Miss Arizona
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Arizona USA
The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hilary Griffith | Mesa | Miss Chandler | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | ||
| 2005 | Audrey Sibley | Sierra Vista | Miss San Marcos | |||
| 2004 | Katherine Kennedy | Tempe | Miss Twirling Athlete | |||
| 2003 | Corrie Hill | Gilbert | Miss Mesa | |||
| 2002 | Laura Lawless | Tempe | Miss Maricopa | Semi-finalist | Former New York's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 2001 | Kapri Rose | Gilbert | Miss Gilbert | |||
| 2000 | Kristen Vatt | Mesa | Miss Gilbert | |||
| 1999 | Lori Whiting | Mesa | Miss Desert Sun | |||
| 1998 | Leean Hendrix | Parker | Miss Tempe Buttes | |||
| 1997 | Stacey Momeyer | Phoenix | Miss Chandler | 3rd runner-up | Former National Sweetheart Winner 1995 | |
| 1996 | Erin Gingrich | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Cara Jackson | Chandler | Miss Chandler | Later Miss Arizona USA 1999 | ||
| 1994 | Stacy Agren | Mesa | Miss Mesa | |||
| 1993 | Amanda Murray | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1992 | Robyn Rayborn | Mesa | Miss Maricopa County | |||
| 1991 | Darsi Turner | Yuma | Miss Tucson | |||
| 1990 | Kimberly Hoskins | Yuma | Miss Yuma | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Tammy Kettunen | Chandler | Miss Maricopa County | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Lisa Mandel | Tucson | Miss Tucson | |||
| 1987 | Theresa Light | Tucson | Miss Western Maricopa County | |||
| 1986 | Terri Kettunen | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | |||
| 1985 | Diane Martin | Tucson | Miss Phoenix | Later Miss Arizona USA 1987 | ||
| 1984 | Rhonda White | Central | Miss Graham County Fair | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Nichols | Tempe | Miss Glendale | |||
| 1982 | Debra Daniels | Yuma | Miss Yuma County | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1981 | Sarah Tattersall | Scottsdale | Miss Arizona State University | |||
| 1980 | Brenda Strong | Tempe | Miss Valley West | Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives | ||
| 1979 | Pam Wenzel | Phoenix | Miss North Central Phoenix | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1978 | Susan Kohler | Tempe | Miss Arizona State University | |||
| 1977 | Cindy Glenn | Globe | Miss Globe | |||
| 1976 | Anne DeVarennes | Tucson | Miss Tucson | |||
| 1975 | Vickie Hall | successor to crown | ||||
| Stacey Peterson | Phoenix | Miss Tucson | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1974 | Mary Avilla | Glendale | Miss Maryvale | |||
| 1973 | Susan May | Kingman | Miss Coconino County | |||
| 1972 | Linda Gail Sirrine | Mesa | ||||
| 1971 | Celia Sklan | Scottsdale | Miss Mesa | |||
| 1970 | Karen Shields | Tucson | Miss University of Arizona | |||
| 1969 | Kathleen Ennis | Tucson | Miss Tucson | |||
| 1968 | Linda Johnson | Warren | Miss Cochise County Fair | |||
| 1967 | Bea Willis | Phoenix | Miss Maryvale | |||
| 1966 | Launa Gardner | Holbrook | Miss Navajo County Fair | |||
| 1965 | Sandra Montgomery | Yuma | Miss Yuma County Fair | |||
| 1964 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Winner | Miss Congeniality | Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality |
| 1963 | Susan Bergstrom | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1962 | Paula Lou Welch | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Nonfinalist Talent Award | ||
| 1961 | Susan Webb | Prescott | Miss Prescott | |||
| 1960 | Georgia Garbarino | Flagstaff | Miss Coconino County Fair | |||
| 1959 | Patricia Allebrand | Yuma | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1958 | Donna Riggs | Phoenix | ||||
| 1957 | Lynn Freyse | Tucson | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1956 | Barbara Hilgenberg | Tucson | Finalist | |||
| 1955 | Beth Andre | Phoenix | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1954 | Marjorie Nylund | Phoenix | ||||
| 1953 | Betty Lou Lindly | Tempe | ||||
| 1950 | Kathryn Lunsford | Phoenix | ||||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Litchfield | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1948 | Donna McElroy | |||||
| 1947 | Wanda Law | Tempe | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1938 | Anna Marie Barnett | Lowell | Semi-finalist |
[edit] External links
| Arizona Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Arizona |
Miss USA Miss Arizona USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Arizona Teen USA |
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