Miss Florida
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Florida USA.
Kylie Williams, Miss Florida 2007
Allison Kreiger, Miss Florida 2006 with Congressman Cliff Stearns
Jenna Edwards, Miss Florida 2004
Ericka Dunlap, Miss America 2004/Miss Florida 2003
Nancy Stafford, Miss Florida 1976
Delta Burke, Miss Florida 1974
Ann Gloria Daniel, Miss Florida 1954
The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Courtney Sexton | Starke | 23 | Miss Orlando | Modern Dance “I Got Love” | Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2008. Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2015 | ||
| 2015 | Mary Katherine Fechtel | Leesburg | 19 | Miss University of Florida | Lyrical Dance "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Tessanne Chin | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010. Sister of Elizabeth Fechtel, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 |
| 2014 | Victoria Cowen | Panama City | 21 | Miss North Florida | Lyrical Dance "Note to God" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | 1st runner-up at Miss Florida 2014; Assumed title when Elizabeth Fechtel was dethroned due to a tabulation error that stated Elizabeth was the winner[1][2] |
| Elizabeth Fechtel | Leesburg | 20 | Miss University of Florida | Dance "Happy" by Pharrell Williams | Dethroned due to a tabulation error in which a judge's mark was overlooked, which resulted in Fecthel being declared the winner[3][4] | |||
| 2013 | Myrrhanda Jones | Gainesville | 19 | Miss Palm Coast | Baton "Big Noise from Winnetka" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2009 and 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009; Won a preliminary talent award and placed 3rd runner-up after severely injuring her knee in rehearsal and wearing a leg brace during competition |
| 2012 | Laura McKeeman[5] | St. Petersburg | 23 | Miss Pinellas County | Ballet "La Esmeralda" | Top 16 | Miss Suncoast 2010, Miss St. Petersburg 2011 | |
| 2011 | Kristina Janolo[6] | Kissimmee | 24 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal "Gold" | Top 13 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 | |
| 2010 | Jaclyn Raulerson[7] | Plant City | 19 | Miss Largo | Vocal "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Quality of Life Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Rachael Todd[8] | Oviedo | 22 | Miss Suncoast | Irish Step Dance "Riverdance" | |||
| 2008 | Sierra Minott[9] | Fort Myers | 20 | Miss Palm Beach County | Theater Style Dance "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town | 4th runner-up | Miss Florida Outstanding Teen 2005 and 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005 | |
| 2007 | Kylie Williams[10] | Tallahassee | 24 | Miss Tallahassee | Country Vocal "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | Top 16 | ||
| 2006 | Allison Kreiger | Miami | 23 | Miss Miami | Dance / Twirl "I Will Live For Love" | |||
| 2005 | Mari Wilensky | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss University of Florida | Vocal "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Top 10 | Assumed the crown, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 | |
| Candace Cragg | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville | Relinquished the title when it was discovered she was not enrolled at the university where she won her local, Miss Florida Teen America 2001 and 2nd runner-up at Miss Teen America 2001 | |||||
| 2004 | Jenna Edwards | Miami | 23 | Miss Winter Park | Popular Vocal "Solitaire" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Finalist | Miss Teen All American 1999 as Miss Mississippi, Miss Oktoberfest 2000 as Miss Mississippi, Miss Florida USA 2007 | |
| 2003 | Shauna Pender* | Miss St. Petersburg | 1st runner-up at Miss Florida 2003; Assumed title when Ericka Dunlap won Miss America title, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 | |||||
| Ericka Dunlap | Orlando | 21 | Miss City Beautiful | Vocal "If I Could" | Winner | Finals Evening Gown Award, Finals Talent Award | First African American to win the title of Miss Florida | |
| 2002 | Katherine Carson | Sarasota | 20 | Miss Largo | Vocal "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | |||
| 2001 | Kelly Gaudet | Miami | 22 | Miss Largo | Lyrical Dance "It's Time" | Top 10 | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | Miss Florida Teen USA 1996, 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 1999 |
| 2000 | Candace Rodatz | Orange Park | 24 | Miss First Coast | Baton "Sing, Sing, Sing" | |||
| 1999 | Kelli Meierhenry | Orlando, Florida | 24 | Miss University of Central Florida | Vocal "What Will I Tell My Heart?" | |||
| 1998 | Lissette Gonzalez | Miami | 22 | Miss Miami | Vocal "All That Jazz" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award | |
| 1997 | Christy Neuman | Jacksonville | 20 | Miss University of North Florida | Rhythmic Gymnastics Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1996 | Jamie Bolding | Lakeland | 22 | Miss Mount Dora | Lyrical Ballet "Can You Read My Mind" | Non-finalist Talent Award, Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1995 | Kristin Ludecke | Eustis | 19 | Miss Central Florida | Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'anima" from Linda di Chamounix | Miss Florida USA 2000 | ||
| 1994 | Megan Welch | DeLand | 20 | Miss Mount Dora | Classical Vocal | Non-finalist Interview Award | National Sweetheart 1993 | |
| 1993 | Nicole Padgett | Fort Myers | 21 | Miss Tampa | Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover | |||
| 1992 | Melinda Miller* | Miss Altamonte Springs | ||||||
| Leanza Cornett | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde | Winner | National Sweetheart 1991 | ||
| 1991 | Mary Ann Olson | Sarasota | 24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal "Where the Boys Are" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Dana Rinehart Dalton | Orlando | 23 | Miss Orlando | Dramatic Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1989 | Sandra Joanne Frick | Hialeah | 23 | Miss Coral Springs | Character Ballet en Pointe "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | Top 10 | ||
| 1988 | Melissa Aggeles | St. Petersburg | 24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal / Dance "Show Stopper" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | National Sweetheart 1987 |
| 1987 | Jennifer Anne Sauder | Homestead | 22 | Miss Homestead | Semi-classical Vocal "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio | Top 10 | ||
| 1986 | Molly Pesce | Longwood | 23 | Miss Seminole County | Vocal Medley from Cabaret | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Monica Farrell | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Jacksonville University | Classical Piano "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Florida USA 1988 and 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988, Sister of Miss New York 1984 and Miss Illinois 1992 | |
| 1984 | Lisa Valdez | Bradenton | 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" | Top 10 | ||
| 1982 | Deanna Pitman | Apopka | 22 | Miss Sanford | Lyrical Dance "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1981 | Dean Herman | Jacksonville | 23 | Miss Jacksonville | Gymnastics Dance "They're Playing Our Song" | |||
| 1980 | Becky Wells | Bradenton | 21 | Miss Manatee County | Piano Solo "Deep Purple" | |||
| 1979 | Marti Sue Phillips | Tampa | 22 | Miss Manatee County | Jazz Clarinet Medley "Rhapsody In Blue" & "Begin the Beguine" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1978 | Wendy Sue Cheatham | Bonita Springs | 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 | 25 | Miss Tampa | Piano / Vocal "Love Story" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Miss New Mexico USA 1973 | |
| 1977 | Cathy La Belle | Tampa | 20 | Miss Tampa | Popular Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Nancy Stafford | Ft. Lauderdale | 22 | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | Piano Solo "Send In the Clowns" | |||
| 1975 | Ann K. Schmalzried | Ft. Lauderdale | 19 | Miss University of Florida | Classical Piano Solo "Gardens In the Rain" | Top 10 | David B Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1974 | Delta Burke | Orlando | 18 | Miss Orlando | Dramatic Soliloquy "Anne Boleyn" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later gained fame as an actress, most notably on the long-running sitcom Designing Women | |
| 1973 | Ellen Meade | Bradenton | 20 | Miss Manatee County | Ballet Roller Skating "The Black Swan" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Suzanne Charles | Fort Lauderdale | 20 | Miss Miami | Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" | |||
| 1971 | Barbara Jo Ivey | Winter Park | 19 | Miss Winter Park | Piano "Toccata" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Lisa Donovan | Sarasota | 21 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal "Feeling Good | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured singer at Miss America 1971 and 1973, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1969 | Lynne Edea Topping | Marco Island | 20 | Miss Dade County | Ballet "Kismet" | |||
| 1968 | Linda Fitts | Panama City | 20 | Miss Panama City | Charleston Dance "Twelfth Street Rag" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1967 | Dawn Lauree Cashwell | Pensacola | 22 | Miss Pensacola | Baton Twirling "Blue Tango" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1963 representing Georgia |
| 1966 | Christine Torgeson | Miss Manatee County | Assumed the crown after Diane Colston relinquished the title[11] | |||||
| Diane Colston | Sarasota | 19 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Top 10 | |||
| 1965 | Carol Lynn Blum | Miami Beach | 21 | Miss Fort Lauderdale | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | 3rd runner-up | Florida's Junior Miss 1962, Miss Dixie 1964, Featured vocalist at Miss America 1966 | |
| 1964 | Priscilla Schnarr | Hollywood | 18 | Miss Hollywood | Vocal / Dance "Whatever Lola Wants" | |||
| 1963 | Flora Jo Chandonnet | North Miami | Miss Miami | Semi-classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon | ||||
| 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" | |||
| 1960 | Kathy Magda | Fort Lauderdale | 19 | Miss Fort Lauderdale | Dramatic Monologue from Our Town | |||
| 1959 | Nancy Rae Purvis | Bradenton | 18 | Miss Bradenton | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1958 | Dianne Tauscher | Orlando | Miss Orlando | Ballet "Canadian Sunset" | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1959 | |||
| 1957 | Dorothy Maria Steiner | Boca Raton | Miss Boca Raton | Dramatic Reading "Such Is Your Heritage" | 4th runner-up | Miss Dixie 1953 | ||
| 1956 | Sally Fisher | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | Vocal / Dance "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat | ||||
| 1955 | Sandra Wirth | Miami | Miss Miami | Fire Baton "Jazz Medley" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1954 | Ann Gloria Daniel | Dade City | Miss Dade City | Accordion "Lady of Spain" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1953 | Marjorie Simmons | Tampa | Miss Tampa | Dance "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | ||||
| 1952 | Marcia Crane | Orlando | Miss Gainesville | Piano "Gershwin Prelude" | ||||
| 1951 | Mary Elizabeth Godwin | Gainesville | Miss University of Florida | Pantomime "Betty Boop" | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1950 | Janet Ruth Crockett | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | Vocal & Pantomime of a Hollywood starlet "The Perils of Pauline" | 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" & "Two Guitars" | Top 15 | |||
| 1947 | Eula Ann McGehee | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | Magic Act | ||||
| Pepper Shore | Miami | Interpretive dance of the South Seas | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed as Miss Miami Beach | |||
| 1946 | Jacquelyn Jennings | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | Pantomime "Just a Square In a Social Circle" | Top 16 | |||
| Jini Boyd | Miami | Competed as Miss Miami Beach | ||||||
| 1945 | Virginia Freeland | Miami | Miss Miami | Fashion Show & Vocal "Rum and Coca-Cola" | 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" | Top 12 | 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" | Top 10 | |||
| Leona Fredericks | Miami | Vocal "Nobody's Baby" | Top 10 | Competed as Miss Miami Beach | ||||
| 1941 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | Top 15 | |||||
| Anna Louise Baker | Miami | Competed as Miss Miami | ||||||
| 1940 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Miami | ||||
| 1939 | Rose Marie Magrill | Miami | Miss Miami[12] | Tap Dance | Top 15[12] | Underage when awarded the title[13] | ||
| Irmigard Dietel | Miami | Vocal Medley "See You Again," "Blue Evening" & "Solitude" | 4th runner-up | Competed as Miss Miami | ||||
| 1938 | Mary Joyce Walsh | Miami | Miss Miami | Vocal / Ballet | ||||
| Patricia Hollran | Delray Beach | Vocal "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Competed as Miss Delray Beach | |||||
| Mary Jane Thomas | Fort Lauderdale | Competed as Miss Fort Lauderdale | ||||||
| Gloria Smyley | Fort Lauderdale | Acrobatic Dance | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed as Miss Jacksonville | |||
| 1937 | Mary P. Hollran | Delray Beach | Competed as Miss Delray Beach | |||||
| Irmigard Dietel | Miami | Vocal | 4th runner-up | Competed as Miss Miami | ||||
| 1936 | Norma Crim | Miami | ||||||
| 1935 | Elizabeth Hull | Plant City | Miss Plant City | Vocal "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" | Top 12 | |||
| 1927 | No Miss Florida | Marie Hands competed as Miss Miami. | ||||||
| 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. Lucy D. Yonge competed as Miss Pensacola. | ||||||
| 1924 | Miss Helen Fisher | 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 | ||||||
* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America
References
- ↑ Stewart, Ayana (June 27, 2014). "Miss Florida pageant crowns wrong woman after scoring error". Miami, Florida: Miami Hearld. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Daily Mail Reporter (June 27, 2014). "Voting and Florida just don't mix: Miss Florida pageant officials award crown to wrong woman after vote-tallying error". London, England: Daily Mail. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Hayes, Stephanie (June 27, 2014). "Miss Florida pageant crowns the wrong winner". St. Petersburg, Florida: Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ WFTV (June 27, 2014). "Leesburg woman surrenders Miss Florida crown after tabulation error". Orlando, Florida: WFTV. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Rays sideline reporter McKeeman wins Miss Florida Pageant". Tampa Bay Online. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ "Kissimmee woman claims Miss Florida crown". Tampa Bay Online. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ "A Legacy of Crowns Continues". University of Central Florida. 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ↑ "UCF Alumna Rachael Todd Wins Miss Florida Pageant". University of Central Florida. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ "Palm Beach teen wins Miss Florida; Miss Tampa runner-up". Tallahassee Democrat. 2007-07-06. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ↑ "Reigning Miss Tallahassee wins Miss Florida crown". Tallahassee Democrat. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ↑ "Diane Colston Bows Out". Sarasota Journal. Oct 24, 1966.
- 1 2 "List of title holders". MissFlorida.org. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ Harakas, Margo (2006-11-19). "80s Are Awesome: These Eight Octogenarians Are Kicking Those Rocking-chair Stereotypes To The Curb". Sun-sentinel. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
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