Miss Montana
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The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana
in the Miss America
pageant.
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
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
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Veronika Ohlinger | Cooke City | 23 | Vocal | Assumed the title; Previously Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2005 | |||
| Taryn Chuter | Corvallis Corvallis, Montana Corvallis is a census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corvallis is located at .... |
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| 2010 | Kacie West | Kalispell Kalispell, Montana Kalispell is a city in and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2010 census put Kalispell's population at 19,927 up 5,704 over 2000. At 40.1% this is the largest percentage of growth of any incorporated city in Montana. Kalispell is the largest city and commercial center... |
21 | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade Don't Rain on My Parade "Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical. The song was written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Both the movie and stage versions feature Barbra Streisand performing the song. It has since become one of... " |
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| 2009 | Brittany Wiser Brittany Wiser Brittany Wiser holds the title of Miss Montana USA 2011 and competed in the Miss USA 2011 Pageant. She had also previously held the title of Miss Montana 2009 and competed in the Miss America 2010 Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada where she was a Top-10 finalist for the Quality of Life Award... |
Bozeman Bozeman, Montana Bozeman is a city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The 2010 census put Bozeman's population at 37,280 making it the fourth largest city in the state. It is the principal city of the Bozeman micropolitan area, which consists... |
21 | Vocal "Sway Sway (song) "Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel... " |
Quality of Life Finalist | Later Miss Montana USA Miss Montana USA The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant.Montana is one of the least successful states in Miss USA history, but there has been success in other pageants. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to... 2011 |
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| 2008 | Jennifer Hepner | Great Falls Great Falls, Montana Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County... |
23 | Raqs Sharqi 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.... 2006 |
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| 2007 | Kristen Mantooth | Lewistown Lewistown, Montana Lewistown is a city in and the county seat of Fergus County, Montana, United States. The population was 5,813 at the 2000 census. Lewistown is located in central Montana, the geographic center of the state, southeast of Great Falls... |
22 | Lyrical Dance "Beauty from Pain Beauty from Pain Beauty from Pain is the fourth album released by the band Superchick. This is the first CD the band has released with an official drummer, Brandon Estelle... |
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| 2006 | Christie Hageman | Billings Billings, Montana Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over... |
23 | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor.Arditi was born in Crescentino, Piemonte . He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan. He made his debut in 1843 as a director at Vercelli, and it was there that he was made an honorary... |
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| 2005 | Sophia Steinbeisser | Sidney Sidney, Montana Sidney is a city in and the county seat of Richland County, Montana, United States, less than away from the North Dakota border. The population was 5,191 at the 2010 census. The city lies along the Yellowstone River and is in proximity to the badlands of the Dakotas... |
21 | Tap Dance "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. This song can be considered an early jump blues recording... " |
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| 2004 | Evangelina Duke | Billings | 20 | Vocal "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... " |
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| 2003 | Amber Shipman | Glendive Glendive, Montana Glendive is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,935 at the 2010 census.The town of Glendive is located in South Eastern Montana and is considered by many as an agricultural hub of Eastern Montana... |
19 | Dance "Save Tonight" | ||||
| 2002 | Heather Rathbun | Darby Darby, Montana Darby is a town in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 710 at the 2000 census. Darby is located near the southwestern border of Montana and Idaho, along the Continental Divide... |
24 | Tae Kwon Do Demonstration "Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (soundtrack) Mortal Kombat Soundtrack is a compilation album featuring music by different artists to accompany the movie Mortal Kombat.- Album information :... " |
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| 2001 | Kara Svennungsen | Shelby Shelby, Montana Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Toole County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,216 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shelby is located at .... |
22 | Vocal "On My Own Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables, colloquially known as Les Mis, is one of the most famous and most performed musicals worldwide. It is based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, which follows the struggles of a cast of characters as they seek redemption and revolution in nineteenth century France... " |
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| 2000 | Jana LaBree | Ekalaka Ekalaka, Montana Ekalaka is a town in and the county seat of Carter County, Montana, United States. The population was 410 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ekalaka is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of .Known for its sandstone rock and open plains, Ekalaka is part... |
24 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Gospel Vocal "Because of Who You Are" | |||
| 1999 | Elissa Schwarz | Terry Terry, Montana -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 611 people, 294 households, and 171 families residing in the town. The population density was 866.2 people per square mile . There were 387 housing units at an average density of 548.7 per square mile... |
19 | Miss Big Sky | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy Carmen Fantasy The Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25, written in 1883 by Pablo de Sarasate, is a violin fantasy on themes from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.... " |
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| 1998 | Delight Lori Scheck | Helena Helena, Montana Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,180. The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. The Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns minor league hockey team call the... |
21 | Miss Missoula/Garden City | Semi-Classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved And This Is My Beloved "And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song.It was from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's String Quartet in D.The same melody had... " |
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| 1997 | Kristen Garlock | Billings | 24 | Miss Billings | Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller The Fortune Teller (operetta) The Fortune Teller is an operetta in three acts written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith. After a brief tryout in Toronto, it premiered on Broadway on September 26, 1898 at Wallack's Theatre and ran for 40 performances... |
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| 1996 | Aubrey Hiller | Missoula Missoula, Montana Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area... |
22 | Miss Treasure State | Vocal "All the Things You Are All the Things You Are "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart... " |
Former Miss Montana Teen USA Miss Montana Teen USA The Miss Montana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Montana's first placement at Miss Teen USA occurred in 2006 at Miss Teen USA 2006... 1992 |
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| 1995 | Amanda Granrud | Great Falls | 23 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1994 | Yvonne Dehner | Brockton Brockton, Montana As of the census of 2000, there were 245 people, 67 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,285.7 people per square mile . There were 72 housing units at an average density of 377.8 per square mile . The racial makeup of the town was 13.06% White, 84.90%... |
24 | Miss Western Montana | 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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| 1993 | Erica Havig | Billings | 19 | Miss Billings | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1992 | JoAnn Kayleen Jorgensen | Helena | 24 | Miss Central Montana | Gymnastics / Dance | |||
| 1991 | Jenni Ramseth | Billings | 18 | Miss Yellowstone County | Classical Piano "Variation Serieuses, Opus 54" by Felix Mendelssohn | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Karen McNenny | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Coppélia Coppélia Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe... " |
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| 1989 | Cathy Brewer | Hamilton Hamilton, Montana Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,705 at the 2000 census. Significant outlying population growth is shown in the area; the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for Hamilton's ZIP Code, 59840, had a population of 12,327at the 2000 census.-... |
20 | Miss Western Montana | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1988 | Becky McRae | Miles City Miles City, Montana Miles City is a city in and the county seat of Custer County, Montana, United States. The population was 8,123 at the 2010 census.- History :... |
17 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Vocal "On My Own" | |||
| 1987 | Julie Reil | Miles City | 19 | Miss Missoula County | Vocal "Being Alive Being Alive "Being Alive" is a song from the musical Company by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song appears at the end of Act II and is sung by the main character, Robert, a 35 year old bachelor who at the show's end “. . . realizes being a lone wolf isn't all it's cracked up to be... " |
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| 1986 | Kamala Compton | Havre Havre, Montana Havre is a city in, and the county seat of, Hill County, Montana, United States. It is said to be named after the city of Le Havre in France. The population was 9,621 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
21 | Miss Eastern Montana | Gymnastics Dance | |||
| 1985 | Julie Culbertson | Billings | 19 | Miss Yellowstone Valley | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1984 | Michele Larson | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Vocal "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch Andrae Crouch Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California.... |
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| 1983 | Laurie Nelson | Billings | 19 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Classical Piano "L'Isle Joyeuse L'Isle Joyeuse L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 is an extended solo piano piece by Claude Debussy composed in 1904. According to Jim Samson , the "central relationship in the work is that between material based on the whole-tone scale, the lydian mode and the diatonic scale, the lydian mode functioning as an effective... " |
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| 1982 | Kimberly Knauf | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Piano Medley "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky... " |
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| 1981 | Sue Harris | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics Dance "Hawaii Five-O Theme Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,... " |
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| 1980 | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana | Popular Vocal "I Can See It" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Lori Conlon | Billings | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" | |||
| 1978 | Vanessa Ochsner | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Popular Vocal / Dance "Yes" | |||
| 1977 | Sue Stanaway | Billings | 22 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Vocal "The Doll's Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 1976 | Janice Frankino | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics / Jazz Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy The Yankee Doodle Boy "The Yankee Doodle Boy", also well known as " Yankee Doodle Dandy" is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones written by George M. Cohan... " |
recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1975 | Diane Pacini | Great Falls | 20 | Miss Garden City | Classical Piano "Etude Opus 10 by Chopin Études (Chopin) The Études by Frédéric Chopin are three sets of solo studies for the piano, There are twenty-seven overall, comprising two separate collections of twelve, numbered Opus 10 and 25, and a set of three without opus number.-Composition:... " |
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| 1974 | Pamela Royer | Billings | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Gymnastic Floor Exercise Routine "Love Story (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story " Love Story" is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1970 film Love Story. The lyrics were added after the theme music became popular.-Covers:The song has been covered many times... " |
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| 1973 | Debbie Reber | Helena | 22 | Miss Helena | Vocal Medley & Guitar | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Debra DeBiase | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Ballet "Summer of '42 Summer of '42 Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, off the coast of New England, embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Dorothy,... " |
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| 1971 | Nancy Harper | Helena | 18 | Miss Helena | Vocal "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl | |||
| 1970 | Jane Opp | Billings | 20 | Miss West Billings | Piano "Le Cavalier Fantastique" by Benjamin Godard Benjamin Godard Benjamin Louis Paul Godard was a French violinist and Romantic composer.-Biography:Born in Paris, Godard was a student of Henri Vieuxtemps. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1863 where he studied under Vieuxtemps and Napoléon Henri Reber and accompanied Vieuxtemps twice to Germany... |
took over title after original winner Kathy Huppe resigned due to pageant officials asking her to stop speaking out against the Vietnam War | ||
| 1969 | Jeanne Meek | Bridger Bridger, Montana Bridger is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 745 at the 2000 census.The town of Bridger was named for the scout Jim Bridger... |
22 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" by Paul Ben-Haim Paul Ben-Haim Paul Ben-Haim was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924... |
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| 1968 | Karen Frank | Park City Park City, Montana Park City is a census-designated place in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 870 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Park City is located at .... |
21 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Western Vocal & Guitar "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and Western song written and first recorded in 1935 by Rubye Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country and Western song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies.... " |
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| 1967 | Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Miss University of Montana | Original Piano Composition "What the West Contributed to America" | |||
| 1966 | Nancy McLeod | Kalispell | 19 | Miss Kalispell | Popular Vocal / Drama | |||
| 1965 | Dianne Feller | Helena | 21 | Miss West Billings | 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... |
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| 1964 | Merilee Miller | Radersburg Radersburg, Montana Radersburg is a census-designated place in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 70 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Radersburg is located at .... |
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| 1963 | Roberta Tarbox | Missoula | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Marsha Thompson | Bozeman | 21 | Miss Montana State College | Dress Making & Design | |||
| 1961 | Joanna Lester | Missoula | 20 | Miss Montana State University, Missoula | Vocal Medley including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal in the 1940 Broadway production, and also sung by Miss Segal both on the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival... " & "There Once Was a Man" from The Pajama Game The Pajama Game The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded... |
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| 1960 | Lois Marie Volkel | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal "Voi lo Sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana Cavalleria rusticana Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro... |
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| 1959 | Sharon D. Tietjen | Great Falls | Original Humorous Interpretation | |||||
| 1956 | Alice Jean White | Great Falls | Art | The original winner, Marjorie Edmondson, was disqualified as she was married | ||||
| 1955 | Bertha Mae Huebl | Glendive | ||||||
| 1952 | Karen Whittet | Livingston Livingston, Montana -Geography:Livingston is located at , at an altitude of 4.501 feet .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.38% is waters.-Climate:-Demographics:... |
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| 1951 | Patricia McGinty | Great Falls | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1950 | Donna Marie Buls | Missoula | ||||||
| 1949 | Carol Fraser | Billings | Equestrian Display | Miss Congeniality (tie) | After her horse nearly fell into the orchestra pit, the use of live animals was banned from Miss America talent presentations | |||
| 1948 | Patti Luer | Anaconda Anaconda, Montana Anaconda, county seat of Anaconda City/Deer Lodge County, is located in mountainous southwestern Montana. The Continental Divide passes within 8 miles of the community with the local Pintler Mountain range reaching 10,379 feet... |
Vocal / Dance "Gypsy Song" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1947 | Carol Chaffen | Corvallis Corvallis, Montana Corvallis is a census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corvallis is located at .... |
Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1940 | Kay Kittendorf | Missoula | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" | Semi-finalist | Preliminaty Talent Award | |||
| 1939 | Lucille Chouinard | Fort Peck Fort Peck, Montana Fort Peck is a town in Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 240 at the 2000 census.-History:The name Fort Peck is associated with Col. Campbell K. Peck, the partner of Elias H. Durfee in the Leavenworth, Kansas, trading firm of Durfee and Peck... |