Miss Montana
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Montana USA.
The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss America pageant.[1]
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Danielle Wineman[2] | Cut Bank | 23 | Vocal / Piano "Great Balls of Fire" | Sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012. Previously Montana's Junior Miss 2010 | |||
| 2014 | Victoria Valentine | Missoula | 22 | Harp & Vocal "I Won't Give Up" | Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Sheridan Pope | Sidney | 21 | Tap Dance "Kiss" | ||||
| 2012 | Alexis Wineman[3] | Cut Bank | 18 | Monologue "I Think Therefore I Am Fat" | Top 16 (America's Choice) | First contestant with Autism to compete at Miss America.[4] Sister of Danielle Wineman, Miss Montana 2015. | ||
| 2011 | Veronika Ohlinger | Cooke City | 23 | Vocal "Alone" | Assumed the title,[5] Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2005 | |||
| Taryn Chuter[6] | Corvallis | 23 | Contemporary Dance | Resigned for personal reasons | ||||
| 2010 | Kacie West | Kalispell | 21 | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Miss Montana USA 2013 | |||
| 2009 | Brittany Wiser | Bozeman | 21 | Vocal "Sway" | Quality of Life Finalist | Miss Montana USA 2011 | ||
| 2008 | Jennifer Hepner[7] | Great Falls | 23 | Raqs Sharqi Dance | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006, Suspended of duties February 16, 2009[8] | |||
| 2007 | Kristen Mantooth | Lewistown | 22 | Lyrical Dance "Beauty from Pain | ||||
| 2006 | Christie Hageman | Billings | 23 | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | ||||
| 2005 | Sophia Steinbeisser | Sidney | 21 | Tap Dance "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | ||||
| 2004 | Evangelina Duke | Billings | 20 | Vocal "Man of La Mancha" | ||||
| 2003 | Amber Shipman | Glendive | 19 | Dance "Save Tonight" | Relieved of her duties February 27th, 2004[9] | |||
| 2002 | Heather Rathbun | Darby | 24 | Taekwondo Demonstration "Mortal Kombat" | ||||
| 2001 | Kara Svennungsen | Shelby | 22 | Vocal "On My Own" | ||||
| 2000 | Jana LaBree | Ekalaka | 24 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Gospel Vocal "Because of Who You Are" | |||
| 1999 | Elissa Schwarz | Terry | 19 | Miss Big Sky | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | |||
| 1998 | Delight Lori Scheck | Helena | 21 | Miss Missoula/Garden City | Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | |||
| 1997 | Kristen Garlock | Billings | 24 | Miss Billings | Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller | |||
| 1996 | Aubrey Hiller | Missoula | 22 | Miss Treasure State | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | Miss Montana Teen USA 1992 | ||
| 1995 | Amanda Granrud | Great Falls | 23 | Miss Helena | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1994 | Yvonne Dehner | Brockton | 24 | Miss Western Montana | Semi-classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1993 | Erica Havig | Billings | 19 | Miss Billings | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1992 | JoAnn Kayleen Jorgensen | Helena | 24 | Miss Central Montana | Gymnastics / Dance | Miss Montana USA 1991 | ||
| 1991 | Jenni Ramseth | Billings | 18 | Miss Yellowstone County | Classical Piano "Variation Serieuses, Opus 54" by Felix Mendelssohn | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Karen McNenny | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Coppélia" | |||
| 1989 | Cathy Brewer | Hamilton | 20 | Miss Western Montana | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1988 | Becky McRae | Miles City | 17 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Vocal "On My Own" | |||
| 1987 | Julie Reil | Miles City | 19 | Miss Missoula County | Vocal "Being Alive" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1986 | Kamala Compton | Havre | 21 | Miss Eastern Montana | Gymnastics Dance | |||
| 1985 | Julie Culbertson | Billings | 19 | Miss Yellowstone Valley | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1984 | Michele Larson | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Vocal "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
| 1983 | Laurie Nelson | Billings | 19 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Classical Piano "L'Isle Joyeuse" | |||
| 1982 | Kimberly Knauf | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Piano Medley "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" | |||
| 1981 | Sue Harris | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics Dance "Hawaii Five-O Theme" | |||
| 1980 | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana | Popular Vocal "I Can See It" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Lori Conlon | Billings | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" | |||
| 1978 | Vanessa Ochsner | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Popular Vocal / Dance "Yes" | |||
| 1977 | Sue Stanaway | Billings | 22 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Vocal "The Doll's Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 1976 | Janice Frankino | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics / Jazz Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1975 | Diana Pacini | Great Falls | 20 | Miss Garden City | Classical Piano "Etude Opus 10 by Chopin" | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Pamela Royer | Billings | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Gymnastic Floor Exercise Routine "Love Story" | |||
| 1973 | Debbie Reber | Helena | 22 | Miss Helena | Vocal Medley & Guitar | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Debra DeBiase | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Ballet "Summer of '42" | |||
| 1971 | Nancy Harper | Helena | 18 | Miss Helena | Vocal "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl | |||
| 1970 | Jane Opp | Billings | 20 | Miss West Billings | Piano "Le Cavalier Fantastique" by Benjamin Godard | Took over title after original winner Kathy Huppe resigned due to pageant officials asking her to stop speaking out against the Vietnam War[10] | ||
| 1969 | Jeanne Meek | Bridger | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" by Paul Ben-Haim | |||
| 1968 | Karen Frank | Park City | 21 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Western Vocal & Guitar "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | |||
| 1967 | Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Miss University of Montana | Original Piano Composition "What the West Contributed to America" | |||
| 1966 | Nancy McLeod | Kalispell | 19 | Miss Kalispell | Popular Vocal / Drama | |||
| 1965 | Dianne Feller | Helena | 21 | Miss West Billings | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Merilee Miller | Radersburg | 20 | Miss Western Montana College | Dance | |||
| 1963 | Roberta Tarbox | Missoula | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Marsha Thompson | Bozeman | 21 | Miss Montana State College | Dress Making & Design | |||
| 1961 | Joanna Lester | Missoula | 20 | Miss Montana State University, Missoula | Vocal Medley including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" & "There Once Was a Man" from The Pajama Game | Top 10 | ||
| 1960 | Lois Marie Volkel | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal "Voi lo Sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana | |||
| 1959 | Sharon D. Tietjen | Great Falls | Original Humorous Interpretation | |||||
| 1956 | Alice Jean White | Great Falls | Art | The original winner, Marjorie Edmondson, was disqualified as she was married.[11] | ||||
| 1955 | Bertha Mae Huebl | Glendive | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Karen Whittet | Livingston | Piano | |||||
| 1951 | Patricia McGinty | Great Falls | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1950 | Donna Marie Buls | Missoula | ||||||
| 1949 | Carol Fraser | Billings | Equestrian Display | Miss Congeniality (tie) | After her horse nearly fell into the orchestra pit, the use of live animals was banned from Miss America talent presentations.[12] | |||
| 1948 | Patti Luer | Anaconda | Vocal / Dance "Gypsy Song" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1947 | Carol Chaffen | Corvallis | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1940 | Kay Kittendorf | Missoula | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" | Top 15 | Preliminaty Talent Award | |||
| 1939 | Lucille Chouinard | Fort Peck |
References
- ↑ Cole, Erin (July 6, 2010). "An Uphill Climb for Miss Montana". Flathead Beacon (Kalispell, MT). Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Danielle Wineman of Cut Bank crowned Miss Montana 2015". Great Falls, MT: KRTV. June 14, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ Golodryga, Bianna (January 11, 2013). "Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, First Miss America Contestant Diagnosed With Autism". Good Morning America (ABC News). Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/11/miss-montana-first-autistic-miss-america-contestant/1827539/
- ↑ "Veronika Ohlinger". July 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Corvallis’ Taryn Chuter crowned Miss Montana 2011". Ravalli Republic. June 19, 2011.
- ↑ Cates, Kristen (2008-06-16). "Great Falls woman wins elusive title". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/miss-montana-faces-dui-charge/article_c9e9e7b7-7ba9-598f-92ea-18ecb434a402.html
- ↑ http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/former-miss-montana-sues-pageant-s-leaders/article_bc45f23b-b254-53b3-9f46-8cb01ee45f9b.html
- ↑ "Beauty Queen Gives Up Title Rather Than Muzzle Views". The News and Courier. Jul 21, 1970.
- ↑ Miss Montana Mrs. the boat
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-17/features/0409160466_1_miss-america-miss-massachusetts-pageant-week/2
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