Miss Texas
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The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1936 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America
pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).
Almost all contestants have either received or are in the process of earning college or postgraduate degrees and utilize Miss Texas scholarship awards for furthering their education. Hundreds of young women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who vie for the Miss Texas title in Fort Worth each July.
To become Miss Texas, a contestant
must first win a local competition, a process requiring personal commitment, hard work and talent. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national Miss America
competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss Texas title in Fort Worth in July.
Once chosen, Miss Texas and the local winners become representatives of their generation, using their stature to address community service matters and other contemporary issues, which are of particular relevance to young Texans and women.
In 2010, Miss Texas celebrated its 75th Anniversary, and Randy Pruett
wrote a book, A Dream as Big as Texas, to document the stories of the 75 women that were crowned Miss Texas.
, the character Sue Ellen Ewing
had purportedly won the title of Miss Texas in 1967, long before the events of the show took place (1978–91). She had entered the pageant as Miss Dallas.
In the band Bowling for Soup, the song Almost features the line, "I almost dropped out of school at fourteen where I almost made out with the Homecoming Queen, who almost went on to be Miss Texas, but lost to a slut with much bigger breasts."
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; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).
Almost all contestants have either received or are in the process of earning college or postgraduate degrees and utilize Miss Texas scholarship awards for furthering their education. Hundreds of young women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who vie for the Miss Texas title in Fort Worth each July.
To become Miss Texas, a contestant
Contestant
A contestant is someone who takes part in a competition, usually a professional competition or a game show on television. The participants competing against each other have to go through rounds...
must first win a local competition, a process requiring personal commitment, hard work and talent. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national 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...
competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss Texas title in Fort Worth in July.
Once chosen, Miss Texas and the local winners become representatives of their generation, using their stature to address community service matters and other contemporary issues, which are of particular relevance to young Texans and women.
In 2010, Miss Texas celebrated its 75th Anniversary, and Randy Pruett
Randy Pruett
Randy E. Pruett is the historian for the Miss Texas pageant, the state preliminary to the Miss America pageant. In 2010, Randy wrote a book and compiled a DVD set chronicling the history of the Miss Texas pageant winners entitled . Born October 13, 1955, Randy became involved in the Miss Texas...
wrote a book, A Dream as Big as Texas, to document the stories of the 75 women that were crowned Miss Texas.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Age1 | Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 Miss America 2012 Miss America 2012 will be the 91st Miss America pageant. It will be held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas in January 14, 2012. Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan from Nebraska, will crown her successor at the end of this event. It will be... |
Kendall Morris Kendall Morris Kendall Diane Morris, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Ennis, Texas who was named Miss Texas 2011.-Biography:... |
Ennis | Miss Frisco | 20 | Piano | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2006 | ||
| 2010 Miss America 2011 Miss America 2011 was the 90th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 90 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas... |
Ashley Melnick Ashley Melnick Ashley Lauren Melnick is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Texas 2010. She competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, placing in the Top 12. She competed at the pageant as Miss Fort Worth and it was her third try for the title... |
Dallas | Miss Fort Worth | 21 | Vocal "I Surrender" | Top 12 | ||
| 2009 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... |
Kristen Blair | Southlake Southlake, Texas Southlake is a city in northeast Tarrant and southeast Denton counties, Texas. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 26,575. A suburb of Fort Worth and Dallas, Southlake is known for exemplary public schools, Southlake Town Square, and Carroll High School's 7-time state champion football... |
Miss North Texas | 22 | Classical Vocal "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from La rondine La rondine La rondine is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert... |
Top 10 at Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010, the 89th Miss America pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on January 30, 2010... |
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| 2008 Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009, the 88th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana.... |
Rebecca Robinson Rebecca Robinson Rebecca Robinson was the 2009 title holder of Miss Texas, and competed in the Miss America pageant in 2009. She is also a former Miss Teen Texas title holder. Her talent performed during the competitions is tap dancing.... |
Buffalo Buffalo, Texas This article is about the city in Leon County, Texas. A similarly named place exists in Henderson County, Texas, the settlement of John H. Reagan.Buffalo is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States... |
Miss Longview | 24 | Tap Dance "Hey Pachuco" | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Teen Texas 2000 | |
| 2007 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... |
Molly Hazlett | Centerville Centerville, Texas Centerville is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 903 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Leon County.Centerville was so named as it is near the geographic center of Leon County... |
Miss Longview | 21 | Character Jazz en Pointe "Rich Man's Frug" from Sweet Charity Sweet Charity Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria... |
Top 8 Finalist 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... |
Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 2006 Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.... |
Shilah Phillips Shilah Phillips Shilah Phillips is an American entertainer, beauty pageant contestant, and the 2006 winner of the Miss Texas title. She is the first African American winner of the coveted crown in its 75 year history... |
Plano Plano, Texas Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as... |
Miss Frisco | 25 | Vocal "I Believe in You and Me I Believe in You and Me "I Believe in You and Me" is a ballad written by Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert. The song was first recorded and released by the R&B group The Four Tops in 1983. The song was written by Linzer and Wolfert in 1982, and the Four Tops released it as a single in 1983... " |
1st runner up at Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.... |
Preliminary Talent Award | First African-American to win Miss Texas title. |
| 2005 Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City... |
Morgan Matlock | Lamesa Lamesa, Texas Lamesa is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,952 at the 2000 census. Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was founded in 1903. Most of the economy is based on cattle ranching and cotton farming. The Preston E... |
Miss Fort Worth | 24 | Vocal Medley "Come Rain or Come Shine" & "What Kind of Fool Am I? What Kind of Fool Am I? "What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City... |
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| 2004 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... |
Jamie Story | Bedford Bedford, Texas Bedford is a suburban city located in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, in the "Mid-Cities" area between Dallas and Fort Worth. It is a suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 46,979 at the 2010 census... |
Miss Arlington | 23 | Classical Piano "Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mendelssohn) Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor was written in 1830–1, around the same time as his fourth symphony , and premiered in Munich in October 1831. He had already written a piano concerto in A minor with string accompaniment and two concertos with two pianos... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist 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 Miss America 2004 Miss America 2004, the 83rd Miss America, pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 20, 2003 on ABC Network.-Placements:*Miss America 2004: Ericka Dunlap... |
Sunni Cranfill | Hooks Hooks, Texas Hooks is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Hooks is located at .... |
Miss Amarillo Area | 23 | Ballet en Pointe "Carmen Fantasy" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... cheerleader in 2009 |
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| 2002 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... |
Mary Lisa Dalzell | Magnolia Magnolia, Texas Magnolia is a city in southwestern Montgomery County, Texas, United States outside Houston and right next to The Woodlands. The population was 1,111 at the 2000 census. Settled in the late 1840s, the town has gone by several names including "Mink's Prairie" and "Mink".-Geography:Magnolia is located... |
Miss Lake O' The Pines | 23 | Flute Medley "Shenandoah Oh Shenandoah "Oh Shenandoah" is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century... " & "Dueling Banjos Dueling Banjos "Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1955 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos", which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle". Smith recorded it playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by... " |
Top 10 Semi-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... |
Preliminary Interview Award | Morning Anchor at CBS affiliate in Tyler, TX |
| 2001 Miss America 2002 Miss America 2002, the 81st Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 22, 2001 on the ABC Network. The pageant was won by Katie Harman of Oregon.... |
Stacy James | Texarkana Texarkana, Texas Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue... |
Miss Lake O' The Pines | 22 | 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... " |
Top 20 Quarter-finalist at Miss America 2002 Miss America 2002 Miss America 2002, the 81st Miss America, pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 22, 2001 on the ABC Network. The pageant was won by Katie Harman of Oregon.... |
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| 2000 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... |
Tara Watson | Lufkin Lufkin, Texas Lufkin is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. Founded in 1882, the population was 35,067 in 2010. It is the county seat of Angelina County, and is situated in Deep East Texas.-History:... |
Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | 22 | Vocal "I've Got a Crush on You I've Got a Crush on You "I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions, Treasure Girl , and Strike Up the Band .... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist 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... |
Previously Miss Teen Texas 1993 | |
| 1999 | Yanci Yarborough | Childress Childress, Texas Childress is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,778 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Childress County. Like the county, the city is named for George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas... |
Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | 24 | Vocal Medley "Come In From the Rain" & "Stormy Weather" | 4th runner-up at Miss America 2000 Miss America 2000 Miss America 2000, the 79th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 18, 1999 on ABC Network.- Results :* Miss America 2000: Heather French * The runners-up were:... |
Vocalist working with Fellowship Church | |
| 1998 | Tatum Hubbard | Odessa Odessa, Texas Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan... |
Miss Arlington | 24 | Jazz Dance "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies Sophisticated Ladies Sophisticated Ladies is a musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington.After fifteen previews, the Broadway production, conceived by Donald McKayle, directed by Michael Smuin, and choreographed by McKayle, Smuin, Henry LeTang, Bruce Heath, and Mercedes Ellington, opened on March 1, 1981 at... |
Main anchor at CBS affiliate in Midland-Odessa (KOSA-TV KOSA-TV KOSA Channel 7 in the Odessa/Midland television market is the CBS affiliate for the Permian Basin area of West Texas. KOSA and its transmitter are both located in Odessa with the station being housed inside the Music City Mall. A secondary studio and bureau are located in downtown Midland. ICA... ) |
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| 1997 | Reagan Hughes | Midland Midland, Texas Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas... |
Miss Lake O' The Pines | 23 | Dramatic Vocal "I Dreamed a Dream I Dreamed a Dream "I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the musical Les Misérables. It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron... " |
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| 1996 | Michelle Martinez | Dallas | Miss Dallas | 23 | Classical Piano "Ballade in G Minor Ballades (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin's four ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1835 and 1842. They are some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire.... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Owner of Metzger & Associates, marketing services firm | |
| 1995 | Carly Jarmon | Mesquite Mesquite, Texas Mesquite is a city located within the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 139,824.-History:The city was founded May 22, 1873, by a Texas & Pacific Railway engineer who purchased land along the Texas & Pacific line outside of Dallas... |
Miss Oak Cliff | 19 | Vocal "Stand by Your Man Stand By Your Man "Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA... " |
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| 1994 | Arian Archer | Borger Borger, Texas Borger is the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,302 at the 2000 census. Borger is named for businessman Asa Philip "Ace" Borger, who also established the Hutchinson County seat of Stinnett and several other small towns in Texas and Oklahoma.- History... |
Miss Amarillo Area | 20 | Vocal "Almost Over You" | Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 1995 Miss America 1995 Miss America 1995, the 70th Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1994 and was televised by the NBC Network.-Placements:-Preliminary Awards:-Quality of Life Award:... |
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| 1993 | BaShara Chandler | Garland Garland, Texas -Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.... |
Miss Northeast Texas | 21 | Piano "4th Movement of Sonata in C" by Alberto Ginastera Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :... |
Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1992 | Amy Parker | Carrollton Carrollton, Texas -Climate:*On average, the warmest month is July.*The highest recorded temperature was 112°F in 1980.*The average coolest month is January.*The lowest recorded temperature was 1°F in 1989.*The most precipitation on average occurs in May.... |
Miss Tarrant County | 22 | Vocal "A Sunday Kind of Love A Sunday Kind of Love "A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima, published in 1946.The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists.- Notable recordings :... " |
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| 1991 | Rhonda Morrison | Coldspring Coldspring, Texas Coldspring is a city in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 691 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Jacinto County which is named after the river that traverses it and shares its name with the Battle which gave Texas its independence.-History:The history of... |
Miss Lake O' The Pines | 21 | Vocal "My Funny Valentine My Funny Valentine "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1990 | Suzanne Lawrence | Humble Humble, Texas Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,579. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble... |
Miss Humble/Kingwood | 21 | Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams" | 3rd 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:... |
Preliminary Talent Award, Quality of Life Award | |
| 1989 | Leah Kay Lyle | Plainview Plainview, Texas Plainview is a city in and the county seat of Hale County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,336 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plainview is located at .... |
Miss Haltom-Richland Area | 22 | Piano "Sonata Opus 22" by Alberto Ginastera Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 1990 Miss America 1990 Miss America 1990, the 69th Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 16, 1989 and was televised by the NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America 1990 Debbye Turner... |
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| 1988 | Cathy Castro | McAllen McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the . Its southern boundary is located about five miles from the U.S.–Mexico border and the Mexican city of Reynosa, the Rio... |
Miss Duncanville | 22 | Ballet en Pointe | First Hispanic to win Miss Texas title. | ||
| 1987 | Rita Jo Thompson | Lufkin | Miss Greenville | 22 | Jazz Dance "An American Trilogy An American Trilogy "An American Trilogy" is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Presley, who began including the song as part of his regular concert routine in the 1970s, thereby making the song a showstopper... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist 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... |
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| 1986 | Stephany Samone | Dallas | Miss Grand Prairie | 25 | Country Vocal "Stand By Your Man" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary 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 | Jonna Fitzgerald Jonna Fitzgerald Jonna Fitzgerald was Miss Texas 1985 and Preliminary Talent Winner and 2nd Runner Up to Miss America 1986.Jonna was a featured entertainer for the 1985 Vice-Presidential Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. with Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue... |
Greenville Greenville, Texas Greenville is the county seat, and the largest city, of Hunt County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557.... |
Miss Greenville | 21 | Fiddle "Csárdás 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... " & "Orange Blossom Special Orange Blossom Special (song) The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The... " |
2nd runner-up at Miss America 1986 Miss America 1986 Miss America 1986, the 65th Miss America, pageant, took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 14, 1985, and was broadcast on NBC Network.- Results :*Miss America 1986 Susan Akin... |
Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America 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... Show Troupe |
| 1984 | Tamara Hext Tamara Hext Tamara Hext is a beauty queen from Texas who has competed at Miss America.Hext won the title Miss Texas 1984, after competing in that pageant as Miss Arlington. She went on to become a finalist in the nationally televised Miss America pageant that same year, and finished as the 4th runner... |
Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
Miss Arlington | 21 | Vocal "I've Got a Crush On You" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1983 | Dana Rogers | Boerne Boerne, Texas Boerne is a city in the Hill Country of Texas in the United States. It is the county seat of Kendall County. Boerne was named in honor of Ludwig Börne, a Jewish German author and publicist, and its population was 10, 471 in the 2010 census. The city is noted for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court... |
Miss San Antonio | 22 | Vocal "An American Trilogy" | Top 10 Semi-finalist at Miss America 1984 Miss America 1984 Miss America 1984, the 59th Miss America, pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983 on NBC Network.-Placements:-Preliminary Awards:-Controversy:... |
Featured performer at the 1985 Miss America Pageant | |
| 1982 | Gloria Gilbert | Millsap Millsap, Texas Millsap is a town in Parker County, Texas, United States. The population was 353 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Millsap is located at .... |
Miss Palo Pinto County | 20 | Ventriloquism & Vocal "I've Been Everywhere I've Been Everywhere The song "I've Been Everywhere" was written by Geoff Mack in 1959 and made popular by the singer Lucky Starr in 1962.The song listed Australian towns... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously winner of the 1981 National Sweetheart Pageant, toured with 1986 Miss America 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... Show Troupe, longtime hostess of the Miss Texas Pageant television broadcast. |
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| 1981 | Sheri Ryman | Texas City Texas City, Texas Texas City is a city in Chambers and Galveston counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 41,521 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:... |
Miss Texas A&M | 20 | Gymnastics "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey... |
4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1980 | Terri Eoff | Lubbock Lubbock, Texas Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University... |
Miss Lubbock | 19 | Dramatic performance from "A Bad Play For an Old Lady" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Actress, appeared on soap opera Search for Tomorrow Search for Tomorrow Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the... . |
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| 1979 | Lex Ann Haughey | Hurst Hurst, Texas Hurst is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Hurst is one of the Mid-Cities between Fort Worth and Dallas, but is a suburb of Fort Worth. The city was founded by William Letchworth Hurst... |
Miss Haltom-Richland Area | 20 | Flute "Flight of the Bumblebee Flight of the Bumblebee "Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to... " & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy Walter Murphy Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. is an American instrumentalist, songwriter, and arranger. He rose to fame with the hit instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of passages from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its... |
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| 1978 | Sandi Miller | Mesquite | Miss Red Bird Area | 20 | Classical Piano "2nd Concerto in F Minor Concerto in F (Gershwin) Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional concerto than the earlier jazz-influenced Rhapsody in Blue... " |
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... |
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| 1977 | Lori Smith | Fort Worth | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | 20 | Vocal "Moanin' Low" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1976 | Carmen McCollum | Odessa | Miss West Texas | 19 | Saxophone Medley "Wabash Cannonball Wabash Cannonball "The Wabash Cannonball" is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled "" and credited to J. A. Roff... " "Yakety Sax Yakety Sax "Yakety Sax" is a piece of music written by James Q. "Spider" Rich and popularized by saxophonist Boots Randolph.The composition includes pieces of assorted fiddle tunes such as "Chicken Reel", and was written for a performance at a venue called The Armory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky... " & "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame |
2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1975 | Mary Ellen Richardson | Waco Waco, Texas Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region.... |
Miss Waco | 20 | Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust Faust (opera) Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1974 | Phyllis Barger | Miss Houston | Ballet en Pointe | Assumed title after Shirley Cothran won Miss America title. | ||||
| Shirley Cothran Shirley Cothran Shirley Cothran was the 1975 winner of the Miss America pageant. She graduated from DentonHigh School in 1970 and was the second Miss America winner from that school in 4 years as Phyllis George wore the crown before her in 1971. Cothran used the scholarship money from the contest to get her Ph.D.... |
Fort Worth | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | 21 | Flute Medley "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1973 | Judy Mallett | Beaumont Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the... |
Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Fiddle "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; performed in halftime show of Super Bowl VIII Super Bowl VIII Super Bowl VIII was a professional American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium. in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 1973 regular season. The American Football Conference champion Miami Dolphins defeated the National Football... |
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| 1972 | Mae Beth Cormany | Wichita Falls Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,... |
Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Vocal "Misty Misty (song) "Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in 1959... " & "Come Rain or Come Shine" |
3rd runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1971 | Janice Bain | San Antonio San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,... |
Miss White Settlement | 21 | 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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| 1970 | Belinda Myrick | Odessa | Miss West Texas | Country Vocal | Assumed title after Phyllis George won Miss America title. Toured with Miss America USO Troupe. | |||
| Phyllis George Phyllis George Phyllis Ann George Brown is an American businesswoman, actress and a former sportscaster. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971.- Early life :... |
Denton Denton, Texas The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex... |
Miss Dallas | 21 | Piano Medley "Promises, Promises Promises, Promises Promises, Promises is a musical based on the 1960 film The Apartment. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers for the original Broadway production were choreographed by Michael Bennett; Robert Moore directed and David Merrick produced... " & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is B. J. Thomas's #1 song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. It was recorded in seven takes, after... " |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of NFL Today on CBS (1975–77; 1980–83) | |
| 1969 | Dana Dowell | White Oak White Oak, Texas White Oak is a city in Gregg County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,469 at the 2010 census.-Geography:White Oak is located at .... |
Miss Longview | 19 | Trap Drum Solo "Caravan" | |||
| 1968 | Glenda Propes | Miss Rusk County | Vocal and Dance (Broadway) | Assumed title after Diane Hugghins resigned. | ||||
| Diane Hugghins | Tyler Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau... |
Miss Nacogdoches | 20 | Jazz Dance "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie | Resigned after competing at Miss America. | |||
| 1967 | Molly Grubb | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 20 | Ballet en Pointe "La Périchole La Périchole La Périchole is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French-language libretto based on the 1829 one act play Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived on 13 March 1850 at the Théâtre-Français... " |
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| 1966 | Susan Logan | San Angelo San Angelo, Texas San Angelo is a city in the state of Texas. Located in West Central Texas it is the county seat of Tom Green County. As of 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total population of 93,200... |
Miss Lubbock | 19 | Dramatic Monologue from Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind (film) Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1965 | Mary Lou Butler | Irving Irving, Texas Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated... |
Miss Nacogdoches | 19 | Vocal | |||
| 1964 | Lenda Varley | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 19 | Vocal | Did not compete at Miss America, assumed title after Sharon McCauley resigned. | ||
| Sharon McCauley | Athens Athens, Texas Athens is a city in Henderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,710. It is the county seat of Henderson County. According to the Texas Legislature, Athens is the "Original Home of the Hamburger"... |
Miss Athens | 20 | Vocal "Let Me Entertain You" from Gypsy: A Musical Fable Gypsy: A Musical Fable Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, and focuses on her mother, Rose, whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business... |
3rd runner-up | Resigned to marry state director. | ||
| 1963 | Jeanne Amacker | Beaumont Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the... |
Miss Austin | 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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| 1962 | Penny Lee Rudd | Waskom Waskom, Texas Waskom is a city in Harrison County, Texas, United States. It lies about east of the county seat, Marshall, on U.S. Route 80. To the east is Shreveport, Louisiana... |
Miss Marshall | 19 | Jazz Dance "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Quizás, Quizás, Quizás "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" , is a popular song by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farres. Farrés wrote the original Spanish lyrics, as well as composing the 1947 hit... " |
2nd runner-up | ||
| 1961 | Linda Loftis | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 19 | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La traviata La traviata La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman... |
3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1960 | Mary Cage Moore | Laredo Laredo, Texas Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,... |
Miss Dallas | 18 | Spanish Dance to music by Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish Andalusian composer of classical music. With Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina he is one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century.... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1959 | Marilyn Turner | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | 19 | Ballet en Pointe | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1958 | Mary Nell Hendricks | Arlington | Miss Arlington | Vocal "Getting to Know You Getting to Know You (song) "Getting to Know You" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. It was first sung by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production and later by Marni Nixon who dubbed for Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film adaptation... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Competed in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
| 1957 | Carolyn Calvert | Austin | Miss Austin | Dance | Competed in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1956 | Barbara Murry | Houston | Miss Houston | Vocal | Also competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1955 | June Prichard | Seymour Seymour, Texas Seymour is a city in and the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,740 as of the 2010 Census.-Geography:Seymour is located at .... |
Miss West Texas | Horseback riding and rodeo events | 1st runner-up in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1954 | Yvonne Erwin | Dallas | Miss Dallas | Piano & Speech about Interior Design and Art | ||||
| 1953 | Paula Lane Paula Lane Paula Lane is an English actress, perhaps best known for her work as Kylie Turner in Coronation Street. In 2010 Lane was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2011 National Television Awards . She has also gained other nominations for her portrayal of Kylie.-Career:Lane made her professional debut in... |
Cleburne Cleburne, Texas Cleburne is a city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. According to 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 29,050. It is the county seat of Johnson County. Cleburne is named for a Confederate General, Patrick Cleburne... |
Miss Cleburne | Fashion design & Speech | ||||
| 1952 | Connie Hopping | Littlefield Littlefield, Texas Littlefield is a city in and the county seat of Lamb County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,507 at the 2000 census. It is located in a significant cotton growing region, northwest of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado just south of the beginning of the Texas Panhandle... |
Miss Littlefield | Vocal | ||||
| 1951 | Glenda Holcomb | Odessa | Miss West Texas | Dramatic Monologue | ||||
| 1950 | Margaret Sommers | Dallas | Miss Dallas | Classical Vocal "Jealousy" | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1949 | Ysleta Leissner | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | Ballet en Pointe | ||||
| 1948 | Bonnie Jean Bland | Orange Orange, Texas Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, and is the easternmost city in Texas. Located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, it is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur... |
Miss Orange | Vocal | ||||
| 1947 | Luna McClain | Lufkin | Miss Lufkin | Vocal "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Smoke Gets in Your Eyes "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 operetta Roberta. It was originally recorded by Gertrude Niesen, on 13 October 1933 on the Victor label 24454. It was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1935 film adaptation,... " & "Cowboy Boogie" |
Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1946 | D. Anne Wisener | University Park University Park, Texas University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, and a inner suburb of Dallas. The population was 23,324 at the 2000 census. The city is home to Southern Methodist University. Like its neighbor, Highland Park, it is a city partially surrounded by the municipality of Dallas... |
Miss University Park | Vocal "Embraceable You Embraceable You "Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. where it was performed by... " |
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| 1945 | Polly Below | Galveston Galveston, Texas Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of... |
Miss Galveston | Vocal | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1944 | Joyce Courrege | Orange | Miss Orange | Comedy Monologue | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison Jo-Carroll Dennison Jo-Carroll Dennison was a beauty queen and actress originally from Tyler, Texas.Dennison, a self-supported student at the Federal Institute in Tyler, Texas was lured into competing in the Miss Tyler pageant by the offer of a free swimsuit from Swartz Department Store... |
Tyler | Miss Tyler | 19 | Vocal and Dance "Deep in the Heart of Texas Deep in the Heart of Texas "Deep in the Heart of Texas" is an American popular song elaborating on the merits of the state of Texas.The 1941 song features lyrics by June Hershey and music by Don Swander. The song was recorded by Perry Como with Ted Weems and His Orchestra on December 9 of that year for Decca Records in Los... " |
Winner | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1940/41 | Gloria Ann Byrns Evans | Port Arthur Port Arthur, Texas -Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile... |
Miss Port Arthur | Tap Dance & Baton Twirling | withdrew due to illness in 1940, returned to represent Texas in 1941 | |||
| 1939 | Charmayne Smith Charmayne Smith Charmayne Smith King is a former Miss Dallas, Miss Texas and in 1939 a semi-finalist in Miss America.She became interested in Dramatic acting at five years old, by the age of 10 she was modeling professionally. After placing as a semi-finalist in the Miss America contest she went to work for MGM... |
Dallas | Miss Dallas | Vocal "Round-Up Time in Texas Round-Up Time in Texas - Cast :*Gene Autry as Gene Autry*Smiley Burnette as Frog*Maxine Doyle as Gwen Barkley*The Cabin Kids as Chief Bosuto's Children*Champion as Gene's Horse*LeRoy Mason as John Cardigan*Earle Hodgins as Barkey McCusky*Dick Wessel as Henchman Craig Johnson... " |
Semi-finalist | |||
| 1937 | Alice Emerick | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | Tap Dance | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1936 | Patricia Allen Green | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the... |
Miss Corpus Christi | Semi-finalist | *Competed at Miss America as Miss Corpus Christi | |||
| 1927 | No Miss Texas | Moselle Ransome competed as Miss Dallas and placed as 1st runner-up. Juanita Gilbert competed as Miss Fort Worth in the pageant. | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Texas | Rosebud Blondell Joan Blondell Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career... competed as Miss Dallas and was a Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Texas were Winnie Law, Miss Fort Worth and Zasada Lord, Miss Houston. |
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| 1925 | No Miss Texas | representing Texas were: Elinore Wilkens, Miss Dallas; Mary Louise Kilman, Miss Fort Worth and Edna Francis, Miss Houston | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Texas | representing Texas were: Vera Simpson, Miss Austin; Freeda Rowley, Miss Beaumont; Etta Mae Collins, Miss Dallas; Hazel Doolin, Miss Fort Worth; Lorraine Holzhaus, Miss Galveston; Mary C. Wilmot, Miss Houston; Katherine Hensley, Miss San Antonio and Thelma Kirsch, Miss Texas City. There was also a Miss Irvington who competed but whose name is not known. | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss Texas | representing Texas were: Ruth Elizabeth Brand, Miss Dallas; Bessie Laurene Roosa, Miss Fort Worth; Gladys M. Webber, Miss Houston and Katherine Hensley, Miss San Antonio |
In popular culture
In the long-running television show DallasDallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, the character Sue Ellen Ewing
Sue Ellen Ewing
Sue Ellen Ewing is a character on the popular American television series Dallas, played by Linda Gray from 1978 to 1989. Sue Ellen was the long-suffering two-time wife of the nefarious J. R. Ewing....
had purportedly won the title of Miss Texas in 1967, long before the events of the show took place (1978–91). She had entered the pageant as Miss Dallas.
In the band Bowling for Soup, the song Almost features the line, "I almost dropped out of school at fourteen where I almost made out with the Homecoming Queen, who almost went on to be Miss Texas, but lost to a slut with much bigger breasts."