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1921 Margaret Gorman Washington, DC	1922 1st RUNNER-UP Sue Burton Nashville, TN	1923 RUNNERS-UP Elizabeth Mallory Memphis, TN - Constance Crosby Pensacola, FL	1924 SEMI-FINALISTS Estelle Bradley Atlanta, GA - Louise Moore New Orleans, LA	1925 FINALISTS Madeline O'Laughlin Louisville, KY - Ruth Wooddall Miami, FL - Laurice McFarland Biloxi, MS - Andrea Bailey GA	1926 FINALISTS Rosebud Blondell Dallas, TX - Eleanor V. Reid VA
1927 Miss America (IL) served the longest time of any, as the pageant did not resume until 1933 ~~~ SEMI-FINALIST Claudia Harvin Charleston, SC ~~~ RUNNER-UP Moselle Ransome Dallas, TX	1928 No Competition Held	1929 No Competition Held	1930 No Competition Held	1931 No Competition Held	1932 No Competition Held
1933 3rd RUNNER-UP Evangeline Glidwell VA - 4th RUNNER-UP Marjorie Hagler LA ~~~ SEMI-FINALIST Dorothy Eley MS	1934 No Competition Held	1935 2nd RUNNER-UP Jean M. Megerle KY	1936 4th RUNNER-UP Gloria Levings (?Levenge) Birmingham, AL ~~~ FINALIST Norma Crim FL ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Tommy Peck AL - Jean M. Megerle KY - Patricia Allen Green Corpus Christi, TX - Charlet Hiteman KY - Elizabeth Hull FL	1937 1st RUNNER-UP Alice Emerick TX - 2nd RUNNER-UP Ruth McLean Covington, NC - 3rd and 4th RUNNERS-UP Irmigard Dietel Miami, FL (tie) Phyllis Randall CA ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Gertrude Miller New Orleans, LA - Frances LeSultan VA - Evelyn Cooper KY	1938 4th RUNNER-UP Gloria Smiley Jacksonville, FL ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Alice Talton Atlanta, GA - Mildred Marie Oxford Birmingham, AL
1939 4th RUNNER-UP Rosa Marie Elliott VA ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Charmayne Smith TX - Florine Holt Birmingham, AL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Doris Coggins MS 1st year for this award	1940 SEMI-FINALIST Rose Marie Magrill FL	1941 4th RUNNER-UP Joey Augusta Paxton NC - 6th Place Virginia MacGraw Birmingham, AL - 7th Place Mitzi Strother FL - 8th Place Esther Shepard GA - 9th Place Dorothy Slatten Kentucky ? (4th RUNNER-UP to Miss America) *Miss Kentucky 1940	1942 JoCaroll Dennison Tyler, TX ~~~ 6th Place Marie Duncan Birmingham, AL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Dorothy Fox Mississippi-?	1943 6th Place Dorris Jeanne Love AR - 7th Place Eileen Irma Knapp FL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Toula Hagestratou Birmingham, AL	1944 1st RUNNER-UP Muriel Elizabeth Smith FL - 4th RUNNER-UP Betty Jane Rase Birmingham, AL - 7th Place Bernell Bush Miami, FL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Joyce Courrege TX
1945 ?-2nd RUNNER-UP Frances Dorn Birmingham, AL - ?-2nd RUNNER-UP Virginia Warlen FL ~~~ SEMI-FINALIST Lee Henson TN	1946 1st RUNNER-UP Rebecca Jane McCall AR - 2nd RUNNER-UP Jane Miller Atlanta, GA - 3rd RUNNER-UP Marguerite Ellen McClelland LA - ?3rd RUNNER-UP Virginia Freeland FL	1947 Barbara Walker Memphis, TN ~~~ 3rd RUNNER-UP Peggy Jane Elder AL ~~~ TOP 10 Evelyn Murray KY - Jacquelyn Jennings FL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Launa Lynn McClain TX	1948 2nd RUNNER-UP Martha Ann Ingram AL ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Jerry Long Atlanta, GA - Lois Jeanette Walsh Memphis, TN	1949 SEMI-FINALIST Barbara Jean Brothers AR ~~~ TOP 10 Rosemary Carpenter FL ~~~ Miss Congeniality Dorothy Fox MS ? or '42	1950 Yolande Betbeze Mobile, AL ~~~ 2nd RUNNER-UP Janet Ruth Crockett FL - 3rd RUNNER-UP Mary Jennings AR ~~~ In 1950, it was decided that since the majority of Miss America's year of service fell in the next calendar year, the woman who won in 1950 would become Miss America 1951. This process remained in effect until 2006; when the Contest moved to Las Vegas, NV
1951 Yolande Betbeze Mobile, AL (Held in 1950) Crowned Miss America 1951 in the pageant ~~~ 2nd RUNNER-UP Janet Ruth Crockett FL - 3rd RUNNER-UP Mary Jennings AR	1952 2nd RUNNER-UP Lu Long Osborn NC - 3rd RUNNER-UP Charlotte Rosalie Simmen AR - 4th RUNNER-UP Mary Elizabeth Godwin FL	1953 Neva Jane Langley Macon, GA ~~~ 3rd RUNNER-UP Gwen Harmon AL ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Mary Kemp Griffin SC - Barbara Frances Barker LA	1954 2nd RUNNER-UP Anne Lee Ceglis VA - 3rd RUNNER-UP Virginia McDavid AL - 4th RUNNER-UP Susanne Dugger MS	1955 1st RUNNER-UP Ann Gloria Daniel FL - 2nd RUNNER-UP Polly Rankin Suber SC - 3rd RUNNER-UP Clara Faye Arnold NC ~~~- SEMI-FINALISTS Gerry Johnson TN - Marilyn Tate AL	1956 3rd RUNNER-UP Clara Faye Arnold NC ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Patricia Byrd Huddleston AL - Sandra Wirth FL
1957 Marian McKnight Manning, SC ~~~- 2nd RUNNER-UP Anne Stuart Ariall AL	1958 1st RUNNER-UP Jody Elizabeth Shattuck GA - 4th RUNNER-UP Dorothy Maria Steiner FL ~~~- TOP 10 Mary Nell Hendricks TX - Elaine Herndon NC	1959 Mary Ann Mobley Brandon, MS ~~~- 4th RUNNER-UP Betty Lane Evans NC ~~~- SEMI-FINALISTS Lee Thornberry AL - Sally Miller AR - Mary Nell Hendricks TX	1960 Lynda Lee Mead Natchez, MS ~~~- 10th Place Marion Lee Wayland TN	1961 2nd RUNNER-UP Ann Farrington Herring, NC ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Teresa Rinaldi AL - Edith Browning SC	1962 Maria Fletcher Asheville, NC ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Frances Jane Anderson AR - 3rd RUNNER-UP Linda Jacklyn Loftis TX ~~~ SEMI-FINALIST Delores Hodgens AL
1963 2nd RUNNER-UP Penny Lee Rudd TX - 3rd RUNNER-UP Evelyn Keith Ellis SC (?) ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Delores Hodgens SC - Katherine Eugenia Cross GA - Charlotte Ann Carroll MS	1964 Donna Axum El Dorado, AR ~~~- 3rd RUNNER-UPMartha Ellen Truett TN ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Judith Antoinette Short AL - Dorcas Dara Campbell VA ~~~ MISS CONGENIALITY Jeanne Flinn Swanner NC	1965 1st RUNNER-UP Karen Elizabeth Carlson AR - 3rd Runner-up Sharon McCauley TX ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Vicki Powers AL - Linda Sawyer KY	1966 1st RUNNER-UP Patricia Anne Puckett MS or '68(?) - 3rd RUNNER-UP Carol Lynn Blum FL ~~~ SEMI-FINALISTS Linda Folsom AL - Nancy Moore SC ~~~ Top Ten Lynda Ferguson LA	1967	1968 1st RUNNER-UP Patricia Anne Puckett MS or '66(?)
1969	1970	1971 Phyllis Ann George Denton, TX ~~~- 1st RUNNER-UP Claudia Turner SC	1972	1973 1st RUNNER-UP Constance Anne Dorn NC	1974
1975 Shirley Cothran Fort Worth, TX ~~~-	1976 1st RUNNER-UP Susan Lawrence NC	1977 1st RUNNER-UP Lavinia Merle Cox SC	1978	1979 Kylene Barker Galax, VA ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Teresa Cheatham AL	1980 Cheryl Prewitt Ackerman, MS ~~~
1981 1st RUNNER-UP Paige Phillips AL - Paige Phillips Parnell was selected as Miss Alabama in 1980 and first runner-up in the Miss America Pageant the same year at the age of 17.	1982 Elizabeth Ward Russellville, AR ~~~	1983 1st RUNNER-UP Desiree Denise Daniels TN	1984	1985	1986 Susan Akin Meridian, MS ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Sherry Thrift SC
1987 Kellye Cash Memphis, TN ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Julianne Smith VA	1988 1st RUNNER-UP Patricia Brant LA	1989	1990	1991 1st RUNNER-UP Mary Waddell Gainey SC	1992
1993 Leanza Cornett Jacksonville, FL ~~~~	1994 Kimberly Clarice Aiken Columbia, SC ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Kara Kim Martin GA	1995 Heather Whitestone Birmingham, AL ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Cullen Johnson VA	1996	1997 1st RUNNER-UP Erika Schwarz LA	1998 1st RUNNER-UP Michelle Warren NC
1999 (Lauren) Nicole Johnson Virginia Beach, VA ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Kelli Bradshaw NC	2000 Heather French Maysville, KY ~~~	2001 1st RUNNER-UP Faith Jenkins Shreveport, LA	2002	2003 1st RUNNER-UP Scarlotte Deupree AL	2004 Ericka Dunlap Orlando, FL ~~~
2005/06 Sep 18, 2004 Jan 21 2006 Deidre Downs Birmingham, AL ~~~ 1st RUNNER-UP Jennifer Dupont LA	2006 Saturday, Jan. 21 2006 Las Vegas - 1st RUNNER-UP Monica Pang GA	2007	2008	2009	2010

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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