Miss Nebraska

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nebraska USA
Brook Matthews, Miss Nebraska 2004
Brook Matthews, Miss Nebraska 2004

The Miss Nebraska competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss America pageant.

[edit] Winners

Year Name Hometown Local Title Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2007 Ashley Bauer Scottsbluff Miss Douglas County Miss Nebraska in Miss National Sweetheart 2006, did not place
2006 Molly McGrath Omaha Miss Sarpy County Preliminary Swimsuit Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 2001
2005 Kelly Keiser Gothenburg Miss Lincoln
2004 Brook Matthews Blair Miss Omaha
2003 Jane Noseworthy Bellevue Miss Omaha Non-finalist Talent Award
2002 Krista Knicely Omaha Miss Douglas County
2001 Christina Foehlinger Ralston Miss Tri-Cities Top 20 Semi-finalist Sister of Rachel Foehlinger, Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2008
2000 Jill Pennington Omaha Miss Great Plains Non-finalist Interview Award
1999 Becky Smith Omaha Miss Omaha
1998 Jenny Lemmerman West Point Miss Great Plains
1997 Kendra Quandt Davenport Miss Western Nebraska Non-finalist Talent Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award
1996 Rachel White Columbus Miss Great Plains
1995 Myra Katherine Hale Lincoln Miss Omaha Non-finalist Talent Award, 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award
1994 Jennifer Love North Platte Miss High Plains
1993 Mary Lynn Schnitzler Battle Creek Miss Norfolk Area
1992 Natalie Kuijvenhoven Lincoln Miss Great Plains
1991 Vicki Linn Train Grand Island Miss Gothenburg Non-finalist Talent Award
1990 Michelle Ebadi Omaha Miss Western Nebraska
1989 Kristi Hilliard Ogallala Miss Great Plains
1988 Jodi Miller Omaha Miss Omaha Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 1986
1987 Mindee Zimmerman Norfolk Miss Kearney Area
1986 Donna Scheiffer Columbus Miss Columbus Area
1985 Julie Meusburger Lincoln Miss River City Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 Allison Boyd Nebraska City Miss University of Nebraska Non-finalist Talent Award
1983 Kristin Lowenberg Kearney Miss Kearney Area Top 10 Semi-finalist
1982 Sandra Haschke Humphrey Miss Lincoln Area
1981 Jill Pershing Lincoln Miss Lincoln
1980 Paula Louise Mitchell Norfolk Miss University of Nebraska Non-finalist Talent Award
1979 Kathryn Ann Saathoff Fremont Miss Midland Lutheran College
1978 Guylyn Remmenga Elwood Miss University of Nebraska-Lincoln Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award(tie) Previously the National Sweetheart Pageant winner in 1976
1977 Linda Kay Hallstrom Omaha Miss Eastern Nebraska Area Non-finalist Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1976 Marion Catherine Watson Omaha
1975 Janet Kay Goode Omaha Miss Omaha
1974 Sharon Sue Pelc Johnstown Miss Ord
1973 Sandy Cramer Omaha Miss Omaha
1972 Jeanine Giller Omaha Miss Omaha
1971 Sally Lou Warner Bushnell Miss Kimball
1970 Debra May Sullivan Omaha Miss Omaha
1969 Jane Deliese Briggeman Seward Miss York Miss Congeniality
1968 Diane Boldt Omaha Miss Kearney
1967 Terry Lee Schmidt Lincoln Miss University of Nebraska
1966 Patricia Lee Van Horne Lincoln Miss Lincoln Non-finalist Talent Award
1965 Karen Hansmeire Ogallala Miss Ogallala
1964 Sandra Lee Rice Cozad Miss Lexington
1963 Donna Marie Black Broken Bow Miss Grand Island Featured Performer for the 1964 Miss America Pageant telecast
1962 Mary Lee Jepsen Papillion Miss Papillion Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award (tie) Featured performer on the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast
1961 Nancy Lee Foreman Albion Miss Albion
1960 Cheryl Ann Jaeke Shelton Miss Grand Island
1959 Joan Arolyn Sipes Columbus
1958 Sherry Johnson Omaha Non-finalist Talent Award
1957 Katherine L. Nielsen Lincoln Non-finalist Talent Award
1956 Diane Knotek Lincoln Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award
1955 Sandra Spiecher Omaha
1954 Sue Welch Fisher Kearney
1953 Diana Louise Hann Lincoln
1952 Helen Francis Burhorn Omaha
1951 Geraldine Elseman Omaha
1950 Jinx Burrus Crete
1949 Vanita Mae Brown Omaha
1948 Betty Love Booth Fremont
Serena McKinney*
1947 Madalyn Joyce King* Non-finalist Talent Award
1946 Marjorie Ann Hanson*
1942 Clarie Buglewicz
1938 Emmajane Newby Humboldt
1937 Ruth Lenore Jones Nebraska City
1926 Anne Kathleen Fouca*
1925 Myrtle Roach* Top 15 Semi-finalist
  • Competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Omaha

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