Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986).
| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Mary Margaret Roark[1] |
Cleveland |
20 |
Miss North Central Mississippi |
Piano |
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| 2010 |
Sarah Beth James |
Madison |
20 |
Miss Metro Jackson |
Piano "Piano Fantasy" by William Joseph |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 2009 |
Anna Tadlock |
McCool |
23 |
Miss New South |
Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde |
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| 2008 |
Christine Kozlowski |
D'Iberville |
19 |
Miss Gulf Coast |
Jazz Dance |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
First Latina Miss Mississippi [2] |
| 2007 |
Kimberly Morgan |
Oxford |
24 |
Miss Heritage |
Vocal "God Bless the Child" |
Top 16 at Miss America 2008 |
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Second African-American to compete as Miss Mississippi |
| 2006 |
Taryn Foshee |
Clinton |
21 |
Miss Byram Tri County |
Piano "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín |
3rd runner-up at Miss America 2007 |
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| 2005 |
Kristian Dambrino |
Grenada |
20 |
Miss Grenada County |
Original Vocal & Piano composition "Pearlington's Prayer" |
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| 2004 |
Jalin Wood |
Waynesboro |
23 |
Miss Metro Jackson |
Piano "Cumana" |
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Later Miss Mississippi USA 2007 |
| 2003 |
Allison Kellogg |
Madison |
22 |
Miss Madison County |
Ballet en Pointe "The Magic Bird of Fire" |
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Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1999 |
| 2002 |
Jennifer Adcock |
Hattiesburg |
22 |
Miss West Central Mississippi |
Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Later Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Top 10 at Miss USA 2005), Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1998 |
| 2001 |
Becky Pruett |
Laurel |
22 |
Miss Deep South |
Vocal "Whatever Lola Wants" |
Top 20 Quarter-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award & Quality of Life 2nd runner-up |
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| 2000 |
Christy May |
Pontotoc |
24 |
Miss Pontotoc |
Piano "Theme from The Apartment" |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1999 |
Heather Soriano |
Philadelphia |
22 |
Miss East Central Mississippi |
Vocal / Dance "Trouble" from Smokey Joe's Cafe |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Later Miss Mississippi USA 2002 |
| 1998 |
Melinda King |
Waynesboro |
22 |
Miss Hattiesburg |
Vocal "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" |
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| 1997 |
Myra Barginear |
Grenada |
23 |
Miss West Central |
Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
2nd runner-up |
recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 1996 |
Kari Litton |
Pontotoc |
23 |
Miss New South |
Vocal "Cry" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1995 |
Monica Louwerens |
Greenville |
21 |
Miss Magnolia |
Vocal "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Rembrandt Award for Mentorship |
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| 1994 |
Rebecca Blouin |
Batesville |
23 |
Miss Dixieland |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1993 |
Lenena Holder |
Booneville |
24 |
Miss Magnolia |
Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
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Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1992 |
Kandace Williams |
Tupelo |
23 |
Miss Tupelo |
Vocal "Ain't It Good" from Children of Eden |
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| 1991 |
Mary Allison Hurdle |
Holly Springs |
24 |
Miss DeSoto County |
Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine |
4th runner-up |
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| 1990 |
Beth Howell |
Clinton |
21 |
Miss Dixie |
Magic Act |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1987 |
| 1989 |
Cherry Busby |
Tupelo |
19 |
Miss Tupelo |
Vocal "My Funny Valentine" |
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| 1988 |
Carla Haag |
Hattiesburg |
23 |
Miss Dixie |
Vocal Medley "Here's to the Band" & "Alexander's Ragtime Band" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1987 |
Toni Seawright |
Moss Point |
23 |
Miss Mississippi University for Women |
Popular Vocal "I'm Going All the Way" |
4th runner-up |
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First African American Miss Mississippi |
| 1986 |
Kimberly McGuffee |
Mendenhall |
23 |
Miss Lamar County |
Popular Vocal "Inseparable" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1985 |
Nan Sumrall |
Hattiesburg |
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Successor to crown. Known now as Nan Kelley, host on Great American Country TV. |
| Susan Akin |
Meridian |
21 |
Miss University |
Vocal "You're My World" |
Winner - Miss America 1986 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1984 |
Kathy Manning |
Drew |
22 |
Miss University of Mississippi |
Country Vocal "Crazy" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Later Miss Mississippi USA 1987 (Top 10 at Miss USA) |
| 1983 |
Wanda Geddie |
Hattiesburg |
24 |
Miss William Carey College |
Vocal "More Than You Know" |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1982 |
Dianne Evans |
Taylorsville |
22 |
Miss William Carey College |
Vocal "Stormy Weather" |
2nd Runner Up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1981 |
Karen Hopson |
Vicksburg |
21 |
Miss Vicksburg |
Character Ballet en Pointe "Overture from Annie" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Her mother is the vice president of the Miss Mississippi Corporation and her father is the chairman of the Miss Mississippi Board of Trustees, |
| 1980 |
Donna Pope |
McNeil |
24 |
Miss Picayune |
Ballet "Overture from Oklahoma!" |
2nd runner-up (tie) |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1979 |
Sherye Simmons |
Jackson |
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Successor to crown |
| Cheryl Prewitt |
Ackerman |
22 |
Miss Starkville |
Vocal / Piano "Don't Cry Out Loud" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1978 |
Cheri Brown |
Meridian |
21 |
Miss Oxford |
Popular Vocal "Evergreen" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) |
Later Miss Mississippi USA 1980 |
| 1977 |
Mary Donnelly |
Oxford |
19 |
Miss University |
Vocal "The Good Songs" |
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wife of Miss America Chairman of the Board, Sam Haskell |
| 1976 |
Bobbye Wood |
Hattiesburg |
19 |
Miss William Carey College |
Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" |
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| 1975 |
Mollie Magee |
Mendenhall |
19 |
Miss University of Southern Mississippi |
Popular Vocal "Lights on the Hill" |
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Competed in the 1972 Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 1974 |
Diane Bounds |
Gulfport |
21 |
Miss Mississippi State University |
Popular Vocal "When You Smile" |
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| 1973 |
Kathleen Coole |
Gulfport |
19 |
Miss Mississippi State College for Women |
Vocal Medley "Everything's Alright" & "I Don't Know How to Love Him" |
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| 1972 |
Glenda Meadows |
Richton |
23 |
Miss Richton |
Vocal Medley "Am I Blue?" & "I'd Rather Be Blue" |
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| 1971 |
Jennifer Blair |
Tupelo |
21 |
Miss Mississippi State University |
Popular Vocal "I Wish You Love" |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1970 |
Christine McClamroch |
Columbus |
21 |
Miss Columbus |
Vocal Medley "Cabaret," "Try to Remember" & "You'll Never Walk Alone" |
3rd runner-up |
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| 1969 |
Jane Foshee |
Hattiesburg |
19 |
Miss Hattiesburg |
Vocal / Soft Shoe Dance "Makin' Whoopee" |
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Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1967 |
| 1968 |
Mary Mills |
McComb |
19 |
Miss University of Southern Mississippi |
Piano Comedy Presentation "Habanera" & "La Poupée Valsante" by Fritz Kreisler |
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| 1967 |
Joan Myers |
Forest |
20 |
Miss Mississippi College |
Speech & Display of Original Art "Doctor Zhivago" |
1st runner-up |
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Featured performer on the 1968 Miss America Pageant telecast |
| 1966 |
Robbie Robertson |
Hattiesburg |
20 |
Miss University of Southern Mississippi |
Dramatic Reading |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Placed in the Top 10 at the 1966 Maid of Cotton Pageant |
| 1965 |
Patricia Puckett |
Columbus |
20 |
Miss Columbus |
Vocal "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Featured Performer on the 1966 Miss America telecast |
| 1964 |
Judy Simono |
Vicksburg |
20 |
Miss Vicksburg |
Classical Ballet |
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| 1963 |
Jan Nave |
McComb |
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Miss Mississippi State College for Women |
Contemporary Dance |
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| 1962 |
Charlotte Ann Carroll |
Walthall |
19 |
Miss Eupora |
Comedy Song & Dance Routine "Olive Oyl" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1961 |
Annice Jernigan |
New Albany |
21 |
Miss University of Mississippi |
Piano Medley |
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| 1960 |
Patricia McRaney |
McComb |
20 |
Miss McComb |
Speech & Art Presentation |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1959 |
Betty Porter |
Brookhaven |
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Successor to crown |
| Lynda Lee Mead |
Natchez |
20 |
Miss University |
Original Dramatic Act "Schizophrenia" |
Winner |
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| 1958 |
Margie Wilson |
Itta Bena |
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Successor to crown |
| Mary Ann Mobley |
Brandon |
19 |
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Vocal Medley & Dance "Un Bel Di" & "There'll Be Some Changes Made" |
Winner |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Also competed in the 1958 Maid of Cotton Pageant |
| 1957 |
Mary Allen |
Yazoo City |
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Dance & Art Presentation |
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| 1956 |
Martha Tisdale |
Hattiesburg |
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Drama |
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| 1955 |
Carolyn Cochran |
Lucedale |
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| 1954 |
Celeste Luckett |
Clarksdale |
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Drama |
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Also competed in the 1955 Maid of Cotton Pageant |
| 1953 |
Suzanne Dugger |
Picayune |
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Vocal Medley & Dance "Bill" & "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" |
4th runner-up |
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| 1952 |
Dora Livingston |
Yazoo City |
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| 1951 |
Jessie Morgan |
Newton |
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Ballet |
Placed among the Top 15 |
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| 1950 |
Annie Roberts |
Hattiesburg |
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| 1949 |
Katherine Wright |
Pascagoula |
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Dramatic Sketch "Hagar" |
1st runner-up |
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| 1948 |
Virginia Hollingsworth |
Kosciusko |
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| 1947 |
Kitty Bailey |
Oxford |
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Painting |
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| 1946 |
Lennie Nobles |
Greenwood |
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Dance |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1945 |
Harriet Carr |
Marks |
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Stand-up Comedy |
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| 1944 |
Sarah Topp |
Tupelo |
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| 1943 |
Arminta Scott |
Corinth |
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| 1942 |
Dorothy Fox |
Columbus |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1941 |
Madeline Smith |
Winona |
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| 1940 |
Carolyn Simon |
Greenville |
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| 1939 |
Doris Coggins |
Baldwyn |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1938 |
Frances Sykes |
Aberdeen |
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| 1937 |
Virginia Riley |
West Point |
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| 1936 |
Rachel Smith |
Booneville |
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| 1935 |
LeFrance Boyett |
Sumner |
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| 1934 |
Madolyn Hardy |
Belzoni |
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There was no Miss America Pageant in 1934 |
| 1933 |
Dorothy Ely |
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24 |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1927 |
No Miss Mississippi |
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Phyllis Hunt competed as Miss Biloxi in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1926 |
No Miss Mississippi |
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Mabel Riley competed as Miss Biloxi in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1925 |
No Miss Mississippi |
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Laurice McFarland competed as Miss Biloxi and placed as a Finalist in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1924 |
No Miss Mississippi |
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Vivian Ruth Shaddinger competed as Miss Biloxi and Mabel Batson competed as Miss Jackson in the Miss America Pageant |