Miss Florida
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Florida USA
The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Famous Miss Florida titleholders include actress Delta Burke, who won Miss Florida 1974. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Allison Kreiger | Miami | Miss Miami | |||
| 2005 | Mari Wilensky | Jacksonville | Miss University of Florida | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Assumed the crown after Candace Cragg relinquished the title | |
| Candace Cragg | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville | ||||
| 2004 | Jenna Edwards | Miami | Miss Winter Park | Preliminary Swimsuit Award;Finalist for Quality of Life Award | Later Miss Florida USA 2007 | |
| 2003 | Shauna Pender* | Miss St. Petersburg | ||||
| Ericka Dunlap | Orlando | Miss City Beautiful | Winner | Finals Evening Gown Award; Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Katherine Carson | Sarasota | Miss Largo | |||
| 2001 | Kelly Gaudet | Miami | Miss Largo | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 1996 |
| 2000 | Candace Rodatz | Orange Park | Miss First Coast | |||
| 1999 | Kelli Meierhenry | Orlando | Miss University of Central Florida | |||
| 1998 | Lissette Gonzalez | Miami | Miss Miami | 2nd Runner up | Bernice Wayne Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1997 | Christy Neuman | Jacksonville | Miss University of North Florida | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1996 | Jamie Bolding | Lakeland | Miss Mount Dora | Non-Finalist Talent Award, Nonfinalist Interview Award | ||
| 1995 | Kristin Ludecke | Eustis | Miss Central Florida | Later Miss Florida USA 2000 | ||
| 1994 | Megan Welch | DeLand | Miss Mount Dora | Non Finalist Interview Award | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1993 | |
| 1993 | Nicole Padgett | Fort Myers | Miss Tampa | |||
| 1992 | Melinda Miller* | Miss Altamonte Springs | ||||
| Leanza Cornett | Jacksonville | Miss Winter Park | Winner | Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1991 | ||
| 1991 | Mary Ann Olson | Sarasota | Miss Manatee County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Dana Rinehart Dalton | Orlando | Miss Orlando | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1989 | Sandra Joanne Frick | Hialeah | Miss Coral Springs | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Melissa Aggeles | St. Petersburg | Miss Manatee County | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit | National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1987 |
| 1987 | Jennifer Anne Sauder | Homestead | Miss Homestead | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1986 | Molly Pesce | Longwood | Miss Seminole County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Monica Farrell | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville University | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Florida USA 1988 (3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988) | |
| 1984 | Lisa Valdez | Bradenton | Miss Manatee County | |||
| 1983 | Kim Boyce | Bradenton | Miss Manatee County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Deanna Pitman | Apopka | Miss Sanford | |||
| 1981 | Dean Herman | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville | |||
| 1980 | Caroline Dungan | Bradenton | Miss Manatee County | |||
| 1979 | Marti Sue Phillips | Tampa | Miss Manatee County | 4th Runner up | ||
| 1978 | Wendy Sue Cheatham | Miss Lee County | Assumed the crown after Carolyn Cline relinquished the title | |||
| Carolyn Cline | Brandon | Miss Tampa | 2nd Runner up | Preliminary Talent | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1973 | |
| 1977 | Cathy La Belle | Tampa | Miss Tampa | 4th Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Nancy Stafford | Ft. Lauderdale | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | |||
| 1975 | Ann Schmalzried | Ft. Lauderdale | Miss University of Florida | Top 10 Semi-finalist | David B Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1974 | Delta Burke | Orlando | Miss Orlando | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Ellen Meade | Bradenton | Miss Manatee County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Suzanne Charles | Ft. Lauderdale | Miss Miami | |||
| 1971 | Barbara Jo Ivey | Winter Park | Miss Winter Park | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Lisa Donovan | Sarasota | Miss Sarasota | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Featured singer at 1971 and 1973 Miss America pageants, toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1969 | Lynne Edea Topping | Marco Island | Miss Dade County | |||
| 1968 | Linda Fitts | Panama City | Miss Panama City | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1967 | Dawn Lauree Cashwell | Pensacola | Miss Pensacola | 4th Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1966 | Christine Torgeson | Miss Manatee County | Assumed the crown after Diane Colston relinquished the title | |||
| Diane Colston | Sarasota | Miss Sarasota | Top 10 | |||
| 1965 | Carol Lynn Blum | Miami Beach | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | 3rd Runner up | ||
| 1964 | Priscilla Schnarr | Hollywood | Miss Hollywood | |||
| 1963 | Flora Jo Chandonnet | North Miami | Miss Miami | |||
| 1962 | Gloria Brody | Jacksonville | Miss Jacksonville | |||
| 1961 | Sherry Grimes | Sarasota | Miss Sarasota | |||
| 1960 | Kathy Magda | Ft. Lauderdale | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | |||
| 1959 | Nancy Rae Purvis | Bradenton | Miss Manatee County | |||
| 1958 | Dianne Tauscher | Orlando | Miss Orlando | |||
| 1957 | Dorothy Maria Steiner | Boca Raton | Miss Boca Raton | 4th Runner up | ||
| 1956 | Sally Fisher | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | |||
| 1955 | Sandra Wirth | Miami | Miss Miami | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1954 | Ann Gloria Daniel | Dade City | Miss Dade City | 1st Runner up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1953 | Marjorie Simmons | Tampa | Miss Tampa | |||
| 1952 | Marcia Crane | Orlando | Miss Orlando | |||
| 1951 | Mary Elizabeth Godwin | Gainesville | Miss Gainesville | 4th Runner up | ||
| 1950 | Janet Ruth Crockett | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | 2nd Runner up | ||
| 1949 | Shirley Ann Rhodes | Tampa | Miss Tampa | |||
| 1948 | Rosemary Carpenter | Miami Beach | Miss Miami | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1947 | Eula Ann McGehee | St. Petersburg | Miss St. Petersburg | |||
| 1946 | Jacquelyn Jennings | Miami | Miss Coral Gables | Top 10 | ||
| 1945 | Virginia Freeland | Miami | Miss Miami | 3rd Runner up | ||
| 1944 | Virginia Warlen | Miami | Miss Miami | 2nd Runner up | Preliminary Talent Award & Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1943 | Muriel Elizabeth Smith | Miami | Miss Miami | 1st Runner up | ||
| 1942 | Eileen Irma Knapp | Miami | Miss Miami | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1941 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | Miss Miami | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1939 | Rose Marie Magrill | Miami | Miss Miami | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1938 | Mary Joyce Walsh | Miami | Miss Miami | |||
| 1936 | Norma Crim | |||||
| 1935 | Elizabeth Hull | Plant City | Miss Plant City | Semi-finalist |
* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America
[edit] External links
| Florida Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Florida |
Miss USA Miss Florida USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Florida Teen USA |
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