Miss Missouri
Formation | 1922 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Missouri competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant.
Katelyn Lewis of Lake St. Louis was crowned Miss Missouri 2018 on June 16, 2018 at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
History
From 1935 to 1970, the Miss Missouri pageant was held in a number of locations, including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield.
In 1970, the pageant was held for the first time in Mexico, Missouri, which would become the pageant's home. The pageant has been held in Mexico in all following years.
Missouri has produced one Miss America: Debbye Turner (Miss America, 1990). They have had a number of runners-up and semi-finalists.
Three Miss Missouri pageant winners have won the Miss Missouri USA crown and competed in the annual Miss USA pageant, most notably Miss Missouri 2002, Shandi Ren Finnessey, who won the Miss USA title and placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe. Sarah French, Miss Missouri 2006, is the only titleholder who has also competed at Miss Teen USA, although she represented Arkansas.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Debbye Turner (1990)
- 1st runners-up: Edna Smith (1935), Jennifer Davis (2018)
- 2nd runners-up: Soncee Brown (1992)
- 3rd runners-up: Charlotte Nash (1923), Susan Wilson (1980), Deborah McDonald (1999)
- 4th runners-up: Tamara Tungate (1987), Kimberly Massaro (1997)
- Top 10: Sara Cooper (1958), Barbara Webster (1984), Robin Riley (1988), Stephanie Patterson (1993)
- Top 12: Shelby Ringdahl (2014)
- Top 15: Corinne Groves (1926), Marguerite Jordan (1926), Virginia Morrison (1940), Amber Etheridge (2004)
- Top 16: Wauneta Bates (1937)
- Top 18: Marie Marks (1933)
- Top 20: Jennifer Hover (2002)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Tamara Tungate (1987), Debbye Turner (1990)
- Preliminary Talent: Sara Cooper (1958), Barbara Webster (1984)
- Preliminary Evening Gown: Shandi Finnessey (2003)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Sharon Knickmeyer (1956), Frances Biesemeyer (1970), Heather Smith (1989), Whitney Weeks (2005)
Other awards
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ann Marie Sun (1995)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Tara Osseck (2010)
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 | Katelyn Lewis[1] | Lake St. Louis | 22 | Miss Fleur De Lis | Vocal, "Memory" from Cats | |||
2017 | Jennifer Davis[2][3] | St. Charles | 23 | Miss Jackson | Bollywood Dance, “Naacho Re” | 1st runner-up[4] | Published author of children's book, "Diversity Matters"[5] | |
2016 | Erin O'Flaherty[6] | St. Louis | 23 | Miss City of Fountains | Vocal | First openly gay contestant to compete at Miss America[6][7] | ||
2015 | McKensie Garber[8] | Hale | 22 | Miss Gateway St. Louis | Jazz Ballet en Pointe, "P.Y.T." | Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2011[8] | ||
2014 | Jessica Hartman[9] | Pueblo | 23 | Miss Springfield | Dance, "Steppin' Out with My Baby" | Previously Miss Colorado USA 2010, 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2010 | ||
2013 | Shelby Ringdahl[10] | Columbia | 21 | Miss Springfield | Vocal "Defying Gravity" | Top 12 | ||
2012 | Tippe Emmott[11] | Springfield | 21 | Miss Branson | Ballet en Pointe "Un Dia Llegara" | 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011 | ||
2011 | Sydney Friar[12] | El Dorado Springs | 22 | Miss Branson | Vocal "Dream On" | |||
2010 | Erika Hebron[13] | O'Fallon | 23 | Miss Gateway St. Louis | Lyrical Dance "Dream In Color" | |||
2009 | Tara Osseck[14] | St. Charles | 23 | Miss Lake of the Ozarks | Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
2008 | Lacey Fitzgerald | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Gateway of the West | Vocal | |||
2007 | Lindsay Casmaer | Florissant | 24 | Miss River City | Ballet en Pointe "Piano Fantasy" | |||
2006 | Sarah French | Columbia | 21 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Vocal "I've Got the World on a String" | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004, Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2004 | ||
2005 | Stacie Cooley | Liberty | 22 | Miss Columbia | Jazz Dance "Last Dance" | |||
2004 | Whitney Weeks | Chesterfield | 24 | Miss Jackson | Tap Dance "Tico Tico" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss West Virginia 1961, Carole Johnson | |
2003 | Amber Etheridge | St. Louis | 23 | Miss Northwest Missouri | Vocal "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Top 15 | ||
2002 | Shandi Finnessey[15] | Florissant | 24 | Miss Metro St. Louis | Piano Solo "Bumble Boogie" | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | Later Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004,[16] 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2004[17] | |
2001 | Jennifer Hover | Springfield | 23 | Miss Springfield | Vocal Medley "Somewhere" & "Over the Rainbow" | Top 20 | ||
2000 | Arron Wendel | Lawson | 23 | Miss Ray County | Modern Dance "This Is Your Time" | |||
1999 | Patryce King | New Cambria | 23 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
1998 | Deborah McDonald | Alton | 24 | Miss West Plains | Vocal "I Will Always Love You" | 3rd runner-up | ||
1997 | Michele Eise | St. Louis | 24 | Miss Malden | Gospel Vocal "How Great Thou Art" | |||
1996 | Kimberly Massaro | St. Louis | 24 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Tap Dance "Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies | 4th runner-up | ||
1995 | Erin Phillips | Mexico | 23 | Miss Audrain | Tap Dance "Gershwin Medley" | |||
1994 | Ann Marie Sun | Springfield | 22 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Piano | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
1993 | Amber Green | Steelville | 23 | Miss North Central | Piano Solo "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | |||
1992 | Stephanie Patterson | Kansas City | 23 | Miss Aurora | Vocal Medley "I Have Dreamed" & "If I Loved You" | Top 10 | ||
1991 | Soncee Brown | Springfield | 24 | Miss Lake of the Ozarks | Vocal / Piano "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | 2nd runner-up | ||
1990 | Sherry Traylor | Mexico | 26 | Miss North Central | Vocal "What's New" | |||
1989 | Patricia Ann Meusburger[18] | 25 | Miss Twin Counties | 6th place at Miss Missouri USA 1989, assumed the title when Debbye Turner won Miss America. | ||||
Debbye Turner | Mexico | 23 | Miss Columbia | Marimba Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Csárdás", & "Can-Can" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1988 as Miss Arkansas | |
1988 | Heather Smith | Maryland Heights | 21 | Miss Columbia | Baton Twirling "Whistler and His Dog" by Arthur Pryor | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1987 | Robin Riley | Columbia | 25 | Miss Columbia | Ballet "Overture from Funny Girl" | Top 10 | Previously Miss Missouri USA 1983 | |
1986 | Tamara Tungate | St. Peters | 21 | Miss North Central | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
1985 | Lisa Coverdale | Columbia | 24 | Miss North Central | Classical Piano Solo | |||
1984 | Anna Schell | Kennett | 26 | Miss Springfield | Semi-classical Vocal Medley from The Sound of Music | |||
1983 | Barbara Webster | Jefferson City | 21 | Miss Santa Fe Trails | Violin Medley "Listen to the Mocking Bird" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Later Miss Missouri USA 1986 |
1982 | Julie Phillips | Ava | 18 | Miss Queen of the Ozarks | Classical / Jazz Piano | |||
1981 | Theresa McDonnell | Florissant | 22 | Miss Trenton | Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady | |||
1980 | Carla LeFevre | Harrisonville | 22 | Miss Kansas City | Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | |||
1979 | Susan Wilson | Columbia | 21 | Miss Jefferson County | Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | 3rd runner-up | ||
1978 | Tamara Fister | Poplar Bluff | 21 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal "Beautiful" | |||
1977 | Jayne Scherder | Bowling Green | 20 | Miss William Woods College | Piano Solo "The Firefly" | |||
1976 | Marcia Kolich | Sugar Creek | 22 | Miss Jackson County | Jazz Dance "Everything's Coming up Roses", "On Broadway", & "That's Entertainment!" | |||
1975 | Rebecca Rives | Stoutsville | 22 | Miss Kirksville | Vocal Medley "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow" | |||
1974 | Michelle Marshall | Florissant | 20 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal / Dance "Sweet Charity" | |||
1973 | Terri Dodson | Fulton | 22 | Miss William Woods College | Piano "Dizzy Fingers" | |||
1972 | Anita Columbo | St. Louis | 21 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal / Dance "It's Today" from Mame | |||
1971 | Deborah Duff | Kansas City | 19 | Miss Kansas City | Modern Jazz Dance "Big Noise from Winnetka" | |||
1970 | Marcia Mossbarger | Brookfield | 22 | Miss Brookfield | Tap Dance "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | |||
1969 | Frances Biesemeyer | New Franklin | 18 | Miss Fayette | Art Presentation "Talk to the Animals" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1968 | Kathleen Goff | DeSoto | 21 | Miss Southwest Missouri State College | Vocal "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1967 | Ronnee Brunk | St. Louis | 19 | Miss Camdenton | Vocal "I Feel a Song Coming On" | |||
1966 | Janice Robinson | Marshfield | 20 | Miss Southwest Missouri State College | Skit w/ Piano, Vocal & Dance "Calling Billy Names" | |||
1965 | Lesley Fleenor | Springfield | 20 | Miss West Plains | Vocal "Hard Hearted Hannah" | |||
1964 | Carol Browning | Lee's Summit | 20 | Miss Lee's Summit | Marimba & Accordion Medley | |||
1963 | Judith Engelhardt | Affton | Miss St. Charles | Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust | ||||
1962 | Sandra Lyle | Springfield | 19 | Miss Springfield | Dramatic Reading "The Potion Scene" from Romeo & Juliet | |||
1961 | Sarah Burns | Caruthersville | 20 | Miss Caruthersville | Vocal / Dance "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie | |||
1960 | Dusene Vunovich | Kansas City | 19 | Miss Kansas City | Vocal "Honey Bun" from South Pacific | |||
1959 | Linda Long | Independence | 19 | Miss Independence | Dramatic Reading "The White Cliffs of Dover" | |||
1958 | Marjorie Critten[19] | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Tap Dance "Opus No. 1" | ||||
1957 | Sara Cooper | Buckner | Miss Kansas City | Charleston Dance | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Daughter of Major League baseball player, Walker Cooper | |
1956 | Roseann Teri | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Dress Design | ||||
1955 | Sharon Knickmeyer | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Synchronized Swimming | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1954 | Carole Wilkinson | Maplewood | Miss Maplewood | Vocal | ||||
1953 | Laura Holmes | Northwoods | Miss Northwoods | Dance | ||||
1952 | Florence Spack | Clayton | Miss Clayton | Vocal | ||||
1951 | Carol Romann | St. Charles | Miss St. Charles | Bassoon | ||||
1950 | Beverly Rotroff | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Vocal / Piano | ||||
1949 | Mary Stone | Jefferson City | Miss Jefferson City | |||||
1948 | Dorothy Smith | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | |||||
1947 | Mary Jean Burke | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Vocal "I'm a Big Girl Now" | ||||
1946 | Nadine LaVerne Fugett | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
1945 | Betty Ream | Hughesville | Miss Hughesville | |||||
1944 | ||||||||
1943 | Emma Jean Adams | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
1942 | ||||||||
1941 | Leila Bell Wright[20] | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Geraldine Koehler | St. Louis | Miss Missouri | ||||||
1940 | Gloria Kathleen Gipson | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Virginia Morrison | St. Louis | Miss Missouri | Top 15 | |||||
LaFern Mueller | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | ||||||
1939 | Margaret Ley | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | |||||
1938 | ||||||||
1937 | Mary Sue Klein | Moberly | Miss Moberly | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Wauneta Bates | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Top 16 | |||||
1936 | Margaret Price | Lexington | Miss Lexington | |||||
1935 | Edna Smith | Fayette | 19 | Miss Fayette | Piano / Vocal "Prelude No. 20 by Chopin" & "When Day Is Done" | 1st runner-up | ||
1934 | ||||||||
1933 | Marie Marks | St. Louis | 16 | Top 18 | ||||
1932 | ||||||||
1931 | ||||||||
1930 | ||||||||
1929 | ||||||||
1928 | ||||||||
1927 | Marion Kenser | Miss Kansas City | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Katherine Calloway | Miss Missouri | |||||||
1926 | Marguerite Jordan | Miss Kansas City | Top 15 | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Ruby Wallace | Miss Missouri | |||||||
Corinne Groves | Miss St. Louis | Top 15 | ||||||
1925 | Eileen Wenzel | Miss St. Louis | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
1924 | Helen Moore | Miss St. Louis | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
1923 | Charlotte Nash | Miss St. Louis | 3rd runner-up | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
1922 | Miriam Chafee | Miss Kansas City | Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Mildred Hose | Miss St. Louis | |||||||
1921 |
References
- ↑ Sabatke, Sarah (June 17, 2018). "Katelyn Lewis crowned 2018 Miss Missouri". Columbia Daily Tribune.
- ↑ "New Miss Missouri crowned". Missouri Net. June 19, 2017.
- ↑ Fike, Brenda (June 19, 2017). "Jennifer Davis crowned Miss Missouri 2017". The Mexico Ledger.
- ↑ Nelson, Alisa (September 11, 2017). "Miss Missouri is 2018 Miss America runner-up". Missouri Net.
- ↑ Fike, Brenda (June 19, 2017). "Jennifer Davis crowned Miss Missouri 2017". The Mexican Ledger.
- 1 2 Shepherd, Ken (September 6, 2016). "Erin O'Flaherty hoping to become first openly lesbian Miss America". The Washington Times.
- ↑ "Missouri nominates its first openly gay woman for Miss America". Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- 1 2 Stortz Ripley, Catherine (June 15, 2015). "Miss Missouri McKENSIE GARBER". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, MO: GateHouse Media.
- ↑ Sokolowski, Doug (September 14, 2014). "Miss Missouri Ready For Miss America". KSIS Radio.
- ↑ "Columbia native Shelby Ringdahl wins Miss Missouri pageant". Columbia Missourian. June 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Springfield woman wins Miss Missouri crown". Springfield News-Leader. June 12, 2012.
- ↑ "El Dorado Springs Woman Named Miss Missouri 2011". KSPR 33. June 11, 2011. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Duplantier, Wes (June 14, 2010). "Erika Hebron crowned Miss Missouri 2010". Mexico Ledger. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010.
- ↑ "St. Charles Native Wins Miss Missouri Title". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 9, 2009.
- ↑ Redeffer, Linda (2004-04-14). "On her way to Miss USA, beauty queen won in Jackson". The Southeast Missourian. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ↑ "Miss Missouri crowned Miss USA 2004: Shandi Finnessey, 25, will represent America in Miss Universe pageant". USA Today. 2004-04-13.
- ↑ "Miss Australia Crowned New Miss Universe". Fox News Channel. 2004-06-02.
- ↑ "State Finally Finds a New Miss Missouri". The Southeast Missourian. September 29, 1989.
- ↑ "Parade of States". Pageant Almanac. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006.
- ↑ "Miss Delaware to Give Atlantic City Beauties Run for U. S. Honors". Wilmington, Delaware: The Morning News. September 4, 1941.