The Miss America Organization reinstated the license to Shelley Nichols-Franklin of Martinsburg who was the former executive director of Miss Berkeley County (WV) between 2000 and 2019.[3]
With Alaska became the latest state crowned the Miss America title, West Virginia is one of the few states along with Maine, South Dakota and Wyoming that has yet to win a Miss America, Miss USA, or Miss Teen USA title.
Jennifer Reuther of Wheeling was crowned Miss West Virginia 2024 on June 22, 2024, at the Airborne Event Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss West Virginia 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 West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant[37]
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↑ Moore, Sarah (July 22, 2012). "Miss W.Va.: 'It's like living a dream'". The DA Online. In 2007, she was crowned Miss Teen West Virginia, a pageant under the Miss West Virginia umbrella.
1 2 Murphy, Samantha (September 3, 1998). "Aunt says JonBenet knew her killer". CNN.com. Both Patsy Ramsey and Paugh, her unmarried younger sister, are former Miss West Virginia beauty queens.
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