Miss America Winners

This beauty pageant has been held annually in Atlantic City, New Jersey, since 1921.

• Vanessa Williams (born 1963)

  American singer and actress. First black woman to be crowned Miss America, and first Miss America to be deposed (for appearing in Playboy).

  • 1984 Miss America
• Vonda Van Dyke
  • 1965 Miss America, representing Arizona
• Marilyn Van Derbur
  • 1958 Miss America, representing Colorado
• Margaret Gorman

  The first Miss America.

  • 1921 Miss America, representing Washington, DC
• Mary Campbell
  • 1922-23 Miss America, representing Ohio
• Ruth Malcolmson
  • 1924 Miss America, representing Pennsylvania
• Fay Lamphier
  • 1925 Miss America titleholder, representing California
• Norma Smallwood
  • 1926 Miss America, representing Oklahoma
• Lois Delaner
  • 1927 Miss America, representing Illinois
• Marion Bergeron
  • 1933 Miss America, representing Connecticut
• Henrietta Leaver
  • 1935 Miss America titleholder, representing Pennsylvania
• Rose Coyle
  • 1936 Miss America, representing Pennsylvania
• Bette Cooper
  • 1937 Miss America titleholder, representing New Jersey
• Marilyn Meseke
  • 1938 Miss America, representing Ohio
• Patricia Donnelly
  • 1939 Miss America, representing Michigan
• Frances Burke
  • 1940 Miss America titleholder, representing Pennsylvania
• Rosemary LaPlanche
  • 1941 Miss America, representing California
• Jo-Caroll Dennison
  • 1942 Miss America titleholder, representing Texas
• Jean Bartel
  • 1943 Miss America titleholder, representing California
• Venus Ramey
  • 1944 Miss America, representing Washington, D.C.
• Bess Myerson
  • 1945 Miss America titleholder, representing New York
• Marilyn Buferd
  • 1946 Miss America, representing California
• Barbara Walker
  • 1947 Miss America titleholder, representing Tennessee
• BeBe Shopp
  • 1948 Miss America titleholder, representing Minnesota
• Jacque Mercer
  • 1949 Miss America titleholder, representing Arizona
• Yolande Betbeze
  • 1951 Miss America, representing Alabama
• Coleen Hutchins
  • 1952 Miss America titleholder, representing Utah
• Neva Langley
  • 1953 Miss America, representing Georgia
• Evelyn Ay
  • 1954 Miss America titleholder, representing Pennsylvania
• Lee Meriwether (born 1935)

  American beauty queen and actress.

  • 1955 Miss America, representing California
• Sharon Ritchie
  • 1956 Miss America, representing Colorado
• Marian McKnight
  • 1957 Miss America, representing South Carolina
• Mary Mobley
  • 1959 Miss America, representing Mississippi
• Lynda Mead
  • 1960 Miss America, representing Mississippi
• Nancy Fleming
  • 1961 Miss America, representing Michigan
• Maria Fletcher
  • 1962 Miss America, representing North Carolina
• Jacquelyn Mayer
  • 1963 Miss America titleholder, representing Ohio
• Donna Axum
  • 1964 Miss America titleholder, representing Arkansas
• Deborah Bryant
  • 1966 Miss America titleholder, representing Kansas
• Jane Jayroe
  • 1967 Miss America titleholder, representing Oklahoma
• Debra Barnes
  • 1968 Miss America titleholder, representing Kansas
• Judith Ford
  • 1969 Miss America titleholder, representing Illinois
• Pamela Eldred
  • 1970 Miss America, representing Michigan
• Phyllis George
  • 1971 Miss America, representing Texas
• Laurie Schaefer
  • 1972 Miss America, representing Ohio
• Terry Meeuwsen
  • 1973 Miss America, representing Wisconsin
• Rebecca King
  • 1974 Miss America, representing Colorado
• Shirley Cothran
  • 1975 Miss America, representing Texas
• Tawney Godin
  • 1976 Miss America, representing New York
• Dorothy Benham
  • 1977 Miss America titleholder, representing Minnesota
• Susan Perkins
  • 1978 Miss America, representing Ohio
• Kylene Barker
  • 1979 Miss America titleholder, representing Virginia
• Cheryl Prewitt
  • 1980 Miss America titleholder, representing Mississippi
• Susan Powell
  • 1981 Miss America, representing Oklahoma
• Elizabeth Ward
  • 1982 Miss America titleholder, representing Arkansas
• Debra Maffett
  • 1983 Miss America titleholder, representing California
• Suzette Charles
  • 1984 Miss America, representing New Jersey; took over after Vanessa Williams was dethroned
• Sharlene Wells
  • 1985 Miss America, representing Utah
• Susan Akin
  • 1986 Miss America, representing Mississippi
• Kellye Cash
  • 1987 Miss America titleholder, representing Tennessee
• Kaye Rafko
  • 1988 Miss America titleholder, representing Michigan
• Gretchen Carlson
  • 1989 Miss America titleholder, representing Minnesota
• Debbye Turner
  • 1990 Miss America titleholder, representing Missouri
• Marjorie Vincent
  • 1991 Miss America, representing Illinois
• Carolyn Sapp
  • 1992 Miss America titleholder, representing Hawaii
• Leanza Cornett
  • 1993 Miss America, representing Florida
• Kimberly Aiken
  • 1994 Miss America titleholder, representing South Carolina
• Heather Whitestone
  • 1995 Miss America titleholder, representing Alabama
• Shawntel Smith
  • 1996 Miss America titleholder, representing Oklahoma
• Tara Dawn Holiand
  • 1997 Miss America titleholder, representing Kansas
• Kate Shindle
  • 1998 Miss America titleholder, representing Illinois
• Nicole Johnson (born 1974)

  National Celebrity Spokesperson, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

  • Miss America 1999 winner, representing the State of Virginia
• Heather Renee French (born 1974)

  Volunteer with VA Hospitals for funding of Vetrans Programs

  • Miss America 2000 Winner representing the State of Kentucky
• Katherine Shindle

  An AIDS awareness educator

  • Miss America 1998 Winner, representing the State of Illinois
• Angela Perez Baraquio
  • 2001 Miss America titleholder, representing Hawaii