Year

Winner

State

1921

Margaret Gorman

District of Columbia

1922

Mary Campbell

Ohio

1923

Mary Campbell

Ohio

1924

Ruth Malcolmson

Pennsylvania

1925

Fay Lanphier

California

1926

Norma Smallwood

Oklahoma

1927

Lois Delaner

Illinois

1932

Dorothy Hann

New Jersey

1933

Marian Bergeron

Connecticut

1935

Henrietta Leaver

Pennsylvania

1936

Rose Coyle

Pennsylvania

1937

Bette Cooper

New Jersey

1938

Marilyn Meseke

Ohio

1939

Patricia Donnelly

Michigan

1940

Frances Marie Burke

Pennsylvania

1941

Rosemary LaPlanche

California

1942

Jo-Carroll Dennison

Texas

1943

Jean Bartel

California

1944

Venus Ramey

District of Columbia

1945

Bess Myerson

New York

1946

Marilyn Buferd

California

1947

Barbara Walker

Tennessee

1948

BeBe Shopp

Minnesota

1949

Jacque Mercer

Arizona

1951

Yolande Betbeze

Alabama

1952

Coleen Kay Hutchins

Utah

1953

Neva Jane Langley

Georgia

1954

Evelyn Margaret Ay

Pennsylvania

1955

Lee Meriwether

California

1956

Sharon Ritchie

Colorado

1957

Marian McKnight

South Carolina

1958

Marilyn Van Derbur

Colorado

1959

Mary Ann Mobley

Mississippi

1960

Lynda Lee Mead

Mississippi

1961

Nancy Fleming

Michigan

1962

Maria Fletcher

North Carolina

1963

Jacquelyn Mayer

Ohio

1964

Donna Axum

Arkansas

1965

Vonda Kay Van Dyke

Arizona

1966

Deborah Irene Bryant

Kansas

1967

Jane Anne Jayroe

Oklahoma

1968

Debra Dene Barnes

Kansas

1969

Judith Anne Ford

Illinois

1970

Pamela Anne Eldred

Michigan

1971

Phyllis Ann George

Texas

1972

Laurie Lea Schaefer

Ohio

1973

Terry Anne Meeuwsen

Wisconsin

1974

Rebecca Ann King

Colorado

1975

Shirley Cothran

Texas

1976

Tawny Elaine Godin

New York

1977

Dorothy Kathleen Benham

Minnesota

1978

Susan Perkins

Ohio

1979

Kylene Barker

Virginia

1980

Cheryl Prewitt

Mississippi

1981

Susan Powell

Oklahoma

1982

Elizabeth Ward

Arkansas

1983

Debra Maffett

California

1984

Vanessa Williams

New York

Resigned

1984

Suzette Charles

New Jersey

1st Runner-Up; became Miss America

1985

Sharlene Wells

Utah

1986

Susan Akin

Mississippi

1987

Kellye Cash

Tennessee

1988

Kaye Lani Rae Rafko

Michigan

1989

Gretchen Carlson

Minnesota

1990

Debbye Turner

Missouri

1991

Marjorie Judith Vincent

Illinois

1992

Carolyn Suzanne Sapp

Hawaii

1993

Leanza Cornett

Florida

1994

Kimberly Clarice Aiken

South Carolina

1995

Heather Whitestone

Alabama

1996

Shawntel Smith

Oklahoma

1997

Tara Dawn Holland

Kansas

1998

Katherine Shindle

Illinois

1999

Nicole Johnson

Virginia

2000

Heather French

Kentucky

2001

Angela Perez Baraquio

Hawaii

2002

Katie Harman

Oregon

2003

Erika Harold

Illinois

2004

Ericka Dunlap

Florida

2005

Deidre Downs

Alabama

2006

Jennifer Berry

Oklahoma

2007

Lauren Nelson

Oklahoma