Miss Kentucky

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Miss Kentucky
Formation1922
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Louisville
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Website www.misskentucky.org

The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant.

Contents

Only once has a Miss Kentucky won the Miss America crown, in 1999 when Heather French Henry of Maysville, Kentucky earned the national Miss America 2000 title. Additionally, Venus Ramey, a native of Somerset, Kentucky, was named Miss America of 1944 while competing as Miss Washington, DC.

Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable:

Hannah Edelen from Springfield was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 on June 18, 2022, at The Brown Theater in Louisville. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022 where she was Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist and also voted as Miss Congeniality.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky 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 Talent: Jane Brock (1958), Marsha Griffith (1976), Victoria Harned (1977), Melinda Cumberledge (1987), Tonya Virgin (1994), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
  • Non-finalist Interview: Maria Maldonado (2005)

Other awards

* Competed as Miss Blue Grass
** Competed as Miss Louisville

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal TitleMiss America TalentPlacement at Miss AmericaSpecial scholarships at Miss AmericaNotes
2023 Mallory Hudson Bowling Green 22Vocal, "I Who Have Nothing"3rd Runner-Up
2022 Hannah M. Edelen Springfield 24Miss Heart of Central KentuckyJean Bartel Social Impact Finalist

Miss Congeniality

2021 Haley Wheeler [3] Clay City 23Miss Bowling GreenVocal
2019–20 [lower-alpha 1] Alex Francke [6] Lexington 22Miss Central KentuckyVocal, "Maybe This Time"Women in Business Scholarship Award [7] Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014 [8]

Previously Miss Kentucky Sweetheart 2018 [9]
4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant [9]
2018 Katie Michelle Bouchard [10] Owensboro 22Miss Jefferson CountyClogging, "Soul Man"
2017 Molly Matney [11] Center 20Miss Mammoth Cave AreaVocal, "He Taught Me to Yodel"STEM Scholarship Award [12]
2016 Laura Jones [13] Fisherville 23Miss DanvilleViolinTop 12 [14] America's ChoicePreviously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2010 [15]
Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant [16]
2015 Clark Davis [17] Lexington 17Miss Horse CapitalCappella Vocal, "Summertime"
2014 Ramsey Carpenter [18] [19] Hartford 23Miss My Old Kentucky HomeFiddle, "Sally Goodin" & "Orange Blossom Special"Top 12Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award

Preliminary Talent Award		In December 2018, she was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos of herself via Snapchat to an underage student [20]
Charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors and was released on $10,000 bail [20] [21]
2013 Jenna Day [22] Louisville 21Miss Berea AreaVocal, "And This Is My Beloved"Top 15Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant[ citation needed ]
2012 Jessica Casebolt [23] [24] Pikeville 19Miss GoldenrodVocal, "Superstar"Top 15
2011 Ann Blair Thornton [25] [26] Bowling Green 21Miss Bowling GreenPiano, "Prelude in G Minor"Quality of Life Award WinnerPreviously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2007 [27]
4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant [28]

1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[ citation needed ]
2010 Djuan Trent [29] Columbus, GA 23Miss Berea AreaVocal, "A Change Is Gonna Come"Top 10Eligible to compete at Miss Kentucky as a Berea College student

Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist by her fellow contestants
2009 Mallory Ervin [30] Morganfield 23Miss Bowling GreenVocal, "On My Own"4th runner-upQuality of Life Award FinalistVoted into the Top 15 as a "America's Choice" contestant by TV viewers

Contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 17, 18, and 24)
2008 Emily Ann Cox [31] Campbellsville 22Miss Bowling GreenClassical Piano, "Impromptu in C Sharp Minor" by Hugo Reinhold Top 12Quality of Life Award Winner [32] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
2007 Kaitlynne Postel [33] Lexington 20Miss MonticelloVocal, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde Kaitlynne Dorothy Postel performed "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde: The Musical, in which her cousin and close friend Laura Bell Bundy was the star.Daughter of Miss Maryland 1982, Lynne Carol Graham [33]

Niece (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 1978, Marcia Malone Bell[ citation needed ]
2006 Rachelle Nicole Phillips[ citation needed ] Princeton 24Miss HeartlandVocal, "Cry Me a River"
2005 Kerri Katelyn Mitchell [34] Barbourville 21Miss JeffersontownVocal, "Born to Fly"
2004 Maria Maldonado [35] Lexington 22Miss Heart of the SouthVocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime Non-finalist Interview Award [36] Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 1999 [37]
2003 MacKenzie Mayes23Miss MonticelloVocal, "I Surrender"Non-finalist Talent Award

Quality of Life 1st runner-up		Previously National Sweetheart 2000
2002 Mary Catherine Correll Somerset 21Miss Maysville AreaVocal, "The Prayer"Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

Quality of Life Finalist		Daughter of Miss Kentucky USA 1975 and Miss Wyoming 1976, Carol June Wallace[ citation needed ]
2001 Monica Lutrece Hardin [38] Louisville 20Miss JeffersontownVocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz First Miss Kentucky Teen, crowned in 1998 [39]
2000 Whitney Renee Boyles Louisville 22Miss Northern KentuckyVocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde 4th runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist
1999 Shanna Kari Moore Marion Miss JeffersontownClassical PianoDid not compete; later assumed the title after French won Miss America 2000
4th runner-up (1998) & 3rd runner-up (1999) at National Sweetheart pageants[ citation needed ]
Heather French Maysville 24Miss LouisvilleVocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard WinnerPreliminary Swimsuit Award

Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
1998 Chera-Lyn Cook London 21Miss LexingtonVocal, "When a Man Loves a Woman"4th runner-upPreliminary Talent AwardPreviously National Sweetheart 1997
1997 Lori Menshouse Ashland 24Miss Ashland AreaPiano, "Revolutionary Etude" by ChopinLater Miss Kentucky USA 1999
1996 Veronica Marie Duka Campbellsville 19Miss CampbellsvilleVocal, "Somewhere"Top 10
1995 Kristie Dawn Hicks Bardstown 23Miss JeffersontownVocal, "Stormy Weather"Konica Visual Arts ScholarshipPreviously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1989
1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1989 pageant
1994 Laura Sue Humphress Campbellsville 22Miss Heart of the BluegrassClassical Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" by Aram Khachaturian
1993 Tonya Dee Virgin Oldtown 24Miss East KentuckyCountry Vocal, "If I Could Only Be Like You"Non-finalist Talent Award
1992 Tawnya Dawn Mullins Kimper 25Miss Heart of KentuckyContemporary Clogging, "Banjo Fantasy"Top 10Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1991 Sheri Lynn Plambeck Lexington 23Miss Heart of the BluegrassTap Dance, "The Joint Is Jumpin'"
1990 Nancy Cox Campbellsville 22Miss Bowling GreenPopular Vocal, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
1989 Melanie-Lynn Glasscock Leitchfield 21Miss Green River ValleyBaton Twirling, "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
1988 Mikka Lynn Darby Salyersville 19Miss East KentuckyMiddle Eastern Dance
1987 Elizabeth Gray McDowell Prospect 21Miss Jefferson CountySemi-classical Vocal, "Falling in Love with Love"
1986 Melinda Katharine Cumberledge Lexington 23Miss Bluegrass AreaSemi-classical Vocal, "Till There Was You"Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Laurie Janine Keller Nippa 21Miss Floyd CountyVocal / Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"Top 10Miss America Gillette Show Troupe. Laurie Janine Keller died at age 46 in her sleep at home in Ohio in October 2009.
1984 Kelly Lin Brumagen Lexington 22Miss Fayette CountyVocal, "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria Top 10Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1983 Lynn Whitney Thompson24Miss Bluegrass AreaPopular Vocal, "Yesterday When I Was Young"Top 10
1982 Gwendolyn Suzanne Witten Vine Grove 23Miss LouisvilleSemi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved"Top 10Preliminary Talent Award
1981 Sheri Colleen Copeland Benton 20Miss Bluegrass AreaPopular Vocal, "Out Here On My Own" from Fame
1980 Daphne Jean Cochran Louisville 21Miss FairdalePopular Vocal, "Bridges"
1979 Kathryn Parker Wilmore 21Miss LexingtonFlute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song"
1978 Marcia Malone Bell Lexington 21Miss Lake CumberlandPopular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"Top 10Aunt (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel [ citation needed ]
1977 Karen Gordon Benton 21Miss Murray State UniversityChalk Drawing with Narration
1976 Victoria Jane Harned Leitchfield 21Miss Lake CumberlandPopular Vocal, "Send In the Clowns"Non-finalist Talent Award
1975 Marsha Ann Griffith Greenup 22Miss Ashland AreaVocal / Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now"Non-finalist Talent Award
1974 Darlene Compton Louisville 25Miss LouisvilleVocal, "Mira" from Carnival! 3rd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1973 Lyda Lewis Louisville 24Miss LouisvilleVocal, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead"First Black Miss Kentucky
1972 Diana Moore Pikeville N/ASuccessor to crown when Walters resigned
Carolyn Walters Louisville 19Miss University of LouisvilleVocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"Represented Kentucky at Miss America 1973 pageant, but resigned soon after [40]
1971 Robbie Lynn Halcomb Scottsville 19Miss JeffersontownSemi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song"Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 pageant[ citation needed ]
1970 Cynthia Anne Bostick Owensboro 18Miss OwensboroVocal, "Life Is a One Way Street"Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns [41] Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023, in Racine, Wisconsin.
1969 Louisa Ann Flook Richmond 20Miss RichmondDramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan
1968 Janet Sue Hatfield Jeffersontown 18Miss JeffersontownVocal, "I'm Glad There Is You"
1967 Jo-Anne Clark Louisville 19Vocal / Guitar, "Unchained Melody"
1966 Janie Olmstead New Castle 22Miss New CastleModern Ballet Dance, "Peter Gunn Theme"
1965 Rebecca Tollivar Snyder Owensboro 20Miss LexingtonDramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx"
1964 Linda Lenora Sawyer Louisville 21Miss LouisvilleVocal & Speech, "Stephen Foster Medley"Top 10Older sister of newscaster, Diane Sawyer [ citation needed ]
1963 Nell Garnett Owen Bowling Green Miss Bowling GreenFashion DesignFormer mayor of Prospect, Kentucky [ citation needed ]
1962 Nanci Rosalind Bowling Campbellsville 21Miss HarlanPiano
1961 Lee Willis Grigsby Bardstown 18Miss LouisvilleVocal, "Summertime"
1960 Alice Chumbley Jamestown 21Miss Bowling GreenDramatic Monologue from The Country Girl
1959 Carol Fairchild Brown Whitesburg 19Miss Eastern State Teacher's CollegeDramatic Reading
1958 Sandra Sue Smith Harlan Pantomime / Dance, "Tweedle Dee"
1957 Jane Marvin Brock Liberty PianoNon-finalist Talent Award
1956 Janene Carole Simpson Louisville Piano
1955 Ann Shirley Gillock Carrollton Organ
1954 Margaret Diane Hunt Lexington Dance
1953 Emily "Tucky" Rucker Berea Vocal
1952 Joy Williams Lexington Dance
1951 Dottye Nuckols Bowling Green Vocal
1950 Mary Louise Osborne Wheelwright Drama
1949 Betty Joanne Haverstock Louisville Miss Louisville
1948 Mildred Joanne Hollinger
1947 Evelyn L. Murray Louisville Miss KentuckySambaTop 15Preliminary Swimsuit AwardMultiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Margaret Allen Hill Louisville Miss LouisvilleVocal / Piano, "It Had to Be You"
1946 Mary Madonna Smith Jenkins Miss KentuckyMultiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Patricia Alden Fenton Louisville Miss LouisvilleArtistic Exhibition & SketchTop 16
1945 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant [42] [43] [44] [45]
1944
1943
1942
1941 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Top 15
1940 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Miss Kentucky4th runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit AwardMultiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Violet OwenMiss Western Kentucky
1939 Louise Holman Pineville Miss KentuckyMultiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Dorothy Slatten was the original winner but was disqualified due to being underage [46]
Mattigene Palmore Lexington Miss Lexington
1938 Evelyn Cooper Somerset Vocal, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1937 Audrey Catherine Flaig Bellevue
1936 Charlet Bernice Hiteman Newport Miss KentuckyTop 15Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Jean Margaret Megerle Fort Thomas 19Miss Blue GrassTop 15
1935 Jean Margaret Megerle Fort Thomas 18Miss KentuckyVocal / Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again"2nd runner-up
1934No national pageant was held [47]
1933 Lucille Rader Berea 14Top 18Lucille Rader Cyrus died at age 88 in Florida on February 16, 2016.
1932No national pageants were held [47]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant [48]
1926 Gladys Imogene King Louisville Miss LouisvilleN/A [49] Competed under local title at national pageant
1925 Mary Madeline O'Laughlin Louisville Miss LouisvilleTop 15Competed under local title at national pageant
1924 Juanita Hobbs Louisville Miss LouisvilleMultiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Kathleen McElroyMiss Paducah
1923 Juanita Hobbs [50] Louisville Miss LouisvilleCompeted under local title at national pageant
1922 Dorothy Heick [51]
1921 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant [52]

Notes

  1. ↑ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] [5]

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