Miss District of Columbia
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss District of Columbia USA
The Miss District of Columbia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant. The District has twice won the title of Miss America.
The District of Columbia pageant, which was suspended for some years during the 1990s, is unusual in that many winners come from outside the district. Women are eligible to compete for the title if they attend school, work or are ordinarily resident in the District, and many students who have won the title come from out-of-state.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kate Michael | Washington | Named "The Most Beautiful Person on Capitol Hill" in July, 2005 by The Hill | ||
| 2005 | Shannon Schambeau | Washington | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 2004 | Therese Lizardo | Watchung, New Jersey | |||
| 2003 | Lisa Ferris | Portland, Oregon | |||
| 2002 | Sarah-Elizabeth Langford | Atlanta, Georgia | Later Miss District of Columbia USA 2005 | ||
| 2001 | Marshawn Evans | Arlington, Virginia | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Interview Award | Contestant on The Apprentice 4 |
| 2000 | Rashida Jolley | Washington | |||
| 1999 | Toyia Taylor | Washington | |||
| 1998 | Nicole Messina | Waterford, New Jersey | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent | |
| 1997 | Sonya Gavankar | Joliet, Illinois | |||
| ... | |||||
| 1989 | Donya Rose | Washington | |||
| 1988 | Patricia Morrin | Washington | |||
| 1987 | Cheryl Chapman | Arlington, Virginia | |||
| 1986 | Karen Watson | Arlington, Virginia | |||
| 1985 | Cherie Ward | Adelphi, Maryland | |||
| 1984 | Desiree Keating | Silver Spring, Maryland | Future Miss District of Columbia USA 1986 | ||
| ... | |||||
| 1963 | Rosanne Tueller | McLean, Virginia | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1962 | Ann Verner | Arlington, Virginia | |||
| 1961 | Scarlett Shinault | Silver Spring, Maryland | |||
| 1960 | Ruth Rea | Chevy Chase, Maryland | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1959 | Virginia Pailes | Hyattsville, Maryland | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1958 | Lee Berkow | ||||
| 1957 | June Cook | ||||
| 1956 | Margo Lucey | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1955 | Judith Dunkle | ||||
| 1954 | Linda Weisbrod | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1953 | Helen Smith | voted Miss Congeniality (tie) | |||
| 1952 | Iris Fitch | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1951 | June Klein | ||||
| 1950 | Sandra Stahl | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1949 | Mary Hayes | ||||
| 1948 | Joann Miller | ||||
| 1947 | Margaret Wilson | ||||
| 1946 | Jeanne Carlson | ||||
| 1945 | Dorothy Powell | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1944 | Venus Ramey | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1943 | Dixie Rafter | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1942 | Marilyn Makin | ||||
| 1941 | Jean Cavanaugh | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1940 | Catherine Howe | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1939 | Evelyn Foster | ||||
| 1938 | Dorothy Parker | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1937 | Helen Greene | ||||
| 1936 | Shirley Schwartz | ||||
| 1935 | Helen Clum | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1933 | Rita Burns | ||||
| 1927 | Gladys Cookman | ||||
| 1926 | Marjorie Joesting | ||||
| 1925 | Abbie Eagan | ||||
| 1924 | Helen Sweeney | ||||
| 1923 | Lorraine Bunch | ||||
| 1922 | Ina Reed | ||||
| 1921 | Margaret Gorman | Winner |
[edit] External links
| District of Columbia Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss District of Columbia |
Miss USA Miss District of Columbia USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss District of Columbia Teen USA |
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