Miss Arizona
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The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

 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. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.

Results summary

The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

  • Miss Americas: Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...

     (1949), Vonda Kay Van Dyke
    Vonda Kay Van Dyke
    Vonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also...

     (1965)
  • 3rd runners-up: Barbara Hilgenberg (1957), Stacey Momeyer (1998)
  • 4th runners-up: Patricia Allebrand (1960), Susan Bergstrom (1964), Stacey Peterson (1976)
  • Top 10 Finalists: Anna Marie Barnett (1938), Wanda Law (1947), Beth Andre (1956), Lynn Freyse (1958), Pam Wenzel (1980), Debra Daniels (1983), Kathryn Bulkley (2011)
  • Semi-Finalists: Laura Lawless (2003)

Preliminary Awards

  • Preliminary Swimsuit: Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...

     (1949), Lynn Freyse (1958)
  • Preliminary Talent: Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer
    Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...

     (1949), Pam Wenzel (1980)

Non-Finalist Awards

  • Non-Finalist Talent: Paula Lou Welch (1963), Sarah Tattersall (1982), Lisa Mandel (1989), Tammy Kettunen (1990), Kimberly Hoskins (1991), Stacy Agren (1995), Erin Gingrich (1997), Erin Nurss (2009)

Quality of Life Award

  • Winners: Amanda Murray (1994), Stacy Agren (1995)
  • 1st runners-up: Hilary Griffith (2007)
  • Finalists: Audrey Sibley (2006)

Other

  • Special Scholarship: Donna Riggs (1959)
  • Miss Congeniality: Vonda Kay Van Dyke
    Vonda Kay Van Dyke
    Vonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also...

     (1965)
  • Special Talent: Linda Gail Sirrine (1973)

Winners

Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2011 Jennifer Sedler Tempe
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

19 Miss Phoenix Jazz Dance
2010 Kathryn Bulkley Mesa
Mesa, Arizona
According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

20 Miss Pima County Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma
Nessun dorma
Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...

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Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2011
Miss America 2011
Miss America 2011 was the 90th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 90 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas...

Daughter of Pamela Offer, Miss Hawaii 1981; Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008
2009 Savanna Troupe Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

23 Miss Maricopa County Baton "Satisfaction
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...

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2008 Erin Nurss Sierra Vista
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044....

23 Miss Tucson Valley Dance Non-Finalist Talent Award Contestant at National Sweetheart
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart....

 2007; Former Arizona's Junior Miss 2003
2007 Nicole Turner Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

24 Miss Chandler Jazz Dance "Proud Mary" Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003
2006 Hilary Griffith Glendale
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

20 Miss Chandler Vocal "Don't Know Why
Don't Know Why
"Don't Know Why" is a jazz song written by Jesse Harris which originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. It was the second single by Norah Jones from her breakthrough 2002 album Come Away with Me. Although Jones's version only peaked at number thirty on the U.S...

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Quality of Life 1st runner-up Top 10 at National Sweetheart
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart....

 2005
2005 Audrey Sibley Sierra Vista
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044....

19 Miss San Marcos Vocal "Alone
Alone (Heart song)
-Céline Dion version:Céline Dion covered "Alone" for her 2007 album Taking Chances. It was released as the second single in Europe and North America, and third in the United Kingdom...

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Quality of Life Finalist Later Top 15 at Miss Arizona USA
Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

 2009; Current co-director of the Miss Pima County Pageant under her married name, Audrey Sibley-Valles
2004 Katherine Kennedy Tempe
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

24 Miss Twirling Athlete Baton Twirling
2003 Corrie Hill Gilbert
Gilbert, Arizona
-Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household....

24 Miss Mesa Dance "Proud Mary" Contestant at National Sweetheart
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart....

 2000; Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis.
2002 Laura Lawless
Laura Lawless
Laura Lawless Robertson held the title of Miss Arizona 2002 and placed in the Top 15 Semifinals at the Miss America 2003 Pageant held on September 21, 2002, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.-Miss Arizona:...

Tempe 24 Miss Maricopa Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003
Miss America 2003
Miss America 2003, the 82nd Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 21, 2002 on the ABC Network...

Former New York's Junior Miss 1996
2001 Kapri Rose Gilbert 19 Miss Gilbert Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special
Orange Blossom Special (song)
The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The...

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2000 Kristen Vatt Mesa 20 Miss Gilbert Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...

1999 Lori Whiting Mesa 20 Miss Desert Sun Piano "Malaguena"
1998 Leean Hendrix Parker
Parker, Arizona
Parker is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,140 at the 2000 census.-History:...

22 Miss Tempe Buttes Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel
Heaven's What I Feel
"Heaven's What I Feel" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from her eighth studio album gloria!.-Song history:The song is a ballad with a dance background. It was first offered to Celine Dion to be recorded, but she turned it down...

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1997 Stacey Momeyer Phoenix 21 Miss Chandler Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...

3rd runner-up Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996
1996 Erin Gingrich Yuma
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

21 Miss Yuma County Piano "Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects....

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Non-Finalist Talent Award
1995 Cara Jackson Chandler
Chandler, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

22 Miss Chandler Vocal "All Is Fair In Love" Later Miss Arizona USA
Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

 1999
1994 Stacy Agren Mesa 21 Miss Mesa Classical Piano Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award
1993 Amanda Murray Yuma 19 Miss Yuma County Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a musical with music by Burton Lane and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner based loosely on Berkeley Square, written in 1929 by John L. Balderston. It concerns a woman who has ESP and has been reincarnated...

Quality of Life Award
1992 Robyn Rayborn Mesa 26 Miss Maricopa County Vocal "How Great Thou Art
How Great Thou Art
How Great Thou Art may refer to:*"How Great Thou Art" by Carl Boberg*How Great Thou Art *How Great Thou Art *How Great Thou Art, an album by The Statler Brothers...

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1991 Darsi Turner Yuma 22 Miss Tucson Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
Ice Castles
Ice Castles is a 1978 American romantic drama, starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson.It is the story of Alexis, a young figure skater, and her rise and fall from super stardom. Tragedy strikes when, following a freak accident, Lexie loses her sight, leaving her to hide away in the privacy of...

1990 Kimberly Hoskins Yuma 19 Miss Yuma County Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas" Non-Finalist Talent Award
1989 Tammy Kettunen Yuma 21 Miss Maricopa County Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...

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Non-Finalist Talent Award Sister to Miss Arizona 1986
1988 Lisa Mandel Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

22 Miss Tucson Dance "Steam Heat
Steam Heat
"Steam Heat" is a show tune from the 1954 musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The best-known recording was done by Patti Page...

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Non-finalist Talent Award
1987 Theresa Light Tucson 18 Miss Western Maricopa Vocal "Somewhere
Somewhere (song)
"Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...

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1986 Terri Kettunen Yuma 21 Miss Yuma County Classical Piano Sister to Miss Arizona 1989
1985 Diane Martin Phoenix 23 Miss Phoenix Vocal "The Man that Got Away
The Man that Got Away
"The Man that Got Away" is a popular song, published in 1953 and was written for the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin...

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& "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...

Later Miss Arizona USA
Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Arizona in the Miss USA pageant.In 2005 the rights to produce the Miss Arizona USA pageant were given to Casting Crown productions...

 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA
1984 Rhonda White Central
Central, Arizona
Central is a small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona, United States. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints constructed a temple in the area....

20 Miss Graham County Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man
Stand By Your Man
"Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA...

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1983 Jennifer Nichols Tempe 22 Miss Glendale Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay"
1982 Debra Daniels Yuma 20 Miss Yuma County Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire" Top 10 Finalist
1981 Sarah Tattersall Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

20 Miss Scottsdale Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" Non-Finalist Talent Award
1980 Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strong is an American actress and yoga instructor, known for her roles as as Capt. Deladier in the 1997 hit movie Starship Troopers and Mary Alice Young on the television show Desperate Housewives....

Tempe 20 Miss Valley West Vocal "My Man
My Man
"My Man" is a 1982 single by Yoko Ono from the album It's Alright in a New Wave/calypso style. The minimalist "Let The Tears Dry" appeared on the B-side....

" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"
Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...

1979 Pam Wenzel Phoenix 22 Miss North Central Phoenix Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez
The Children of Sanchez
The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of culture of poverty...

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Top 10 Finalist Preliminary Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1978 Susan Kohler Tempe 23 Miss Arizona State University Vocal & Dance "New York, New York
Theme from New York, New York
"Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...

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1977 Cindy Glenn Globe
Globe, Arizona
Globe has an arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters. Globe's arid climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, leading to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more precipitation than Phoenix or Yuma....

18 Miss Globe Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
1976 Anne DeVarennes Tucson 22 Miss Tucson Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me
As Long as He Needs Me
As Long as He Needs Me is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, introduced in the 1960 musical. It is a love ballad about her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes...

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1975 Vickie Hall Sierra Vista Miss Sierra Vista successor to crown
Stacey Peterson Phoenix 21 Miss Tucson Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle
"Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut...

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4th runner-up
1974 Mary Avilla Glendale
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

20 Miss Maryvale Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done"
1973 Susan May Kingman
Kingman, Arizona
Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...

19 Miss Kingman Piano Medley "The Glory of Love
The Glory of Love (song)
"The Glory Of Love" is a song written by Billy Hill, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, whose version was a number one pop hit. In 1951, R&B vocal group, The Five Keys, had their biggest R&B hit with their version of the song, hitting number one on the R&B chart for four non-consecutive weeks."The...

" "Laura
Laura (1945 song)
"Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings.Some of the best known versions are by Billy Eckstine, Charlie...

" & "On the Sunny Side of the Street
On the Sunny Side of the Street
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a song with music composed by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, which was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue, starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence....

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1972 Linda Gail Sirrine Mesa 19 Miss Mesa Popular Vocal "Happy Heart
Happy Heart
"Happy Heart" is a song written by Hans Last and Jackie Rae. The song was recorded by both Petula Clark and Andy Williams and released as a single for each at the same time. "Happy Heart" was a top 20 Easy Listening hit for Clark as well as minor pop hit, while Williams went to number twenty-two on...

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Special Talent Award
1971 Celia Sklan Scottsdale 22 Miss Scottsdale Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub"
1970 Karen Shields Tucson 19 Miss University of Arizona Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...

Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1969 Kathleen Ennis Tucson 20 Miss Tucson Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim"
1968 Linda Johnson Warren 20 Miss Warren Authentic Tahitian Dance Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966
1967 Bea Willis Phoenix 19 Miss Phoenix Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly
Wouldn't It Be Loverly
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady.The song is sung by flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends...

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1966 Launa Gardner Holbrook
Holbrook, Arizona
-Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad...

19 Miss Holbrrok Piano Solo
1965 Sandra Montgomery Yuma 18 Miss Yuma County Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You"
1964 Vonda Kay Van Dyke
Vonda Kay Van Dyke
Vonda Kay Van Dyke was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also...

Phoenix 22 Miss Phoenix Ventriloquism & Singing "Together
Together (Wherever We Go)
"Together " is a song, now considered a standard, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written for the musical play Gypsy in 1959.-Recorded versions:*Tammy Blanchard*The Four Lads...

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Winner Miss Congeniality Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss
America's Junior Miss
Distinguished Young Women, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, is a national non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls. Depending on the schedule of the various state and local programs, young women are eligible during the summer preceding...

; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality
1963 Susan Bergstrom Phoenix Miss Phoenix Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight
Tonight (1956 song)
"Tonight" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956.It was introduced in the Broadway musical West Side Story. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher and Eddie Fisher, whose...

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4th runner-up
1962 Paula Lou Welch Tucson 20 Miss Tucson Fire Baton Twirling Non-Finalist Talent Award
1961 Susan Webb Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

19 Miss Prescott Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars"
1960 Georgia Garbarino Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...

18 Miss Flagstaff Modern Dance "An American in Paris
An American in Paris
An American in Paris is a symphonic tone poem by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s. It is one of Gershwin's best-known compositions.Gershwin composed the piece...

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1959 Patricia Allebrand Yuma 18 Miss Yuma County Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love" 4th runner-up
1958 Donna Riggs Phoenix Miss Phoenix Vocal/Dance "Teacher's Pet" Special Scholarship
1957 Lynn Freyse
Lynn Borden
Lynn Borden is an American actress best known for her role as "Barbara Baxter" in the final season of the Shirley Booth sitcom Hazel, which aired on CBS from 1965 to 1966.-Background:...

Tucson Miss Tucson Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl
The Country Girl (1954 film)
The Country Girl is a 1954 drama film adapted by George Seaton from a Clifford Odets play of the same name, which tells the story of an alcoholic has-been actor struggling with the one last chance he's been given to resurrect his career. It stars Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden. Seaton,...

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Top 10 Finalist Preliminary Swimsuit
1956 Barbara Hilgenberg Tucson Miss Tucson Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield 3rd runner-up tied w/Miss Kansas
1955 Beth Andre Phoenix Miss Maricopa County Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" Top 10 Finalist
1954 Marjorie Nylund Phoenix Miss Phoenix Drama "A Marine's Conversation"
1953 Betty Lou Lindly Tempe Miss Tempe Piano
1950 Kathryn Lunsford Phoenix Miss Phoenix Modern Dance
1949 Jacque Mercer
Jacque Mercer
Jacque Mercer from Litchfield, Arizona, was Miss America in 1949. She is mentioned several times in the 1997 Philip Roth novel, American Pastoral.-References:*...

Litchfield
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Litchfield Park is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. In 2010 it had a population of 5,476.-History:The town of Litchfield Park is named for its founder, Paul Weeks Litchfield...

18 Miss Litchfield Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...

Winner Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent
1948 Donna McElroy Phoenix Miss Phoenix
1947 Wanda Law Tempe Miss Tempe Diving Champion Top 10 Finalist
1938 Anna Marie Barnett Bisbee
Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...

Miss Bisbee Top 10 Finalist
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