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- For the article about the Miss USAMiss USAThe 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...
state pageant, see Miss Oklahoma USAMiss Oklahoma USAFor the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant....
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
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. Miss Oklahoma has won the crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood
Norma Smallwood
Norma Descygne Smallwood captured first place in both the bather's review and the evening gown contest and the following evening was crowned Miss America 1926....
won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win the Miss America title back to back for two years.
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2011 | Betty Thompson | Davenport Davenport, Oklahoma Davenport is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 881 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Davenport is located at .... |
22 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Irish Step Dance | |||
2010 | Emoly West Emoly West Emoly Ann West holds the title of Miss Oklahoma 2010 and was 4th Runner-Up in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada.... |
Edmond Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.... |
24 | Miss Edmond LibertyFest | Ballet en Pointe "Time" by Billy Porter | 4th runner up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
2009 | Taylor Treat | Ada Ada, Oklahoma Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,008 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the city population was estimated at 17,019.... |
22 | Miss University of Oklahoma | Ballet en Pointe "Palladio Diamond Music Diamond Music is a 1996 album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and in the style of a concerto grosso... " |
Top 12 at Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010 Miss America 2010, the 89th Miss America pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on January 30, 2010... |
Quality of Life award winner | selected as one of three "America's choice" contestants in the top 15 as voted on by the viewers |
2008 | Kelsey Cartwright | Collinsville Collinsville, Oklahoma Collinsville is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a part of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for Dr. A. H. Collins, an engineer and surveyor who first surveyed the land that became this community... |
21 | Miss Keystone Lake | Lyrical Dance | |||
2007 | Makenna Smith | Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma... |
24 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Vocal "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime Ragtime (musical) Ragtime is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty.Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; Mother, the matriarch of a WASP family in... |
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2006 | Lindsey Miller | Miss Grand Lake | Jazz Vocal | 1st runner-up to Miss Oklahoma 2006; Assumed title when Lauren Nelson 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 |
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Lauren Nelson Lauren Nelson Lauren Paige Nelson is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state.... |
Lawton Lawton, Oklahoma The city of Lawton is the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in the southwestern region of Oklahoma approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
20 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "You'll Be in My Heart You'll Be in My Heart "You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by Phil Collins, from the 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan. It appeared on Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack as well as various other Disney compilations... " |
Winner - Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.... |
Preliminary Swimsuit | Previously Miss Oklahoma Teen 2004 | |
2005 | Jennifer Warren | 21 | Miss Green Country | Vocal | 1st runner-up to Miss Oklahoma 2005; Assumed title when Jennifer Berry 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 |
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Jennifer Berry Jennifer Berry Jennifer Berry-Gooden was crowned Miss America on January 21, 2006. A resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to hold the title.... |
Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's... |
22 | Miss Grand Lake | Ballet en Pointe "Within" | Winner - 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... |
Preliminary Talent, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award | ||
2004 | Elizabeth Kinney | Mooreland Mooreland, Oklahoma Mooreland is a town in Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,190 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mooreland is located at .... |
22 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Tap Dance "Crazy Little Thing Called Love Crazy Little Thing Called Love "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
2003 | Kelley Scott | Owasso Owasso, Oklahoma Owasso is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a northern suburb of Tulsa. The population was 28,915 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Owasso is located at... |
23 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "Son of a Preacher Man Son of a Preacher Man "Son of a Preacher Man" is a song recorded by Dusty Springfield in September 1968 and featured on the album, Dusty in Memphis. It was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. The rights to cover "Son of a Preacher Man" were originally offered to Aretha Franklin, who turned it down... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
2002 | Casey Preslar Casey Preslar Casey Preslar Urwin is a graduate of Oral Roberts University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Communications with a Minor in Music. She was Miss Oklahoma 2002, 2nd-runner up to Miss America 2003, a preliminary talent award winner, the Eleanor Andrews Talent Award winner, and was voted nationwide as... |
Tulsa | 22 | Miss Grand Lake | Jazz Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) " You'll Have to Swing It " is a song written by Sam Coslow that is strongly associated with Ella Fitzgerald.... " |
2nd Runner-Up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
2001 | Kaci Hundley | Enid Enid, Oklahoma Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. In 2010, the population was 49,379, making it the ninth largest city in Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a... |
21 | Miss Oklahoma State Fair | Vocal "Crying" | Top 20 Quarter-finalist | ||
2000 | Kristin Steveson | Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Broken Arrow is a city located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, primarily in Tulsa County but also with a small section of the city in western Wagoner County. It is the largest suburb of Tulsa. According to the 2010 US Census, Broken Arrow has a population of 98,850 residents... |
23 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La traviata La traviata La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1999 | Daneka Allen | Oklahoma City | 23 | Miss Stroud | Vocal "Respect Respect (song) "Respect" is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. "Respect" became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin. The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few minor changes in the lyrics, the stories told... " |
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1998 | Julie Payne | Grandfield Grandfield, Oklahoma Grandfield is a city in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,038 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Grandfield is located at .... |
23 | Miss Collinsville | Tap Dance "Hound Dog Hound Dog (song) "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best-known... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1997 | Kelli Masters | Midwest City Midwest City, Oklahoma Midwest City is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,371, making it the eighth largest city in the state.... |
24 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now Gonna Fly Now "Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky", is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1996 | Amy Duncan | Oklahoma City | 23 | Miss University of Oklahoma | Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me? Papa, Can You Hear Me? "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is a 1983 song, performed by Barbra Streisand for the film Yentl. The song was composed by Michel Legrand, with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1995 | Meighen Bradfield | Successor to crown | ||||||
Shawntel Smith Shawntel Smith Shawntel Smith is an American beauty pageant contestant, who was Miss America in 1996. She was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma.-External links:*... |
Muldrow Muldrow, Oklahoma Muldrow is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,104 at the 2000 census.... |
24 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born A Star Is Born (1976 film) A Star Is Born is a 1976 American rock music musical film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline... |
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1994 | Tiffany Craig | Norman Norman, Oklahoma Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the... |
24 | Miss Norman | Vocal "If Only" | |||
1993 | Elizabeth Moseley | Norman | 22 | Miss Shawnee | Flute Solo "Dueling Banjos" | |||
1992 | DuSharme Carter | Oklahoma City | 21 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Vocal "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" | 4th Runner-Up | Later Miss Oklahoma USA Miss Oklahoma USA For the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant.... 1995, top 12 at Miss USA 1995 Miss USA 1995 Miss USA 1995, the forty-fourth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 10, 1995.... |
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1991 | Gina Lynne Smith | Stillwater Stillwater, Oklahoma Stillwater is a city in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. 177 and State Highway 51. It is the county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 45,688. Stillwater is the principal city of the Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical... |
21 | Miss Stroud | Vocal Medley "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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1990 | Cynthia White | Oklahoma City | 24 | Miss Stroud | Piano Solo "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It is written for solo piano and symphony orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto. The work was written at Villa Senar, according to the score, from July 3 to August 18, 1934... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
1989 | Tamara Marler | Tulsa | 26 | Miss Norman | Vocal "Since I Fell for You Since I Fell for You "Since I Fell for You" is a jazz and pop standard. The blues ballad was composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 and was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra. The biggest hit version was recorded by Lenny Welch in 1963, reaching number four on the U.S... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1988 | Lori Kelley | Clinton Clinton, Oklahoma Clinton is a city in Custer and Washita counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 9,033 at the 2010 census.-History:The community began in 1899 when two men, J.L. Avant and E.E... |
23 | Miss Norman | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music... |
2nd Runner-Up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1987 | Leesa Cornett | Newcastle Newcastle, Oklahoma Newcastle is the largest city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,685 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Newcastle is located at .... |
20 | Miss Norman | Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1986 | Mignon Merchant | Oklahoma City | 25 | Miss Lake Hudson | Stand-Up Comedy | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Oklahoma USA Miss Oklahoma USA For the article about the Miss America state pageant, see Miss OklahomaThe Miss Oklahoma USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Miss USA pageant.... 1983, top 10 at Miss USA 1983 |
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1985 | Felicia Ferguson | Oklahoma City | 24 | Miss Grand Lake | Vocal "You Don't Know Me" | |||
1984 | Julie Sunday | Owasso | 21 | Miss Owasso | Piano | |||
1983 | Trelynda Kerr | Moore Moore, Oklahoma Moore is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 55,081 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh largest city in the state of Oklahoma.... |
21 | Miss Grand Lake | Country Vocal Medley "Stand by Your Man Stand By Your Man "Stand by Your Man" is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Tammy Wynette, released as a single in September 1968 in the USA... " |
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1982 | Nancy Chapman | Altus Altus, Oklahoma Altus is a city in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 19,813 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County.... |
21 | Miss Oklahoma City | Piano Solo "Fireworks by Debussy Preludes (Debussy) Claude Debussy's Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano. They are divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve preludes each. Unlike previous collections of preludes, like those of JS Bach and Chopin, Debussy's do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures.Each book was written... " |
4th Runner-Up | ||
1981 | April Clayton | Cameron Cameron, Oklahoma Cameron is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 312 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cameron is located at .... |
22 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Ballet en Pointe "The Blue Danube The Blue Danube The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 , a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866... " |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1980 | Kathleen Allin | Successor to crown | ||||||
Susan Powell | Elk City Elk City, Oklahoma Elk City is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 11,693 at the 2010 census. Elk City is located on Interstate 40 and Historic U.S. Route 66 in Western Oklahoma, approximately west of Oklahoma City and east of Amarillo.... |
21 | Miss Oklahoma City | Classical Vocal "The Telephone Aria The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois is an English-language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti's The Medium at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February... " |
Winner | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | ||
1979 | Jill Elmore | Tulsa | 23 | Miss Grand Lake | Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1978 | Kendi Brown | Oklahoma City | 21 | Miss Warr Acres | Tap Dance "Medley of songs by Cole Porter Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre... " |
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1977 | Ellen Wight | Tulsa | 22 | Miss Oklahoma City University | Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust Faust (opera) Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1... |
Died in December 1979 (Source: OKCU Focus - Summer 2003) | ||
1976 | Lucia Miller | Buffalo Buffalo, Oklahoma Buffalo is a town in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Harper County.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Buffalo has a total area of , all land.-Climate:... |
21 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Trumpet Solo "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey " Bill Bailey", originally titled "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" is a popular song published in 1902. It is commonly referred to as simply "Bill Bailey".... " |
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1975 | Lisa Reagan Lisa Reagan Lisa Reagan Love is a singer based in Middleburg, Virginia. She has performed in such places as the White House, the Kennedy Center, and various concert halls around the world... |
Oklahoma City | 19 | Miss Warr Acres | Vocal Medley "As Time Goes By As Time Goes By (song) "As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became most famous in 1942 when it was sung by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca. The song was voted #2 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film. It was used as a fanfare for Warner... " & "I Got Love I Got Love I Got Love is the debut album by singer Melba Moore, released in 1970. starting this album, which the singer was nominated for new artist at the Grammy Awards in 1971... " |
former wife of former Congressman Mickey Edwards Mickey Edwards Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards is a former Republican congressman who served Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.-Education and early career:... |
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1974 | Debbie Knight | Warr Acres Warr Acres, Oklahoma Warr Acres is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. It was established after World War II by C.B. Warr, a dynamic businessman, builder, and commercial developer. The population was 9,735 at the 2000 census.-History:The Warr Acres... |
22 | Miss Warr Acres | Piano Solo "Minuet in G Major" | |||
1973 | Andrea Hanson | Tahlequah Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It... |
21 | Miss Tulsa State Fair | Piano / Vocal "The Homeland Aria" 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 Semi-finalist | ||
1972 | Debbie Giannopoulos | Oklahoma City | 20 | Miss Warr Acres | Classical Singing from Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin... |
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1971 | Susan Supernaw | Tulsa | 20 | Miss Phillips University | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet | Special Judges Award | ||
1970 | Judy Adams | Cushing Cushing, Oklahoma Cushing is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,371 at the 2000 census.The city was established after the Land Run of 1891 by Billy Rae Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker... |
20 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Violin "The Hot Canary" arranged by Florian ZaBach Florian ZaBach Florian ZaBach was an American musician and TV personality.His recording of "The Hot Canary" sold a million copies and reached the top 15 on the Pop charts in 1951. "Believe It or Not" timed his violin performance of "The Flight of the Bumblebee" and wrote, "he plays 12.8 notes per second ...... |
Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1969 | Jeanne Gambrell | Tulsa | 22 | Miss University of Tulsa | Ballet / Jazz Dance "Hair" & "Aquarius" from Hair Hair (musical) Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement... |
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1968 | Beverly Drew | Harrah Harrah, Oklahoma Harrah is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Located east of downtown Oklahoma City, Harrah had a population of 5,148 people as of 2009.-Geography:... |
22 | Miss Shawnee | Vocal / Baton Twirling "Step to the Rear The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" is the fight song of the University of South Carolina. It was adapted from the musical number "Step to the Rear" in the Broadway show How Now, Dow Jones and the lyrics were written by Gamecocks football coach Paul Dietzel.-History:USC band director James... " |
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1967 | Carolyn Denton | Muskogee Muskogee, Oklahoma Muskogee is a city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Muskogee County, and home to Bacone College. The population was 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma.... |
19 | Miss Oklahoma State University | Vocal "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" is a popular song sung by Lesley Gore. It was originally released on Gore's 1963 album Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts. The song was composed by Marvin Hamlisch. It was arranged by Claus Ogerman and produced by Quincy Jones. The tune peaked at #13 on the... " |
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1966 | Sandy Ferguson | Successor to crown | ||||||
Jane Ann Jayroe | Laverne Laverne, Oklahoma Laverne is a town in Harper County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,344 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Laverne is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land... |
19 | Miss Oklahoma City | Vocal / Orchestra Conducting "1-2-3" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1965 | Sandra Curtis | Tulsa | 20 | Miss Tulsa | Dramatic Reading "Sorry Wrong Number" | |||
1964 | Jane Hitch | Guymon Guymon, Oklahoma Guymon is a city in and the county seat of Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,442, making it the largest city on the Oklahoma Panhandle. Corporate hog farms and cattle feedlots dominate its economy.... |
18 | Miss Guymon | Dance | |||
1963 | Cheryl Semrad Hassman | Waukomis Waukomis, Oklahoma Waukomis is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,261 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Waukomis is located at .... |
Miss Okeene | Speech "May I Teach Others to Live" | ||||
1962 | Billi Kay Smith | Stroud Stroud, Oklahoma Stroud is a city in Creek and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 2,758 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stroud is located at .... |
19 | Miss Stroud | Dramatic Reading | |||
1961 | Dana Darlene Reno | Stigler Stigler, Oklahoma Stigler is a city in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Haskell County.-Geography:Stigler is located at... |
20 | Miss Stigler | Oration with Indian Sign Language | contestant in the 1963 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
1960 | Donna Kay Creed | Enid | 20 | Miss Enid | Vocal "The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (song) “The Sound of Music” is the title song from The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 stage musical of the same name. It was sung by Julie Andrews in the 1961 film, with a reprise by the Von Trapp family... " |
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1959 | Mary Ann Hazelton | Tulsa | 19 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1958 | Anita Bryant Anita Bryant Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer, former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and gay rights opponent. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses", which reached #5... |
Tulsa | 18 | Vocal "When the Boys Talk About the Girls" | 2nd Runner-up | |||
1957 | Mary Nancy Denner | Alva Alva, Oklahoma Alva is a city in Woods County, Oklahoma, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 4,945 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Woods County.... |
Poetry Recitation "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and was known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work... |
2nd Runner-up | ||||
1956 | LaDonna J. Kramer | Loyal Loyal, Oklahoma Loyal is a town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 81 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Loyal is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.... |
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1955 | Ann Campbell | Oklahoma City | Speech & Furniture Design Display | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
1954 | Charlavan Baker | Oklahoma City | Dress Design | |||||
1953 | Lorene Washburn | Tulsa | Vocal | |||||
1952 | Shirley Barbour | Tulsa | Drama | Miss Congeniality | ||||
1951 | Bobby Jene Simmons | Oklahoma City | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette 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... |
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1950 | Louise O'Brien | Tulsa | Vocal "Twas Only An Irishman's Dream" | 4th runner-up | ||||
1949 | Georgine R. Leeka Georgine R. Leeka Georgine Leeka was "Miss Oklahoma" in 1949, and represented her state in the Miss America Pageant . She later married Clyde Jones, from Tennessee, and by 2011 had been living in Huntsville, Alabama since 1961. They have five children, fourteen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren... |
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1948 | Donna Briggs | Tulsa | Painting Display | 4th Runner-up | ||||
1943 | Joan Marceille Hawk | Oklahoma City | ||||||
1941 | Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona | Tulsa | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality | Third Native American to compete at Miss America | |||
1940 | Ada Martyne Wood | Oklahoma City | Semi-finalist | Second Native American to compete at Miss America, | ||||
1939 | Bettye Cornelia Avert | Oklahoma City | Original Piano & Vocal "Wondering & Dreaming" | 1st runner-up | ||||
1938 | Marjorie Ann Adams | Ada | ||||||
1933 | Joanna Alcorn | 16 | she withdrew from the competition due to appendicitis | |||||
1927 | No Miss Oklahoma | Virginia Claire Howard competed as Miss Tulsa and placed as a Finalist in the pageant. | ||||||
1926 | Norma Smallwood Norma Smallwood Norma Descygne Smallwood captured first place in both the bather's review and the evening gown contest and the following evening was crowned Miss America 1926.... |
Tulsa | 17 | N/A | Winner - Miss America 1926 Miss America 1926 Miss America 1926, the 6th Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1926. In selecting the new Miss America, it was the opinion of the judges that not only did the winner have an excellent figure but also possessed a smile like that of... |
Swimsuit & Evening Gown | 1st Native American Miss America, competed as "Miss Tulsa" in the Miss America Pageant. | |
1925 | No Miss Oklahoma | Fern Marlow competed as Miss Oklahoma City and Sue Starkey competed as Miss Tulsa. | ||||||
1924 | No Miss Oklahoma | Willie Mae Stockton competed as Miss Oklahoma City and placed as a semi-finalist in the pageant. Rose Everett competed as Miss Tulsa. | ||||||
1923 | No Miss Oklahoma | Mary Dean Overly competed as Miss Oklahoma City and Catherine Crosby competed as Miss Tulsa. They both finished as semi-finalists in the Miss America Pageant. |