Miss Oklahoma
- For the article about the Miss USA state pageant, see Miss Oklahoma USA
Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson (center) and former Miss America's from Oklahoma Jennifer Berry (left) and Jane Jayroe (right) make an appearance at Tinker Air Force Base
License plate celebrating Oklahoma's win at Miss America 1967
Makenna Smith, Miss Oklahoma 2007
Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007, in a parade
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Jennifer Berry holding the Miss America crown.
Miss Oklahoma 1966 and Miss America 1967 Jane Jayroe signing autographs at Miss America 2008
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win the Miss America title back to back for two years.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Georgia Frazier | Tulsa | 23 | Miss Ada | Vocal “Happy Days Are Here Again" | Top 10 | Top 16 at National Sweetheart 2014; Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 | |
| 2014 | Alexandra Eppler | Edmond | 24 | Miss Enid | Dance “Titanium" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Finalist | |
| 2013 | Kelsey Griswold | Tulsa | 20 | Miss Bricktown | Vocal "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
| 2012 | Alicia Clifton | Oklahoma City | 20 | Miss Edmond LibertyFest | Tap Dance "Can't Buy Me Love" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Miss Oklahoma Jr. National Teenager 2005, 4th runner-up and Preliminary Talent Award at Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2007, Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Top 10 and Preliminary Talent Award at National Outstanding Teen 2009 |
| 2011 | Betty Thompson[1] | Davenport | 22 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Irish Step Dance "Warriors" by Ronan Hardiman | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Selected as "America's choice" as voted on by the viewers |
| 2010 | Emoly West | Edmond | 24 | Miss Edmond LibertyFest | Ballet en Pointe "Time" by Billy Porter | 4th runner up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 2009 | Taylor Treat | Ada | 22 | Miss University of Oklahoma | Ballet en Pointe "Palladio" | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award | Selected as one of three "America's choice" contestants in the top 15 as voted on by the viewers |
| 2008 | Kelsey Cartwright[2] | Collinsville | 21 | Miss Keystone Lake | Lyrical Dance | |||
| 2007 | Makenna Smith | Oklahoma City | 24 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Vocal "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime | |||
| 2006 | Lindsey Miller | Miss Grand Lake | Jazz Vocal | 1st runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2006, Assumed title when Lauren Nelson won Miss America title | ||||
| Lauren Nelson | Lawton | 20 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "You'll Be in My Heart" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss Oklahoma Teen 2004 | |
| 2005 | Jennifer Warren | 21 | Miss Green Country | Vocal | 1st runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2005, Assumed title when Jennifer Berry won Miss America title | |||
| Jennifer Berry | Tulsa | 22 | Miss Grand Lake | Ballet en Pointe "Within" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up | ||
| 2004 | Elizabeth Kinney | Mooreland | 22 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Tap Dance "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Kelley Scott | Owasso | 23 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "Son of a Preacher Man" | Top 10 | ||
| 2002 | Casey Preslar | Tulsa | 22 | Miss Grand Lake | Jazz Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2001 | Kaci Hundley | Enid | 21 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "Crying" | Top 20 | ||
| 2000 | Kristin Steveson | Broken Arrow | 23 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La traviata | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1999 | Daneka Allen | Oklahoma City | 23 | Miss Stroud | Vocal "Respect" | |||
| 1998 | Julie Payne | Grandfield | 23 | Miss Collinsville | Tap Dance "Hound Dog" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1997 | Kelli Masters | Midwest City | 24 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Amy Duncan | Oklahoma City | 23 | Miss University of Oklahoma | Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Meighen Bradfield | Successor to crown | ||||||
| Shawntel Smith | Muldrow | 24 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born | Winner | |||
| 1994 | Tiffany Craig | Norman | 24 | Miss Norman | Vocal "If Only" | |||
| 1993 | Elizabeth Moseley | Norman | 22 | Miss Shawnee | Flute Solo "Dueling Banjos" | |||
| 1992 | DuSharme Carter | Oklahoma City | 21 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Vocal "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" | 4th runner-up | Miss Oklahoma USA 1995 and Top 12 at Miss USA 1995 | |
| 1991 | Gina Lynne Smith | Stillwater | 21 | Miss Stroud | Vocal Medley "Somewhere" | |||
| 1990 | Cynthia White | Oklahoma City | 24 | Miss Stroud | Piano Solo "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" | Top 10 | ||
| 1989 | Tamara Marler | Tulsa | 26 | Miss Norman | Vocal "Since I Fell for You" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1988 | Lori Kelley | Clinton | 23 | Miss Norman | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1987 | Leesa Cornett | Newcastle | 20 | Miss Norman | Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1986 | Mignon Merchant | Oklahoma City | 25 | Miss Lake Hudson | Stand-up Comedy | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Oklahoma USA 1983 and Top 10 at Miss USA 1983 | |
| 1985 | Felicia Ferguson | Oklahoma City | 24 | Miss Grand Lake | Vocal "You Don't Know Me" | |||
| 1984 | Julie Sunday | Owasso | 21 | Miss Owasso | Piano | |||
| 1983 | Trelynda Kerr | Moore | 21 | Miss Grand Lake | Country Vocal Medley "Stand by Your Man" | |||
| 1982 | Nancy Chapman | Altus | 21 | Miss Oklahoma City | Piano Solo "Fireworks by Debussy" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1981 | April Clayton | Cameron | 22 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Ballet en Pointe "The Blue Danube" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1980 | Kathleen Allin | Successor to crown finished 2nd Runner-up to Powell but accepted the 1980 Miss Oklahoma title after 1st Runner-up April Clayton declined. Clayton went on to win the title the following year. | ||||||
| Susan Powell | Elk City | 21 | Miss Oklahoma City | Classical Vocal "The Telephone Aria" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | ||
| 1979 | Jill Elmore | Tulsa | 23 | Miss Grand Lake | Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1978 | Kendi Brown | Oklahoma City | 21 | Miss Warr Acres | Tap Dance "Medley of songs by Cole Porter" | |||
| 1977 | Ellen Wight | Tulsa | 22 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust | Died in December 1979 (Source: OKCU Focus - Summer 2003) | ||
| 1976 | Lucia Miller | Buffalo | 21 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Trumpet Solo "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" | |||
| 1975 | Lisa Reagan | Oklahoma City | 19 | Miss Warr Acres | Vocal Medley "As Time Goes By" & "I Got Love" | Former wife of former Congressman Mickey Edwards | ||
| 1974 | Debbie Knight | Warr Acres | 22 | Miss Warr Acres | Piano Solo "Minuet in G Major" | |||
| 1973 | Andrea Hanson | Tahlequah | 21 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Piano / Vocal "The Homeland Aria" from Die Fledermaus | Top 10 | ||
| 1972 | Debbie Giannopoulos | Oklahoma City | 20 | Miss Warr Acres | Classical Singing from Carmen | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 | ||
| 1971 | Susan Supernaw | Tulsa | 20 | Miss Phillips University | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet | Special Judges Award | ||
| 1970 | Judy Adams | Cushing | 20 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Violin "The Hot Canary" arranged by Florian ZaBach | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1969 | Jeanne Gambrell | Tulsa | 22 | Miss University of Tulsa | Ballet / Jazz Dance "Hair" & "Aquarius" from Hair | |||
| 1968 | Beverly Drew | Harrah | 22 | Miss Shawnee | Vocal "Step to the Rear" | |||
| 1967 | Carolyn Denton | Muskogee | 19 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Vocal "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" | |||
| 1966 | Sandy Ferguson | Miss Lawton | Successor to crown | |||||
| Jane Anne Jayroe | Laverne | 19 | Miss Oklahoma City | Vocal / Orchestra Conducting "1-2-3" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Sandra Curtis | Tulsa | 20 | Miss Tulsa | Dramatic Reading "Sorry Wrong Number" | |||
| 1964 | Jane Hitch | Guymon | 18 | Miss Guymon | Dance | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Semrad Hassman | Waukomis | Miss Okeene | Speech "May I Teach Others to Live" | ||||
| 1962 | Billi Kay Smith | Stroud | 19 | Miss Stroud | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1961 | Dana Darlene Reno | Stigler | 20 | Miss Stigler | Oration with Indian Sign Language | Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1963 | ||
| 1960 | Donna Kay Creed | Enid | 20 | Miss Enid | Vocal "The Sound of Music" | |||
| 1959 | Mary Ann Hazelton | Tulsa | 19 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Anita Bryant | Tulsa | 18 | Vocal "When the Boys Talk About the Girls" | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1957 | Mary Nancy Denner | Alva | Poetry Recitation "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | LaDonna J. Kramer | Loyal | Piano | Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1956 | ||||
| 1955 | Ann Campbell | Oklahoma City | Speech & Furniture Design Display | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1954 | Charlavan Baker | Oklahoma City | Dress Design | |||||
| 1953 | Lorene Washburn | Tulsa | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Shirley Barbour | Tulsa | Drama | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1951 | Bobby Jene Simmons | Oklahoma City | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | Top 10 | ||||
| 1950 | Louise O'Brien | Tulsa | Vocal "Twas Only An Irishman's Dream" | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1949 | Georgine R. Leeka | Tulsa | Vocal | |||||
| 1948 | Donna Briggs | Tulsa | Painting Display | 4th runner-up | ||||
| 1943 | Joan Marceille Hawk | Oklahoma City | ||||||
| 1941 | Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona | Tulsa | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | Third Native American to compete at Miss America | |||
| 1940 | Ada Martyne Wood | Oklahoma City | Top 15 | Second Native American to compete at Miss America | ||||
| 1939 | Bettye Cornelia Avert | Oklahoma City | Original Piano & Vocal "Wondering & Dreaming" | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1938 | Marjorie Ann Adams | Ada | ||||||
| 1933 | Joanne Alcorn | 16 | Withdrew from the competition due to appendicitis | |||||
| 1927 | No Miss Oklahoma | Virginia Claire Howard competed as Miss Tulsa and placed as a Finalist. | ||||||
| 1926 | Norma Smallwood | Tulsa | 17 | N/A | Winner | Swimsuit & Evening Gown | 1st Native American Miss America, Competed as Miss Tulsa | |
| 1925 | No Miss Oklahoma | Fern Marlow competed as Miss Oklahoma City and Sue Starkey competed as Miss Tulsa. | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Oklahoma | Willie Mae Stockton competed as Miss Oklahoma City and placed as a Semi-finalist. Rose Everett competed as Miss Tulsa. | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss Oklahoma | Mary Dean Overly competed as Miss Oklahoma City and Catherine Crosby competed as Miss Tulsa. They both finished as Semi-finalists. | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Miss Oklahoma State University Betty Thompson Crowned Miss Oklahoma". News on 6. June 12, 2011.
- ↑ Associated Press (2008-06-08). "Collinsville woman captures "Miss Oklahoma" title". KTEN. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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