Miss Pennsylvania

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Pennsylvania USA

Nicole Brewer, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2005

The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss American crown on 5 occasions.

Original held in Hershey, the pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May.^[1]

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Rachel Brooks	Broomall	Miss River City
2006	Emily Wills	Beaver	Miss Armstrong County	Top 10 Semi-finalist Miss America 2007	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2001 and 2nd runner up at National Sweetheart 2005
2005	Nicole Brewer	Philadelphia	Miss Allegheny Valley	Top Ten Semi-finalist
2004	Victoria Bechtold	Johnstown	Miss Pittsburgh
2003	Candace Otto	Murrysville	Miss Three Rivers		Non-Finalist Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award
2002	Autumn Marisa	Waynesburg	Miss Armstrong County
2001	Rosalyn Menon	Hazleton	Miss Three Rivers	Top 20 Quarter-finalist	Preliminary Presentation & Community Achievement Winner
2000	Melissa Jeka	Warminster	Miss Allegheny Valley	Top Ten Semi-finalist
1999	Susan Spafford	Erie	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	2nd Runner-up
1998	Mayra Acosta	Lewistown	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania
1997	Heather Busin	Grove City	Miss Butler County
1996	GiGi Gordon	Butler	Miss Armstrong County
1995	Linette Mertz^[2]	Kutztown	Miss Susquehanna Valley
1994	Kirstin Border^[3]	Glen Rock	Miss State Capitol
1993	Diane Fabiano^[4]	Lansdale	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania
1992	Judy Fitch^[5]	Dallas	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
1991	Linda O'Boyle^[6]	Dupont	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton		Non-Finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Award
1990	Marla Wynne^[7]	Easton	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Top Ten Semifinalist^[8]	2nd runner-up, Quality of Life Award ^[9]	Described by broadcaster Larry King as the "ugliest girl in the pageant.^[10] King later rescinded his remarks. Her mother, Marlene Wynne, was the Executive Director of the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant until her death in June 2008.
1989	Michelle Kline^[11]	Easton	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Top Ten Semi-finalist	Quality of Life Award (first time awarded)
1988	Denise Meyer^[12]	Pittsburgh	Miss Bedford
1987	Katarina Sitaris^[13]	Wilkes-Barre	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Cavalier Scholarship Winner
1986	Darlene Deeley	Philadelphia	Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
1985	Lea Schiazza	Philadelphia	Miss Montgomery County	Non-Finalist Talent Award
1984	Gina Major	Huntsville	Miss Lehigh Valley
1983	Jennifer Eshelman	Hegins	Miss Panther Valley
1982	Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh	Belle Vernon	Miss Washington County
1981	Jill Shaffer	Dover	Miss Lebanon
1980	Anita Ellen Patton	Lebanon	Miss Lebanon
1979	Carolyn Louise Black	Elizabethtown	Miss Lancaster County	Top Ten Semi-finalist
1978	Charmaine Kowalski	State College	Miss Penn State		recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1977	Lynn Carol Grote	Bowmansville	Miss Lancaster County	Top Ten Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1976	Marie McLaughlin	Levittown	Miss Lehigh Valley	Top Ten Semi-finalist
1975	Connie Harness	Mechanicsburg	Miss Carlisle		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1974	Karen Lynn Kuhn	Levittown	Miss Lower Bucks County
1973	Tina Louise Thomas	Lancaster	Miss Lancaster County	4th Runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1972	Linda Olson	Corry	Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania	2nd Runner-up
1971	Maureen Wimmer	Perkasie	Miss Lower Bucks County	3rd Runner-up		toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970	Maggie Walker	Harrisburg	Miss York County	4th Runner-up
1969	Trudy Lee Pederson	Etters	Miss York County
1968	Susan Robinson	Pittsburgh	Miss Pittsburgh
1967	Doris Ann Lausch	Lancaster	Miss Lancaster County
1966	Gale Veronica Rothwell	Philadelphia	Miss Germantown		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1965	Judith Lynn McConnell	Pittsburgh	Miss Pittsburgh		Non-Finalist Talent Award	Long career as an actress, best known for her role in the Santa Barbara soap opera
1964	Marilyn Cutaiar March	Havertown	Miss Delaware County
1963	Cheryl Lynn Kegley	Salisbury	Miss Central Pennsylvania
1962	Crystale Leigh Martin	Milton	Miss Susquehanna Valley
1961	E. Lynne Maloney	King of Prussia	Miss Montgomery County
1960	Priscilla Mae Hendricks	Shillington	Miss Reading
1959	Lois Janet Piercy	Springfield	Miss Centre County	Top Ten Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1958	Rosalie Samley	Bethlehem	Miss Lehigh Valley
1957	Jennie Rebecca Blatchford	Hollidaysburg	Miss Central Pennsylvania		Preliminary Talent Award
1956	Lorna Malcomson Ringler	Upper Darby	Miss Delaware County	semi-finalist	Non-Finalist Talent Award	Niece of Miss America 1924 Ruth Malcomson
1955	Pam Ulrich	Sinking Spring	Miss Reading
1954	Barbara Sue Nager	Philadelphia	Miss Greater Philadelphia	3rd Runner-up
1953	Evelyn Margaret Ay	Ephrata	Miss Lancaster County	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Winner
1952	Miriam Smith	McAlisterville	Miss Susquehanna Valley	semi-finalist
1951	Clare Lippert	Tarentum	Miss Kiski Valley
1950	Emile Longacre	Phoenixville	Miss Chester County
1949	Marlene Carozzo	Kennett Square	Miss Chester County
1948	Ruth Douglas	Harrisburg
1947	Dorothy Gresh	Williamsport
1946	Eleanor Kramer	Lebanon		Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1945	Timmy Weston	Clairton
1944	Margie Dorie	Pittsburgh		Semi-finalist
1940 Miss Philadelphia	Frances Marie Burke			Winner
1939	Ruth Phyllis Willock	Pittsburgh
1936 Miss Philadelphia	Rose Coyle			Winner
1935 Miss Pittsburgh	Henrietta Leaver			Winner
1927	Florence Koons
1924 Miss Philadelphia	Ruth Malcomson			Winner		aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956- Lorna Malcomson Ringler and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981- Jodi Meade Graham
1924 Miss Altoona	Katherine Brown

[edit] References

^ Gibb, Tom. "Lehigh Valley basks as Altoona fumes over pageant move", The Harrisburg Patriot, 1993-11-18, p. A1.
^ Associated Press. "Winner touts plan on literacy", The Harrisburg Patriot, 1993-06-05, p. B1.
^ "Two crowns placed on York County heads Kirstin Deliz Border of Glen Rock is selected as 1994's Miss Pennsylvania", York Daily Record, 1993-05-23, p. 01.
^ Associated Press. "Miss Pa. states pageant's case", The Harrisburg Patriot, 1993-06-23, p. B7.
^ Associated Press. "Miss Pennsylvania picked", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1992-06-15, p. C2.
^ Associated Press. "Luzerne County woman named Miss Pennsylvania", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1991-06-16, p. B8.
^ Associated Press. "Easton woman wins crown as 1990 Miss Pennsylvania", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1990-06-17, p. A18.
^ Associated Press (1990-09-05). "Miss Pennsylvania ranks in top 10". Press release.
^ "Miss Texas wins Fruit of the Loom Quality of Life Award", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1990-09-09, p. A2.
^ The People Column, Roanoke Times, September 15, 1990
^ Associated Press. "Easton woman wins state pageant crown", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1989-06-18, p. B1.
^ Associated Press. "Miss Bedford takes state crown \ Greater Harrisburg entrant is fourth runner-up", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1988-06-12, p. B1.
^ Associated Press. "Upstate woman wins Miss Pennsylvania title", The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, 1987-06-14, p. B1.