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of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
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| 2011 | Kristina Janolo Kristina Janolo Kristina Janolo, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Kissimmee, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2011. Janolo will represent Florida in the 2012 Miss America pageant.... |
Kissimmee Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 59,682. It is the county seat of Osceola County... |
24 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal | 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.... 2009 |
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| 2010 | Jaclyn Raulerson Jaclyn Raulerson Jaclyn Frances Raulerson is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Plant City, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2010. Raulerson represented Florida in the 2011 Miss America pageant.... |
Plant City Plant City, Florida Plant City is a city in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. The population was 34,721 at the 2010 census.... |
19 | Miss Largo | Vocal "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing I Don't Want to Miss a Thing "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998... " |
Quality of Life Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Rachael Todd Rachael Todd Rachael Christine Todd is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Oviedo, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2009. She had previously won Miss Suncoast. Todd represented Florida in the 2010 Miss America pageant.... |
Oviedo Oviedo, Florida Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,316 as of the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 32,961... |
22 | Miss Suncoast | Irish Step Dance "Riverdance Riverdance Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant... " |
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| 2008 | Sierra Minott Sierra Minott Sierra Minott is a beauty queen from Fort Myers, Florida who was crowned Miss Florida 2008. She previously held the title of Miss Palm Beach County 2008, and received preliminary swimsuit and evening gown awards at Miss Florida, making her the second Miss Florida to be a double preliminary winner... |
Fort Myers Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure.... |
20 | Miss Palm Beach County | Theater Style Dance "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town | 4th Runner Up at Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009 Miss America 2009, the 88th Miss America pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 24, 2009. The winner was Katie Stam from Indiana.... |
Previously Miss Florida Outstanding Teen 2005; 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is a sister company to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America's teens." The first competition was held in... 2005 |
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| 2007 | Kylie Williams Kylie Williams Kylie Williams is a beauty queen from Jasper, Florida who has competed in the Miss America pageant.After winning the Miss Tallahassee title Williams went on to compete in and win the Miss Florida 2007 pageant. Prior to this, she had competed in Miss Florida every year since 2003... |
Tallahassee Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by... |
24 | Miss Tallahassee | Country 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.... " |
Top 16 at Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been... |
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| 2006 | Allison Kreiger Allison Kreiger Allison Lee Kreiger is a beauty queen from Miami, Florida who has competed in the Miss Florida pageant and the Miss America pageant.Kreiger won the Miss Florida title in the state pageant held July 8, 2006. She had previously won Miss University of Florida in 2002 and Miss Miami in 2006.-Early... |
Miami Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625... |
23 | Miss Miami | Dance/Twirl "I Will Live For Love" | |||
| 2005 | Mari Wilensky Mari Wilensky Mari Wilensky was Miss Florida for 2005, and she placed in the Top 10 in the Miss America pageant. She has been involved in pageantry since the age of 6, and has competed in both the Miss USA and Miss America competitions. She is from Jacksonville, Florida, and went to Bolles High School... |
Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... |
21 | Miss University of Florida | Vocal "Bridge Over Troubled Water Bridge over Troubled Water (song) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at... " |
Top 10 at Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City... |
Assumed the crown; Top 10 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.... 2005 |
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| Candace Cragg | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville | Relinquished the title; Previously Miss Florida Teen America 2001, and 2nd runner up in Miss Teen America 2001 | |||||
| 2004 | Jenna Edwards | Miami | 23 | Miss Winter Park | Popular Vocal "Solitaire" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award;Finalist for Quality of Life Award | Later Miss Florida USA Miss Florida USA The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA... 2007, Miss Oktoberfest 2000 as Miss Mississippi, Miss Teen All American 1999 as Miss Mississippi |
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| 2003 | Shauna Pender Shauna Pender Shauna Pender is a Miss America preliminary scholarship winner who was crowned Miss Florida in 2003 after preceding Miss Florida Ericka Dunlap won Miss America. She had previously won Miss St. Petersburg... * |
Miss St. Petersburg | 1st runner-up to Miss Florida 2003; Assumed title when Ericka Dunlap won 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... title; Top 10 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.... 2001 |
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| Ericka Dunlap Ericka Dunlap Ericka Dunlap is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Orlando, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2003 and subsequently crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida.... |
Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
21 | Miss City Beautiful | Vocal "If I Could" | Winner - Miss America 2004 Miss America 2004 Miss America 2004, the 83rd Miss America, pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 20, 2003 on ABC Network.-Placements:*Miss America 2004: Ericka Dunlap... |
Finals Evening Gown Award; Finalist Talent Award; First African - American to win the title of Miss Florida | ||
| 2002 | Katherine Carson Katherine Carson Katherine Carson is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Sarasota, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2002. She had previously won Miss Largo. Carson represented Florida in the 2003 Miss America pageant.... |
Sarasota Sarasota, Florida Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers... |
20 | Miss Largo | Vocal "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical) Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for... |
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| 2001 | Kelly Gaudet | Miami | 22 | Miss Largo | Lyrical Dance "It's Time" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | Previously Miss Florida Teen USA Miss Florida Teen USA The Miss Florida Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Florida ties with Illinois for most Miss Photogenic awards... 1996; 4th runner up to 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.... 1999 |
| 2000 | Candace Rodatz | Orange Park Orange Park, Florida Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, USA, and a suburb of Jacksonville. The population was 8,412 at the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Fleming Island, Lakeside, and... |
24 | Miss First Coast | Baton "Sing, Sing, Sing" | |||
| 1999 | Kelli Meierhenry | Orlando | 24 | Miss University of Central Florida | Vocal "What Will I Tell My Heart?" | |||
| 1998 | Lissette Gonzalez Lissette Gonzalez Lissette Gonzalez is the morning weather presenter for WFOR-TV CBS4 and WBFS-TV My 33 in South Florida, USA. Prior to that, she was the weather presenter for KTLA 5 Prime News, on weeknights at 10 PM in Los Angeles, CA... |
Miami | 22 | Miss Miami | Vocal "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... " |
2nd Runner up | Bernie Wayne Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1997 | Christy Neuman | Jacksonville | 20 | Miss University of North Florida | Rhythmic Gymnastics Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 American adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds. Kevin Costner heads the cast list as Robin Hood... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1996 | Jamie Bolding | Lakeland Lakeland, Florida Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406... |
22 | Miss Mount Dora | Lyrical Ballet "Can You Read My Mind Can You Read My Mind "Can You Read My Mind" is the love theme from the 1978 feature film Superman, with music by John Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.The music is a theme for Lois Lane, whose role in the film was performed by Margot Kidder... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award, Nonfinalist Interview Award | ||
| 1995 | Kristin Ludecke Kristin Ludecke Kristin Alicia Ludecke is a beauty queen from Eustis, Florida who has won both the Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA. She is a state certified residential and commercial building contractor, and has a real estate license.-Education:... |
Eustis Eustis, Florida Eustis is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 15,106 at the 2000 census. The Census Bureau estimated the population in 2008 to be 19,129. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
19 | Miss Central Florida | Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'anima" from Linda di Chamounix Linda di Chamounix Linda di Chamounix is an operatic melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.-Performance history:... |
Later Miss Florida USA Miss Florida USA The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA... 2000 |
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| 1994 | Megan Welch | DeLand DeLand, Florida DeLand is the county seat of Volusia County, Florida. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 24,375. It is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 436,575 in 2006... |
20 | Miss Mount Dora | Classical Vocal | Non Finalist Interview Award | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1993 | |
| 1993 | Nicole Padgett | Fort Myers Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure.... |
21 | Miss Tampa | Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover Inside Daisy Clover Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 American drama film based on the 1963 novel by Gavin Lambert. It stars Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall and Ruth Gordon in her Academy Award nominated role.- Plot :... |
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| 1992 | Melinda Miller* | Miss Altamonte Springs | ||||||
| Leanza Cornett Leanza Cornett Eva Leanza Cornett was crowned Miss Winter Park and Miss Florida in 1992 and Miss America 1993.... |
Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
Winner - Miss America 1993 Miss America 1993 Miss America 1993 was the 68th Miss America Pageant, and was held on September 20, 1992.- Placements :-Preliminary Awards:... |
Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1991 | ||
| 1991 | Mary Ann Olson | Sarasota | 24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal "Where the Boys Are Where the Boys Are The kind of cool modern jazz popularized by such acts as Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, and Chico Hamilton, then in the vanguard of the college music market, features in a number of scenes with Basil... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Dana Rinehart Dalton | Orlando | 23 | Miss Orlando Miss Orlando Miss Orlando is part of the Miss America Organization and a preliminary to Miss Florida and Miss America. Here you will find the history of the titleholders as well how they placed at Miss Florida.-Winners: Miss Category:... |
Dramatic Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1989 | Sandra Joanne Frick | Hialeah Hialeah, Florida Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 226,419. As of 2009, the population estimate by the U. S... |
23 | Miss Coral Springs | Character Ballet en Pointe "Yankee Doodle Dandy The Yankee Doodle Boy "The Yankee Doodle Boy", also well known as " Yankee Doodle Dandy" is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones written by George M. Cohan... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Melissa Aggeles | St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St... |
24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal / Dance "Show Stopper" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit | National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1987 |
| 1987 | Jennifer Anne Sauder | Homestead Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area.... |
22 | Miss Homestead | Semi-Classical Vocal "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio Yes, Giorgio Yes, Giorgio is a 1982 musical/comedy film starring Luciano Pavarotti, his only venture in film acting. Michael J. Lewis provided the original music for the film with cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Molly Pesce Molly Pesce Molly Pesce is an American actress. She is the host of Animal Planet's Backyard Habitat. She was also one of the co-hosts of the daytime talk show, iVillageLive in its first season in Orlando. Pesce was also Miss Florida in 1986... |
Longwood Longwood, Florida Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida, USA. The population was 13,745 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 13,491. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
23 | Miss Seminole County | Vocal Medley from Cabaret Cabaret (musical) Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Monica Farrell | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Jacksonville University | Classical Piano "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Florida USA Miss Florida USA The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Florida in the Miss USA pageant.While Florida has been successful in terms of runners-up, finalists and semi-finalists, the state has never won the Miss USA pageant, although Cheryl Patton became Miss USA... 1988 (3rd runner-up at Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... 1988); Sister of Miss New York Miss New York The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in... 1984 and Miss Illinois Miss Illinois The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss America pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the initial Miss America pageant. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant, Lois Delander,... 1992 |
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| 1984 | Lisa Valdez | Bradenton Bradenton, Florida Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833... |
21 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal Medley "Through the Eyes of Love" | |||
| 1983 | Kim Boyce | Bradenton | 22 | Miss Manatee County | Popular Vocal "Rainbow Connection" & "Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Deanna Pitman | Apopka Apopka, Florida Apopka is a city located in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,969 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2006, the city grew to 53,563. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Apopka is an Indian word for “Potato... |
22 | Miss Sanford | Lyrical Dance "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line A Chorus Line A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.... |
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| 1981 | Dean Herman | Jacksonville | 23 | Miss Jacksonville | Gymnastics Dance "They're Playing Our Song They're Playing Our Song They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven... " |
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| 1980 | Caroline Dungan | Bradenton | 21 | Miss Manatee County | Piano Solo "Deep Purple Deep Purple (song) "Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose, who broadcast, 1923 to 1939, with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year, Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big... " |
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| 1979 | Marti Sue Phillips | Tampa Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
22 | Miss Manatee County | Jazz Clarinet Medley "Rhapsody In Blue Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.... " & "Begin the Beguine Begin the Beguine "Begin the Beguine" is a song written by Cole Porter . Porter composed the song at the piano in the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.-Music:The beguine music and dance... " |
4th Runner up | ||
| 1978 | Wendy Sue Cheatham | Bonita Springs Bonita Springs, Florida Bonita Springs is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 43,914 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral–Fort Myers Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located on the southwest coast of the state.... |
Miss Lee County | Assumed the crown after Carolyn Cline relinquished the title to continue to pursue her career as a singer & musician. | ||||
| Carolyn Cline | Brandon Brandon, Florida Brandon is a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 103,483.-Founding:... |
25 | Miss Tampa | Piano / Vocal "Love Story (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story " Love Story" is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1970 film Love Story. The lyrics were added after the theme music became popular.-Covers:The song has been covered many times... " |
2nd Runner up | Preliminary Talent | Previously Miss New Mexico USA Miss New Mexico USA For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss New MexicoThe Miss New Mexico USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Mexico in the Miss USA pageant.... 1973 |
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| 1977 | Cathy La Belle | Tampa | 20 | Miss Tampa | Popular Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! Drat! The Cat! Drat! The Cat! is a musical with a book and lyrics by Ira Levin and music by Milton Schafer.Originally called Cat and Mouse, this spoof of late-Victorian melodrama has at its core Alice Van Guilder, who wants to be a career girl at a time when nice young ladies marry well instead of having careers... |
4th Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Nancy Stafford Nancy Stafford Nancy Elizabeth Stafford is an American prolific character actress of stage, speaker and author, known for her roles in soap operas and television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Ben Matlock's law partner and friend, Michelle Thomas, on Matlock , before she played Judge Bell on Judging Amy... |
Ft. Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010... |
22 | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | Piano Solo "Send In the Clowns Send in the Clowns "Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she... " |
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| 1975 | Ann K. Schmalzried Ann K. Schmalzried Ann Schmalzried was Miss Florida for 1975, and she was a Semi-finalist for Miss America. She won Miss University of Florida. She is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and went to the University of Florida for college. Later she received the David B. Allman Medical Scholarship.-References:**... |
Ft. Lauderdale | 19 | Miss University of Florida Miss University of Florida Miss University of Florida Pageant and the Miss Florida Gator Pageant is the University of Florida's official pageant competition that is part of the larger Miss Florida and Miss America pageants... |
Classical Piano Solo "Gardens In the Rain" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | David B Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1974 | Delta Burke Delta Burke Delta Ramona Leah Burke is an American television and film actress. Her television work includes a leading role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women... |
Orlando | 18 | Miss Orlando Miss Orlando Miss Orlando is part of the Miss America Organization and a preliminary to Miss Florida and Miss America. Here you will find the history of the titleholders as well how they placed at Miss Florida.-Winners: Miss Category:... |
Dramatic Soliloquy "Anne Boleyn" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Ellen Meade Ellen Meade Ellen Meade is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Florida 1973.-Miss Florida:At 20 years old, Ellen Meade won the title of Miss Manatee County. She then went on to compete in the Miss Florida pageant, where she was crowned Miss Florida, 1973. Following her state win, Meade headed... |
Bradenton | 20 | Miss Manatee County | Ballet Roller Skating "The Black Swan" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Suzanne Charles | Ft. Lauderdale | 20 | Miss Miami | Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" | |||
| 1971 | Barbara Jo Ivey | Winter Park Winter Park, Florida Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,090 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 28,083. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
19 | Miss Winter Park | Piano "Toccata" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Lisa Donovan | Sarasota | 21 | Miss Sarasota | 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 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured singer at 1971 and 1973 Miss America pageants, toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1969 | Lynne Edea Topping | Marco Island Marco Island, Florida Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
20 | Miss Dade County | Ballet "Kismet Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on Kismet, the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock... " |
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| 1968 | Linda Fitts | Panama City Panama City, Florida -Personal income:The median income for a household in the city was $31,572, and the median income for a family was $40,890. Males had a median income of $30,401 versus $21,431 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,830... |
20 | Miss Panama City | Charleston Dance "Twelfth Street Rag Twelfth Street Rag "Twelfth Street Rag" was composed by Euday L. Bowman in 1914. It is one of the most famous and best-selling rags of the ragtime era. It has been recorded by many artists, ranging from Louis Armstrong to Lester Young. Bowman worked as a pianist in some of the bordellos of Kansas City... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1967 | Dawn Lauree Cashwell | Pensacola Pensacola, Florida Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752... |
22 | Miss Pensacola | Baton Twirling "Blue Tango Blue Tango "Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson. it was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was published in 1952... " |
4th Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed in the 1963 National Sweetheart Pageant representing Georgia |
| 1966 | Christine Torgeson | Miss Manatee County | Assumed the crown after Diane Colston relinquished the title | |||||
| Diane Colston | Sarasota | 19 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was published in 1918.... " |
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| 1965 | Carol Lynn Blum | Miami Beach Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper... |
21 | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor.Arditi was born in Crescentino, Piemonte . He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan. He made his debut in 1843 as a director at Vercelli, and it was there that he was made an honorary... |
3rd Runner up | Featured vocalist on the 1966 Miss America Pageant telecast. Previously was Florida's Junior Miss 1962 and Miss Dixie 1964. | |
| 1964 | Priscilla Schnarr | Hollywood Hollywood, Florida -Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of... |
18 | Miss Hollywood | Vocal / Dance "Whatever Lola Wants Whatever Lola Wants "Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song is sung by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised... " |
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| 1963 | Flora Jo Chandonnet | North Miami North Miami, Florida North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales University... |
Miss Miami | Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon The New Moon The New Moon is the name of an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third and last in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg written in the style of Viennese operetta... |
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| 1962 | Gloria Brody | Jacksonville | 19 | Miss Duval County | Interpretive Ballet "Theme from Exodus" | |||
| 1961 | Sherry Grimes | Sarasota | 18 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal "My Man's Gone Now My Man's Gone Now My Man's Gone Now is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by DuBose Heyward, written for the folk opera Porgy and Bess . Sung in the original production by Ruby Elzy, it has been covered by many female singers notably Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Shirley Horn, among... " |
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| 1960 | Kathy Magda | Ft. Lauderdale | 19 | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | Dramatic Monologue from Our Town Our Town Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives... |
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| 1959 | Nancy Rae Purvis | Bradenton | 18 | Miss Bradenton | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1958 | Dianne Tauscher | Orlando | Miss Orlando Miss Orlando Miss Orlando is part of the Miss America Organization and a preliminary to Miss Florida and Miss America. Here you will find the history of the titleholders as well how they placed at Miss Florida.-Winners: Miss Category:... |
Ballet "Canadian Sunset Canadian Sunset "Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching #7 on the Billboard chart... " |
Competed in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant | |||
| 1957 | Dorothy Maria Steiner | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about... |
Miss Boca Raton | Dramatic Reading "Such Is Your Heritage" | 4th Runner up | Previously was crowned Miss Dixie in 1953 | ||
| 1956 | Sally Fisher | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | 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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| 1955 | Sandra Wirth | Miami | Miss Miami | Fire Baton | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1954 | Ann Gloria Daniel Ann Gloria Daniel Ann Gloria Daniel is a beauty queen from Dade-City, Florida and she competed in the Miss Florida pageant and the Miss America pageant.Daniel won the Miss Florida title in the state pageant held back in 1954. She had previously placed 1st runner up in Miss America for 1955. For her talent portion of... |
Dade City Dade City, Florida Dade City is a city in Pasco County, Florida. The population was 6,188 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pasco County. Dade City is a suburb of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S... |
Miss Dade City | Accordion "Lady of Spain Lady of Spain (song) "Lady Of Spain" is a popular song, written in 1931 by Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell, and Henry Tilsley.-Performance:... " |
1st Runner up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1953 | Marjorie Simmons | Tampa | Miss Tampa | Dance "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... " |
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| 1952 | Marcia Crane | Orlando | Miss Gainesville | Piano "Gershwin Prelude" | ||||
| 1951 | Mary Elizabeth Godwin | Gainesville | Miss University of Florida | Pantomime "Betty Boop Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in... " |
4th Runner up | |||
| 1950 | Janet Ruth Crockett | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | Vocal & Pantomime of a Hollywood starlet "The Perils of Pauline The Perils of Pauline (1947 film) The Perils of Pauline is a 1947 American film directed by George Marshall and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie is a fictionalized Hollywood account of silent film star Pearl White's rise to fame, starring Betty Hutton as White.... " |
2nd Runner up | Assumed title when winner Corine Gustafson was disqualified for being too young | ||
| 1949 | Shirley Ann Rhodes | Tampa | Miss Tampa | Vocal "Put Your Shoes On, Lacy" | ||||
| 1948 | Rosemary Carpenter | Miami Beach | Miss Miami | Classical Piano & Accordion "Fantasie Impromptu Fantaisie-Impromptu Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so.... " & "Two Guitars" |
Semi-finalist | |||
| 1947 | Eula Ann McGehee | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | Magic Act | ||||
| Pepper Shore | Miami | Interpretive dance of the South Seas | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss Miami Beach | |||
| 1946 | Jacquelyn Jennings | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | Pantomime "Just a Square In a Social Circle" | Top 10 | |||
| Jini Boyd | Miami | competed as Miss Miami Beach | ||||||
| 1945 | Virginia Freeland | Miami | Miss Miami | Fashion Show & Vocal "Rum and Coca-Cola Rum and Coca-Cola “Rum and Coca-Cola” is the title of a popular calypso. Originally composed by Lord Invader and Lionel Belasco, it was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and became a huge hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters, spending ten weeks at the top of Billboard's U.S... " |
3rd Runner up | |||
| Evelyn Ray Crist | Miami | competed as Miss Miami | ||||||
| 1944 | Virginia Warlen | Miami | (no locals) | Violin "Intermezzo" | 2nd Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award & Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| Vernell Bush | Miami | Vocal "It Had to Be You It Had to Be You (song) "It Had to Be You" is a popular song written by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and was first published in 1924.The song was performed by Priscilla Lane in the 1939 film The Roaring Twenties and by Danny Thomas in the 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams. The latter film was based loosely upon... " |
Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Miami | ||||
| 1943 | Muriel Elizabeth Smith | Miami | (no locals) | Acro Baton | 1st Runner up | |||
| Dolly Esther Bowles | Miami | competed as Miss Miami | ||||||
| 1942 | Eileen Irma Knapp | Miami | (no locals) | Tap Dance "Bye Bye Blues Bye Bye Blues (song) "Bye Bye Blues" is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1930.The year it was introduced it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings. It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one... " |
Semi-finalist | |||
| Leona Fredericks | Miami | Vocal "Nobody's Baby" | Semi-finalist | competed as Miss Miami Beach | ||||
| 1941 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | Semi-finalist | |||||
| Anna Louise Baker | Miami | competed as Miss Miami | ||||||
| 1940 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | Semi-finalist | competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant | ||||
| 1939 | Rose Marie Magrill Rose Marie Magrill Rosemary Magrill was Miss Florida in 1939. At the time she was crowned she was underage. She went on to place as a semi-finalist in Miss America and became widely known as a "tap dancer extraordinary" with shows in a number of famous venues including Broadway... |
Miami | Miss Miami | Tap Dance | Semi-finalist | Underage when awarded the title | ||
| Irmigard Dietel | Miami | Vocal Medley "See You Again," "Blue Evening" & "Solitude" | 4th runner-up | competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant | ||||
| 1938 | Mary Joyce Walsh | Miami | Miss Miami | Vocal/Ballet | ||||
| Patricia Hollran | Delray Beach Delray Beach, Florida Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,020. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S... |
Vocal "A-Tisket, A-Tasket A-Tisket, A-Tasket A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. It was used as the basis for a very successful and highly regarded 1938 recording by Ella Fitzgerald... " |
competed as Miss Delray Beach in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
| Mary Jane Thomas | Fort Lauderdale | competed as Miss Fort Lauderdale in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| Gloria Smyley | Jacksonville | Acrobatic Dance | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss Jacksonville in the Miss America Pageant | |||
| 1937 | Mary P. Hollran | Delray Beach | competed as Miss Delray Beach in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
| Irmigard Dietel | Miami | Vocal | 4th runner-up | competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant | ||||
| 1936 | No Miss Florida | |||||||
| 1935 | Elizabeth Hull | Plant City Plant City, Florida Plant City is a city in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. The population was 34,721 at the 2010 census.... |
Miss Plant City | Vocal "East of the Sun East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) "East of the Sun " is a popular song written by Brooks Bowman, an undergraduate member of Princeton University's Class of 1936, for the 1934 production of the Princeton Triangle Club's production of Stags at Bay... " & "When I Grow Too Old to Dream When I Grow Too Old to Dream "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934. The song has become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, most notably Gracie Fields.... " |
Semi-finalist | |||
| 1927 | No Miss Florida | Marie Hands competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Florida | No Florida representatives were listed as competing for Miss America this year | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Florida | Ruth Wooddall, Miss Miami, placed as a Finalist in the pageant. Lucy D. Yonge, competed as Miss Pensacola. | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Florida | Representing Florida were: Margaret Swindell, Miss Lakeland; Lottie Eitzen, Miss Pensacola; Virginia McRae, Miss Tampa and Frances Payne, Miss West Palm Beach. | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss Florida | Katherine Floyd competed as Miss Pensacola and placed as a semi-finalist in the pageant. Others representing Florida were: Alice Phillips, Miss Jacksonville; Mary Weaver, Miss Lakeland and Katherine Kyle, Miss Miami. | ||||||
| 1922 | Eleanor Logan | Jacksonville |