948 | Donna McElroy | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | ||||
| 1947 | Wanda Law | Tempe | Miss Tempe | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1938 | Anna Marie Barnett | Bisbee | Miss Bisbee | Semi-finalist |
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Miss USA Miss Arizona USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Arizona Teen USA |
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