Miss Michigan
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Michigan USA.
Ashlee Baracy, Miss Michigan 2008
Kirsten Haglund making an appearance as Miss America
Kirsten Haglund, Miss Michigan 2007, before she won the Miss America 2008 title
The Miss Michigan competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss America pageant. Michigan has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year the contestant won her Miss Michigan pageant.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Patricia Donnelly (1939), Nancy Fleming (1960), Pamela Eldred (1969), Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (1987), Kirsten Haglund (2007)
- 1st runners-up: N/A
- 2nd runners-up: Monnie Drake (1940), Patricia Hill (1942),
- 3rd runners-up: Kelly Lynn Garver (1986)
- 4th runners-up: Janice Hutton Somers (1954)
- Semi-finalists: Gerry Marcoux (1941), Beverly Bennett (1944), Doris Evelyn Johnson (1948), Delores Jane Motter (1949), Carole van Valin Chirgwin (1962), Alecia Rae Masalkoski (1985), Che'vonne Burton (2000), Stacy Essebaggers (2001), Madonna Kimberly Emond (2003), Ashlee Baracy (2008)
Awards at Miss America
Preliminary Awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Nancy Fleming (1960), Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (1987), Kirsten Haglund (2007)
- Preliminary Talent: Monnie Drake (1940), Janice Hutton Somers (1954), Ann Penelope Marston (1959), Nancy Fleming (1960), Carole van Valin Chirgwin (1962), Kelly Lynn Garver (1986), Nicole Blaszczyk (2009), Arianna Quan (2016)
Non-finalist Awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Shirley Swanson Fordham (1956), Sarah Jane Noble (1964), Esther Lynne Smith (1965), Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer (1967), Linda Susan Kish (1971), Terri Cousino Oros (1972), Bethany Wright (1979), Barbara Jean Crandall (1984), Sandra Kay Metiva (1991), Maria Malay Kamara (1994), Nicole Blaszczyk (2009), Arianna Quan (2016)
Quality of Life Award
- Winner: Katie Lynn LaRoche (2010), Haley Williams (2013)
- 1st runner-up: Stacey Gail Heisler (1993), Ashlee Baracy (2008)
- 2nd runner-up: Terri Sue Liford (1992), Elizabeth Wertenberger (2011)
Other Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Katie Lynn LaRoche (2010)
- Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist Award: Arianna Quan (2016)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arianna Quan[1] | Bloomfield Hills | 23 | Miss Wayne County | Classical Piano “L’Ouette” by Glinka Balakirev | Preliminary talent award Non-Finalist Talent award Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist award |
Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent award | |
| 2015 | Emily Kieliszewski[2] | Alpena | 23 | Miss Stateline | Tap Dance "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer | |||
| 2014 | K. T. Maviglia[3] | Dundee | 21 | Miss Washtenaw County | Dance "Be Italian" from Nine | Diagnosed with Sensorineural hearing loss at age 9 | ||
| 2013 | Haley Williams[4] | Saline | 20 | Miss Saginaw County | Baton twirling "Thunder" by Nuttin' But Stringz | Quality of Life Award Winner | Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2009 | |
| 2012 | Angela Christine Venditti[5] | Shelby Township | 25 | Miss St. Clair Shores | Tap Dance "Dirty Orchestra" by Black Violin | Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit award | ||
| 2011 | Elizabeth Wertenberger[6] | Dundee | 22 | Miss Southwest | Dance "Don't Stop Believin'" | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2010 | Katie Lynn LaRoche | Bay City | 23 | Miss Capital City | Contemporary Dance "Calls Me Home" | Quality of Life Award Winner Miss Congeniality |
Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit award, Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent award; Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 | |
| 2009 | Nicole Blaszczyk | Novi | 22 | Miss Wayne County | Lyrical Dance "Lifetime" | Preliminary Talent award Non-finalist Talent award |
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| 2008 | Ashlee Baracy[7] | Westland | 23 | Miss Wayne County | Jazz Dance | Top 10 | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit award, Miss America 2008 Academic Scholarship, 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2007, Michigan's Junior Miss 2003 and Top 10 and Overall Fitness Winner at America's Junior Miss 2003 |
| 2007 | Gina Valo | Ann Arbor | Miss West Michigan | Fiddle | 1st runner-up at Miss Michigan 2007; Assumed title after Kirsten Haglund won the Miss America title, Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent award, 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2006 | |||
| Kirsten Iora Haglund | Farmington Hills | 19 | Miss Oakland County | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit award | Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944 | |
| 2006 | Angela Corsi | Farmington Hills | 24 | Miss Heart of Michigan | Contemporary Dance en Pointe "Sway" | Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent and Swimsuit award, 4th runner-up (2004) & 3rd runner-up (2005) at National Sweetheart | ||
| 2005 | Octavia Reese | Detroit | 23 | Miss Wayne County | Cello "Fuego" | |||
| 2004 | Kelli Talicska | Auburn | 24 | Miss Kalamazoo County | Vocal "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 | ||
| 2003 | Madonna Kimberly Emond | Livonia | 22 | Miss Great Lakes | Jazz Dance "On Broadway" | Top 10 | 3rd runner-up (2001) & Winner (2002) at National Sweetheart | |
| 2002 | Erin Moss | Stevensville | 21 | Miss Southwest Michigan | Flute "Riverdance" | |||
| 2001 | Stacy Essebaggers | Whitehall | 21 | Miss Great Lakes | Clogging "Medley from Moulin Rouge!" | Top 10 | ||
| 2000 | Che'vonne Burton | Detroit | 18 | Miss Redford Township | Vocal Medley "This Can't Be Love" & Almost Like Being in Love" | Top 10 | Miss Michigan Teen USA 1997 | |
| 1999 | Audrie Chernauckas | Livonia | 23 | Miss Redford Township | Ballet en Pointe "Medley from Titanic" | Appeared in a 2011 episode of House Hunters with husband and young son, Previously a Rockette and worked with Siegfried and Roy | ||
| 1998 | Laura Frances Welling | Livonia | 23 | Miss Washtenaw | Gymnastic Dance "Jurassic Park" | |||
| 1997 | Kimberly Stec | Rochester | 22 | Miss Washtenaw | Jazz Dance "Step by Step" | |||
| 1996 | Jennifer Lynn Drayton | Saginaw | 22 | Miss Great Lakes | Classical Piano "Sonata Appassionata" | Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent award | ||
| 1995 | Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan | Jackson | 23 | Miss Redford Township | Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves | |||
| 1994 | Maria Malay Kamara | Zeeland | 24 | Miss Heart of Michigan | Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1993 | Stacey Gail Heisler | Livonia | 23 | Miss Great Lakes | Violin Solo | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | ||
| 1992 | Terri Sue Liford | Monroe | 24 | Miss Monroe County | Popular Vocal "Only You" | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1991 | Sandra Kay Metiva | Saginaw | 25 | Miss Northern Michigan | Vocal "Amazing Grace" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1990 | Victoria Lynn Fair | Jackson | 21 | Miss Jackson County | Classical Vocal "Habanera" | |||
| 1989 | Margaret Jan McIntyre | Monroe | 24 | Miss Monroe County | Ballet "Carmen" | |||
| 1988 | Krista Ann Blomgren | Livonia | 22 | Miss Heart of Michigan | Oboe | |||
| 1987 | Melanie Ester Churella | Farmington Hills | Miss Farmington | Successor to crown | ||||
| Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Monroe | 24 | Miss Monroe County | Hawaiian-Tahitian Dance | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit award | ||
| 1986 | Kelly Lynn Garver | Farmington Hills | 23 | Miss Farmington | Fiddle Medley "Orange Blossom Special" & "New Country" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent award | Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe |
| 1985 | Alecia Rae Masalkoski | Muskegon | 23 | Miss Muskegon County | Karate Kata | Top 10 | Miss Indiana USA 1987 | |
| 1984 | Barbara Jean Crandall | Lawrence | 21 | Miss Southwest Michigan | Ventriloquism "Auctioneer's Song" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1983 | Denise Gehman | Waterford | 20 | Miss West Bloomfield | Vocal Medley "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" & "Show Me" from My Fair Lady | |||
| 1982 | Kathy Pennington | Jackson | 25 | Miss Heart of Michigan | Vocal "God Bless the Child" | |||
| 1981 | Gwen Brown Dickerson | Ishpeming | 22 | Miss Ishpeming | Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing "Memory of Grandmother" | |||
| 1980 | Heidi Hepler | Livonia | 24 | Miss Livonia | Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song" | |||
| 1979 | Bethany Wright | Saginaw | 19 | Miss Saginaw | Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1978 | Suzanne M. Schemm | Essexville | 21 | Miss Van Buren County | Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1977 | Holly Schmidt | Farmington Hills | 18 | Miss Farmington | Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | |||
| 1976 | Diane Hansen | Berrien Center | 23 | Miss Southwest Michigan | Piano Medley "America", "Dixie", & "Yankee Doodle" | |||
| 1975 | Julie Beckers | Allegan | 18 | Miss Allegan County | Dance & Speech "Zarathustra" | |||
| 1974 | Susan Short Shain | Kalamazoo | 24 | Miss Heart of Michigan | Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
| 1973 | Sherry Agnello Colby | St. Clair Shores | 19 | Miss St. Clair Shores | Vocal "I'd Rather Be Blue" | |||
| 1972 | Terri Cousino Oros | Erie | 19 | Miss Monroe County | Vocal "How Can I Wait?" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1971 | Linda Susan Kish | Allen Park | 19 | Miss Taylor | Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1970 | Ginger Meyers Robinson | Lincoln Park | 21 | Miss Ann Arbor | Vocal "Wicked Man" | |||
| 1969 | Sandra Gillespie Bograkos | Hastings | 20 | Miss Michigan State University | Successor to crown | |||
| Pamela Eldred[8] | Birmingham | 21 | Miss Detroit | Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" | Winner | |||
| 1968 | Darlene Kurant Follett | Muskegon | 19 | Miss Muskegon | Vocal "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" | |||
| 1967 | Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer | East Grand Rapids | 19 | Miss Michigan Junior College | Dramatic Reading "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1966 | Nancy Ackert | Miss Battle Creek | Gayle Chancey of Dearborn was crowned Miss Michigan but was disqualified prior to Miss America for taking a car without permission and taking a road trip without telling her family. She was replaced by Ackert who received the news while in Hoopeston, Illinois competing at National Sweetheart. | |||||
| 1965 | Esther Lynne Smith | Portage | 19 | Miss Western Michigan University | Classical Vocal | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1964 | Sarah Jane Noble | East Lansing | 18 | Miss East Lansing | Free Exercise Routine | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1963 | Kathleen McLaughlin Kostomo | Ishpeming | Miss Upper Michigan | Dramatic Presentation "Western Star" by Stephen Vincent Benét | ||||
| 1962 | Carole van Valin Chirgwin | Roscommon | 18 | Miss Roscommon | Dramatic Reading "Joe's Pal" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit award | |
| 1961 | Karen Southway Dewert | Wyoming | 18 | Miss Wyoming | Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |||
| 1960 | Donna Sheppard Kickert | Miss Dowagiac | Successor to crown | |||||
| Nancy Fleming | Montague | 18 | Miss White Lake | Presentation of Dress Design | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit award Preliminary Talent award |
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| 1959 | Ann Penelope Marston | Wyandotte | 21 | Miss Detroit | Archery Demonstration | Preliminary Talent award | ||
| 1958 | Patience Pierce Panski | Detroit | Miss Detroit | Drama "Meet Christobel" | ||||
| 1957 | Valerie Strong Agresta | Williamsburg | Miss Williamsburg | Piano "Brazil" | ||||
| 1956 | Shirley Swanson Fordham | Muskegon | Miss Muskegon | Monologue | Non-finalist Talent award | |||
| 1955 | Margaret Devereaux | Howell | Miss Howell | Piano "Flight of the Bumblebee" | ||||
| 1954 | Janice Somers Jonson | Lansing | Miss Lansing | Vocal "You Made me Love You" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent award | Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was "an unusual pattern" in the judging. The ballots were reviewed because the winner, Delores Susin, was such a surprise the audience left in protest during her crowning.[9][10] | |
| 1953 | Velva I. Robbins | Dowagiac | Miss Dowagiac | Speech "Education" | ||||
| 1952 | Karol Dragomir Palmer | Benton Harbor | Miss Benton Harbor | Vocal "I'll Walk Alone" | ||||
| 1951 | Delores N. Berruezo | St. Clair Shores | Miss St. Clair Shores | Dance | ||||
| 1950 | Bette Lou Pittman | Owosso | Miss Owosso | Monologue "I Like Americans" | ||||
| 1949 | Delores J. Motter | Dearborn | Miss Dearborn | Ceramic Exhibition & Piano | Top 15 | |||
| 1948 | Linda Carroll | Grand Rapids | Miss Grand Rapids | Impersonations of famous people | ||||
| Doris Evelyn Johnson | Detroit | Vocal "Worry, Worry, Worry" | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Detroit | ||||
| 1947 | Peggy J. Ellsworth | Reed City | Miss Reed City | Vocal "He's Funny That Way" | ||||
| Jane Rose Foster | Detroit | Vocal My Dream Came True" | Competed as Miss Detroit | |||||
| 1946 | Ruth Lenfestey Menza | New Baltimore | Miss New Baltimore | |||||
| Constance Liddicoat | Detroit | Competed as Miss Detroit | ||||||
| 1945 | Therese Mary Sullivan | Detroit | ||||||
| Barbara Lee Smith | Detroit | Competed as Miss Detroit | ||||||
| 1944 | Beverly Bennett | Detroit | Vocal "Stormy Weather" | Top 12 | ||||
| Iora June Victor | Detroit | Vocal "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" | Competed as Miss Detroit, Grandmother of Miss America 2008 | |||||
| 1943 | Ruby Telfer | Detroit | Miss Detroit | |||||
| 1942 | Patricia Hill | Detroit | Miss Detroit | Comedic Recitation | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1941 | Gerry Marcoux | Detroit | Miss Detroit | Top 15 | ||||
| 1940 | Monnie Drake | Detroit | Miss Detroit | Vocal "Bill" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent award | ||
| 1939 | Patricia Donnelly | Detroit | 18 | Miss Detroit | Vocal / Bass Fiddle "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose" | Winner | ||
| 1938 | Marjorie Jackson | Detroit | Competed as Miss Detroit | |||||
| 1936 | June U. Forbes | Flint | Competed as Miss Flint | |||||
| 1933 | Barbara Strand | Top 18 | ||||||
| 1929 | Loraine Budge McVey | No Miss America 1929 pageant | ||||||
| 1927 | No Miss Michigan | Charlotte Jane Lowe competed as Miss Battle Creek and finished as a Semi-finalist at Miss America. Also representing Michigan were: Ruth Bushroe, Miss Flint; Florence Nina Clement, Miss Kalamazoo; Margherite Straus, Miss Lansing; Margaret Tinney, Miss Pontiac; and Charlotte Elaine Bowman, Miss Saginaw. | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Michigan | Joyce Jean Hurd competed as Miss Lansing and was a Finalist at Miss America. Also representing Michigan were Gertrude Fisher, Miss Battle Creek and Ruth Mae Fowler, Miss Detroit. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Michigan | Jane Porter competed as Miss Detroit and was a Finalist at Miss America. Margherita Strang competed as Miss Lansing. | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Michigan | Beth Madsen competed as Miss Detroit. | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Arianna Quan is Miss Michigan 2016". pageantsnews.com.
- ↑ Champion, Brandon (June 21, 2015). "In her sixth state pageant, Emily Kieliszewski finally gets her Miss Michigan crown". Muskegon Chronicle. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Mlive.com.
- ↑ Champion, Brandon (June 18, 2015). "Passing the crown: KT Maviglia reflects on year as Miss Michigan". Muskegon Chronicle. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Mlive.com.
- ↑ Kolb, Natalie (June 15, 2013). "The crowning of Miss Michigan 2013, Haley Williams on June 15, 2013". Muskegon Chronicle. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Mlive.com.
- ↑ March, Libby (June 16, 2012). "Miss Michigan 2012 Angela Venditti 'excited,' ready to eat some McDonald's". Muskegon Chronicle. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Mlive.com.
- ↑ "Dundee woman wins Miss Michigan". WTOL 11. June 21, 2011.
- ↑ Marla Miller (2008-06-22). "Westland woman named 2008 Miss Michigan". Muskegon Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ↑ "Miss Michigan Pamela Eldred of Detroit". Ludington Daily News. June 23, 1969.
- ↑ "Lookback: The Miss Michigan Pageant of 1954". MLive. June 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Miss Michigan - Well, Almost". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. June 25, 1954.
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