The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition that selects the representative for the US state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.
Abigail Hoppe of McMinnville was crowned Miss Oregon 2024 on June 29, 2024, at Seaside Convention Center in Seaside, Oregon. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025 in January 2025, in Orlando, Florida.
Gallery of past titleholders
Miss Oregon 2021 Abigail Hayes in the iconic Show Us Your Shoes Parade. Hayes wore custom Nike Shoes.
Allison Cook, Miss Oregon 2013, with Raymond F. Rees
The event began in 1947 as the Miss Oregon Pageant and was founded by the merchants in the coastal city of Seaside.[1] Miss Oregon was designated the official State Hostess in 1969.[2] In 2001, Katie Harman was crowned Miss Oregon and went on to win the Miss America crown, becoming the only Miss Oregon winner of the national event. The event is now titled the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant.[3]
The event is held at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center at the Oregon Coast with local Seaside merchants as the primary sponsors of the annual contest.[1] The preliminary nights narrow the competition down to around ten finalists before selecting a winner on finals night. Events at the event include an evening wear competition, talent competition, a fitness wear competition, and a private interview.[4] The competition includes an interview on-stage as the final portion before a winner is selected.[4]
In addition to the chance to become Miss America, the winner also receives scholarships.[1] Contests range in age from 18 to 28, and must first win local competitions or compete at large before qualifying for the Miss Oregon contest.[4]
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oregon 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.
No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant[36]
Notes
↑ Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
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References
1 2 3 Miss Oregon Pageant starts today in Seaside. The Oregonian, July 8, 2004.
↑ Novak, Theresa (July 24, 2017). "A crown of ideals". The Register-Guard. She won...Miss Lane County's Outstanding Teen and Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen in 2013...
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