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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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. The competition has been held in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
every year since 1978. Prior to that, it was held in various locales including Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...
, Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
, Burlington
Burlington, North Carolina
Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located. The population was 49,963 at the 2010...
, Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...
, and Morehead City
Morehead City, North Carolina
Morehead City is a port city in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007...
. North Carolina has once (1961) won the Miss America crown.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Talent at Miss America | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Hailey Best | Goldsboro Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census... |
21 | Miss Durham | Operatic Vocal: "Art is Calling for Me" from the Enchantress | |||
| 2010 | Adrienne Core | Erwin Erwin, North Carolina Erwin is a town in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,537 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Erwin is located at .... |
22 | Miss Raleigh | Contemporary Clogging "Soul Man Soul Man (song) "Soul Man" is a 1967 song written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, first successful as a #2 hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam & Dave.-Song history and background:... " |
Preliminary Talent Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2009 | Katherine Southard | Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh... |
23 | Miss Raleigh | Ballet en Pointe "Fascinating Rhythm Fascinating Rhythm "Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926 in London with George Gershwin... " |
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| 2008 | Amanda Watson | Raleigh | 21 | Miss Garner | Vocal | Finalist for Quality of Life Award | ||
| 2007 | Jessica Jacobs | High Point High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the US Census Bureau. High Point is currently the eighth-largest municipality in North Carolina.... |
23 | Miss Central Carolina | Ballet en Pointe "Spring" from The Four Seasons The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) The Four Seasons is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season... |
4th runner-up at Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been... |
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| 2006 | Elizabeth Horton Elizabeth Horton Elizabeth Leigh "Lizzie" Horton was Miss North Carolina 2006 and is now a traffic reporter for WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a 2002 graduate of Westchester Academy in High Point, North Carolina and a 2006 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where she was also a member of the Phi Mu... |
High Point | 22 | Miss Carolina Coast | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867... |
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| 2005 | Brooke McLaurin | Fayetteville Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city.... |
24 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "I'll Never Love This Way Again I'll Never Love This Way Again "I'll Never Love This Way Again" is a 1979 hit recorded by American soul singer Dionne Warwick. The song was composed by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings and produced by Arista labelmate Barry Manilow.... " |
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| 2004 | Kirstin Elrod | Cary Cary, North Carolina Cary is a large town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it is the second largest municipality in that county and the third largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham... |
23 | Miss Carolina Foothills | Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | 2nd 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... |
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| 2003 | Dana Reason | Raleigh | 24 | Miss Greenville | Tap Dance "Rock This Town Rock This Town "Rock This Town" is a song by the Stray Cats from their UK debut album Stray Cats. Its first U.S. release was on the 1982 album Built for Speed. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, becoming the first of the band's three top ten hits in the U.S... " |
2nd runner up Quality of Life award | ||
| 2002 | Misty Clymer | Raleigh | 24 | Miss Western Piedmont | Vocal "Hold On" from The Secret Garden The Secret Garden (musical) The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's book and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon... |
Top 15 Quarter-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... |
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| Rebekah Revels | St. Pauls St. Pauls, North Carolina St. Pauls is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,137 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of St. Pauls was built up around St. Pauls Presbyterian Church which was built on land donated in 1799 by William Davis. St. Pauls grew slowly from a town of just the... |
Miss Fayetteville | Vocal | Resigned after admitting her boyfriend had taken topless photos of her. Sued Miss NC Pageant and lost. Sued her boyfriend for taking the photos and was awarded a nominal sum. Named to represent USA in Miss World Pageant and was a finalist. | ||||
| 2001 | Ashley House | Dallas Dallas, North Carolina Dallas is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina and a suburb of both Charlotte and Gastonia. The population was 3,402 at the 2000 census. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.-Geography:... |
20 | Miss Lincoln County | Celtic Irish Dance "Flames of Fire" | |||
| 2000 | Lorna McNeill | Lumberton Lumberton, North Carolina Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,795 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Robeson County. Lumberton, located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, is located on the Lumber River... |
24 | Miss Topsail Island | Vocal "Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel like) a Natural Woman " A Natural Woman" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin on the Atlantic label. The record was a big hit for Franklin, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a standard song for her... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | First Native American winner | |
| 1999 | Kelly Trogdon | Asheboro Asheboro, North Carolina Asheboro is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 21,672 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County, and is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo.-Geography:... |
23 | Miss Western Piedmont | Vocal "It's Time" | She was first runner up in the local pageant and competed for Miss NC only after the winner of Miss Western Piedmont resigned because of residency conflicts. That winner went back to her home state and eventually won the Miss Virginia Pageant and the two competed together for the title of Miss America. | ||
| 1998 | Kelli Bradshaw | Spivey's Corner Spiveys Corner, North Carolina Spivey's Corner is a census-designated place located in Sampson County, North Carolina, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 13 and U.S. Highway 421. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 448.... |
22 | Miss Western Piedmont | Ballet en Pointe "PS 491" by John Tesh John Tesh John Frank Tesh is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. His 10-year-old 'Intelligence for Your Life Radio Show' reaches 14.2 Million listeners/week, and is syndicated by Teshmedia on 400 stations in US, Canada, and the UK... |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1997 | Michelle Warren | Gastonia Gastonia, North Carolina Gastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is also the third largest suburb of the Charlotte Area, behind Concord and Rock Hill. The population was 71,226 as of Gastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina,... |
22 | Miss Appalachian Valley | Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1996 | Jennifer Roberts | Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S... |
21 | Miss Thomasville | Tap Dance "Devil With a Blue Dress On" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Lisa Bamford | Raleigh | 21 | Miss Garner | Classical Piano Solo | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1994 | Dana Stephenson | Garner Garner, North Carolina Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States and a suburb of Raleigh. The population was 17,757 at the 2000 census and was 27,533 in 2009.-Geography:Garner is located at .... |
20 | Miss Garner | Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Mary Susan Runion | Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina... |
24 | Miss Spivey's Corner | Tap Dance "Luck Be a Lady" | |||
| 1992 | Heidi Sue Williams | Wade Wade, North Carolina Wade is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 480 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wade is located at .... |
23 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "Danny Boy Danny Boy -Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine... " |
1st runner-up Quality of Life Award | Sister of Wendy Williams, Miss North Carolina Teen USA Miss North Carolina Teen USA The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group.... 1993 |
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| 1991 | Jennifer Smith | Mt. Airy Mount Airy, North Carolina Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388.-History:Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation... |
22 | Miss Greater Raleigh | Semi-Classical Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves By Jeeves By Jeeves, originally Jeeves, is a 1975/1996 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn, based on the novels of P. G. Wodehouse.... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1990 | Scarlet Morgan | Pfafftown Pfafftown, North Carolina Pfafftown , North Carolina is an unincorporated community which has been partially annexed into the cities of Winston-Salem in Forsyth County and Lewisville, also in Forsyth County. As of the 2000 census, the ZCTA of Pfafftown had a population of 9,562... |
22 | Miss Forsyth County | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte Vissi d'arte "Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act II of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Tosca as she thinks of her fate and how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia.-Libretto:-External links:*... " |
Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Kelly Fletcher | Morganton Morganton, North Carolina Morganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. Reader's Digest included Morganton in its list of top ten places to raise a family. The town was recently profiled in The 50 Best Small Southern Towns. The population was 17,310 at the 2000 census... |
21 | Miss High Country | Semi-Classical Vocal "Half a Moment" | Asked for a new question during evening gown competition, was granted a new question and went on to win the pageant. This event changed the rules of the Miss America Pageant that a contestant could not ask for a second question during evening gown competition. | ||
| 1988 | Lee Beaman | Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, North Carolina Rocky Mount is an All-America City Award-winning city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the coastal plains of the state of North Carolina. Although it was not formally incorporated until February 28, 1867, the North Carolina community that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the beginning of... |
20 | Miss Henderson | Jazz en Pointe | |||
| 1987 | Lori Boggs | Kannapolis Kannapolis, North Carolina Kannapolis is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte. The population was 42,625 at the 2010 census, which makes Kannapolis the 20th largest city in North Carolina... |
26 | Miss Cabarrus County | Popular Vocal "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me You Don't Have to Say You Love Me "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is the title of a 1966 hit recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield which proved to be her career record reaching #1 UK and #4 US: the song subsequently charted in the UK via remakes by Elvis Presley , Guys 'n' Dolls and Denise Welch with Presley's version... " |
Previously Miss North Carolina USA Miss North Carolina USA The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group.... 1980 |
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| 1986 | Karen Bloomquist | Durham Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census... |
22 | Miss Durham | Piano | Former runner up in Miss Connecticut before her NC win. | ||
| 1985 | Joni Parker | Fayetteville | 24 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "The Shadow of Your Smile The Shadow of Your Smile "The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster... " |
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| 1984 | Francesca Adler | Fayetteville | 23 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "Home" | |||
| 1983 | Deneen Graham Deneen Graham Deneen Zezell Graham Kerns is a dance teacher and pageant contestant from North Carolina. In 1983 she became the first African-American to win the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant; she remains the only African-American to have won the Miss North Carolina pageant.- Personal Life :Graham was born... |
North Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro, North Carolina North Wilkesboro is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was approximately 4,116 at the 2000 census and is now 4,245 as of the 2010 census. North Wilkesboro is the birthplace and original home of Lowe's Home Improvement, which continues to have a major presence in... |
19 | Miss Elkin Valley | Jazz Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | First and thus far only African American winner | ||
| 1982 | Elizabeth Williams | Shelby Shelby, North Carolina Shelby is a city in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 19,477 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cleveland County.-Geography:Shelby is located at .... |
22 | Miss Greater Greensboro | Semi-Classical Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain Climb Ev'ry Mountain "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Here it is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess... " |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Non-finalist Talent Award | Gained national attention by being selected by a computer to win the pageant | |
| 1981 | Lynn Williford | Wilmington | 24 | Miss Wilmington | Russian Character Dance "Czardas Csárdás (Monti) Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Janet Black | Kannapolis | 21 | Miss Charlotte-Mecklenburg | Classical Piano "Etude in C Minor" by Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano".... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Top 5 finalist in the 1980 "Maid of Cotton" pageant | |
| 1979 | Monta Maki | Hickory Hickory, North Carolina Hickory is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina. Hickory has the 162nd largest urban area in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 341,851, making it the 4th largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. The city's population was 37,222... |
23 | Miss Hickory | Vocal "You Light Up My Life You Light Up My Life (song) Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977. The following year, Johnny Mathis recorded and named his album after the song. LeAnn Rimes released her version as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released and on the same record label . Her version fared modestly... " |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1978 | Deborah Shook | Spruce Pine Spruce Pine, North Carolina Spruce Pine is a town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census.-History:Spruce Pine was founded in 1907 when the Clinchfield Railroad made its way up the North Toe River from Erwin, Tennessee... |
21 | Miss Spivey's Corner | Tap Dance "Lover" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Gained national attention by kicking her crown across the stage the next to last night of her reign in a disagreement with pageant sponsors, Raleigh Jaycees | |
| 1977 | Kathy Fleming Kathy Fleming Kathy Fleming is a retired American middle distance runner. In 1994 she was the USA Track and Field National Champion in the indoor 3000 meters.-Early career:... |
Hamptonville Hamptonville, North Carolina Hamptonville is an unincorporated community located in southwestern Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States. Hamptonville is named for Henry Hampton , a colonel in the Revolutionary Army. Hampton set aside land for a town in 1806.... |
22 | Miss Appalachian State University | Popular Vocal "Everything" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1976 | Susie Proffitt | Black Mountain Black Mountain, North Carolina Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,511 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for the Black Mountain range of the Blue Ridge range in the Southern Appalachians.-History:Black... |
22 | Miss Rutherford County | Tap Dance "Baby Face Baby Face (1926 song) Baby Face is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, the lyrics by Benny Davis. The song was published in 1926. That same year, Jan Garber had a number one hit with the song.... " |
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| 1975 | Susan Lawrence | Thomasville Thomasville, North Carolina Thomasville is a city in Davidson County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 21,354 at the 2010 census. The city is notable for its furniture industry as are its neighbors of High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad community was established in 1852 and hosts the state's... |
21 | Miss Thomasville | Vocal "You And I" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film) Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1969 American musical film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton's 1934 novella of the same name, which originally was adapted for the screen in 1939.-Plot:... |
1st runner-up | ||
| 1974 | Susan Griffin | High Point | 22 | Miss High Point | 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... " |
Non-finalist Talent | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Heather Walker | Hendersonville Hendersonville, North Carolina Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, USA, southeast of Asheville. In 1900, 1,917 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2,818; and in 1940, 5,381 people lived here. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,223, up fivefold in one century. It is the county... |
19 | Miss Hendersonville | Popular Vocal "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent which was a 1967 hit for Petula Clark.After working exclusively with producer/songwriter Tony Hatch following their 1964 breakout collaboration "Downtown", Clark had had her most successful single ever in the... " |
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| 1972 | Constance Dorn | Kinston Kinston, North Carolina Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,688 at the 2000 census. The population was estimated at 22,360 in 2008. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791 . Kinston is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks... |
19 | Miss Kinston | Ballet "The Grand Holiday" | 1st runner-up | Later Miss North Carolina USA Miss North Carolina USA The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group.... 1975 and second runner up to Miss USA 1975, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
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| 1971 | Patsy Wood | Benson Benson, North Carolina Benson is a town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. The town lies at the intersection of Interstates 95 and 40. Each year Benson celebrates Mule Days the 4th Saturday of September, a festival that attracts over 60,000 people each year... |
24 | Miss Garner | Vocal "I Believe It All" | |||
| 1970 | Cornelia Lerner | Asheville Asheville, North Carolina Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active... |
18 | Miss Asheville | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1969 | Patricia Johnson | Winston-Salem Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to... |
20 | Miss Raleigh | Semi-Classical Vocal from Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Elisa Annette Johnson | New Bern New Bern, North Carolina New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers... |
19 | Miss New Bern | 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... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Sarah Stedman | Asheboro | 22 | Miss Randolph County | Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu Fantaisie-Impromptu Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so.... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1966 | Nannette Minor | Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009... |
23 | Miss Charlotte | Piano / Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Penelope Clark | Sanford Sanford, North Carolina Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,220 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.-Geography:Sanford is located at .... |
19 | Miss Sanford | Classical Ballet "Robina" | |||
| 1964 | Sharon Finch | Thomasville | 20 | Miss Thomasville | Vocal & Dance with Castanets | |||
| 1963 | Jeanne Swanner Jeanne Robertson Jeanne Robertson or Jeanne Swanner Robertson is a nationally recognized humorist and professional speaker. In 1963, at age 18, she was named Miss North Carolina. Robertson credits her reign as the catalyst for her career. Her anecdotes can be heard daily on XM Radio's Channel 151, Laugh USA and... |
Graham Graham, North Carolina Graham is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current population estimate is 14,533... |
18 | Miss Graham | Comedy Sketch & Ukelele | Miss Congeniality award | Standing 6' 2" the tallest contestant to compete at Miss America. Humorist, author and professional speaker, judged the Miss America pageant in 1990, 1994 and 2000. | |
| 1962 | Janice Barron | Morganton | 18 | Miss Morganton | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
| 1961 | Susan Woodall* | Miss Roanoke Rapids | *was fired as Miss North Carolina for entering the Miss Dixie contest in violation of her contract. | |||||
| Maria Fletcher Maria Fletcher Maria Beale Fletcher was Miss America 1962.Fletcher was born to Charles "Beale" and Margaret Gatley Fletcher, who were the founders of the Asheville-area Fletcher School of Dance and the Land of the Sky Civic Ballet. She has one brother named Walter and two sisters named Margaret and Bonnie. She... |
Asheville | 19 | Miss Asheville | Tap Dance to recorded version of her own voice singing "Somebody Loves Me Somebody Loves Me "Somebody Loves Me" is a popular song, with music written by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva. This is not to be confused with the Southern gospel song written by W.F. & Marjorie Crumley. The song was published in 1924 and featured in George White's Scandals of... " |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1960 | Ann Herring | Winston-Salem | 19 | Miss Winston-Salem | Vocal "The Lonely Goatherd The Lonely Goatherd "The Lonely Goatherd" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music that makes use of yodelling.This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in... " |
2nd runner-up | ||
| 1959 | Judith Klipfel | Asheboro | 18 | Miss Randolph County | Vocal | |||
| 1958 | Betty Evans | Greenville Greenville, North Carolina Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain and in 2008 was listed as the Tenth Largest City in North Carolina... |
Miss Greenville | Vocal, Piano, Skit & Dance "Wait Till You See Him Wait Till You See Her "Wait till You See Her" is a popular song.The music was written by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart... " |
4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Competed in the 1960 Maid of Cotton Pageant | |
| 1957 | Elaine Herndon | Durham | Miss Durham | Vocal & Dance | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit | Crowned Miss Dixie in 1958 | |
| 1956 | Joan Melton | Albemarle Albemarle, North Carolina Albemarle is the county seat of Stanly County, North Carolina. The population was 15,680 at the 2000 census. It is governed by Mayor Elbert L. "Whit" Whitley, Jr... |
Miss Albemarle | Piano | ||||
| 1955 | Clara Faye Arnold | Raleigh | Miss Wake County | Monologue "Sabrina Fair Sabrina Fair Sabrina Fair is a romantic comedy written by Samuel A. Taylor. It ran on Broadway for a total of 318 performances, opening at the National Theatre on November 11, 1953. Directed by H. C... " |
3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1954 | Betty Ring | Lexington Lexington, North Carolina Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 19,953. It is located in central North Carolina, twenty miles south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 70, U.S. Route 52 ... |
Miss Lexington | Dramatic Monologue "The Sleepwalking Scene" from Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607... |
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| 1953 | Barbara Crockett | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | Vocal | ||||
| 1952 | Barbara Harris | Salisbury Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County... |
Miss Salisbury | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | ||||
| 1951 | Lu Ogburn | Smithfield Smithfield, North Carolina Smithfield is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. In 2008, the estimated population was 12,965. It is the county seat of Johnston County... |
Miss Smithfield | Piano "Malagueña" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1950 | Carolyn Edwards | Leaksville | Miss Tri-City | Monologue "Rumba" by Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles.... |
Semi-finalist | |||
| 1949 | Nancy Lee Yelverton | Rocky Mount | Miss Rocky Mount | |||||
| 1948 | Patsy Osborne | Lawndale Lawndale, North Carolina Lawndale is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, along the First Broad River. The population was 642 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lawndale is located at .... |
Miss Shelby | |||||
| 1947 | Alice White | Fayetteville | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "That's My Desire That's My Desire "That's My Desire" is a 1931 popular song with music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday.The highest-charting version of the song was recorded by the Sammy Kaye orchestra in 1946, although a version of the song recorded by Frankie Laine has become better known over the years, being one of... " |
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| 1946 | Trudy Riley | Wilson Wilson, North Carolina Wilson is a city and the county seat of Wilson County in the Coastal Plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The 18th largest city in the state, Wilson had a population of 49,167 according to the 2010 census.- Geography :... |
Miss Wilson | |||||
| 1945 | Dorothy Johnson | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | Recitation "I Am Old Glory" | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1944 | Betsy Marie Dalton | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | |||||
| 1942 | Hilda Taylor | Goldsboro Goldsboro, North Carolina Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 37,597 at the 2008 census estimate. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787 and Goldsboro was... |
Miss Goldsboro | |||||
| 1941 | Joey Augusta Paxton | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award; Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Sister of Phyllis Randall Virginia Dale Virginia Dale was an American film actress.She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including Holiday Inn, and became particularly associated with musicals. She left the movie business for almost three decades before returning to the... , Miss California Miss California For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss California USAThe Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from the states of California, Ohio and Oklahoma have each won the title of Miss... 1937. |
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| 1940 | Jeanne Wofford | Forest City Forest City, North Carolina Forest City, formerly known as "Burnt Chimney," is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,549 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Forest City is located at .... |
Miss Forest City | |||||
| 1939 | Margaret Wood | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | Vocal "If I Didn't Care If I Didn't Care "If I Didn't Care" is a song written by Jack Lawrence that was originally sung and recorded by The Ink Spots in 1939. According to Lawrence, he mailed the song before showing it to some of his friends. His friends' reaction to the song was almost universally negative, but he remained positive on it... " |
Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| Marguerite Taylor | Charlotte | competed as Miss Charlotte in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1938 | Rebecca Pearl Hankins | Charlotte | 18 | Miss Charlotte | competed as Miss Charlotte in the Miss America Pageant |
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| 1937 | Ruth Covington | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | Tap Dance "Gonna Go" | 2nd runner-up | |||
| Betty Hunneycutt | Charlotte | Semi-Finalist | Competed as Miss Charlotte in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
| 1936 | Thelma Perkins | Charlotte | competed as Miss Charlotte in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
| 1933 | Leola Councilman | 20 | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss North Carolina | Rose Hildebrand competed as Miss Asheville in the Miss America Pageant |