Miss America
The Miss America pageant started in the earlier 1920s and was held every fall in Atlantic City, New Jersey until 2006 when it was held in January in Las Vegas. The prizes, along with the title of "Miss America", consist primarily of scholarship money. Bert Parks famously hosted the Miss America pageant from 1954-1979.
The most recent holder of the title of Miss America 2010 is Caressa Cameron (pictured), Miss Virginia.
| Year | Miss America | State | 1st Runner Up |
| 2010 | Caressa Cameron | Virginia | Kristy Cavinder (Miss California) |
| 2009 | Katie Stam | Indiana | Chastity Hardman (Miss Georgia) |
| 2008 | Kirsten Haglund | Michigan | Nicole Elizabeth Rash (Miss Indiana) |
| 2007 | Lauren Nelson | Oklahoma | Shilah Phillips (Miss Texas) |
| 2006 | Jennifer Berry | Oklahoma | Monica Pong (Miss Georgia) |
| 2004 | Deidre Downs | Alabama | Jennifer Dupont (Miss Louisiana) |
| 2004 | Ericka Dunlap | Florida | |
| 2003 | Erika Harold | Illinois | |
| 2002 | Katie Harman | Oregon | |
| 2001 | Angela Perez Baraquio | Hawaii | |
| 2000 | Heather French | Kentucky | |
| 1999 | Nicole Johnson | Virginia | |
| 1998 | Kate Shindle | Illinois | |
| 1997 | Tara Holland | Kansas | |
| 1996 | Shawntel Smith | Oklahoma | |
| 1995 | Heather Whitestone | Alabama | |
| 1994 | Kimberly Aiken | South Carolina | |
| 1993 | Leanza Cornett | Florida | |
| 1992 | Carolyn Sapp | Hawaii | |
| 1991 | Marjorie Vincent | Illinois | |
| 1990 | Debbye Turner | Missouri | |
| 1989 | Gretchen Carlson | Minnesota | |
| 1988 | Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Michigan | |
| 1987 | Kellye Cash | Tennessee | |
| 1986 | Susan Akin | Mississippi | |
| 1985 | Sharlene Wells | Utah | |
| 1984 | Suzette Charles | New Jersey | |
| 1984 | Vanessa Williams | New York | |
| 1983 | Debra Maffett | California | |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Ward | Arkansas | |
| 1981 | Susan Powell | Oklahoma | |
| 1980 | Cheryl Prewitt | Mississippi | |
| 1979 | Kylene Barker | Virginia | |
| 1978 | Susan Perkins | Ohio | |
| 1977 | Dorothy Benham | Minnesota | |
| 1976 | Tawny Godin | New York | |
| 1975 | Shirley Cothran | Texas | |
| 1974 | Rebecca King | Colorado | |
| 1973 | Terry Meeuwsen | Wisconsin | |
| 1972 | Laurel Lea Schaefer | Ohio | |
| 1971 | Phyllis George | Texas | |
| 1970 | Pamela Eldred | Michigan | |
| 1969 | Judith Ford | Illinois | |
| 1968 | Debra Barnes | Kansas | |
| 1967 | Jane Jayroe | Oklahoma | |
| 1966 | Deborah Bryant | Kansas | |
| 1965 | Vonda Van Dyke | Arizona | |
| 1964 | Donna Axum | Arkansas | |
| 1963 | Jacquelyn Mayer | Ohio | |
| 1962 | Maria Fletcher | North Carolina | |
| 1961 | Nancy Fleming | Michigan | |
| 1960 | Lynda Mead | Mississippi | |
| 1959 | Mary Ann Mobley | Mississippi | |
| 1958 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Colorado | |
| 1957 | Marian McKnight | South Carolina | |
| 1956 | Sharon Ritchie | Colorado | |
| 1955 | Lee Meriwether | California | |
| 1954 | Evelyn Ay | Pennsylvania | |
| 1953 | Neva Langley | Georgia | |
| 1952 | Colleen Hutchins | Utah | |
| 1951 | Yolande Betbeze | Alabama | |
| 1950 | NONE | ||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Arizona | |
| 1948 | BeBe Shopp | Minnesota | |
| 1947 | Barbara Walker | Tennessee | |
| 1946 | Marilyn Buferd | California | |
| 1945 | Bess Myerson | New York | |
| 1944 | Venus Ramey | District of Columbia | |
| 1943 | Jean Bartel | California | |
| 1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Texas | |
| 1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | California | |
| 1940 | Frances Burke | Pennsylvania | |
| 1939 | Patricia Donnelly | Michigan | |
| 1938 | Marilyn Meseke | Ohio | |
| 1937 | Bette Cooper | New Jersey | |
| 1936 | Rose Coyle | Pennsylvania | |
| 1935 | Henrietta Leaver | Pennsylvania | |
| 1934 | NONE | ||
| 1933 | Marian Bergeron | Connecticut | |
| 1927 | Lois Delander | Illinois | |
| 1926 | Norma Smallwood | Oklahoma | |
| 1925 | Fay Lanphier | California | |
| 1924 | Ruth Malcomson | Pennsylvania | |
| 1923 | Mary Katherine Campbell | Ohio | |
| 1922 | Mary Katherine Campbell | Ohio | |
| 1921 | Margaret Gorman | District of Columbia |
Every attempt is made to insure the accuracy of the above information, however accuracy is not guaranteed.
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