The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition and beauty pageant

Beauty contest

A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 that selects the representative for the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 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. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.

History

The event began in 1947 as the Miss Oregon Pageant and was founded by the merchants in the coastal city of Seaside

Seaside, Oregon

Seaside is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. The name Seaside is derived from Seaside House, a historic summer resort built in the 1870s by railroad magnate Ben Holladay. The city's population was 6,457 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. Miss Oregon was designated the official State Hostess in 1969. In 2002, Katie Harman

Katie Harman

Katie Marie Harman-Ebner is a classical vocalist and stage actress who is best known as Miss America 2002 and former Miss Oregon 2001. She is from the city of Gresham in the U.S. state of Oregon.-Road to Miss America:...

 was crowned Miss Oregon and went on to win the Miss America crown, becoming the only Miss Oregon winner of the national event. The event is now titled the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant.

The event is held at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center at the Oregon Coast

Oregon Coast

The Oregon Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It runs generally north-south along the Pacific Ocean, forming the western border of the state; the region is bounded to the east by the Oregon Coast Range. The Oregon Coast stretches approximately from the Columbia River in the north to...

 with local Seaside merchants as the primary sponsors of the annual contest. The two-day event narrows the competition down to ten finalists on the first day before selecting a winner on the second day. Events at the event include an evening wear competition, talent competition, bathing suit competition, and a competition in casual wear. The competition includes an interview on-stage as the final portion before a winner is selected.

In addition to the chance to become Miss America, the winner also receives scholarships. Contests range in age from 17 to 24, and must first win local competitions before qualifying for the Miss Oregon contest.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2011	Caroline McGowan	Corvallis Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....	20	Miss Linn-Benton County	Vocal
2010	Stephenie Steers	Hillsboro Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...	24	Miss Multnomah	Vocal "Something to Talk About"	Top 15		Voted into the Top 15 as one of two "Contestants' Choice" Finalists selected by the contestants
2009	CC Barber	Scappoose Scappoose, Oregon Scappoose is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a nearby stream, which drains the southern part of the county...	23	Miss Tri Valley	Dance "Bleeding Love Bleeding Love "Bleeding Love" is a pop/R&B ballad co-written by Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder and produced by Tedder for British singer Leona Lewis's debut album, Spirit. The song is the album's lead single , released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2007... "	Top 15 semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit 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....  2006; Voted into the Top 15 by her fellow contestants
2008	Danijela Krstic Danijela Krstic Danijela Krstić is a Bosnian-American beauty queen. She currently lives in Beaverton, Oregon. She was crowned Miss Oregon in 2008 and competed for Miss America 2009 She has an elder sister, Aleksandra...	Beaverton Beaverton, Oregon Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley.As of the 2010 census, the population is 90,267. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city...	24	Miss Tri Valley	Belly Dancing
2007	Kari Virding	Portland Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...	24	Miss Portland	Vocal "The Girl in 14G Let Yourself Go (Kristin Chenoweth album) Let Yourself Go is Kristin Chenoweth's debut solo album, released in 2001. The backing orchestra is Robert Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra... "		Non-finalist Talent Award	Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA Miss Oregon Teen USA The Miss Oregon Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Until Tennessee's victory in 2009, Oregon was the only state to win more than one Miss Teen USA title - they have produced three winners...  2000
2006	Donilee McGinnis	Scappoose Scappoose, Oregon Scappoose is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a nearby stream, which drains the southern part of the county...	24	Miss Willamette Valley	Tap Dance "I Gotcha I Gotcha (Joe Tex song) "I Gotcha" is a song by Joe Tex. Tex originally intended for the song to be recorded by King Floyd, but Floyd never recorded a version of it. Instead, Tex went ahead and recorded it himself in the late 1960s, but ended up not releasing it... "
2005	Lucy Fleck Lucy Fleck Lucy Fleck is an American beauty pageant contestant who was crowned Miss Oregon on July 2, 2005. Along with the title, she received a $10,000 scholarship award and won the talent competition with her tap dance routine....	Portland	20	Miss Portland	Tap Dance "Turn the Beat Around Turn the Beat Around In 1994 , the song was recorded by Gloria Estefan for the soundtrack to the film The Specialist. Released as a single, it became a hit reaching #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is also featured on Estefan's fourth solo album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me. She also sang the song as her opening... "			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....  2003
2004	Brook Roberts Brook Roberts Brook Roberts held the title of Miss Oregon 2004 and competed in the Miss America 2005 pageant. From 2006 to its closure in 2010, she was a host on Gems TV. In September 2010, it was announced that she competed on The Amazing Race 17 with her co-worker Claire Champlin...	Roseburg Roseburg, Oregon Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Douglas County. The population was 21,181 at the 2010 census.-History:...	21	Miss Douglas County	Vocal "All That Jazz All That Jazz (song) "All That Jazz" is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago. It has lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, and is the opening song of the musical... "			The Amazing Race 17 The Amazing Race 17 The Amazing Race 17 is the seventeenth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 17 features 11 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world....  Contestant
2003	April Robinson	Gresham Gresham, Oregon - Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...	22	Miss Multnomah County	A capella Tap Dance		Non-Finalist Interview Award
2002	Brita Stream	Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...	22	Miss Linn-Benton	Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard (musical) Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the...
2001	Heidi Rickey			Miss Yamhill County	Vocal			Successor to crown
	Katie Harman Katie Harman Katie Marie Harman-Ebner is a classical vocalist and stage actress who is best known as Miss America 2002 and former Miss Oregon 2001. She is from the city of Gresham in the U.S. state of Oregon.-Road to Miss America:...	Gresham	21	Miss Portland	Classical Vocal "O mio babbino caro O mio babbino caro "O mio babbino caro" is a soprano aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi , by Giacomo Puccini, to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to... "	Winner - Miss America 2002 Miss America 2002 Miss America 2002, the 81st Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 22, 2001 on the ABC Network. The pageant was won by Katie Harman of Oregon....	Preliminary 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....  2000
2000	Angela Day Brink	Roseburg	22	Miss Douglas County	Ballet "Angel Angel (Sarah McLachlan song) "Angel" is a song by Sarah McLachlan that originally appeared on her 1997 album Surfacing. As McLachlan explained on VH1 Storytellers, the song is about the Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin, who overdosed on heroin and died in 1996."Angel" was McLachlan's second top 5 hits... "
1999	Angela Reed	Portland	23	Miss Tri-Valley	Vocal "You Don't Know Me"		Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award	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....  1997 & 1998
1998	Jennifer Sisco-Moore	Eugene	23	Miss Tri-Valley	Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...		Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete, State Community Service Award
1997	Tamara Ann Finch	Myrtle Creek Myrtle Creek, Oregon Myrtle Creek is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,419 at the 2000 census.It is the birthplace of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.-Geography:...	24	Miss Douglas County	Classical Piano "Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor Scherzo No. 2 (Chopin) The Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 is a scherzo by Frédéric Chopin. The work was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adèle Fürstenstein... "	Semi-Finalist	Steinway Talent Winner
1996	Patricia Regan Leines Patricia Pine Patricia Regan Pine , a.k.a. Tricia Pine is a former beauty queen from Medford, Oregon who works as a weather anchor and opera singer.Leines won the Miss Oregon 1996 title as Miss Tri-Valley...	Medford Medford, Oregon Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...	24	Miss Tri-Valley	Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from The Daughter of the Regiment La fille du régiment La fille du régiment is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. It was written while the composer was living in Paris, with a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.La figlia del reggimento, a slightly different Italian-language version , was...	Second Runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award
1995	Emily John Orton	Creswell Creswell, Oregon Creswell is a city in the Willamette Valley of Lane County, Oregon, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 5,031.- Geography :According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 2.42%, is water....	19	Miss Linn-Benton	Classical Vocal "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" from Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...	First Runner-up
1994	Roberta Stenbeck	Roseburg	23	Miss Douglas County	Piano
1993	Elizabeth Simmons	Bandon Bandon, Oregon - Economy :Like many communities on the Oregon coast, Bandon had significant fishing and timber industries, which were greatly diminished by the 1980s, though some remnants still exist. Bandon's current economy revolves around wood products, fishing, tourism, and agriculture...	23	Miss Tri-Valley	Vocal "Someone Else's Story" from Chess Chess (musical) Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;...	Third Runner-up		Previously winner of the National Sweetheart Pageant in 1992
1992	Sara Kristi Paulson	Portland	21	Miss Washington County	Vocal "The Star-Spangled Banner The Star-Spangled Banner "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships... "
1991	Carolyn Helen Ladd	Corvallis Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....	24	Miss Linn-Benton	Vocal "I Must Be a Star"
1990	Brittney Gae Thompson	Portland	20	Miss Tri-Valley	Vocal "Break It to Me Gently Break It to Me Gently "Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song.... "
1989	Lynette Boggs Lynette Boggs Lynette Boggs was a Republican politician in Clark County, Nevada, and a former winner of the Miss Oregon scholarship pageant. She went by the name of Lynette Boggs McDonald for most of her political career and dropped McDonald following a divorce....	Portland	26	Miss Portland	Vocal "I Am Changing"		State Quality of Life Award	Served on the Board of Directors for the Miss America Pageant; Served on Las Vegas City Council and Clark County Commission
1988	Anna Denise Jones	Portland	24	Miss Tri-Valley	Vocal "Crazy Crazy (Willie Nelson song) "Crazy" is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a #2 country hit in 1962.... "
1987	Tamara Fazzolari	Portland	21	Miss Hillsboro	Tap Dance
1986	Jana Svea Peterson	Newport Newport, Oregon Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868...	22	Miss Linn-Benton	Vocal Medley			Toured with the 1987 Gillette Global Gillette Gillette is a brand of Procter & Gamble currently used for safety razors, among other personal care products. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was one of several brands originally owned by The Gillette Company, a leading global supplier of products under various brands, which was...  Miss America Show Troupe
1985	Dana Kocks	Ashland Ashland, Oregon Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley. It was named after Ashland County, Ohio, point of origin of Abel Helman and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other...	21	Miss Rogue Valley	Classical Vocal "Seguidilla" from Carmen
1984	Renee Bagley	Portland	22	Miss Willamette Valley	Popular Vocal "Don't Cry Out Loud Don't Cry Out Loud (song) "Don't Cry Out Loud" is the title of a song written in 1976 by Peter Allen with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager which is best known as a hit single for Melissa Manchester in the US and for Elkie Brooks in the UK.-Early versions:... "
1983	Stephanie "Jill" Wymer	Sutherlin Sutherlin, Oregon Sutherlin is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 6,669 at the 2000 census. Nearby features include Cooper Creek Reservoir, the Umpqua River, a few golf courses, and numerous vineyards.-Geography:...	22	Miss Douglas County	Popular Vocal "Out Here On My Own Fame (soundtrack) Fame is the original soundtrack of the 1980 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Fame starring Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Paul McCrane and Laura Dean. The original score was composed by Michael Gore.... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1982	Laura Matthys	Salem Salem, Oregon Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood...	21	Miss Linn-Benton	Rifle Twirling Routine "Herzegovinian March"
1981	Julie Ross	Portland	20	Miss Portland	Classical Piano "Prokofiev's Toccata Toccata (Prokofiev) The Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 is a piece for solo piano, written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916 in Petrograd. It is a further development of the toccata form, which has been used by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann... "	Semi-Finalist
1980	Teresa Richardson	Forest Grove Forest Grove, Oregon Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a bedroom suburb of Portland. Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850 and then incorporated in 1872 and was the first city in Washington County...	20	Miss Multnomath County	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... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1979	Tami Sanders	Roseburg	21	Miss Douglas County	Gymnastic Dance "A Fifth of Beethoven A Fifth of Beethoven "A Fifth of Beethoven" is a disco instrumental recorded by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band. It was adapted by Murphy from the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The record was produced by noted production music and sound effects recording producer Thomas J. Valentino. It was one of... "
1978	Amy White	Portland	20	Miss Portland	Musical Comedy Free Style Dance "Overture from Gypsy Gypsy: A Musical Fable Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business... "
1977	Suzanne Bunker	Forest Grove	21	Miss Portland	Classical Flute "Fantasie for Flute"	Semi-Finalist
1976	Shan Moss	Nyssa Nyssa, Oregon Nyssa is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,163 at the 2000 census. The city is located along the Snake River on the Idaho border, in the region of far eastern Oregon known as the "Treasure Valley"...	21	Miss Malheur County	Flute Solo "Concertino"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1975	Betty Hupfer	Milwaukie Milwaukie, Oregon Milwaukie is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A very small portion of the city extends into Multnomah County. The population was 20,291 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1848 on the banks of the Willamette River, the city, known as the Dogwood City of the West, was incorporated in...	21	Miss Gresham	Dancing "The Unsinkable Molly Brown The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical) The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson and book by Richard Morris. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and her wealthy miner-husband.... "
1974	Juli Ann Berg	Eugene	21	Miss Lane County	Vocal "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin Pippin (musical) Pippin is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto...			daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Previously Oregon's Junior Miss in 1974
1973	Nancy Jean Jackson	Nyssa	20	Miss Rogue Valley	Dramatic Interpretation from The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
1972	Sandra Lynn Herring	Portland	20	Miss Portland	Vocal Medley "Who Will Buy?" & "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... " from Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....		Non-finalist Talent Award	Performed with Miss America USO Troupe
1971	Lynn Dee Grenz	Milwaukie	20	Miss Linn County	Vocal "Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here" 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...		Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Popular Singer)	Former Speaker Speaker (politics) The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...  of the Oregon House of Representatives Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 57,000. The House meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem....  and past House Majority Leader, judged the Miss America Pageant in 1999
1970	Cynthia Lynn Harrison	Portland	18	Miss Rogue Valley	Vocal & Guitar "Just Once"
1969	Margie Elaine Huhta	Astoria Astoria, Oregon Astoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811...	20	Miss Knappa-Svensen	Vocal Medley "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard, written by Jimmy Cox in 1923. Its lyric, told from the point of view of a one-time millionaire during the Prohibition era, reflects on the fleeting nature of material wealth and the friendships that come and go with it.-Recording... " & "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", also sung as "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?", is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was part of the 1932 musical New Americana; the... "			USO Tour
1968	Marjean Kay Langley	Milton-Freewater Milton-Freewater, Oregon Milton-Freewater is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The city received its current name in 1951 when the neighboring rival cities of Milton and Freewater voted to merge. The population was 6,470 at the 2000 census...	19	Miss Pendleton	Classical Ballet "The Dying Swan The Dying Swan The Dying Swan is a ballet choreographed by Mikhail Fokine in 1905 to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des Animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova. The short ballet follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in St.... "	Third Runner-up
1967	Christine Beach	Pendleton Pendleton, Oregon Pendleton is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign. The population was 16,612 at the 2010 census...	18	Miss Pendleton	Vocal "Just You Wait" 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...
1966	Lita Schiel	Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego is a city located primarily in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Small portions of the city are also located in neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Located south of Portland surrounding the Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in...	21	Miss Lake Oswego	Original Skit
1965	Sue Pack	Eugene	18	Miss Eugene	Vocal "The Lonely Goatherd The Lonely Goatherd "The Lonely Goatherd" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music that makes use of yodelling.This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in... "	Semi-Finalist		Joined The New Christy Minstrels in 1966 and married Mickey Newbury Mickey Newbury Mickey Newbury was an American songwriter, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Biography:...  in 1969.
1964	Carol Pedersen	Newport	18	Miss Lincoln County	Dramatic Reading
1963	D’Ann Fullerton	Roseburg		Miss Roseburg	Original Novelty Dance & Hula Baton
1962	Martha Wyatt	Jacksonville Jacksonville, Oregon Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, a few miles west of Medford. It was named for Jackson Creek, which runs through the community and was the site of one of the first placer gold claims in the area. It includes Jacksonville Historic District which was designated a U.S....	19	Miss Rogue Valley	Interpretive Jazz Dance "Love Walked In Love Walked In "Love Walked In" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was composed in 1930, but the lyrics were not written until 1937, for the movie musical The Goldwyn Follies . Hit versions include Sammy Kaye , The Hilltoppers , Ella Fitzgerald , and Dinah Washington... "	Semi-Finalist
1961	Jody Bourne	Salem	20	Miss Salem	Interpretive Ballet
1960	Rosemary Doolen	Salem	19	Miss Salem	Vocal "A Heart That's Free"		Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Singer)
1959	Karlyn Mattsson	Portland	18	Miss Portland	Piano & Dance
1958	Mary Ellen Vinton Mary Vinton Folberg Mary Vinton Folberg is a teacher and former dancer. She was Miss Oregon in 1958. She founded the dance program at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon, which has become internationally recognized within the dance community...	McMinnville McMinnville, Oregon McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, it was named by its founder, William T. Newby , an early immigrant on the Oregon Trail, for his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee...		Miss McMinnville	Piano & Tap Dance "I Won't Dance I Won't Dance "I Won't Dance" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, for the 1934 London musical Three Sisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten, so when the time came to film the Kern-Harbach musical Roberta, the song was... "
1957	Judith Hansen	Astoria		Miss Astoria	Classical Vocal "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from La bohème La bohème La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...	Semi-Finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1956	Patricia Berg	Eugene		Miss Eugene	Vibraharp "Indian Love Call Indian Love Call "Indian Love Call" is a song from Rose-Marie, a 1924 operetta-style Broadway musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II... "
1955	Dorothy Mae Johnson	Portland		Miss Beaverton	Dramatic Monologue from Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...	First Runner-up
1954	Diane Carman	Milwaukie		Miss Oak Grove	Drama "This Is America"
1953	Patti Throop	Portland		Miss Portland	Dramatic Reading "Patterns"	Semi-Finalist
1952	Mary Lou Teague	Eugene		Miss Eugene	Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"
1951	Audrey Mistretta	Astoria		Miss Tongue Point	Vocal
1950	Elizabeth Ann Baker	Monmouth Monmouth, Oregon - History :Monmouth was settled in 1853 by a group of pioneers who made a point of allocating to build both a city and a "college under the auspices of the Christian Church" and proceeds from the sale of these lands were used to found Monmouth University. By the early 1880s the college fell on...		Miss McMinnville
1949	Beverly Kruger	The Dalles The Dalles, Oregon The Dalles is the largest city and county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The name of the city comes from the French word dalle The Dalles is the largest city and county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The name of the city comes from the French word dalle The Dalles is...		Miss The Dalles	Piano "Clair de Lune Suite bergamasque The Suite bergamasque is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. Debussy commenced the suite in 1890 at age 28, but he did not finish or publish it until 1905.-History:... "
1948	Joyce Davis	Bend Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...		Miss Redmond	Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"	Semi-Finalist
1947	Jo Ann Amorde	Sutherlin		Miss Roseburg	Vocal "Alice Blue Gown" from Irene Irene (musical) Irene is a musical with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and music by Harry Tierney.Based on Montgomery's play Irene O'Dare, it is set in New York City's Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O'Dare, who is introduced to Long Island's high society when...	Semi-Finalist
1926	No Miss Oregon							Maxine Jennings competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant
1923	No Miss Oregon							Patricia Smith competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant
1922	No Miss Oregon							Virginia Edwards competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant

External links

• Miss Oregon official website