List of Miss America titleholders

This is a list of women who have held the Miss America title.

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  Nina Davuluri
  Miss America 2014
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  Deidre Downs
  Miss America 2005
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  Erika Harold, Miss America 2003
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  Debbye Turner
  Miss America 1990
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  Gretchen Carlson
  Miss America 1989
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  Vanessa L. Williams
  Miss America 1984
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  Phyllis George
  Miss America 1971
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  Mary Ann Mobley
  Miss America 1959
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  Lee Meriwether
  Miss America 1955
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  Bess Myerson
  Miss America 1945
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  Mary Katherine Campbell
  Miss America 1922 & 1923
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  Margaret Gorman
  Miss America 1921

List

Year	Crowned	Name	Hometown	Title	Age	Awards	Talent	Notes
1921	September 7, 1921	Margaret Gorman	Washington, D.C.	Miss Washington, D.C	16	Inter-City Beauty, Amateur	No Talent Competition	Gorman was actually crowned "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" she was not titled "Miss America" until 1922 when she returned to defend her title
1922	September 7, 1922	Mary Campbell	Columbus, Ohio	Miss Columbus	16		No Talent Competition
1923	September 7, 1923	Mary Campbell	Columbus, Ohio		17		No Talent Competition	Campbell was the only person to win the Miss America Pageant twice. She was Miss America 1922 and Miss America 1923, and she was also First Runner-up at the 1924 Miss America Pageant. After the 1924 pageant, in which the judges' scores revealed that Campbell had almost won the title for a third time, the Miss America Organization changed its rules so that "a contestant may only win the Miss America title once".
1924	September 6, 1924	Ruth Malcomson	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Miss Philadelphia	18		No Talent Competition
1925	September 11, 1925	Fay Lanphier	Oakland, California	Miss California	19		No Talent Competition
1926	September 10, 1926	Norma Smallwood	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Miss Tulsa	18	Bather's Revue Winner, Evening Gown Award	No Talent Competition
1927	September 9, 1927	Lois Delander	Joliet, Illinois	Miss Illinois	17		No Talent Competition
1933	September 9, 1933	Marian Bergeron	West Haven, Connecticut	Miss Connecticut	15		No Talent Competition	Bergeron was the youngest Miss America in history, winning the crown at the age of 15½; she held the title for two years since no competition was held in 1934. She is the only representative from a New England state to win the Miss America title.
1935	September 7, 1935	Henrietta Leaver	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Miss Pittsburgh	17		Vocal / Tap Dance "Living In a Great Big Way"
1936	September 12, 1936	Rose Coyle	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Miss Philadelphia	22	Preliminary Talent	Vocal / Tap Dance "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'"
1937	September 11, 1937	Bette Cooper	Bertrand Island, New Jersey	Miss Bertrand Island	17	Evening Gown Award	Vocal "When the Poppies Bloom Again"
1938	September 10, 1938	Marilyn Meseke	Marion, Ohio	Miss Ohio	21		Tap Dance "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"	Meseke held the title of Miss Ohio twice, first in 1931 and then in 1938. She was only 14 when she won the title Miss Ohio 1931. There was no Miss America competition in 1931.
1939	September 9, 1939	Patricia Donnelly	Detroit, Michigan	Miss Michigan	19		Vocal / Bass Fiddle "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose"
1940	September 7, 1940	Frances Marie Burke	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Miss Philadelphia	19	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal / Dance "I Can't Love You Anymore"
1941	September 6, 1941	Rosemary LaPlanche	Los Angeles, California	Miss California	18	Preliminary Swimsuit	Dance	1st runner-up at Miss America 1940. Pageant now no longer allows contestants to compete for Miss America more than once.
1942	September 12, 1942	Jo-Carroll Dennison	Tyler County, Texas	Miss Texas	18	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Vocal and Dance "Deep in the Heart of Texas"
1943	September 11, 1943	Jean Bartel	Los Angeles, California	Miss California	19	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Vocal "Night and Day"
1944	September 9, 1944	Venus Ramey	Washington, D.C.	Miss Washington, DC	19	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Vocal / Dance "Take It Easy"
1945	September 8, 1945	Bess Myerson	New York City, New York	Miss New York City	21	Preliminary Swimsuit & Preliminary Talent	Piano & Flute "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" & "Summertime"	Consumer advocate, TV host, Politician, First Jewish American Miss America and first Miss New York.
1946	September 7, 1946	Marilyn Buferd	Los Angeles, California	Miss California	21	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent (tie)	Dramatic Monologue "Accent on Youth"
1947	September 6, 1947	Barbara Jo Walker	Memphis, Tennessee	Miss Memphis	21	Preliminary Talent	Art Display & Vocal Medley "One Kiss" & "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
1948	September 11, 1948	BeBe Shopp	Hopkins, Minnesota	Miss Minnesota	18	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vibraharp "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler	First Miss Minnesota to win Miss America title.
1949	September 10, 1949	Jacque Mercer	Litchfield Park, Arizona	Miss Arizona	18	Preliminary Swimsuit (tie), Preliminary Talent	Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet
1951	September 9, 1950	Yolande Betbeze	Mobile, Alabama	Miss Alabama	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto	Based on the fact that the majority of Miss America's reign occurs during the year following her coronation, the pageant began referring to her title with the upcoming year. Thus, Yolande Betbeze, who was crowned in September 1950, would be called Miss America 1951, and there was no Miss America 1950.
1952	September 8, 1951	Colleen Kay Hutchins	Salt Lake City, Utah	Miss Utah	25	Preliminary Talent	Dramatic Monologue "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson
1953	September 6, 1952	Neva Jane Langley	Macon, Georgia	Miss Georgia	19	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Classical Piano "Toccata"
1954	September 12, 1953	Evelyn Margaret Ay	Ephrata, Pennsylvania	Miss Pennsylvania	20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Poetry Recitation "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding	Last winner before pageant is televised
1955	September 11, 1954	Lee Meriwether	San Francisco, California	Miss California	19	Preliminary Swimsuit	Dramatic Monologue "Riders to the Sea"	Actress, starred in Batman, Barnaby Jones, All My Children
1956	September 10, 1955	Sharon Ritchie	Denver, Colorado	Miss Colorado	18		Recitation "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
1957	September 8, 1956	Marian McKnight	Manning, South Carolina	Miss South Carolina	19		Comedy Sketch "The Monroe Doctrine"
1958	September 7, 1957	Marilyn Van Derbur	Denver, Colorado	Miss Colorado	20		Organ "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly"
1959	September 6, 1958	Mary Ann Mobley	Brandon, Mississippi	Miss Mississippi	21	Preliminary Talent	Vocal Medley & Dance "Un Bel Di" & "There'll Be Some Changes Made"	Actress Diff'rent Strokes, TV hostess
1960	September 12, 1959	Lynda Lee Mead	Natchez, Mississippi		20		Original Dramatic Act "Schizophrenia"
1961	September 10, 1960	Nancy Ann Fleming	Montague, Michigan	Miss Michigan	18	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent (tie)	Presentation of Dress Design
1962	September 9, 1961	Maria Beale Fletcher	Asheville, North Carolina	Miss North Carolina	19	Preliminary Swimsuit	Tap Dance to recorded version of her own voice singing "Somebody Loves Me"
1963	September 8, 1962	Jacquelyn Mayer	Sandusky, Ohio	Miss Ohio	20		Broadway Vignette "Wishing Upon a Star," "My Favorite Things" & "The White Cliffs of Dover"
1964	September 7, 1963	Donna Axum	El Dorado, Arkansas	Miss Arkansas	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal Medley "Quando me'n vo'" & "I Love Paris"	First Miss Arkansas to win Miss America.
1965	September 12, 1964	Vonda Kay Van Dyke	Phoenix, Arizona	Miss Arizona	21	Miss Congeniality	Ventriloquism & Singing "Together"	Only Miss Congeniality award winner to win Miss America
1966	September 11, 1965	Deborah Irene Bryant	Overland Park, Kansas	Miss Kansas	19	Preliminary Swimsuit	Dramatic Interpretation "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags"	First Miss Kansas to win the Miss America title.
1967	September 10, 1966	Jane Anne Jayroe	Laverne, Oklahoma	Miss Oklahoma	19	Preliminary Talent	Vocal / Orchestra Conducting "1-2-3"
1968	September 9, 1967	Debra Dene Barnes	Moran, Kansas	Miss Kansas	20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Piano Solo "Born Free"
1969	September 7, 1968	Judith Anne Ford	Belvidere, Illinois	Miss Illinois	18	Preliminary Talent, Preliminary Swimsuit	Acrobatic Dance & Trampoline Act "The Blue Danube"
1970	September 6, 1969	Pamela Anne Eldred	West Bloomfield, Michigan	Miss Michigan	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet"
1971	September 12, 1970	Phyllis Ann George	Denton, Texas	Miss Texas	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Piano Medley "Promises, Promises" & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	Host, NFL Today, first lady of Kentucky
1972	September 12, 1971	Laurie Lea Schaefer	Bexley, Ohio	Miss Ohio	22	Preliminary Swimsuit	Semi Classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved"
1973	September 9, 1972	Terry Anne Meeuwsen	De Pere, Wisconsin	Miss Wisconsin	23	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!	Co-host of The 700 Club
1974	September 8, 1973	Rebecca Ann King	Denver, Colorado	Miss Colorado	23		Vocal "If I Ruled the World"
1975	September 7, 1974	Shirley Cothran	Fort Worth, Texas	Miss Texas	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Flute Medley "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues"
1976	September 6, 1975	Tawny Elaine Godin	Yonkers, New York	Miss New York	18		Original Piano Composition "Images in Pastels"
1977	September 11, 1976	Dorothy Kathleen Benham	Edina, Minnesota	Miss Minnesota	20	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
1978	September 10, 1977	Susan Yvonne Perkins	Columbus, Ohio	Miss Ohio	23	Preliminary Talent	Vocal "Good Morning Heartache"
1979	September 9, 1978	Kylene Barker	Galax, Virginia	Miss Virginia	22		Gymnastics Routine "Gonna Fly Now" & "Feelin So Good"	First Miss Virginia to win Miss America title.
1980	September 8, 1979	Cheryl Prewitt	Ackerman, Mississippi	Miss Mississippi	22	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal / Piano "Don't Cry Out Loud"
1981	September 6, 1980	Susan Carol Powell	Elk City, Oklahoma	Miss Oklahoma	21	Preliminary Talent (tie)	Classical Vocal "The Telephone Aria"
1982	September 12, 1981	Grace Elizabeth Ward	Cabot, Arkansas	Miss Arkansas	20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "After You've Gone"
1983	September 18, 1982	Debra Sue Maffett	Anaheim, California	Miss California	25	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Popular Vocal "Come In From the Rain"	Competed for Miss Texas, in her home state, several times before crossing over and winning Miss California on her first attempt
1984 (A)	September 17, 1983	Vanessa Lynn Williams	Millwood, New York	Miss New York	20	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Popular Vocal "Happy Days Are Here Again"	First African American Miss America, resigned on July 23, 1984
1984 (B)	July 23, 1984	Suzette Charles	Mays Landing, New Jersey	Miss New Jersey	21	Preliminary Talent	Popular Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain"	Charles's 7-week reign is the shortest served by any Miss America.
1985	September 8, 1984	Sharlene Wells	Salt Lake City, Utah	Miss Utah	20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Spanish Vocal & Paraguyan Harp "Mis Noches Sin Ti"	The first foreign-born, bilingual Miss America, having been born in Asunción, Paraguay.
1986	September 14, 1985	Susan Akin	Meridian, Mississippi	Miss Mississippi	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "You're My World"
1987	September 13, 1986	Kellye Michele Cash	Memphis, Tennessee	Miss Tennessee	21	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Piano / Vocal "I'll Be Home"	Grandniece of Johnny Cash
1988	September 19, 1987	Kaye Lani Rae Rafko	Monroe, Michigan	Miss Michigan	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Hawaiian-Tahitian dance	President of Gabby's Ladder, a bereavement program for children and their families
1989	September 10, 1988	Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson	Anoka, Minnesota	Miss Minnesota	22	Preliminary Talent	Classical Violin "Zigeunerweisen"	Anchor on Fox & Friends and graduated from Stanford University
1990	September 16, 1989	Debbye Lynn Turner	Mexico, Missouri	Miss Missouri	23	Preliminary Swimsuit	Marimba Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee," "Csárdás" & "Can-Can"	Reporter and Anchor for CBS's The Morning Show
1991	September 8, 1990	Marjorie Judith Vincent	Oak Park, Illinois	Miss Illinois	25	Preliminary Talent	Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu"	First Miss America winner of Haitian descent
1992	September 14, 1991	Carolyn Suzanne Sapp	Kona, Hawaii	Miss Hawaii	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'"
1993	September 19, 1992	Eva Leanza Cornett	Jacksonville, Florida	Miss Florida	21		Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde	Married to ET correspondent Mark Steines
1994	September 18, 1993	Kimberly Clarice Aiken	Columbia, South Carolina	Miss South Carolina	18		Vocal "Summertime
1995	September 17, 1994	Heather Whitestone	Birmingham, Alabama	Miss Alabama	21	Preliminary Swimsuit, Preliminary Talent	Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa"	First deaf Miss America
1996	September 16, 1995	Shawntel Smith	Muldrow, Oklahoma	Miss Oklahoma	24		Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born	Executive vice president of administration of PBH Holdings
1997	September 14, 1996	Tara Dawn Holland	Overland Park, Kansas	Miss Kansas	23	Preliminary Swimsuit	Classical Vocal "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé	The video of her receiving her crown was shown at the beginning of the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine.
1998	September 13, 1997	Katherine Shindle	Evanston, Illinois	Miss Illinois	21	Preliminary Talent	Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade"	Performed in Legally Blonde on Broadway and other shows
1999	September 19, 1998	Lauren Nicole Johnson	Roanoke, Virginia	Miss Virginia	24		Vocal "That's Life"	Johnson has diabetes and continues to raise awareness for it.
2000	September 18, 1999	Heather Renee French	Maysville, Kentucky	Miss Kentucky	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard	1st Miss Kentucky to become Miss America; Released her own designer clothing line
2001	October 14, 2000	Angela Perez Baraquio	Honolulu, Hawaii	Miss Hawaii	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Hula "Theme from Mutiny on the Bounty"	The first Filipino American and Asian American Miss America.
2002	September 22, 2001	Katie Harman	Gresham, Oregon	Miss Oregon	21	Preliminary Talent	Classical Vocal "O mio babbino caro"	Released first music CD, Soul of Love
2003	September 21, 2002	Erika Harold	Urbana, Illinois	Miss Illinois	22		Classical Vocal "Habanera"
2004	September 20, 2003	Ericka Yolanda Dunlap	Orlando, Florida	Miss Florida	21		Vocal "If I Could"	First African American woman to become Miss Florida; Finished in third place on The Amazing Race 15 with her husband, Brian Kleinschmidt.
2005	September 18, 2004	Deidre Downs	Birmingham, Alabama	Miss Alabama	24		Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love"	Won Miss Alabama on her 5th try
2006	January 21, 2006	Jennifer Berry	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Miss Oklahoma	22	Preliminary Talent	Ballet en Pointe "Within"	Won Miss Oklahoma on her fifth try
2007	January 29, 2007	Lauren Nelson	Lawton, Oklahoma		20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "You'll Be in My Heart"	Started competing in pageants at the age of 15 and was Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen
2008	January 26, 2008	Kirsten Iora Haglund	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Miss Michigan	19	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "Over the Rainbow"	Grandmother competed at Miss America as Miss Detroit; Miss America was only her third pageant and she was the youngest contestant
2009	January 24, 2009	Katie Stam	Seymour, Indiana	Miss Indiana	22	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal "Via Dolorosa"	First Miss Indiana to become Miss America; she competed in pageants since the age of 15 and was Miss Kentuckiana Teen 2002, Indiana's Junior Miss 2005, second runner-up at America's Junior Miss 2005
2010	January 30, 2010	Caressa Cameron	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Miss Virginia	22	Preliminary Talent	Vocal "Listen"
2011	January 15, 2011	Teresa Scanlan	Gering, Nebraska	Miss Nebraska	17	Preliminary Talent	Piano "White Water Chopped Sticks" by Calvin Jones	Youngest winner since Bette Cooper in 1937; First Miss Nebraska to become Miss America; Youngest Miss Nebraska ever crowned
2012	January 14, 2012	Laura Marie Kaeppeler	Kenosha, Wisconsin	Miss Wisconsin	23	Preliminary Talent	Operatic Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi
2013	January 12, 2013	Mallory Hagan	Brooklyn, New York	Miss New York	23		Tap Dance to James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing"
2014	September 15, 2013	Nina Davuluri	Fayetteville, New York		24		Bollywood Fusion Dance "Dhoom Tana" from the film Om Shanti Om	First Indian American winner of the Miss America contest and first to perform a Bollywood dance on the Miss America stage.
2015	September 14, 2014	Kira Kazantsev	Manhattan, New York		23		Vocal with cup percussion, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

See also

• List of Miss America winners by state

External links

• Miss America official website