| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
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| 2025 |
Tiffany Ellington |
Scottsdale |
25 |
Miss Peoria |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
|
| 2024 |
Shailey Ringenbach |
Phoenix |
20 |
Miss Ahwatukee |
Dance |
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| 2023 |
Tiffany Ticlo |
Chandler |
21 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Vocal |
|
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Younger sister of Miss Arizona 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2022, Isabel Ticlo |
| 2022 |
Melody Pierce |
Phoenix |
26 |
Miss North Phoenix |
Tap Dance |
|
Women Who Brand Finalist |
|
| 2021 |
Amber Barto[2] |
Scottsdale |
23 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Contemporary Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2014[3] |
| 2020 |
No national competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 |
Jacqueline Thomas[4] |
Phoenix |
24 |
Miss North Phoenix |
Piano |
|
Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[5] |
|
| 2018 |
Isabel Ticlo[6] |
Chandler |
24 |
Bollywood Dance, "JBJ" by Mahalakshmi Iyer |
|
|
Later Arizona Sweetheart 2019
Later 1st runner-up at Miss Arizona USA 2021
Later Miss Arizona USA 2022
Older sister of Miss Arizona 2023, Tiffany Ticlo |
| 2017 |
MaddieRose Holler[7] |
Surprise |
20 |
Miss Peoria |
Vocal |
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2013[8] |
| 2016 |
Katelyn Niemiec[9] |
Scottsdale |
22 |
Miss Tempe |
Twirl Routine |
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2009[10] |
| 2015 |
Madison Esteves[11] |
Chandler |
20 |
Miss Queen Creek |
Jazz Dance, "Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That" by Robert Randolph and the Family Band |
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2012[12] |
| 2014 |
Alexa Rogers[13] |
Scottsdale |
23 |
Miss Phoenix |
Contemporary Dance, "Human" |
|
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| 2013 |
Jennifer Smestad |
Gilbert |
20 |
Miss City of Maricopa |
Vocal, "Over You" |
|
|
|
| 2012 |
Piper Stoeckel |
Prescott |
21 |
Miss Tucson Valley |
Jazz Dance, "Man in the Mirror" |
|
|
|
| 2011 |
Jennifer Sedler[14] |
Tempe |
19 |
Miss Phoenix |
Jazz Dance, "It's About That Walk" by Prince |
3rd runner-up |
|
|
| 2010 |
Kathryn Bulkley |
Mesa |
20 |
Miss Pima County |
Classical Vocal, "Nessun dorma" |
Top 10 |
|
Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1981, Pamela Offer
Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008 |
| 2009 |
Savanna Troupe |
Phoenix |
23 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Twirl Routine, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
|
|
|
| 2008 |
Erin Nurss |
Sierra Vista |
23 |
Miss Tucson Valley |
Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne Nurss
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant |
| 2007 |
Nicole Turner |
Phoenix |
24 |
Miss Chandler |
Jazz Dance, "Proud Mary" |
|
|
|
| 2006 |
Hilary Griffith |
Glendale |
20 |
Vocal, "Don't Know Why" |
|
Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up |
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2005 |
Audrey Sibley |
Sierra Vista |
19 |
Miss San Marcos |
Vocal, "Alone" |
|
Quality of Life Award Finalist |
|
| 2004 |
Katherine Kennedy |
Tempe |
24 |
Miss Twirling Athlete |
Twirl Routine |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
Corrie Hill |
Gilbert |
24 |
Miss Mesa |
Dance, "Proud Mary" |
|
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant
Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis[16] |
| 2002 |
Laura Lawless |
Tempe |
24 |
Miss Maricopa |
Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" |
Top 15 |
|
|
| 2001 |
Kapri Rose |
Gilbert |
19 |
Miss Gilbert |
Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special" |
|
|
|
| 2000 |
Kristen Vatt |
Mesa |
20 |
Character Dance, "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha |
|
|
|
| 1999 |
Lori Whiting |
20 |
Miss Desert Sun |
Piano, "Malaguena" |
|
|
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| 1998 |
Leean Hendrix |
Parker |
22 |
Miss Tempe Buttes |
Vocal, "Heaven's What I Feel" |
|
|
|
| 1997 |
Stacey Momeyer |
Phoenix |
21 |
Miss Chandler |
Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera |
3rd runner-up |
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1996 |
| 1996 |
Erin Gingrich |
Yuma |
21 |
Miss Yuma County |
Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1995 |
Cara Jackson |
Chandler |
22 |
Miss Chandler |
Vocal, "All Is Fair In Love" |
|
|
Later Miss Arizona USA 1999 |
| 1994 |
Stacy Agren |
Mesa |
21 |
Miss Mesa |
Classical Piano |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award Winner |
|
| 1993 |
Amanda Murray |
Yuma |
19 |
Miss Yuma County |
Vocal, "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
|
Quality of Life Award Winner |
|
| 1992 |
Robyn Rayborn |
Mesa |
26 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Vocal, "How Great Thou Art" |
|
|
|
| 1991 |
Darsi Turner |
Yuma |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Ballet, "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles |
|
|
|
| 1990 |
Kimberly Hoskins |
19 |
Miss Yuma County |
Ballet en Pointe, "Symphony of the Seas" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1989 |
Tammy Kettunen |
21 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Freestyle Roller Skating, "Amazing Grace" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Sister of Miss Arizona 1986, Terri Kettunen |
| 1988 |
Lisa Mandel |
Tucson |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Dance, "Steam Heat" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1987 |
Theresa Light |
18 |
Miss Western Maricopa |
Vocal, "Somewhere" |
|
|
|
| 1986 |
Terri Kettunen |
Yuma |
21 |
Miss Yuma County |
Classical Piano |
|
|
Sister of Miss Arizona 1989, Tammy Kettunen |
| 1985 |
Diane Martin |
Phoenix |
23 |
Miss Phoenix |
Vocal, "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret |
|
|
Later Miss Arizona USA 1987
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1987 pageant |
| 1984 |
Rhonda White |
Central |
20 |
Miss Graham County |
Country Vocal Medley |
|
|
|
| 1983 |
Jennifer Nichols |
Tempe |
22 |
Miss Glendale |
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" |
|
|
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| 1982 |
Debra Daniels |
Yuma |
20 |
Miss Yuma County |
Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire" |
Top 10 |
|
|
| 1981 |
Sarah Tattersall |
Scottsdale |
20 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Vocal, "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" from Cabaret |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1980 |
Brenda Strong |
Tempe |
20 |
Miss Valley West |
Vocal, "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" |
|
|
Played character and narrator, Mary Alice Young, in the TV series, Desperate Housewives[citation needed] |
| 1979 |
Pam Wenzel |
Phoenix |
22 |
Miss North Central Phoenix |
Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance, "Theme from Children of Sanchez" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
| 1978 |
Susan Kohler |
Tempe |
23 |
Miss Arizona State University |
Vocal & Dance, "Theme from New York, New York" |
|
|
|
| 1977 |
Cindy Glenn |
Globe |
18 |
Miss Globe |
Popular Vocal, "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" |
|
|
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| 1976 |
Anne DeVarennes |
Tucson |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Vocal, "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver! |
|
|
|
| 1975 |
Vickie Hall |
Sierra Vista |
|
Miss Sierra Vista |
|
|
Successor to crown when Peterson resigned |
| Stacey Peterson |
Phoenix |
21 |
Miss Tucson |
Ventriloquism, "Yankee Doodle" |
4th runner-up |
|
|
| 1974 |
Mary Avilla |
Glendale |
20 |
Miss Maryvale |
Popular Vocal, "Best Thing You've Ever Done" |
|
|
|
| 1973 |
Susan May[17] |
Kingman |
19 |
Miss Coconino County |
Piano Medley, "The Glory of Love," "Laura," & "On the Sunny Side of the Street" |
|
|
|
| 1972 |
Linda Gail Sirrine |
Mesa |
19 |
Miss Mesa |
Popular Vocal, "Happy Heart" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1971 |
Celia Sklan |
Scottsdale |
22 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Dramatic Skit & Song, "English Pub" |
|
|
|
| 1970 |
Karen Joy Shields |
Tucson |
19 |
Miss University of Arizona |
Dance and Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady |
|
|
|
| 1969 |
Kathleen Ennis |
20 |
Miss Tucson |
Original Comedy Monologue, "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple, and Tiny Tim" |
|
|
|
| 1968 |
Linda Johnson |
Warren |
20 |
Miss Cochise County |
Authentic Tahitian Dance |
|
|
Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966 |
| 1967 |
Bea Willis |
Phoenix |
19 |
Miss Phoenix |
Vocal, "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady |
|
|
|
| 1966 |
Launa Gardner |
Holbrook |
19 |
Miss Holbrook |
Piano |
|
|
|
| 1965 |
Sandra Montgomery |
Yuma |
18 |
Miss Yuma County |
Vocal, "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You" |
|
|
|
| 1964 |
Vonda Kay Van Dyke |
Phoenix |
22 |
Miss Phoenix |
Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" |
Winner[18] |
Miss Congeniality |
Semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss 1961 pageant
Only Miss America winner to also be named Miss Congeniality[18] |
| 1963 |
Susan Bergstrom |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Phoenix |
Modern Jazz Dance, "Tonight" |
4th runner-up |
|
|
| 1962 |
Paula Lou Welch |
Tucson |
20 |
Miss Tucson |
Fire Baton Twirling |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1961 |
Susan Webb |
Prescott |
19 |
Miss Prescott |
Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars" |
|
|
|
| 1960 |
Georgia Garbarino |
Flagstaff |
18 |
Miss Flagstaff |
Modern Dance, An American in Paris |
|
|
|
| 1959 |
Patricia Allebrand |
Yuma |
18 |
Miss Yuma County |
Modern Dance, "Interpretation of Rejected Love" |
4th runner-up |
|
|
| 1958 |
Donna Riggs |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Phoenix |
Vocal / Dance, "Teacher's Pet" |
|
Special Scholarship Award |
|
| 1957 |
Lynn Freyse |
Tucson |
|
Miss Tucson |
Dramatic Reading from The Country Girl |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Later starred in TV series Hazel[citation needed] |
| 1956 |
Barbara Hilgenberg |
Tucson |
|
Miss Tucson |
Monologue, "End and the Beginning" by John Mansfield |
3rd runner-up (tie) |
|
|
| 1955 |
Beth Andre |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Maricopa County |
Comic Monologue, "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" |
Top 10 |
|
|
| 1954 |
Marjorie Nylund |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Phoenix |
Dramatic Reading, "A Marine's Conversation" |
|
|
|
| 1953 |
Betty Lou Lindly |
Tempe |
|
Miss Tempe |
Piano |
|
|
|
| 1952 |
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[19][20] |
| 1951 |
| 1950 |
Kathryn Lunsford |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Phoenix |
Modern Dance |
|
|
|
| 1949 |
Jacque Mercer |
Litchfield |
18 |
Miss Litchfield |
Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet |
Winner |
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
| 1948 |
Donna McElroy |
Phoenix |
|
Miss Phoenix |
Dramatic Monologue |
|
|
|
| 1947 |
Wanda Law |
Tempe |
|
Miss Tempe |
|
Top 15 |
|
|
| 1946 |
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[21][22][23][24][25][26] |
| 1945 |
| 1944 |
| 1943 |
| 1942 |
| 1941 |
| 1940 |
Anna Marie Barnett |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| 1939 |
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[27] |
| 1938 |
Anna Marie Barnett |
Bisbee |
|
Miss Bisbee |
|
Top 15 |
|
|
| 1934 |
No national pageant was held[28] |
| 1933 |
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[29] |
| 1932 |
No national pageants were held[28] |
| 1931 |
| 1930 |
| 1929 |
| 1928 |
| 1927 |
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[30][31][32][33][34][35][36] |
| 1926 |
| 1925 |
| 1924 |
| 1923 |
| 1922 |
| 1921 |
Linda Johnson,
Brenda Strong,
Corrie Hill,
Hilary Griffith,
Nicole Turner,
Jennifer Smestad,
Jacqueline Thomas,
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