Miss Kansas
The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Amanda Sasek | Moberly | 23 | Miss Greater Wichita | Vocal "I Don't Know My Own Strength" | |||
| 2013 | Theresa Vail | Manhattan | 22 | Miss Leavenworth County | Vocal, "Nessun Dorma" | Top 10 | America's Choice winner at the Miss America 2014; She is the first Miss America contestant to display tattoos in the swimsuit competition (the insignia of the United States Army Dental Command on her left shoulder and one of the Serenity Prayer along the right side of her torso).[1][2] | |
| 2012 | Sloane Lewis | Norwich | 22 | Miss Wooded Hills | Self-arranged Piano Medley "River Storm" | won preliminary swimsuit award, interview award, evening gown award, outstanding instrumentalist | ||
| 2011 | Carissa Kelley[3] | Winfield | 24 | Miss Wooded Hills | Dance "Rolling in the Deep" | Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2010 | Lauren Werhan | Wichita | 20 | Miss Southwest | Ballet en Pointe "Asturias" | Won preliminary talent and interview award. | ||
| 2009 | Becki Ronen | Buhler | 21 | Miss Flint Hills | Classical Trumpet Solo "Stars in a Velvety Sky" | |||
| 2008 | Emily Deaver | Augusta | 19 | Miss Augusta | Piano / Vocal "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" | Won all 3 preliminary competitions during Miss Kansas competition | ||
| 2007 | Alyssa George | Minneapolis | 22 | Miss Sedgwick County | Classical Piano Solo | |||
| 2006 | Michelle Walthers | Towanda | 21 | Miss Augusta | Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | |||
| 2005 | Adrienne Rosel | Liberal | 23 | Miss Wichita | Theatrical Vocal / Dance "America" from West Side Story | |||
| 2004 | Megan Bushell | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wheat Capital | Vocal "When You Say You Love Me" | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2003 | Angelea Busby | Lenexa | 21 | Miss Cheney Lake | Interpretive Baton Twirling / Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Jeanne Anne Schroeder | Hutchinson | 24 | Miss Chisholm Trail | Classical Vocal "Time To Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2001 | Kimberlee Grice | Ulysses | 23 | Miss Kaw Valley | Vocal "At Last" | Eleanor "Big Mama" Andrews Performing Arts Award winner | ||
| 2000 | Amy Lea Shaw | Derby | 22 | Miss Arkansas Valley | Classical Piano "Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5" | |||
| 1999 | Leah Darby | Derby | 21 | Miss Derby | Vocal "I Dreamed a Dream" | |||
| 1998 | Jennifer Vannatta | Leawood | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria | 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1999; Current co-director of the Miss Arkansas USA, Miss Arkansas Teen USA, Miss Kansas USA, Miss Kansas Teen USA, Miss Missouri USA, Miss Missouri Teen USA, Miss Nebraska USA, Miss Nebraska Teen USA, Miss Oklahoma USA, and Miss Oklahoma Teen USA pageants under her married name, Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher[4] | ||
| 1997 | Lesley Moss | Hoxie | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It" | |||
| 1996 | Jennifer Parks | assumed title when Tara Holland became Miss America | ||||||
| Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park | 23 | Miss Flint Hills | Classical Vocal "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award | former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1995 as Miss Florida | |
| 1995 | Amy Keller | Great Bend | 24 | Miss Heartland | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1994 | Trisha Schaffer | Liberal | 22 | Miss Southwest | Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously was Kansas' Junior Miss 1990 |
| 1993 | Lori Minnix | Lawrence | 24 | Miss KU/Lawrence | Classical Piano "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor" | |||
| 1992 | Pamela McKelvy | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Popular Vocal "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1991 | Robbin Lee Wasson | Lenexa | 21 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal Medley "How Long Has This Been Going On?" & "It's a Miracle" | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1990 | Kimberly Dugger | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wichita | Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Jennifer Lyn Hedrick | Derby | 22 | Miss Fort Scott | Flute Solo | |||
| 1988 | Candice Cae Pyle | Dodge City | 20 | Miss Dodge City | Vocal "Blue Moon" | |||
| 1987 | Sherri Lee Mayer | Brewster | 26 | Miss Harvey County | Dramatic Interpretation "Clear Glass Marbles" from Talking With... | |||
| 1986 | Heather Lynn Clark | Benton | 23 | Miss Wichita | Vocal & Sign Language "I'll Never Say Goodbye" | |||
| 1985 | Carolyn Jo Kirgis | Salina | 25 | Miss Blue Stem | Vocal "Our Love Is Here to Stay" | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Lee Cobb | Wichita | 20 | Miss Lawrence | Piano / Vocal "I Love New Orleans Music" | |||
| 1983 | Laura Lynn Watters | Colby | 22 | Miss Emporia State University | Trumpet Medley "Sugar Blues" & "Wood Chopper's Ball" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Lisa Marie Berwick | Valley Center | 21 | Miss Wheatland | Vocal "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Holmstrom | Wichita | 20 | Miss Wichita | Vocal Medley "My Man" & "Happy Days Are Here Again" | |||
| 1980 | K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | 21 | Miss Center City | Piano / Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain" | |||
| 1979 | Michelle Elaine Whitson | Mission | 21 | Miss Topeka | Harp Solo "Never on Sunday" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1978 | Lori Ann Bergen | Salina | 20 | Miss Salina | Violin Solo "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Dean, College of Communication, Marquette University |
| 1977 | Jill Dirks | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wichita | Vocal "Open Your Heart" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Linda Hall | Hill City | 21 | Miss Frontier | Piano Solo "Theme from The Apartment" | *wife of former US Senator Tom Daschle | ||
| 1975 | Jana Lynn Salmans | Hanston | 20 | Miss Colby Community College | Vocal "Follow Me" | |||
| 1974 | Karen Dianne Smith | Shawnee | 18 | Miss Shawnee | Jazz / Acrobatic Dance "The Entertainer" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Jane Schulte | Hays | 21 | Miss Fort Hays State College | Vocal Medley "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" & "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | |||
| 1972 | Cindy Lee Sikes | Coffeyville | 18 | Miss Wichita | Vocal "Fame" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | starred as Dr. Annie Canavero on St. Elsewhere; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 | Sandy Rings | Topeka | 20 | Miss Topeka | Vocal / Ventriloquism "Toyland" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Linda Susan Edds | Manhattan | 21 | Miss Manhattan | Popular Vocal "The Windmills of Your Mind" | |||
| 1969 | Margo Sue Schroeder | Hillsboro | 18 | Miss Marion County Fair | Piano Solo "Sunny" | |||
| 1968 | Jane Kathryn Bair | Parsons | 18 | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | Ballet Interpretation "My Friend the Sea" | |||
| 1967 | Kandee Kae Kline | assumed the title when Debra Barnes became Miss America | ||||||
| Debra Dene Barnes | Moran | 20 | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | Piano Solo "Born Free" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1966 | Betty Louise Fox | Emporia | 20 | Miss Emporia | Popular Vocal Medley, "A Foggy Day" & "The Girl from Ipanema" | |||
| 1965 | Mimi Frink | assumed the title when Deborah Bryant became Miss America | ||||||
| Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park | 19 | Miss Overland Park | Dramatic Interpretation "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" | Winner | Preliminary Swimuit Award | semifinalist in Miss World USA 1963, Semi-Finalist in the 1961 Miss Teenage America Pageant and competed in the 1962 Miss Teenage America Pageant | |
| 1964 | Sharon Margene Savage | Florence | 20 | Miss Marion County Fair | Vocal, "Johnny One Note" & "Ritorna Vincitor" from Aida | During her reign as "Miss Kansas" killed in auto accident near Peabody, Kansas | ||
| 1963 | Karen Raye Schwartz | Pratt | Miss Wichita | Classical Vocal, "Voi la Sapete" from Cavalleria rusticana | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured Performer for the 1964 Miss America Pageant telecast | ||
| 1962 | Beverly June Wood | Prairie Village | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Charleston Dance | |||
| 1961 | Carolyn Jane Parkinson | Scott City | 20 | Miss Lawrence | Musical Reading "Hello Kansas" | |||
| 1960 | Gayla Leigh Shoemake | El Dorado | 19 | Miss El Dorado | Original Dramatic Interpretation "Rude Awakening" | Miss Kansas State University, 1959 | ||
| 1959 | Sharon O'Neal | Kansas City | 18 | Dramatic Interpretation | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Sharon Whitacre | Mission | Accordion Solo "3rd Movement of Concerto in A" by Pietro Deiro | |||||
| 1957 | Georgiana Rundel | Axtell | Vocal, "Habanera" & "Getting to Know You" | |||||
| 1956 | Mary Ann McGrew | Wellington | Dramatic Reading "Understanding Others" | 3rd runner-up | tied w/Miss Ariz | |||
| 1955 | Gail White | Arkansas City | Piano | |||||
| 1954 | Phyllis Danielson | Wichita | Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Joann Milnar | Hutchinson | Water Ballet | |||||
| 1952 | Kay Ann Goforth | McPherson | Vocal / Dance | |||||
| 1950 | Anabel Baker | Wichita | Drama "Lady Macbeth" | |||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hargiss | Topeka | Vocal "Cecilia On a See-Saw" | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1948 | Vera J. Ralston | Wichita | 18 | Miss Wichita | Oratory | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1947 | Ruth Ellen Richmond | Fort Scott | Miss Pittsburg | Vocal "My Wonderful One" | ||||
| 1946 | Joyce Blakemore | Liberal | ||||||
| 1944 | Grace Louise Pittman | Wichita | ||||||
| 1939 | Rosemary Winslow | Salina | ||||||
| 1938 | Blanche Webb | Humboldt | ||||||
| 1937 | Lucia Benton | Norton | Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1933 | Pauline Sayre | 23 | ||||||
| 1927 | No Miss Kansas | Mildred Orr competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Kansas | Ruth Richardson competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Kansas | Wildeana Withers competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Kansas | Donna Frye competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant |
References
- ^ Tattooed Kan. Guard sergeant is Miss America contestant
- ^ Miss Kansas Bares Her Tattoos
- ^ "Pageant newcomer earns Miss Kansas title". Pratt Tribune. June 11, 2011.
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved July 10, 2010.
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