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Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
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Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.
Results summary
The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.Placements
- Miss Americas: Jacque MercerJacque MercerJacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...
(1949), Vonda Kay Van DykeVonda Kay Van DykeVonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also...
(1965) - 3rd runners-up: Barbara Hilgenberg (1957), Stacey Momeyer (1998)
- 4th runners-up: Patricia Allebrand (1960), Susan Bergstrom (1964), Stacey Peterson (1976)
- Top 10 Finalists: Anna Marie Barnett (1938), Wanda Law (1947), Beth Andre (1956), Lynn Freyse (1958), Pam Wenzel (1980), Debra Daniels (1983), Kathryn Bulkley (2011)
- Semi-Finalists: Laura Lawless (2003)
Preliminary Awards
- Preliminary Swimsuit: Jacque MercerJacque MercerJacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...
(1949), Lynn Freyse (1958) - Preliminary Talent: Jacque MercerJacque MercerJacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...
(1949), Pam Wenzel (1980)
Non-Finalist Awards
- Non-Finalist Talent: Paula Lou Welch (1963), Sarah Tattersall (1982), Lisa Mandel (1989), Tammy Kettunen (1990), Kimberly Hoskins (1991), Stacy Agren (1995), Erin Gingrich (1997), Erin Nurss (2009)
Quality of Life Award
- Winners: Amanda Murray (1994), Stacy Agren (1995)
- 1st runners-up: Hilary Griffith (2007)
- Finalists: Audrey Sibley (2006)
Other
- Special Scholarship: Donna Riggs (1959)
- Miss Congeniality: Vonda Kay Van DykeVonda Kay Van DykeVonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also...
(1965) - Special Talent: Linda Gail Sirrine (1973)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Jennifer Sedler | Tempe Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale... |
19 | Miss Phoenix | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2010 | Kathryn Bulkley | Mesa Mesa, Arizona According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%... |
20 | Miss Pima County | Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma Nessun dorma Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot... " |
Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2011 Miss America 2011 Miss America 2011 was the 90th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 90 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas... |
Daughter of Pamela Offer, Miss Hawaii 1981; Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008 | |
| 2009 | Savanna Troupe | Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
23 | Miss Maricopa County | Baton "Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song... " |
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| 2008 | Erin Nurss | Sierra Vista Sierra Vista, Arizona Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044.... |
23 | Miss Tucson Valley | Dance | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2007; Former Arizona's Junior Miss 2003 |
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| 2007 | Nicole Turner | Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
24 | Miss Chandler | Jazz Dance "Proud Mary" | Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Hilary Griffith | Glendale Glendale, Arizona Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721.... |
20 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "Don't Know Why Don't Know Why "Don't Know Why" is a jazz song written by Jesse Harris which originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. It was the second single by Norah Jones from her breakthrough 2002 album Come Away with Me. Although Jones's version only peaked at number thirty on the U.S... " |
Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Top 10 at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2005 |
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| 2005 | Audrey Sibley | Sierra Vista Sierra Vista, Arizona Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044.... |
19 | Miss San Marcos | Vocal "Alone Alone (Heart song) -Céline Dion version:Céline Dion covered "Alone" for her 2007 album Taking Chances. It was released as the second single in Europe and North America, and third in the United Kingdom... " |
Quality of Life Finalist | Later Top 15 at Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 2009; Current co-director of the Miss Pima County Pageant under her married name, Audrey Sibley-Valles |
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| 2004 | Katherine Kennedy | Tempe Tempe, Arizona Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale... |
24 | Miss Twirling Athlete | Baton Twirling | |||
| 2003 | Corrie Hill | Gilbert Gilbert, Arizona -Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household.... |
24 | Miss Mesa | Dance "Proud Mary" | Contestant at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2000; Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis. |
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| 2002 | Laura Lawless Laura Lawless Laura Lawless Robertson held the title of Miss Arizona 2002 and placed in the Top 15 Semifinals at the Miss America 2003 Pageant held on September 21, 2002, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.-Miss Arizona:... |
Tempe | 24 | Miss Maricopa | Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003 Miss America 2003 Miss America 2003, the 82nd Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 21, 2002 on the ABC Network... |
Former New York's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 2001 | Kapri Rose | Gilbert | 19 | Miss Gilbert | Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special Orange Blossom Special (song) The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The... " |
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| 2000 | Kristen Vatt | Mesa | 20 | Miss Gilbert | Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha Man of La Mancha Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote... |
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| 1999 | Lori Whiting | Mesa | 20 | Miss Desert Sun | Piano "Malaguena" | |||
| 1998 | Leean Hendrix | Parker Parker, Arizona Parker is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,140 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
22 | Miss Tempe Buttes | Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel Heaven's What I Feel "Heaven's What I Feel" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her eighth studio album gloria!.-Song history:The song is a ballad with a dance background. It was first offered to Celine Dion to be recorded, but she turned it down... " |
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| 1997 | Stacey Momeyer | Phoenix | 21 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,... |
3rd runner-up | Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996 | |
| 1996 | Erin Gingrich | Yuma Yuma, Arizona Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041.... |
21 | Miss Yuma County | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Cara Jackson | Chandler Chandler, Arizona -Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%... |
22 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "All Is Fair In Love" | Later Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 1999 |
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| 1994 | Stacy Agren | Mesa | 21 | Miss Mesa | Classical Piano | Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Amanda Murray | Yuma | 19 | Miss Yuma County | Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever On a Clear Day You Can See Forever On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a musical with music by Burton Lane and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner based loosely on Berkeley Square, written in 1929 by John L. Balderston. It concerns a woman who has ESP and has been reincarnated... |
Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1992 | Robyn Rayborn | Mesa | 26 | Miss Maricopa County | Vocal "How Great Thou Art How Great Thou Art How Great Thou Art may refer to:*"How Great Thou Art" by Carl Boberg*How Great Thou Art *How Great Thou Art *How Great Thou Art, an album by The Statler Brothers... " |
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| 1991 | Darsi Turner | Yuma | 22 | Miss Tucson | Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles Ice Castles Ice Castles is a 1978 American romantic drama, starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson.It is the story of Alexis, a young figure skater, and her rise and fall from super stardom. Tragedy strikes when, following a freak accident, Lexie loses her sight, leaving her to hide away in the privacy of... |
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| 1990 | Kimberly Hoskins | Yuma | 19 | Miss Yuma County | Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Tammy Kettunen | Yuma | 21 | Miss Maricopa County | Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Sister to Miss Arizona 1986 | |
| 1988 | Lisa Mandel | Tucson Tucson, Arizona Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200... |
22 | Miss Tucson | Dance "Steam Heat Steam Heat "Steam Heat" is a show tune from the 1954 musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The best-known recording was done by Patti Page... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Theresa Light | Tucson | 18 | Miss Western Maricopa | Vocal "Somewhere Somewhere (song) "Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the... " |
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| 1986 | Terri Kettunen | Yuma | 21 | Miss Yuma County | Classical Piano | Sister to Miss Arizona 1989 | ||
| 1985 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | 23 | Miss Phoenix | Vocal "The Man that Got Away The Man that Got Away "The Man that Got Away" is a popular song, published in 1953 and was written for the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin... " & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret Cabaret Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or... |
Later Miss Arizona USA Miss Arizona USA The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions... 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA |
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| 1984 | Rhonda White | Central Central, Arizona Central is a small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona, United States. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints constructed a temple in the area.... |
20 | Miss Graham County | Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man Stand By Your Man "Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA... " |
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| 1983 | Jennifer Nichols | Tempe | 22 | Miss Glendale | Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" | |||
| 1982 | Debra Daniels | Yuma | 20 | Miss Yuma County | Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire" | Top 10 Finalist | ||
| 1981 | Sarah Tattersall | Scottsdale Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385... |
20 | Miss Scottsdale | Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Brenda Strong Brenda Strong Brenda Lee Strong is an American actress and yoga instructor, known for her roles as as Capt. Deladier in the 1997 hit movie Starship Troopers and Mary Alice Young on the television show Desperate Housewives.... |
Tempe | 20 | Miss Valley West | Vocal "My Man My Man "My Man" is a 1982 single by Yoko Ono from the album It's Alright in a New Wave/calypso style. The minimalist "Let The Tears Dry" appeared on the B-side.... " & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" |
Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W... |
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| 1979 | Pam Wenzel | Phoenix | 22 | Miss North Central Phoenix | Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez The Children of Sanchez The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of culture of poverty... " |
Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1978 | Susan Kohler | Tempe | 23 | Miss Arizona State University | Vocal & Dance "New York, New York Theme from New York, New York "Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli... " |
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| 1977 | Cindy Glenn | Globe Globe, Arizona Globe has an arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters. Globe's arid climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, leading to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more precipitation than Phoenix or Yuma.... |
18 | Miss Globe | Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" | |||
| 1976 | Anne DeVarennes | Tucson | 22 | Miss Tucson | Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me As Long as He Needs Me As Long as He Needs Me is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, introduced in the 1960 musical. It is a love ballad about her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes... " |
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| 1975 | Vickie Hall | Sierra Vista | Miss Sierra Vista | successor to crown | ||||
| Stacey Peterson | Phoenix | 21 | Miss Tucson | Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut... " |
4th runner-up | |||
| 1974 | Mary Avilla | Glendale Glendale, Arizona Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721.... |
20 | Miss Maryvale | Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done" | |||
| 1973 | Susan May | Kingman Kingman, Arizona Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ... |
19 | Miss Kingman | Piano Medley "The Glory of Love The Glory of Love (song) "The Glory Of Love" is a song written by Billy Hill, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, whose version was a number one pop hit. In 1951, R&B vocal group, The Five Keys, had their biggest R&B hit with their version of the song, hitting number one on the R&B chart for four non-consecutive weeks."The... " "Laura Laura (1945 song) "Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings.Some of the best known versions are by Billy Eckstine, Charlie... " & "On the Sunny Side of the Street On the Sunny Side of the Street "On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a song with music composed by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, which was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue, starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence.... " |
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| 1972 | Linda Gail Sirrine | Mesa | 19 | Miss Mesa | Popular Vocal "Happy Heart Happy Heart "Happy Heart" is a song written by Hans Last and Jackie Rae. The song was recorded by both Petula Clark and Andy Williams and released as a single for each at the same time. "Happy Heart" was a top 20 Easy Listening hit for Clark as well as minor pop hit, while Williams went to number twenty-two on... " |
Special Talent Award | ||
| 1971 | Celia Sklan | Scottsdale | 22 | Miss Scottsdale | Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub" | |||
| 1970 | Karen Shields | Tucson | 19 | Miss University of Arizona | Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe... |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1969 | Kathleen Ennis | Tucson | 20 | Miss Tucson | Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim" | |||
| 1968 | Linda Johnson | Warren | 20 | Miss Warren | Authentic Tahitian Dance | Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Bea Willis | Phoenix | 19 | Miss Phoenix | Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly Wouldn't It Be Loverly "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady.The song is sung by flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends... " |
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| 1966 | Launa Gardner | Holbrook Holbrook, Arizona -Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad... |
19 | Miss Holbrrok | Piano Solo | |||
| 1965 | Sandra Montgomery | Yuma | 18 | Miss Yuma County | Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You" | |||
| 1964 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke Vonda Kay Van Dyke Vonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also... |
Phoenix | 22 | Miss Phoenix | Ventriloquism & Singing "Together Together (Wherever We Go) "Together " is a song, now considered a standard, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written for the musical play Gypsy in 1959.-Recorded versions:*Tammy Blanchard*The Four Lads... " |
Winner | Miss Congeniality | Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss America's Junior Miss Distinguished Young Women, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, is a national non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls. Depending on the schedule of the various state and local programs, young women are eligible during the summer preceding... ; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality |
| 1963 | Susan Bergstrom | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight Tonight (1956 song) "Tonight" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956.It was introduced in the Broadway musical West Side Story. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher and Eddie Fisher, whose... " |
4th runner-up | |||
| 1962 | Paula Lou Welch | Tucson | 20 | Miss Tucson | Fire Baton Twirling | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1961 | Susan Webb | Prescott Prescott, Arizona Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s.... |
19 | Miss Prescott | Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars" | |||
| 1960 | Georgia Garbarino | Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County... |
18 | Miss Flagstaff | Modern Dance "An American in Paris An American in Paris An American in Paris is a symphonic tone poem by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s. It is one of Gershwin's best-known compositions.Gershwin composed the piece... " |
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| 1959 | Patricia Allebrand | Yuma | 18 | Miss Yuma County | Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1958 | Donna Riggs | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Vocal/Dance "Teacher's Pet" | Special Scholarship | |||
| 1957 | Lynn Freyse Lynn Borden Lynn Borden is an American actress best known for her role as "Barbara Baxter" in the final season of the Shirley Booth sitcom Hazel, which aired on CBS from 1965 to 1966.-Background:... |
Tucson | Miss Tucson | Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl The Country Girl (1954 film) The Country Girl is a 1954 drama film adapted by George Seaton from a Clifford Odets play of the same name, which tells the story of an alcoholic has-been actor struggling with the one last chance he's been given to resurrect his career. It stars Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden. Seaton,... " |
Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1956 | Barbara Hilgenberg | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield | 3rd runner-up | tied w/Miss Kansas | ||
| 1955 | Beth Andre | Phoenix | Miss Maricopa County | Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1954 | Marjorie Nylund | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Drama "A Marine's Conversation" | ||||
| 1953 | Betty Lou Lindly | Tempe | Miss Tempe | Piano | ||||
| 1950 | Kathryn Lunsford | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Modern Dance | ||||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer Jacque Mercer Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*... |
Litchfield Litchfield Park, Arizona Litchfield Park is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. In 2010 it had a population of 5,476.-History:The town of Litchfield Park is named for its founder, Paul Weeks Litchfield... |
18 | Miss Litchfield | Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a... |
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| 1948 | Donna McElroy | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | |||||
| 1947 | Wanda Law | Tempe | Miss Tempe | Diving Champion | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1938 | Anna Marie Barnett | Bisbee Bisbee, Arizona Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177... |
Miss Bisbee | Top 10 Finalist |