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Miss Michigan

November 02, 2023

Not to be confused with Miss Michigan USA affiliated with Miss USA or Miss Michigan World affiliated with Miss World America.

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.

Miss Michigan
TypeScholarship pageant
Location
Membership
Miss America
WebsiteOfficial website

Melissa Beyrand of Milford was crowned Miss Michigan 2022 on June 18, 2022, at Frauenthal Theatre in Muskegon. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022.

Gallery of past titleholders edit

Results summary edit

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Michigan 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: Patricia Donnelly (1939), Nancy Fleming (1961), Pamela Eldred (1970), Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (1988), Kirsten Haglund (2008)
  • 2nd runners-up: Monnie Drake (1940), Patricia Hill (1942)
  • 3rd runners-up: Kelly Lynn Garver (1987)
  • 4th runners-up: Janice Hutton Somers (1955)
  • Top 10: Carole Van Valin (1963), Alecia Rae Masalkoski (1986), Che'vonne Burton (2001), Stacy Essebaggers (2002), Ashlee Baracy (2009)
  • Top 12: Beverly Bennett (1944)
  • Top 15: Jane Porter* (1925), Joyce Jean Hurd** (1926), Charlotte Jane Lowe*** (1927), Gerry Marcoux (1941), Doris Evelyn Johnson (1948), Dolores Jane Motter (1949), Madonna Kimberly Emond (2003)
  • Top 18: Barbara Strand (1933)

Michigan holds a record of 23 placements at Miss America.

Awards edit

Preliminary awards edit

Non-finalist awards edit

  • Non-finalist Talent: Shirley Swanson (1957), Sarah Jane Noble (1965), Esther Lynne Smith (1966), Toni Jo Abbenante (1968), Linda Susan Kish (1972), Terri Cousino (1973), Bethany Wright (1980), Barbara Jean Crandall (1985), Sandra Kay Metiva (1992), Maria Malay Kamara (1995), Nicole Blaszczyk (2010), Arianna Quan (2017), Vivian Zhong (2021).

Other awards edit

  • Miss Congeniality: Katie Lynn LaRoche (2011)
  • Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalists: Mallory Rivard (2020)
  • Evening Dress Award Second Prize: M. Beth Madson* (1922)
  • Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist Award: Arianna Quan (2017)
  • Miss America Scholar Award: Ashlee Baracy (2009)
  • Private Interview Award: Mallory Rivard (2020)
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Katie Lynn LaRoche (2011), Haley Williams (2014)
  • Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Stacey Gail Heisler (1994), Ashlee Baracy (2009)
  • Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Terri Sue Liford (1993), Elizabeth Wertenberger (2012)
  • STEM Scholarship Winner: Vivian Zhong (2022)

* Competed as Miss Detroit
** Competed as Miss Lansing
*** Competed as Miss Battle Creek

Winners 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 Notes
2023 Maya Schuhknecht[1] Buchanan 21 Speed Painting TBA TBA
2022 Melissa Beyrand Milford 22 Miss Oakland County Violin, "The Final Countdown" Electro-pop violinist with NUCLASSICA®. Third Miss Michigan NUCLASSICA® violinist.
2021 Vivian Zhong[2] Northville 24 Miss Spirit of the State Piano America's Choice

Non-Finalist Talent Winner

STEM Scholarship Winner
2019–20 Mallory Rivard[3] Bay City 24 Miss Great Lakes Bay Vocal Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalist[4]

Private Interview Award[5]		 4th runner-up at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2012 competition[6]

3rd runner-up at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2013 competition[6]

Retained title for an additional year due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2018 Emily Sioma[8] Grass Lake 24 Miss Shoreline Tap Dance, "Gotta Push On" Made national news when she used her introduction during the Miss America telecast to highlight the ongoing Flint water crisis rather than state her academic credentials, by stating, "From the state with 84 percent of the U.S. fresh water, but none for its residents to drink..."[9]

3rd runner-up at Miss Michigan USA 2020 pageant[10]
2017 Heather Kendrick[11] Marysville 23 Miss Washtenaw County Violin, "Bad Romance" Appeared on America's Got Talent with electro-pop violin group, Nuclassica[12] Second Miss Michigan NUCLASSICA violinist.
2016 Arianna Quan[13] Bloomfield Hills 23 Miss Wayne County Classical Piano, "L’Ouette" by Glinka Balakirev Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist Award

Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award
2015 Emily Kieliszewski[14] Alpena 23 Miss Stateline Tap Dance, "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer
2014 KT Maviglia[15] Dundee 21 Miss Washtenaw County Dance, "Be Italian" from Nine Diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss aged nine[citation needed]
2013 Haley Williams[16] Saline 20 Miss Saginaw County Baton Twirling, "Thunder" by Nuttin' But Stringz Quality of Life Award Previously Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2009[17]

Later named captain of the University of Alabama Crimsonettes[18]
2012 Angela Christine Venditti[19] Shelby Township 25 Miss St. Clair Shores Tap Dance, "Dirty Orchestra" by Black Violin
2011 Elizabeth Wertenberger[20] Dundee 22 Miss Southwest Dance, "Don't Stop Believin'" Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
2010 Katie Lynn LaRoche Bay City 23 Miss Capital City Contemporary Dance, "Calls Me Home" Miss Congeniality

Quality of Life Award 		Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant
2009 Nicole Blaszczyk[21] Novi[21] 22[21] Miss Wayne County Lyrical Dance, "Lifetime" Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award
2008 Ashlee Baracy[22] Westland[21] 23 Miss Wayne County Jazz Dance Top 10 Miss America Scholar

Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up 		1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant
2007 Gina Valo Ann Arbor Miss West Michigan Fiddle Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Haglund won Miss America 2008
2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant
Kirsten Haglund[23] Farmington Hills 19[21] Miss Oakland County Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" Winner[24] Preliminary Swimsuit Award Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944, Iora June Victor[25]
2006 Angela Corsi Farmington Hills 24 Miss Heart of Michigan Contemporary Dance en Pointe, "Sway" 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2004 pageant

3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
2005 Octavia Reese[21] 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 pageant
2003 Madonna Kimberly Emond Livonia 22 Miss Great Lakes Jazz Dance, "On Broadway" Top 15 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant

Previously National Sweetheart 2002
2002 Erin Moss[21] Stevensville 21 Miss Southwest Michigan Flute, "Riverdance"
2001 Stacy Essebaggers[21] Whitehall 21 Miss Great Lakes Clogging, Rhythm Of The Night (From "Moulin Rouge" Soundtrack) Top 10
2000 Che'vonne Burton[21] Detroit 18 Miss Redford Township Vocal Medley, "This Can't Be Love" & "Almost Like Being in Love" Top 10 Previously Miss Michigan Teen USA 1997
1999 Audrie Chernauckas[26] Livonia 23 Miss Redford Township Ballet en Pointe, Medley from Titanic Publicly condemned state assemblymen for "improper" spending of the state's $8.5 billion tobacco settlement on smoking causation programs[26]

Appeared in a 2011 episode of House Hunters with husband and young son[citation needed]

Performed for The Rockettes and Siegfried and Roy[18]
1998 Laura Welling 23 Miss Washtenaw County Gymnastic Dance, Selection from Jurassic Park
1997 Kimberly Stec[26] Rochester 22 Jazz Dance, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
1996 Jennifer Lynn Drayton[26] Saginaw 22 Miss Great Lakes Classical Piano, "Piano Sonata No. 23" by Beethoven
1995 Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan Jackson 23 Miss Redford Township Vocal, "Half a Moment" from By Jeeves
1994 Maria Malay Kamara[26] Zeeland 24 Miss Heart of Michigan Classical Vocal, "Sempre libera" from La traviata Non-finalist Talent Award
1993 Stacey Gail Heisler[26] Livonia 23 Miss Great Lakes Violin, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
1992 Terri Sue Liford[26] Monroe 24 Miss Monroe County Popular Vocal, "Only You" Quality of Life Award 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[27] Monroe 24 Miss Monroe County Ballet, Carmen
1988 Krista Ann Blomgren Livonia 22 Miss Heart of Michigan Oboe, “Polovetsian Dances” Top Ten Finalist - Grammy Educator Award, 7X Semi-Finalist - Grammy Educator Award, 2017 50 Most Influential Music Educators in the U.S., Pi Kappa Lamba, Guest Conductor, Band Adjudicator. 1989 International Spokesmodel for the Cultured Pearl Industry
1987 Melanie Ester Churella Farmington Hills Miss Farmington Did not compete; later assumed the title after Rafko won Miss America 1988
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Monroe 23 Miss Monroe County Hawaiian-Tahitian Dance Winner[28] 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
1985 Alecia Rae Masalkoski Muskegon 23 Miss Muskegon County Karate Kata Top 10 Holds a black belt in karate[citation needed]

Later Miss Indiana USA 1987[citation needed]
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 Lou Pennington Jackson 25 Miss Heart of Michigan Vocal, "God Bless the Child"
1981 Gwen Roberta Brown 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 Jane Wright[29] Saginaw 19 Miss Saginaw Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line Non-finalist Talent Award
1978 Suzanne Schemm Essexville 21 Miss Van Buren County Vocal / Dance, "All That Jazz"
1977 Holly Schmidt Farmington Hills 18 Miss Farmington Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"
1976 Diane Kay Hansen Berrien Center 23 Miss Southwest Michigan Piano Medley, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," "Dixie," & "Yankee Doodle"
1975 Julie Ann Beckers[29] Allegan 18 Miss Allegan County Dance & Speech, "Zarathustra"
1974 Susan Lillian Short Kalamazoo 23 Miss Heart of Michigan Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1973 Sherry Agnello St. Clair Shores 19 Miss St. Clair Shores Vocal, "I'd Rather Be Blue"
1972 Terri Cousino 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 Myers Lincoln Park 21 Miss Ann Arbor Vocal, "Wicked Man"
1969 Sandra Gillespie Hastings 20 Miss Michigan State University Did not compete; later assumed the title after Eldred won Miss America 1970
Pamela Eldred[30] Birmingham[31] 21 Miss Detroit Ballet, "Love Theme" from Romeo & Juliet Winner[32]
1968 Darlene Kurant[31] Muskegon 19 Miss Muskegon Vocal, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
1967 Toni Jo Abbenante 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[33] Battle Creek 19 Miss Battle Creek Vocal Medley from Annie Get Your Gun Assumed title when original winner, Gayle Chancey, was disqualified prior to Miss America 1967 pageant[citation needed]
1965 Esther Lynne Smith Portage 19 Miss Western Michigan University Classical Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award Born Vlaardingen, Netherlands[citation needed]
1964 Sarah Jane Noble East Lansing 18 Miss East Lansing Free Exercise Routine Non-finalist Talent Award
1963 Kathleen McLaughlin Ishpeming 22 Miss Upper Michigan Dramatic Presentation, "Western Star" by Stephen Vincent Benét
1962 Carole Van Valin Roscommon 18 Miss Roscommon Dramatic Reading, "Joe's Pal" Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award[34]
1961 Karen Southway Wyoming 18 Miss Wyoming Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
1960 Donna Sheppard 18 Miss Dowagiac Did not compete; later assumed the title after Fleming won Miss America 1961
Nancy Fleming Montague 18 Miss White Lake Presentation of Dress Design Winner[35] Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award (tie)
1959 Ann Penelope Marston Wyandotte 21 Miss Detroit Archery Demonstration Preliminary Talent Award
1958 Patience Pierce Detroit Drama, "Meet Christobel"
1957 Valerie Strong Williamsburg Miss Williamsburg Piano, "Brazil"
1956 Shirley Swanson Muskegon Miss Muskegon Monologue Non-finalist Talent Award
1955 Margaret Devereaux Howell Miss Howell Piano, "Flight of the Bumblebee"
1954 Janice Hutton Somers Lansing Miss Lansing Vocal, "You Made Me Love You" 4th runner-up Preliminary Talent Award (tie) Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was "an unusual pattern" in the judging[36][37]
1953 Velva Irene Robbins Dowagiac Miss Dowagiac Speech, "Education"
1952 Karol Dragomir Benton Harbor Miss Benton Harbor Vocal, "I'll Walk Alone" Previously married to actor, Peter Palmer
1951 Delores Maria Berruezo St. Clair Shores Miss St. Clair Shores Dance First Latina Miss Michigan[citation needed]
1950 Bette Lou Pittman Owosso Miss Owosso Monologue, "I Like Americans"
1949 Dolores Jane Motter Dearborn Miss Dearborn Ceramic Exhibition & Piano Top 15
1948 Doris Evelyn Johnson Detroit Miss Detroit Vocal, "Worry, Worry, Worry" Top 15 Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Linda Carroll Grand Rapids Miss Michigan Impersonations of famous people
1947 Jane Rose Foster Detroit Miss Detroit Vocal, "My Dream Came True" Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Peggy Ellsworth Reed City Miss Michigan Vocal, "He's Funny That Way"
1946 Constance Liddicoat Detroit Miss Detroit Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruth Margaret Lenfestey New Baltimore 20 Miss Michigan
1945 Barbara Lee Smith Detroit Miss Detroit Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Therese Mary Sullivan Miss Michigan
1944 Iora June Victor Miss Detroit Vocal, "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" Grandmother of Miss Michigan 2007 and Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund[25]
Beverly Bennett Detroit Miss Michigan Vocal, "Stormy Weather" Top 12 Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1943 Ruby Jean 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 (tie)
1939 Patricia Donnelly Detroit 19 Miss Detroit Vocal / Bass Fiddle, "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose" Winner[38]
1938 Marjorie Jackson Detroit Miss Detroit Competed under local title at national pageant
1937 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant[39]
1936 June Ursula Forbes Flint Miss Flint Competed under local title at national pageant
1935 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant[40]
1934 No national pageant was held[41]
1933 Barbara Strand Top 18
1932 No national pageants were held[41]
1931
1930
1929 Loraine Budge McVey[citation needed] N/A No national Miss America pageant held[41]
1928 No national pageant was held[41]
1927 Charlotte Jane Lowe Miss Battle Creek N/A[42] Top 15 Multiple Michigan representatives

Competed under local title at national pageant
Ruth Bushroe Miss Flint
Florence Nina Clement Miss Kalamazoo
Margherite Strang Miss Lansing
Margaret Tinney Miss Pontiac
Charlotte Elaine Bowman Miss Saginaw
1926 Gertrude Fisher Miss Battle Creek Multiple Michigan representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruth Mae Fowler Miss Detroit
Joyce Jean Hurd Miss Lansing Top 15
1925 Jane Porter[citation needed] Miss Detroit Top 15[citation needed] Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1924 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant[43]
1923 M. Beth Madson[44] Detroit Miss Detroit N/A[42] Competed under local title at national pageant
1922 M. Beth Madson[45] Evening Dress Award Second Prize[46]
1921 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant[47]

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External links edit

  • Miss Michigan official website

November 02, 2023
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Not to be confused with Miss Michigan USA affiliated with Miss USA or Miss Michigan World affiliated with Miss World America 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 Miss MichiganTypeScholarship pageantLocationMuskegon MichiganMembershipMiss AmericaWebsiteOfficial websiteMelissa Beyrand of Milford was crowned Miss Michigan 2022 on June 18 2022 at Frauenthal Theatre in Muskegon She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Connecticut in December 2022 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 References 5 External linksGallery of past titleholders edit nbsp Kirsten HaglundMiss Michigan 2007 and Miss America 2008 nbsp Ashlee Baracy Miss Michigan 2008 nbsp Arianna Quan Miss Michigan 2016Results summary editThe following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Michigan 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 Patricia Donnelly 1939 Nancy Fleming 1961 Pamela Eldred 1970 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko 1988 Kirsten Haglund 2008 2nd runners up Monnie Drake 1940 Patricia Hill 1942 3rd runners up Kelly Lynn Garver 1987 4th runners up Janice Hutton Somers 1955 Top 10 Carole Van Valin 1963 Alecia Rae Masalkoski 1986 Che vonne Burton 2001 Stacy Essebaggers 2002 Ashlee Baracy 2009 Top 12 Beverly Bennett 1944 Top 15 Jane Porter 1925 Joyce Jean Hurd 1926 Charlotte Jane Lowe 1927 Gerry Marcoux 1941 Doris Evelyn Johnson 1948 Dolores Jane Motter 1949 Madonna Kimberly Emond 2003 Top 18 Barbara Strand 1933 Michigan holds a record of 23 placements at Miss America Awards edit Preliminary awards edit Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Nancy Fleming 1961 Carole Van Valin 1963 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko 1988 Kirsten Haglund 2008 Preliminary Talent Monnie Drake 1940 tie Janice Hutton Somers 1955 tie Ann Penelope Marston 1960 Nancy Fleming 1961 tie Kelly Lynn Garver 1987 Nicole Blaszczyk 2010 Arianna Quan 2017 Non finalist awards edit Non finalist Talent Shirley Swanson 1957 Sarah Jane Noble 1965 Esther Lynne Smith 1966 Toni Jo Abbenante 1968 Linda Susan Kish 1972 Terri Cousino 1973 Bethany Wright 1980 Barbara Jean Crandall 1985 Sandra Kay Metiva 1992 Maria Malay Kamara 1995 Nicole Blaszczyk 2010 Arianna Quan 2017 Vivian Zhong 2021 Other awards edit Miss Congeniality Katie Lynn LaRoche 2011 Equity amp Justice Scholarship Award Finalists Mallory Rivard 2020 Evening Dress Award Second Prize M Beth Madson 1922 Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist Award Arianna Quan 2017 Miss America Scholar Award Ashlee Baracy 2009 Private Interview Award Mallory Rivard 2020 Quality of Life Award Winners Katie Lynn LaRoche 2011 Haley Williams 2014 Quality of Life Award 1st runners up Stacey Gail Heisler 1994 Ashlee Baracy 2009 Quality of Life Award 2nd runners up Terri Sue Liford 1993 Elizabeth Wertenberger 2012 STEM Scholarship Winner Vivian Zhong 2022 Competed as Miss Detroit Competed as Miss Lansing Competed as Miss Battle CreekWinners 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 Notes2023 Maya Schuhknecht 1 Buchanan 21 Speed Painting TBA TBA2022 Melissa Beyrand Milford 22 Miss Oakland County Violin The Final Countdown Electro pop violinist with NUCLASSICA Third Miss Michigan NUCLASSICA violinist 2021 Vivian Zhong 2 Northville 24 Miss Spirit of the State Piano America s ChoiceNon Finalist Talent WinnerSTEM Scholarship Winner2019 20 Mallory Rivard 3 Bay City 24 Miss Great Lakes Bay Vocal Equity amp Justice Scholarship Award Finalist 4 Private Interview Award 5 4th runner up at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2012 competition 6 3rd runner up at Miss Michigan Teen USA 2013 competition 6 Retained title for an additional year due to COVID 19 pandemic 7 2018 Emily Sioma 8 Grass Lake 24 Miss Shoreline Tap Dance Gotta Push On Made national news when she used her introduction during the Miss America telecast to highlight the ongoing Flint water crisis rather than state her academic credentials by stating From the state with 84 percent of the U S fresh water but none for its residents to drink 9 3rd runner up at Miss Michigan USA 2020 pageant 10 2017 Heather Kendrick 11 Marysville 23 Miss Washtenaw County Violin Bad Romance Appeared on America s Got Talent with electro pop violin group Nuclassica 12 Second Miss Michigan NUCLASSICA violinist 2016 Arianna Quan 13 Bloomfield Hills 23 Miss Wayne County Classical Piano L Ouette by Glinka Balakirev Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist AwardNon finalist Talent AwardPreliminary Talent Award2015 Emily Kieliszewski 14 Alpena 23 Miss Stateline Tap Dance U Can t Touch This by MC Hammer2014 KT Maviglia 15 Dundee 21 Miss Washtenaw County Dance Be Italian from Nine Diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss aged nine citation needed 2013 Haley Williams 16 Saline 20 Miss Saginaw County Baton Twirling Thunder by Nuttin But Stringz Quality of Life Award Previously Miss Michigan s Outstanding Teen 2009 17 Later named captain of the University of Alabama Crimsonettes 18 2012 Angela Christine Venditti 19 Shelby Township 25 Miss St Clair Shores Tap Dance Dirty Orchestra by Black Violin2011 Elizabeth Wertenberger 20 Dundee 22 Miss Southwest Dance Don t Stop Believin Quality of Life Award 2nd runner up2010 Katie Lynn LaRoche Bay City 23 Miss Capital City Contemporary Dance Calls Me Home Miss CongenialityQuality of Life Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant2009 Nicole Blaszczyk 21 Novi 21 22 21 Miss Wayne County Lyrical Dance Lifetime Non finalist Talent AwardPreliminary Talent Award2008 Ashlee Baracy 22 Westland 21 23 Miss Wayne County Jazz Dance Top 10 Miss America ScholarQuality of Life Award 1st runner up 1st runner up at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant2007 Gina Valo Ann Arbor Miss West Michigan Fiddle Did not compete originally 1st runner up later assumed the title after Haglund won Miss America 20082nd runner up at National Sweetheart 2006 pageantKirsten Haglund 23 Farmington Hills 19 21 Miss Oakland County Vocal Over the Rainbow Winner 24 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944 Iora June Victor 25 2006 Angela Corsi Farmington Hills 24 Miss Heart of Michigan Contemporary Dance en Pointe Sway 4th runner up at National Sweetheart 2004 pageant3rd runner up at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant2005 Octavia Reese 21 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 pageant2003 Madonna Kimberly Emond Livonia 22 Miss Great Lakes Jazz Dance On Broadway Top 15 3rd runner up at National Sweetheart 2001 pageantPreviously National Sweetheart 20022002 Erin Moss 21 Stevensville 21 Miss Southwest Michigan Flute Riverdance 2001 Stacy Essebaggers 21 Whitehall 21 Miss Great Lakes Clogging Rhythm Of The Night From Moulin Rouge Soundtrack Top 102000 Che vonne Burton 21 Detroit 18 Miss Redford Township Vocal Medley This Can t Be Love amp Almost Like Being in Love Top 10 Previously Miss Michigan Teen USA 19971999 Audrie Chernauckas 26 Livonia 23 Miss Redford Township Ballet en Pointe Medley from Titanic Publicly condemned state assemblymen for improper spending of the state s 8 5 billion tobacco settlement on smoking causation programs 26 Appeared in a 2011 episode of House Hunters with husband and young son citation needed Performed for The Rockettes and Siegfried and Roy 18 1998 Laura Welling 23 Miss Washtenaw County Gymnastic Dance Selection from Jurassic Park1997 Kimberly Stec 26 Rochester 22 Jazz Dance And I Am Telling You I m Not Going 1996 Jennifer Lynn Drayton 26 Saginaw 22 Miss Great Lakes Classical Piano Piano Sonata No 23 by Beethoven1995 Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan Jackson 23 Miss Redford Township Vocal Half a Moment from By Jeeves1994 Maria Malay Kamara 26 Zeeland 24 Miss Heart of Michigan Classical Vocal Sempre libera from La traviata Non finalist Talent Award1993 Stacey Gail Heisler 26 Livonia 23 Miss Great Lakes Violin It Don t Mean a Thing If It Ain t Got That Swing Quality of Life Award 1st runner up1992 Terri Sue Liford 26 Monroe 24 Miss Monroe County Popular Vocal Only You Quality of Life Award 2nd runner up1991 Sandra Kay Metiva Saginaw 25 Miss Northern Michigan Vocal Amazing Grace Non finalist Talent Award1990 Victoria Lynn Fair Jackson 21 Miss Jackson County Classical Vocal Habanera 1989 Margaret Jan McIntyre 27 Monroe 24 Miss Monroe County Ballet Carmen1988 Krista Ann Blomgren Livonia 22 Miss Heart of Michigan Oboe Polovetsian Dances Top Ten Finalist Grammy Educator Award 7X Semi Finalist Grammy Educator Award 2017 50 Most Influential Music Educators in the U S Pi Kappa Lamba Guest Conductor Band Adjudicator 1989 International Spokesmodel for the Cultured Pearl Industry1987 Melanie Ester Churella Farmington Hills Miss Farmington Did not compete later assumed the title after Rafko won Miss America 1988Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Monroe 23 Miss Monroe County Hawaiian Tahitian Dance Winner 28 Preliminary Swimsuit Award1986 Kelly Lynn Garver Farmington Hills 23 Miss Farmington Fiddle Medley Orange Blossom Special amp New Country 3rd runner up Preliminary Talent Award1985 Alecia Rae Masalkoski Muskegon 23 Miss Muskegon County Karate Kata Top 10 Holds a black belt in karate citation needed Later Miss Indiana USA 1987 citation needed 1984 Barbara Jean Crandall Lawrence 21 Miss Southwest Michigan Ventriloquism Auctioneer s Song Non finalist Talent Award1983 Denise Gehman Waterford 20 Miss West Bloomfield Vocal Medley Love Is a Many Splendored Thing amp Show Me from My Fair Lady1982 Kathy Lou Pennington Jackson 25 Miss Heart of Michigan Vocal God Bless the Child 1981 Gwen Roberta Brown 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 Jane Wright 29 Saginaw 19 Miss Saginaw Vocal The Music and the Mirror from A Chorus Line Non finalist Talent Award1978 Suzanne Schemm Essexville 21 Miss Van Buren County Vocal Dance All That Jazz 1977 Holly Schmidt Farmington Hills 18 Miss Farmington Piano Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 1976 Diane Kay Hansen Berrien Center 23 Miss Southwest Michigan Piano Medley My Country Tis of Thee Dixie amp Yankee Doodle 1975 Julie Ann Beckers 29 Allegan 18 Miss Allegan County Dance amp Speech Zarathustra 1974 Susan Lillian Short Kalamazoo 23 Miss Heart of Michigan Semi classical Vocal Love Is Where You Find It 1973 Sherry Agnello St Clair Shores 19 Miss St Clair Shores Vocal I d Rather Be Blue 1972 Terri Cousino Erie 19 Miss Monroe County Vocal How Can I Wait Non finalist Talent Award1971 Linda Susan Kish Allen Park 19 Miss Taylor Vocal As Long as He Needs Me Non finalist Talent Award1970 Ginger Myers Lincoln Park 21 Miss Ann Arbor Vocal Wicked Man 1969 Sandra Gillespie Hastings 20 Miss Michigan State University Did not compete later assumed the title after Eldred won Miss America 1970Pamela Eldred 30 Birmingham 31 21 Miss Detroit Ballet Love Theme from Romeo amp Juliet Winner 32 1968 Darlene Kurant 31 Muskegon 19 Miss Muskegon Vocal I ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 1967 Toni Jo Abbenante East Grand Rapids 19 Miss Michigan Junior College Dramatic Reading Then You ll Remember Me by Grace Atkinson Non finalist Talent Award1966 Nancy Ackert 33 Battle Creek 19 Miss Battle Creek Vocal Medley from Annie Get Your Gun Assumed title when original winner Gayle Chancey was disqualified prior to Miss America 1967 pageant citation needed 1965 Esther Lynne Smith Portage 19 Miss Western Michigan University Classical Vocal Non finalist Talent Award Born Vlaardingen Netherlands citation needed 1964 Sarah Jane Noble East Lansing 18 Miss East Lansing Free Exercise Routine Non finalist Talent Award1963 Kathleen McLaughlin Ishpeming 22 Miss Upper Michigan Dramatic Presentation Western Star by Stephen Vincent Benet1962 Carole Van Valin Roscommon 18 Miss Roscommon Dramatic Reading Joe s Pal Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award 34 1961 Karen Southway Wyoming 18 Miss Wyoming Vocal Someone to Watch Over Me 1960 Donna Sheppard 18 Miss Dowagiac Did not compete later assumed the title after Fleming won Miss America 1961Nancy Fleming Montague 18 Miss White Lake Presentation of Dress Design Winner 35 Preliminary Swimsuit AwardPreliminary Talent Award tie 1959 Ann Penelope Marston Wyandotte 21 Miss Detroit Archery Demonstration Preliminary Talent Award1958 Patience Pierce Detroit Drama Meet Christobel 1957 Valerie Strong Williamsburg Miss Williamsburg Piano Brazil 1956 Shirley Swanson Muskegon Miss Muskegon Monologue Non finalist Talent Award1955 Margaret Devereaux Howell Miss Howell Piano Flight of the Bumblebee 1954 Janice Hutton Somers Lansing Miss Lansing Vocal You Made Me Love You 4th runner up Preliminary Talent Award tie Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was an unusual pattern in the judging 36 37 1953 Velva Irene Robbins Dowagiac Miss Dowagiac Speech Education 1952 Karol Dragomir Benton Harbor Miss Benton Harbor Vocal I ll Walk Alone Previously married to actor Peter Palmer1951 Delores Maria Berruezo St Clair Shores Miss St Clair Shores Dance First Latina Miss Michigan citation needed 1950 Bette Lou Pittman Owosso Miss Owosso Monologue I Like Americans 1949 Dolores Jane Motter Dearborn Miss Dearborn Ceramic Exhibition amp Piano Top 151948 Doris Evelyn Johnson Detroit Miss Detroit Vocal Worry Worry Worry Top 15 Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantLinda Carroll Grand Rapids Miss Michigan Impersonations of famous people1947 Jane Rose Foster Detroit Miss Detroit Vocal My Dream Came True Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantPeggy Ellsworth Reed City Miss Michigan Vocal He s Funny That Way 1946 Constance Liddicoat Detroit Miss Detroit Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantRuth Margaret Lenfestey New Baltimore 20 Miss Michigan1945 Barbara Lee Smith Detroit Miss Detroit Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantTherese Mary Sullivan Miss Michigan1944 Iora June Victor Miss Detroit Vocal Goodnight Wherever You Are Grandmother of Miss Michigan 2007 and Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund 25 Beverly Bennett Detroit Miss Michigan Vocal Stormy Weather Top 12 Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant1943 Ruby Jean Telfer Detroit Miss Detroit1942 Patricia Hill Detroit Miss Detroit Comedic Recitation 2nd runner up1941 Gerry Marcoux Detroit Miss Detroit Top 151940 Monnie Drake Detroit Miss Detroit Vocal Bill 2nd runner up Preliminary Talent Award tie 1939 Patricia Donnelly Detroit 19 Miss Detroit Vocal Bass Fiddle To You amp Ol Man Mose Winner 38 1938 Marjorie Jackson Detroit Miss Detroit Competed under local title at national pageant1937 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant 39 1936 June Ursula Forbes Flint Miss Flint Competed under local title at national pageant1935 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant 40 1934 No national pageant was held 41 1933 Barbara Strand Top 181932 No national pageants were held 41 193119301929 Loraine Budge McVey citation needed N A No national Miss America pageant held 41 1928 No national pageant was held 41 1927 Charlotte Jane Lowe Miss Battle Creek N A 42 Top 15 Multiple Michigan representativesCompeted under local title at national pageantRuth Bushroe Miss FlintFlorence Nina Clement Miss KalamazooMargherite Strang Miss LansingMargaret Tinney Miss PontiacCharlotte Elaine Bowman Miss Saginaw1926 Gertrude Fisher Miss Battle Creek Multiple Michigan representativesContestants competed under local title at Miss America pageantRuth Mae Fowler Miss DetroitJoyce Jean Hurd Miss Lansing Top 151925 Jane Porter citation needed Miss Detroit Top 15 citation needed Competed under local title at Miss America pageant1924 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant 43 1923 M Beth Madson 44 Detroit Miss Detroit N A 42 Competed under local title at national pageant1922 M Beth Madson 45 Evening Dress Award Second Prize 46 1921 No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant 47 References edit Gamble Audra June 18 2023 Miss Michigan 2023 is Miss Spirit of the State Maya Schuhknecht M Live Retrieved June 11 2023 Vivian Zhong crowned Miss Michigan 2021 mlive 2021 06 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