Miss America
Miss America er en amerikansk skjønnhetskonkurranse som har blitt arrangert årlig siden 1921. Konkurransen gjelder for de 50 amerikanske delstatene, i tillegg til Washington, DC, Puerto Rico og De amerikanske Jomfruøyer. Vinneren får tittelen Miss America for ett år.
Konkurransen ble arrangert i Atlantic City frem til 2006 da den ble flyttet til Las Vegas.
Vinnere
Årstall | Miss America | Delstat |
1921 | Margaret Gorman | Washington, DC |
1922-23 | Mary Campbell | Ohio |
1924 | Ruth Malcomson | Pennsylvania |
1925 | Fay Lanphier | California |
1926 | Norma Smallwood | Oklahoma |
1927 | Lois Delaner | Illinois |
1933 | Marian Bergeron | Connecticut |
1935 | Henrietta Leaver | Pennsylvania |
1936 | Rose Coyle | Pennsylvania |
1937 | Bette Cooper | New Jersey |
1938 | Marilyn Meseke | Ohio |
1939 | Patricia Donnelly | Michigan |
1940 | Frances Marie Burke | Pennsylvania |
1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | California |
1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Texas |
1943 | Jean Bartel | California |
1944 | Venus Ramey | Washington, DC |
1945 | Bess Myerson | New York |
1946 | Marilyn Buferd | California |
1947 | Barbara Walker | Tennessee |
1948 | BeBe Shopp | Minnesota |
1949 | Jacque Mercer | Arizona |
1951 | Yolande Betbeze | Alabama |
1952 | Coleen Kay Hutchins | Utah |
1953 | Neva Jane Langley | Georgia |
1954 | Evelyn Margaret Ay | Pennsylvania |
1955 | Lee Meriwether | California |
1956 | Sharon Ritchie | Colorado |
1957 | Marian McKnight | Sør-Carolina |
1958 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Colorado |
1959 | Mary Ann Mobley | Mississippi |
1960 | Lynda Lee Mead | Mississippi |
1961 | Nancy Fleming | Michigan |
1962 | Maria Fletcher | Nord-Carolina |
1963 | Jacquelyn Mayer | Ohio |
1964 | Donna Axum | Arkansas |
1965 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Arizona |
1966 | Deborah Irene Bryant | Kansas |
1967 | Jane Anne Jayroe | Oklahoma |
1968 | Debra Dene Barnes | Kansas |
1969 | Judith Anne Ford | Illinois |
1970 | Pamela Anne Eldred | Michigan |
1971 | Phyllis George | Texas |
1972 | Laurie Lea Schaefer | Ohio |
1973 | Terry Anne Meeuwsen | Wisconsin |
1974 | Rebecca Ann King | Colorado |
1975 | Shirley Cothran | Texas |
1976 | Tawny Elaine Godin | New York |
1977 | Dorothy Kathleen Benham | Minnesota |
1978 | Susan Perkins | Ohio |
1979 | Kylene Barker | Virginia |
1980 | Cheryl Prewitt | Mississippi |
1981 | Susan Powell | Oklahoma |
1982 | Elizabeth Ward | Arkansas |
1983 | Debra Maffett | California |
1984 | Vanessa L. Williams | New York |
1984 | Suzette Charles | New Jersey |
1985 | Sharlene Wells Hawkes | Utah |
1986 | Susan Akin | Mississippi |
1987 | Kellye Cash | Tennessee |
1988 | Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Michigan |
1989 | Gretchen Carlson | Minnesota |
1990 | Debbye Turner | Missouri |
1991 | Marjorie Vincent | Illinois |
1992 | Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Hawaii |
1993 | Leanza Cornett | Florida |
1994 | Kimberly Clarice Aiken | Sør-Carolina |
1995 | Heather Whitestone | Alabama |
1996 | Shawntel Smith | Oklahoma |
1997 | Tara Dawn Holland | Kansas |
1998 | Katherine Shindle | Illinois |
1999 | Nicole Johnson Baker | Virginia |
2000 | Heather French | Kentucky |
2001 | Angela Perez Baraquio | Hawaii |
2002 | Katie Harman | Oregon |
2003 | Erika Harold | Illinois |
2004 | Ericka Dunlap | Florida |
2005 | Deidre Downs | Alabama |
2006 | Jennifer Berry | Oklahoma |
2007 | Lauren Nelson | Oklahoma |
2008 | Kirsten Haglund | Michigan |
2009 | Katie Stam | Indiana |
Eksterne lenker
- (en) Offisielt nettsted
- (en) Miss America – kategori av bilder, video eller lyd på Commons
- (en) Miss America – galleri av bilder, video eller lyd på Commons
- Photo Essay: America's Pageant Arkivert 1. mai 2009 hos Wayback Machine. hos Time