Miss Arizona

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Arizona USA. For the Hungarian film, see Miss Arizona (film).

Nicole Turner, Miss Arizona 2007

Hilary Griffith, Miss Arizona 2006

Corrie Hill, Miss Arizona 2003

Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss America 1965/Miss Arizona 1964 at the Miss America 2008 pageant

Brenda Strong, Miss Arizona 1980 at the Miss America 2006 pageant

The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arizona in the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title.

Results summary

The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

• Miss Americas: Jacque Mercer (1949), Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1965)
• 3rd runners-up: Barbara Hilgenberg (1957), Stacey Momeyer (1998)
• 4th runners-up: Patricia Allebrand (1960), Susan Bergstrom (1964), Stacey Peterson (1976)
• Top 10 Finalists: Anna Marie Barnett (1938), Wanda Law (1947), Beth Andre (1956), Lynn Freyse (1958), Pam Wenzel (1980), Debra Daniels (1983), Kathryn Bulkley (2011)
• Semi-Finalists: Laura Lawless (2003)

Awards

Preliminary Awards

• Preliminary Swimsuit: Jacque Mercer (1949), Lynn Freyse (1958)
• Preliminary Talent: Jacque Mercer (1949), Pam Wenzel (1980)

Non-Finalist Awards

• Non-Finalist Talent: Paula Lou Welch (1963), Sarah Tattersall (1982), Lisa Mandel (1989), Tammy Kettunen (1990), Kimberly Hoskins (1991), Stacy Agren (1995), Erin Gingrich (1997), Erin Nurss (2009)

Quality of Life Award

• Winners: Amanda Murray (1994), Stacy Agren (1995)
• 1st runners-up: Hilary Griffith (2007)
• Finalists: Audrey Sibley (2006)

Other

• Special Scholarship: Donna Riggs (1959)
• Miss Congeniality: Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1965)
• Special Talent: Linda Gail Sirrine (1973)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2011	Jennifer Sedler[1]	Tempe	19	Miss Phoenix	Jazz Dance
2010	Kathryn Bulkley	Mesa	20	Miss Pima County	Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma"	Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2011		Daughter of Pamela Offer, Miss Hawaii 1981; Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008
2009	Savanna Troupe	Phoenix	23	Miss Maricopa County	Baton "Satisfaction"
2008	Erin Nurss	Sierra Vista	23	Miss Tucson Valley	Dance		Non-Finalist Talent Award	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007; Former Arizona's Junior Miss 2003
2007	Nicole Turner	Phoenix	24	Miss Chandler	Jazz Dance "Proud Mary"			Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003
2006	Hilary Griffith	Glendale	20	Miss Chandler	Vocal "Don't Know Why"		Quality of Life 1st runner-up	Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005
2005	Audrey Sibley	Sierra Vista	19	Miss San Marcos	Vocal "Alone"		Quality of Life Finalist	Later Top 15 at Miss Arizona USA 2009; Current co-director of the Miss Pima County Pageant under her married name, Audrey Sibley-Valles[2]
2004	Katherine Kennedy	Tempe	24	Miss Twirling Athlete	Baton Twirling
2003	Corrie Hill	Gilbert	24	Miss Mesa	Dance "Proud Mary"			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000; Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis.[3]
2002	Laura Lawless	Tempe	24	Miss Maricopa	Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude"	Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003		Former New York's Junior Miss 1996
2001	Kapri Rose	Gilbert	19	Miss Gilbert	Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special"
2000	Kristen Vatt	Mesa	20	Miss Gilbert	Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha
1999	Lori Whiting	Mesa	20	Miss Desert Sun	Piano "Malaguena"
1998	Leean Hendrix	Parker	22	Miss Tempe Buttes	Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel"
1997	Stacey Momeyer	Phoenix	21	Miss Chandler	Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera	3rd runner-up		Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996
1996	Erin Gingrich	Yuma	21	Miss Yuma County	Piano "Rhapsody in Blue"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1995	Cara Jackson	Chandler	22	Miss Chandler	Vocal "All Is Fair In Love"			Later Miss Arizona USA 1999
1994	Stacy Agren	Mesa	21	Miss Mesa	Classical Piano		Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award
1993	Amanda Murray	Yuma	19	Miss Yuma County	Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever		Quality of Life Award
1992	Robyn Rayborn	Mesa	26	Miss Maricopa County	Vocal "How Great Thou Art"
1991	Darsi Turner	Yuma	22	Miss Tucson	Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
1990	Kimberly Hoskins	Yuma	19	Miss Yuma County	Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1989	Tammy Kettunen	Yuma	21	Miss Maricopa County	Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace"		Non-Finalist Talent Award	Sister to Miss Arizona 1986
1988	Lisa Mandel	Tucson	22	Miss Tucson	Dance "Steam Heat"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1987	Theresa Light	Tucson	18	Miss Western Maricopa	Vocal "Somewhere"
1986	Terri Kettunen	Yuma	21	Miss Yuma County	Classical Piano			Sister to Miss Arizona 1989
1985	Diane Martin	Phoenix	23	Miss Phoenix	Vocal "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret			Later Miss Arizona USA 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA
1984	Rhonda White	Central	20	Miss Graham County	Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man"
1983	Jennifer Nichols	Tempe	22	Miss Glendale	Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay"
1982	Debra Daniels	Yuma	20	Miss Yuma County	Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire"	Top 10 Finalist
1981	Sarah Tattersall	Scottsdale	20	Miss Scottsdale	Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away"		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1980	Brenda Strong	Tempe	20	Miss Valley West	Vocal "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"			Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives
1979	Pam Wenzel	Phoenix	22	Miss North Central Phoenix	Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez"	Top 10 Finalist	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1978	Susan Kohler	Tempe	23	Miss Arizona State University	Vocal & Dance "New York, New York"
1977	Cindy Glenn	Globe	18	Miss Globe	Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
1976	Anne DeVarennes	Tucson	22	Miss Tucson	Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me"
1975	Vickie Hall	Sierra Vista		Miss Sierra Vista				successor to crown
	Stacey Peterson	Phoenix	21	Miss Tucson	Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle"	4th runner-up
1974	Mary Avilla	Glendale	20	Miss Maryvale	Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done"
1973	Susan May	Kingman	19	Miss Kingman	Piano Medley "The Glory of Love" "Laura" & "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
1972	Linda Gail Sirrine	Mesa	19	Miss Mesa	Popular Vocal "Happy Heart"		Special Talent Award
1971	Celia Sklan	Scottsdale	22	Miss Scottsdale	Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub"
1970	Karen Shields	Tucson	19	Miss University of Arizona	Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1969	Kathleen Ennis	Tucson	20	Miss Tucson	Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim"
1968	Linda Johnson	Warren	20	Miss Warren	Authentic Tahitian Dance			Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966
1967	Bea Willis	Phoenix	19	Miss Phoenix	Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly"
1966	Launa Gardner	Holbrook	19	Miss Holbrrok	Piano Solo
1965	Sandra Montgomery	Yuma	18	Miss Yuma County	Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You"
1964	Vonda Kay Van Dyke	Phoenix	22	Miss Phoenix	Ventriloquism & Singing "Together"	Winner	Miss Congeniality	Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality
1963	Susan Bergstrom	Phoenix		Miss Phoenix	Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight"	4th runner-up
1962	Paula Lou Welch	Tucson	20	Miss Tucson	Fire Baton Twirling		Non-Finalist Talent Award
1961	Susan Webb	Prescott	19	Miss Prescott	Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars"
1960	Georgia Garbarino	Flagstaff	18	Miss Flagstaff	Modern Dance "An American in Paris"
1959	Patricia Allebrand	Yuma	18	Miss Yuma County	Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love"	4th runner-up
1958	Donna Riggs	Phoenix		Miss Phoenix	Vocal/Dance "Teacher's Pet"		Special Scholarship
1957	Lynn Freyse	Tucson		Miss Tucson	Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl"	Top 10 Finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit
1956	Barbara Hilgenberg	Tucson		Miss Tucson	Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield	3rd runner-up		tied w/Miss Kansas
1955	Beth Andre	Phoenix		Miss Maricopa County	Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?"	Top 10 Finalist
1954	Marjorie Nylund	Phoenix		Miss Phoenix	Drama "A Marine's Conversation"
1953	Betty Lou Lindly	Tempe		Miss Tempe	Piano
1950	Kathryn Lunsford	Phoenix		Miss Phoenix	Modern Dance
1949	Jacque Mercer	Litchfield	18	Miss Litchfield	Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent
1948	Donna McElroy	Phoenix		Miss Phoenix
1947	Wanda Law	Tempe		Miss Tempe	Diving Champion	Top 10 Finalist
1938	Anna Marie Barnett	Bisbee		Miss Bisbee		Top 10 Finalist

External links

• Miss Arizona official website

References

1. ^ "Jennifer's News Letter". Miss Arizona Organization. June 21, 2011. http://www.miss-arizona.org/newsletters/miss/m062111.php. 
2. ^ "About Us". Miss Pima County Scholarship Pageant. http://www.misspimacounty.org/about_us. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
3. ^ "2010 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.