Miss North Carolina
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss North Carolina USA.
The Miss North Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The competition has been held in Raleigh every year since 1978. Prior to that, it was held in various locales including Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, Burlington, Wilmington, and Morehead City. Miss North Carolina won the Miss America crown once - in 1961.
75th anniversary
Former Miss North Carolina title holders at the 75th anniversary
2012 marked the 75th anniversary of the Miss North Carolina pageant. For pageant week, all of the living former Miss North Carolina's were invited back for a reunion. The Miss North Carolina Sisterhood sponsored a special gala the night before the pageant on June 22.[1] This was highlighted with a special exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History and 43 former Miss North Carolina's (the oldest being Miss North Carolina 1946, Trudy Riley Kearny) coming to the week's events, including Miss America 1962 Maria Beale Fletcher. In addition, all of the formers were invited for a special honorary luncheon at the North Carolina Executive Mansion, the first luncheon held here since the 1960s. This also marked the first time in 17 years that the pageant has been televised throughout the state.[2] It was televised on the special events channel of Time Warner Cable.
Winners
Katherine Southard, Miss North Carolina 2009
Jessica Jacobs, Miss North Carolina 2007
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kate Peacock [3] | Dunn | 19 | Miss Dunn | Tap dance "Proud Mary" | 2nd runner up at Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2012 | ||
| 2014 | Beth Stovall | Goldsboro | 20 | Miss Greater Sampson County | Classical vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La rondine | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2013 | Johna Edmonds | Lumberton | 24 | Miss Johnston County | Vocal "Somewhere" | |||
| 2012 | Arlie Honeycutt[4] | Garner | 19 | Miss Kinston-Lenoir | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll and Hyde | Non-finalist Talent Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award | ||
| 2011 | Hailey Best[5] | Goldsboro | 21 | Miss Durham | Operatic vocal "Art is Calling for Me" from "The Enchantress" by Victor Herbert | Top 15 | CMN Miracle Maker Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award | |
| 2010 | Adrienne Core | Erwin | 22 | Miss Raleigh | Contemporary clogging "Soul Man" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2009 | Katherine Southard | Raleigh | 23 | Miss Raleigh | Ballet en pointe "Fascinating Rhythm" | |||
| 2008 | Amanda Watson | Raleigh | 21 | Miss Garner | Vocal | Finalist Quality of Life Award | First Miss America contestant to support ALS as her platform | |
| 2007 | Jessica Jacobs | High Point | 23 | Miss Central Carolina | Ballet en pointe "Spring" from The Four Seasons | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Elizabeth Horton | High Point | 22 | Miss Carolina Coast | Classical vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | |||
| 2005 | Brooke McLaurin | Fayetteville | 24 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | |||
| 2004 | Kirstin Elrod | Cary | 23 | Miss Carolina Foothills | Semi-classical vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2003 | Dana Reason | Raleigh | 24 | Miss Greenville | Tap dance "Rock This Town" | 2nd runner up Quality of Life Award | ||
| 2002 | Misty Clymer | Raleigh | 24 | Miss Western Piedmont | Vocal "Hold On" from The Secret Garden | Top 15 | ||
| Rebekah Revels | St. Pauls | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal | Resigned following threat of release of intimate photographs. She later sued Miss NC and did not prevail and attempted to force Miss America through court action to allow her to compete. | ||||
| 2001 | Ashley House | Dallas | 20 | Miss Lincoln County | Celtic Irish dance "Flames of Fire" | |||
| 2000 | Lorna McNeill | Lumberton | 24 | Miss Topsail Island | Vocal "Natural Woman" | Non-finalist Talent Award | First Native American Miss North Carolina | |
| 1999 | Kelly Trogdon | Asheboro | 23 | Miss Western Piedmont | Vocal "It's Time" | |||
| 1998 | Kelli Bradshaw | Spivey's Corner | 22 | Miss Western Piedmont | Ballet en pointe "PS 491" by John Tesh | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1997 | Michelle Warren | Gastonia | 22 | Miss Appalachian Valley | Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1996 | Jennifer Roberts | Greensboro | 21 | Miss Thomasville | Tap dance "Devil With a Blue Dress On" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Lisa Bamford | Raleigh | 21 | Miss Garner | Classical piano solo "Totentantz" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1994 | Dana Stephenson | Garner | 20 | Miss Garner | Classical vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Mary Susan Runion | Wilmington | 24 | Miss Spivey's Corner | Tap dance "Luck Be a Lady" | |||
| 1992 | Heidi Sue Williams | Wade | 23 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "Danny Boy" | 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award | Sister of Miss North Carolina Teen USA 1993 Wendy Williams[6] | |
| 1991 | Jennifer Smith | Mt. Airy | 22 | Miss Greater Raleigh | Semi-classical vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves | Top 10 | ||
| 1990 | Scarlet Morgan | Pfafftown | 22 | Miss Forsyth County | Classical vocal "Vissi d'arte" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Kelly Fletcher | Morganton | 21 | Miss High Country | Semi-classical vocal "Half a Moment" | |||
| 1988 | Lee Beaman | Rocky Mount | 20 | Miss Henderson | Jazz en pointe | |||
| 1987 | Lori Boggs | Kannapolis | 26 | Miss Cabarrus County | Popular vocal "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | Miss North Carolina USA 1980 | ||
| 1986 | Karen Bloomquist | Durham | 22 | Miss Durham | Piano | Runner-up in Miss Connecticut before her NC win | ||
| 1985 | Joni Parker | Fayetteville | 24 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "The Shadow of Your Smile" | |||
| 1984 | Francesca Adler | Fayetteville | 23 | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "Home" | |||
| 1983 | Deneen Graham | North Wilkesboro | 19 | Miss Elkin Valley | Jazz dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | First and thus far only African American Miss North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Elizabeth Williams | Shelby | 22 | Miss Greater Greensboro | Semi-classical vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Lynn Williford | Wilmington | 24 | Miss Wilmington | Russian character dance "Czardas" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Janet Ward Black | Kannapolis | 21 | Miss Charlotte-Mecklenburg | Classical piano "Etude in C Minor" by Frédéric Chopin | Non-finalist Talent Award | Top 5 at Maid of Cotton 1980 | |
| 1979 | Monta Maki | Hickory | 23 | Miss Hickory | Vocal "You Light Up My Life" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1978 | Deborah Shook | Spruce Pine | 21 | Miss Spivey's Corner | Tap dance "Lover" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Gained national attention by kicking her crown across the stage the next to last night of her reign in a disagreement with pageant sponsors, Raleigh Jaycees[7] | |
| 1977 | Kathy Fleming | Hamptonville | 22 | Miss Appalachian State University | Popular vocal "Everything" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1976 | Susie Proffitt | Black Mountain | 22 | Miss Rutherford County | Tap dance "Baby Face" | |||
| 1975 | Susan Lawrence | Thomasville | 21 | Miss Thomasville | Vocal "You And I" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1974 | Susan Griffin | High Point | 22 | Miss High Point | Semi-classical vocal "With a Song in My Heart" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Heather Walker | Hendersonville | 19 | Miss Hendersonville | Popular vocal "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" | |||
| 1972 | Constance Dorn | Kinston | 19 | Miss Kinston | Ballet "The Grand Holiday" | 1st runner-up | Miss North Carolina USA 1975, 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1975, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1971 | Patsy Wood | Benson | 24 | Miss Garner | Vocal "I Believe It All" | |||
| 1970 | Cornelia Lerner | Asheville | 18 | Miss Asheville | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1969 | Patricia Johnson | Winston-Salem | 20 | Miss Raleigh | Semi-classical vocal from Porgy and Bess | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Elisa Annette Johnson | New Bern | 19 | Miss New Bern | Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Sarah Stedman | Asheboro | 22 | Miss Randolph County | Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1966 | Nannette Minor | Charlotte | 23 | Miss Charlotte | Piano & vocal | |||
| 1965 | Penelope Clark | Sanford | 19 | Miss Sanford | Classical ballet "Robina" | |||
| 1964 | Sharon Finch | Thomasville | 20 | Miss Thomasville | Vocal & dance with castanets | |||
| 1963 | Jeanne Swanner | Graham | 18 | Miss Graham | Comedy sketch & ukulele | Miss Congeniality award | Standing 6' 2" the tallest contestant to compete at Miss America; Humorist, author, and professional speaker; Judged the Miss America pageant in 1990, 1994, and 2000 | |
| 1962 | Janice Barron | Morganton | 18 | Miss Morganton | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | |||
| 1961 | Susan Woodall* | Miss Roanoke Rapids | *Was fired as Miss North Carolina for entering the Miss Dixie contest in violation of her contract | |||||
| Maria Fletcher | Asheville | 19 | Miss Asheville | Tap dance to recorded version of her own voice singing "Somebody Loves Me" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1960 | Ann Herring | Winston-Salem | 19 | Miss Winston-Salem | Vocal "The Lonely Goatherd" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1959 | Judith Klipfel | Asheboro | 18 | Miss Randolph County | Vocal | |||
| 1958 | Betty Evans | Greenville | Miss Greenville | Vocal, piano, skit, & dance "Wait Till You See Him" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1960 | |
| 1957 | Elaine Herndon | Durham | Miss Durham | Vocal & dance | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss Dixie 1958 | |
| 1956 | Joan Melton | Albemarle | Miss Albemarle | Piano | ||||
| 1955 | Clara Faye Arnold | Raleigh | Miss Wake County | Monologue "Sabrina Fair" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1954 | Betty Ring | Lexington | Miss Lexington | Dramatic monologue "The Sleepwalking Scene" from Macbeth | ||||
| 1953 | Barbara Crockett | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | Vocal "Shine" | ||||
| 1952 | Barbara Harris | Salisbury | Miss Salisbury | Classical vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | ||||
| 1951 | Lu Ogburn | Smithfield | Miss Smithfield | Piano "Malagueña" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1950 | Carolyn Edwards | Leaksville | Miss Tri-City | Monologue "Rumba" by Dorothy Parker | Top 16 | |||
| 1949 | Nancy Lee Yelverton | Rocky Mount | Miss Rocky Mount | Monologue "A Delightful Dilemma" | ||||
| 1948 | Patsy Osborne | Lawndale | Miss Shelby | Vocal & piano | ||||
| 1947 | Alice White | Fayetteville | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal "That's My Desire" | ||||
| 1946 | Trudy Riley | Wilson | Miss Wilson | |||||
| 1945 | Dorothy Johnson | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | Recitation "I Am Old Glory" | Top 13 | |||
| 1944 | Betsy Marie Dalton | Winston-Salem | Miss Winston-Salem | |||||
| 1942 | Hilda Taylor | Goldsboro | Miss Goldsboro | |||||
| 1941 | Joey Augusta Paxton | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | Swing vocal | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1940 | Jeanne Wofford | Forest City | Miss Forest City | |||||
| 1939 | Margaret Wood | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | Vocal "If I Didn't Care" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| Marguerite Taylor | Charlotte | Competed as Miss Charlotte | ||||||
| 1938 | Rebecca Pearl Hankins | Charlotte | 18 | Miss Charlotte | Competed as Miss Charlotte | |||
| 1937 | Ruth Covington | Charlotte | Miss Charlotte | Tap dance "Gonna Go" | 2nd runner-up | |||
| Betty Hunneycutt | Charlotte | Top 16 | Competed as Miss Charlotte | |||||
| 1936 | Thelma Perkins | Charlotte | Competed as Miss Charlotte | |||||
| 1933 | Leola Councilman | 20 | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss North Carolina | Rose Hildebrand competed as Miss Asheville. | ||||||
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss North Carolina won Miss America
References
- ↑ "The 75th Anniversary of Miss North Carolina Gala". Miss North Carolina Sisterhood. 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ "NC Museum of History holds special event in honor of Miss NC anniversary". News 14 Carolina. 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ "Miss Dunn Kate Peacock crowned Miss North Carolina". Fayobserver. 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Garner's Arlie Honeycutt wins Miss North Carolina crown". News & Observer. 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hailey Best Crowned As New Miss North Carolina". WFMY News 2. June 27, 2011.
- ↑ Womble, Jeffery (1993-03-06). "Fayetteville Teen Brings Home State Pageant Crown". The Fayetteville Observer.
- ↑ Leviton, Joyce (23 July 1979). "Without Her Beauty Crown, the Dethroned Debbie Shook Doesn't Feel Naked—Just Livid". People Magazine. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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