Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Title |
Age |
Awards |
Talent |
Notes |
1921 |
Margaret Gorman |
Washington, D.C. |
Miss Washington, D.C |
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1922 |
Mary Campbell |
Columbus, Ohio |
Miss Columbus |
|
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|
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1923 |
Mary Campbell |
Columbus, Ohio |
Miss Columbus |
|
|
|
1924 |
Ruth Malcomson |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Miss Philadelphia |
|
|
|
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1925 |
Fay Lanphier |
Oakland, California |
Miss California |
|
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|
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1926 |
Norma Smallwood |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Miss Tulsa |
|
|
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1927 |
Lois Delander |
Joliet, Illinois |
Miss Illinois |
|
|
|
|
1933 |
Marian Bergeron |
West Haven, Connecticut |
Miss Connecticut |
15 |
|
|
|
1935 |
Henrietta Leaver |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Miss Pittsburgh |
|
|
|
1936 |
Rose Coyle |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Miss Philadelphia |
|
|
|
|
1937 |
Bette Cooper |
Bertrand Island, New Jersey |
Miss Bertrand Island |
|
|
|
|
1938 |
Marilyn Meseke |
Marion, Ohio |
Miss Ohio |
|
|
|
1939 |
Patricia Donnelly |
Detroit, Michigan |
Miss Michigan |
|
|
|
|
1940 |
Frances Marie Burke |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Miss Philadelphia |
|
|
|
|
1941 |
Rosemary LaPlanche |
Los Angeles, California |
Miss California |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
1st runner-up at Miss America 1940 |
1942 |
Jo-Carroll Dennison |
Tyler County, Texas |
Miss Texas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1943 |
Jean Bartel |
Los Angeles, California |
Miss California |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1944 |
Venus Ramey |
Washington, D.C. |
Miss Washington, DC |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1945 |
Bess Myerson |
New York, New York |
Miss New York City |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1946 |
Marilyn Buferd |
Los Angeles, California |
Miss California |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent (tie) |
|
|
1947 |
Barbara Jo Walker |
Memphis, Tennessee |
Miss Memphis |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
BeBe Shopp |
Hopkins, Minnesota |
Miss Minnesota |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1949 |
Jacque Mercer |
Litchfield Park, Arizona |
Miss Arizona |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit (tie), Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1951 |
Yolande Betbeze |
Mobile, Alabama |
Miss Alabama |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1952 |
Colleen Kay Hutchins |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Miss Utah |
|
Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1953 |
Neva Jane Langley |
Macon, Georgia |
Miss Georgia |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1954 |
Evelyn Margaret Ay |
Ephrata, Pennsylvania |
Miss Pennsylvania |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1955 |
Lee Meriwether |
San Francisco, California |
Miss California |
|
|
|
1956 |
Sharon Ritchie |
Denver, Colorado |
Miss Colorado |
|
|
|
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1957 |
Marian McKnight |
Manning, South Carolina |
Miss South Carolina |
|
|
|
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1958 |
Marilyn Van Derbur |
Denver, Colorado |
Miss Colorado |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
Mary Ann Mobley |
Brandon, Mississippi |
Miss Mississippi |
|
Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1960 |
Lynda Lee Mead |
Natchez, Mississippi |
Miss Mississippi |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
Nancy Fleming |
Montague, Michigan |
Miss Michigan |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent (tie) |
|
|
1962 |
Maria Fletcher |
Asheville, North Carolina |
Miss North Carolina |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1963 |
Jacquelyn Mayer |
Sandusky, Ohio |
Miss Ohio |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
Donna Axum |
El Dorado, Arkansas |
Miss Arkansas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1965 |
Vonda Kay Van Dyke |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Miss Arizona |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
Deborah Irene Bryant |
Overland Park, Kansas |
Miss Kansas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1967 |
Jane Anne Jayroe |
Laverne, Oklahoma |
Miss Oklahoma |
|
Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1968 |
Debra Dene Barnes |
Moran, Kansas |
Miss Kansas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1969 |
Judith Anne Ford |
Belvidere, Illinois |
Miss Illinois |
|
Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1970 |
Pamela Anne Eldred |
West Bloomfield, Michigan |
Miss Michigan |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1971 |
Phyllis Ann George |
Denton, Texas |
Miss Texas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1972 |
Laurie Lea Schaefer |
Columbus, Ohio |
Miss Ohio |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1973 |
Terry Anne Meeuwsen |
De Pere, Wisconsin |
Miss Wisconsin |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1974 |
Rebecca Ann King |
Denver, Colorado |
Miss Colorado |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
Shirley Cothran |
Fort Worth, Texas |
Miss Texas |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1976 |
Tawny Elaine Godin |
Yonkers, New York |
Miss New York |
|
|
|
|
1977 |
Dorothy Kathleen Benham |
Edina, Minnesota |
Miss Minnesota |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1978 |
Susan Perkins |
Columbus, Ohio |
Miss Ohio |
|
Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1979 |
Kylene Barker |
Galax, Virginia |
Miss Virginia |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
Cheryl Prewitt |
Ackerman, Mississippi |
Miss Mississippi |
22 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1981 |
Susan Powell |
Elk City, Oklahoma |
Miss Oklahoma |
|
Preliminary Talent (tie) |
|
|
1982 |
Elizabeth Ward |
Russellville, Arkansas |
Miss Arkansas |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
|
|
1983 |
Debra Maffett |
Anaheim, California |
Miss California |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
|
|
1984 (1) |
Vanessa L. Williams |
Watertown, New York |
Miss New York |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
Vocal |
First Black Miss America |
1984 (2) |
Suzette Charles |
Mays Landing, New Jersey |
Miss New Jersey |
|
|
Vocal |
|
1985 |
Sharlene Wells |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Miss Utah |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Harp/Vocal |
|
1986 |
Susan Akin |
Meridian, Mississippi |
Miss Mississippi |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal |
|
1987 |
Kellye Cash |
Memphis, Tennessee |
Miss Tennessee |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
Vocal |
Grandneice of Johnny Cash |
1988 |
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko |
Monroe, Michigan |
Miss Michigan |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Hawaiian-Tahitian dance |
|
1989 |
Gretchen Carlson |
Anoka, Minnesota |
Miss Minnesota |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical Violin |
|
1990 |
Debbye Turner |
Mexico, Missouri |
Miss Missouri |
23 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Marimba |
|
1991 |
Marjorie Judith Vincent |
Oak Park, Illinois |
Miss Illinois |
25 |
Preliminary Talent |
Piano |
|
1992 |
Carolyn Suzanne Sapp |
Kona, Hawaii |
Miss Hawaii |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal |
|
1993 |
Leanza Cornett |
Jacksonville, Florida |
Miss Florida |
21 |
|
Vocal |
|
1994 |
Kimberly Clarice Aiken |
Columbia, South Carolina |
Miss South Carolina |
18 |
|
Vocal |
|
1995 |
Heather Whitestone |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Miss Alabama |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent |
Ballet en Pointe |
First Deaf Miss America |
1996 |
Shawntel Smith |
Muldrow, Oklahoma |
Miss Oklahoma |
24 |
|
Vocal |
|
1997 |
Tara Dawn Holland |
Overland Park, Kansas |
Miss Kansas |
23 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Opera |
|
1998 |
Katherine Shindle |
Evanston, Illinois |
Miss Illinois |
20 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal |
|
1999 |
Nicole Johnson |
Roanoke, Virginia |
Miss Virginia |
24 |
|
Vocal |
|
2000 |
Heather French |
Maysville, Kentucky |
Miss Kentucky |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal |
|
2001 |
Angela Perez Baraquio |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
Miss Hawaii |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Hula |
|
2002 |
Katie Harman |
Gresham, Oregon |
Miss Oregon |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical Vocal |
|
2003 |
Erika Harold |
Urbana, Illinois |
Miss Illinois |
22 |
|
Operatic Aria |
|
2004 |
Ericka Dunlap |
Orlando, Florida |
Miss Florida |
21 |
|
Vocal |
|
2005 |
Deidre Downs |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Miss Alabama |
24 |
|
Vocal |
|
2006 |
Jennifer Berry |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Miss Oklahoma |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Ballet en Pointe |
|
2007 |
Lauren Nelson |
Lawton, Oklahoma |
Miss Oklahoma |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal |
|
2008 |
Kirsten Haglund |
Farmington Hills, Michigan |
Miss Michigan |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal |
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