Miss Georgia
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The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia
in the Miss America
pageant. Georgia has once won the Miss America crown.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
in the Miss America
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. Georgia has once won the Miss America crown.
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 | Michaela Lackey | Marietta Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs... |
21 | Miss Heart of Lakes | Classical Ballet En Pointe | Previously Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen 2007 | ||
| 2010 | Christina McCauley | Marietta Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs... |
21 | Miss Southern Heartland | Classical Vocal "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" is the second aria sung by a coloratura soprano role Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute .-The aria:... " |
Quality of Life Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Emily Cook Emily Cook (beauty queen) Emily Cook is a beauty queen from Marietta, Georgia. She wasMiss Georgia 2009 and competed in the Miss America 2010 pageant.She originally was runner up for Miss Georgia 2009, but became the winner when the original winner, Kristina Higgins, stepped down for undisclosed reasons after one... |
Marietta Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs... |
21 | Miss Cobb County | Oboe "Gershwin's Prelude No. 1 | Accepted responsibilities as Miss GA, after being announced 1st RU the night before. | ||
| Kristina Higgins | Dacula Dacula, Georgia As of 2010 Dacula had a population of 4,442. the median age was 35.2. There were 1,472 households with 92.0% of housing units occupied. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 76.6% white , 11.3% black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian Indian, 2.8% other... |
Miss Capital City | Less than 24 hours after winning the crown, Higgins stepped down from her role as Miss Georgia. | |||||
| 2008 | Chasity Hardman | Columbus Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795... |
24 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Home Home (The Wiz song) "Home" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz. The song was performed by Stephanie Mills in the stage production and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation and released on the soundtrack album in 1978.... |
1st Runner Up at Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009, the 88th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana.... |
Preliminary Talent Award | Second African-American to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant, Sherri Hill Model. Received a "golden sash" and was voted into the Top 15 at Miss America by the American viewing public. |
| 2007 | Leah Massee | Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Georgia Fitzgerald is a city in Ben Hill in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is the county seat of Ben Hill County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,053... |
24 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "If I Had My Way" | Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been... |
A Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year... from Valdosta State University Valdosta State University Valdosta State University, also referred to as VSU, or Valdosta State, is an American public university and is one of the two regional universities in the University System of Georgia. Valdosta State is located on a campus at the heart of the city of Valdosta... |
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| 2006 | Amanda Kozak Amanda Kozak Amanda Kozak-Miliner is a pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia who competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants.-Miss America:... |
Warner Robins Warner Robins, Georgia Warner Robins is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located primarily in Houston County with a small portion in Peach County. The city has its own metropolitan statistical area . As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 48,804... |
22 | Miss Valdosta | Tap Dance "Baby I'm a Star Baby I'm a Star "Baby I'm a Star" is a song written and recorded by Prince from his album Purple Rain. It is also the B-side on the "Take Me with U" single.-Background and recording:... " |
2nd Runner Up at Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.... |
1st runner-up to 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; Future Miss Georgia USA Miss Georgia USA The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Georgia in the Miss USA pageant.Historically, Georgia has been the eleventh most successful state at Miss USA and has performed in more recent years, placing eighth on the table of most successful states... 2008 |
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| 2005 | Monica Pang | Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
25 | Miss Lake Lanier | Classical Piano "Chopin's Polonaise in G Sharp Minor" | 1st runner-up | Former 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.... 2004 |
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| 2004 | Danica Tisdale | Atlanta | 24 | Miss Atlanta | Vocal "Please Send Me Someone to Love Please Send Me Someone to Love "Please Send Me Someone to Love" is a blues ballad, written and recorded by Percy Mayfield in 1950, on Art Rupe's Specialty Records label. It was on the R&B chart for 27 weeks and reached the number one position and was his most successful song... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | First African-American to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant |
| 2003 | Andrea Bailey | Evans Evans, Georgia Evans is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Augusta and is part of the Augusta - Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,727 at the 2000 census and, in 2006, the population was 20,681.Evans, possibly named... |
24 | Miss Savannah | Vocal "Sometimes I Dream" | Top 15 Semi-finalist | Former 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.... 1999 |
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| 2002 | Amy Mulkey | Gainesville Gainesville, Georgia -Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring... |
23 | Miss Atlanta | Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" | Preliminary On-Stage Interview Award | ||
| 2001 | Emily Foster | Cornelia Cornelia, Georgia Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,834 at the 2010 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk shaped monument... |
23 | Miss Northwest Georgia | Piano "Majesty" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 2000 | Pamela Kennedy | LaGrange LaGrange, Georgia LaGrange is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. It is named after the country estate near Paris of the Marquis de La Fayette, who visited the area in 1825. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census... |
23 | Miss Atlanta | Vocal "Vienna" | |||
| 1999 | Osjha Anderson | Glennville Glennville, Georgia Glennville is a city in Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,641 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glennville is located at .... |
24 | Miss University of Georgia | Vocal "Can't Help Loving That Man Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's novel.-Context:... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | April Brinson | Bainbridge Bainbridge, Georgia As of the census of 2000, there were 11,722 people, 4,444 households, and 3,013 families residing in the city. The population density was 255.6/km² . There were 5,051 housing units at an average density of 285.2 per square mile... |
20 | Miss Greater Southwest Georgia | Vocal "Tell Him Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song) "Tell Him" is a duet between Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion. It was released on November 3, 1997 as the first single from Dion's Let's Talk About Love and Streisand's Higher Ground albums.... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Candice Little | Hartwell Hartwell, Georgia Hartwell is a city in Hart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,188 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hart County.-Geography:Hartwell is located at . It sits upon the southern border of Lake Hartwell... |
23 | Miss Lake Lanier | Tap Dance "Jump 'N Jive" | |||
| 1996 | Shea Olliff | Augusta Augusta, Georgia Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County... |
24 | Miss Northeast Georgia | Popular Vocal "Can You Read My Mind Can You Read My Mind "Can You Read My Mind" is the love theme from the 1978 feature film Superman, with music by John Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.The music is a theme for Lois Lane, whose role in the film was performed by Margot Kidder... " |
Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
| 1995 | Rachel English | Thomaston Thomaston, Georgia Thomaston is a city in and the county seat of Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,638 at the 2006 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Thomaston, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville,... |
21 | Miss University of Georgia | Tap Dance "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) "It Don't Mean a Thing " is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for... " |
former Georgia's Junior Miss 1991, father Paschal English was a contestant on Survivor: Marquesas Survivor: Marquesas Survivor: Marquesas is the fourth season of the United States reality show Survivor. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it aired from February 28 - May 19, 2002 on CBS. Thirteen episodes aired, plus a mid-season recap and live interview with Rosie O'Donnell... |
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| 1994 | Andrea Krahn | Calhoun Calhoun, Georgia Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,650. The city is the county seat of Gordon County.-Geography:Calhoun is located at , along the Oostanaula River.... |
20 | Miss West Coast Georgia | Vocal "I Fall to Pieces I Fall to Pieces "I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts... " |
Third Runner Up at Miss America 1995 Miss America 1995 Miss America 1995, the 70th Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1994 and was televised by the NBC Network.-Placements:-Preliminary Awards:-Quality of Life Award:... |
Assumed the Miss Georgia title | |
| Joanne Grogan | Miss University of Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... |
Resigned the day after the pageant to pursue career opportunities; Currently a meteorologist for Fox 5 Atlanta under her married name, Joanne Feldman | ||||||
| 1993 | Kara Martin | Statesboro Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia, United States, and is the county seat and most populous city of Bulloch County. Statesboro has a population of 28,422 and the Statesboro, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 70,217... |
23 | Miss Southeast Georgia | Tap Dance "Mack the Knife Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the... " |
First Runner Up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Competed in the 1991 National Sweetheart Pageant |
| 1992 | Stephanie Michels | Marietta Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs... |
24 | Miss Southeast Georgia | Vocal / Dance "The 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,... " |
Appeared on Broadway in The Lifeand in Contact | ||
| 1991 | Kimberly Hardee | Lilburn Lilburn, Georgia As of 2010 Lilburn had a population of 11,596. The median age was 36.3. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 52.7% white , 16.4% black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.8% Asian Indian, 10.4% other Asian, 12.3% from some other race and 2.8% from two or more races... |
20 | Miss Stone Mountain | Vocal Medley from The 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,... |
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| 1990 | Darla Pruett | Canton Canton, Georgia Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958.-Geography:Canton is located at .... |
22 | Miss Northeast Georgia | Vocal "Some Enchanted Evening Some Enchanted Evening (song) "Some Enchanted Evening" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.In the musical, it is sung as a solo by Emile de Becque, the French plantation owner, who falls in love with the American navy nurse Nellie Forbush. In this song he sings of seizing the moment so... " |
Non-Finalist Interview Award (tie) | ||
| 1989 | Jamie Price | Tucker Tucker, Georgia Tucker is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 27,581 at the 2010 Census. Although central Tucker, also known as "Main Street Tucker", is laid out as a planned "railroad town," it has never been formally incorporated. Municipal services such as... |
22 | Miss DeKalb County | Popular Vocal "When You Wish upon a Star When You Wish upon a Star "When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Frances Frazier | Rome Rome, Georgia Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County... |
26 | Miss Peachtree City | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1987 | Kelly Jerles | Perry Perry, Georgia Perry is a city in Houston county in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Warner Robins, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,600 at the 2000 census. This town is the county seat of Houston County... |
20 | Miss Cobb County | Vocal "Where the Boys Are Where the Boys Are The kind of cool modern jazz popularized by such acts as Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, and Chico Hamilton, then in the vanguard of the college music market, features in a number of scenes with Basil... " |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA Miss Georgia Teen USA The Miss Georgia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions... 1983 (3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas.... 1983) |
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| 1986 | Marlesa Ball | Thomasville Thomasville, Georgia Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large... |
23 | Miss Southeast Georgia | Vocal "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,... " |
Top Ten | ||
| 1985 | Samantha Mohr | Columbus Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795... |
23 | Miss University of Georgia | Popular Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings Wind Beneath My Wings "Wind Beneath My Wings" is the title of a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. They recorded a demo of the song, which they gave to musician Bob Montgomery. Montgomery then recorded his own demo version of the song, changing it from the mid-tempo version he was given to a ballad... " |
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| 1984 | Camille Bentley | Thomasville | 19 | Miss Thomasville | Popular Vocal "Until Now" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Tammy Fulwider | Columbus | 24 | Miss Southeast Georgia | Tap Dance / Vocal "42nd Street Forty-Second Street Forty-Second Street is the title song from the 1933 movie of the same name.Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, the song was published in 1932. It appears in the backstager Warner Bros... " |
Pet lifestyle expert and actress under professional name Megan Blake. | ||
| 1982 | Bobbie Eakes Bobbie Eakes Bobbie Eakes is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Macy Alexander Forrester Chambers Sharpe on The Bold and the Beautiful and for her role as Krystal Carey Chandler Martin Hayward on All My Children .- Personal life :She is the youngest... |
Warner Robins | 21 | Miss University of Georgia | Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady Funny Lady Funny Lady is a 1975 film starring Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, and Ben Vereen.A sequel to the 1968 film Funny Girl, it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her marriage to songwriter and empresario Billy Rose... |
Top Ten | Actress best known for her role as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... |
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| 1981 | Kristl Evans | Atlanta | 21 | Miss West Central Georgia | Vocal "Ring Them Bells" | Second Runner Up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1980 | Lynn Smith | Savannah Savannah, Georgia Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important... |
23 | Miss Savannah | Vocal "Get Happy Get Happy (song) "Get Happy" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler.It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by Ruth Etting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930.... " & "Hallelujah" |
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| 1979 | Sandra Eakes | Warner Robins | 22 | Miss Macon | Popular Vocal "The Trolley Song The Trolley Song "The Trolley Song" is a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and made famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis... " & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was published in 1918.... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | sister of Bobbie Eakes, Miss Georgia 1982 | |
| 1978 | Deborah Mosely | Atlanta | 21 | Miss Dekalb County | Vocal "Summertime Summertime (song) "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.... " & "I Got Plenty of Nothing" from Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward... |
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| 1977 | Pam Souders | Thomasville | 18 | Miss Thomasville | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata La traviata La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman... |
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| 1976 | Sandy Adamson | Atlanta | 20 | Miss South Cobb | Tap Dance "I Can Do That" | recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1975 | Seva Day | Thomasville | 19 | Miss Thomasville | 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.... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1974 | Gail Nelson | Atlanta | 22 | Miss Atlanta | Vocal Medley "So Long, Dearie" "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" & "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly! (musical) Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955.... |
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| 1973 | Gail Bullock | Thomasville | 19 | Miss West Georgia College | Ballet "Theme from Summer of '42 Summer of '42 Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, off the coast of New England, embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Dorothy,... " |
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| 1972 | Lisa Lawalin | Rome | 20 | Miss Cedar Valley | Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night I Could Have Danced All Night "I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956... " |
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| 1971 | Cynthia Cook | Smyrna Smyrna, Georgia -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,949.9 people per square mile . There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile... |
20 | Miss Cobb County | Ventriloquist Act, Singing & Interpretations | Top Ten | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Nancy Carr | Midland | 22 | Miss Hamilton on the Square | Popular Vocal "I Wish You Love I Wish You Love (song) "I Wish You Love" is a popular song. The music was written by Léo Chauliac, with French lyrics under the title "Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? " by Charles Trenet.... " |
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| 1969 | Marilyn Olley | Marietta | 19 | Miss Cobb County | Dramatic Interpretation & Dance "Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name.The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also... " |
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| 1968 | Burma Davis | Warner Robins | 20 | Miss Warner Robins | Vocal "This Is My Country This Is My Country "This is My Country" is an American patriotic folk song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs.The song begins slowly, opening with:"This is My Country" is an American patriotic folk song composed in 1940... " |
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| 1967 | Sandra McRee | Atlanta | 19 | Miss Atlanta | Classical Vocal "Caro Mio Ben" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1966 | Maudie Walker | Tifton Tifton, Georgia Tifton is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,060 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Tift County.-Major highways:* Interstate 75* U.S. Highway 41* U.S. Highway 82* U.S... |
20 | Miss Tifton | Interpretive Dance | |||
| 1965 | Mary Jane Yates | Savannah | 20 | Miss Coffee County | Semi-Classical Vocal "With a Song In My Heart With a Song in My Heart (song) "With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz... " |
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| 1964 | Vivian Davis | Augusta | 19 | Miss Augusta | Skit & Vocal | 2nd runner-up in the 1966 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
| 1963 | Nancy Middleton | Macon Macon, Georgia Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia... |
Miss Macon | Semi-Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Jeannie Cross | Albany Albany, Georgia Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the... |
18 | Miss Albany | Jazz Dance | Top Ten | ||
| 1961 | Glenda Brunson | Savannah | 18 | Miss Savannah | Spanish Dance | |||
| 1960 | Sandra Tally | Homerville Homerville, Georgia Homerville is a city in Clinch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,803 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Clinch County. Homerville was incorporated February 15, 1869.-Geography:... |
18 | Piano "Deep Purple Deep Purple (song) "Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose, who broadcast, 1923 to 1939, with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year, Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big... " |
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| 1959 | Kayanne Shoeffner | Calhoun | 19 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1958 | Jeanette Ardell | Marietta | Archery | Crowned Miss Dixie in 1959 | ||||
| 1957 | Jody Shattuck | Atlanta | Miss Cobb County | Vocal & Dance "Namely You" from Li'l Abner Li'l Abner (musical) Li'l Abner is a musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but is also a pointed satire taking on any number of topics, ranging... |
First Runner Up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1956 | Jane Morris | East Point East Point, Georgia The city of East Point is southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,712... |
Ballet | Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||||
| 1955 | Jeanine Parris | Atlanta | competed in the 1956 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||||
| 1954 | Mary Jane Doar | Macon | Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1953 | Lucia Hutchinson | Macon | Miss Macon | Vocal | ||||
| 1952 | Neva Jane Langley Neva Jane Langley Neva Jane Langley is an American former beauty pageant contestant. As a college sophomore she transferred to Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. While attending that college she became Miss Macon, Miss Georgia, and then Miss America in 1953. Ms... |
Macon | 19 | Miss Macon | Classical Piano "Toccata" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1951 | Carol Taylor | Alma Alma, Georgia Alma is a city in Bacon County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,236 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Bacon County... |
Monologue | semi-finalist | ||||
| 1950 | Louise Thomas | Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Georgia Fitzgerald is a city in Ben Hill in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is the county seat of Ben Hill County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,053... |
Miss Fitzgerald | |||||
| 1949 | Dorothy Johnston | LaGrange | Miss Troup County | |||||
| 1948 | Gwen West | Statesboro | ||||||
| Jerry Long | Atlanta | Tap Dance "Cherokee" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Atlanta | ||||
| 1947 | Robbie Sauls | Cuthbert Cuthbert, Georgia Cuthbert is a city in, and the county seat of, Randolph County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,731 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cuthbert is located at 31º46'15" North, 84º47'37" West .... |
Vocal "Smilin' Through Smilin' Through (song) "Smilin' Through" is a popular ballad with lyrics and music by Arthur A. Penn.-History:The song "Smilin' Through" was first published in 1919 by M. Witmark and Sons... |
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| Joy Elizabeth Smith | Atlanta | Vocal "Eccentric Dance" | competed as Miss Atlanta | |||||
| 1946 | Mary Lou Henderson | Columbus | Miss Columbus | |||||
| Janey Miller | Atlanta | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte Vissi d'arte "Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act II of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Tosca as she thinks of her fate and how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia.-Libretto:-External links:*... " |
2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | competed as Miss Atlanta | |||
| 1945 | Doris Coker | Columbus | Miss Columbus | Vocal "Candy Candy (1944 song) "Candy" is a popular song. The music was written by Alex Kramer, the lyrics by Mack David and Joan Whitney. It was published in 1944.The recording by Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 183. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on... " |
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| Pauline Walker | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta; the original winner, Peggy Payne, was disqualified as she was married when she won | ||||||
| 1944 | Trudie Hayward | Atlanta | ||||||
| Mary Ann Linane | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta | ||||||
| 1943 | Barbara Britton | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta | |||||
| 1941 | Esther Shepard | Griffin Griffin, Georgia Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 23,643.-Geography:Griffin is located at .... |
Semi-finalist | |||||
| Gladys Collins | Savannah | competed as Miss Savannah | ||||||
| 1939 | Mary Durrance | Glennville | competed in the pageant a second year, this time as Miss Georgia | |||||
| 1938 | Mary Durrance | Vocal | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Atlanta | ||||
| 1937 | Lorraine Mayfield | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta | |||||
| Carolyn Cumbie | competed as Miss Savannah Beach | |||||||
| 1936 | Hilda Veale | Watkinsville Watkinsville, Georgia Watkinsville is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,097. The city is the county seat of Oconee County... |
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| Ora York | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta | ||||||
| 1935 | La Rue Wilson | Atlanta | competed as Miss Atlanta | |||||
| 1924 | No Miss Georgia | Estelle Bradley, Miss Atlanta, finished as a Semi-Finalist. Lenore O'Ryan competed as Miss Columbus | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss Georgia | Frances Thayer competed as Miss Atlanta | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Georgia | Irma Knabe competed as Miss Atlanta & Frances Gurr competed as Miss Macon |