1921
Margaret Gorman Washington, DC |
1922
1st RUNNER-UP Sue Burton Nashville, TN
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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
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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
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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
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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 MartinGA
|
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
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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