The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win the Miss America title back to back for two years. Addison Price of Edmond was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2019 on June 8, 2019 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2020.
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Miss Oklahoma
Miss Oklahoma | Introduction
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The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win the Miss America title back to back for two years. Addison Price of Edmond was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2019 on June 8, 2019 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2020.
Miss Oklahoma | Introduction
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oklahoma titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Miss Oklahoma | Results summary
She won the Miss Oklahoma 2005 title in a state pageant held Tulsa on June 11, 2005. She competed as Miss Grand Lake and was a double preliminary winner, winning awards for both talent and swimsuit. This was Berry's fifth attempt at the state title, as she placed third runner-up in 2004 and 2003, made the top 10 in 2002 and was unplaced in 2001.
Jennifer Berry | Miss Oklahoma 2005
She won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the first time on June 11, 2006. On the final night of competition, she was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2006, for which she received a $16,000 scholarship. At age nineteen, she was the youngest contestant to become Miss Oklahoma.
Lauren Nelson | Miss Oklahoma 2006
Casey Preslar is a beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Oklahoma 2002 and was 2nd-Runner Up at Miss America 2003. She also won the Preliminary Talent Award, Eleanor Andrews Talent Award, and America's Choice in Talent at the same competition.
Casey Preslar | Introduction
She entered the Miss Oklahoma 2013 pageant with a platform promoting cervical cancer awareness and performing "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Misérables" in the talent competition. Frazier was the second runner-up for the state title and the Kiwanis Community Service Award winner, earning a combined $5,000 in scholarships.
Georgia Frazier | Competing as an adult
The winner of the 2016 competition is Marquela Pewewardy, who is 17 years old and whose mother is Kiowa and whose father is Comanche.She plans to enroll in Oklahoma University, when she graduates from Elgin High School.
American Indian Exposition | Miss American Indian Exposition
The Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1997, Oklahoma joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system. Olivia Jordan was crowned Miss USA 2015 on July 12, 2015 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, becoming the first contestant from Oklahoma to win the national title, and as well the 34th state to have the national title. Oklahoma is in the top 20 states in terms of the number of semi-finalists.
Miss Oklahoma USA | Introduction
Miss America 1967, the 40th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1966. It was televised in the United States on NBC. Although an entry representing the city of Tulsa had been victorious in the 1926 pageant, Jane Anne Jayroe became the first woman with the title of Miss Oklahoma to win the crown. Jayroe's unique performance in the talent competition had her conducting the Miss America orchestra while singing Len Barry hit "1-2-3." She later became an executive with Oklahoma's state tourism bureau and an Oklahoma City television news anchor.
Miss America 1967 | Introduction
See "Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen"
Miss America's Outstanding Teen state pageants | Oklahoma
"For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Oklahoma Teen USA" The Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oklahoma in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant. Claire Grace of Stillwater was crowned Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen on June 7, 2019 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She competed for the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center on July 27, 2019 in Orlando, Florida where she placed in the Top 10 and a Teens in Action Finalist.
Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen | Introduction
Frazier told the "Tulsa World" that her immediate post-pageant plans were to "grab a cheeseburger and listen to country music in her new car". As Miss Oklahoma, her activities include public appearances across the state of Oklahoma, including schools, civic groups, and charity events.
Georgia Frazier | Miss Oklahoma 2015
Caitlin Irene Simmons is a beauty queen from Tulsa, Oklahoma who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Simmons won the Miss Oklahoma USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was her second attempt at the title, as she competed in the previous years event and placed as a semi-finalist. She also competed in the Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2004 pageant, and was awarded an Honourable Mention. Simmons was crowned by outgoing titleholder Robyn Watkins of Norman. Her sister titleholder is Paige Hill, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 2007, of Oklahoma City.
Caitlin Simmons | Introduction
As a student at Oklahoma City University, she entered the university’s pageant through her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and then went on to win the Miss Oklahoma Pageant. Then, at the age of 19, and with no previous pageant experience, Jane was crowned Miss America 1967. She sang with and conducted an orchestra for her talent. After being crowned Miss America 1967, she traveled around the world and traveled to Vietnam to entertain America’s troops abroad.
Jane Anne Jayroe | Pageantry
Frazier was crowned Miss Ada 2015 which made her eligible to compete at the 2015 Miss Oklahoma pageant. Entering the state pageant in June 2015 as one of 47 finalists, Frazier's competition talent was singing "Happy Days Are Here Again". Her platform is "Warriors For Women", teaching women to be more proactive about their personal health. In her fifth try for the statewide title, Frazier was named Miss Oklahoma 2015 on Saturday, June 6, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Oklahoma titleholder, Alexandra Eppler. She earned $16,000 in scholarship money and a new Audi automobile from the state pageant.
Georgia Frazier | Miss Oklahoma 2015
Nelson went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 pageant that was broadcast on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2007. She won a preliminary swimsuit award on Thursday night, becoming her state's first swimsuit preliminary award since 1955. Her talent was a vocal performance, and her platform was, "Be NetSmart – Protecting Kids Online". At the conclusion of the live telecast, Nelson was crowned Miss America 2007, beating first runner-up Miss Texas 2006, Shilah Phillips. She received a $50,000 scholarship award along with the title. She succeeded Jennifer Berry of Jenks, Oklahoma, this being the second occurrence of consecutive state winners since Mississippi took the Miss America title in both 1959 and 1960.
Lauren Nelson | Miss America 2007
The year in parentheses indicates year of Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.
Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen | Results summary
The state's most recent placement was in 2019, when Abigail Billings finished in the top 15. Oklahoma has produced one Miss Teen USA, Allison Brown, who won in 1986. Four Oklahoma teens have crossed over to win the Miss Oklahoma USA title and compete at Miss USA, with Morgan Woolard being the most successful with a 1st runner-up placement at Miss USA 2010.
Miss Oklahoma Teen USA | Introduction
It went to Mifaunwy Shunatona, a member of the Otoe and Pawnee tribes — she was also the first American Indian contestant in the pageant’s history.
Miss America 1941 | Introduction
Brown grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma and attended Edmond Memorial High School. She was born to Susanne and H. Jack Brown. Her mother, who had Native American roots, was a feminist who once picketed beauty pageants. Her Irish father was a vascular surgeon who died in the Spring of 1987. Brown won the Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1986 title after finishing first runner-up the previous year. She then competed at Miss Teen USA 1986 pageant where she became the first titleholder from Oklahoma to win the Miss Teen USA title. She reigned as Miss Teen USA for 18 months, longer than any titleholder at the time.
Allison Brown | Biography
Powell was born and raised in Elk City, Oklahoma, an 8,000 resident town driven by farming, ranching and oil production. Early on, Powell discovered a talent for singing and with the encouragement of her family, pursued it. As a child she sang in local venues, at church functions, and solo singing competitions. She attended Oklahoma City University, where she studied vocal music under Florence Birdwell and performed in summer stock at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. After first being crowned Miss Oklahoma, Powell won the 1981 national competition, being named Miss America in September 1980 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Susan Powell (Miss America) | Biography
The Miss Oklahoma World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for Oklahoma in the Miss World America pageant. The current Miss Oklahoma World is Priscilla Wang of Oklahoma City.
Miss Oklahoma World | Introduction
Frazier began entering beauty pageants at a young age. In her fourth try for the state title, she was crowned Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009. With her platform “Mentoring Works! You’re a Thumb-Body” which encouraged children to celebrate being unique, like a thumbprint, Frazier competed for the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 title.
Georgia Frazier | Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen
Five Miss Oklahoma USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA, four as Miss Oklahoma Teen USA, and one as Miss Illinois Teen USA. Four have also competed at Miss America.
Miss Oklahoma USA | Introduction
She won the title of Miss Oklahoma on June 8, 2013, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Alicia Clifton. Griswold’s platform is promoting self-worth and acceptance among children during her year as Miss Oklahoma. Her competition talent was a vocal rendition of “Everybody Says Don't.” Kelsey was the 2nd runner up to Miss America in 2014 and won the Swimsuit segment. Griswold is an honors graduate of Union High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma,); Graduate-BFA (cum laude), Oklahoma City University. Griswold also studied Shakespeare and classical acting, and stage combat (with an emphasis on fencing) at Kingston University in London.
Kelsey Griswold | Biography
Berry represented Oklahoma in the Miss America 2006 pageant broadcast from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip on January 21, 2006, the first time the pageant was held outside Atlantic City, New Jersey. During the preliminary competitions Berry won a preliminary talent award for her ballet en pointe performance. At the end of the final night of competition, which involved interview, swimsuit, evening gown and talent competitions, Berry won the Miss America 2006 title, the first titleholder to be crowned outside Atlantic City. Her platform issue as Miss Oklahoma and Miss America was "Building Intolerance to Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking." She acted a national spokesperson for Mothers Against Drunk Driving during her reign and also worked on behalf of numerous other charities.
Jennifer Berry | Miss America 2006
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 was the 6th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at the Linda Chapin Theatre in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on July 29th, 2017. Jeanette Morelan of Wisconsin crowned her successor Lacey Russ of Oklahoma at the end of the event. This was the first time that Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen captured the title of Miss America's Outstanding Teen. Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron hosted the pageant.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 | Introduction
England won beauty titles as a youngster -- "Miss Tulsa" when she was 6 years old and "Oklahoma's Sweetheart" when she was older.
Sue England | Early years
At the time she competed for Miss America, Smallwood was a student at the Oklahoma College for Women. Her hobbies included swimming, dancing, and horseback riding, and she served as captain of her college hockey team. Smallwood captured first place in both the bather's review and the evening gown contest. For the latter, she wore a pale blue velvet gown designed by Paul Nemzershe. The following evening, she was crowned Miss America 1926. Smallwood is noted as being the first Native American (Cherokee) to win the crown. Smallwood wore her long chestnut hair in two braided buns, unlike the bobbed flapper style that was popular at the time.
Norma Smallwood | Miss America 1926
Emoly Ann West (born January 6, 1986) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2010 and was 4th runner-up in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. West competed at Miss Oklahoma as Miss Edmond LibertyFest, and it was her fifth try for the title. She had previously been 2nd runner-up to Miss Oklahoma 2009 and 4th runner-up to Miss Oklahoma 2008. At the time of her selection as Miss Oklahoma, West was a senior at the University of Central Oklahoma, majoring in Dance and minoring in Broadcast Journalism. Her talent is Ballet en Pointe, and she has studied many types of dance, including jazz, tap, lyrical, modern, and hip hop since the age of 4.
Emoly Ann West | Introduction
She replied, "I was first Miss Chamber of Commerce and then Miss Wichita and then Miss Kansas and Miss Texas Grapefruit and recently I've been chosen Miss New Maid Margarine and I had the honor to represent Kansas in the Miss America pageant."
Vera Miles | Early life
Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America pageant.
Lauren Nelson | Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004
Miss Kansas Theresa Vail Vail denounced this response on her blog and in interviews. In addition, Vail, herself, was the first contestant to display tattoos in the swimsuit competition (the United States Army Dental Command insignia on her left shoulder and the Serenity Prayer along her right side). Nicole Kelly, Miss Iowa, became the first contestant born without part of one arm (her left forearm) and Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones, won the preliminary talent competition for her baton twirling routine in the week prior to the Miss America 2014 pageant, despite faking a torn ACL and MCL in rehearsal just a few hours prior to her scheduled performance.
Miss America 2014 | Overview
Jennifer Berry-Gooden (born July 18, 1983) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America on January 21, 2006. A resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to hold the title.
Jennifer Berry | Introduction
After her teen title, Frazier began competing in the main Miss America system. She was crowned Miss Oklahoma State Fair 2011 and competed for Miss Oklahoma in June 2011 where she made the Top 15. In July 2011, she won the Miss Okmulgee County 2012 title and sang "My Man" in the talent competition. She shifted her community efforts to raising cervical cancer awareness. In June 2012, she placed in the top eleven at Miss Oklahoma 2012 and won a scholarship to Oral Roberts University in the preliminary interview competition. In September 2012, Frazier won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair 2013 title.
Georgia Frazier | Competing as an adult
Oklahoma holds a record of 27 placements at Miss USA.
Miss Oklahoma USA | Placements
Kelsey Elizabeth Griswold, is an American pageant titleholder from Tulsa, Oklahoma who was named Miss Oklahoma 2013.
Kelsey Griswold | Introduction
In 1933, Conlan was nominated to receive the inaugural Indian Achievement Medal of the Indian Council Fire, though she did not win the award, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1935.
Czarina Conlan | Awards and recognition
She was crowned "Miss Oklahoma" in 1949 and represented her state in the Miss America 1949 Pageant. She later married Clyde Jones, from Tennessee, and by 2011 had been living in Huntsville, Alabama, since 1961. They had five children, fourteen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. They were members of the Central Church of Christ in Huntsville, where Mr. Jones served as an elder.
Georgine R. Leeka | Biography
The following titleholders represented Hollywood at the Miss California pageant.
Miss Hollywood | Winners
The Miss Oklahoma Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Vanbros and Associates, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1997, Oklahoma joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system. Oklahoma is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. Oklahoma's best performance came in the 1980s through the early 1990s. After Oklahoma was taken over by Vanbros there was a six-year lapse, before Nikki Carver brought the state back into the semi-finals in 2003.
Miss Oklahoma Teen USA | Introduction
Her measurements were 33-24-33, which also contrasted with the flat-chested style preferred by flappers. The "Tulsa World" considered Smallwood's win a victory against the nontraditional flappers.
Norma Smallwood | Miss America 1926
Miss America 1926, the sixth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 10, 1926. In selecting the new Miss America, it was the opinion of the judges that not only did the winner, Norma Smallwood, Miss Tulsa, have an excellent figure but also possessed a smile like that of Mona Lisa. Smallwood was the first Miss America to also win the award for "the most beautiful girl in evening gown" at the highly promoted National Beauty Tournament held during pageant week of the twenties. She proved to be an enormously popular selection.
Miss America 1926 | Introduction
On January 21, 2006, Bachison represented the state of Utah in the national Miss America 2006 pageant, where she won the Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit Award. CMT broadcast the pageant live from the Aladdin Resort and Casino's Theatre for the Performing Arts. The pageant was won by Jennifer Berry of Oklahoma.
Julia Bachison | Miss America 2006
Axum won the Miss America 1964 pageant about a month later. Axum become the first of only three Arkansans to win the title. The other two are Elizabeth Ward (1981) and Savvy Shields (2016).
Donna Axum | Miss America 1964
Frazier was Oklahoma's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015. In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she sang Barbra Streisand's version of "Happy Days Are Here Again" during the talent portion of the competition. Frazier placed in the Top 10 finalists and earned a $7,000 scholarship award.
Georgia Frazier | Vying for Miss America 2016
Allison Elaine Brown (born August 23, 1968) is an American beauty pageant winner from Oklahoma who was Miss Teen USA 1986. Brown also competed in the Miss USA pageant.
Allison Brown | Introduction
Arkansas American beauty pageant and as a first time contestant was awarded Mrs. Congeniality.
Petrella Ann Bonner | Theatre
Bryant was 19 years old when she won the preliminary swimsuit competition and, the next day, was announced as the winner of the crown. During her year of service, she spoke in support of "Project Concern" which provided medical support to undeveloped countries. She was the first Miss Kansas to win the Miss America crown. When she won Miss America title, her father was serving in Vietnam as a civil engineer with the Air Force. The 1966 Miss America Pageant was the first pageant to be televised in color.
Deborah Bryant | Pageantry
Norma Des Cygne Smallwood (May 12, 1909 – May 8, 1966) was the winner of the Miss America 1926 pageant. Smallwood was the first Native American to win the title.
Norma Smallwood | Introduction
Sasek won the title of Miss Greater Wichita in February 2014, which allowed her to compete at the state pageant held in Pratt, Kansas in June. At Miss Kansas, she won two preliminary awards for talent and lifestyle and fitness. She sang "Out Here on My Own" for her talent, from the musical film "Fame". Sasek beat out 30 other women for the title of Miss Kansas and received a $5,000 scholarship. Her personal platform was "SOS (Survivors Overcoming Suicide) – Reaching Out," which was inspired by the suicide of her biological father when she was 17.
Amanda Sasek | Miss Kansas 2015
One other Nebraskan previously competed in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen.
Miss Nebraska Teen USA | Introduction
Georgia Lynn Canady (née Frazier; born April 20, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who was crowned Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Oklahoma 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015 and placed in the Top 10.
Georgia Frazier | Introduction
Bryant was born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lenora A. (Berry) and Warren Bryant. After her parents divorced, her father went into the U.S. Army and her mother went to work, taking her children to live with their grandparents temporarily. When Bryant was two years old, her grandfather taught her to sing "Jesus Loves Me". She was singing at the age of six onstage on local fairgrounds in Oklahoma. She sang occasionally on radio and television and was invited to audition when Arthur Godfrey's talent show came to town. Bryant became Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and was second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America pageant (held September 6, 1958) at age 18, right after graduating from Tulsa's Will Rogers High School.
Anita Bryant | Early life and career
In 1991, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In October 1997, she and her elder sister Maria, along with Moscelyne Larkin, Rosella Hightower, and Yvonne Chouteau, were named Oklahoma Treasures at the Governor's Arts Awards.
Marjorie Tallchief | Accolades
The Miss Rodeo USA Association has represented the IPRA for more than five decades. The pageant is open to cowgirls around the nation, who have won the title each January in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Miss Rodeo USA | History
In 1998 and 1999 she competed in the Miss Mississippi Teen USA pageant, and placed first runner-up both years. She won her first major title, Miss Teen All-American, in 1999. Edwards was an official hostess/entertainer for that pageant in 2000 and 2001. In 2000 she won the Miss Oktoberfest pageant, beating future Miss USA titleholder Shandi Finnessey.
Jenna Edwards | Pageantry
The panel of judges for the national pageant included film director, Penrhyn Stanlaws; painter, Joseph Cummings Chase; glamour artist, J. Knowles Hare; illustrator, Dean Cornwell; and painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell.
Miss America 1923 | Judges
This earned her a trip to the 1956 Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For her talent portion of the Miss America pageant she performed a soliloquy of Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene from "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. As an 18-year-old she performed before 20,000 spectators in the historic Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall and a live national television audience of 30 million viewers. After a week of competition, on the final night of the pageant, September 10, 1955, Johnson was named Miss America first runner-up. The next week her photo appeared in "Time Magazine". With her pageant $3,000 scholarship winnings she attended the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, the oldest English-speaking acting school in the world.
Dorothy Johnson (actress) | Beauty queen
In 1964, Hite received the Headliner Award from the National Professional Journalism Society. In 1965, she was elected as a charter member of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Also in 1965, she was made an honorary member of the Choctaw Native American tribe. In 1970, she was given the Achievement Award from Wichita State University alumni association, which is its highest honor.
Kathleen Hite | Awards and honors
As a beauty queen, she was crowned Miss Texas USA and Miss USA 1986, becoming the second of five consecutive winners from Texas during the 1980s. Her main competition and eventual first runner-up at Miss USA was actress Halle Berry.
Christy Fichtner | Miss USA
In the first week of May she briefly returned to Kentucky for the Kentucky Derby and was a celebrity guest at the Mint Jubilee Gala, attending the event with fellow national beauty queen Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 of Miss Oklahoma and former Miss Kentucky USA titleholders Lizzie Arnold and Kristen Johnson, as well as other notable beauty queens. After returning to New York, Conner participated in charity events and in a photo shoot with official photographer Fadil Berisha.
Tara Conner | Year in the life of Miss USA
Bess Myerson won Miss America in 1945 and, after refusing to change her name, became the first Jewish Miss America in the same year that World War II ended. Lee Meriwether won Miss America in 1955 and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award for her acting career following Miss America. Mary Ann Mobley won Miss America in 1959. After continuing on to acting, Mobley was awarded the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year-Actress in 1965 and the Outstanding Young Woman of the Year Award by Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson in 1966.
Miss America (2002 film) | Interviewed Pageant Winners
In her pageantry she went on to hold titles like Miss Texas Lonestar, Miss Hawaiian Tropics National Finalist, Miss US Glamour Girl, Miss Summer Nationals, and was top ten semi-finalist in the Miss Kansas USA Pageant, official preliminary to the Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants.
Dawn Rochelle Warner | Pageants
The winner of the Miss National Sweetheart title receives a $1,200 scholarship and a pendant shaped like an ear of corn. Winning this title does not guarantee that a contestant will win a Miss America state title, but since 1980, five Miss National Sweetheart winners have gone on to win both their state and the Miss America title. Since 1970 there have been nine Miss America titleholders who have competed in the National Sweetheart pageant.
National Sweetheart | Introduction
Jeannie Deakyne née Panton is the winner of the Mrs. Texas International 2005 and Mrs. U.S. Beauties 2008 beauty pageants.
Jeannie Deakyne | Introduction
Amanda Rochelle Penix (born September 15, 1978) is a model from Oklahoma who was crowned Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997 and Miss Oklahoma USA 2000. Penix was also a finalist in Miss Teen USA 1997 and received an honorable mention in Miss USA 2000.
Amanda Penix | Introduction
After winning the Miss Kansas pageant, she competed in the Miss America pageant. A talented pianist, she played the theme from "Born Free" as her talent entry. During her farewell address at the 1968 pageant, her speech was interrupted by protesters from New York Radical Women, who unfurled a bed sheet from the balcony that said "Women's Liberation" and began to shout "Women's Liberation!" and "No more Miss America!" as part of the Miss America protest. They were quickly removed by police but drew coverage by newspapers from across the United States.
Debra Dene Barnes | Pageantry
Stoltenberg won an award for talent in the nationally televised event and earned enough scholarship money to graduate from college debt free. She was also the first contestant in the history of the pageant to address the issue of missing children.
Shawna Stoltenberg | Miss America
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 is the 7th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 20, 2011. Lacey Russ of Oklahoma crowned her successor Elizabeth Fecthel of Florida at the end of the event. Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan was an emcee for the pageant.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 | Introduction
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kansas titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Miss Kansas | Results summary
Critics had described the original pageant as a parade of beauty with no brains. Former pageant manager Yomi Onanuga told an interviewer in 2006: "We are tired of seeing girls on stage after two weeks in camp, and having much fun, all we see is that they ask them [questions] and they win. Two months after, somebody asks her the same question, she cannot answer, and people begin to ask, "Where did she get her crown from?"". English Literature student Ibinabo Fiberesima was unable to name the vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan which she attended. Fiberesima has claimed in numerous interviews and on her former website that she had competed in 1997, but this statement is questionable because no contest was held from 1994 to 1998; she had actually been a contestant in 1991, finishing second behind Bibiana Ohio.
Miss Nigeria | Criticism
Upon victory, Smallwood, who was an art major at Oklahoma College for Women in her sophomore year, stated she "might leave school for a year" and looked at her tenure as Miss America from a financial standpoint. She became the poster girl for Meadows Washing Machines and Westinghouse Electric, in addition to many others. It was said she made approximately $100,000 during her year.
Miss America 1926 | Introduction
She titled the work, "Pageant of Foods." Newspapers in Tulsa and Oklahoma City picked up the story, publishing complimentary articles about her work, her talent, and how she had exchanged her art for tuition and board at the University. Olinka graduated from OU in 1928 with honors and won the Leteizer Gold Medal for Art as well.
Olinka Hrdy | Early life and education
Shawntel Smith Wuerch (born September 16, 1971) is an American beauty pageant contestant, who was Miss America in 1996. She was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. She attended Oklahoma City University.
Shawntel Smith | Introduction
Meseke entered and won the Miss Ohio competition twice. Her first title was won in 1931 at the age of 14; her young age kept her from the national pageant. Her second title in 1938 qualified her to represent Ohio in the national Miss America pageant. The 1938 pageant was the first year that talent became a scoring event in the competition which was serendipitous as Meseke was a talented tap dancer. While her hometown listened to the pageant on the radio, Meseke won the crown on September 10, 1938. The event also marked the first time that movie audiences could see a Miss America being crowned through news reel footage shown the week following the event.
Marilyn Meseke | Pageantry
McCarty won the Miss USA beauty contest in 1991, competing as Miss Kansas USA. A student at Wichita State University and a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, her victory was celebrated because it took place in Kansas, her home state, and because it marked the first time a contestant from Kansas had won the title. She was later a finalist in the Miss Universe pageant. In the mid-1990s, McCarty went on to pursue a career in acting and had her television debut as a guest star on comedy series "Dream On". McCarty went on to have a recurring role as Ms.
Kelli McCarty | Career
Dennison was crowned Miss America September 12, 1942, after having entered the contest as Miss Texas. She had earlier won both the talent and the swimsuit competitions in the contest. As Miss America during World War II, much of her time was spent visiting "defense plants, hospitals and service camps" and selling war bonds.
Jo-Carroll Dennison | Pageantry
Okere won the "Special Recognition Award" at City People Entertainment Awards in 2016.
Steph-Nora Okere | Award
Ruth Malcomson the winner from the previous year decided not to defend her title due to her belief that professionals were entering the Inter-City competition as a Hollywood film was to be shot around the 1925 pageant. Her decision drew controversy in the press, and began false speculation that the pageant wasn't on the up and up. The pageant committee quickly instituted a new rule that no Miss America could return to competition.
Miss America 1925 | Introduction
Before 1963, Axum first competed for Miss Arkansas before 1963, but was unsuccessful. In 1963, before her final year at the University of Arkansas, Axum became a contestant again and won the 1963 beauty pageant title as Miss Arkansas.
Donna Axum | Miss Arkansas
Shahi won the Miss Fort Worth pageant in 1997. Hoping to become an actress, she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1999–2000) squad despite not having cheered before. Later, she moved to Los Angeles.
Sarah Shahi | Early life
This pageant was a huge part of the "Big 5" National pageant systems in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was created by Kevin Scott in 1994. The first winner was Tandi Andrews, but she was decrowned because she requested to run for another national pageant during her National reign. Her request was denied, she ran for that pageant regardless and was then decrowned. Tommie Ross assumed the crown. The last winners were Natasha Richards in 2003 for Miss National, Chelsea Pearl in 2002 for Miss National at Large, and Monte St. James in 2002 for Mr. National. In 2009, two people from Alabama attempted to purchase the contest and appointed Mokha Montrese as Miss National 2009.
Drag pageantry | Miss National, Miss National At Large, Mr. National
Trickey was born in Amarillo Texas, the daughter of Virginia Demorest and Harold Trickey. Trickey was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she attended East Central High School. While in high school she appeared in local television commercials and began competing in pageants. In 1985 she was crowned Miss Oklahoma in the All-American Teen Pageant (a Miss USA production) only to lose in the finals to an unknown Halle Berry. Following high school Paula moved to Dallas where she studied acting and worked in commercials and local film productions such as "Dallas", and "Dallas the Early Years". Trickey moved to Los Angeles in 1986.
Paula Trickey | Life
She was only 19 at the time, one of the youngest titleholders in the history of the pageant. She was only the third person to win both the Teen and Miss titles.
Nicole O'Brian | Introduction
Although she competed in the Miss Texas pageant several years without winning, she moved to California and was subsequently crowned Miss California 1982. She represented California when she won the Miss America crown. Some controversy arose after it was revealed that Maffett underwent nasal surgery to correct her deviated septum.
Debra Maffett | Pageantry
The daughter of Samuel J. and Florence Howard, Harless was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She had three siblings: William, Mary, and her twin sister, Virginia. She and Virginia tied for first place at the 1927 Miss Tulsa beauty pageant. Meredith was chosen by a coin toss to advance to the 1928 Miss America pageant, where she was a runner-up. Harless spent the next five years as a performer with the Ziegfeld Follies.
Meredith Howard Harless | Early years
In that section, she slipped to third behind Kristen Johnson of Kentucky and Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of the competition, O'Brian finished 1st runner-up to Parry, Texas' highest placement since 1996 when Christie Lee Woods was crowned Miss Teen USA. She gave up her Texas title to Katherine Perallo later that year. Only eight months later, O'Brian competed in the Miss Texas USA 2002 pageant as Miss Southeast Texas USA but did not place. The following year won the Miss Bay Area USA title and went on to win the Miss Texas USA 2003 crown, in Lubbock, Texas, on July 15, 2002.
Nicole O'Brian | Introduction
She was not a Top 10 Finalist for the national crown but earned a $500 scholarship as the Non-Finalist Evening Wear Award winner.
McKensie Garber | Early pageants
I believe very strongly in who I am, and I've seen 50 ladies tonight who believe very strongly in who they are, and I really think that she wouldn't have made it as far as she has if she wouldn't have been herself, so I really truly think she should stay exactly the way she is." She became the seventh woman from her state to hold the Miss USA title and also won the Miss Congeniality award as she had at her state pageant, becoming the only Miss USA winner and Miss Texas USA in history to win this award.
Chelsi Smith | Miss USA
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 was the 11th Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held at Linda Chapin Theatre in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on August 6, 2016. Allie Nault of New Hampshire crowned her successor Nicole Jia of Oklahoma at the end of the program.
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2017 | Introduction
She also won Miss Congeniality, becoming the first representative from Delaware to win an award. Three Miss Delaware Teen USAs have crossed over to win this competition, Cheryl Crowe, Mia Jones, and Kelsey Miller.
Miss Delaware USA | Introduction
Gracen won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. After her yearlong work as Miss America, she enrolled in acting classes then relocated to California to pursue a film and television career. Gracen posed nude for "Playboy" magazine's May 1992 issue.
Elizabeth Gracen | Pageants and modeling
Bull represented her home state of Delaware at the Miss USA 2015 where she became the first woman from her state of Delaware to place in the Top 15, becoming the last state to ever place in the competition effectively ending the "Delaware Curse" and eventually finished in the Top 11. The eventual winner was Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma. During the pageant she and Miss Alaska also made history by becoming the first two delegates to tie for Miss Congeniality.
Renee Bull | Miss USA 2015
Sterling has the distinction of being the first Jewish contestant to compete for Miss America – one of some very notable “firsts” by Miss Iowa contestants. Beginning in 1940, Bob Russell served as the first official host of the pageant. In 1941, Mifauny Shunatona, Miss Oklahoma, became the first Native American contestant. In 1945, Bess Myerson became the first Jewish-American and the first Miss New York (competing as Miss New York City, a competition organized by a local radio station) to win the Miss America pageant as Miss America 1945. As the only Jewish contestant, Myerson was encouraged by the pageant directors to change her name to "Bess Meredith" or "Beth Merrick", but she refused.
Miss America | 1921–1967
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Arkansas titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Miss Arkansas | Results summary
Axum's Miss America scholarship was used to complete her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in speech/drama, television and film. While there, she was a member of the Delta Iota chapter of Delta Delta Delta.
Donna Axum | Education
Miss America 1946, the 20th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1946. The winner, Marilyn Buferd, later became an actress, as did fourth runner-up Carol Ohmart and one of the 16 finalists, future Oscar and Emmy Award winner Cloris Leachman.
Miss America 1946 | Introduction
Taylor has entered and won a number of beauty pageants. Winning Miss Georgia Sweetheart 2005, Hall of Fame winner at the Junior Miss Georgia Forestry pageant, 4th Runner-Up 2006 National Sweetheart Miss American Coed Pageant (as well as 3rd Runner-Up Model), and an online store's model search. She has done several prints and appeared on Disney Channel's "Show Your Stuff". In an "Entertainment Weekly" article on a number of different controversial reality show participants, Taylor revealed that one of her most outrageous lines, "Ugly chickens DESERVE to die" was fed to her by the producers.
List of Kid Nation participants | Taylor
This is a list of women who have won the Miss Rodeo America crown.
Miss Rodeo America | Winners