List of Miss America titleholders

Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a beauty pageant, the competition now judges competitors' talent performances and interviews in addition to their physical appearance.

In January 2018, the new board of directors increased the maximum age of titleholders to 25 years old, from 24. ^[1] Therefore, contestants couldn't be older than 25 years old on December 31 in the calendar year of her state competition. ^[1]

In January 2023, the new board of directors increased the maximum age of delegates to 28 years old, from 27. Thus, participants must be at least 18 by the date of competition, and no older than 28 in the year of her national competition.

Gallery of past Miss Americas

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  Margaret Gorman,
  Miss America 1921
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  Mary Katherine Campbell,
  Miss America
  1922 and 1923
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  Ruth Malcomson,
  Miss America 1924
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  Norma Smallwood,
  Miss America 1926
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  Lois Delander,
  Miss America 1927
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  Jean Bartel,
  Miss America 1943
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  Bess Myerson,
  Miss America 1945
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  Marilyn Buferd,
  Miss America 1946
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  Jacque Mercer,
  Miss America 1949
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  Yolanda Betbeze,
  Miss America 1951
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  Lee Meriwether,
  Miss America 1955
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  Marian McKnight,
  Miss America 1957
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  Mary Ann Mobley,
  Miss America 1959
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  Lynda Lee Mead,
  Miss America 1960
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  Nancy Anne Fleming,
  Miss America 1961
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  Maria Beale Fletcher,
  Miss America 1962
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  Deborah Irene Bryant,
  Miss America 1966
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  Jane Anne Jayroe,
  Miss America 1967
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  Judith Ford,
  Miss America 1969
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  Phyllis George,
  Miss America 1971
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  Shirley Cothran,
  Miss America 1975
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  Tawny Godin,
  Miss America 1976
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  Kylene Barker,
  Miss America 1979
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  Debra Maffett,
  Miss America 1983
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  Vanessa Williams,
  Miss America 1984 (resigned)
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  Suzette Charles,
  Miss America 1984 (successor)
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  Susan Akin,
  Miss America 1986
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  Tara Dawn Holland,
  Miss America 1997
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  Katherine Shindle,
  Miss America 1998
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  Heather French,
  Miss America 2000
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  Katie Harman,
  Miss America 2002
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  Erika Harold,
  Miss America 2003
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  Ericka Dunlap,
  Miss America 2004
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  Deidre Downs,
  Miss America 2005
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  Jennifer Berry,
  Miss America 2006
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  Lauren Nelson,
  Miss America 2007
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  Kirsten Haglund,
  Miss America 2008
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  Katie Stam,
  Miss America 2009
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  Caressa Cameron,
  Miss America 2010
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  Teresa Scanlan,
  Miss America 2011
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  Laura Kaeppeler,
  Miss America 2012
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  Mallory Hagan,
  Miss America 2013
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  Nina Davuluri,
  Miss America 2014
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  Kira Kazantsev,
  Miss America 2015
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  Betty Cantrell,
  Miss America 2016
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  Savvy Shields,
  Miss America 2017
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  Cara Mund,
  Miss America 2018
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  Nia Franklin,
  Miss America 2019
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  Camille Schrier,
  Miss America 2020
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  Emma Broyles,
  Miss America 2022
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  Madison Marsh,
  Miss America 2024

Winners

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 [lower-alpha 1]	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 [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 [38]
1975	Sept. 7, 1974	Shirley Cothran [39]	Texas	Denton	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Flute medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues"
1976	Sept. 6, 1975	Tawny Godin [40]	New York	Yonkers	18		Original piano composition, "Images in Pastels"
1977	Sept. 11, 1976	Dorothy Benham [41]	Minnesota	Edina	20	Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent	Classical vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus	Appeared in Jerome Robbins' Broadway [42]
1978	Sept. 10, 1977	Susan Perkins [43]	Ohio	Middletown	23	Preliminary Talent	Vocal, "Good Morning Heartache"	Television broadcast moved to CBS
1979	Sept. 9, 1978	Kylene Barker [44]	Virginia	Galax	22		Gymnastics routine, "Gonna Fly Now" & "Feels So Good"	Television broadcast moved to NBC
1980	Sept. 8, 1979	Cheryl Prewitt [45]	Mississippi	Ackerman	22	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal / Piano, "Don't Cry Out Loud"
1981	Sept. 6, 1980	Susan Powell [46]	Oklahoma	Elk City	21	Preliminary Talent (tie)	Classical vocal, "The Telephone Aria"
1982	Sept. 12, 1981	Elizabeth Ward [47]	Arkansas	Russellville	20	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal, "After You've Gone"	Previously National Sweetheart 1981 [47] Infamously claimed to have had short-lived affair with President Bill Clinton while he was Governor of Arkansas [48] [49] [50]
1983	Sept. 11, 1982	Debra Maffett [51]	California	Anaheim	25	Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent	Popular Vocal, "Come In From the Rain"
1984	Sept. 17, 1983	Vanessa Lynn Williams [52]	New York	Millwood	20	Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent	Popular vocal, "Happy Days Are Here Again"	First African American Miss America [52] Resigned on July 23, 1984, due to backlash from unauthorized nude photos of her being published in Penthouse magazine [53] [54]
	July 23, 1984	Suzette Charles [55]	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 [56]
1985	Sept. 15, 1984	Sharlene Wells [57]	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) [58]
1986	Sept. 14, 1985	Susan Akin [59]	Mississippi	Meridian	21	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal, "You're My World"
1987	Sept. 13, 1986	Kellye Cash [60]	Tennessee	Memphis	21	Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent	Piano / Vocal, "I'll Be Home"	Grandniece of singer, Johnny Cash [61]
1988	Sept. 19, 1987	Kaye Lani Rae Rafko [62]	Michigan	Monroe	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Hawaiian-Tahitian dance
1989	Sept. 10, 1988	Gretchen Carlson [63]	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 [64]
1990	Sept. 16, 1989	Debbye Turner [65]	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 [66]	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) [67]
1992	Sept. 14, 1991	Carolyn Suzanne Sapp [68]	Hawaii	Kona	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'"	First Miss Hawaii crowned [68]
1993	Sept. 19, 1992	Leanza Cornett [69]	Florida	Jacksonville	21		Vocal, "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde	Married (and later divorced) Mark Steines [70]
1994	Sept. 18, 1993	Kimberly Clarice Aiken [71] [72]	South Carolina	Columbia	18		Vocal, "Summertime"
1995	Sept. 17, 1994	Heather Whitestone [73]	Alabama	Birmingham	21	Preliminary Swimsuit Preliminary Talent	Ballet en Pointe, "Via Dolorosa"	First deaf Miss America [73]
1996	Sept. 16, 1995	Shawntel Smith [74]	Oklahoma	Muldrow	24		Vocal, "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born
1997	Sept. 14, 1996	Tara Dawn Holland [75]	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 [76]	Illinois	Evanston	20	Preliminary Talent	Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade"	Performed in Legally Blonde on Broadway President of the Actors' Equity Association [77] Briefly on the board of directors for the Miss America Organization in 2018 [78] Television broadcast moved to ABC
1999	Sept. 19, 1998	Nicole Johnson [79]	Virginia	Roanoke	24		Vocal, "That's Life"	Diabetes awareness advocate
2000	Sept. 18, 1999	Heather Renee French [80]	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 [81]	Hawaii	Honolulu	24	Preliminary Swimsuit	Hula, "Theme" from Mutiny on the Bounty	First Filipino American and Asian American Miss America [81]
2002	Sept. 22, 2001	Katie Harman [82]	Oregon	Gresham	21	Preliminary Talent	Classical vocal, "O mio babbino caro"	First Miss Oregon crowned [82]
2003	Sept. 21, 2002	Erika Harold [83]	Illinois	Urbana	22		Classical vocal, "Habanera"
2004	Sept. 20, 2003	Ericka Dunlap [84]	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 [85]	Alabama	Birmingham	24		Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love"	First former Miss America titleholder to enter a same-sex marriage. [86]
2006	Jan. 21, 2006	Jennifer Berry [87]	Oklahoma	Tulsa	22	Preliminary Talent	Ballet en Pointe, "Within"	Television broadcast moved to CMT
2007	Jan. 29, 2007	Lauren Nelson [88]		Lawton	20	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness	Vocal, "You'll Be in My Heart"
2008	Jan. 26, 2008	Kirsten Haglund [89] [90]	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 [91] Television broadcast moved to TLC
2009	Jan. 24, 2009	Katie Stam [92] [93]	Indiana	Seymour	22	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness	Vocal, "Via Dolorosa"	First Miss Indiana crowned [93]
2010	Jan. 30, 2010	Caressa Cameron [94]	Virginia	Fredericksburg	22	Preliminary Talent	Vocal, "Listen" from Dreamgirls
2011	Jan. 15, 2011	Teresa Scanlan [95]	Nebraska	Gering	17	Preliminary Talent	Piano, "White Water Chopped Sticks" by Calvin Jones	Youngest Miss America winner since 1933 [95] First Miss Nebraska crowned [95] Television broadcast moved back to ABC
2012	Jan. 14, 2012	Laura Kaeppeler [96]	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 [78]
2013	Jan. 12, 2013	Mallory Hagan [97]	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 [98] [99]		Fayetteville	24		Bollywood fusion dance, "Dhoom Tana" from Om Shanti Om	First Indian American winner [98] First to perform a Bollywood dance at a Miss America pageant
2015	Sept. 14, 2014	Kira Kazantsev [100]		Manhattan	23		Vocal with plastic cup percussion, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
2016	Sept. 13, 2015	Betty Cantrell [101]	Georgia	Warner Robins	21	Preliminary Talent	Classical vocal, "Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio!" from Madama Butterfly
2017	Sept. 11, 2016	Savvy Shields [102]	Arkansas	Fayetteville	21	Preliminary Talent	Jazz dance, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from the NBC show Smash
2018	Sept. 10, 2017	Cara Mund [103]	North Dakota	Bismarck	23		Jazz dance, “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson	First Miss North Dakota crowned [103]
2019	Sept. 9, 2018	Nia Franklin [104]	New York	Brooklyn	25		Operatic vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème
2020	Dec. 19, 2019	Camille Schrier [105]	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 [106]
2022	Dec. 16, 2021 [107]	Emma Broyles	Alaska	Anchorage	20	Preliminary Social Impact Pitch Award	Vocal, “Let Me Be Your Star” from TV show Smash	First Miss Alaska crowned [107] 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

Winners by state

State	Number of titles won	Year(s) won
New York	7	1945, [lower-alpha 2] 1976, 1984, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019
Oklahoma	6	1926, [lower-alpha 3] 1967, 1981, 1996, 2006, 2007
California		1925, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1955, 1983
Ohio		1922, [lower-alpha 4] 1923, [lower-alpha 5] 1938, 1963, 1972, 1978
Michigan	5	1939, 1961, 1970, 1988, 2008
Illinois		1927, 1969, 1991, 1998, 2003
Pennsylvania		1924, [lower-alpha 6] 1935, [lower-alpha 7] 1936, [lower-alpha 8] 1940, [lower-alpha 9] 1954
Colorado	4	1956, 1958, 1974, 2024
Virginia		1979, 1999, 2010, 2020
Mississippi		1959, 1960, 1980, 1986
Wisconsin	3	1973, 2012, 2023
Arkansas		1964, 1982, 2017
Alabama		1951, 1995, 2005
Kansas		1966, 1968, 1997
Minnesota		1948, 1977, 1989
Texas		1942, 1971, 1975
Georgia	2	1953, 2016
Florida		1993, 2004
Hawaii		1992, 2001
South Carolina		1957, 1994
Tennessee		1947, [lower-alpha 10] 1987
Utah		1952, 1985
New Jersey		1937, [lower-alpha 11] 1984
Arizona		1949, 1965
District of Columbia		1921, 1944
Alaska	1	2022
North Dakota		2018
Nebraska		2011
Indiana		2009
Oregon		2002
Kentucky		2000
Missouri		1990
North Carolina		1962
Connecticut		1933

Debut wins

Debut wins timeline

	States/Federal District
1920s	List 1921: District of Columbia 1922: Ohio 1924: Pennsylvania 1925: California 1926: Oklahoma 1927: Illinois
1930s	List 1933: Connecticut 1937: New Jersey 1939: Michigan
1940s	List 1942: Texas 1945: New York 1947: Tennessee 1948: Minnesota 1949: Arizona
1950s	List 1951: Alabama 1952: Utah 1953: Georgia 1956: Colorado 1957: South Carolina 1959: Mississippi
1960s	List 1962: North Carolina 1964: Arkansas 1966: Kansas
1970s	List 1973: Wisconsin 1979: Virginia
1980s	List 1990: Missouri
1990s	List 1992: Hawaii 1993: Florida 2000: Kentucky
2000s	List 2002: Oregon 2009: Indiana
2010s	List 2011: Nebraska 2018: North Dakota
2020s	List 2022: Alaska

States have yet to win Miss America

There have been no Miss America winners from the following seventeen states:

• Delaware
• Idaho
• Iowa
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

Entities that do not participate in Miss America until now

• Canada (until 1963)
• Puerto Rico (until 2017)
• Virgin Islands (until 2015)

Notes

1. No "Miss America 1950" was officially crowned. Since the majority of each titleholder's reign occurred during the following year, the organization began referring to titleholder using upcoming year.
2. Competed at Miss New York City
3. Competed at Miss Tulsa
4. Competed at Miss Columbus
5. Competed at Miss Columbus
6. Competed at Miss Philadelphia
7. Competed at Miss Pittsburgh
8. Competed at Miss Philadelphia
9. Competed at Miss Philadelphia
10. Competed at Miss Memphis
11. Competed at Miss Bertrand Island

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External links

• Miss America official website