Miss Louisiana
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The Miss Louisiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 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. For many years Miss New Orleans was the state's representative.

Although no delegate from this state has ever won the Miss America title, four have placed first runner-up

Winners

Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2011 Hope Anderson
Hope Anderson
Hope Anderson, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Monroe, Louisiana who was named Miss Louisiana 2011.-Biography:...

Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

22 Miss Spirit of Ruston 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....

 2009
2010 Kelsi Crain
Kelsi Crain
Kelsi Auldyn Crain, is a woman from Monroe, Louisiana who was named Miss Louisiana 2010.-Biography:She won the title of Miss Louisiana on June 26, 2010, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Katherine Putnam...

Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

20 Miss University of Louisiana at Monroe Ballet en Pointe "Victory"
2009 Katherine Putnam Oak Grove
Oak Grove, Louisiana
Oak Grove is a town in, and the parish seat of, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oak Grove is located at ....

23 Miss Shreveport Piano "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah
Messiah (Handel)
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...

3rd runner-up 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...

CMN Miracle Maker Award winner
2008 Blair Abene Hammond
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...

22 Miss Lincoln Parish 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 at National Sweetheart
National Sweetheart
Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart....

 2006
2007 Amanda Joseph Pineville
Pineville, Louisiana
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Alexandria, and is part of that city's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,829 at the 2000 census....

21 Miss Bossier City Ballet en Pointe "Canned Heat
Canned Heat (song)
"Canned Heat" is the second single from British funk band Jamiroquai's fourth studio album, Synkronized, released in 1999. The song was their second #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund...

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2006 Jamie Wilson
Jamie Wilson
Jamie Wilson is a beauty queen from Minden, Louisiana who has competed in the Miss America pageant.Competing as Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival, Wilson won the Miss Louisiana 2006 title in a state pageant held in Monroe, Louisiana in June 2006. Earlier in the pageant week she won a preliminary...

Minden
Minden, Louisiana
Minden is a city in the American state of Louisiana. It serves as the parish seat of Webster Parish and is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The population, which has been stable since 1960, was 13,027 at the 2000 census...

23 Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival Vocal "Like We Never Loved at All
Like We Never Loved at All
"Like We Never Loved At All" is the second single from American country singer Faith Hill's album Fireflies. The song features husband Tim McGraw singing harmony vocals...

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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....

 2005
2005 Molly Causey Ruston
Ruston, Louisiana
Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,546 at the 2000 census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy caters to its college population...

22 Miss Shreveport Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. Few other piano solos have achieved such widespread popularity, offering the pianist the opportunity to reveal exceptional skill as a virtuoso,...

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4th runner-up (2002) & Contestant (2004) 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....

2004 Jennifer Dupont
Jennifer Dupont
Jennifer Dupont is an American beauty pageant contestant who represented Louisiana in Miss Teen USA 1998, Miss USA 2000, and Miss America 2005....

Plaquemine
Plaquemine, Louisiana
Plaquemine is a city in and the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,064 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area....

23 Miss Ouachita Parish Jazz Dance "The Life of the Party" from The Wild Party
The Wild Party (Lippa musical)
The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name...

1st runner-up at Miss America 2005
Miss America 2005
Miss America 2005, the 84th Miss America, pageant, was held in Atlantic City on September 18, 2004 following a week of events including the preliminary competition.The pageant was broadcast live on ABC from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City...

Preliminary Swimsuit Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 1998, Miss Louisiana USA
Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

 2000
2003 Melissa Clark Ruston 23 Miss Louisiana Tech University Vocal "The Prayer" Contestant (2000) & Winner (2001) 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....

2002 Casey Crowder Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....

23 Miss Ark-La-Miss Fair Vocal Medley "This Can't Be Love
This Can't Be Love (song)
"This Can't Be Love" is a show tune and a popular song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse. It was also included in the 1962 musical film, Billy Rose's Jumbo, though most of the songs in that film came from the 1935 Rodgers & Hart musical Jumbo. The lyrics poke fun of the...

" & "Almost Like Being in Love
Almost Like Being in Love
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular song published in 1947. The music was written by Frederick Loewe, and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner....

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2001 Kati Guyton Bossier City
Bossier City, Louisiana
Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 61,315. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. The Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area is the...

23 Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival Vocal "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime
Ragtime (musical)
Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty.Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in...

2000 Faith Jenkins Shreveport 24 Miss Louisiana Lagniappe Vocal "If I Could" 1st runner-up at Miss America 2001
Miss America 2001
Miss America 2001, the 80th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 14, 2000 on ABC Network.-Placements:*Miss America 2001: Angela Perez Baraquio...

Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Award Won the most scholarship money in the history of Miss America Pageant to date.
1999 Julie Lawrence Destrehan
Destrehan, Louisiana
Destrehan is a census-designated place in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2000 census. It was named after Jean N...

22 Miss Louisiana Stock Show Ballet en Pointe "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...

Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award, Miss America Scholar Competed in the 1998 National Sweetheart Pageant
1998 Heather Dupree Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...

21 Miss Louisiana Lagniappe Ventriloquism "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
"Sold " is a the title of a song written by Richard Fagan and Robb Royer and recorded by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. It was released in May 1995 as the second single from his 1995 self-titled album. It hit number-one on the country charts in the United States and Canada...

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Previously Miss Louisiana Teen USA
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 1993
1997 Mette Boving Ruston 24 Miss Holiday in Dixie Popular Vocal "How Do I Live
How Do I Live
"How Do I Live" is the title of a song written by Diane Warren. It was originally recorded by LeAnn Rimes in 1997 and shortly afterward by Trisha Yearwood...

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Top 10 Semi-finalist
1996 Erika Schwarz Folsom
Folsom, Louisiana
Folsom is a village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 525 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the wife of Grover Cleveland, Frances Folsom...

24 Miss St. Tammany Parrish Original Piano Composition "New Orleans Rhapsody" 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award Entertainment lawyer, judged the Miss America Pageant in 2006, was the "pageant coach" on the 2007 Miss America Pageant School special.
1995 Karmyn Tyler Shreveport 20 Miss City of Roses Classical Vocal "Tu che di gel sei cinta
Tu che di gel sei cinta
'Tu che di gel sei cinta' is an aria from Act 3 Scene 1 of Puccini's opera Turandot. It is sung by Liu under torture, and prior to her suicide. Turandot is clearly taken by Liù's resolve and asks her who put so much strength in her heart...

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Non-finalist Talent Award represented Arkansas in Miss Oktoberfest 1997, did not place
1994 Tiffany Mock Bossier City 23 Miss Shreveport Vocal "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" is a 1934 popular song with words and music by James F. Hanley. It was introduced by Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey in the Broadway revue Thumbs Up! Probably the most notable recordings were made by Judy Garland and by The Trammps "Zing! Went the Strings of My...

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1993 Catherine Teague Shreveport 20 Miss Natchitoches City of Lights Vocal "Listen To My Heart"
1992 Elizabeth Haynes Baton Rouge 24 Miss Caddo Lake Piano Medley "El Cumbanchero" & "Cumana"
1991 Christi Page Ruston 21 Miss Caney Lake Piano / Vocal "Great Balls of Fire
Great Balls of Fire
"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer...

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Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1990 Linnea Fayard Shreveport 22 Miss Louisiana Super Derby Festival Vocal "Stormy Weather" 4th runner-up at Miss America 1991
Miss America 1991
Miss America 1991, the 70th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1990 on NBC Network.- Placements :-Preliminary Awards:-Quality of Life Award:- Delegates :The Miss America 1991 delegates:...

1989 Stacy King Slidell
Slidell, Louisiana
Slidell is a city situated on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 25,695 at the 2000 census. The Greater Slidell Community has a population of about 90,000...

23 Miss Louisiana Deep South Banjo Medley "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...

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Prelminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award
1988 Valerie Brosset West Monroe
West Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe is a city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,250 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area....

21 Miss Louisiana Stockshow Contemporary Ballet "Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain (song)
"Singin' In the Rain" is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929. However, it is unclear exactly when the song was written with some claiming that the song was written and performed as early as 1927. The song was listed as Number 3 on AFI's 100 Years.....

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Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 1989
Miss America 1989
Miss America 1989, the 68th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1988 and was televised by the NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America 1989 Gretchen Carlson...

Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1987 Patricia Brant Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

23 Miss Red River Valley Ventriloquism "Arizona Yodeler" & "Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme, and a popular children's song, often sung as a round. It can also be an 'action' nursery rhyme where singers sit opposite one another and 'row' forwards and backwards with joined hands...

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1st runner-up at Miss America 1988
Miss America 1988
Miss America 1988, the 67th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 19, 1987 on NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America 1988 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko...

Preliminary Talent Award
1986 Amanda Mainord Baton Rouge 20 Miss Louisiana State University Vocal "When You Wish upon a Star
When You Wish upon a Star
"When You Wish upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version of the song was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and again in the final scene of the...

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Non-finalist Talent Award Toured with the 1987 Gillette
Global Gillette
Gillette is a brand of Procter & Gamble currently used for safety razors, among other personal care products. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was one of several brands originally owned by The Gillette Company, a leading global supplier of products under various brands, which was...

 Miss America Show Troupe
1985 Carol Carter Shreveport 20 Miss Louisiana State University Vocal "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
Pippin (musical)
Pippin is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto...

Later Miss Louisiana USA
Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

 1987 & toured with USO troupe
1984 Nita Whitaker Shreveport 24 Miss Louisiana Forest Festival Popular 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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1983 Miriam Gauthier Shreveport 19 Miss Bossier City Piano "Toccata" by Antonio Tauriello Non-finalist Talent Award
1982 Bobbie Candler Baton Rouge 25 Miss Baton Rouge Semi-Classical Vocal "With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart (song)
"With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz...

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Non-finalist Talent Award Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1979
1981 Donese Worden Monroe 22 Miss Northeast Louisiana University Violin Solo "Millionaire's Hoe-Down"
1980 Martha "Missy" Crews Baton Rouge 22 Miss Baton Rouge Ballet en Pointe "Jet Song" from West Side Story
West Side Story
West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins...

Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1979 Myrrah McCully Monroe 24 Miss North Louisiana Paperland Piano "Khachaturian's Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)
Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto in D-flat major, Op. 38, was composed in 1936. It was his first work to bring him recognition in the West, and it immediately entered the repertoire of many notable pianists....

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Non-finalist Talent Award
1978 Phyllis Kelly Baton Rouge 20 Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song
Italian Street Song
"Italian Street Song" is a popular song written by Victor Herbert and Rida Johnson Young in 1910.The song was written for and introduced in the operetta Naughty Marietta, which originally opened in Syracuse, New York on October 24, 1910....

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Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 1979
Miss America 1979
Miss America 1979, the 52nd Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1978 on NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America : Kylene Barker...

1977 Donna Holt Tioga
Tioga, Louisiana
Tioga is an unincorporated village in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area....

21 Miss Plain Dealing Dogwood Semi-Classical Vocal "My Tribute"
1976 Candy Sue Crocker Hammond
Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...

22 Miss Plain Dealing Dogwood Vocal / Tap Dance "Swanee
Swanee (song)
"Swanee" is an American popular song written in 1919 by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson....

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1975 Becky Wilson Bossier City 23 Miss Louisiana Watermelon Festival Vocal "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
1974 Libby Lovejoy Sulphur
Sulphur, Louisiana
Sulphur is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 22,512 at the 2000 census. Sulphur is a suburb of Lake Charles, and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

21 Miss Lake Charles Classical Ballet en Pointe "The Grenadiers" 4th runner-up
1973 Debbie Ward Baton Rouge Miss Delhi Vocal Medley "A Heart That's Free" "I Enjoy Being a Girl
I Enjoy Being a Girl (song)
"I Enjoy Being a Girl" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song. It was originally performed in 1958, as the showpiece for the Linda Low showgirl character...

" & "I Could Have Danced All Night
I Could Have Danced All Night
"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956...

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3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Featured performer and co-host of the Miss America pageant 1974-1977
1972 Debby Robert Baton Rouge 21 Miss Baton Rouge Classical Vocal "The Art of Beguiling" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award
1971 Avis Cochran Shreveport 19 Miss Shreveport Acrobatic Dance "Theme from Exodus" toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970 Carol Almand Haynesville
Haynesville, Louisiana
Haynesville is a town in northern Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States, located just south of the Arkansas border. The population was 2,679 at the 2000 census....

18 Miss Homer Vocal "The Wedding"
1969 Sharon Branaman New Iberia
New Iberia, Louisiana
New Iberia is a city in and the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, 30 miles southeast of Lafayette. In 1900, 6,815 people lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747...

19 Miss Lafayette Classical Vocal "Olympia's Aria" from The Tales of Hoffmann
1968 Susanne Saunders Shreveport 18 Miss Northeast Louisiana State College Popular Vocal "I Can See It"
1967 Genevieve Del Gallo New Orleans 21 Miss New Orleans Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco...

Top 10 Semi-finalist
1966 Joy Woods New Orleans 20 Miss Northeast Louisiana State College Oboe Solo / Dance
1965 Lynda Ferguson Shreveport 20 Miss Shreveport Semi-Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song" Top 10 Semi-finalist
1964 Cherie Martin Pineville
Pineville, Louisiana
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Alexandria, and is part of that city's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,829 at the 2000 census....

19 Miss Rapides Parrish Toreador Dance & Baton Twirling Non-finalist Talent Award
1963 Linda Gail Baucum Springhill
Springhill, Louisiana
Springhill is a city in northern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,439 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

Miss Springhill Modern Jazz - South American Rock-Umba Dance When the original winner, Judy Cathey, was announced she stepped up to the microphone and resigned the title on the spot so she could get married and Linda was named the new winner
1962 Diana Jane Smith Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, Louisiana
Oak Ridge is a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 142 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Oak Ridge is located at ....

21 Miss Bastrop Organ Medley "Lady of Spain
Lady of Spain (song)
"Lady Of Spain" is a popular song, written in 1931 by Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell, and Henry Tilsley.-Performance:...

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Sabre Dance
"The Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final act of the ballet Gayane , written by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's and completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk...

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1961 Lyndra Frances Pate Shreveport 20 Miss Bastrop Vocal "The House I Live In
The House I Live In
The House I Live In is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Frank Sinatra...

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1960 Judith Ann Coday Baton Rouge 20 Miss Baton Rouge Vocal Medley
1959 Mary Mills Hawkins Lake Providence
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Lake Providence is a town in and the parish seat of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,104 at the 2000 census.-Civil War:...

22 Miss Baton Rouge Piano
1958 Alberta Louise Futch Hammond Miss Tangipahoa Parish Fire Baton Twirling
1957 Beverly Leigh Norman Shreveport Miss Caddo Parish Vocal Competed in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant
1956 Bobbie Chachere Baton Rouge Miss Baton Rouge Dance Non-finalist Talent Award Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant
1955 Jan Aline Johnston Ruston Miss Ruston Drama
1954 Gail Gleason Shreveport Miss Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Piano & Art
1953 Sonya Lee LeBlanc Baton Rouge Miss Baton Rouge Dance
1952 Barbara Barker Monroe Drama "The Fog" Top 10 Semi-finalist
1951 Jeanne Thompson Baton Rouge Dance Future Miss Louisiana USA
Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...

 1952-1953
1950 Rowena Taliaferro Winnsboro
Winnsboro, Louisiana
Winnsboro is a city in and the parish seat of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of July 2009, the estimated city population was 4,377...

1949 Annie Hollingsworth Baton Rouge
1947 Ruth Mary Blust New Orleans Vocal "This Song Is You"
1946 Marguerite McClelland Baton Rouge Classical Vocal "Voices of Spring
Frühlingsstimmen
"Frühlingsstimmen" , Op. 410, is a waltz by Johann Strauss II, written in 1882, for orchestra and solo soprano voice.-History:Strauss dedicated the work to the pianist and composer Alfred Grünfeld...

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3rd runner-up
Joyce Josephine Frink* New Orleans
1945 Helene Shively* New Orleans
1944 Wilhelmina Hoffman* New Orleans
1943 Shirley Catherine Lange* New Orleans
1942 Edna Joyce* New Orleans
1941 Helen Yvonne Englert* New Orleans
1940 Pauline Powell* New Orleans
1939 Frances Helen Anello* New Orleans
1938 Irene Blush Schomberger* New Orleans Vocal / Trumpet / Dance
1937 Gussie Short Winnsboro
Gertrude Rissie Miller* New Orleans Top 15 Semi-finalist
1936 Doris Huet* New Orleans
1933 Marjorie Hagler 17 Top 10 Semi-finalist
1927 Gladys Renya Moore*
1926 Edna du Vernay*
1925 Thelma Roeling*
1924 Louise Moore* Top 10 Semi-finalist There was also a Miss Algiers
Algiers, Louisiana
Algiers is a neighborhood within the city of New Orleans. It is the portion of Orleans Parish on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.Algiers is also known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans.-History:...

 who competed in the pageant but whose name is not known
1923 *
1922 Maud Allison Price*

* Competed in Miss America pageant as Miss New Orleans

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