Miss America—Preliminary Talent Winners

NOTE: All years (1951-present) post-dated

Also check out the Miss America Preliminary Swimsuit Winners list and see who was a double-prelim winner!

1936
Birmingham, AL—Gloria Levings
California—Phyllis Hume Dobson
Philadelphia, PA—Rose Veronica Coyle

1937
California—Phyliss Randall
Massachusetts—Claire Nevulis
New York City, NY—Grace Travis

1938
Ashbury Park, NJ—Ruth Brady
Jacksonville, FL—Gloria Smiley
Utah—Muriel Goodspeed

1939
California—Marguerite Louise Skliris
Minnesota—Marion Rudeen
North Carolina—Margaret Wood

1940
District of Columbia—Catherine Virginia Howell
Michigan—Monnie Drake (tie)
Montana—Kay Kittendorf (tie)
Myrtle Beach, SC—Mary Eleanor Parish

1941
Birmingham, AL—Virginia MacGraw
North Carolina—Joey Augusta Paxton
Western Pennsylvania—Roselle Marie Hannon

1942
Cincinnati, OH—Barbara Patterson
New York—Marion Mosell
Texas—Jo-Carroll Dennison

1943
Boston, MA—Helena Frances Mack
California—Jean Bartel
Cincinnati, OH—Joan Hyldoft

1944
Birmingham, AL—Betty Jane Rase
District of Columbia—Venus Ramey
Florida—Virginia Warlen

1945
Birmingham, AL—Frances Dorn (tie)
California—Pony Ellis
Minnesota—Arlene Anderson
New York City, NY—Bess Myerson (tie)

1946
Alabama—Emma Dale Nunnally
Atlanta, GA—Jane Miller
Pennsylvania—Eleanor D. Kramer

1947
Memphis, TN—Barbara Jo Walker
Miami Beach, FL—Pepper Donna Shore
Minnesota—Elaine Mary Campbell

1948
Montana—Patti Anne Luer
Tennessee—Dorothy Jane Free
Utah—Marilyn Robinson

1949
Arizona—Jacque Mercer
Canada—Margaret Lynn Munn
Minnesota—Gloria Yvonne Burkhart

1951
Connecticut—Renee Roy
District of Columbia—Sandra Joanne Stahl
South Dakota—Irene O'Connor

1952
Alabama—Jeanne Moody
North Carolina—Lu Long Ogburn
Utah—Colleen Kay Hutchins

1953
District of Columbia—Iris Ann Fitch
Georgia—Neva Jane Langley
New York City, NY—Joan Elizabeth Kayne

1954
Delaware—Lois Ann Alava
South Dakota—Delores Jerde
Virginia—Anne Lee Ceglis

1955
District of Columbia—Linda Weisbrod
Michigan—Janice Hutton Somers (tie)
New York City, NY—Heather Jo Taferner (tie)
Ohio—Barbara Maxine Quinlan

1956
Alabama—Patricia Byrd Muddleston
Florida—Sandra Wirth
Massachusetts—Virginia Mafucci

1957
Alabama—Anne Stuart Ariall
Arkansas—Barabara Banks
Nebraska—Diane Knotek

1958
Indiana—Gloria Rupperecht
Missouri—Sara Ann Cooper
Oregon—Judith Hanson (tie)
Pennsylvania—Jennie Blatchford (tie)

1959
Alabama—Lee Thornberry
Connecticut—Billie June Turner
Mississippi—Mary Anne Mobley

1960
Connecticut—Diane Martha Klug(3-way tie)
District of Columbia—Virginia N. Pailes (3-way tie)
Illinois—Suzanne Ingeborg Johnson
Michigan—Ann Marston
Pennsylvania—Lois Janet Piercy (3-way tie)

1961
Alabama—Teresa Rinaldi (tie)
Indiana—Tommye Lou Glaze
Michigan—Nancy Fleming (tie)
Utah—Marian Faye Walker

1962
California—Susan Ann Henryson
Texas—Linda Jacklyn Loftis
Utah—Carolyn DeAnn Lasater

1963
Hawaii—Patricia Lei Anderson
Maryland—Beverly Ann Smith (tie)
Mississippi—Charlotte Ann Carroll
Nebraska—Mary Lee Jepson (tie)

1964
Alabama—Judith Antoinette Short
District of Columbia—Rosanne Tueller
Virginia—Dorcas Dara Campbell

1965
Alabama—Vicki Powers
Minnesota—Barbara Phyllis Hasselberg
North Dakota—Karen Victoria Kopseng

1966
Alabama—Linda Folsom
Indiana—Eileen Mary Smith
South Carolina—Nancy Moore

1967
California—Charlene Diane Dallas
Ohio—Sharon Elaine Phillian
Oklahoma—Jane Anne Jayroe

1968
Florida—Dawn Lauree Cashwell
Indiana—Mary Lynn Haglund
Rhode Island—Marilyn Gail Cocozza

1969
Florida—Linda Fitts
Illinois—Judith Anne "Judi" Ford
Virginia—Cherie Davis

1970
Minnesota—Judy Mendenhall
New Mexico—Patricia Brummet
Ohio—Kathy Lynn Baumann

1971
Alabama—Suzanne Dennie
Florida—Lisa Louise Donovan
Oklahoma—Judy Adams

1972
Georgia—Cynthia Cook (tie)
Kansas—Sandy Rings
Maine—Allyn E. Warner
Pennsylvania—Maureen Victoria Wimmer (tie)

1973
Delaware—Catherine Lawton
Louisiana—Debby Robert
Wisconsin—Terry Meeuwsen

1974
Illinois—Colleen Ann Metternich
Louisiana—Debbie Ward
Pennsylvania—Tina Louise Thomas

1975
Illinois—Jean Ahern
Kentucky—Darlene Compton
Tennessee—Deborah Humphreys Kincaid

1976
Massachusetts—Cynthia Carpenter
Montana—Diane Lynn Pacini
Ohio—Susan Kay Banks

1977
Minnesota—Dorothy Benham
New York—Sonja Beverly Anderson (tie)
Texas—Carmen McCollum (tie)
Virginia—Pamela Polk

1978
Florida—Catherine LaBelle
Ohio—Susan Perkins
Pennsylvania—Lynne Carol Grote

1979
Alabama—Teresa Cheatham
Florida—Carolyn Cline (tie)
Kansas—Lori Ann Bergen
Nebraska—Guylyn Elaine Remmenga (tie)

1980
Arizona—Pam Wenzel
New York—Keli Diane Krull
Ohio—Tani Kay Carli

1981
Alabama—Page Phillips
New York—Cheryl Flanagan
Oklahoma—Susan Powell (tie)
Washington—Doris Janell Hayes (tie)

1982
Illinois—Sandra Truitt
New York—Suzanne Alexander
Texas—Sheri Rhyman

1983
California—Debra Sue Maffett
Kentucky—Gwendolyn Witten
Mississippi—Dianne Evans

1984
Missouri—Barbara Webster
New Jersey—Suzette Charles
New York—Vanessa Williams

1985
Massachusetts—Margaret Marie O'Brien
Minnesota—Lauren Susan Green
New York—Mary-Ann Farrell

1986
Indiana—Laurie Broderick
Ohio—Suellen Cochran
Texas—Jonna Fitzgerald

1987
Michigan—Kelly Garver
Tennessee—Kellye Cash
Texas—Stephany Samone

1988
Louisiana—Patricia Brant
Nevada—Stacie James
Wisconsin—Maria Kim

1989
Minnesota—Gretchen Carlson
Oklahoma—Lori Lee Kelley
Utah—Sophia Symko

1990
Ohio—Kristin Huffman
Oklahoma—Tamara Denise Toshiko-Marler
South Carolina—Kimilee Karyn Bryant

1991
Illinois—Marjorie Judith Vincent
North Carolina—Scarlet Morgan
Texas—Suzanne Lawrence

1992
Iowa—Lisa Somodi
Maryland—Debra Fries
New York—Marisol Montalvo

1993
Iowa—Catherine Ann Lemkau
Kansas—Pam McKelvy
New Jersey—Heather Hertling

1994
Mississippi—Lenena Holder
New Hampshire—Tricia Ann-Regan McEachern
Ohio—Titilayo Rachel Adedokun

1995
Alabama—Heather Whitestone
Kansas—Trisha Shaffer
Montana—Yvonne Ku Dehner

1996
New York—Helen Louise Goldsby
North Carolina—Lisa Bamford
Utah—Amanda Moody

1997
Hawaii—Melissa Short
Indiana—Shani Nielsen
Oregon—Patricia Leines

1998
Florida—Christy Neuman
Illinois—Katherine "Kate" Shindle
North Carolina—Michelle Warren

1999
District of Columbia—Nicole Messina
Kentucky—Chera-Lyn Cook
Oklahoma—Julie Payne

2000
Louisiana—Julie Lawrence
Virginia—Crystal Lewis
Wisconsin—Mary-Louise Kurey

2001
California—Rita Ng
Illinois—Jennifer Powers
Louisiana—Faith Jenkins

2002
Oregon—Katie Harman [Tuesday]
District of Columbia—Marshawn Evans [Wednesday]
Mississippi—Becky Pruitt [Thursday]

2003
Indiana—Tangra Riddle— [Tuesday]
Oklahoma—Casey Preslar [Wednesday]
Maryland—Camille Lewis [Thursday]

2004
Hawaii—Kanoelani Gibson [Tuesday]
Wisconsin—Tina Sauerhammer [Wednesday]
Rhode Island—Laurie Beth Gray [Thursday]


List by Tim Schaffer and Ken Nelson, with files from Jimmy's Pageant Page.

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