Miss Alaska

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Alaska USA.

The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter the Miss Alaska pageant without first having to win a local qualifying pageant. Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America 2022 on December 16, 2021. She is the first woman from Alaska to win the title, and only the third woman from Alaska to place at Miss America.^[1]

Miss Alaska

Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Anchorage
Location	Alaska
Membership	Miss America
Official language	English
Website	Official website[usurped]

Jordan Naylor of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska 2024 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage, Alaska on June 6, 2024. She will represent Alaska and compete for Miss America 2025.

Gallery of past titleholders

• 
  Helmar Liederman, Miss Alaska 1922 and 1923
• 
  Emma Broyles,
  Miss Alaska 2021 and Miss America 2022

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Alaska titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

• Miss America: Emma Broyles (2022)
• Top 10: Joslyn Tinker (1999)
• Top 15: Angelina Klapperich (2018)

Awards

Preliminary awards

• Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness: Joslyn Tinker (1999)
• Preliminary Social Impact Pitch: Emma Broyles (2022)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Talent: Karol Hommon (1965), Kathy Tebow (1977), Maryline Blackburn (1985), Rebecca Nyboer (1994), Audrey Solomon (2001)

Other awards

• Miss Congeniality: Angelina Klapperich (2018)
• Bert Parks Talent Award: Audrey Solomon (2001)
• Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Joslyn Tinker (1999), Eugenia Primis (2002), Stephany Jeffers (2008), Malie Delgado (2015), Emma Broyles (2021)
• Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship: Beth Gustafson (1992)
• Special Judge's Award: Virginia Walker (1971), Linda Smith (1972)
• Women in STEM Finalists: Jessica Reisinger (2023)

Winners

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as a runner-up
•   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2025	Suparat Prasannet		27	Miss Lake Hood	Piano/Vocal	TBA	TBA
2024	Jordan Naylor	Anchorage	26	Miss Cook Inlet				Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012 Previously Miss Alaska USA 2023
2023	Hannah Utic		22	Miss Anchorage	Piano/Vocal
2022	Jessica Reisinger		23		Acrobatic Dance		Women in STEM Finalist	Doctoral Student at the University of Washington
2021	Elle Adkins	Eagle River	22	Miss Girdwood	Acrobatic Dance	Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Broyles won Miss America 2022
								Second Runner Up at Miss Alaska 2019 Daughter of Holly Salo Adkins, Miss Alaska 1990 Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2015
	Emma Broyles[2]	Anchorage	19		Vocal, "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone	Miss America 2022	Preliminary Social Impact Pitch Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship	Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2017[3] Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Alaska 2019.
2019–20[a]	Maile Johnston[5]	Eagle River	19	Miss Anchorage	Dance
2018	Courtney Schuman[6]	Anchorage	24	-	Original Speech			Later Miss Alaska USA 2022
2017	Angelina Klapperich[7][8]	Wasilla	23	Miss Anchorage	Piano, "Bumble Boogie"	Top 15[9]	Miss Congeniality[9][10]	Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2010[11] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 pageant[12]
2016	Kendall Bautista[13]	Eagle River	23	Miss Cook Inlet	Piano, "Tarantelle" by Frédéric Chopin			Previously Miss Alaska USA 2014[14][15]
2015	Zoey Grenier[16]	Anchorage	19		Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant[17]
2014	Malie Delgado[18]		19		Vocal, "Mercy on Me" by Christina Aguilera		Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship[19]	Contestant on The Price is Right and The X Factor[citation needed]
2013	Michelle Taylor[20]		20		Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" & "Maple Leaf Rag"
2012	Debbe Ebben[citation needed]	Eagle River	23	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River[21]	Piano, "Requiem for a Dream"			Known for shaving her head for charity 3 months before winning Miss Alaska title[22][23][24][25][26]
2011	Katy Lovegreen[27]	Anchorage	21	Miss Forget-me-not	Irish Dance			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed]
2010	Abby Hancock[28]		23	Miss Anchorage	Piano, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
2009	Sydnee Waggoner[29]		23		Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
2008	Stephany Jeffers[30]	Chugiak	23	Miss Birchwood	Vocal		Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship
2007	Cari Makanani Villareal Leyva[31]	Anchorage	23		Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen			Previously Miss Alaska USA 2004[32]
2006	Stephanie Wonchala[33]	Eagle River	21	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River	Piano, "Ballade pour Adeline"
2005	Rebecca Hayes	Anchorage	24	Miss Anchorage	Ballet en Pointe, "Take Five"
2004	Christina Reasner	Sterling	22		Vocal, "This Is the Moment"
2003	Blair Chenoweth	Anchorage	21		Ballet en Pointe, "All That Jazz"			Later Miss Alaska USA 2007[15]
2002	Peggy Willman		23	Miss North Star	Alaskan Native Dance
2001	Eugenia Primis	Eagle River	20	Miss South Central	Classical Cello, "Allegro Appassionata"		Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship
2000	Audrey Solomon	Anchorage	21	Miss University Center	Classical Violin, "Csárdás"		Bert Parks Talent Award Non-finalist Talent Award
1999	Shannon Kelly	Palmer	21	Miss South Central	Flute, "Carnival of Venice"
1998	Joslyn Tinker[34]	Soldotna	22	Miss Alyeska	Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus	Top 10[34]	Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1997	Michelle Titus	Fairbanks	19		Vocal, "There Is a Savior"
1996	Christine Buschur	Eagle River	21	Miss Cook Inlet	Vocal Medley, "Another Op'nin, Another Show" & "I've Got Rhythm"
1995	Stacey Storey		17	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River	Lyrical Dance, "The Letting Go"			Later Miss Alaska USA 2003[citation needed][15]
1994	Patricia Marlow		24	Miss Anchorage	Vocal, "If We Were In Love"
1993	Rebecca Nyboer	Anchorage	22	Miss Alyeska	Classical Piano, "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1992	Keri Baumgardner	Eagle River	25	Miss Anchorage	Vocal, "Come Rain or Come Shine"
1991	Beth Gustafson	Palmer	20	Miss Denali	Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue"		Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship
1990	Holly Salo	Kenai	24	Miss Mat-Su Valley	Vocal, "More" from Dick Tracy			Mother of Miss Alaska 2021 and Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2015, Elle Adkins[35]
1989	Christine McCubbins		25	Miss Denali	Vocal
1988	Launa Middaugh	Wasilla	19	Miss South Central	Piano Solo
1987	Teresa Murton	Anchorage	25	Miss Anchorage	Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1986	Jerri Morrison		22	Miss Northern Lights	Tap Dance
1985	Kristina Christopher-Taylor	Palmer	20	Miss Talkeetna	Comedy Monologue
1984	Maryline Blackburn	Anchorage	23	Miss South Central	Vocal, "I Am What I Am"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1983	Jennifer Smith	Soldotna	19	Miss Soldotna	Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot!" from Victor Victoria
1982	Kristan Sapp	Wasilla	20	Miss South Central	Sac-Jazz Dance
1981	Laura Trollan	Juneau	19	Miss Juneau	Ballet / Jazz Dance, "Most Wanted"
1980	Sandra Lashbrook	Eagle River	21	Miss Chugiak-Eagle River	Guitar & Vocal, "Snowbird"
1979	Lila Oberg	Palmer	19	Miss Willow Area	Vocal, "For Once in My Life"
1978	Patty-Jo Gentry	Valdez	22	Miss Fairbanks	Dramatic Monologue, "Marie Antoinette"
1977	Lisa Granath	Kenai	18	Miss Greater Kenai	Modern Ballet, "A Spoonful of Sugar" & "Every Day's a Holiday"
1976	Kathy Tebow	Anchorage	19	Miss Anchorage	Violin Solo, "Méditation"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1975	Cindy Suryan	Kodiak	20	Miss Kodiak	Popular Vocal & Guitar, "For Baby"
1974	Darby Moore	Kenai	20	Miss Kenai	Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"			Assumed title when Tomicek resigned[citation needed]
	Vicki Tomicek					N/A		Was crowned Miss Alaska 1974 but withdrew for personal reasons[citation needed]
1973	Virginia Adams	Anchorage	21	Miss Anchorage	Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song"
1972	Deborah Wood					N/A		Placed 1st runner-up at Miss Alaska and replaced Linda Hogue[citation needed]
	Linda Hogue	Kodiak	18	Miss Kodiak	Modern Dance, "Charlie Chaplin Pantomime"		Neat as a Pin Award
1971	Linda Smith	Anchorage	19	Miss Elmendorf Air Force Base	Dramatic Interpretation, "The Seagull"		Special Judge's Award
1970	Virginia Walker	Kotzebue	19	Miss Kotzebue/Arctic Circle	Original Poem, "My Wonderland"		Special Judge's Award Neat as a Pin Award	First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle[citation needed]
1969	Gwenn Gregg	Anchorage	18	Miss Northern Lights	Art & Poetry Interpretation, "The Wonder of Color"
1968	Jane Haycraft	Fairbanks	18	Miss Greater Fairbanks Area	Popular Vocal, "Walking Happy"
1967	Penny Thomasson	Spenard	19	Miss Big Lake	Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska"
1966	Nancy Lorell Wellman	Fairbanks	21	Miss Greater Fairbanks Area	Popular Vocal
1965	Mary Ruth Nidiffer	Anchorage	21	Miss Alaska Methodist University	Popular Vocal, "Typically English"
1964	Karol Hommon		20		Acrobatic & Modern Jazz Dance		Non-finalist Talent Award	Died in October 1965, after falling from Mount Sugarloaf (Massachusetts)[36]
1963	Colleen Kendall			Miss Alaska State Fair	Popular Vocal
1962	Mary Dee Fox		18	Miss Greater Anchorage	Original Modern Skit
1961	Jean Ann Holm	Fairbanks	19	Miss Fairbanks	Monologue combined with Modeling
1960	June Bowdish	Anchorage	22		Dramatic Monologue from "St. Joan"
1959	Alansa Carr	Ketchikan	20		Dramatic Reading
1958	Stuart Johnson[37]	Douglas City	19		Piano, "Alaska's Flag"			First Miss Alaska[38]
1951–1957	No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant
1950	Maxine Cothern	Fairbanks			Speech, "Alaska"
1935–1949	No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant[39]
1934	No national pageant was held[40]
1933	No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant[41]
1932	No national pageants were held[40]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1924–1927	No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant[42][43][44][45]
1923	Helmar Liederman[46]	New York City	24		N/A[47]	N/A[46]		Disqualified from Miss America 1923 pageant because she was married (despite there being no eligibility rules against this)[46][48]
1922	Helmar Liederman[49]		23
1921	No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant[50]

Notes

1. Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]