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| Formation | 1926 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America competition. Two Miss Utah titleholders have won the Miss America pageant.
Sarah Sun of Salt Lake City, Utah was crowned Miss Utah 2023 on June 10, 2023 at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Utah 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.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2023 | Sarah Sun | Salt Lake City | 22 | Miss Aspen Hills | Classical Piano | Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2019; 2nd runner-up to Distinguished Young Woman of America 2019 | ||
| 2022 | Lindsey Larsen [1] | Lehi | 21 | Miss Utah County | Ballet en Pointe | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
| 2021 | Sasha Sloan [2] | North Salt Lake | 23 | Miss Greater Salt Lake | Vocal, “That’s Life” | Top 10 | Equity and Justice Award Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Scholarship 1st runner-up Women in Business Award Finalist | Known for creating and playing “Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)” in the TikTok series “The Noble House of Black”, which is a famous fan-made series about the three Black sisters from the Harry Potter franchise. |
| 2019–20 | Dexonna Talbot [3] | Spanish Fork | 19 | Miss Greater Salt Lake | Ballet en Pointe | Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalist [4] | ||
| 2018 | Jesse Craig [5] | Orem | 22 | Miss Timpanogos | Violin, "Misirlou and the Bee" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss Utah 1991, Elizabeth Johnson Craig [6] | |
| 2017 | JessiKate Riley [7] | Beaver | 20 | Miss Panoramaland | Classical Violin, "Praeludium and Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler | Non-finalist Talent Award [8] [9] Preliminary Talent Award [10] | Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2014 [11] Later Miss Utah USA 2021 | |
| 2016 | Lauren Wilson [12] | Pleasant Grove | 21 | Miss Northern Utah County | Dance, "Libertango" | |||
| 2015 | Krissia Beatty [13] | St. George | 22 | Miss Nebo | Piano, "All of Me" | Charles & Teresa Brown Award | ||
| 2014 | Karlie Major | Logan | 20 | Miss Cache Valley | Dance, "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | |||
| 2013 | Ciera Pekarcik [14] | Farmington | 23 | Miss Panoramaland | Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2012 | Kara Arnold | Bountiful | 22 | Miss Davis County | Piano, "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor" | Top 16 | ||
| 2011 | Danica Olsen | Tooele | 21 | Miss Utah Valley University | Dance, "Come Fly with Me" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| 2010 | Christina Lowe | Midway | 21 | Miss Utah County | Vocal, "Footprints in the Sand" | Top 15 | ||
| 2009 | Whitney Merrifield | Lindon | 19 | Miss Utah County | Classical Piano, "[[Moment musical in E minor, Op. 16/4 (Rachmaninoff)|] Moment musical in E minor, Op. 16/4 ]" | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant | ||
| 2008 | Kayla Barclay | Manti | 19 | Miss Sanpete County | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2007 | Jill Stevens | Kaysville | 24 | Miss Davis County | Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | Top 16 | Voted into the Top 16 as "America's Choice" by viewers of the TLC Network's Miss America: Reality Check series Combat Medical with Utah National Guard, completed an 18-month-tour in Afghanistan[ citation needed ] | |
| 2006 | Katie Millar | Highland | 20 | Miss Timpanogos | Electric Violin, "Souvenir D'Amerique, Variations on Yankee Doodle" | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Julia Bachison | North Ogden | 22 | Miss Utah State Fair | Vocal, "I've Got the World on a String" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Later Miss Utah USA 2008 Top 15 at Miss USA 2008 pageant | |
| 2004 | Amy Davis | Bountiful | 23 | Miss Salt Lake Valley | Classical Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 12" | Miss Photogenic Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| 2003 | Stacy Johnson | Provo | 21 | Miss Provo | Latin Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Natalie Camille Johnson | Bountiful | 22 | Miss Northern Utah | Classical Piano, Prelude in G minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
| 2001 | Jaclyn Hunt | Lehi | 20 | Miss Utah County | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award | |
| 2000 | Jami Leilani Palmer | Tremonton | 20 | Miss Northern Counties | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1999 | Vanessa Ballam | Logan | 20 | Miss Cache Valley/Logan | Vocal, "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | Michele Mobley | Sandy City | 21 | Miss Sandy City | Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Mary McDonough | Layton | 19 | Miss Davis County | Piano, "Des Danzas Creoles" by Alberto Ginastera | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1996 | Nanette Pearson | Pleasant Grove | 23 | Miss Salt Lake Valley | Classical Ballet, La Boutique fantasque | |||
| 1995 | Amanda Moody | Orem | 19 | Miss Orem | Classical Piano, "Ballade No. 4" | Bernie Wayne Talent Scholarship Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1994 | Brooke Anderson | West Valley City | 21 | Miss West Valley City | Ballet | |||
| 1993 | Marquessa Glee Bullock | Providence | 20 | Miss Utah State University | Classical Piano, "1st Movement from Concerto No. 1" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
| 1992 | Jennifer Ward | Salt Lake City | 19 | Miss Salt Lake Valley | Classical Violin, "Scherzo Tarantella" | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart pageant | |
| 1991 | Elizabeth Anne Johnson | Orem | 21 | Miss Utah State Fair | Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsodies" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Mother of Miss Utah 2018, Jesse Craig [6] 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart pageant[ citation needed ] | |
| 1990 | Jennifer Nakken | Cedar City | 20 | Miss Iron County | Lyrical Dance, "The Sound of Music" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Jacque Dawn Tingey | Centerville | 25 | Miss Intermountain Region | Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Sophia Symko | Salt Lake City | 21 | Miss University of Utah | Piano, "Rhapsodie espagnole" | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Marianne Bales | Orem | 21 | Miss Orem | Lyrical Dance & Vocal, "Let Me Dance For You" | |||
| 1986 | Donna Clark | Salt Lake City | 22 | Miss University of Utah | Ballet | |||
| 1985 | Gina Larsen | Provo | 21 | Miss Utah State Fair | Popular Vocal, "Greatest Love of All" | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Gail Ayers | Miss Salt Lake Valley | Did not compete; later assumed title after Wells won Miss America 1985 | |||||
| Sharlene Wells | Salt Lake City | 20 | Miss Utah Valley | Spanish Vocal & Paraguayan Harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| 1983 | Lynn Lambert | Provo | 21 | Miss Provo | Classical Piano, "Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" by Rachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Cindy Quinn | 21 | Miss Utah State Fair | Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen | ||||
| 1981 | Jonelle Smith | Provo | 23 | Miss Utah Valley | Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata | Top 10 | ||
| 1980 | Jean Bullard | Provo | 22 | Miss Indian | Vocal Medley, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | |||
| 1979 | Karen L. Brimley | Layton | 19 | Miss Weber State College | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
| 1978 | Jami Coombs | Tremonton | 19 | Miss Wheat & Beet | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg | |||
| 1977 | Kristy Deakin | Brigham City | 19 | Miss Brigham City | Baton Twirling | |||
| 1976 | Suzanne McKay | Salt Lake City | 22 | Miss Salt Lake County Fair | Organ Medley, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "God Bless America" | |||
| 1975 | Barbara LaVerne Hanks | Sandy | 24 | Miss Latter Day Saints Business College | Jazz Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity | |||
| 1974 | Kathlyn Louise White | Bountiful | 21 | Miss Davis County Fair | Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring" | Married Wayne Osmond on December 13, 1974[ citation needed ] | ||
| 1973 | Brenda Richardson | Provo | 20 | Miss Brigham Young University | Vocal Medley | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Sally Peterson | Salt Lake City | 21 | Miss University of Utah | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1" | Miss Congeniality Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1971 | Janis Gentry | Vernal | 19 | Miss UBIC | Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | |||
| 1970 | Deborah Melba Dunn | Salt Lake City | 20 | Miss Stevens-Henager College | Modern Dance, "Julia" | |||
| 1969 | Susan Nielson | 20 | Miss Utah National Guard | Ballet, "Eleven Studies for Eleven Players" by Ned Rorem | ||||
| 1968 | Kathleen Frances Wood | 19 | Miss Midvale | Monologue, "The Promise of One Person On This Planet" | ||||
| 1967 | Patricia Soutas | 20 | Miss Utah State Fair | Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic" | ||||
| 1966 | Georgia Lynne Johnson | 21 | Miss Rose Park | Dramatic Reading from Medea | ||||
| 1965 | Frances Yvonne Vernon | Salt Lake City | 22 | Miss Utah Air Force Reserve | Original Modern Dance, "The American Pioneer Woman" | Top 10 | ||
| 1964 | Lois Anne Bailey | Salt Lake City | 18 | Miss Salt Lake City | Piano, "Symphonie espagnole" | |||
| 1963 | Annette Bates | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | ||||||
| 1962 | Judith Ann Ridd | Magna | 19 | Miss Logan | Modern Interpretive Dance | |||
| 1961 | Carolyn DeAnn Lasater | Salt Lake City | 19 | Miss Utah National Guard | Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1960 | Marian Faye Walker | Salt Lake City | 27 | Miss Utah National Air Force Reserve | Classical Vocal, "The Waltz Aria" from Mireille | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1959 | Jacqueline Winterrose | Salt Lake City | 22 | Character Dance, "Tequila" | ||||
| 1958 | Janet Carolyn Secor | Salt Lake City | Classical Ballet, "The Waltz" from The Sleeping Beauty | Top 10 | ||||
| 1957 | Francine Louise Felt | Salt Lake City | Violin | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1956 | Joan Willes | Original Comedy Skit | ||||||
| 1955 | Suzanne Storrs Poulton | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||||
| 1954 | Maurine Parker | Ogden | Drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days" | |||||
| 1953 | Ina Lavon Brown | Provo | Drama | |||||
| 1952 | Marylyn Reese | Brigham | Monologue, "The Mudlark" & "Our Town" | |||||
| 1951 | Colleen Kay Hutchins | Salt Lake City | 25 | Dramatic Monologue, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1950 | Joanne Hinand | Provo | East Indian Dance | |||||
| 1949 | June Barlow | Bountiful | Vocal / Dress Design, "Villanelle" & "The Wren" | |||||
| 1948 | Marilyn Robinson | Ogden | Dramatic Monologue, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1947 | Donna Southwick | Cedar City | Drama, Piano, Vocal, & Dance | |||||
| 1946 | Armelia Carol Ohmart | Salt Lake City | Vocal, "I Won't Tell a Soul" | 4th runner-up | TV and film actress with a career from the late 40s to mid 70s, credits include the movie House on Haunted Hill [15] | |||
| 1945 | Dorothy Holohan | Salt Lake City | Ballet | |||||
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| 1938 | Muriel La Von Goodspeed | Salt Lake City | Classical Vocal & Piano | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1937 | No Utah representative at Miss America pageant [21] [22] [23] | |||||||
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| 1934 | No national pageant was held [24] | |||||||
| 1933 | No Utah representative at Miss America pageant [25] | |||||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held [24] | |||||||
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| 1927 | Esther Kilpatrick | Salt Lake City | ||||||
| 1926 | Doretta "Dora" Carstensen | 16 | ||||||
| 1925 | No Utah representative at Miss America pageant [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] | |||||||
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