The Miss America Pageant is traditionally held in September in Atlantic
City, NJ. In 2006, the pageant was changed to January and held in Las Vegas.
To compete you must...
Be between the ages of 17 and 24.
Be a United States citizen.
Meet residency requirements for competing in a certain
town or state.
Meet character criteria as set forth by the Miss America
Organization.
Be in reasonably good health to meet the job requirements.
Be able to meet the time commitment and job responsibilities
as set forth by the local program in which you compete.
Year
Winner
State
1921
Margaret
Gorman
Washington D.C.
1922
Mary
K. Campbell
Ohio
1923
Mary
K. Campbell
Ohio
1924
Ruth
Malcomson
Pennsylvania
1925
Fay
Lanphier
California
1926
Norma
Smallwood
Oklahoma
1927
Lois
Delander
Illinois
1928
No
Pageant
n/a
1929
No
Pageant
n/a
1930
No
Pageant
n/a
1931
No
Pageant
n/a
1932
No
Pageant
n/a
1933
Marian
Bergeron
Connecticut
1934
No
Pageant
n/a
1935
Henrietta
Leaver
Pennsylvania
1936
Rose
Coyle
Pennsylvania
1937
Bette
Cooper
New Jersey
1938
Marilyn
Meseke
Ohio
1939
Patricia
Donnelly
Michigan
1940
Frances
Burke
Pennsylvania
1941
Rosemary
LaPlanche
California
1942
Jo-Carroll
Dennison
Texas
1943
Jean
Bartel
California
1944
Venus
Ramey
Washington D.C.
1945
Bess
Myerson
New York
1946
Marilyn
Buferd
California
1947
Barbara
Jo Walker
Tennessee
1948
BeBe
Shopp
Minnesota
1949
Jacque
Mercer
Arizona
1950
No
Pageant
n/a
1951
Yolande
Betbeze
Alabama
1952
Colleen
Kay Hutchins
Utah
1953
Neva
Jane Langley
Georgia
1954
Evelyn
Ay
Pennsylvania
1955
Lee
Meriwether
California
1956
Sharon
Kay Ritchie
Colorado
1957
Marian
McKnight
South Carolina
1958
Marilyn
Van Derbur
Colorado
1959
Mary
Ann Mobley
Mississippi
1960
Linda
Lee Mead
Mississippi
1961
Nancy
Anne Fleming
Michigan
1962
Maria
Beale Fletcher
North Carolina
1963
Jacquelyn
Mayer
Ohio
1964
Donna
Axum
Arkansas
1965
Vonda
Kay Van Dyke
Arizona
1966
Deborah
Irene Bryant
Kansas
1967
Jane
Anne Jayroe
Oklahoma
1968
Debra
Dene Barnes
Kansas
1969
Judith
Anne Ford
Illinois
1970
Pamela
Anne Eldred
Michigan
1971
Phyllis
George
Texas
1972
Laurel
Lea Schaefer
Ohio
1973
Terry
Anne Meeuwsen
Wisconsin
1974
Rebecca
Ann King
Colorado
1975
Shirley
Cothran
Texas
1976
Tawny
Elaine Godin
New York
1977
Dorothy
K. Benham
Minnesota
1978
Susan
Yvonne Perkins
Ohio
1979
Kylene
Barker
Virginia
1980
Cheryl
Prewitt
Mississippi
1981
Susan
Powell
Oklahoma
1982
Elizabeth
Ward
Arkansas
1983
Debra
Sue Maffett
California
1984
Vanessa
Williams
Suzette Charles
New York
New Jersey
1985
Sharlene
Wells
Utah
1986
Susan
Diane Akin
Mississippi
1987
Kellye
Cash
Tennessee
1988
Kaye
Lani Rae Rafko
Michigan
1989
Gretchen
E. Carlson
Minnesota
1990
Debbye
Lynn Turner
Missouri
1991
Marjorie
Judith Vincent
Illinois
1992
Carolyn
Sapp
Hawaii
1993
Leanza
Cornett
Florida
1994
Kimberly
Aiken
South Carolina
1995
Heather
Whitestone
Alabama
1996
Shawntell
Smith
Oklahoma
1997
Tara
Dawn Holland
Kansas
1998
Kate
Shindle
Illinois
1999
Nicole
Johnson
Virginia
2000
Heather
Renee French
Kentucky
2001
Angela
Baraquio
Hawaii
2002
Katie
Harman
Oregon
2003
Erika
Natali Harold
Illinois
2004
Ericka
Dunlop
Florida
2005
Deidre Downs
Alabama
2006
Jennifer Berry
Oklahoma
2007
Lauren Nelson
Oklahoma
2008
Kirsten Haglund
Michigan
The following States have never produced a Miss America:
Alaska,
Delaware,
Idaho,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Mexico,
North Dakota,
Rhode Island,
South Dakota,
Vermont,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wyoming
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