The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Kristen Glover |
Stuttgart |
22 |
Miss Ouachita Baptist University |
Tap Dance |
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| 2010 |
Alyse Eady |
Fort Smith |
22 |
Miss South Central Arkansas |
Ventriloquism / Vocal "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" |
1st runner-up |
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Previously Miss Teen Arkansas-America 2004 (now known as Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen) |
| 2009 |
Sarah Slocum |
Sheridan |
23 |
Miss Ouachita River |
Vocal "The Prayer" |
Top 15 Semi-finalist |
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Was voted into the Top 15 as a "People's Choice" winner, voted on by the public |
| 2008 |
Ashlen Batson |
Newark |
21 |
Miss Spirit of Arkansas |
Flute Solo "Carmen Medley" |
Top 12 Semi-finalist |
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| 2007 |
Katie Bailey |
Conway |
25 |
Miss South Arkansas |
Vocal "Feeling Good" |
Top 16 Semi-finalist |
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| 2006 |
Amber Bennett |
Carlisle |
23 |
Miss Central Arkansas |
Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
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Won Miss America "Pageant School" competition |
| 2005 |
Eudora Mosby |
Hazen |
23 |
Miss Central Arkansas |
Vocal "Dream In Color" |
Top 10 |
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| 2004 |
Lacy Fleming |
Hampton |
22 |
Miss Ouachita Baptist University |
Vocal "Last Dance" |
3rd runner-up |
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Former Arkansas Junior Miss 2000 |
| 2003 |
Whitney Kirk |
Cabot |
22 |
Miss Three Rivers |
Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz" |
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Non-finalist Interview Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 |
| 2002 |
Lauren Davidson |
El Dorado |
20 |
Miss White River |
Vocal "It's Time" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 2001 |
Jessie Ward |
Prescott |
21 |
Miss Texarkana |
Tap Dance "Michael Jackson Medley" |
Semi-finalist |
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Current Executive Director of the Miss Arkansas pageant under her married name, Jessie Bennett[1] |
| 2000 |
Sara Harris |
Forrest City |
20 |
Miss Delta |
Vocal "Unchained Melody" |
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| 1999 |
Brandy Rhodes |
Hot Springs |
22 |
Miss Lake Dardanelle |
Original Tap Dance "American Rhapsody" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1998 |
Erin Wheatley |
Little Rock |
22 |
Miss White River |
Vocal / Tap Dance "I Got Rhythm" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1997 |
Stacy Freeman |
Sheridan |
22 |
Miss White River |
Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" |
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Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1992 |
| 1996 |
Melonie McGarrah |
Rogers |
22 |
Miss White River |
Vocal "I Will Always Love You" |
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| 1995 |
Paula Montgomery |
Cabot |
22 |
Miss Greater Little Rock |
Vocal "Can't Help Loving That Man" |
2nd runner-up |
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Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1991 |
| 1994 |
Beth Anne Rankin |
Magnolia |
23 |
Miss Diamond Lakes |
Piano |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1993 |
Nicole Bethmann |
Rogers |
24 |
Miss Diamond Lakes |
Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1992 |
Shannon Boy |
Alma |
21 |
Miss Diamond Lakes |
Flute Solo "Theme from Star Wars" |
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| 1991 |
Heather Hunnicutt |
Fayetteville |
22 |
Miss Northwest Arkansas |
Vocal "Born To Be Blue" |
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| 1990 |
Karissa Rushing |
Benton |
24 |
Miss White River |
Vocal "With a Song In My Heart" |
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| 1989 |
Marci Lewallen |
Dardanelle |
22 |
Miss Arkansas Valley |
Vocal / Banjo "Boogie Woogie Banjo Blues" |
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| 1988 |
Patti Thorn |
Hot Springs |
23 |
Miss Diamond Lakes |
Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1987 |
Carole Lawson |
Paragould |
21 |
Miss University of Arkansas |
Flute / Piccolo solo "Carmen Medley" |
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Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1986 |
| 1986 |
Julie Russell |
Fort Smith |
22 |
Miss Russellville |
Classical Piano Medley with Vocal Narration |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1985 |
Christi Taunton |
Camden |
20 |
Miss Camden |
Popular Vocal "Remembering" |
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recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 1984 |
Lisa Stevens |
Arkadelphia |
22 |
Miss Ouachita Baptist University |
Flute Solo "Carmen Medley" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1983 |
Regina Hopper |
Springdale |
24 |
Miss Springdale |
Popular Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Elected to the Miss America Board of Directors |
| 1982 |
Mary Stuart |
Little Rock |
20 |
Miss White River |
Vocal / Broadway Jazz Dance "The Birth of the Blues" |
Semi-finalist |
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actress who played "Frannie Hughes" on "As the World Turns" from 1990-1993 |
| 1981 |
Micki Petrus |
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| Elizabeth Ward |
Russellville |
20 |
Miss White River |
Vocal "After You've Gone" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
now known as actress "Elizabeth Gracen," former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1980 |
| 1980 |
Lencola Sullivan |
Morrilton |
22 |
Miss White River |
Blues Vocal "St. Louis Blues" |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
*first African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at Miss America; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1979 |
Janet Holman |
North Little Rock |
22 |
Miss University of Arkansas |
Vocal "Somewhere" |
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| 1978 |
Naylene Vuurens |
Searcy |
20 |
Miss Diamond Lakes |
Piano Solo "Etude in G Minor" |
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| 1977 |
Bunnie Holbert |
Stuttgart |
20 |
Miss White River |
Vocal "Feelings" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1976 |
Joyce McCormack |
Little Rock |
21 |
Miss White River |
Ballet en Pointe "Polonaise" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1975 |
Paula Roach |
Jonesboro |
20 |
Miss Jonesboro |
Piano "Theme from Summer of '42" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1974 |
Rhonda Pope |
Hot Springs |
21 |
Miss Hot Springs |
Vocal Medley "Friends" & "With a Little Help from My Friends" |
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Miss Congeniality (tie) |
participated in Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1973 |
Becky Hume |
Jonesboro |
23 |
Miss Osceola |
Free Floor Exercise & Balance Beam Routine |
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| 1972 |
Debbye Hazelwood |
Magnolia |
20 |
Miss Southern State College |
Piano "Warsaw Concerto" |
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| 1971 |
Marilyn Morgan |
Clarksville |
20 |
Miss Clarksville |
Popular Vocal "Something" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Featured singer in the 1972 Miss America production |
| 1970 |
Donna Connelly |
Hope |
19 |
Miss State College of Arkansas |
Vocal Medley "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! & "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" |
Semi-finalist |
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participated in Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1969 |
Marilyn Allen |
North Little Rock |
20 |
Miss North Little Rock |
Acrobatic Ballet "Theme from Exodus" |
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| 1968 |
Helen Gennings |
Batesville |
20 |
Miss Ouachita Baptist University |
Popular Vocal "What the World Needs Now" & "Love Makes the World Go Round" |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1967 |
Sharon Evans |
North Little Rock |
20 |
Miss Ouachita Baptist University |
Vocal / Dance "Mame" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Miss Congeniality (tie) |
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| 1966 |
Mary Craig |
Batesville |
18 |
Miss Batesville |
Vocal / Dancing |
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| 1965 |
Nita VanHook |
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| Rhonda Oglesby |
Pine Bluff |
19 |
Miss University of Arkansas |
Popular Singing |
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resigned after briefly holding the title[2]; listed as Miss Arkansas in the Miss America program from 1965 |
| 1964 |
Karen Carlson |
Fayetteville |
20 |
Miss University of Arkansas |
Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me" |
1st runner-up |
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actress, ex-wife of David Soul; contestant in the 1964 Maid of Cotton Pageant |
| 1963 |
Pam Jackson |
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| Donna Axum |
El Dorado |
21 |
Miss El Dorado |
Vocal Medley "Quando me'n vo'" & "I Love Paris" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Currently serving on the Miss America Board of Directors; competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant as "Miss Hospitality of Arkansas" |
| 1962 |
Edye Addington |
Texarkana |
19 |
Miss Arkansas State Teachers' College |
Vocal Medley "When I Fall In Love" & "This Can't Be Love" |
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| 1961 |
Frances Anderson |
Pine Bluff |
19 |
Miss Pine Bluff |
Vocal "I Enjoy Being a Girl" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Featured Performer for the 1962 Miss America Pageant |
| 1960 |
Claudette Smith |
Star City |
18 |
Miss Pine Bluff |
Vocal |
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| 1959 |
Suzanne Jackson |
North Little Rock |
19 |
Miss University of Arkansas |
Vocal |
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| 1958 |
Sally Miller |
Pine Bluff |
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Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto |
Semi-finalist |
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Competed in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1957 |
Suzanne Scudder |
Hot Springs |
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Miss University of Arkansas |
Vocal |
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| 1956 |
Barbara Banks |
Little Rock |
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Interpretive Ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" |
Semi-finalist |
Prelminary Talent Award |
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| 1955 |
Charlene Bowers |
Helena |
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| 1954 |
Sarah Martin |
Little Rock |
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Classical Vocal |
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| 1953 |
Helen Reed |
Fayetteville |
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Tap Dance |
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| 1952 |
Bonnie Nicksic |
Hot Springs |
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Vocal / Dance "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat |
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| 1951 |
Charlotte Simmen |
Little Rock |
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Vocal & Art Exhibition |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1950 |
Mary Jennings |
Hot Springs |
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Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
was a featured soprano with the New York City Opera, judged the 1989 and 1991 Miss America pageants |
| 1949 |
Barbara Brothers |
Little Rock |
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Painting Display & Poetry Recitation "Old Black Joe" & "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1948 |
Van Louis McDaniel |
Forrest City |
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Monologue "Spartan Parents" |
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| 1947 |
Pam Camp |
Little Rock |
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Sketching |
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| 1946 |
Rebecca McCall |
Blytheville |
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Vocal "Put the Blame on Mame" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1945 |
Leslie Hampton |
Lake Village |
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Vocal "My Man" |
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| 1944 |
Mineola Graham |
Brinkley |
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| 1943 |
Dorris Love |
Jonesboro |
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Dramatic Reading "Letter to a Soldier" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1941 |
Ferol Amelia Dumas |
Magnolia |
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| 1940 |
Betty Benson |
Forrest City |
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| 1939 |
Jean Thompson |
Helena |
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| 1938 |
Lorene Bailey |
Jonesboro |
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Piano "Dinah" |
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| 1933 |
Vivian Ferguson |
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20 |
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disqualified - married |
| 1925 |
No Miss Arkansas |
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Virginia Bowers competed as Miss Little Rock in the Miss America Pageant |