Miss Oklahoma

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson (center) and former Miss America's from Oklahoma Jennifer Berry (left) and Jane Jayroe (right) make an appearance at Tinker Air Force Base

License plate celebrating Oklahoma's win at Miss America 1967

Makenna Smith, Miss Oklahoma 2007

Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007, in a parade

Jennifer Berry holding the Miss America crown.

Miss Oklahoma 1966 and Miss America 1967 Jane Jayroe signing autographs at Miss America 2008

The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood 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.

Results summary

The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

• Miss Americas: Norma Smallwood (1926), Jane Anne Jayroe (1967), Susan Powell (1981), Shawntel Smith (1996), Jennifer Berry (2006), Lauren Nelson (2007)
• 1st runners-up: Bettye Cornelia Avert (1939), Betty Thompson (2012)
• 2nd runners-up: Mary Nancy Denner (1958), Anita Bryant (1959), Lori Kelley (1989), Casey Preslar (2003), Alicia Clifton (2013), Kelsey Griswold (2014)
• 3rd runners-up: N/A
• 4th runners-up: Donna Briggs (1948), Louise O'Brien (1951), Ann Campbell (1956), Nancy Chapman (1983), DuSharme Carter (1993), Emoly West (2011)
• Semi-finalists: Ada Martyne Wood (1940), Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona (1941), Bobby Jene Simmons (1952), Judy Adams (1971), Andrea Hanson (1974), Tamara Marler (1990), Cynthia White (1991), Julie Payne (1999), Kaci Hundley (2002), Kelley Scott (2004), Elizabeth Kinney (2005), Taylor Treat (2010), Alexandra Eppler (2015), Georgia Frazier (2016), Sarah Klein (2017)

Awards

Preliminary Awards

• Preliminary Swimsuit: Norma Smallwood (1926), Ann Campbell (1956), Lauren Nelson (2007), Emoly West (2011), Kelsey Griswold (2014), Alexandra Eppler (2015)
• Preliminary Talent: Jane Anne Jayroe (1967), Judy Adams (1971), Susan Powell (1981) (tie), Lori Kelley (1989), Tamara Marler (1990), Julie Payne (1999), Casey Preslar (2003), Jennifer Berry (2006), Betty Thompson (2012), Alicia Clifton (2013),

Non-finalist Awards

• Non-finalist Talent: Mary Ann Hazelton (1960), Jill Elmore (1980), Mignon Merchant (1987), Leesa Cornett (1988), Amy Duncan (1997), Kelli Masters (1998), Kristin Steveson (2001)

Other

• Miss Congeniality: Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona (1941), Shirley Barbour (1953)
• Special Judges' Award: Susan Supernaw (1972)
• Quality of Life Winner: Taylor Treat (2010)
• Quality of Life 1st runner-up: Jennifer Berry (2006)
• Quality of Life Finalist: Alexandra Eppler (2015)
• America's Choice: Taylor Treat (2010), Betty Thompson (2012)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2016	Sarah Klein	Tulsa	24	Miss Tulsa	Piano	Top 12		2nd runner up at National Sweetheart 2015; previously 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th runner up at Miss Oklahoma, respectively
2015	Georgia Frazier	Tulsa	23	Miss Ada	Vocal “Happy Days Are Here Again"	Top 10		Top 16 at National Sweetheart 2014; Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009
2014	Alexandra Eppler	Edmond	24	Miss Enid	Dance “Titanium"	Top 10	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award, Quality of Life Finalist
2013	Kelsey Griswold	Tulsa	20	Miss Bricktown	Vocal "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2012	Alicia Clifton	Oklahoma City	20	Miss Edmond LibertyFest	Tap Dance "Can't Buy Me Love"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Miss Oklahoma Jr. National Teenager 2005, 4th runner-up and Preliminary Talent Award at Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2007, Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2008 and Top 10 and Preliminary Talent Award at National Outstanding Teen 2009
2011	Betty Thompson[1]	Davenport	22	Miss Oklahoma State University	Irish Step Dance "Warriors" by Ronan Hardiman	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Selected as "America's choice" as voted on by the viewers
2010	Emoly West	Edmond	24	Miss Edmond LibertyFest	Ballet en Pointe "Time" by Billy Porter	4th runner up	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2009	Taylor Treat	Ada	22	Miss University of Oklahoma	Ballet en Pointe "Palladio"	Top 12	Quality of Life Award	Selected as one of three "America's choice" contestants in the top 15 as voted on by the viewers
2008	Kelsey Cartwright[2]	Collinsville	21	Miss Keystone Lake	Lyrical Dance
2007	Makenna Smith	Oklahoma City	24	Miss Oklahoma City University	Vocal "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime
2006	Lindsey Miller			Miss Grand Lake	Jazz Vocal			1st runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2006, Assumed title when Lauren Nelson won Miss America title
	Lauren Nelson	Lawton	20	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Vocal "You'll Be in My Heart"	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award	Miss Oklahoma Teen 2004
2005	Jennifer Warren		21	Miss Green Country	Vocal			1st runner-up at Miss Oklahoma 2005, Assumed title when Jennifer Berry won Miss America title
	Jennifer Berry	Tulsa	22	Miss Grand Lake	Ballet en Pointe "Within"	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up
2004	Elizabeth Kinney	Mooreland	22	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Tap Dance "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Top 10
2003	Kelley Scott	Owasso	23	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Vocal "Son of a Preacher Man"	Top 10
2002	Casey Preslar	Tulsa	22	Miss Grand Lake	Jazz Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
2001	Kaci Hundley	Enid	21	Miss Oklahoma State Fair	Vocal "Crying"	Top 20
2000	Kristin Steveson	Broken Arrow	23	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La traviata		Non-finalist Talent Award
1999	Daneka Allen	Oklahoma City	23	Miss Stroud	Vocal "Respect"
1998	Julie Payne	Grandfield	23	Miss Collinsville	Tap Dance "Hound Dog"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
1997	Kelli Masters	Midwest City	24	Miss Oklahoma City University	Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1996	Amy Duncan	Oklahoma City	23	Miss University of Oklahoma	Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1995	Meighen Bradfield							Successor to crown
	Shawntel Smith	Muldrow	24	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born	Winner
1994	Tiffany Craig	Norman	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		Miss Oklahoma USA 1995 and Top 12 at Miss USA 1995
1991	Gina Lynne Smith	Stillwater	21	Miss Stroud	Vocal Medley "Somewhere"
1990	Cynthia White	Oklahoma City	24	Miss Stroud	Piano Solo "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"	Top 10
1989	Tamara Marler	Tulsa	26	Miss Norman	Vocal "Since I Fell for You"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
1988	Lori Kelley	Clinton	23	Miss Norman	Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1987	Leesa Cornett	Newcastle	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	Miss Oklahoma USA 1983 and Top 10 at Miss USA 1983
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	21	Miss Grand Lake	Country Vocal Medley "Stand by Your Man"
1982	Nancy Chapman	Altus	21	Miss Oklahoma City	Piano Solo "Fireworks by Debussy"	4th runner-up
1981	April Clayton	Cameron	22	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Ballet en Pointe "The Blue Danube"			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1980	Kathleen Allin							Successor to crown finished 2nd Runner-up to Powell but accepted the 1980 Miss Oklahoma title after 1st Runner-up April Clayton declined. Clayton went on to win the title the following year.
	Susan Powell	Elk City	21	Miss Oklahoma City	Classical Vocal "The Telephone Aria"	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		Non-finalist Talent Award
1978	Kendi Brown	Oklahoma City	21	Miss Warr Acres	Tap Dance "Medley of songs by Cole Porter"
1977	Ellen Wight	Tulsa	22	Miss Oklahoma City University	Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust			Died in December 1979 (Source: OKCU Focus - Summer 2003)
1976	Lucia Miller	Buffalo	21	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Trumpet Solo "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"
1975	Lisa Reagan	Oklahoma City	19	Miss Warr Acres	Vocal Medley "As Time Goes By" & "I Got Love"			Former wife of former Congressman Mickey Edwards
1974	Debbie Knight	Warr Acres	22	Miss Warr Acres	Piano Solo "Minuet in G Major"
1973	Andrea Hanson	Tahlequah	21	Miss Tulsa State Fair	Piano / Vocal "The Homeland Aria" from Die Fledermaus	Top 10
1972	Debbie Giannopoulos	Oklahoma City	20	Miss Warr Acres	Classical Singing from Carmen			Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968
1971	Susan Supernaw	Tulsa	20	Miss Phillips University	Acrobatic Jazz Ballet		Special Judges Award
1970	Judy Adams	Cushing	20	Miss Oklahoma State University	Violin "The Hot Canary" arranged by Florian ZaBach	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
1969	Jeanne Gambrell	Tulsa	22	Miss University of Tulsa	Ballet / Jazz Dance "Hair" & "Aquarius" from Hair
1968	Beverly Drew	Harrah	22	Miss Shawnee	Vocal "Step to the Rear"
1967	Carolyn Denton	Muskogee	19	Miss Oklahoma State University	Vocal "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows"
1966	Sandy Ferguson			Miss Lawton				Successor to crown
	Jane Anne Jayroe	Laverne	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	18	Miss Guymon	Dance
1963	Cheryl Semrad Hassman	Waukomis		Miss Okeene	Speech "May I Teach Others to Live"
1962	Billi Kay Smith	Stroud	19	Miss Stroud	Dramatic Reading
1961	Dana Darlene Reno	Stigler	20	Miss Stigler	Oration with Indian Sign Language			Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1963
1960	Donna Kay Creed	Enid	20	Miss Enid	Vocal "The Sound of Music"
1959	Mary Ann Hazelton	Tulsa	19		Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award
1958	Anita Bryant	Tulsa	18		Vocal "When the Boys Talk About the Girls"	2nd runner-up
1957	Mary Nancy Denner	Alva			Poetry Recitation "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay	2nd runner-up
1956	LaDonna J. Kramer	Loyal			Piano			Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1956
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	Top 10
1950	Louise O'Brien	Tulsa			Vocal "Twas Only An Irishman's Dream"	4th runner-up
1949	Georgine R. Leeka	Tulsa			Vocal
1948	Donna Briggs	Tulsa			Painting Display	4th runner-up
1943	Joan Marceille Hawk	Oklahoma City
1941	Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona	Tulsa				Top 15	Miss Congeniality	Third Native American to compete at Miss America
1940	Ada Martyne Wood	Oklahoma City				Top 15		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	Joanne Alcorn		16					Withdrew from the competition due to appendicitis
1929	No Miss Oklahoma	Margaret Lynch competed as Miss Oklahoma City.
	1927	No Miss Oklahoma	Virginia Claire Howard competed as Miss Tulsa and placed as a Finalist.
1926	Norma Smallwood	Tulsa	17		N/A	Winner	Swimsuit & Evening Gown	1st Native American Miss America, Competed as Miss Tulsa
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. 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.

References

1. "Miss Oklahoma State University Betty Thompson Crowned Miss Oklahoma". News on 6. June 12, 2011.
2. Associated Press (2008-06-08). "Collinsville woman captures "Miss Oklahoma" title". KTEN. Retrieved 2008-06-08.

External links

• Miss Oklahoma