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Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
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. Arkansas has twice won the Miss America title.
Results summary
The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.Placements
- Miss Americas: Donna AxumDonna AxumDonna Axum was crowned Miss America in 1964.Axum from El Dorado, Arkansas, now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the boards of the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Fort Worth Symphony, the Van Cliburn Foundation, named for the...
(1964), Elizabeth Ward (1982) - 1st runners-up: Rebecca McCall (1946), Frances Anderson (1962), Karen CarlsonKaren Carlson- Career :Carlson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She has appeared in many television series and a few films. Her film credits include Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name , The Candidate with Robert Redford and The Octagon with Chuck Norris...
(1965), Alyse EadyAlyse EadyAlyse Cynthia Eady, holds the title of Miss Arkansas 2010 and was 1st Runner-Up in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a 22-year-old graduate of Ouachita Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Speech Communication...
(2011) - 2nd runners-up: Paula Montgomery (1996)
- 3rd runners-up: Mary Jennings (1951), Charlotte Simmen (1952), Lacy Fleming (2005)
- 4th runners-up: Lencola SullivanLencola SullivanLencola Sullivan is an American news anchor and former beauty queen from Morrilton, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss America pageant.Sullivan won the Miss Arkansas title in July 1980 and represented Arkansas in the Miss America 1980 pageant held later that year in Atlantic City, New Jersey...
(1981) - Finalists: Eudora Mosby (2006)
- Semi-Finalists: Dorris Love (1943), Barbara Brothers (1949), Barbara Banks (1957), Sally MillerSally MillerSally Miller, born Salomé Müller , was an American slave whose freedom suit in Louisiana was based on her claimed status as a free German immigrant and indentured servant. The case attracted wide attention and publicity because of the issue of "white" slavery. In Sally Miller v...
(1959), Donna Connelly (1971), Mary Stuart (1983), Julie Russell (1987), Nicole Bethmann (1994), Erin Wheatley (1999), Brandy Rhodes (2000), Jessie Ward (2002), Katie Bailey (2008), Ashlen Batson (2009), Sarah Slocum (2010)
Preliminary Awards
- Preliminary Swimsuit: Rebecca McCall (1946), Mary Jennings (1951), Charlotte Simmen (1952), Frances Anderson (1962), Donna AxumDonna AxumDonna Axum was crowned Miss America in 1964.Axum from El Dorado, Arkansas, now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the boards of the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Fort Worth Symphony, the Van Cliburn Foundation, named for the...
(1964), Sharon Evans (1968), Paula Roach (1976), Bunnie Holbert (1978), Lencola SullivanLencola SullivanLencola Sullivan is an American news anchor and former beauty queen from Morrilton, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss America pageant.Sullivan won the Miss Arkansas title in July 1980 and represented Arkansas in the Miss America 1980 pageant held later that year in Atlantic City, New Jersey...
(1981), Elizabeth Ward (1982), Lauren Davidson (2003) - Preliminary Talent: Barbara Banks (1957)
Non-Finalist Awards
- Non-Finalist Talent: Marilyn Morgan (1972), Joyce McCormack (1977), Bunnie Holbert (1978), Regina HopperRegina hopperRegina Hopper is President and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group. She was previously the executive vice president of the United States Telecom Association...
(1984), Lisa Stevens (1985), Patti Thorn (1989), Beth Anne Rankin (1995) - Non-Finalist Interview: Whitney Kirk (2004)
Other
- Miss Congeniality: Sharon Evans (1968), Rhonda Pope (1975)
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Christi Taunton (1986)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Kristen Glover Kristen Glover Kristen Nicole Glover is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Stuttgart, Arkansas who was named Miss Arkansas 2011.-Biography:She won the title of Miss Arkansas on July 16, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Alyse Eady... |
Stuttgart Stuttgart, Arkansas Stuttgart is a city in and the county seat of the northern district of Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 79 about miles southeast of Little Rock. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,376.The town proclaims itself the "Rice... |
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| 2010 | Alyse Eady Alyse Eady Alyse Cynthia Eady, holds the title of Miss Arkansas 2010 and was 1st Runner-Up in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a 22-year-old graduate of Ouachita Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications and Speech Communication... |
Fort Smith Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 86,209 in 2010, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents which encompasses the Arkansas... |
22 | Miss South Central Arkansas | Ventriloquism / Vocal "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and Western song written and first recorded in 1935 by Rubye Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country and Western song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies.... " |
1st runner-up | Previously Miss Teen Arkansas-America 2004 (now known as Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen) | |
| 2009 | Sarah Slocum | Sheridan Sheridan, Arkansas Sheridan is the largest city and county seat in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,872 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. .-History:Robert W... |
23 | Miss Ouachita River | Vocal "The Prayer" | Top 15 Semi-finalist | Was voted into the Top 15 as a "People's Choice" winner, voted on by the public | |
| 2008 | Ashlen Batson | Newark Newark, Arkansas Newark is a city in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,219 at the 2000 census.Local School: Cedar Ridge High, previously Newark High.-Geography:Newark is located at .... |
21 | Miss Spirit of Arkansas | Flute Solo "Carmen Medley" | Top 12 Semi-finalist | ||
| 2007 | Katie Bailey | Conway Conway, Arkansas Conway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 58,908 at the 2010 census, making Conway the seventh most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had... |
25 | Miss South Arkansas | Vocal "Feeling Good Feeling Good "Feeling Good" is a song written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd starring Cy Grant, who sang the original version of the song... " |
Top 16 Semi-finalist | ||
| 2006 | Amber Bennett | Carlisle Carlisle, Arkansas Carlisle is a city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. It is the easternmost municipality within the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
23 | Miss Central Arkansas | Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" | Won Miss America "Pageant School" competition | ||
| 2005 | Eudora Mosby | Hazen Hazen, Arkansas Hazen is a city in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hazen is located at .... |
23 | Miss Central Arkansas | Vocal "Dream In Color" | Top 10 | ||
| 2004 | Lacy Fleming | Hampton Hampton, Arkansas Hampton is a city in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,579 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Calhoun County.Hampton is part of the Camden Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
22 | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Vocal "Last Dance Last Dance (song) "Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty... " |
3rd runner-up | Former Arkansas Junior Miss 2000 | |
| 2003 | Whitney Kirk | Cabot Cabot, Arkansas As of the census of 2000, there were 15,269 people, 5,432 households, and 4,329 families residing in the city. The population density was 798.2 people per square mile . There were 5,712 housing units at an average density of 298.8 per square mile... |
22 | Miss Three Rivers | Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz All That Jazz (song) "All That Jazz" is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago. It has lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, and is the opening song of the musical... " |
Non-finalist Interview Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2000 |
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| 2002 | Lauren Davidson | El Dorado El Dorado, Arkansas El Dorado , a multi-cultural arts center: South Arkansas Arts Center , an award-winning renovated downtown, and numerous sporting, shopping, and dining opportunities. El Dorado is the population, cultural, and business center of the 7,300 mi² regional area... |
20 | Miss White River | Vocal "It's Time" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 2001 | Jessie Ward | Prescott Prescott, Arkansas Prescott is a city and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas. The community had a population of 3,868 at the 2000 census. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.... |
21 | Miss Texarkana | Tap Dance "Michael Jackson Medley" | Semi-finalist | Current Executive Director of the Miss Arkansas pageant under her married name, Jessie Bennett | |
| 2000 | Sara Harris | Forrest City Forrest City, Arkansas Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock, shortly after the Civil War. The... |
20 | Miss Delta | Vocal "Unchained Melody Unchained Melody "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.... " |
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| 1999 | Brandy Rhodes | Hot Springs Hot Springs, Arkansas Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County... |
22 | Miss Lake Dardanelle | Original Tap Dance "American Rhapsody" | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Erin Wheatley | Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census... |
22 | Miss White River | Vocal / Tap Dance "I Got Rhythm I Got Rhythm "I Got Rhythm" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop... " |
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| 1997 | Stacy Freeman | Sheridan Sheridan, Arkansas Sheridan is the largest city and county seat in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,872 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. .-History:Robert W... |
22 | Miss White River | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA Miss Arkansas Teen USA The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition... 1992 |
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| 1996 | Melonie McGarrah | Rogers Rogers, Arkansas Rogers is a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964. The city is located in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, in the northwest corner of the state.-History:... |
22 | Miss White River | Vocal "I Will Always Love You I Will Always Love You "I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973, who first released the song as a single in 1974.-Dolly Parton version:... " |
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| 1995 | Paula Montgomery | Cabot | 22 | Miss Greater Little Rock | Vocal "Can't Help Loving That Man Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's novel.-Context:... " |
2nd runner-up | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA Miss Arkansas Teen USA The Miss Arkansas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.From 1986 until 2004, when Summer Thorn won Miss Photogenic, no Miss Arkansas Teen USA had placed or won an award at the national competition... 1991 |
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| 1994 | Beth Anne Rankin | Magnolia Magnolia, Arkansas Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States, that was founded in 1853. At the time of its incorporation in 1858, the city had a population of about 1,950. The city grew slowly as an agricultural and regional cotton market until the discovery of oil just east of the city in March,... |
23 | Miss Diamond Lakes | Piano | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Nicole Bethmann | Rogers | 24 | Miss Diamond Lakes | Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger... " |
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| 1992 | Shannon Boy | Alma Alma, Arkansas Alma is a city in Crawford County located in the western part of U.S. state of Arkansas, along I-40 about 13 miles from the Oklahoma border. Alma's population is 4,734, making it the sixth largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
21 | Miss Diamond Lakes | Flute Solo "Theme from Star Wars Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year... " |
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| 1991 | Heather Hunnicutt | Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks... |
22 | Miss Northwest Arkansas | Vocal "Born To Be Blue" | |||
| 1990 | Karissa Rushing | Benton Benton, Arkansas Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States and a suburb of Little Rock. It was established in 1837. According to a 2006 Special Census conducted at the request of the city government, the population of the city is 27,717, ranking it as the state's 16th largest... |
24 | Miss White River | Vocal "With a Song In My Heart With a Song in My Heart (song) "With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz... " |
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| 1989 | Marci Lewallen | Dardanelle Dardanelle, Arkansas Dardanelle is a city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,228 at the 2000 census. Along with Danville, it is one of two county seats for Yell County... |
22 | Miss Arkansas Valley | Vocal / Banjo "Boogie Woogie Banjo Blues" | |||
| 1988 | Patti Thorn | Hot Springs | 23 | Miss Diamond Lakes | Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Carole Lawson | Paragould Paragould, Arkansas -Health & Education:Paragould is home to Arkansas State University Paragould, Arkansas Northeastern College, Black River Technical College, and Crowley's Ridge College. Paragould has two public school districts, the Greene County Technical School District and the Paragould School District, as well... |
21 | Miss University of Arkansas | Flute / Piccolo solo "Carmen Medley" | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1986 | ||
| 1986 | Julie Russell | Fort Smith Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 86,209 in 2010, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents which encompasses the Arkansas... |
22 | Miss Russellville | Classical Piano Medley with Vocal Narration | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1985 | Christi Taunton | Camden Camden, Arkansas Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the southern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Long an area of American Indians villages, the French also made a permanent settlement here because of its advantageous location above the Ouachita River. According to 2007 Census... |
20 | Miss Camden | Popular Vocal "Remembering" | recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1984 | Lisa Stevens | Arkadelphia Arkadelphia, Arkansas Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,548. The city is the county seat of Clark County. The city is situated at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Two universities, Henderson State... |
22 | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Flute Solo "Carmen Medley" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Regina Hopper Regina hopper Regina Hopper is President and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group. She was previously the executive vice president of the United States Telecom Association... |
Springdale Springdale, Arkansas As of the census of 2010, there were 69,797 people, 22,805 households, and 16,640 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.7% White, 0.82% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 5.7% Pacific Islander, 22% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more... |
24 | Miss Springdale | Popular Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Elected to 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... Board of Directors |
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| 1982 | Mary Stuart | Little Rock | 20 | Miss White River | Vocal / Broadway Jazz Dance "The Birth of the Blues The Birth of the Blues "The Birth of the Blues" is a popular song.The music was written by Ray Henderson, the lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The song was published in 1926, and recorded by Cab Calloway in 1943 or 1944... " |
Semi-finalist | actress who played "Frannie Hughes" on "As the World Turns As the World Turns As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light... " from 1990-1993 |
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| 1981 | Micki Petrus | |||||||
| Elizabeth Ward | Russellville Russellville, Arkansas Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,920, according to the 2010 Census. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant... |
20 | Miss White River | Vocal "After You've Gone After You've Gone (song) "After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton, with lyrics written by Henry Creamer. It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918 and released on Victor 18509. It is the basis for many other jazz songs, as it can easily be improvised over... " |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | now known as actress "Elizabeth Gracen Elizabeth Gracen Elizabeth Ward Gracen is an American actress who won the title of Miss America in 1982. She was born Elizabeth Grace Ward but should not be confused with another Elizabeth Ward who worked as a television actress during the first half of the 1980s.... ," former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1980 |
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| 1980 | Lencola Sullivan Lencola Sullivan Lencola Sullivan is an American news anchor and former beauty queen from Morrilton, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss America pageant.Sullivan won the Miss Arkansas title in July 1980 and represented Arkansas in the Miss America 1980 pageant held later that year in Atlantic City, New Jersey... |
Morrilton Morrilton, Arkansas Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, northwest of Little Rock. The town was home to Harding College, now Harding University of Searcy, Arkansas, for about a decade in the 1920s and 1930s. The population was 6,550 at the 2000 census... |
22 | Miss White River | Blues Vocal "St. Louis Blues" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | *first African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at 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... ; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1979 | Janet Holman | North Little Rock North Little Rock, Arkansas the city was 62.55% White, 33.98% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.18% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races... |
22 | Miss University of Arkansas | Vocal "Somewhere Somewhere (song) "Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the... " |
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| 1978 | Naylene Vuurens | Searcy Searcy, Arkansas Searcy is the largest city and county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,663. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County... |
20 | Miss Diamond Lakes | Piano Solo "Etude in G Minor" | |||
| 1977 | Bunnie Holbert | Stuttgart Stuttgart, Arkansas Stuttgart is a city in and the county seat of the northern district of Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 79 about miles southeast of Little Rock. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,376.The town proclaims itself the "Rice... |
20 | Miss White River | Vocal "Feelings Feelings (song) "Feelings" is a song based on a melody composed by Loulou Gasté and made famous by Morris Albert, who recorded it as a single released in 1974 that later appeared as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their "whoa whoa whoa" chorus, concern the singer's... " |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Joyce McCormack | Little Rock | 21 | Miss White River | Ballet en Pointe "Polonaise" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1975 | Paula Roach | Jonesboro Jonesboro, Arkansas Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state... |
20 | Miss Jonesboro | Piano "Theme from Summer of '42 Summer of '42 Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, off the coast of New England, embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Dorothy,... " |
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| 1974 | Rhonda Pope | Hot Springs | 21 | Miss Hot Springs | Vocal Medley "Friends" & "With a Little Help from My Friends With a Little Help from My Friends -Joe Cocker version:Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction... " |
Miss Congeniality (tie) | participated in Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Becky Hume | Jonesboro | 23 | Miss Osceola | Free Floor Exercise & Balance Beam Routine | |||
| 1972 | Debbye Hazelwood | Magnolia | 20 | Miss Southern State College | Piano "Warsaw Concerto Warsaw Concerto The Warsaw Concerto is a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight . It was written by British composer Richard Addinsell... " |
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| 1971 | Marilyn Morgan | Clarksville Clarksville, Arkansas Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was approximately 9,300 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.. Clarksville is nestled between the Arkansas River and the foot hills of the Ozark Mountains and Interstate 40 and US Hwy 64... |
20 | Miss Clarksville | Popular Vocal "Something" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Featured singer in the 1972 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... production |
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| 1970 | Donna Connelly | Hope Hope, Arkansas Hope is a small city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2008 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,378... |
19 | Miss State College of Arkansas | Vocal Medley "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.... & "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was publicized first in the movie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing , winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song... " |
Semi-finalist | participated in Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1969 | Marilyn Allen | North Little Rock | 20 | Miss North Little Rock | Acrobatic Ballet "Theme from Exodus" | |||
| 1968 | Helen Gennings | Batesville Batesville, Arkansas Batesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 9,556... |
20 | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Popular Vocal "What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now Is Love "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month... " & "Love Makes the World Go Round" |
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| 1967 | Sharon Evans | North Little Rock | 20 | Miss Ouachita Baptist University | Vocal / Dance "Mame" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Miss Congeniality (tie) | ||
| 1966 | Mary Craig | Batesville | 18 | Miss Batesville | Vocal / Dancing | |||
| 1965 | Nita VanHook | |||||||
| Rhonda Oglesby | Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area... |
19 | Miss University of Arkansas | Popular Singing | resigned after briefly holding the title; listed as Miss Arkansas in the Miss America program from 1965 | |||
| 1964 | Karen Carlson Karen Carlson - Career :Carlson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She has appeared in many television series and a few films. Her film credits include Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name , The Candidate with Robert Redford and The Octagon with Chuck Norris... |
Fayetteville | 20 | Miss University of Arkansas | Vocal "As Long As He Needs Me As Long as He Needs Me As Long as He Needs Me is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, introduced in the 1960 musical. It is a love ballad about her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes... " |
1st runner-up | actress, ex-wife of David Soul David Soul David Soul is an American-British actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television programme Starsky and Hutch . He gained British citizenship in 2004.-Early life:... ; contestant in the 1964 Maid of Cotton Pageant |
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| Donna Axum Donna Axum Donna Axum was crowned Miss America in 1964.Axum from El Dorado, Arkansas, now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a member of the boards of the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Fort Worth Symphony, the Van Cliburn Foundation, named for the... |
El Dorado | 21 | Miss El Dorado | Vocal Medley "Quando me'n vo'" & "I Love Paris I Love Paris "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.Was the title of Michel Legrand's most popular album, which included an orchestral arrangement of the song... " |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Currently serving on 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... Board of Directors; competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant as "Miss Hospitality of Arkansas" |
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| 1962 | Edye Addington | Texarkana Texarkana, Arkansas As of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile... |
19 | Miss Arkansas State Teachers' College | Vocal Medley "When I Fall In Love When I Fall in Love "When I Fall in Love" is a 1952 popular song recorded by many artists.When I Fall in Love may also refer to:* When I Fall in Love , an album by Chris Botti, with a version of the 1952 song... " & "This Can't Be Love This Can't Be Love (song) "This Can't Be Love" is a show tune and a popular song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse. It was also included in the 1962 musical film, Billy Rose's Jumbo, though most of the songs in that film came from the 1935 Rodgers & Hart musical Jumbo. The lyrics poke fun of the... " |
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| 1961 | Frances Anderson | Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area... |
19 | Miss Pine Bluff | Vocal "I Enjoy Being a Girl I Enjoy Being a Girl (song) "I Enjoy Being a Girl" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song. It was originally performed in 1958, as the showpiece for the Linda Low showgirl character... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Featured Performer for the 1962 Miss America Pageant |
| 1960 | Claudette Smith | Star City Star City, Arkansas Star City is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,471 at the 2000 census. It is included in the 'Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-Geography:... |
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| 1959 | Suzanne Jackson | North Little Rock | 19 | Miss University of Arkansas | Vocal | |||
| 1958 | Sally Miller Sally Perdue Sally Perdue is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Little Rock radio talk show host. She was a top-10 finalist in the 1959 Miss America pageant.... |
Pine Bluff | Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto Rigoletto Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851... |
Semi-finalist | Competed in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1957 | Suzanne Scudder | Hot Springs | Miss University of Arkansas | Vocal | ||||
| 1956 | Barbara Banks | Little Rock | Interpretive Ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed... " |
Semi-finalist | Prelminary Talent Award | |||
| 1955 | Charlene Bowers | Helena Helena, Arkansas Helena is the eastern portion of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, this portion of the city population was 6,323. Helena was the county seat of Phillips County until January 1, 2006, when it merged its government and city limits with... |
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| 1954 | Sarah Martin | Little Rock | Classical Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Helen Reed | Fayetteville | Tap Dance | |||||
| 1952 | Bonnie Nicksic | Hot Springs | Vocal / Dance "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat Show Boat Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally produced in New York in 1927 and in London in 1928, and was based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. The plot chronicles the lives of those living and working... |
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| 1951 | Charlotte Simmen | Little Rock | Vocal & Art Exhibition | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1950 | Mary Jennings | Hot Springs | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco... |
3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | was a featured soprano with the New York City Opera New York City Opera The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in New York City.The company, called "the people's opera" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943 with the aim of making opera financially accessible to a wide audience, producing an innovative choice of repertory, and... , judged the 1989 and 1991 Miss America pageants |
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| 1949 | Barbara Brothers | Little Rock | Painting Display & Poetry Recitation "Old Black Joe Old Black Joe "Old Black Joe" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster . It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1853. Ken Emerson, author of Doo-Dah!, indicates that Foster's fictional Joe was inspired by a servant in the home of his father-in-law, Dr. McDowell of Pittsburgh... " & "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy " a Wonderful Guy" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production and sung by Mitzi Gaynor in the 1958 film adaptation.... " |
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| 1948 | Van Louis McDaniel | Forrest City | Monologue "Spartan Parents" | |||||
| 1947 | Pam Camp | Little Rock | Sketching | |||||
| 1946 | Rebecca McCall | Blytheville Blytheville, Arkansas Blytheville is the largest city in and one of the two county seats of Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 15,620 at the 2010 census.... |
Vocal "Put the Blame on Mame Put the Blame on Mame "Put the Blame on Mame" is a song by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher, originally made for the film Gilda in 1946 - where it was sung by the title character, played by Rita Hayworth and with the singing voice actually that of Anita Kert Ellis.... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1945 | Leslie Hampton | Lake Village Lake Village, Arkansas Lake Village is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,823 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Chicot County.Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake formed from the Mississippi River... |
Vocal "My Man My Man "My Man" is a 1982 single by Yoko Ono from the album It's Alright in a New Wave/calypso style. The minimalist "Let The Tears Dry" appeared on the B-side.... " |
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| 1944 | Mineola Graham | Brinkley Brinkley, Arkansas Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2000 census.It is located almost exactly half-way between Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee; the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising... |
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| 1943 | Dorris Love | Jonesboro | Dramatic Reading "Letter to a Soldier" | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1941 | Ferol Amelia Dumas | Magnolia | ||||||
| 1940 | Betty Benson | Forrest City | ||||||
| 1939 | Jean Thompson | Helena | ||||||
| 1938 | Lorene Bailey | Jonesboro | Piano "Dinah Dinah (song) "Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots in Pittsburgh... " |
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| 1933 | Vivian Ferguson | 20 | disqualified - married | |||||
| 1925 | No Miss Arkansas | Virginia Bowers competed as Miss Little Rock in the Miss America Pageant |