Miss Orlando
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Miss Orlando is part of the Miss America Organization and a preliminary to Miss Florida and Miss America. Here you will find the history of the titleholders as well how they placed at Miss Florida.
Winners: Miss Category
| Year | Name | Hometown | University | Placement at Miss Florida | Special scholarships at Miss Florida | Notes |
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| 2011 | Ashley Ramsey | Tampa Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
USF | Top 15 | n/a | $10,500 won at Miss Orlando |
| 2011* | Brittany Hagan | Tampa | University of Tampa | Top 10 | Miss America Community Service Award | *Miss Orange County (2nd Title), $3,500 won at Miss Orlando, formerly 2010 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.... |
| 2010 | Vicky DiSanto | Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
UCF | Semi-finalist (Top 15) | ||
| 2009 | Mandi Jo John | Fort Myers Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure.... |
UCF | Miss Black & Gold titleholder | ||
| 2008 | Lisa Van Alstine | Rollins College | Top 10 at Miss Florida Miss Florida The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.-Winners:* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America... 2008 Preliminary Evening Gown Award |
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| 2007 | Megan Clementi Megan Clementi Megan Clementi is a beauty queen from Kendall, Florida who was crowned Miss Florida USA 2010.Clementi is an alumna of the University of Central Florida where she was an electrical engineering major.-References:... |
Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
UCF | Miss FL top 10 | Miss FL USA 2010 | |
| 2005 | Ashley Hux | Top 10 at Miss Florida Miss Florida The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.-Winners:* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America... 2005 |
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| 2004 | Ameigh Verderosa | Miss FL top 10 | Preliminary Interview Award, Community Service Award | |||
| 2003 | Valerie Lynch | 2nd Runner up at Miss FL | Preliminary Talent Winner | |||
| 2002 | Charlene Closshey* | |||||
| 2001 | Ericka Dunlap Ericka Dunlap Ericka Dunlap is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Orlando, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2003 and subsequently crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida.... |
Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
UCF | Miss FL 2003 | First African - American to win the title of Miss Florida; Miss America 2004 | |
| 2000 | Charlene Closshey | |||||
| 1999 | Kristin Cimick | Miss FL Top 5 | ||||
| 1998 | Heidi Koscicki | |||||
| 1997 | Jennifer Alvarez | Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
Miss FL Top 5 | |||
| 1996 | Kelli Meierhenry | Miss FL 1999 | ||||
| 1995 | Melissa Holt Melissa Holt -External links:... |
3rd Runner up to Miss FL | Miss Orlando judge 2010; now Melissa Minyard; appeared in Les Miserables on Broadway | |||
| 1993 | Kristin Vannatter | |||||
| 1990 | Dana Rhinehart Dalton | WINNER - Miss Florida 1990 | Preliminary Swimsuit winner at Miss America | |||
| 1974 | Delta Burke Delta Burke Delta Ramona Leah Burke is an American television and film actress. Her television work includes a leading role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women... |
WINNER Miss FL 1974 | Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Dianne Tauscher | WINNER Miss FL 1958 | ||||
| 1952 | Marcia Crane | WINNER Miss FL 1952 |