Year |
Crowned |
Winner |
State/District |
City |
Age [2] |
Awards |
Talent |
Notes |
1921 |
Sept. 8, 1921 |
Margaret Gorman[3] |
District of Columbia |
Washington |
16 |
Inter-City Beauty, Amateur |
|
Earned title of "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" (pageant renamed "Miss America" in 1922) |
1922 |
Sept. 7, 1922 |
Mary Katherine Campbell[4][5] |
Ohio |
Columbus |
16 |
|
|
Only person to win twice; also was 1st runner-up at the 1924 pageant |
1923 |
Sept. 7, 1923 |
17 |
|
|
1924 |
Sept. 6, 1924 |
Ruth Malcomson[6] |
Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
18 |
|
|
|
1925 |
Sept. 11, 1925 |
Fay Lanphier[7] |
California |
Oakland |
19 |
|
|
|
1926 |
Sept. 10, 1926 |
Norma Smallwood[8] |
Oklahoma |
Tulsa |
18 |
Bather's Revue Winner
Evening Gown Award |
|
|
1927 |
Sept. 9, 1927 |
Lois Delander[9] |
Illinois |
Joliet |
17 |
|
|
|
1928 |
No national pageants were held [10] |
1929 |
1930 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
Sept. 9, 1933 |
Marian Bergeron[11] |
Connecticut |
West Haven |
15 |
|
|
Youngest winner in history at the age of 15½
Held title for two years since no competition was held in 1934 |
1934 |
No national pageant was held[10] |
1935 |
Sept. 7, 1935 |
Henrietta Leaver[12] |
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh |
17 |
|
Vocal / Tap dance, "Living In a Great Big Way" |
|
1936 |
Sept. 12, 1936 |
Rose Coyle[13] |
Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal / Tap dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" |
|
1937 |
Sept. 11, 1937 |
Bette Cooper[14] |
New Jersey |
Bertrand Island |
17 |
Evening Gown Award |
Vocal, "When the Poppies Bloom Again" |
|
1938 |
Sept. 10, 1938 |
Marilyn Meseke |
Ohio |
Marion |
21 |
|
Tap dance, "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" |
Held the title of Miss Ohio twice (1931 & 1938) |
1939 |
Sept. 9, 1939 |
Patricia Donnelly[15] |
Michigan |
Detroit |
19 |
|
Vocal / Bass Fiddle, "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose" |
|
1940 |
Sept. 7, 1940 |
Frances Marie Burke |
Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal / Dance, "I Can't Love You Anymore" |
|
1941 |
Sept. 6, 1941 |
Rosemary LaPlanche |
California |
Los Angeles |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Dance |
Also placed 1st runner-up at Miss America 1940 pageant |
1942 |
Sept. 12, 1942 |
Jo-Carroll Dennison |
Texas |
Tyler |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal / Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" |
|
1943 |
Sept. 11, 1943 |
Jean Bartel |
California |
Los Angeles |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal, "Night and Day" |
|
1944 |
Sept. 9, 1944 |
Venus Ramey |
District of Columbia |
Washington |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal / Dance, "Take It Easy" |
|
1945 |
Sept. 8, 1945 |
Bess Myerson |
New York |
New York City |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Piano & flute, "Piano Concerto In A Minor" by Edvard Grieg & "Summertime" |
First Jewish-American Miss America
First Miss New York crowned |
1946 |
Sept. 7, 1946 |
Marilyn Buferd |
California |
Los Angeles |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent (tie) |
Dramatic monologue, Accent on Youth |
|
1947 |
Sept. 6, 1947 |
Barbara Jo Walker |
Tennessee |
Memphis |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Art display & vocal medley, "One Kiss" & "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
|
1948 |
Sept. 11, 1948 |
BeBe Shopp |
Minnesota |
Hopkins |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vibraharp, "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler |
|
1949 |
Sept. 10, 1949 |
Jacque Mercer |
Arizona |
Litchfield Park |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit (tie)
Preliminary Talent |
Dramatic reading, Romeo and Juliet |
|
1951 [a] |
Sept. 9, 1950 |
Yolande Betbeze |
Alabama |
Mobile |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Classical vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto |
Sparked the creation of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants[citation needed] |
1952 |
Sept. 8, 1951 |
Colleen Kay Hutchins |
Utah |
Salt Lake City |
25 |
Preliminary Talent |
Dramatic monologue, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson |
|
1953 |
Sept. 6, 1952 |
Neva Jane Langley |
Georgia |
Macon |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Classical piano, "Toccata" |
|
1954 |
Sept. 12, 1953 |
Evelyn Ay |
Pennsylvania |
Ephrata |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Poetry recitation, "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding |
|
1955 |
Sept. 11, 1954 |
Lee Meriwether[16] |
California |
San Francisco |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Dramatic monologue, Riders to the Sea |
First winner crowned on television. Television broadcast moved to ABC[16]
Became an actress, starring in Batman and Barnaby Jones[16] |
1956 |
Sept. 10, 1955 |
Sharon Ritchie[17] |
Colorado |
Denver |
18 |
|
Recitation, "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
|
1957 |
Sept. 8, 1956 |
Marian McKnight[18] |
South Carolina |
Manning |
19 |
|
Comedy sketch, "The Monroe Doctrine" |
|
1958 |
Sept. 7, 1957 |
Marilyn Van Derbur[19] |
Colorado |
Denver |
20 |
|
Organ, "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly" |
Television broadcast moved to CBS |
1959 |
Sept. 6, 1958 |
Mary Ann Mobley[20] |
Mississippi |
Brandon |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal medley & dance, "Un Bel Di" & "There'll Be Some Changes Made" |
Became a television actress (seen on Diff'rent Strokes) and hostess |
1960 |
Sept. 12, 1959 |
Lynda Lee Mead[21] |
Natchez |
20 |
|
Original dramatic act, "Schizophrenia" |
|
1961 |
Sept. 10, 1960 |
Nancy Fleming[22] |
Michigan |
Montague |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent (tie) |
Presentation of dress design |
|
1962 |
Sept. 9, 1961 |
Maria Fletcher[23] |
North Carolina |
Asheville |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal/tap dance, "Somebody Loves Me" |
First Miss North Carolina crowned |
1963 |
Sept. 8, 1962 |
Jacquelyn Mayer[24] |
Ohio |
Sandusky |
20 |
|
Broadway medley, "Wishing Upon a Star," "My Favorite Things" & The White Cliffs of Dover |
|
1964 |
Sept. 7, 1963 |
Donna Axum[25] |
Arkansas |
El Dorado |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal medley, "Quando me'n vo'" & "I Love Paris" |
|
1965 |
Sept. 12, 1964 |
Vonda Kay Van Dyke[26] |
Arizona |
Phoenix |
21 |
Miss Congeniality |
Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" |
Only Miss Congeniality winner to be also crowned Miss America[26] |
1966 |
Sept. 11, 1965 |
Deborah Bryant[27] |
Kansas |
Overland Park |
19 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Dramatic interpretation, "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" |
|
1967 |
Sept. 10, 1966 |
Jane Anne Jayroe[28] |
Oklahoma |
Laverne |
19 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal / Orchestral conducting, "1-2-3" |
Television broadcast moved to NBC |
1968 |
Sept. 9, 1967 |
Debra Dene Barnes[29] |
Kansas |
Moran |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Piano, "Born Free" |
|
1969 |
Sept. 7, 1968 |
Judith Ford[30] |
Illinois |
Belvidere |
18 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Acrobatic dance & trampoline, "The Blue Danube" |
|
1970 |
Sept. 6, 1969 |
Pamela Eldred[31] |
Michigan |
West Bloomfield |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Ballet, "Love Theme" from Romeo & Juliet |
|
1971 |
Sept. 12, 1970 |
Phyllis George[32] |
Texas |
Denton |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Piano medley, Promises, Promises & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" |
Former sportscaster on CBS in 1970s and 1980s[32][33]
Former First Lady of Kentucky (1979–83)[32] |
1972 |
Sept. 11, 1971 |
Laurie Lea Schaefer[34] |
Ohio |
Bexley |
22 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Semi-classical vocal, "And This Is My Beloved" |
|
1973 |
Sept. 9, 1972 |
Terry Meeuwsen[35] |
Wisconsin |
De Pere |
23 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! |
First Miss Wisconsin crowned[35]
Co-host of The 700 Club[36] |
1974 |
Sept. 8, 1973 |
Rebecca King[37] |
Colorado |
Denver |
23 |
|
Vocal, "If I Ruled the World" |
Mother of Miss Colorado 2011, Diana Dremen[citation needed] |
1975 |
Sept. 7, 1974 |
Shirley Cothran[38] |
Texas |
Denton |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Flute medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" |
|
1976 |
Sept. 6, 1975 |
Tawny Godin[39] |
New York |
Yonkers |
18 |
|
Original piano composition, "Images in Pastels" |
|
1977 |
Sept. 11, 1976 |
Dorothy Benham[40] |
Minnesota |
Edina |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Classical vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus |
Appeared in Jerome Robbins' Broadway[41] |
1978 |
Sept. 10, 1977 |
Susan Perkins[42] |
Ohio |
Middletown |
23 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal, "Good Morning Heartache" |
Television broadcast moved to CBS |
1979 |
Sept. 9, 1978 |
Kylene Barker[43] |
Virginia |
Galax |
22 |
|
Gymnastics routine, "Gonna Fly Now" & "Feels So Good" |
Television broadcast moved to NBC |
1980 |
Sept. 8, 1979 |
Cheryl Prewitt[44] |
Mississippi |
Ackerman |
22 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal / Piano, "Don't Cry Out Loud" |
|
1981 |
Sept. 6, 1980 |
Susan Powell[45] |
Oklahoma |
Elk City |
21 |
Preliminary Talent (tie) |
Classical vocal, "The Telephone Aria" |
|
1982 |
Sept. 12, 1981 |
Elizabeth Ward[46] |
Arkansas |
Russellville |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal, "After You've Gone" |
Previously National Sweetheart 1981[46]
Infamously claimed to have had short-lived affair with President Bill Clinton while he was Governor of Arkansas[47][48][49] |
1983 |
Sept. 11, 1982 |
Debra Maffett[50] |
California |
Anaheim |
25 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Popular Vocal, "Come In From the Rain" |
|
1984 |
Sept. 17, 1983 |
Vanessa Lynn Williams[51] |
New York |
Millwood |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Popular vocal, "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
First African American Miss America[51]
Resigned on July 23, 1984, due to backlash from unauthorized nude photos of her being published in Penthouse magazine[52][53] |
July 23, 1984 |
Suzette Charles[54] |
New Jersey |
Mays Landing |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Popular vocal, "Kiss Me In the Rain" |
Served the shortest term by any Miss America, lasting only seven weeks[55] |
1985 |
Sept. 15, 1984 |
Sharlene Wells[56] |
Utah |
Salt Lake City |
20 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Spanish vocal & Paraguayan harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti" |
The first foreign-born, bilingual Miss America (born in Asunción, Paraguay)[57] |
1986 |
Sept. 14, 1985 |
Susan Akin[58] |
Mississippi |
Meridian |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal, "You're My World" |
|
1987 |
Sept. 13, 1986 |
Kellye Cash[59] |
Tennessee |
Memphis |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Piano / Vocal, "I'll Be Home" |
Grandniece of singer, Johnny Cash[60] |
1988 |
Sept. 19, 1987 |
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko[61] |
Michigan |
Monroe |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Hawaiian-Tahitian dance |
|
1989 |
Sept. 10, 1988 |
Gretchen Carlson[62] |
Minnesota |
Anoka |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical violin, "Zigeunerweisen" |
Former news anchor of Fox & Friends
Later served as chairwoman of the board of directors of the Miss America Organization[63] |
1990 |
Sept. 16, 1989 |
Debbye Turner[64] |
Missouri |
Mexico |
23 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Marimba medley, "Flight of the Bumblebee," "Csárdás" & "Can-Can" |
Medical Reporter and Anchor for CBS's The Early Show
First Miss Missouri crowned |
1991 |
Sept. 8, 1990 |
Marjorie Vincent[65] |
Illinois |
Oak Park |
25 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" |
First Miss America winner of Haitian descent
Later served as chair of the board of trustees for the Miss America Organization (served for 3 months)[66] |
1992 |
Sept. 14, 1991 |
Carolyn Suzanne Sapp[67] |
Hawaii |
Kona |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
First Miss Hawaii crowned[67] |
1993 |
Sept. 19, 1992 |
Leanza Cornett[68] |
Florida |
Jacksonville |
21 |
|
Vocal, "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde |
Married (and later divorced) Mark Steines[69] |
1994 |
Sept. 18, 1993 |
Kimberly Clarice Aiken[70][71] |
South Carolina |
Columbia |
18 |
|
Vocal, "Summertime" |
|
1995 |
Sept. 17, 1994 |
Heather Whitestone[72] |
Alabama |
Birmingham |
21 |
Preliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent |
Ballet en Pointe, "Via Dolorosa" |
First deaf Miss America[72] |
1996 |
Sept. 16, 1995 |
Shawntel Smith[73] |
Oklahoma |
Muldrow |
24 |
|
Vocal, "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born |
|
1997 |
Sept. 14, 1996 |
Tara Dawn Holland[74] |
Kansas |
Overland Park |
23 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Classical vocal, "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé |
Her crowning was featured at beginning of the 2006 film, Little Miss Sunshine |
1998 |
Sept. 13, 1997 |
Katherine Shindle[75] |
Illinois |
Evanston |
20 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" |
Performed in Legally Blonde on Broadway
President of the Actors' Equity Association[76]
Briefly on the board of directors for the Miss America Organization in 2018[77]
Television broadcast moved to ABC |
1999 |
Sept. 19, 1998 |
Nicole Johnson[78] |
Virginia |
Roanoke |
24 |
|
Vocal, "That's Life" |
Diabetes awareness advocate |
2000 |
Sept. 18, 1999 |
Heather Renee French[79] |
Kentucky |
Maysville |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard |
First Miss Kentucky crowned |
2001 |
Oct. 14, 2000 |
Angela Perez Baraquio[80] |
Hawaii |
Honolulu |
24 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Hula, "Theme" from Mutiny on the Bounty |
First Filipino American and Asian American Miss America[80] |
2002 |
Sept. 22, 2001 |
Katie Harman[81] |
Oregon |
Gresham |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical vocal, "O mio babbino caro" |
First Miss Oregon crowned[81] |
2003 |
Sept. 21, 2002 |
Erika Harold[82] |
Illinois |
Urbana |
22 |
|
Classical vocal, "Habanera" |
|
2004 |
Sept. 20, 2003 |
Ericka Dunlap[83] |
Florida |
Orlando |
21 |
|
Vocal, "If I Could" |
Finished in third place on The Amazing Race 15 with her then-husband, Brian Kleinschmidt |
2005 |
Sept. 18, 2004 |
Deidre Downs[84] |
Alabama |
Birmingham |
24 |
|
Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" |
First former Miss America titleholder to enter a same-sex marriage.[85] |
2006 |
Jan. 21, 2006 |
Jennifer Berry[86] |
Oklahoma |
Tulsa |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Ballet en Pointe, "Within" |
Television broadcast moved to CMT |
2007 |
Jan. 29, 2007 |
Lauren Nelson[87] |
Lawton |
20 |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness |
Vocal, "You'll Be in My Heart" |
|
2008 |
Jan. 26, 2008 |
Kirsten Haglund[88][89] |
Michigan |
Farmington Hills |
19 |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness |
Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" |
Haglund's grandmother, Iora Hunt, represented Detroit, Michigan at the Miss America 1944 pageant[90]
Television broadcast moved to TLC |
2009 |
Jan. 24, 2009 |
Katie Stam[91][92] |
Indiana |
Seymour |
22 |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness |
Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" |
First Miss Indiana crowned[92] |
2010 |
Jan. 30, 2010 |
Caressa Cameron[93] |
Virginia |
Fredericksburg |
22 |
Preliminary Talent |
Vocal, "Listen" from Dreamgirls |
|
2011 |
Jan. 15, 2011 |
Teresa Scanlan[94] |
Nebraska |
Gering |
17 |
Preliminary Talent |
Piano, "White Water Chopped Sticks" by Calvin Jones |
Youngest Miss America winner since 1933[94]
First Miss Nebraska crowned[94]
Television broadcast moved back to ABC |
2012 |
Jan. 14, 2012 |
Laura Kaeppeler[95] |
Wisconsin |
Kenosha |
23 |
Preliminary Talent |
Operatic vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi |
Briefly on the Board of Directors for the Miss America Organization in 2018[77] |
2013 |
Jan. 12, 2013 |
Mallory Hagan[96] |
New York |
Brooklyn |
24 |
|
Tap dance, "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown |
Served the second shortest term by any Miss America, lasting only nine months |
2014 |
Sept. 15, 2013 |
Nina Davuluri[97][98] |
Fayetteville |
24 |
|
Bollywood fusion dance, "Dhoom Tana" from Om Shanti Om |
First Indian American winner[97]
First to perform a Bollywood dance at a Miss America pageant |
2015 |
Sept. 14, 2014 |
Kira Kazantsev[99] |
Manhattan |
23 |
|
Vocal with plastic cup percussion, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams |
|
2016 |
Sept. 13, 2015 |
Betty Cantrell[100] |
Georgia |
Warner Robins |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Classical vocal, "Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio!" from Madama Butterfly |
|
2017 |
Sept. 11, 2016 |
Savvy Shields[101] |
Arkansas |
Fayetteville |
21 |
Preliminary Talent |
Jazz dance, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from the NBC show Smash |
|
2018 |
Sept. 10, 2017 |
Cara Mund[102] |
North Dakota |
Bismarck |
23 |
|
Jazz dance, “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson |
First Miss North Dakota crowned[102] |
2019 |
Sept. 9, 2018 |
Nia Franklin[103] |
New York |
Brooklyn |
25 |
|
Operatic vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème |
|
2020 |
Dec. 19, 2019 |
Camille Schrier[104] |
Virginia |
Richmond |
24 |
Preliminary Talent |
Chemistry demonstration |
First contestant to perform scientific demonstration and win Miss America[citation needed]
Television broadcast moved back to NBC
Held title for two years since no competition was held in 2020 |
2021 |
No national pageant was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic[105] |
2022 |
Dec. 16, 2021[106] |
Emma Broyles |
Alaska |
Anchorage |
20 |
Preliminary Social Impact Pitch Award |
Vocal, “Let Me Be Your Star” from TV show Smash |
First Miss Alaska crowned[106]
First Korean-American Miss America
Previously Miss Alaska’s Outstanding Teen 2017 |
2023 |
December 15, 2022 |
Grace Stanke |
Wisconsin |
Wausau |
20 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Classical Violin, "The Storm" by Antonio Vivaldi |
Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2017 |
2024 |
January 14, 2024 |
Madison Marsh |
Colorado |
Colorado Springs |
22 |
|
HERstory |
Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy First active-duty officer and graduate of a military service academy to compete at Miss America |
2025 |
January 5, 2025 |
Abbie Stockard |
Alabama |
Vestavia Hills |
21 |
|
Contemporary Dance, "You Say" |
|