Miss Nebraska
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nebraska USA
The Miss Nebraska competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss America pageant.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Molly McGrath | Omaha | Miss Sarpy County | Preliminary Swimsuit | Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 2001 | |
| 2005 | Kelly Keiser | Gothenburg | Miss Lincoln | |||
| 2004 | Brook Matthews | Blair | Miss Omaha | |||
| 2003 | Jane Noseworthy | Bellevue | Miss Omaha | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Krista Knicely | Omaha | Miss Douglas County | |||
| 2001 | Christina Foehlinger | Ralston | Miss Tri-Cities | Top 20 Semi-finalist | ||
| 2000 | Jill Pennington | Omaha | Miss Great Plains | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1999 | Becky Smith | Omaha | Miss Omaha | |||
| 1998 | Jenny Lemmerman | West Point | Miss Great Plains | |||
| 1997 | Kendra Quandt | Davenport | Miss Western Nebraska | Non-finalist Talent Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1996 | Rachel White | Columbus | Miss Great Plains | |||
| 1995 | Myra Katherine Hale | Lincoln | Miss Omaha | Non-finalist Talent Award, 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1994 | Jennifer Love | North Platte | Miss High Plains | |||
| 1993 | Mary Lynn Schnitzler | Battle Creek | Miss Norfolk Area | |||
| 1992 | Natalie Kuijvenhoven | Lincoln | Miss Great Plains | |||
| 1991 | Vicki Linn Train | Grand Island | Miss Gothenburg | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Michelle Ebadi | Omaha | Miss Western Nebraska | |||
| 1989 | Kristi Hilliard | Ogallala | Miss Great Plains | |||
| 1988 | Jodi Miller | Omaha | Miss Omaha | Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 1986 | ||
| 1987 | Mindee Zimmerman | Norfolk | Miss Kearney Area | |||
| 1986 | Donna Scheiffer | Columbus | Miss Columbus Area | |||
| 1985 | Julie Meusburger | Lincoln | Miss River City | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Allison Boyd | Nebraska City | Miss University of Nebraska | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Kristin Lowenberg | Kearney | Miss Kearney Area | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Sandra Haschke | Humphrey | Miss Lincoln Area | |||
| 1981 | Jill Pershing | Lincoln | Miss Lincoln | |||
| 1980 | Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | Miss University of Nebraska | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Kathryn Ann Saathoff | Fremont | Miss Midland Lutheran College | |||
| 1978 | Guylyn Remmenga | Elwood | Miss University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award(tie) | Previously the National Sweetheart Pageant winner in 1976 |
| 1977 | Linda Kay Hallstrom | Omaha | Miss Eastern Nebraska Area | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1976 | Marion Catherine Watson | Omaha | ||||
| 1975 | Janet Kay Goode | Omaha | Miss Omaha | |||
| 1974 | Sharon Sue Pelc | Johnstown | Miss Ord | |||
| 1973 | Sandy Cramer | Omaha | Miss Omaha | |||
| 1972 | Jeanine Giller | Omaha | Miss Omaha | |||
| 1971 | Sally Lou Warner | Bushnell | Miss Kimball | |||
| 1970 | Debra May Sullivan | Omaha | Miss Omaha | |||
| 1969 | Jane Deliese Briggeman | Seward | Miss York | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1968 | Diane Boldt | Omaha | Miss Kearney | |||
| 1967 | Terry Lee Schmidt | Lincoln | Miss University of Nebraska | |||
| 1966 | Patricia Lee Van Horne | Lincoln | Miss Lincoln | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Karen Hansmeire | Ogallala | Miss Ogallala | |||
| 1964 | Sandra Lee Rice | Cozad | Miss Lexington | |||
| 1963 | Donna Marie Black | Broken Bow | Miss Grand Island | Featured Performer for the 1964 Miss America Pageant telecast | ||
| 1962 | Mary Jepson | Papillion | Miss Papillion | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | Featured performer on the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast |
| 1961 | Nancy Lee Foreman | Albion | Miss Albion | |||
| 1960 | Cheryl Ann Jaeke | Shelton | Miss Grand Island | |||
| 1959 | Joan Arolyn Sipes | Columbus | ||||
| 1958 | Sherry Johnson | Omaha | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1957 | Katherine L. Nielsen | Lincoln | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Diane Knotek | Lincoln | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1955 | Sandra Spiecher | Omaha | ||||
| 1954 | Sue Welch Fisher | Kearney | ||||
| 1953 | Diana Louise Hann | Lincoln | ||||
| 1952 | Helen Francis Burhorn | Omaha | ||||
| 1951 | Geraldine Elseman | Omaha | ||||
| 1950 | Jinx Burrus | Crete | ||||
| 1949 | Vanita Mae Brown | Omaha | ||||
| 1948 | Betty Love Booth | Fremont | ||||
| Serena McKinney* | ||||||
| 1947 | Madalyn Joyce King* | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1946 | Marjorie Ann Hanson* | |||||
| 1942 | Clarie Buglewicz | |||||
| 1938 | Emmajane Newby | Humboldt | ||||
| 1937 | Ruth Lenore Jones | Nebraska City | ||||
| 1926 | Anne Kathleen Fouca* | |||||
| 1925 | Myrtle Roach* | Top 15 Semi-finalist |
- Competed in Miss America pageant as Miss Omaha
[edit] External links
| Nebraska Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Nebraska |
Miss USA Miss Nebraska USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Nebraska Teen USA |
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