Miss Nevada

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Miss Nevada
Formation1949
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Sparks
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Website Official website

The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America competition, and the name of the title held by that winner. The first Nevadan to compete at Miss America was Carol Lampe in 1949. [1]

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The competition currently takes place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Other venues have included Reno, Elko, Las Vegas, Carson City and Mesquite. [2] [3] [4] It has at various times been hosted by the Reno Lions Club and the Soroptimist club of Nevada. [5] [6]

Taylor Blatchford of Boulder City was crowned Miss Nevada 2023 on June 23, 2023 at Bally’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. She competed for the title of Miss America 2024 in Orlando, Florida in January 2024.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Nevada titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Interview: Elizabeth Muto (2005)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Vicky Jo Todd (1971), Helen Bennett (1973), Sandra Kastel (1977), Megan Anderson (1979), Sonja Nall (1986), Jennifer Joseph-Lier (1996), Tiffanie Story (2001), Ellie Smith (2015)

Other awards

  • Equity & Justice Winners: Heather Renner (2023)
  • Overall Interview Award: Teresa Benitez (2003)
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Teresa Benitez (2003), Caleche Manos (2008)
  • Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Elizabeth Muto (2005), Christina Keegan (2010)
  • Quality of Life Award/Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalists: Bailey Gumm (2017), Nasya Mancini (2020)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Alexis Hilts (2019)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Katherine Kelley (2016), Andrea Martinez (2018)

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal TitleMiss America TalentPlacement at Miss AmericaSpecial scholarships at Miss AmericaNotes
2023 Taylor Blatchford Boulder City 23Miss Boulder CityViolinDistinguished Young Woman of Nevada 2018
2022 Heather Renner Reno 23Miss Las VegasVocalTop 7Equity & Justice WinnerPreviously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2016
2021 Macie Tuell [7] Gardnerville 24Miss Las VegasVocalFormer personal assistant to David Copperfield [7]
2019–20Nasya Mancini [8] Sparks 22Miss Washoe CountyComedic MonologueSocial Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalist [9]
2018 Alexis Hilts [10] Las Vegas 23Miss UNLVPiano, "Transcendental Étude No. 4" by Franz Liszt STEM Scholarship Award [11] Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2008 [12]
2017 Andrea Martinez [13] 23Miss Clark CountyVocal, “His Eye in on the Sparrow"STEM Scholarship Award Finalist [14]
2016 Bailey Gumm [15] Minden 20Miss Pleasant ValleyTap Dance, "Sax" by Fleur East Quality of Life Award Finalist [16] Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2011 [17]

Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2015 Katherine Kelley [18] Madisonville 23 [18] Miss SummerlinPiano, "Etude in D Minor"STEM Scholarship Award Finalist [19]
2014 Ellie Smith [20] Henderson [20] 17Miss North East NevadaVocal, "Somebody to Love"Non-finalist Talent Award [20] Sister of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2014, Amy Smith [21]

Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012
2013 Diana Sweeney [22] Mound House 19Miss Carson CityLyrical Dance, "Roads"Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2012 Randi Sundquist [3] Elko [3] 22 [3] Miss Southern CountiesContemporary Jazz Dance, "I Won't Give Up"
2011 Alana Lee Las Vegas 21Miss Clark CountyVocal, "At This Moment"
2010 Cris Crotz Mesquite 24Miss Southern CountiesPopular Vocal, "Alone"
2009 Christina Keegan [23] Gardnerville 23Miss Northern CountiesBallet en Pointe, "Bohemian Rhapsody"Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
2008 Julianna Erdesz [4] Reno 24Miss Carson CityVocalLater Miss Nevada USA 2010
2007 Caleche Manos23Vocal, "Love Is a Battlefield"Quality of Life Award WinnerContestant at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant
2006 Caydi Cole Las Vegas 22Miss Clark CountyVocal, "Blues in the Night"
2005 Crystal Wosik23Miss Las VegasLyrical Dance, "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl
2004 Elizabeth Muto [24] 24Dramatic Monologue, "Who Will Cry?"Non-finalist Interview Award

Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up		Received Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President George W. Bush [25]
2003 Christina O'Neil Carson City 24Miss Gold CountryVocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
2002 Teresa Benitez [26] Reno 24Miss Silver StateDramatic Monologue from The Laramie Project 3rd runner-up [2] [26] Overall Interview Award

Preliminary Interview Award

Quality of Life Award Winner		Majority Floor Leader of the Nevada Assembly [27] [26]
2001 Ashley Huff [28] Las Vegas 21Miss Las VegasPolynesian Dance, "Welcome to Polynesia"Later Miss Nevada USA 2003
2000 Tiffanie Story Reno 19Miss UNR/Truckee MeadowsVocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'"Non-finalist Talent Award
1999 Gina Giacinto Las Vegas 24Miss Las VegasOriginal Vocal Presentation, "Dreams Were Given Wings To Fly"Preliminary Swimsuit Award [29] Later Miss Nevada USA 2001
3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2001 pageant [30]
1998 Anna Carpenter Mesquite 18Miss MesquiteMonologue
1997 Amanda Gunderson Reno 19Miss Northern CountiesClassical Vocal, "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"
1996 Annette Albertson24Miss Truckee MeadowsVocal, "Luck Be a Lady"
1995 Jennifer Joseph-Lier Wendover 24Miss Elko County/Northeast NevadaVocal, "I Am Changing"Non-finalist Talent AwardContestant on the E! reality show "The Entertainer"[ citation needed ]
1994 Laura Hubach Reno 22Miss RenoClassical Piano
1993 Mitzie Cox [31] Sparks 20Miss SparksVocal / Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
1992 Sandra Dornak Las Vegas 25Miss Las VegasVentriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins
1991 Malia Winn Minden 17Miss Douglas CountyInterpretive Ballet, music from Somewhere in Time
1990 Tia Marie Zorne Las Vegas 21Miss Las VegasAcro-Jazz Dance, "Julie's Theme" from American Anthem
1989 Brenda Linscott Incline Village 23Miss Cosmopolitan CountiesVocal, "Memory" from Cats
1988 Deborah Schuler22Vocal, "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born
1987 Stacie James Las Vegas 23Miss Las VegasVocal, "On My Own" from Les Misérables 2nd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1986 Kelsey Kara Las Vegas 23Miss Las VegasFlamenco Dance
1985 Sonja Nall23Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 LeAnna Grant22Vocal, "I Love Paris"Later Miss Nevada USA 1986
1983 Kim Pacini Incline Village 24Miss North Lake TahoeVocal, "You're the Top"
1982 Kim King Las Vegas 21Miss Clark CountyBanjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
1981 Suzanne Bowman Reno 20Miss RenoModern Rhythmic Gymnastics, "Zero to Sixty in Five"
1980 Phyllis Hamlin [32] 23Piano, Warsaw Concerto
1979 Jeanne CangemiNorth Lake Tahoe 22Miss North Lake TahoeClassical & Jazz Saxophone, "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás"
1978 Megan Anderson Reno 19Miss Washoe CountyClassical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca Non-finalist Talent Award
1977 Lori Isom Las Vegas 18Miss Clark CountyJazz Dance, "Classical Blues"
1976 Sandra Kastel21Miss Las VegasVocal, "My Man"Non-finalist Talent Award
1975 Sherri Ann Lowe21Baton Twirling / Variety Act
1974 Jacqueline Barker Sparks 19Miss SparksPopular Vocal, "The Way We Were"
1973 Echo Rost20Modern Jazz Dance, "I Feel the Earth Move"Neat As A Pin Award (tie)
1972 Helen Bennett [33] Reno 23Miss RenoClassical Ballet, "Dance of the Gypsy"Non-finalist Talent Award [33]
1971 Joan Burachio Las Vegas 21Miss Las VegasAccordion, "Csárdás"Top 10
1970 Vicky Jo Todd Sparks 20Miss SparksVocal / Guitar, "Time"Non-finalist Talent Award
1969 Karen Wastun Yerington 21Miss Lyon CountyDramatic Presentation, "Lizzie" from The Rainmaker
1968 Sharon Davis Reno 19Miss University of NevadaClassical Vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème
1967 Vicky Landeck18Miss RenoDramatic Reading, "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell
1966 Roberta Sharp Carson City 18Miss Carson CityPiano
1965 Kathryn Blaikie18Musical Comedy, "I'm Late"Preliminary Swimsuit Award [34]
1964 Ellen Roseman Sparks 21Miss South Lake TahoeComedy Skit
1963 Cheryle Thompson Las Vegas Miss Las VegasFolk Singing, "My Lover Has Gone"Top 10
1962 Audrey Chambers Las Vegas 19Miss RenoBaton Twirling, Fire Baton & Dance
1961 Sherry Wagner Reno 19Miss RenoTap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers"
1960 Nancy Bowen [35] McGill 19Humorous Reading & Piano
1959 Dawn Wells Reno 20Miss RenoDramatic Reading from Antigone Played role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island [36]
1958 Judy Wadsworth Sparks 18Dramatic Monologue from The Lark
1957 Loni Gravelle [37] Reno 19Miss RenoPiano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg Top 10 - 6th place
1956 Carmen Ruggeroli Las Vegas 19Vocal
1955 Vivienne Potter Reno 21Miss RenoDramatic Monologue, "An Address to the Jury"
1954 Janice Babcock17Miss RenoGrecian Interpretive Dance
1953 Jeannine McColl Las Vegas 18Miss Las VegasBallet, "Something to Dance About"
1952 Bonnie Wilson Reno Miss RenoBallet, "Something to Dance About"Assumed the title after the original winner, Sylvia Russell, chose to marry [38]
1951 Donna Sollars21Miss RenoVocal & Ukulele, "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" & "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
1950 Tosca Masini Sparks 24Miss SparksComedy CharacterizationTop 16 - 7th place
1949 Carol Lampe Reno 20Speech, "4-H" [39]
1935–1948 No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
1934No national pageant was held [54]
1933 No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant [55]
1932No national pageants were held [54]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1921–1927 No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]

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