Miss West Virginia
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The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia
in the Miss America
pageant.
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
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.
Winners
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| 2011 | Spenser Wempe | Shepherdstown Shepherdstown, West Virginia Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Potomac River. It is the oldest town in the state, having been chartered in 1762 by Colonial Virginia's General Assembly. Since 1863, Shepherdstown has been in West Virginia, and is the oldest town in... |
19 | Miss North Eastern | Dance | 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.... 2010 |
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| 2010 | Cali Young | Glen Dale Glen Dale, West Virginia Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,552 at the 2000 census... |
24 | Miss Northern West Virginia | Jazz Dance "I've Got 'Cha" | |||
| 2009 | Talia Markham | Ripley Ripley, West Virginia Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.-Geography:Ripley is located at , along Mill Creek.... |
22 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord Take My Hand, Precious Lord "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is a gospel song, lyrics by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey , melody by George Nelson Allen .-History:... " |
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| 2008 | Kayla Lynam | Short Gap Short Gap, West Virginia Short Gap is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia located at the intersection of West Virginia Route 956 and West Virginia Route 28. The community is home to Frankfort High School, as well as Frankfort Middle School, which serve the northern part of Mineral County including... |
21 | Miss Eastern Panhandle | Piano | Former West Virginia's Junior Miss 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Summer Wyatt | Athens Athens, West Virginia Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,102 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. It is the home of Concord University.-History:... |
21 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You Why Haven't I Heard from You "Why Haven't I Heard from You" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in April 1994, it was the first single from her album, Read My Mind. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1994.It debuted at #60 on the Hot Country Singles... " |
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| 2006 | Tiffany Lawrence | Shepherdstown Shepherdstown, West Virginia Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Potomac River. It is the oldest town in the state, having been chartered in 1762 by Colonial Virginia's General Assembly. Since 1863, Shepherdstown has been in West Virginia, and is the oldest town in... |
24 | Miss Jefferson County | Vocal "Black Velvet Black Velvet (song) "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as... " |
"People's choice" award winner at Miss West Virginia USA Miss West Virginia USA The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner... 2006 |
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| 2005 | Kimberly Goodwin | Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area... |
21 | Miss Morgantown | Tap Dance | |||
| 2004 | Julia Burton | Petersburg Petersburg, West Virginia Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:... |
22 | Miss Southern West Virginia | Vocal | |||
| 2003 | Allison Williams Allison Williams Allison Williams is a beauty queen from Morgantown, West Virginia who was crowned Miss West Virginia 2003. She competed in the Miss America 2004 pageant but was unplaced.-Sex tape lawsuit:... |
Morgantown | 22 | Miss Mountain State | 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... " |
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| 2002 | Janna Kerns | Terra Alta Terra Alta, West Virginia Terra Alta is a town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,456 at the 2000 census.-History:The James S. Lakin House and Terra Alta Bank are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:... |
23 | Miss Morgantown | Vocal "There You'll Be There You'll Be "There You'll Be" is a song by Faith Hill, which became a hit single in 2001. Written by Diane Warren and Alan Menken, known for his Disney film scores such as "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "Pocahontas" and "Tangled", it was featured on the Pearl Harbor soundtrack... " |
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| 2001 | Danae DeMasi | Morgantown | 20 | Miss Appalachia | Ballet en Pointe "Ravendhi" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Evening Gown | |
| 2000 | Jodi Clark | Moundsville Moundsville, West Virginia Moundsville is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,998 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marshall County. The city was named for the Grave Creek Mound. Moundsville was settled in... |
22 | Miss Point Pleasant | Ballet en Pointe "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" from Side Show Side Show Side Show is a musical about Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who make a change from being a circus act to becoming famous stage performers in the 1930s. The show was written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger . The show starred Alice Ripley as Violet and Emily Skinner as Daisy... |
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.... 1999 |
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| 1999 | Lucy Ours | Petersburg | 22 | Miss Mason County | Vocal "He Grew the Tree" | |||
| 1998 | Amy Townsend | Morgantown | 23 | Miss Marion County Area | Vocal "Hopelessly Devoted to You Hopelessly Devoted to You "Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards. She performed the song at the 21st... " |
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| 1997 | Eisa Krushansky | Westover Westover, West Virginia Westover is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,941 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Westover was incorporated on October 12, 1911... |
24 | Miss Miss North Central | Tap Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana Copacabana (musical) Copacabana is a TV-musical, stage musical, and nightclub show written by Barry Manilow, based on the song of the same name. The show toured the United States and, as of 2006, became available to license to performing companies and schools for the first time.... |
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| 1996 | Kari Safford | Point Pleasant Point Pleasant, West Virginia Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census... |
23 | Miss Ohio Valley | Vocal "God Help the Outcasts The Hunchback of Notre Dame (soundtrack) The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Disney's 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame... " |
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| 1995 | Elizabeth McIntyre | Dunbar Dunbar, West Virginia Dunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 7,907 at the 2010 census estimate. Dunbar was incorporated on April 19, 1921, by an Act of the West Virginia Legislature, and named for Dunbar Baines, a prominent area banker.-History:Located at Dunbar is... |
24 | Miss Appalachia | Clogging "Dance" | |||
| 1994 | Jennifer Bopp | Elkins Elkins, West Virginia Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County... |
22 | Miss South Central | Vocal "Paper Moon It's Only a Paper Moon (song) "It's Only a Paper Moon" is a popular song. Published in 1933, it was written by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose. It was written originally for an unsuccessful Broadway play called The Great Magoo, set in Coney Island. It was subsequently used in the movie Take a Chance, in... " |
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| 1993 | Cynthia Sims | Vienna Vienna, West Virginia Vienna is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is a suburb of Parkersburg. The population was 10,749 at the 2010 census. It is the third largest city by population in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna Metropolitan Statistical Area. Vienna was incorporated in 1935, and was... |
22 | Miss Ohio Valley | Vocal "There! I've Said It Again There! I've Said It Again "There! I've Said It Again" is a popular song written by Redd Evans and David Mann popularized originally by Vaughn Monroe in 1945, and then again in late 1963 by Bobby Vinton.... " |
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| 1992 | Kimberly Parrish | Parkersburg Parkersburg, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing... |
22 | Miss Marion County Area | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Part of Your World Part of Your World "Part of Your World" is a song written and composed by the songwriting duo of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. It was originally featured in the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid, and is also featured in the Broadway musical adaptation of the film... " |
Former host on QVC. Currently on Home Shopping Network Home Shopping Network Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com... with the Kim Parrish Collection Clothing Line. |
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| 1991 | Leah Lasker | Bluefield Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography & Climate:... |
23 | Miss Mercer County | Tap Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity Sweet Charity Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria... |
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| 1990 | Melissa Costello | Shenandoah Junction Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia Shenandoah Junction is an unincorporated census-designated place in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2010 census, Shenandoah Junction had a population of 703. It is located between Kearneysville and Charles Town off WV 9... |
20 | Miss Jefferson County | Vocal "Hurt Hurt (Roy Hamilton song) "Hurt" is a 1954 song by Jamie Crane and Al Jacobs. "Hurt" was originally performed by Roy Hamilton, whose version peaked at number eight on the R&B Best Seller chart and spent a total of seven weeks on the chart. The song is considered to be the signature hit of Timi Yuro, whose version went to... " |
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| 1989 | Lisa Bittinger | Fairmont Fairmont, West Virginia Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census... |
21 | Miss North Central | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" 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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| 1988 | Lisa Seagroves | Morgantown | 24 | Miss North Central | Tap Dance "They're Playing Our Song They're Playing Our Song They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven... " |
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| 1987 | Saundra Patton | Morgantown | 22 | Miss North Central | Variety Act | |||
| 1986 | Shannon Barill | Charleston Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early... |
23 | Miss Charleston Area | Jazz en Pointe | |||
| 1985 | Rebecca Porterfield | Martinsburg Martinsburg, West Virginia Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 census; according to a 2009 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,117, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest... |
21 | Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1984 | Melanne Pennington Melanne Pennington Melanne Pennington was a former Miss West Virginia competition winner and a delegate to the 1984 Miss America pageant.-Early life and education :... |
Cross Lanes Cross Lanes, West Virginia Cross Lanes is an unincorporated census-designated place and suburb of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,995.-Geography:... |
24 | Miss Kanawha County | Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon The New Moon The New Moon is the name of an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third and last in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg written in the style of Viennese operetta... |
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| 1983 | Andrea Patrick Andrea Patrick Andrea Patrick Forte, CEO/Owner of Patrick Talent Agency. Born February 19, 1961 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Andrea launched her career in the entertainment industry as a dancer. In her teen years, her hours of training and dedication paid off and at age 16, she was selected as Miss Dance... |
Morgantown | 23 | Miss West Virginia University | Tap Dance "Malagueña" & "España Cañí España Cañí España Cañí is a famous instrumental Spanish piece of pasodoble music by Pascual Marquina Narro . The song was written around 1925... " |
Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA Miss Pennsylvania USA The Miss Pennsylvania USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss USA pageant.Michele McDonald is Pennsylvania's only Miss USA so far. At only eighteen, she was one of the youngest competitors ever to win the crown... 1980 |
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| 1982 | Kelly Anderson | Clarksburg Clarksburg, West Virginia Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area... |
21 | Miss Harrison County | Stylized Can-Can | Later Miss West Virginia USA Miss West Virginia USA The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner... 1984 (1st runner-up at Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... 1984), later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 Miss World 1984 The 34th Miss World Pageant was held on 15 November 1984 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Astrid Carolina Herrera Irrazabal from Venezuela. The 1st and 2nd runner-ups were Constance Ellen Fitzpatrick from Canada, and Lou-Anne Caroline Ronchi from Australia. It was hosted by... . |
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| 1981 | Candy Cohen | Huntington Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at... |
24 | Miss Marshall University | Tap Dance "How High the Moon How High the Moon "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock.... " |
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| 1980 | Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | 21 | Miss South Charleston | Vocal "Anytime Anytime (1921 song) "Anytime" is a popular song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. The song was published in 1939.The song is best known in a 1952 recording by Eddie Fisher... "' |
Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey JonBenét Ramsey JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was an American child beauty pageant contestant who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's body was found in the basement of the family home nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. She had been struck on the head and strangled... , sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 |
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| 1979 | Deborah Davis | Huntington | 22 | Miss Southern West Virginia | Vocal Medley "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! Drat! The Cat! Drat! The Cat! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Ira Levin and music by Milton Schafer.Originally called Cat and Mouse, this spoof of late-Victorian melodrama has at its core Alice Van Guilder, who wants to be a career girl at a time when nice young ladies marry well instead of having careers... & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret Cabaret (film) Cabaret is a 1972 musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, under the ominous presence of the growing National Socialist Party.... |
Semi-finalist | Previously Miss West Virginia USA Miss West Virginia USA The Miss West Virginia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss USA pageant.West Virginia has not been greatly successful at Miss USA and they have never produced a winner... 1978 |
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| 1978 | Ivy Meadows | St. Albans St. Albans, West Virginia St. Albans is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers. The population was 11,044 at the 2010 census.St. Albans was laid out in 1816... |
22 | Miss South Charleston | Interpretive Dance "Brian's Song Brian's Song Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo , a Wake Forest University football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro, told through his friendship with Chicago Bears running back teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale... " |
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| 1977 | Patricia Paugh Patsy Ramsey Patricia Ann "Patsy" Ramsey was the mother of JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old American beauty pageant contestant who was murdered on December 25, 1996.-Background:... |
Parkersburg | 20 | Miss Parkersburg Area | Original Dramatic Monologue "Deadline" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother of JonBenét Ramsey JonBenét Ramsey JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was an American child beauty pageant contestant who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's body was found in the basement of the family home nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. She had been struck on the head and strangled... , sister of Miss West Virginia 1980 |
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| 1976 | Teresa Lucas | Elkins | 22 | Miss Fayette County | Gymnastics Routine | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Previously West Virginia's Junior Miss 1972 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss | ||
| 1975 | Kristi Wick | South Charleston South Charleston, West Virginia South Charleston is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S. The population was 13,450 at the 2010 census. South Charleston was established in 1906, but not incorporated until 1919 by special charter enacted by the West Virginia Legislature... |
20 | Miss South Charleston | Vocal "Am I Blue? Am I Blue? "Am I Blue?" is a song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929, and was a big hit that year for Ethel Waters. It has become a standard and has been covered by numerous artists.-Other versions:... " |
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| 1974 | Mary Derry | Morgantown | 21 | Miss West Virginia University | Semi-Classical Vocal "Cycles" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey | Huntington | 20 | Miss Huntington | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; has appeared on Broadway in 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,... and Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast (musical) Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical... |
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| 1972 | Lynette Koper | Weirton Weirton, West Virginia Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411... |
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| 1971 | Deborah Lambert | Morgantown | 19 | Miss West Virginia University | Piano "What the World Needs Now Is Love What the World Needs Now Is Love "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month... " |
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| 1970 | Linda Dianne Barnett | Parkersburg | 19 | Miss Wood County | Modern Jazz Dance "Keem-O-Sabe The Electric Indian The Electric Indian was a studio group assembled by Bernie Binnick, co-founder of Swan Records. Influenced by the popularity of American Indians in the media, Binnick put together the group to record an Indian-esque instrumental, "Keem-O-Sabe." It was released nationally on the United Artists label... " |
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| 1969 | Judith Shoup | Gibsonia, Pennsylvania Gibsonia, Pennsylvania Gibsonia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, north of the city of Pittsburgh. It had a population of 2,733 at the 2010 census. Its ZIP Code is 15044.-Geography:... |
22 | Miss West Virginia University | Vocal Medley & French Horn "Days of Wine and Roses Days of Wine and Roses (song) "Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name.The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work... " "A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey (song) "A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey . Both the original and a cover by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song Grammy Awards... " & "I've Gotta Be Me I've Gotta Be Me "I've Gotta Be Me" is a popular song that first appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Rainbow, which starred Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé. The musical opened in New York City at the Shubert Theatre on February 4, 1968, and closed less than a year later, on January 11, 1969... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;... |
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| 1968 | Charlotte Warwick | Charleston | 22 | Miss Morris-Harvey College | Semi-Classical Vocal "The Impossible Dream The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "The Impossible Dream " is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was written for the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha... " |
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| 1967 | Helen Morgan | Lewisburg Lewisburg, West Virginia Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,830 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Greenbrier County.-Geography:Lewisburg is located at .... |
19 | Miss Beckley | Toe & Acrobatic Dance "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams Roger Williams (pianist) Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist. As of 2004, he had released 116 albums.-Biography:... |
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| 1966 | Judith Skunda | Weirton | 18 | Miss Weirton | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1965 | Lois Gay Ratcliff | Bluefield | 19 | Miss Greater Bluefield | Dramatic Reading "Lonesome Train" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Ella Dee Kessel Dee Caperton Ella Dee Kessel Caperton was a First Lady of West Virginia and Miss West Virginia. She was the ex-wife of former West Virginia Gov... |
Ripley | 21 | Miss Morgantown | Piano Solo "Gershwin Prelude" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | Wife of Governor Gaston Caperton Gaston Caperton William Gaston Caperton III was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1989 until 1997. He is currently the president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and AP tests. Caperton announced his intention to step down as president of the College... , First lady of West Virginia 1989-90 |
| 1963 | Karen Childers | South Charleston | Miss Marshall University | Dramatic Reading | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1962 | Diane Hunter | Arlington, VA | 20 | Miss Morgantown | Dance & Dramatic Sketch | Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University | ||
| 1961 | Carole Johnson | Rivesville Rivesville, West Virginia Rivesville is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 913 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Rivesville is located at in the heart of the Fairmont coal field on the north-west bank of the Monongahela River around its confluence with Paw Paw Creek.According to the... |
21 | Miss Morgantown | Vocal & Dance "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat Wildcat (musical) Wildcat is a musical with a book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, and music by Cy Coleman.The original production opened on Broadway in 1960, starring a 48-year-old Lucille Ball in her only Broadway show.-Background and production:... & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun You Can't Get a Man with a Gun "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin. It was originally performed by Ethel Merman.Other singers to have recorded the song include Betty Hutton, Bernadette Peters and Judy Garland.... " |
mother of Miss Missouri Miss Missouri The Miss Missouri competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant.-History:From 1935 to 1970, the Miss Missouri pageant was held in a number of locations, including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield.In 1970, the pageant was held... 2004; Competed in the 1962 Miss Dixie Pageant |
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| 1960 | Mary Hoback | Bluefield | 18 | Miss Bluefield | Original Dramatic Reading | competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
| 1959 | Janet Hill | Nitro Nitro, West Virginia Nitro is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Most of the city lies in Kanawha County, with the remainder in Putnam County. The population was 7,178 at the 2010 census.Nitro was incorporated in 1932 by Circuit Court.- City name origin :... |
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| 1958 | Sandra Boyd | Fairmont | Vocal "Money Honey" | |||||
| 1957 | Janice Sickle | Fairmont | Vocal & Dance | Competed at Miss Dixie 1958 | ||||
| 1956 | Carolyn Miller | Martinsburg | Drama | Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||||
| 1955 | Mary Fryman | Madison Madison, West Virginia Madison is a city in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,076 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Boone County.-History:... |
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| 1954 | Miriam Reep | Clarksburg | Drama | |||||
| 1953 | Patricia Stewart | Pineville Pineville, West Virginia Pineville is a town in Wyoming County, West Virginia, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 715 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wyoming County.-History:Pineville was settled by William Short in 1853.... |
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| 1952 | Nancy Rohrbough | Grafton Grafton, West Virginia Grafton is a city in, and county seat of, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 5,489 at the 2000 census. The only two national cemeteries in West Virginia are located in Grafton. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908; the city is the home to the International Mother's... |
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| 1951 | Phyllis Walker | Charleston | Drama | Placed Among the Top 15 | ||||
| 1949 | Georganne Steiss | Barrackville Barrackville, West Virginia Barrackville is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2000 census. Barrackville was founded in 1767 by William "Indian Billy" Ice and named in honor of an early settler, John Barrack... |
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| 1948 | Jane Queen | Huntington | ||||||
| 1947 | Joan Estep | Wheeling | 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.... " |
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| 1946 | Norma Salisbury | Parkersburg | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1941 | Juanita Wright | Huntington | competed this year as Miss West Virginia | |||||
| 1940 | Mary Bowles | Montgomery Montgomery, West Virginia Montgomery is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Most of the city is in Fayette County, with the remainder in Kanawha County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,942 .... |
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| Juanita Wright | Huntington | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Huntington in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
| 1933 | Mildred Fetty | 20 | Semi-Finalist | |||||
| 1927 | No Miss West Virginia | Lillian Ward, Miss Huntington, placed as a Semi-Finalist. Mildred Dorothy Bright competed as Miss Wheeling. | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss West Virginia | Representing West Virginia were: Olive Davis, Miss Huntington and Cecilail Cresap, Miss Wheeling | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss West Virginia | Eleanor McCracken competed as Miss Huntington | ||||||
| 1923 | Neva Toby Jackson | |||||||
| 1922 | No Miss West Virginia | Mary Dange competed as Miss Wheeling in the Miss America Pageant |