Miss Kansas
Formation | 1924 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Pratt, Kansas |
Membership | Miss America |
Website | Official website |
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.
Hannah Klaassen of Arkansas City was crowned Miss Kansas 2018 on June 9, 2018 at Dennis Lesh Sports Arena in Pratt, Kansas. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Deborah Irene Bryant (1966), Debra Dene Barnes (1968), Tara Dawn Holland (1997)
- 2nd runners-up: Michelle Elaine Whitson (1980)
- 3rd runners-up: Vera June Ralston (1948), Mary Ann McGrew (1957) (tie), Pamela McKelvy (1993)
- Top 10: Sandy Rings (1972), Cynthia Sikes (1973), Lori Ann Bergen (1979), Robbin Lee Wasson (1992), Trisha Schaffer (1995), Amy Keller (1996), Megan Bushell (2005), Theresa Vail (2014)
- Top 15: Shirley Hargiss (1949)
- Top 16: Lucia Benton (1937)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Vera June Ralston (1948), Deborah Irene Bryant (1966), Debra Dene Barnes (1968), Cynthia Sikes (1973), Karen Dianne Smith (1975), Amy Keller (1996), Tara Dawn Holland (1997)
- Preliminary Talent: Sandy Rings (1972), Lori Ann Bergen (1979), Pamela McKelvy (1993), Trisha Schaffer (1995)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Sharon O'Neal (1960), Karen Raye Schwartz (1964), Karen Dianne Smith (1975), Jill Dirks (1978), Laura Lynn Watters (1984), Kimberly Dugger (1991), Angelea Busby (2004)
Other awards
- America's Choice: Theresa Vail (2014)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award 1st runners-up: Hannah Klaassen (2019)
- CMN Miracle Maker Award 2nd runners-up: Kendall Schoenekase (2017)
- Eleanor "Big Mama" Andrews Performing Arts Award: Kimberlee Grice (2002)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Tara Dawn Holland (1997), Kendall Schoenekase (2017)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Megan Bushell (2005), Adrienne Rosel (2006), Krystian Fish (2018)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Kendall Schoenekase (2017)
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2018 | Hannah Klaassen[1] | Arkansas City | 19 | Miss South Central | Tap Dance, "The Greatest Show" from The Greatest Showman | CMN Miracle Maker Award 1st runner-up | ||
2017 | Krystian Fish[2] | Wichita | 21 | Miss Heart of the Midwest | Vocal, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from Smash | Quality of Life Award Finalist[3] | ||
2016 | Kendall Schoenekase[4] | Overland Park | 22 | Miss Johnson County | Vocal, "Ain't No Sunshine" | CMN Miracle Maker Award 2nd runner-up[4] Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up[4] STEM Scholarship Award[4] |
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2015 | Hannah Wagner | Wichita | 19 | Miss Augusta | Ballet en Pointe "Swan Lake" | |||
2014 | Amanda Sasek | Moberly, MO | 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 | First Miss America contestant to display tattoos in the swimsuit competition[5][6] |
2012 | Sloane Lewis | Norwich | 22 | Miss Wooded Hills | Self-arranged Piano Medley "River Storm" | |||
2011 | Carissa Kelley[7] | 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" | |||
2009 | Becki Ronen | Buhler | 20 | 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?" | |||
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 | Quality of Life Award Finalist (Top 7) | ||
2004 | Megan Bushell | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wheat Capital | Vocal "When You Say You Love Me" | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award 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 | ||
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 | Co-director of the Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma state pageants for the Miss USA organization[8] | ||
1997 | Lesley Moss | Hoxie | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It" | |||
1996 | Jennifer Parks | Wichita | Miss Arkansas Valley | N/A | N/A | 3rd Runner-up at Miss Kansas 1996, assumed title when Tara Dawn Holland became Miss America 1997 and other runners-up declined the title | ||
Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park | 23 | Miss Flint Hills | Classical Vocal "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up |
Previously crowned National Sweetheart 1995 as Miss Florida | |
1995 | Amy Keller | Great Bend | 24 | Miss Heartland | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
1994 | Trisha Schaffer | Liberal | 22 | Miss Southwest | Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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" | Top 10 | ||
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 "Carman Fantasy" Bizet Borne | |||
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/Beloit | 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[9] | Colby | 22 | Miss Troia-Thomas County | 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" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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 U.S. Senator Tom Daschle | ||
1975 | Jana Lynn Salmans[10] | Hanston | 20 | Miss Dodge City | Vocal "Follow Me" | |||
1974 | Karen Dianne Smith | Shawnee | 18 | Miss Shawnee | Jazz / Acrobatic Dance "The Entertainer" | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Swimsuit 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 | Cynthia Sikes | Coffeyville | 18 | Miss Wichita | Vocal "Fame" | Top 10 | 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" | Top 10 | 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 | Tribune | Miss Garden City | N/A | N/A | Assumed title when Debra Dene Barnes became Miss America 1968 | ||
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 | Lawrence | Miss Eudora | N/A | N/A | Assumed title when Deborah Irene Bryant became Miss America 1966 | ||
Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park | 19 | Miss Overland Park | Dramatic Interpretation "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
1964 | Catherine Bergstrom | Kansas City | 21 | Miss Lawrence | N/A | N/A | 1st Runner-up at Miss Kansas 1964 Assumed title after Sharon Margene Savage was killed in an auto accident | |
Sharon Margene Savage | Florence | 20 | Miss Marion County Fair | Vocal "Johnny One Note" & "Ritorna Vincitor" from Aida | During her reign she was killed in an auto accident near Peabody, Kansas | |||
1963 | Karen Raye Schwartz | Pratt | 20 | Miss Wichita | Classical Vocal "Voi la Sapete" from Cavalleria rusticana | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer at Miss America 1964 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" | |||
1959 | Sharon O'Neal | Kansas City | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Dramatic Interpretation | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1958 | Sharon Whitacre | Mission | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Accordion Solo "3rd Movement of Concerto in A" by Pietro Deiro | |||
1957 | Georgiana Rundle | Axtell | 21 | Miss Kansas State | Vocal "Habanera" & "Getting to Know You" | |||
1956 | Mary Ann McGrew | Wellington | 19 | Miss Lawrence | Dramatic Reading "Understanding Others" | 3rd runner-up (tie) | ||
1955 | Gail White | Arkansas City | Piano | |||||
1954 | Phyllis Danielson | Wichita | Vocal | |||||
1953 | Joann Milnar | Hutchinson | Water Ballet | |||||
1952 | Kay Ann Goforth | McPherson | Vocal / Dance | |||||
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1950 | Anabel Baker | Wichita | Drama "Lady Macbeth" | |||||
1949 | Shirley Hargiss | Topeka | Vocal "Cecilia On a See-Saw" | Top 15 | ||||
1948 | Vera June Ralston | Wichita | 18 | Miss Wichita | Oratory | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Better known as film and television actress Vera Miles, whose career spanned 45 years, from 1950 to 1995 |
1947 | Ruth Ellen Richmond | Fort Scott | Miss Pittsburg | Vocal "My Wonderful One" | ||||
1946 | Joyce Blakemore | Liberal | ||||||
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1944 | Grace Louise Pittman | Wichita | ||||||
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1939 | Rosemary Winslow | Salina | ||||||
1938 | Blanche Webb | Humboldt | ||||||
1937 | Lucia Benton | Norton | Top 16 | |||||
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1933 | Pauline Sayre | 23 | ||||||
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1927 | Mildred Orr | Miss Wichita | No Miss Kansas Competed as Miss Wichita at Miss America pageant | |||||
1926 | Ruth Richardson | Miss Wichita | No Miss Kansas Competed as Miss Wichita at Miss America pageant | |||||
1925 | Wildeana Withers | Miss Wichita | No Miss Kansas Competed as Miss Wichita at Miss America pageant | |||||
1924 | Donna Frye | Miss Wichita | No Miss Kansas Competed as Miss Wichita at Miss America pageant | |||||
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References
- ↑ Rose, Gale (June 9, 2018). "Hannah Klaassen of Arkansas City is Miss Kansas 2018". Pratt Tribune.
- ↑ "Krystian Fish is Miss Kansas 2017". Pratt Tribune. June 10, 2017.
- ↑ Frazier, Terry Cowart (August 31, 2017). "Miss Mississippi's platform recognized at Miss America pageant". The Vicksburg Post.
- 1 2 3 4 "The 2017 Academy of Honor, Quality of Life, STEM, & Women in Business Scholarship Recipients Honored On Stage". Miss America Organization. September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Tattooed Kan. Guard sergeant is Miss America contestant
- ↑ Miss Kansas Bares Her Tattoos
- ↑ "Pageant newcomer earns Miss Kansas title". Pratt Tribune. June 11, 2011. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011.
- ↑ "About Us". Archived from the original on June 4, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Colby Woman Crowned Miss Kansas, will compete for Miss America Title". Salina Journal. July 17, 1983.
- ↑ "Hanston Lass Wins Pageant". Hutchinson News. July 13, 1975.
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