Miss Oklahoma

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For the article about the Miss USA state pageant, see Miss Oklahoma USA

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson (center) and former Miss America's from Oklahoma Jennifer Berry (left) and Jane Jayroe (right) make an appearance at Tinker Air Force Base

License plate celebrating Oklahoma's win at Miss America 1967

Makenna Smith, Miss Oklahoma 2007

Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007, in a parade.

Jennifer Berry holding the Miss America crown.

Miss Oklahoma 1966 and Miss America 1967 Jane Jayroe signing autographs at Miss America 2008

The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win the Miss America title back to back for two years.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2008	Kelsey Cartwright^[1]	Collinsville	Miss Keystone Lake
2007	Makenna Smith	Oklahoma City	Miss OK City University
2006	Lindsey Miller		Miss Grand Lake			Successor to crown
2006	Lauren Nelson	Lawton	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Winner - Miss America 2007	Preliminary Swimsuit	Previously Miss Oklahoma Teen 2004
2005	Jennifer Warren		Miss Green Country			Successor to crown
2005	Jennifer Berry	Tulsa	Miss Grand Lake	Winner - Miss America 2006	Preliminary Talent, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award
2004	Elizabeth Kinney	Mooreland	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Top 10 Semi-finalist
2003	Kelley Scott	Owasso	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Top 10 Semi-finalist
2002	Casey Preslar	Tulsa	Miss Grand Lake	2nd Runner-Up	Preliminary Talent Award
2001	Kaci Hundley	Enid	Miss State Fair of Oklahoma	Top 20 Quarter-finalist
2000	Kristin Steveson	Broken Arrow	Miss Tulsa State Fair		Non-finalist Talent Award
1999	Daneka Allen	Oklahoma City	Miss Stroud
1998	Julie Payne	Grandfield	Miss Collinsville	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1997	Kelli Masters	Midwest City	Miss Oklahoma City University		Non-finalist Talent Award
1996	Amy Duncan	Oklahoma City	Miss University of Oklahoma		Non-finalist Talent Award
1995	Meighen Bradfield					Successor to crown
1995	Shawntel Smith	Muldrow	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Winner
1994	Tiffany Craig	Norman	Miss Norman
1993	Elizabeth Moseley	Norman	Miss Shawnee
1992	DuSharme Carter	Oklahoma City	Miss Oklahoma City University	4th Runner-Up		Later Miss Oklahoma USA 1995, top 12 at Miss USA 1995
1991	Gina Lynne Smith	Stillwater	Miss Stroud
1990	Cynthia White	Oklahoma City	Miss Stroud	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1989	Tamara Marler	Tulsa	Miss Norman	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1988	Lori Kelley	Clinton	Miss Norman	2nd Runner-Up	Preliminary Talent Award
1987	Leesa Cornett	Newcastle	Miss Norman		Non-finalist Talent Award
1986	Mignon Merchant	Oklahoma City	Miss Lake Hudson		Non-finalist Talent Award	Previously Miss Oklahoma USA 1983, top 10 at Miss USA 1983
1985	Felicia Ferguson	Oklahoma City	Miss Grand Lake
1984	Julie Sunday	Owasso	Miss Owasso
1983	Trelynda Kerr	Moore	Miss Grand Lake
1982	Nancy Chapman	Altus	Miss Oklahoma City	4th Runner-Up
1981	April Clayton	Cameron	Miss Tulsa State Fair			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1980	Kathleen Allin					Successor to crown
1980	Susan Powell	Elk City	Miss Oklahoma City	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award (tie)
1979	Jill Elmore	Tulsa	Miss Grand Lake		Non-finalist Talent Award
1978	Kendi Brown	Oklahoma City	Miss Warr Acres
1977	Ellen Wight	Tulsa	Miss Oklahoma City University
1976	Lucia Miller	Buffalo	Miss Tulsa State Fair
1975	Lisa Reagan	Oklahoma City	Miss Warr Acres			former wife of former Congressman Mickey Edwards
1974	Debbie Knight	Warr Acres	Miss Warr Acres
1973	Andrea Hanson	Tahlequah	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1972	Debbie Giannopoulos	Oklahoma City	Miss Warr Acres
1971	Susan Supernaw	Tulsa	Miss Phillips University		Special Judges Award
1970	Judy Adams	Cushing	Miss Oklahoma State University	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1969	Jeanne Gambrell	Tulsa	Miss University of Tulsa
1968	Beverly Drew	Harrah	Miss Shawnee
1967	Carolyn Denton	Muskogee	Miss Oklahoma State University
1966	Sandy Ferguson					Successor to crown
1966	Jane Ann Jayroe	Laverne	Miss Oklahoma City	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
1965	Sandra Curtis	Tulsa	Miss Tulsa
1964	Jane Hitch	Guymon	Miss Guymon
1963	Cheryl Semrad Hassman	Waukomis	Miss Okeene
1962	Billi Kay Smith	Stroud	Miss Stroud
1961	Dana Darlene Reno	Stigler	Miss Stigler
1960	Donna Kay Creed	Enid	Miss Enid
1959	Mary Ann Hazelton	Tulsa			Non-finalist Talent Award
1958	Anita Bryant	Tulsa		2nd Runner-up
1957	Mary Nancy Denner	Alva		2nd Runner-up
1956	LaDonna J. Kramer	Loyal
1955	Ann Campbell	Oklahoma City		4th Runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1954	Charlavan Baker	Oklahoma City
1953	Lorene Washburn	Tulsa
1952	Shirley Barbour	Tulsa			Miss Congeniality
1951	Bobby Jene Simmons	Oklahoma City		Semi-Finalist
1950	Louise O’Brien	Tulsa		4th runner-up
1949	Georgine R. Leeka	Tulsa
1948	Donna Briggs	Tulsa		4th Runner-up
1943	Joan Marceille Hawk	Oklahoma City
1941	Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona	Tulsa		Semi-finalist	Miss Congeniality	First Native American to compete at Miss America
1940	Ada Martyne Wood	Oklahoma City		Semi-finalist
1939	Bettye Cornelia Avert	Oklahoma City		1st runner-up
1938	Marjorie Ann Adams	Ada
1934	Juanita Pitts
1922	Nellie Grant	Ada