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Miss Kentucky

January 06, 2023

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Kentucky USA.

The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.

Miss Kentucky
Formation1922; 101 years ago (1922)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLouisville, Kentucky
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
Websitewww.misskentucky.org

Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable:

Hannah Edelen from Springfield was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Brown Theater in Louisville. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022 where she was Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist and named Miss Congeniality.

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

  • Miss Americas: Heather French (2000)
  • 2nd runners-up: Jean Megerle (1935)
  • 3rd runners-up: Darlene Compton (1975)
  • 4th runners-up: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Chera-Lyn Cook (1999), Whitney Boyles (2001), Mallory Ervin (2010)
  • Top 10: Linda Sawyer (1965), Marcia Malone Bell (1978), Gwendolyn Witten (1983), Lynn Thompson (1984), Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Laurie Janine Keller (1986), Tawnya Mullins (1993), Veronica Duka (1997), Djuan Trent (2011)
  • Top 12: Emily Cox (2009), Ramsey Carpenter (2015), Laura Jones (2017)
  • Top 15: Mary Madeline O'Laughlin (1925), Jean Megerle* (1936), Charlet Hiteman (1936), Dorothy Slatten (1941), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Jessica Casebolt (2013), Jenna Day (2014)
  • Top 16: Patricia Alden Fenton** (1946)
  • Top 18: Lucille Rader (1933)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Jane Brock (1958), Marsha Griffith (1976), Victoria Harned (1977), Melinda Cumberledge (1987), Tonya Virgin (1994), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
  • Non-finalist Interview: Maria Maldonado (2005)

Other awards

* Competed as Miss Blue Grass
** Competed as Miss Louisville

Winners

  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2022 Hannah Edelen Springfield 24 Miss Heart of Central Kentucky Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist

Miss Congeniality

2021 Haley Wheeler[3] Clay City 23 Miss Bowling Green Vocal
2019–20[a] Alex Francke[6] Lexington 22 Miss Central Kentucky Vocal, "Maybe This Time" Women in Business Scholarship Award[7] Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014[8]

Previously Miss Kentucky Sweetheart 2018[9]
4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant[9]
2018 Katie Bouchard[10] Owensboro 22 Miss Jefferson County Clogging, "Soul Man"
2017 Molly Matney[11] Center 20 Miss Mammoth Cave Area Vocal, "He Taught Me to Yodel" STEM Scholarship Award[12]
2016 Laura Jones[13] Fisherville 23 Miss Danville Violin Top 12[14] America's Choice Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2010[15]
Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant[16]
2015 Clark Davis[17] Lexington 17 Miss Horse Capital Cappella Vocal, "Summertime"
2014 Ramsey Carpenter[18][19] Hartford 23 Miss My Old Kentucky Home Fiddle, "Sally Goodin" & "Orange Blossom Special" Top 12 Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award

Preliminary Talent Award 		In December 2018, she was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos of herself via Snapchat to an underage student[20]
Charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors and was released on $10,000 bail[20][21]
2013 Jenna Day[22] Louisville 21 Miss Berea Area Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved" Top 15 Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant[citation needed]
2012 Jessica Casebolt[23][24] Pikeville 19 Miss Goldenrod Vocal, "Superstar" Top 15
2011 Ann Blair Thornton[25][26] Bowling Green 21 Miss Bowling Green Piano, "Prelude in G Minor" Quality of Life Award Winner Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2007[27]
4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant[28]

1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed]
2010 Djuan Trent[29] Columbus, GA 23 Miss Berea Area Vocal, "A Change Is Gonna Come" Top 10 Eligible to compete at Miss Kentucky as a Berea College student

Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist by her fellow contestants
2009 Mallory Ervin[30] Morganfield 23 Miss Bowling Green Vocal, "On My Own" 4th runner-up Quality of Life Award Finalist Voted into the Top 15 as a "America's Choice" contestant by TV viewers

Contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 17, 18, and 24)
2008 Emily Cox[31] Campbellsville 22 Miss Bowling Green Classical Piano, "Impromptu in C Sharp Minor" by Hugo Reinhold Top 12 Quality of Life Award Winner[32] Niece of Miss Kentucky 1990, Nancy Cox and daughter of Ricky Lee Cox[citation needed]

Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
2007 Kaitlynne Postel[33] Lexington 20 Miss Monticello Vocal, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde Daughter of Miss Maryland 1982, Lynne Carol Graham[33]

Niece (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 1978, Marcia Malone Bell[citation needed]
2006 Rachelle Phillips[34] Princeton 24 Miss Heartland Vocal, "Cry Me a River"
2005 Kerri Mitchell[35] Barbourville 21 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal, "Born to Fly"
2004 Maria Maldonado[36] Lexington 22 Miss Heart of the South Vocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime Non-finalist Interview Award[37] Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 1999[38]
2003 MacKenzie Mayes 23 Miss Monticello Vocal, "I Surrender" Non-finalist Talent Award

Quality of Life 1st runner-up 		Previously National Sweetheart 2000
2002 Mary Catherine Correll Somerset 21 Miss Maysville Area Vocal, "The Prayer" Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

Quality of Life Finalist 		Daughter of Miss Kentucky USA 1975 and Miss Wyoming 1976, Carol June Wallace[citation needed]
2001 Monica Hardin[39] Louisville 20 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz First Miss Kentucky Teen, crowned in 1998[40]
2000 Whitney Boyles Louisville 22 Miss Northern Kentucky Vocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde 4th runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist
1999 Shanna Kari Moore Marion Miss Jeffersontown Classical Piano N/A Assumed title when French was crowned Miss America 2000

4th runner-up (1998) & 3rd runner-up (1999) at National Sweetheart pageants[citation needed]
Heather French Maysville 24 Miss Louisville Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
1998 Chera-Lyn Cook London 21 Miss Lexington Vocal, "When a Man Loves a Woman" 4th runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Previously National Sweetheart 1997
1997 Lori Menshouse Ashland 24 Miss Ashland Area Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" by Chopin Later Miss Kentucky USA 1999
1996 Veronica Duka Campbellsville 19 Miss Campbellsville Vocal, "Somewhere" Top 10
1995 Kristie Hicks Bardstown 23 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal, "Stormy Weather" Konica Visual Arts Scholarship Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1989
1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1989 pageant
1994 Laura Sue Humphress Campbellsville 22 Miss Heart of the Bluegrass Classical Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" by Aram Khachaturian
1993 Tonya Virgin Oldtown 24 Miss East Kentucky Country Vocal, "If I Could Only Be Like You" Non-finalist Talent Award
1992 Tawnya Mullins Kimper 25 Miss Heart of Kentucky Contemporary Clogging, "Banjo Fantasy" Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1991 Sheri Plambeck Lexington 23 Miss Heart of the Bluegrass Tap Dance, "The Joint Is Jumpin'"
1990 Nancy Cox Campbellsville 22 Miss Bowling Green Popular Vocal, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Sister of Ricky L. Cox and aunt of Miss Kentucky 2008, Emily Cox[citation needed]
1989 Melanie Glasscock Leitchfield 21 Miss Green River Valley Baton Twirling, "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
1988 Mikka Darby Salyersville 19 Miss East Kentucky Middle Eastern Dance
1987 Elizabeth McDowell Prospect 21 Miss Jefferson County Semi-classical Vocal, "Falling in Love with Love"
1986 Melinda Cumberledge Lexington 23 Miss Bluegrass Area Semi-classical Vocal, "Till There Was You" Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Laurie Janine Keller Nippa 21 Miss Floyd County Vocal / Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" Top 10
1984 Kelly Lin Brumagen Lexington 22 Miss Fayette County Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria Top 10 Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1983 Lynn Thompson 24 Miss Bluegrass Area Popular Vocal, "Yesterday When I Was Young" Top 10
1982 Gwendolyn Witten Vine Grove 23 Miss Louisville Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
1981 Sheri Copeland Benton 20 Miss Bluegrass Area Popular Vocal, "Out Here On My Own" from Fame
1980 Daphne Cochran Louisville 21 Miss Fairdale Popular Vocal, "Bridges"
1979 Kathryn Parker Wilmore 21 Miss Lexington Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song"
1978 Marcia Malone Bell Lexington 21 Miss Lake Cumberland Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Top 10 Aunt (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel[citation needed]
1977 Karen Gordon Benton 21 Miss Murray State University Chalk Drawing with Narration
1976 Victoria Harned Leitchfield 21 Miss Lake Cumberland Popular Vocal, "Send In the Clowns" Non-finalist Talent Award
1975 Marsha Griffith Greenup 22 Miss Ashland Area Vocal / Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now" Non-finalist Talent Award
1974 Darlene Compton Louisville 25 Miss Louisville Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! 3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award
1973 Lyda Lewis Louisville 24 Miss Louisville Vocal, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" First Black Miss Kentucky
1972 Diana Moore Pikeville N/A Successor to crown when Walters resigned
Carolyn Walters Louisville 19 Miss University of Louisville Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" Represented Kentucky at Miss America 1973 pageant, but resigned soon after[41]
1971 Robbie Halcomb Scottsville 19 Miss Jeffersontown Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 pageant[citation needed]
1970 Cynthia Bostick Owensboro 18 Miss Owensboro Vocal, "Life Is a One Way Street" Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns[42]
1969 Louisa Flook Richmond 20 Miss Richmond Dramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan
1968 Janet Hatfield Jeffersontown 18 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal, "I'm Glad There Is You"
1967 Jo-Anne Clark Louisville 19 Vocal / Guitar, "Unchained Melody"
1966 Janie Olmstead New Castle 22 Miss New Castle Modern Ballet Dance, "Peter Gunn Theme"
1965 Rebecca Snyder Owensboro 20 Miss Lexington Dramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx"
1964 Linda Sawyer Louisville 21 Miss Louisville Vocal & Speech, "Stephen Foster Medley" Top 10 Older sister of newscaster, Diane Sawyer[citation needed]
1963 Nell Owen Bowling Green Miss Bowling Green Fashion Design Former mayor of Prospect, Kentucky[citation needed]
1962 Nanci Bowling Campbellsville 21 Miss Harlan Piano
1961 Lee Grigsby Bardstown 18 Miss Louisville Vocal, "Summertime"
1960 Alice Chumbley Jamestown 21 Miss Bowling Green Dramatic Monologue from The Country Girl
1959 Carol Brown Whitesburg 19 Miss Eastern State Teacher's College Dramatic Reading
1958 Sandra Sue Smith Harlan Pantomime / Dance, "Tweedle Dee"
1957 Jane Brock Liberty Piano Non-finalist Talent Award
1956 Janene Simpson Louisville Piano
1955 Ann Shirley Gillock Carrollton Organ
1954 Margaret Diane Hunt Lexington Dance
1953 Emily Rucker Berea Vocal
1952 Joy Williams Lexington Dance
1951 Dottye Nuckols Bowling Green Vocal
1950 Mary Louise Osborne Wheelwright Drama
1949 Betty Haverstock Louisville Miss Louisville
1948 Mildred Joanne Hollinger
1947 Evelyn L. Murray Louisville Miss Kentucky Samba Top 15 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Margaret Allen Hill Louisville Miss Louisville Vocal / Piano, "It Had to Be You"
1946 Mary Madonna Smith Jenkins Miss Kentucky Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Patricia Alden Fenton Louisville Miss Louisville Artistic Exhibition & Sketch Top 16
1945 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[43][44][45][46]
1944
1943
1942
1941 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Top 15
1940 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Miss Kentucky 4th runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Violet Owen Miss Western Kentucky
1939 Louise Holman Pineville Miss Kentucky Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Dorothy Slatten was the original winner but was disqualified due to being underage[47]
Mattigene Palmore Lexington Miss Lexington
1938 Evelyn Cooper Somerset Vocal, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
1937 Audrey Catherine Flaig Bellevue
1936 Charlet Hiteman Newport Miss Kentucky Top 15 Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Jean Megerle Fort Thomas 19 Miss Blue Grass Top 15
1935 Jean Megerle Fort Thomas 18 Vocal / Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again" 2nd runner-up
1934 No national pageant was held[48]
1933 Lucille Rader Berea 14 Top 18
1932 No national pageants were held[48]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[49]
1926 Gladys Imogene King Louisville Miss Louisville N/A[50] Competed under local title at national pageant
1925 Mary Madeline O'Laughlin Louisville Miss Louisville Top 15 Competed under local title at national pageant
1924 Juanita Hobbs Louisville Miss Louisville Multiple Kentucky representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Kathleen McElroy Miss Paducah
1923 Juanita Hobbs[51] Louisville Miss Louisville Competed under local title at national pageant
1922 Dorothy Heick[52]
1921 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[53]

Notes

  1. ^ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]

References

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  3. ^ Brandon Jarrett. "Haley Wheeler crowned winner of 2021 Miss Kentucky pageant". www.wbko.com. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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  12. ^ Ray, Andrea (September 8, 2017). "Zucco wins $5,000 science scholarship from Miss America". Sippican Week.
  13. ^ "Miss Danville Laura Jones crowned Miss Kentucky, next stop Miss America". LexGo. July 2, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
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External links

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA see Miss Kentucky USA This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miss Kentucky news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown Miss KentuckyFormation1922 101 years ago 1922 TypeBeauty pageantHeadquartersLouisville KentuckyMembershipMiss AmericaOfficial languageEnglishWebsitewww wbr misskentucky wbr orgMultiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable Heather French Henry Miss Kentucky 1999 is Kentucky s only Miss America winner to date Mallory Ervin Miss Kentucky 2010 is most well known for her appearance on the American television show The Amazing Race 1 Djuan Trent Miss Kentucky 2011 was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer 2 Hannah Edelen from Springfield was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 on June 18 2022 at The Brown Theater in Louisville She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Connecticut in December 2022 where she was Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist and named Miss Congeniality Contents 1 Gallery of past titleholders 2 Results summary 2 1 Placements 2 2 Awards 2 2 1 Preliminary awards 2 2 2 Non finalist awards 2 2 3 Other awards 3 Winners 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksGallery of past titleholders Edit Heather French Miss Kentucky 1999 and Miss America 2000 Mallory Ervin Miss Kentucky 2009 Clark Davis Miss Kentucky 2015Results summary EditThe following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky titleholders at the national Miss America pageants competitions The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and or award was garnered not the year attached to the contestant s state title Placements Edit Miss Americas Heather French 2000 2nd runners up Jean Megerle 1935 3rd runners up Darlene Compton 1975 4th runners up Dorothy Slatten 1940 Chera Lyn Cook 1999 Whitney Boyles 2001 Mallory Ervin 2010 Top 10 Linda Sawyer 1965 Marcia Malone Bell 1978 Gwendolyn Witten 1983 Lynn Thompson 1984 Kelly Lin Brumagen 1985 Laurie Janine Keller 1986 Tawnya Mullins 1993 Veronica Duka 1997 Djuan Trent 2011 Top 12 Emily Cox 2009 Ramsey Carpenter 2015 Laura Jones 2017 Top 15 Mary Madeline O Laughlin 1925 Jean Megerle 1936 Charlet Hiteman 1936 Dorothy Slatten 1941 Evelyn L Murray 1947 Jessica Casebolt 2013 Jenna Day 2014 Top 16 Patricia Alden Fenton 1946 Top 18 Lucille Rader 1933 Awards Edit Preliminary awards Edit Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Dorothy Slatten 1940 Evelyn L Murray 1947 Tawnya Mullins 1993 Heather French 2000 Whitney Boyles 2001 Preliminary Talent Darlene Compton 1975 Gwendolyn Witten 1983 Chera Lyn Cook 1999 Ramsey Carpenter 2015 Non finalist awards Edit Non finalist Talent Jane Brock 1958 Marsha Griffith 1976 Victoria Harned 1977 Melinda Cumberledge 1987 Tonya Virgin 1994 MacKenzie Mayes 2004 Non finalist Interview Maria Maldonado 2005 Other awards Edit Miss Congeniality Hannah Edelen 2023 America s Choice Laura Katherine Jones 2017 Dr David B Allman Medical Scholarship Kelly Lin Brumagen 1985 Mary Catherine Correll 2003 Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalists Hannah Edelen 2023 Konica Visual Arts Scholarship Kristie Hicks 1996 Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award Ramsey Carpenter 2015 Quality of Life Award Winners Emily Cox 2009 Ann Blair Thornton 2012 Quality of Life Award 1st runners up Heather French 2000 MacKenzie Mayes 2004 Quality of Life Award Finalists Whitney Boyles 2001 Mary Catherine Correll 2003 Mallory Ervin 2010 STEM Scholarship Award Winners Molly Matney 2018 Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners Alex Francke 2020 Competed as Miss Blue Grass Competed as Miss LouisvilleWinners Edit Declared as winner Ended as a runner up Ended as a finalist or semi finalist Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes2022 Hannah Edelen Springfield 24 Miss Heart of Central Kentucky Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist Miss Congeniality2021 Haley Wheeler 3 Clay City 23 Miss Bowling Green Vocal2019 20 a Alex Francke 6 Lexington 22 Miss Central Kentucky Vocal Maybe This Time Women in Business Scholarship Award 7 Previously Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen 2014 8 Previously Miss Kentucky Sweetheart 2018 9 4th runner up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant 9 2018 Katie Bouchard 10 Owensboro 22 Miss Jefferson County Clogging Soul Man 2017 Molly Matney 11 Center 20 Miss Mammoth Cave Area Vocal He Taught Me to Yodel STEM Scholarship Award 12 2016 Laura Jones 13 Fisherville 23 Miss Danville Violin Top 12 14 America s Choice Previously Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen 2010 15 Top 10 at Miss America s Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant 16 2015 Clark Davis 17 Lexington 17 Miss Horse Capital Cappella Vocal Summertime 2014 Ramsey Carpenter 18 19 Hartford 23 Miss My Old Kentucky Home Fiddle Sally Goodin amp Orange Blossom Special Top 12 Louanne Gamba Instrumental AwardPreliminary Talent Award In December 2018 she was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos of herself via Snapchat to an underage student 20 Charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors and was released on 10 000 bail 20 21 2013 Jenna Day 22 Louisville 21 Miss Berea Area Vocal And This Is My Beloved Top 15 Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant citation needed 2012 Jessica Casebolt 23 24 Pikeville 19 Miss Goldenrod Vocal Superstar Top 152011 Ann Blair Thornton 25 26 Bowling Green 21 Miss Bowling Green Piano Prelude in G Minor Quality of Life Award Winner Previously Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen 2007 27 4th runner up at Miss America s Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant 28 1st runner up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant citation needed 2010 Djuan Trent 29 Columbus GA 23 Miss Berea Area Vocal A Change Is Gonna Come Top 10 Eligible to compete at Miss Kentucky as a Berea College studentVoted into the Top 15 as a Contestants Choice finalist by her fellow contestants2009 Mallory Ervin 30 Morganfield 23 Miss Bowling Green Vocal On My Own 4th runner up Quality of Life Award Finalist Voted into the Top 15 as a America s Choice contestant by TV viewersContestant on The Amazing Race seasons 17 18 and 24 2008 Emily Cox 31 Campbellsville 22 Miss Bowling Green Classical Piano Impromptu in C Sharp Minor by Hugo Reinhold Top 12 Quality of Life Award Winner 32 Niece of Miss Kentucky 1990 Nancy Cox and daughter of Ricky Lee Cox citation needed Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant2007 Kaitlynne Postel 33 Lexington 20 Miss Monticello Vocal So Much Better from Legally Blonde Daughter of Miss Maryland 1982 Lynne Carol Graham 33 Niece by marriage of Miss Kentucky 1978 Marcia Malone Bell citation needed 2006 Rachelle Phillips 34 Princeton 24 Miss Heartland Vocal Cry Me a River 2005 Kerri Mitchell 35 Barbourville 21 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal Born to Fly 2004 Maria Maldonado 36 Lexington 22 Miss Heart of the South Vocal Your Daddy s Son from Ragtime Non finalist Interview Award 37 Previously Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen 1999 38 2003 MacKenzie Mayes 23 Miss Monticello Vocal I Surrender Non finalist Talent AwardQuality of Life 1st runner up Previously National Sweetheart 20002002 Mary Catherine Correll Somerset 21 Miss Maysville Area Vocal The Prayer Dr David B Allman Medical ScholarshipQuality of Life Finalist Daughter of Miss Kentucky USA 1975 and Miss Wyoming 1976 Carol June Wallace citation needed 2001 Monica Hardin 39 Louisville 20 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal If You Believe from The Wiz First Miss Kentucky Teen crowned in 1998 40 2000 Whitney Boyles Louisville 22 Miss Northern Kentucky Vocal In His Eyes from Jekyll amp Hyde 4th runner up Preliminary Swimsuit AwardQuality of Life Award Finalist1999 Shanna Kari Moore Marion Miss Jeffersontown Classical Piano N A Assumed title when French was crowned Miss America 20004th runner up 1998 amp 3rd runner up 1999 at National Sweetheart pageants citation needed Heather French Maysville 24 Miss Louisville Vocal As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Boulevard Winner Preliminary Swimsuit AwardQuality of Life Award 1st runner up1998 Chera Lyn Cook London 21 Miss Lexington Vocal When a Man Loves a Woman 4th runner up Preliminary Talent Award Previously National Sweetheart 19971997 Lori Menshouse Ashland 24 Miss Ashland Area Piano Revolutionary Etude by Chopin Later Miss Kentucky USA 19991996 Veronica Duka Campbellsville 19 Miss Campbellsville Vocal Somewhere Top 101995 Kristie Hicks Bardstown 23 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal Stormy Weather Konica Visual Arts Scholarship Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 19891st runner up at Miss Teen USA 1989 pageant1994 Laura Sue Humphress Campbellsville 22 Miss Heart of the Bluegrass Classical Piano Toccata in E flat minor by Aram Khachaturian1993 Tonya Virgin Oldtown 24 Miss East Kentucky Country Vocal If I Could Only Be Like You Non finalist Talent Award1992 Tawnya Mullins Kimper 25 Miss Heart of Kentucky Contemporary Clogging Banjo Fantasy Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award1991 Sheri Plambeck Lexington 23 Miss Heart of the Bluegrass Tap Dance The Joint Is Jumpin 1990 Nancy Cox Campbellsville 22 Miss Bowling Green Popular Vocal Don t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Sister of Ricky L Cox and aunt of Miss Kentucky 2008 Emily Cox citation needed 1989 Melanie Glasscock Leitchfield 21 Miss Green River Valley Baton Twirling If My Friends Could See Me Now 1988 Mikka Darby Salyersville 19 Miss East Kentucky Middle Eastern Dance1987 Elizabeth McDowell Prospect 21 Miss Jefferson County Semi classical Vocal Falling in Love with Love 1986 Melinda Cumberledge Lexington 23 Miss Bluegrass Area Semi classical Vocal Till There Was You Non finalist Talent Award1985 Laurie Janine Keller Nippa 21 Miss Floyd County Vocal Ballet en Pointe Don t Cry For Me Argentina Top 101984 Kelly Lin Brumagen Lexington 22 Miss Fayette County Vocal Le Jazz Hot from Victor Victoria Top 10 Dr David B Allman Medical Scholarship1983 Lynn Thompson 24 Miss Bluegrass Area Popular Vocal Yesterday When I Was Young Top 101982 Gwendolyn Witten Vine Grove 23 Miss Louisville Semi classical Vocal And This Is my Beloved Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award1981 Sheri Copeland Benton 20 Miss Bluegrass Area Popular Vocal Out Here On My Own from Fame1980 Daphne Cochran Louisville 21 Miss Fairdale Popular Vocal Bridges 1979 Kathryn Parker Wilmore 21 Miss Lexington Flute The Swiss Shepherd s Song 1978 Marcia Malone Bell Lexington 21 Miss Lake Cumberland Popular Vocal Can t Take My Eyes Off You Top 10 Aunt by marriage of Miss Kentucky 2007 Kaitlynne Postel citation needed 1977 Karen Gordon Benton 21 Miss Murray State University Chalk Drawing with Narration1976 Victoria Harned Leitchfield 21 Miss Lake Cumberland Popular Vocal Send In the Clowns Non finalist Talent Award1975 Marsha Griffith Greenup 22 Miss Ashland Area Vocal Trumpet I Can See Clearly Now Non finalist Talent Award1974 Darlene Compton Louisville 25 Miss Louisville Vocal Mira from Carnival 3rd runner up Preliminary Talent Award1973 Lyda Lewis Louisville 24 Miss Louisville Vocal Sweet Inspiration amp Where You Lead First Black Miss Kentucky1972 Diana Moore Pikeville N A Successor to crown when Walters resignedCarolyn Walters Louisville 19 Miss University of Louisville Vocal Rock a Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody Represented Kentucky at Miss America 1973 pageant but resigned soon after 41 1971 Robbie Halcomb Scottsville 19 Miss Jeffersontown Semi classical Vocal Italian Street Song Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 pageant citation needed 1970 Cynthia Bostick Owensboro 18 Miss Owensboro Vocal Life Is a One Way Street Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns 42 1969 Louisa Flook Richmond 20 Miss Richmond Dramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan1968 Janet Hatfield Jeffersontown 18 Miss Jeffersontown Vocal I m Glad There Is You 1967 Jo Anne Clark Louisville 19 Vocal Guitar Unchained Melody 1966 Janie Olmstead New Castle 22 Miss New Castle Modern Ballet Dance Peter Gunn Theme 1965 Rebecca Snyder Owensboro 20 Miss Lexington Dramatic Monologue Portrayal of the Sphinx 1964 Linda Sawyer Louisville 21 Miss Louisville Vocal amp Speech Stephen Foster Medley Top 10 Older sister of newscaster Diane Sawyer citation needed 1963 Nell Owen Bowling Green Miss Bowling Green Fashion Design Former mayor of Prospect Kentucky citation needed 1962 Nanci Bowling Campbellsville 21 Miss Harlan Piano1961 Lee Grigsby Bardstown 18 Miss Louisville Vocal Summertime 1960 Alice Chumbley Jamestown 21 Miss Bowling Green Dramatic Monologue from The Country Girl1959 Carol Brown Whitesburg 19 Miss Eastern State Teacher s College Dramatic Reading1958 Sandra Sue Smith Harlan Pantomime Dance Tweedle Dee 1957 Jane Brock Liberty Piano Non finalist Talent Award1956 Janene Simpson Louisville Piano1955 Ann Shirley Gillock Carrollton Organ1954 Margaret Diane Hunt Lexington Dance1953 Emily Rucker Berea Vocal1952 Joy Williams Lexington Dance1951 Dottye Nuckols Bowling Green Vocal1950 Mary Louise Osborne Wheelwright Drama1949 Betty Haverstock Louisville Miss Louisville1948 Mildred Joanne Hollinger1947 Evelyn L Murray Louisville Miss Kentucky Samba Top 15 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantMargaret Allen Hill Louisville Miss Louisville Vocal Piano It Had to Be You 1946 Mary Madonna Smith Jenkins Miss Kentucky Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantPatricia Alden Fenton Louisville Miss Louisville Artistic Exhibition amp Sketch Top 161945 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant 43 44 45 46 1944194319421941 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Top 151940 Dorothy Slatten Lexington Miss Kentucky 4th runner up Preliminary Swimsuit Award Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantViolet Owen Miss Western Kentucky1939 Louise Holman Pineville Miss Kentucky Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantDorothy Slatten was the original winner but was disqualified due to being underage 47 Mattigene Palmore Lexington Miss Lexington1938 Evelyn Cooper Somerset Vocal A Tisket A Tasket 1937 Audrey Catherine Flaig Bellevue1936 Charlet Hiteman Newport Miss Kentucky Top 15 Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at national pageantJean Megerle Fort Thomas 19 Miss Blue Grass Top 151935 Jean Megerle Fort Thomas 18 Vocal Acrobatic Dance I ll Never Say Never Again 2nd runner up1934 No national pageant was held 48 1933 Lucille Rader Berea 14 Top 181932 No national pageants were held 48 19311930192919281927 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant 49 1926 Gladys Imogene King Louisville Miss Louisville N A 50 Competed under local title at national pageant1925 Mary Madeline O Laughlin Louisville Miss Louisville Top 15 Competed under local title at national pageant1924 Juanita Hobbs Louisville Miss Louisville Multiple Kentucky representativesContestants competed under local title at national pageantKathleen McElroy Miss Paducah1923 Juanita Hobbs 51 Louisville Miss Louisville Competed under local title at national pageant1922 Dorothy Heick 52 1921 No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant 53 Notes Edit Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 4 5 References Edit The Amazing Race Cast Gary and Mallory CBS Retrieved 2018 02 01 Signorile Michelangelo 2014 04 02 Djuan Trent Former Miss Kentucky On Why She Came Out As Queer AUDIO Huffington Post Retrieved 2018 02 01 Brandon Jarrett Haley Wheeler crowned winner of 2021 Miss Kentucky pageant www wbko com Retrieved 2021 06 28 Kuperinksy Amy May 8 2020 Miss America postpones pageant until 2021 N J pageant still set for September Press of Atlantic City Anderson Mario May 18 2020 Miss Kentucky Gets a Second Tour Spectrum News 1 Retrieved June 7 2020 Hutchins Michelle June 9 2019 Miss Kentucky and Miss Outstanding Teen 2019 crowned in Louisville Courier Journal Miss America 2020 Scholarship Award Winners Announced Miss America Organization December 19 2019 Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen 2014 prepares for competition YouTube July 22 2014 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 a b Photo Gallery 2018 National Sweetheart Pageant Hoopeston Chronicle September 3 2018 Ward Karla June 30 2018 Katie Bouchard crowned Miss Kentucky 2018 Lexington Herald Leader Cheves John July 1 2017 Molly Matney Miss Mammoth Cave Area wins 2017 Miss Kentucky pageant Lexington Herald Leader Ray Andrea September 8 2017 Zucco wins 5 000 science scholarship from Miss America Sippican Week Miss Danville Laura Jones crowned Miss Kentucky next stop Miss America LexGo July 2 2016 Retrieved May 21 2017 Vaught Larry December 6 2016 Miss Kentucky Laura Jones runs for charity in Stanford enjoys traveling across the state Vaught s Views The Road to Miss America Miss Kentucky Laura Katherine Jones Bravura Magazine August 5 2016 Retrieved May 21 2017 2010 Scholarships Miss America s Outstanding Teen Madden Justin July 4 2015 Clark Janell Davis of Lexington is crowned Miss Kentucky 2015 Lexington Herald Leader Lexington KY McClatchy p B1 Lawless John August 7 2014 Fiddlin Miss Kentucky Ramsey Carpenter Bluegrass Today Copley Rich July 12 2014 UK grad Ramsey Carpenter of Ohio County is crowned Miss Kentucky 2014 Lexington Herald Leader a b Jenkins Jeff December 7 2018 Kanawha County teacher arraigned on 4 felony counts WV MetroNews Owoseje Toyin December 10 2018 Former beauty queen sent nude pictures to 15 year old student on Snapchat police say The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 05 15 Brammer Jack June 29 2013 Jenna Day of Louisville a UK student is crowned Miss Kentucky 2013 Lexington Herald Leader Lexington KY McClatchy Vest Stephen M 27 December 2012 Miss Kentucky Kentucky Monthly Update Casebolt crowned Miss Kentucky WTVQ News July 14 2012 Bowling Green woman named Miss Kentucky Kentucky com July 17 2011 Archived from the original on 2011 07 19 Retrieved July 19 2011 Portaro Bella July 18 2011 Miss Kentucky 2011 Ann Blair Thornton Louisville Magazine Miss Kentucky 2011 Miss Kentucky Organization July 16 2011 Archived from the original on 2012 02 16 Retrieved July 19 2011 Abel Fred MAOT s Super Bowl Pageantry Magazine Herald Leader Staff Report July 18 2010 Berea grad wins Miss Kentucky Lexington Herald Leader Herald Leader Staff Report July 18 2009 Mallory Ervin crowned Miss Kentucky Lexington Herald Leader Retrieved September 5 2010 UK Graduate Wins Miss Kentucky Pageant Lexington Herald Leader July 20 2008 Leach Robin January 22 2009 Miss Kentucky Emily Cox wins Quality of Life Award and 6 000 scholarship Las Vegas Sun a b Phelps Melodie July 22 2007 Miss Monticello Kaitlynne Postel wins Miss Kentucky The Outlook Milan native Rachelle Phillips was crowned Miss Kentucky on Saturday August 1 2006 Caroline Mitchell 04 First Runner Up for Miss Kentucky 2005 DePauw News and Media June 19 2005 State Contestants Kentucky 2004 Miss America 2004 Archived from the original on 2016 03 05 Miss America Recipients 2004 Miss America Archived from the original on 2015 06 17 Former Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen Titleholders Miss Kentucky Archived from the original on 2017 11 05 Upcoming Events Miss North Central Kentucky Scholarship Pageant Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen Miss Kentucky s Outstanding Teen Miss Kentucky April 16 1973 Mulcahy Kevin Jr Today in Soap Opera History October 16 Welovesoaps net Retrieved 2 March 2022 1945 Candidates Miss America 1944 Candidates Miss America 1943 Candidates Miss America 1942 Candidates Miss America Palm Beach Post Local High School Girl Wins Title September 3 1940 a b Miss America Timeline 1901 1950 PBS 1927 Candidates Miss America Schnitzspahn Karen September 8 1997 There She Was Miss Long Branch Asbury Park Press Asbury Park New Jersey p 4 via Newspapers com talent contest that was established in 1935 More Beauties The Daily News Frederick Maryland September 6 1923 p 11 via Newspaper com At The Atlantic City Beauty Pageant Getty Images October 9 1922 1921 Candidates Miss America External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miss Kentucky amp oldid 1128238767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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