Miss Kansas
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Kansas USA
The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Michelle Walthers | Towanda | Miss Augusta | |||
| 2005 | Adrienne Rosel | Liberal | Miss Wichita | |||
| 2004 | Megan Bushell | Wichita | Miss Wheat Capital | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 2003 | Angelea Busby | Lenexa | Miss Cheney Lake | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Jeanne Anne Schroeder | Hutchinson | Miss Chisholm Trail | |||
| 2001 | Kimberlee Grice | Ulysses | Miss Kaw Valley | |||
| 2000 | Amy Lea Shaw | Derby | Miss Arkansas Valley | |||
| 1999 | Leah Darby | Derby | Miss Derby | |||
| 1998 | Jennifer Vannatta | Leawood | Miss Greater Kansas City | Part of the Vanbros group that directs Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants | ||
| 1997 | Lesley Moss | Hoxie | Miss Greater Kansas City | |||
| 1996 | Jennifer Parks | assumed title when Tara Holland became Miss America | ||||
| Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1995 | ||
| 1995 | Amy Keller | Great Bend | Miss Heartland | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1994 | Tricia Schaffer | Liberal | Miss Southwest | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously was Kansas' Junior Miss 1990 |
| 1993 | Lori Minnix | Lawrence | Miss KU/Lawrence | |||
| 1992 | Pamela McKelvy | Kansas City | Miss Greater Kansas City | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1991 | Robbin Lee Wasson | Lenexa | Miss Greater Kansas City | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1990 | Kimberly Dugger | Wichita | Miss Wichita | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Jennifer Lyn Hedrick | Derby | Miss Fort Scott | |||
| 1988 | Candice Cae Pyle | Dodge City | Miss Dodge City | |||
| 1987 | Sherri Lee Mayer | Brewster | Miss Harvey County | |||
| 1986 | Heather Lynn Clark | Benton | Miss Wichita | |||
| 1985 | Carolyn Jo Kirgis | Salina | Miss Blue Stem | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Lee Cobb | Wichita | Miss Lawrence | |||
| 1983 | Laura Lynn Watters | Colby | Miss Emporia State University | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Lisa Marie Berwick | Valley Center | Miss Wheatland | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Holmstrom | Wichita | Miss Wichita | |||
| 1980 | K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | Miss Center City | |||
| 1979 | Michelle Elaine Whitson | Mission | Miss Topeka | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1978 | Lori Ann Bergen | Salina | Miss Salina | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1977 | Jill Dirks | Wichita | Miss Wichita | |||
| 1976 | Linda Hall | Hill City | Miss Frontier | *wife of former US Senator Tom Daschle | ||
| 1975 | Jana Lynn Salmans | Hanston | Miss Colby Community College | |||
| 1974 | Karen Dianne Smith | Shawnee | Miss Shawnee | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1973 | Jane Schulte | Hays | Miss Fort Hays State College | |||
| 1972 | Cindy Lee Sikes | Wichita | Miss Wichita | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | starred as Dr. Annie Canavero on St. Elsewhere |
| 1971 | Sandy Rings | Topeka | Miss Topeka | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Linda Susan Edds | Manhattan | Miss Manhattan | |||
| 1969 | Margo Sue Schroeder | Hillsboro | Miss Marion County Fair | |||
| 1968 | Jane Kathryn Bair | Parsons | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | |||
| 1967 | Kandee Kae Kline | assumed the title when Debra Barnes became Miss America | ||||
| Debra Dene Barnes | Moran | Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1966 | Betty Louise Fox | Emporia | Miss Emporia | |||
| 1965 | Mimi Frink | assumed the title when Deborah Bryant became Miss America | ||||
| Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park | Miss Overland Park | Winner | Preliminary Swimuit Award | ||
| 1964 | Margene Savage | Florence | Miss Marion County Fair | |||
| 1963 | Karen Raye Schwartz | Pratt | Miss Wichita | |||
| 1962 | Beverly June Wood | Prairie Village | Miss Kansas City | |||
| 1961 | Carolyn Jane Parkinson | Scott City | Miss Lawrence | |||
| 1960 | Gayla Leigh Shoemake | El Dorado | Miss El Dorado | Miss Kansas State University, 1959 | ||
| 1959 | Sharon O'Neal | Kansas City | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Sharon Whitacre | Mission | ||||
| 1957 | Georgiana Rundel | Axtell | ||||
| 1956 | Mary Ann McGrew | Wellington | Finalist | |||
| 1955 | Gail White | Arkansas City | ||||
| 1954 | Phyllis Danielson | Wichita | ||||
| 1953 | Joann Milnar | Hutchinson | ||||
| 1952 | Kay Ann Goforth | McPherson | ||||
| 1950 | Anabel Baker | Wichita | ||||
| 1949 | Shirley Hargiss | Topeka | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1948 | Vera J. Ralston | Wichita | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1947 | Ruth Ellen Richmond | Fort Scott | Miss Pittsburg | |||
| 1946 | Joyce Blakemore | Liberal | ||||
| 1944 | Grace Louise Pittman | Wichita | ||||
| 1939 | Rosemary Winslow | Salina | ||||
| 1938 | Blanche Webb | Humboldt | ||||
| 1937 | Lucia Benton | Norton | Semi-finalist |
[edit] External links
| Kansas Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Kansas |
Miss USA Miss Kansas USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Kansas's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Kansas Teen USA |
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