Miss America
Miss Congeniality Winners
NOTE: According to the Miss America Organization, the Miss Congeniality prize is not post-dated, unlike the winner's title.
1939: Mississippi—Doris Coggins
1940: No winner
1941: Oklahoma—Mifaunwey Shunatona
1942: Mississippi—Dorothy Fox
1943: Birmingham, Alabama—Toula Hagestratou
1944: Texas—Joyce Courrege
1945: British Columbia—Georgina Patterson
1946: New York State—Violet Miller
1947: Texas—Launa Lynn McClain
1948: Hawaii—Yun Tau Zane
1949: Montana—Carol Rosebelt Fraser & New Jersey—Betty Jane Crowley (tie)
1950: Hawaii—Dell-Fin Kalaupaona Poaha
1951:Hawaii—Claire Heen & Puerto Rico—Otilia Jimenez (tie)
1952: District of Columbia—Helen Fiske Smith &
Oklahoma—Shirley Maurine Barbour (tie)
1953: New Jersey—Patricia Ann Condon
1954: Illinois—Patsy (Pat) Bruce
1955: Hawaii—Barbara Mamo Vieira
1956: Vermont—Sandra Jean Simpson
1957: New Mexico—Glynnelle Hubbard
1958: Rhode Island—Ann Louise Willis
1959: Hawaii—Gordean Lellehua Lee
1960: New York State—Suzanne Jane Talbert
1961: California—Susan Ann Henryson & Puerto Rico—Rosita Giusti (tie)
1962: New Hampshire—Margaret (Peggy) Wass
1963: North Carolina—Jeanne Flinn Swanner
1964: Arizona—Vonda Kay Van Dyke
1965: Iowa—Marie Mushro
1966: Virginia—Linda Jo Maclin
1967: Arkansas—Sharon Ann Evans & Colorado—Tia Tyler & New Hampshire—Shiela Scott (3-way tie)
1968: New Mexico—Karen Jan Maciolek
1969: Nebraska—Jane Deliese Briggeman
1970: Indiana—Deborah May
1971: Delaware—Paula Kusmer
1972: Utah—Sally Peterson
1973: Hawaii—Kanow Lehua Kaume Heiwa
1974: Arkansas—Rhonda Kay Pope & Hawaii—Coline Helen Kaualoku Aiu (tie)
With thanks to Tim Schaffer, Steve Yonack, Ken Nelson, Sonya Gavankar, Christine Cerro, Eve Lynch and David Desper.
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