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pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Diana Dreman | Denver Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains... |
23 | Miss Boulder County | Musical Theater Dance | Daughter of Miss America 1974 Miss America 1974 Miss America 1974, the 49th Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1973 on NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America : Rebecca Ann King... - Rebecca Ann King Rebecca Ann King Rebecca Ann King is most noted as holder of the 1974 Miss America title. Heralding the arrival of feminism in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning-after breakfast following her... |
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| 2010 | Melaina Shipwash Melaina Shipwash Melaina Shipwash is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Colorado 2010 and will compete in the Miss America 2011 pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her talent is Jazz Dance and she competed at Miss Colorado as Miss Colorado Springs... |
Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado... |
24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "9 to 5 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song) "9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut.... " |
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| 2009 | Katie Layman | Aurora Aurora, Colorado City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. Aurora is an eastern suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is the third most populous city in the Colorado and the 56th most populous city in the... |
23 | Miss Douglas County | Contemporary Lyrical Dance "The Way I Am" | Top 12 at Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010, the 89th Miss America pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on January 30, 2010... |
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| 2008 | Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada Arvada, Colorado The City of Arvada is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties in the Denver metropolitan area of the U.S. State of Colorado. Olde Town Arvada is located northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver... |
23 | Miss Broomfield | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2007 | Maggie Ireland | Littleton Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of... |
22 | Miss Littleton | Irish Step Dance "Dueling Violins" & "Footloose Footloose (song) "Footloose" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two single by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name. The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984 on the U.S. Billboard... " |
3rd runner-up to Miss Colorado USA Miss Colorado USA The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010.... 2006 |
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| 2006 | Janie Allen | Arvada | 23 | Miss Parker | Piano "Concerto in A Minor Piano Concerto (Grieg) The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works and among the most popular of all piano concerti.-Structure :The concerto is in three movements:... " & "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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| 2005 | Jessica Urban | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Highlands Ranch | Vocal / Harp "If I Ain't Got You If I Ain't Got You "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second... " |
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| 2004 | Laura Tobey | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Jazz Vocal "Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie... " |
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| 2003 | Katee Doland Katee Doland Katee Doland-Mink is a former beauty pageant titleholder who represented Colorado in Miss Teen USA 1998, Miss USA 2001, and Miss America 2004.... |
Arvada | 23 | Miss Denver | Lyrical Dance "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA Miss Colorado Teen USA The Miss Colorado Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007, the pageant has been directed by the Future Productions group which also directs pageants in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,... 1998 Semi finalist and Miss Colorado USA Miss Colorado USA The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010.... 2001- Miss Photogenic; Former Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... cheerleader; Current publicist for the Miss Colorado pageant and director of the Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen pageant under her married name, Katee Mink |
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| 2002 | Morgan O'Murray | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Centennial | Jazz Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA Miss Colorado Teen USA The Miss Colorado Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss Teen USA pageant. From 2007, the pageant has been directed by the Future Productions group which also directs pageants in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,... 1999. Former Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... cheerleader. |
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| 2001 | Kelly McKee | Parker Parker, Colorado The Town of Parker is a Home Rule Municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. As a self-declared "Town" under the Home Rule Statutes, Parker is the 2nd most populous town in the county, behind Castle Rock. In recent years, Parker has become a commuter town at the southeasternmost... |
22 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Lyrical Dance "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | Miss Colorado Jr. National Teenager winner, previously Miss Colorado National Teenager 1997 | ||
| 2000 | Anamarie Bonafede | Loveland Loveland, Colorado Loveland is a Home Rule Municipality that is the second most populous city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Loveland is situated north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Loveland is the 14th most populous city in Colorado. The United States Census Bureau that in 2010 the... |
22 | Miss Centennial | Ballet "How Majestic Is Your Name" | |||
| 1999 | Erin MacGregor | Denver | 23 | Miss Columbine | Lyrical Ballet "Celebration" | Later Miss Colorado USA Miss Colorado USA The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010.... 2003 Previously Miss Colorado National Teenager |
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| 1998 | Keely Gaston | Morrison Morrison, Colorado The historic Town of Morrison is a Home Rule Municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 430 at the 2000 census... |
20 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Classical Ballet "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote Don Quixote (ballet) Don Quixote is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and was first presented by the Ballet of the... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Colorado USA Miss Colorado USA The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010.... 2002 |
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| 1997 | Regina Flores | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | |||
| 1996 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | 20 | Miss Capital City | Dramatic Monologue from Quilters Quilters (musical) Quilters is a musical with a book by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, and lyrics and music by Barbara Damashek. It is about the lives of American pioneer women based on the book The Quilters:Women and Domestic Art by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen. The show was originally developed and... |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Future Miss Colorado USA 1998 | |
| 1995 | Amy Ciccolella | Monument Monument, Colorado Monument is a growing town situated on the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Monument is bordered by Pike National Forest on the west, Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy to the south, foothills and rock outcroppings to the north and rolling plains to... |
21 | Miss Northern Front Range | Popular Vocal / Puppetry "Can You Feel the Love Tonight Can You Feel the Love Tonight 250px|thumb|right|Simba and Nala embrace during the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sequence."Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was described by Don Hahn , Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff as... " |
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| 1994 | Shellene Cockrell | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | 1985 Miss Colorado American Co-ed (winner) - Miss Coed Photogenic, Top Five Talent Finalist... 1987 1st Runner-up Miss Colorado National Teenager - Top Seven Talent Finalist.... 1988 Colorado Homecoming Queen (winner), 2nd Runner-up America's Homecoming Queen - Talent Winner... 1988 Top Five Miss Colorado Teen USA... 1989 Miss Utah Teen All-American (winner), 1991 Top Ten Miss Colorado USA - Miss Amnity Award... 1994 Miss Colorado Springs (winner) - Swimsuit Winner, Talent Winner | ||
| 1993 | Stephanie Irving | Colorado Springs | 22 | Miss Colorado Springs | Inspirational Vocal | |||
| 1992 | Stacey Rose | Parker | 22 | Miss Metro South | Classical Violin Solo "Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 Hungarian Dances (Brahms) The Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms , are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869.They vary from about a minute to four minutes in length. They are among Brahms' most popular works, and were certainly the most profitable for him. Each dance has been... " |
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| 1991 | Colleen Walker | Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States.... |
21 | Miss Pueblo County | 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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| 1990 | Karrie Mitchell | Arvada | 24 | Miss Arvada | Popular Vocal "Vision of Love Vision of Love "Vision of Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It served as Carey's debut single, the first from her self-titled debut album. Written by Carey and Ben Margulies, "Vision of Love" was released on May 15, 1990 by Columbia Records. After being featured on Carey's demo tape for... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1989 | Debbie Riecks | Aurora | 24 | Miss Mile High/Front Range | Contemporary Flute Solo "Shenandoah Oh Shenandoah "Oh Shenandoah" is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century... " & "Dueling Banjos Dueling Banjos "Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1955 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos", which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle". Smith recorded it playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by... " |
2nd runner-up | Former Colorado's Junior Miss 1983, 1st runner-up 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... |
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| 1988 | Maya Walker | Eagle-Vail Eagle-Vail, Colorado Eagle-Vail is a former census-designated place in Eagle County, Colorado, United States, along Interstate 70 and the Eagle River. The population was 2,887 at the 2000 census. The area was not returned separately by census enumerators in 2010.... |
23 | Miss Western Counties | Jazz Vocal "Night and Day Night and Day (song) "Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter. It was written for the 1932 musical play Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of artists.... " |
1st runner-up | Future Miss Oklahoma USA Miss Oklahoma USA For the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant.... 1992 |
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| 1987 | LaTanya Hall | Boulder Boulder, Colorado Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of... |
22 | Miss Boulder Valley | Vocal "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Carol Janson | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder Valley | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Linda Trimmer | Denver | 22 | Miss Sterling | Vocal "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... |
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| 1984 | Lisa Frees | Thornton Thornton, Colorado The city of Thornton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado and a suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thornton is northeast of the state's capital, Denver. The United States Census Bureau that the city population... |
25 | Miss Adams County | Vocal I Got Rhythm I Got Rhythm "I Got Rhythm" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop... " |
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| 1983 | Melanie Scott | Littleton | 21 | Miss Denver | Jazz Acrobatic Dance "Junkaroo Holiday" | |||
| 1982 | Deborah Davids | Denver | 22 | Miss Chatfield | Harp Introduction et Allegro Introduction and Allegro (Ravel) Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet was written by Maurice Ravel in 1905... by Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 20 | Miss Jefferson County | Acrobatic Dance "Theme from Exodus" | Future Miss Colorado USA 1985 | ||
| 1980 | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | 19 | Miss Aurora | Baton Twirling "The Main Event The Main Event (1979 film) The Main Event is a 1979 comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent and directed by Howard Zieff.The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the Top 10 highest grossing films of the year at the box office... " |
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| 1979 | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Brown | Littleton | Miss Littleton | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1977 | Suzan Hogan | Colorado Springs | 19 | Miss Denver County | Flute Solo "Carnival of Venice Carnival of Venice (song) The Carnival of Venice, is a folk tune popularly associated with the words "My hat, it has three corners." A series of theme and variations have been written for solo trumpet, as "show off" pieces that contain virtuosic displays of double and triple tonguing, and fast tempos.Many variations on the... " |
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| 1976 | Karen Land | Littleton | 22 | Miss Northeastern Junior College | Vibes Solo "Bandstand Boogie" | |||
| 1975 | Penny Currier | Lakewood Lakewood, Colorado Lakewood is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fifth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 172nd most populous city in the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that in April 1, 2010... |
22 | Miss Lakewood | Concert Pedal Harp Solo "St. Louis Blues" | |||
| 1974 | Cynthia Hunter | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Soft Shoe Dance "Mame" | |||
| 1973 | Rebecca Ann King Rebecca Ann King Rebecca Ann King is most noted as holder of the 1974 Miss America title. Heralding the arrival of feminism in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning-after breakfast following her... |
Sterling Sterling, Colorado The City of Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 14,777 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Sterling is located at... |
23 | Miss Metro Denver | Vocal "If I Ruled the World If I Ruled the World "If I Ruled the World" is a popular song, composed by Leslie Bricusse and Cyril Ornadel, which was originally from the 1963 West End musical Pickwick... " |
Winner | Served on 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... Board of Directors |
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| 1972 | Sally Anderson | Longmont Longmont, Colorado Longmont is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Longmont is located in Northern Colorado. Longmont is the 13th most populous city in the State of Colorado. The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H.... |
19 | Miss Longmont | Classical Vocal "Daydreams" | |||
| 1971 | Cathy Glau | Denver | 20 | Miss Northern Colorado | Modern Jazz Dance "Up, Up and Away Up, Up and Away (song) "Up, Up and Away" is a 1967 song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by The 5th Dimension, that became a major pop hit, reaching #7 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and #18 in Canada... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer for the 1973 Miss America pageant and toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census... |
18 | Miss Northglen | Musical Interpretation "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... |
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| 1969 | Adria Easton | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder | Baton Twirling "Medley from Funny Girl" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Pamela Kerker | Sterling | 21 | Miss Sterling | Ballet / Jazz Dance "By Myself" & "Babalu Babalu (song) Babalu is the title of a Cuban song, written by Margarita Lecuona, the cousin of composers Ernestina and Ernesto Lecuona. The song title is either a reference to the Santería deity Babalu Aye or to Babalawo, the title of a Santería priest and diviner.... " |
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| 1967 | Tia Tyler | Golden Golden, Colorado The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush on 16 June 1859, the mining camp was... |
20 | Miss Denver | Dramatic Reading "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts... |
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| 1966 | Holly Smith | Denver | 19 | Miss University of Denver | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Kristina Holm | Denver | 19 | Piano Solo "More" & "igi (1958 film)|Gigi" | ||||
| 1964 | Kathleen Knight | Denver | 19 | Miss May Days | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Sweeten | Arvada | 18 | Miss Arvada | Dramatic Reading "Anastasia Anastasia (1956 film) Anastasia is a 1956 American historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak for 20th Century Fox. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes. Supporting players include Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, and, in a small role, Natalie Schafer... " |
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| 1962 | Sally Guinn | Westminster Westminster, Colorado Westminster is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Westminster is a northwest suburb of Denver. The Westminster Municipal Center is located north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol. The United States Census Bureau that the city population... |
18 | Miss Westminster | Folk Singing | |||
| 1961 | Jane McBurney | Denver | 18 | Miss University of Colorado | Piano "Malaguena" | |||
| 1960 | Anne Walker | Littleton | 18 | Miss Aurora | Dance | |||
| 1959 | Marlinda Mason | Denver | 20 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1958 | Cynthia Cullen | Boulder | Drama "Queen on Being Sentenced to Death" | |||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Van Derbur Marilyn Van Derbur Marilyn Van Derbur is the 1958 Miss America pageant holder.Van Derbur from Denver, Colorado, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Colorado... |
Denver | 20 | Organ "Tea for Two Tea for Two (song) "Tea for Two" is a song from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is a duet sung by Nanette and Tom in Act II as they imagine their future.-Analysis:... " & "Tenderly Tenderly "Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.Copyright 1946 by Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc.... " |
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| 1956 | Polly Childs | Aurora | Drama | |||||
| 1955 | Sharon Ritchie Sharon Ritchie Sharon Kay Ritchie was Miss America in 1956.Ritchie spent her childhood in Grand Island, Nebraska, but hailed from Denver as Miss Colorado. Formerly married to singer/golfer Don Cherry, sportswriter Kyle Rote, and E. F. Hutton & Co. chairman Robert M. Fomon. She has been married to Terry Mullin... |
Denver | 18 | Recitation "The Murder of Lidice Lidice Lidice is a village in the Czech Republic just northwest of Prague. It is built on the site of a previous village of the same name which, as part of the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was on orders from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, completely destroyed by German forces in reprisal... " by Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and was known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work... |
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| 1954 | Barbara Busey | Denver | Vocal / Dance | |||||
| 1953 | Mary Donelan | Keenesburg Keenesburg, Colorado Keenesburg is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 855 at the 2000 census. The population has grown exponentially.-Geography:Keenesburg is located at .... |
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| 1952 | Chardelle Hayward | Fort Collins | Piano | |||||
| 1951 | Jo London | Aurora | The original winner, Marie Aber, resigned before competing at Miss America | |||||
| 1950 | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | Piano | |||||
| 1949 | Sylvia Canaday | Denver | Monologue "Dinner at Eight Dinner at Eight (play) Dinner at Eight is a play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.-1932 Original Production:Dinner at Eight opened October 22, 1932 at the Music Box Theatre. It closed after 232 performances in May 1933. The play was produced by Sam H. Harris, staged by George S. Kaufman; Assistant Director: Robert B... " |
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| 1948 | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | ||||||
| 1947 | Joyce Haycock | Pueblo | Vocal "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba " is a popular song.It was written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman and published in 1947.... " |
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| 1946 | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs | ||||||
| 1941 | Charlene Woods | Denver | ||||||
| 1940 | Eileen Hoskins | Denver | ||||||
| 1938 | Rosanna Bean | Montrose Montrose, Colorado The City of Montrose is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Montrose County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 15,479 in 2005. The main road that leads in and out of Montrose is U.S... |
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| 1927 | No Miss Colorado | Elva Yvette Roy competed as Miss Denver in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1926 | Jeanette Roland | Also, Delores Conrad competed as Miss Denver and placed as a Finalist |