The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 in the Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 pageant.

Alaska's highest placement occurred in 1998, when Joslyn Tinker was selected for the Top Ten. One Miss Alaska won a preliminary swimsuit and another won a preliminary night talent award. Several other delegates have received non-finalist talent awards and special scholarships.

Miss Alaskas 1975 and 1978, Cindy Suryan and PJ Gentry respectively, were popular Anchorage television and radio personalities for many years. Miss Alaska 1976, Kathy (Tebow) Sharp worked as a National Weather Association certified television weather broadcaster in the early 1980s, and was on the same news team as co-anchor, Cindy Suryan.

Miss Alaska 1981, Laura Trollan, also worked in local television as an Anchorage weather broadcaster. Miss Alaska 1982 became an award-winning realtor and business woman, achieving recognition for The Kristan Cole Team. Miss Alaska 1984, Maryline Blackburn

Maryline Blackburn

Maryline Blackburn is a European-born African American singer. Blackburn won the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant ahead of Miss Wasilla, Sarah Heath, later Sarah Palin, who went on to become Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate...

, pursued a career in music and has received critical acclaim as a recording artist. Miss Alaskas 1985 and 1986 went on to establish successful careers in modeling: Jerri Morrison as a plus-size supermodel, most recognizable for her catalog work for Nordstrom and JC Penney, and Kristina Christopher-Taylor as a TV and print model featured in several national campaigns.

In addition to the winners, runner-ups in the mid-eighties also obtained national recognition. Miss Anchorage, Alice Welling, established herself as a comedic actress and singer, and Miss Wasilla, Sarah Heath Palin, rose through political ranks to become Governor of Alaska and the 2008 Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 vice-presidential

Vice President of the United States

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 nominee.

Stacey Storey, Miss Alaska 1995, pursued an acting career and appeared in such films as Elvis and Annabelle. She marked what would become a resurgence of pageant winners entering the performing arts throughout the 2000s, most notably professional violinist Audrey Solomon, Miss Alaska 2000, as well as Miss Alaskas 2001 and 2003, who performed on Broadway.

Results summary

The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Preliminary Awards

• Preliminary Swimsuit: Joslyn Tinker (1999)

Non-Finalist Awards

• Non-Finalist Talent: Karol Hommon (1965), Kathy Tebow
  Kathy Tebow
  Kathy Tebow is from Anchorage, Alaska and competed in the 1977 Miss America Scholarship Pageant.-Early life:Tebow is a 1975 graduate of Dimond High School. She graduated magna cum laude in 1996 from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificates in Music...
  
   (1977), Maryline Blackburn
  Maryline Blackburn
  Maryline Blackburn is a European-born African American singer. Blackburn won the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant ahead of Miss Wasilla, Sarah Heath, later Sarah Palin, who went on to become Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate...
  
   (1985), Rebecca Nyboer (1994), Audrey Solomon (2001)
• Bert Parks Non-Finalist Scholarship: Audrey Solomon (2001)

Other

• Special Judge's: Linda Smith (1972)
• Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship: Beth Gustafson (1992)
• Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Joslyn Tinker (1999), Eugenia Primis (2002), Stephany Jeffers (2008)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2011	Katy Lovegreen	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	21	Miss Forget-Me-Not	Irish Dance			Was Miss Alaska Sweetheart 2010
2010	Abby Hancock Abby Hancock Abigail "Abby" Hancock held the title of Miss Alaska in 2010 and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a weekend producer at KTUU-TV and competed at Miss Alaska as Miss Anchorage. She also received the Lifestyle & Fitness Award at the Miss...	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	23	Miss Anchorage	Piano "Bohemian Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera... "
2009	Sydnee Waggoner	Anchorage	23		Classical Vocal "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867...
2008	Stephany Jeffers	Chugiak Chugiak, Alaska Chugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. It is located between Eagle River to the south, and Eklutna to the north, and between Knik Arm to the west and the Chugach...	23	Miss Birchwood	Musical Theatre		Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship award
2007	Cari Leyva	Anchorage	23		Vocal "Habanera Habanera (aria) In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier... "			Previously Miss Alaska USA Miss Alaska USA The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...  2004
2006	Stephanie Wonchala	Eagle River Eagle River, Alaska Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...	21	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River	Piano "Ballade pour Adeline Ballade pour Adeline "Ballade pour Adeline" is a 1976 instrumental composed by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint. Paul de Senneville composed the piece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline. The first recording was by Richard Clayderman and world-wide sales now have reached 22 million copies in 38... "
2005	Rebecca Hayes	Anchorage	24	Miss Anchorage	Ballet en Pointe "Take Five"			2nd runner-up to Miss Alaska USA Miss Alaska USA The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...  2007
2004	Christina Reasner	Sterling Sterling, Alaska Sterling is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,705.-Geography:Sterling is located at .Sterling is east of Kenai....	22		Vocal "This Is the Moment This Is the Moment This is the Moment is a song by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, and is the centerpiece of Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden's musical Jekyll & Hyde... "
2003	Blair Chenoweth Blair Chenoweth Blair Jane Chenoweth Robinson is a dance instructor and performer and former beauty pageant contestant from Anchorage, Alaska who held titles as Miss Alaska and Miss Alaska USA , and competed in the Miss America and in Miss USA pageants.Chenoweth won her first pageant title in 2003 when she was...	Anchorage	21		Ballet en Pointe "All That Jazz All That Jazz All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Bob Fosse's manic effort to edit his... "			Future Miss Alaska USA Miss Alaska USA The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...  2007
2002	Peggy Willman	Anchorage	23	Miss North Star	Alaskan Native Dance
2001	Eugenia Primis	Eagle River	20	Miss South Central	Classical Cello "Allegro Appasionata"		Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship
2000	Audrey Solomon	Anchorage	21	Miss University Center	Classical Violin "Csárdás Csárdás (Monti) Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano... "		Bert Parks Bert Parks Bert Parks, born Bertram Jacobson , was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979....  Non-finalist Scholarship award; Non-finalist Talent
1999	Shannon Kelly	Palmer Palmer, Alaska Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937....	21	Miss South Central	Flute "Carnival of Venice Carnival of Venice (song) The Carnival of Venice, is a folk tune popularly associated with the words "My hat, it has three corners." A series of theme and variations have been written for solo trumpet, as "show off" pieces that contain virtuosic displays of double and triple tonguing, and fast tempos.Many variations on the... "
1998	Joslyn Tinker	Soldotna Soldotna, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 3,759 people, 1,465 households, and 969 families residing in the city. As of 2008, the population was close to 4,200. The population density was 541.9 people per square mile . There were 1,670 housing units at an average density of 240.7 per square mile...	22	Miss Alyeska	Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.- Literary sources :...	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship award	Former Alaska's Junior Miss 1994
1997	Michelle Titus	Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...	19		Vocal "There Is a Savior"
1996	Christine Buschur	Eagle River	21	Miss Cook Inlet	Show Vocal Medley "Another Op'nin, Another Show" & "I've Got Rhythm"
1995	Stacey Storey	Eagle River	17	Miss Chugiak/Eagle River	Lyrical Dance "The Letting Go"			Future Miss Alaska USA Miss Alaska USA The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...  2003
1994	Patricia Marlow	Eagle River	24	Miss Anchorage	Vocal "If We Were In Love"
1993	Rebecca Nyboer	Anchorage	22	Miss Alyeska	Classical Piano "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum Children's Corner Children's Corner is a six-movement suite for solo piano by Claude Debussy. It was published by Durand in 1908, and was given its world première in Paris by Harold Bauer on December 18 of that year... "		Nonfinalist Talent Award
1992	Keri Baumgardner	Eagle River	25	Miss Anchorage	Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine"
1991	Beth Gustafson	Palmer	20	Miss Denali	Piano		Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship Winner
1990	Holly Salo	Kenai Kenai, Alaska Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464...	24	Miss Mat-Su Valley	Vocal "More" from Dick Tracy
1989	Christine McCubbins	Kenai	25	Miss Denali	Vocal
1988	Launa Middaugh	Wasilla Wasilla, Alaska Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...	19	Miss South Central	Piano Solo
1987	Teresa Murton	Anchorage	25	Miss Anchorage	Vocal "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1986	Jerri Morrison	Anchorage	22	Miss Northern Lights	Tap Dance
1985	Kristina Christopher-Taylor	Palmer	20	Miss Talkeetna	Comedy Monologue
1984	Maryline Blackburn Maryline Blackburn Maryline Blackburn is a European-born African American singer. Blackburn won the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant ahead of Miss Wasilla, Sarah Heath, later Sarah Palin, who went on to become Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate...	Anchorage	23	Miss South Central	Vocal "I Am What I Am I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song) "I am what I am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles . The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn... "		Non-finalist Talent Award
1983	Jennifer Smith	Soldotna	19	Miss Soldotna	Vocal "Le Jazz Hot!" from Victor Victoria
1982	Kristan Sapp	Wasilla	20	Miss South Central	Sac-Jazz Dance
1981	Laura Trollan	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...	19	Miss Juneau	Ballet/Jazz Dance "Most Wanted"
1980	Sandra Lashbrook	Eagle River	21	Miss Chugiak-Eagle River	Guitar & Vocal "Snowbird Snowbird Snowbird may refer to:*"Snowbird" , recorded by Anne Murray in 1970*Snowbird , people from Canada and the northern United States who spend winter in warmer climates of the southern United States*Snowbird , a Marvel Comics character... "
1979	Lila Oberg	Palmer	19	Miss Willow Area	Vocal "For Once In My Life For Once in My Life "For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song... "
1978	Patty-Jo Gentry	Valdez Valdez, Alaska Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...	22	Miss Fairbanks	Dramatic Monologue "Marie Antoinette"
1977	Lisa Granath	Kenai	18	Miss Greater Kenai	Modern Ballet "A Spoonful of Sugar A Spoonful of Sugar "A Spoonful Of Sugar" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film and the musical versions of Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.... " & "Every Day's a Holiday Every Day's a Holiday Every Day's a Holiday is a comedy film starring and co-written by Mae West, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film, released on 18 December 1937, also starred Edmund Lowe, Charles Winninger, and Charles Butterworth... "
1976	Kathy Tebow Kathy Tebow Kathy Tebow is from Anchorage, Alaska and competed in the 1977 Miss America Scholarship Pageant.-Early life:Tebow is a 1975 graduate of Dimond High School. She graduated magna cum laude in 1996 from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificates in Music...	Anchorage	19	Miss Anchorage	Violin Solo "Méditation"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1975	Cindy Suryan	Kodiak Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...	20	Miss Kodiak	Popular Vocal & Guitar "For Baby"
1974	Darby Moore	Kenai	20	Miss Kenai	Ventriloquism "Super califragilistic expialidocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is an English word, with 34 letters, that was in the song with the same title in the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke... "
1973	Virginia Adams	Anchorage	21	Miss Anchorage	Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song"
1972	Deborah Wood	Anchorage		Miss Anchorage				She was 1st runner up in the Miss Alaska pageant and replaced Linda Hogue.
	Linda Hogue	Kodiak	18	Miss Kodiak	Modern Dance "Charlie Chaplin Pantomime"		Neat As A Pin Award
1971	Linda Smith	Anchorage	19		Dramatic Interpretation "The Seagull The Seagull The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896... "		Judges Special Award
1970	Virginia Walker	Kotzebue Kotzebue, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile...	19	Miss Kotzebue/Arctic Circle	Original Poem "My Wonderland"		Judges Special Award and Neat As A Pin Award	First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle
1969	Gwenn Gregg	Anchorage	18	Miss Northern Lights	Art & Poetry Interpretation "The Wonder of Color"
1968	Jane Haycraft	Fairbanks	18	Miss Greater Fairbanks Area	Popular Vocal "Walking Happy Walking Happy Walking Happy is a musical with music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings. The story is based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse... "
1967	Penny Thomasson	Spenard Spenard, Alaska Spenard is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States and was historically a separate city from Anchorage. Spenard maintains the flavor of a separate community today, with "Spenardi Gras" being its primary community celebration that encourages a sense of solidarity and...	19	Miss Big Lake	Recitation & Song "Let's Go to Alaska"
1966	Nancy Lorell Wellman	Fairbanks	21	Miss Greater Fairbanks Area	Popular Vocal
1965	Mary Ruth Nidiffer	Anchorage	21	Miss Alaska Methodist University	Popular Vocal "Typically English"
1964	Karol Hommon	Anchorage	20		Acrobatic & Modern Jazz Dance		Non-finalist Talent Award	Died in October 1965, after falling off Mount Sugarloaf (Massachusetts)
1963	Colleen Kendall	Anchorage		Miss Alaska State Fair	Popular Vocal
1962	Mary Dee Fox	Anchorage	18	Miss Greater Anchorage	Original Modern Skit
1961	Jean Ann Holm	Fairbanks	19	Miss Fairbanks	Monologue combined with modeling
1960	June Bowdish	Anchorage	22		Dramatic Monoglogue "St. Joan Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts... "
1959	Alansa Carr	Ketchikan Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state....	20		Dramatic Reading
1958	Stuart Johnson	Douglas City Douglas, Alaska Douglas, Alaska is an area on Douglas Island in southeastern Alaska. Itoriginated in 1881 as a place providing services to miners of the nearby Treadwell gold mine, and was incorporated as a city in 1902. Douglas was once a larger town than neighboring Juneau, but dwindled in the early 1900s as...			Piano "Alaska's Flag Alaska's Flag "Alaska's Flag" is the state song of Alaska. Unique among state songs, its lyrics explain the symbolism of the Alaskan flag. The lyrics are:Eight stars of gold on a field of blue — Alaska's flag... "
1950	Maxine Cothern	Fairbanks			Speech "Alaska"
1938	Grace Bailey	Anchorage						Ice Carnival Queen
1937	Marguerite Lee	Nome						Married Chuck West, a tourism entrepreneur known as "Mr. Alaska."
1922	Helmar Liederman							Disqualified, because she was married, and lived in New York City.