Miss Kansas
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Kansas USA.
Theresa Vail, Miss Kansas 2013
The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kendall Schoenekase | Overland Park | 22 | Miss Johnson County | Vocal | Quality of Life Award 1st Runner-up STEM Scholarship Winner |
Previously Miss Kansas International 2014 and Miss Missouri United States 2010 | |
| 2015 | Hannah Wagner | Wichita | 19 | Miss Augusta | Ballet en Pointe "Swan Lake" | |||
| 2014 | Amanda Sasek | Moberly, MO | 23 | Miss Greater Wichita | Vocal "I Don't Know My Own Strength" | |||
| 2013 | Theresa Vail | Manhattan | 22 | Miss Leavenworth County | Vocal "Nessun Dorma" | Top 10 | America's Choice winner at the Miss America 2014, First Miss America contestant to display tattoos in the swimsuit competition (the insignia of the United States Army Dental Command on her left shoulder and one of the Serenity Prayer along the right side of her torso)[1][2] | |
| 2012 | Sloane Lewis | Norwich | 22 | Miss Wooded Hills | Self-arranged Piano Medley "River Storm" | Won preliminary swimsuit award, interview award, evening gown award, outstanding instrumentalist | ||
| 2011 | Carissa Kelley[3] | Winfield | 24 | Miss Wooded Hills | Dance "Rolling in the Deep" | Miss Kansas Teen USA 2004 | ||
| 2010 | Lauren Werhan | Wichita | 20 | Miss Southwest | Ballet en Pointe "Asturias" | Won preliminary talent and interview award | ||
| 2009 | Becki Ronen | Buhler | 20 | Miss Flint Hills | Classical Trumpet Solo "Stars in a Velvety Sky" | |||
| 2008 | Emily Deaver | Augusta | 19 | Miss Augusta | Piano / Vocal "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" | Won all 3 preliminary competitions during Miss Kansas competition | ||
| 2007 | Alyssa George | Minneapolis | 22 | Miss Sedgwick County | Classical Piano Solo | |||
| 2006 | Michelle Walthers | Towanda | 21 | Miss Augusta | Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | |||
| 2005 | Adrienne Rosel | Liberal | 23 | Miss Wichita | Theatrical Vocal / Dance "America" from West Side Story | |||
| 2004 | Megan Bushell | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wheat Capital | Vocal "When You Say You Love Me" | Top 10 | Quality of Life Finalist | |
| 2003 | Angelea Busby | Lenexa | 21 | Miss Cheney Lake | Interpretive Baton Twirling / Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Jeanne Anne Schroeder | Hutchinson | 24 | Miss Chisholm Trail | Classical Vocal "Time To Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2001 | Kimberlee Grice | Ulysses | 23 | Miss Kaw Valley | Vocal "At Last" | Eleanor "Big Mama" Andrews Performing Arts Award | ||
| 2000 | Amy Lea Shaw | Derby | 22 | Miss Arkansas Valley | Classical Piano "Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5" | |||
| 1999 | Leah Darby | Derby | 21 | Miss Derby | Vocal "I Dreamed a Dream" | |||
| 1998 | Jennifer Vannatta | Leawood | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria | 3rd runner-up at Miss Oktoberfest 1999; Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher was (as of 2010) actively involved in the competing Miss USA organization, as co-director of the Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma state pageants.[4] | ||
| 1997 | Lesley Moss | Hoxie | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It" | |||
| 1996 | Jennifer Parks | Wichita | Miss Arkansas Valley | 3rd Runner-up to Holland, assumed title when Tara Holland became Miss America and other runners-up declined the title | ||||
| Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park | 23 | Miss Flint Hills | Classical Vocal "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up | National Sweetheart 1995 as Miss Florida | |
| 1995 | Amy Keller | Great Bend | 24 | Miss Heartland | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1994 | Trisha Schaffer | Liberal | 22 | Miss Southwest | Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Kansas' Junior Miss 1990 |
| 1993 | Lori Minnix | Lawrence | 24 | Miss KU/Lawrence | Classical Piano "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor" | |||
| 1992 | Pamela McKelvy | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Popular Vocal "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1991 | Robbin Lee Wasson | Lenexa | 21 | Miss Greater Kansas City | Vocal Medley "How Long Has This Been Going On?" & "It's a Miracle" | Top 10 | ||
| 1990 | Kimberly Dugger | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wichita | Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Jennifer Lyn Hedrick | Derby | 22 | Miss Fort Scott | Flute Solo "Carman Fantasy" Bizet Borne | |||
| 1988 | Candice Cae Pyle | Dodge City | 20 | Miss Dodge City | Vocal "Blue Moon" | |||
| 1987 | Sherri Lee Mayer | Brewster | 26 | Miss Harvey County | Dramatic Interpretation "Clear Glass Marbles" from Talking With... | |||
| 1986 | Heather Lynn Clark | Benton | 23 | Miss Wichita | Vocal & Sign Language "I'll Never Say Goodbye" | |||
| 1985 | Carolyn Jo Kirgis | Salina/Beloit | 25 | Miss Blue Stem | Vocal "Our Love Is Here to Stay" | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Lee Cobb | Wichita | 20 | Miss Lawrence | Piano / Vocal "I Love New Orleans Music" | |||
| 1983 | Laura Lynn Watters[5] | Colby | 22 | Miss Troia-Thomas County | Trumpet Medley "Sugar Blues" & "Wood Chopper's Ball" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Lisa Marie Berwick | Valley Center | 21 | Miss Wheatland | Vocal "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Holmstrom | Wichita | 20 | Miss Wichita | Vocal Medley "My Man" & "Happy Days Are Here Again" | |||
| 1980 | K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | 21 | Miss Center City | Piano / Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain" | |||
| 1979 | Michelle Elaine Whitson | Mission | 21 | Miss Topeka | Harp Solo "Never on Sunday" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1978 | Lori Ann Bergen | Salina | 20 | Miss Salina | Violin Solo "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Founding Dean, College of Media, Communication and Information, University of Colorado Boulder[6] |
| 1977 | Jill Dirks | Wichita | 22 | Miss Wichita | Vocal "Open Your Heart" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Linda Hall | Hill City | 21 | Miss Frontier | Piano Solo "Theme from The Apartment" | Wife of former US Senator Tom Daschle | ||
| 1975 | Jana Lynn Salmans[7] | Hanston | 20 | Miss Dodge City | Vocal "Follow Me" | |||
| 1974 | Karen Dianne Smith | Shawnee | 18 | Miss Shawnee | Jazz / Acrobatic Dance "The Entertainer" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1973 | Jane Schulte | Hays | 21 | Miss Fort Hays State College | Vocal Medley "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" & "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | |||
| 1972 | Cindy Lee Sikes | Coffeyville | 18 | Miss Wichita | Vocal "Fame" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Starred as Dr. Annie Canavero on St. Elsewhere, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 | Sandy Rings | Topeka | 20 | Miss Topeka | Vocal / Ventriloquism "Toyland" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Linda Susan Edds | Manhattan | 21 | Miss Manhattan | Popular Vocal "The Windmills of Your Mind" | |||
| 1969 | Margo Sue Schroeder | Hillsboro | 18 | Miss Marion County Fair | Piano Solo "Sunny" | |||
| 1968 | Jane Kathryn Bair | Parsons | 18 | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | Ballet Interpretation "My Friend the Sea" | |||
| 1967 | Kandee Kae Kline | Tribune | Miss Garden City | Assumed the title when Debra Barnes became Miss America | ||||
| Debra Dene Barnes | Moran | 20 | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | Piano Solo "Born Free" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1966 | Betty Louise Fox | Emporia | 20 | Miss Emporia | Popular Vocal Medley "A Foggy Day" & "The Girl from Ipanema" | |||
| 1965 | Mimi Frink | Lawrence | Miss Eudora | Assumed the title when Deborah Bryant became Miss America | ||||
| Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park | 19 | Miss Overland Park | Dramatic Interpretation "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" | Winner | Preliminary Swimuit Award | Semi-finalist (1961) & Contestant (1962) at Miss Teenage America, Semi-finalist at Miss World USA 1963 | |
| 1964 | Catherine Bergstrom | Kansas City | 21 | Miss Lawrence | 1st Runner Up assumed title after Sharon Margene Savage was killed in an auto accident | |||
| 1964 | Sharon Margene Savage | Florence | 20 | Miss Marion County Fair | Vocal "Johnny One Note" & "Ritorna Vincitor" from Aida | During her reign as "Miss Kansas" killed in auto accident near Peabody, Kansas | ||
| 1963 | Karen Raye Schwartz | Pratt | 20 | Miss Wichita | Classical Vocal "Voi la Sapete" from Cavalleria rusticana | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured Performer at Miss America 1964 telecast | |
| 1962 | Beverly June Wood | Prairie Village | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Charleston Dance | |||
| 1961 | Carolyn Jane Parkinson | Scott City | 20 | Miss Lawrence | Musical Reading "Hello Kansas" | |||
| 1960 | Gayla Leigh Shoemake | El Dorado | 19 | Miss El Dorado | Original Dramatic Interpretation "Rude Awakening" | Miss Kansas State University 1959 | ||
| 1959 | Sharon O'Neal | Kansas City | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Dramatic Interpretation | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1958 | Sharon Whitacre | Mission | 18 | Miss Kansas City | Accordion Solo "3rd Movement of Concerto in A" by Pietro Deiro | |||
| 1957 | Georgiana Rundle | Axtell | 21 | Miss Kansas State | Vocal "Habanera" & "Getting to Know You" | |||
| 1956 | Mary Ann McGrew | Wellington | 19 | Miss Lawrence | Dramatic Reading "Understanding Others" | 3rd runner-up | Tied with Miss Arizona | |
| 1955 | Gail White | Arkansas City | Piano | |||||
| 1954 | Phyllis Danielson | Wichita | Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Joann Milnar | Hutchinson | Water Ballet | |||||
| 1952 | Kay Ann Goforth | McPherson | Vocal / Dance | |||||
| 1950 | Anabel Baker | Wichita | Drama "Lady Macbeth" | |||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hargiss | Topeka | Vocal "Cecilia On a See-Saw" | Top 15 | ||||
| 1948 | Vera J. Ralston | Wichita | 18 | Miss Wichita | Oratory | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Better known as film and television actress Vera Miles, whose career spanned 45 years, from 1950 to 1995. |
| 1947 | Ruth Ellen Richmond | Fort Scott | Miss Pittsburg | Vocal "My Wonderful One" | ||||
| 1946 | Joyce Blakemore | Liberal | ||||||
| 1944 | Grace Louise Pittman | Wichita | ||||||
| 1939 | Rosemary Winslow | Salina | ||||||
| 1938 | Blanche Webb | Humboldt | ||||||
| 1937 | Lucia Benton | Norton | Top 16 | |||||
| 1933 | Pauline Sayre | 23 | ||||||
| 1927 | No Miss Kansas | Mildred Orr competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Wichita. | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Kansas | Ruth Richardson competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Wichita. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Kansas | Wildeana Withers competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Wichita. | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Kansas | Donna Frye competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Wichita. | ||||||
References
- ↑ Tattooed Kan. Guard sergeant is Miss America contestant
- ↑ Miss Kansas Bares Her Tattoos
- ↑ "Pageant newcomer earns Miss Kansas title". Pratt Tribune. June 11, 2011.
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Colby Woman Crowned Miss Kansas, will compete for Miss America Title". Salina Journal. July 17, 1983.
- ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/meet-dean
- ↑ "Hanston Lass Wins Pageant". Hutchinson News. July 13, 1975.
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