Miss Oregon
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The Miss Oregon competition is a regional beauty pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.
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The event began in 1947 as the Miss Oregon Pageant and was founded by the merchants in the coastal city of Seaside.[1] Miss Oregon was designated the official State Hostess in 1969.[2] In 2002, Katie Harman was crowned Miss Oregon and went on to win the Miss America crown, becoming the only Miss Oregon winner of the national event. The event is now titled the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant.[3]
The event is held at the Seaside Civic and Convention at the Oregon Coast with local Seaside merchants as the primary sponsors of the annual contest.[1] The two-day event narrows the competition down to ten finalists on the first day before selecting a winner on the second day.[1] Events at the event include an evening wear competition, talent competition, bathing suit competition, and a competition in casual wear.[4] The competition includes an interview on-stage as the final portion before a winner is selected.[4]
In addition to the chance to become Miss America, the winner also receives scholarships.[1] Contests range in age from 17 to 24, and must first win local competitions before qualifying for the Miss Oregon contest.[4]
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2007 | Kari Virding[5] | Portland | Miss Portland | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 2000 | |
| 2006 | Donilee McGinnis | Scappoose | Miss Willamette Valley | |||
| 2005 | Lucy Fleck | Portland | Miss Portland | |||
| 2004 | Brook Roberts | Roseburg | Miss Douglas County | |||
| 2003 | April Robinson | Gresham | Miss Multnomath County | Non-Finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2002 | Brita Stream | Eugene | Miss Linn-Benton | |||
| 2001 | Heidi Rickey | Miss Yamhill County | Successor to crown | |||
| Katie Harman | Gresham | Miss Portland | Winner - Miss America 2002 | Preliminary Talent Award | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2000 | |
| 2000 | Angela Day Brink | Roseburg | Miss Douglas County | |||
| 1999 | Angela Reed | Portland | Miss Tri-Valley | Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award | ||
| 1998 | Jennifer Sisco-Moore | Eugene | Miss Tri-Valley | Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete, State Community Service Award | ||
| 1997 | Tamara Ann Finch | Myrtle Creek | Miss Douglas County | Semi-Finalist | Steinway Talent Winner | |
| 1996 | Patricia Regan Leines | Medford | Miss Tri-Valley | Second Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1995 | Emily John Orton | Creswell | Miss Linn-Benton | First Runner-up | ||
| 1994 | Roberta Stenbeck | Roseburg | Miss Douglas County | |||
| 1993 | Elizabeth Simmons | Bandon | Miss Tri-Valley | Third Runner-up | Previously winner of the National Sweetheart Pageant in 1992 | |
| 1992 | Sara Kristi Paulson | Portland | Miss Washington County | |||
| 1991 | Carolyn Helen Ladd | Corvallis | Miss Linn-Benton | |||
| 1990 | Brittney Gae Thompson | Portland | Miss Tri-Valley | |||
| 1989 | Lynette Boggs | Portland | Miss Portland | State Quality of Life Award | currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Miss America Pageant | |
| 1988 | Anna Denise Jones | Portland | Miss Tri-Valley | |||
| 1987 | Tamara Fazzolari | Portland | Miss Hillsboro | |||
| 1986 | Jana Svea Peterson | Newport | Miss Linn-Benton | Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe | ||
| 1985 | Dana Kocks | Ashland | Miss Rogue Valley | |||
| 1984 | Renee Bagley | Portland | Miss Willamette Valley | |||
| 1983 | Stephanie Wymer | Sutherlin | Miss Douglas County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Laura Matthys | Salem | Miss Linn-Benton | |||
| 1981 | Julie Ross | Portland | Miss Portland | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1980 | Teresa Richardson | Forest Grove | Miss Multnomath County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Tami Sanders | Roseburg | Miss Douglas County | |||
| 1978 | Amy White | Portland | Miss Portland | |||
| 1977 | Suzanne Bunker | Forest Grove | Miss Portland | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1976 | Shan Moss | Nyssa | Miss Malheur County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Betty Hupfer | Milwaukie | Miss Gresham | |||
| 1974 | Juli Ann Berg | Eugene | Miss Lane County | daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Previously Oregon's Junior Miss in 1974 | ||
| 1973 | Nancy Jean Jackson | Nyssa | Miss Rogue Valley | |||
| 1972 | Sandra Lynn Herring | Portland | Miss Portland | Non-finalist Talent Award | Performed with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1971 | Lynn Dee Grenz | Milwaukie | Miss Linn County | Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Popular Singer) | Former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and past House Majority Leader, judged the Miss America Pageant in 1999 | |
| 1970 | Cynthia Lynn Harrison | Portland | Miss Rogue Valley | |||
| 1969 | Margie Elaine Huhta | Astoria | Miss Knappa-Svensen | USO Tour | ||
| 1968 | Marjean Kay Langley | Milton-Freewater | Miss Pendleton | Third Runner-up | ||
| 1967 | Christine Beach | Pendleton | Miss Pendleton | |||
| 1966 | Lita Schiel | Lake Oswego | Miss Lake Oswego | |||
| 1965 | Sue Pack | Eugene | Miss Eugene | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1964 | Carol Pedersen | Newport | Miss Lincoln County | |||
| 1963 | D’Ann Fullerton | Roseburg | Miss Roseburg | |||
| 1962 | Martha Wyatt | Jacksonville | Miss Rogue Valley | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1961 | Jody Bourne | Salem | Miss Salem | |||
| 1960 | Rosemary Doolen | Salem | Miss Salem | Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Singer) | ||
| 1959 | Karlyn Mattsson | Portland | Miss Portland | |||
| 1958 | Mary Ellen Vinton | McMinnville | Miss McMinnville | |||
| 1957 | Judith Hansen | Astoria | Miss Astoria | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1956 | Patricia Berg | Eugene | Miss Eugene | |||
| 1955 | Dorothy Mae Johnson | Portland | Miss Beaverton | First Runner-up | ||
| 1954 | Diane Carman | Milwaukie | Miss Oak Grove | |||
| 1953 | Patti Throop | Portland | Miss Portland | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1952 | Mary Lou Teague | Eugene | Miss Eugene | |||
| 1951 | Audrey Mistretta | Astoria | Miss Tongue Point | |||
| 1950 | Elizabeth Ann Baker | Monmouth | Miss McMinnville | |||
| 1949 | Beverly Kruger | The Dalles | Miss The Dalles | |||
| 1948 | Joyce Davis | Bend | Miss Redmond | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1947 | Jo Ann Amorde | Sutherlin | Miss Roseburg | Semi-Finalist |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Miss Oregon Pageant starts today in Seaside. The Oregonian, July 8, 2004.
- ^ Chapter 186 — State Emblems; State Boundary 2005 Oregon Revised Statutes
- ^ Foyston, John. Miss Portland rises to the top, takes Miss Oregon title. The Oregonian, July 2, 2007.
- ^ a b c Tareen, Sophia. Persistence pays off for pageant winner. The Oregonian, July 12, 2004.
- ^ "Miss Portland Crowned Miss Oregon 2007", Salem News, 2007-07-01. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
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Miss USA Miss Oregon USA |
Miss Teen USA Miss Oregon Teen USA |
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