Miss Wyoming
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Wyoming USA. For the novel written by Douglas Coupland, see Miss Wyoming (novel).
Miss Wyoming is a state-level pageant which sends winners to compete for the title of Miss America. The competition, which awards scholarships, is open to women aged 17 through 24. Jordyn Hall is the reigning Miss Wyoming 2016.[1]
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jordyn Hall | Laramie | 23 | Miss South Central | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2015 | Mikaela Shaw | Laramie | 21 | Miss University of Wyoming | Violin, "Hoe-Down" by Aaron Copland | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013; Miss Wyoming USA 2017 | ||
| 2014 | Jessie Allen | Lander | 24 | Miss Fremont County | Dance "Feeling Good" | Younger sister of Miss Wyoming USA 2012 Holly Allen | ||
| 2013 | Rebecca Podio | Newcastle | 23 | Miss Weston County | Piano "Fantasy" by William Joseph | |||
| 2012 | Lexie Madden | Torrington | 21 | Miss Goshen County | Original Piano Composition "Canzone Lenta" | 3rd runner-up | Eligible to compete as a student at the University of Wyoming, Played an original composition on the piano at Miss America, Wyoming's Junior Miss 2009 | |
| 2011 | Catherine Brown[2] | Richardson, Texas | 24 | Miss Albany County | Pop Vocal "Rolling in the Deep" | Eligible to compete as a student at the University of Wyoming | ||
| 2010 | Alicia Grove | Rock Springs | 23 | Miss Sweetwater County | Jazz Dance "Ain't No Sunshine" | |||
| 2009 | Anna Nelson | Rock Springs | 19 | Miss Rock Springs | Jazz Dance "Summer in the City" | |||
| 2008 | Courtney Gifford | Sheridan | 19 | Miss Sheridan College | Vocal Comedy | Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005, First Miss America's Outstanding Teen contestant to win a Miss America state title, Miss Wyoming USA 2013 | ||
| 2007 | Jennifer McCafferty | Scottsbluff, Nebraska | 24 | Miss Albany County | Vocal "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | Eligible to compete as a student at the University of Wyoming | ||
| 2006 | Jenileigh Sawatzke | Orange County, California | 24 | Miss Cheyenne | Aerial Silk Routine "Defying Gravity" | Eligible to compete as a student at Laramie County Community College | ||
| 2005 | Heather Nicole Jackelen | Jackson | 24 | Miss Jackson | Acrobatic Dance | Miss Wyoming USA 2001, Miss Galaxy 2007 | ||
| 2004 | Megan Reichert | Dayton | 19 | Miss Dayton | Semi-classical Vocal "Poor Wand'ring One" from The Pirates of Penzance | |||
| 2003 | Tamara Kocher | Gillette | 22 | Miss Gillette | Dance | |||
| 2002 | Beth Holland | Gillette | 23 | Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" | Assumed the title | |||
| Katie Rothenbuehler | Gillette | 22 | Relinquished the title less than 24 hours into her reign in order to accept a full-time position as a junior high school choir teacher[3] | |||||
| 2001 | Erin Empey | Casper | 20 | Ballet "Cristofori's Dream" by David Lanz | ||||
| 2000 | Kimberly Wilkerson | Gillette | 24 | Vocal "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 | |||
| 1999 | Elaine Dabney | Lander | 20 | Ballet "Somewhere Out There" | ||||
| 1998 | Mindy Jo Baughman | Rock Springs | 20 | Tap Dance "Tap Your Troubles Away" from Mack & Mabel | ||||
| 1997 | Jeffie Ventling | Laramie | 24 | Vocal "The Phantom of the Opera" | ||||
| 1996 | Rebecca Darrington | Gillette | 19 | Vocal Comedy "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town | Waterford Crystal Scholarship for Business Management and Marketing | |||
| 1995 | Dawn Marie Frantz | Caspe | Assumed the title of Miss Wyoming in late 1995 after Dana Lane relinquished the title | |||||
| Dana Lane | Cheyenne | 20 | Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Relinquished the title of Miss Wyoming after competing at Miss America | ||||
| 1994 | Trisha Ramirez | Cheyenne | 23 | Piano Solo | ||||
| 1993 | Deborah Maston | Wheatland | 21 | Miss Northeast | Flute Solo | |||
| 1992 | Stacy Cenedese | Cheyenne | 21 | Miss Laramie County | Dance & Baton Twirling "Hooked on Instrumentals Part 3" | Miss Wyoming USA 1997 | ||
| 1991 | Laurie Briggs | Cheyenne | 23 | Miss Albany County | Jazz Tap Dance | |||
| 1990 | Carolie Howe | Chugwater | 22 | Miss Cheyenne | Vocal "My Heart Belongs to Me" | |||
| 1989 | Alisa Mavrotheris | Cheyenne | 25 | Acrobatic Jazz Dance | ||||
| 1988 | Wendi Willis | Laramie | 19 | Miss Albany County | Dance & Baton Twirling | |||
| 1987 | Terrilynn Hove | Casper | 21 | Miss Laramie | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1986 | Lacey Reeves | Laramie | 22 | Miss Albany County | Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover | |||
| 1985 | Tamara Dereemer | Horse Creek | 22 | Miss Cheyenne | Popular Vocal "God Bless the USA" | |||
| 1984 | Annie Easterbrook | Laramie | 21 | Miss Albany County | Gymnastics Jazz Dance | |||
| 1983 | Heather Wallace | Cheyenne | 21 | Miss Cheyenne | Vocal "New York, New York" | |||
| 1982 | Janie Hertzler | Cheyenne | 23 | Miss Laramie | Vocal "Everything" | |||
| 1981 | Keri Borgaard | Cheyenne | 23 | Miss Cheyenne | Vocal Medley "At the Crossroads" & "Hey, Look Me Over" | |||
| 1980 | Susan Pennington | Casper | 20 | Miss Casper College | Vocal "The Man I Love" | |||
| 1979 | Karla Singer | Cheyenne | 19 | Miss Laramie County | Vocal "Mister Melody" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1978 | Kim Pring | Cheyenne | 22 | Miss Cheyenne | Baton Twirling "There's No Business Like Show Business" | Non-finalist Talent award | Miss Wyoming USA 1975; Brought a libel lawsuit against Penthouse Magazine, book Trial by Fire recounts the case | |
| 1977 | Jeanne Uphoff | Cheyenne | 21 | Miss Laramie County | Jazz Dance "Chump Change" | |||
| 1976 | Carol June Wallace | Jackson | 24 | Miss Yellowstone | Piano Medley "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Love Story", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", & "Strangers in the Night" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Kentucky USA 1975[4] and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1975, Mother of Miss Kentucky 2002 | |
| 1975 | Trish Long | Laramie | 21 | Miss University of Wyoming | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Cheryl Johnson | Cheyenne | 20 | Miss Laramie County Community College | Modern Jazz Dance "Scorpio" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; Became Miss Wyoming after original winner, Vicki Tomisek resigned | |
| 1973 | Pamela Hill | Casper | 20 | Miss Casper College | Vocal "I Can Love" | |||
| 1972 | Annette Klipstein | Cheyenne | 22 | Miss Cheyenne | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Wyoming's Junior Miss 1968 | ||
| 1971 | Marsha Crandall | Rock Springs | 20 | Miss Rock Springs | Vocal Medley "What the World Needs Now Is Love" & "The Look of Love" | |||
| 1970 | Jane Hutchings | Cheyenne | 19 | Miss University of Wyoming | Piano "1st Arabesque" | |||
| 1969 | Sandra Grim | Casper | 20 | Miss Casper | Vocal Medley "People", "I Gotta Be Me", & "Free Again" | |||
| 1968 | Carol Rose | Burns | 20 | Miss Cheyenne | Clarinet Medley "Mozart's Concerto", "Strangers on the Shore", & "Ji-da" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Patricia Martinez | Torrington | 18 | Miss Torrington | Classical Vocal "Les Filles de Cadix" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1966 | Susan Livreri | Douglas | 20 | Miss Douglas | Comedy Sketch | |||
| 1965 | Trudy Bower | Freedom | 19 | Miss University of Wyoming | Vocal "From This Moment On" | |||
| 1964 | Joan Selmer | Cheyenne | 21 | Miss Cheyenne | Acro-Baton Routine | |||
| 1963 | Cody Neville | Byron | Miss Lovell | Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | ||||
| 1962 | Gretchen Stainbrook | Jackson Hole | 19 | Miss Jackson | Musical Skit | |||
| 1961 | Mary Orr | Sheridan | 19 | Miss Sheridan | Dramatic Reading "The Bride" | |||
| 1960 | Sharon Luond | Cheyenne | 18 | Dramatic Monologue from "Wingless Victory" by Maxwell Anderson | ||||
| 1959 | Linda Phillips | Laramie | 19 | Vocal & Dance | ||||
| 1953 | Elaine Lois Holkenbrink | Torrington | Fashion Display | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit | |||
| 1952 | Ruth Francis | Casper | Drama | |||||
| 1951 | Patricia Seabeck | Casper | Monologue | |||||
| 1950 | Lenore Hoffman | Cheyenne | ||||||
| 1949 | Esther McLeod | Sheridan | ||||||
| 1948 | Carol Held | Douglas | Piano "Hungarian Opus 9" by Edward MacDowell | 1st runner-up | ||||
| 1947 | Dorothy McKay | Cheyenne | Painting Exhibition | Top 15 | ||||
| 1941 | Patricia Snyder | Cheyenne | Vocal & Dance | |||||
| 1937 | Mary McLaughlin | Riverton | ||||||
| 1934/1935 | Maysie MacKay | |||||||
| 1932/1933 | Bonnie Mae Davis |
References
- ↑ "Jordyn Hall Crowned Miss Wyoming 2016".
- ↑ Johnson, Mary Jo (June 27, 2011). "Miss Albany County Crowned Miss Wyoming 2011". Sheridan, WY: KROE. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.pageant.com/news/archive/news2002q2.html Pageant News Bureau News archive: April - June 2002
- ↑ "Home state girls hard to find". Kingman Daily Miner. 1976-09-10. p. 7.
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