- Miss West Virginia
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss West Virginia USA.
The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss America pageant.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Spenser Wempe Shepherdstown 19 Miss North Eastern Dance Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 2010 Cali Young Glen Dale 24 Miss Northern West Virginia Jazz Dance "I've Got 'Cha" 2009 Talia Markham Ripley 22 Miss Capital City Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" 2008 Kayla Lynam Short Gap 21 Miss Eastern Panhandle Piano Former West Virginia's Junior Miss 2005 2007 Summer Wyatt Athens 21 Miss Capital City Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You" 2006 Tiffany Lawrence Shepherdstown 24 Miss Jefferson County Vocal "Black Velvet" "People's choice" award winner at Miss West Virginia USA 2006 2005 Kimberly Goodwin Morgantown 21 Miss Morgantown Tap Dance 2004 Julia Burton Petersburg 22 Miss Southern West Virginia Vocal 2003 Allison Williams Morgantown 22 Miss Mountain State Vocal "Where the Boys Are" 2002 Janna Kerns Terra Alta 23 Miss Morgantown Vocal "There You'll Be" 2001 Danae DeMasi Morgantown 20 Miss Appalachia Ballet en Pointe "Ravendhi" Semi-finalist Preliminary Evening Gown 2000 Jodi Clark Moundsville 22 Miss Point Pleasant Ballet en Pointe "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" from Side Show Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 1999 Lucy Ours Petersburg 22 Miss Mason County Vocal "He Grew the Tree" 1998 Amy Townsend Morgantown 23 Miss Marion County Area Vocal "Hopelessly Devoted to You" 1997 Eisa Krushansky Westover 24 Miss Miss North Central Tap Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana 1996 Kari Safford Point Pleasant 23 Miss Ohio Valley Vocal "God Help the Outcasts" Non-finalist Talent 1995 Elizabeth McIntyre Dunbar 24 Miss Appalachia Clogging "Dance" 1994 Jennifer Bopp Elkins 22 Miss South Central Vocal "Paper Moon" 1993 Cynthia Sims Vienna 22 Miss Ohio Valley Vocal "There! I've Said It Again" Preliminary Swimsuit 1992 Kimberly Parrish Parkersburg 22 Miss Marion County Area Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Part of Your World" Former host on QVC. Currently on Home Shopping Network with the Kim Parrish Collection Clothing Line. 1991 Leah Lasker Bluefield 23 Miss Mercer County Tap Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity Non-finalist Interview 1990 Melissa Costello Shenandoah Junction 20 Miss Jefferson County Vocal "Hurt" 1989 Lisa Bittinger Fairmont 21 Miss North Central Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera 1988 Lisa Seagroves Morgantown 24 Miss North Central Tap Dance "They're Playing Our Song" Competed in the 1985 National Sweetheart Pageant representing Georgia 1987 Saundra Patton Morgantown 22 Miss North Central Variety Act 1986 Shannon Barill Charleston 23 Miss Charleston Area Jazz en Pointe 1985 Rebecca Porterfield Martinsburg 21 Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County Jazz Dance 1984 Melanne Pennington Cross Lanes 24 Miss Kanawha County Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon 1983 Andrea Patrick Morgantown 23 Miss West Virginia University Tap Dance "Malagueña" & "España Cañí" Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA 1980 1982 Kelly Anderson Clarksburg 21 Miss Harrison County Stylized Can-Can Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984 (1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984), later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984. 1981 Candy Cohen Huntington 24 Miss Marshall University Tap Dance "How High the Moon" 1980 Pamela Ellen Paugh Charleston 21 Miss South Charleston Vocal "Anytime"' Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 1979 Deborah Davis Huntington 22 Miss Southern West Virginia Vocal Medley "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret Semi-finalist Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978 1978 Ivy Meadows St. Albans 22 Miss South Charleston Interpretive Dance "Brian's Song" 1977 Patricia Paugh Parkersburg 20 Miss Parkersburg Area Original Dramatic Monologue "Deadline" Non-finalist Talent Award Mother of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1980 1976 Teresa Lucas Elkins 22 Miss Fayette County Gymnastics Routine Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Previously West Virginia's Junior Miss 1972 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss 1975 Kristi Wick South Charleston 20 Miss South Charleston Vocal "Am I Blue?" 1974 Mary Derry Morgantown 21 Miss West Virginia University Semi-Classical Vocal "Cycles" Non-finalist Talent Award 1973 Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey Huntington 20 Miss Huntington Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; has appeared on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast 1972 Lynette Koper Weirton 21 Miss Huntington Presentation of Original Art Works 1971 Deborah Lambert Morgantown 19 Miss West Virginia University Piano "What the World Needs Now Is Love" 1970 Linda Dianne Barnett Parkersburg 19 Miss Wood County Modern Jazz Dance "Keem-O-Sabe" Artist-Painter 1969 Judith Shoup Gibsonia, Pennsylvania 22 Miss West Virginia University Vocal Medley & French Horn "Days of Wine and Roses" "A Taste of Honey" & "I've Gotta Be Me" Non-finalist Talent Award Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University 1968 Charlotte Warwick Charleston 22 Miss Morris-Harvey College Semi-Classical Vocal "The Impossible Dream" 1967 Helen Morgan Lewisburg 19 Miss Beckley Toe & Acrobatic Dance "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams 1966 Judith Skunda Weirton 18 Miss Weirton Dramatic Monologue 1965 Lois Gay Ratcliff Bluefield 19 Miss Greater Bluefield Dramatic Reading "Lonesome Train" Non-finalist Talent Award 1964 Ella Dee Kessel Ripley 21 Miss Morgantown Piano Solo "Gershwin Prelude" 2nd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Wife of Governor Gaston Caperton, First lady of West Virginia 1989-90 1963 Karen Childers South Charleston Miss Marshall University Dramatic Reading Non-finalist Talent Award 1962 Diane Hunter Arlington, VA 20 Miss Morgantown Dance & Dramatic Sketch Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University 1961 Carole Johnson Rivesville 21 Miss Morgantown Vocal & Dance "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" mother of Miss Missouri 2004; Competed in the 1962 Miss Dixie Pageant 1960 Mary Hoback Bluefield 18 Miss Bluefield Original Dramatic Reading competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant 1959 Janet Hill Nitro 21 Dramatic Reading Competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant 1958 Sandra Boyd Fairmont Vocal "Money Honey" 1957 Janice Sickle Fairmont Vocal & Dance Competed at Miss Dixie 1958 1956 Carolyn Miller Martinsburg Drama Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant 1955 Mary Fryman Madison 1954 Miriam Reep Clarksburg Drama 1953 Patricia Stewart Pineville Vocal & Impersonations 1952 Nancy Rohrbough Grafton Dance 1951 Phyllis Walker Charleston Drama Placed Among the Top 15 1949 Georganne Steiss Barrackville 1948 Jane Queen Huntington 1947 Joan Estep Wheeling Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" Semi-finalist 1946 Norma Salisbury Parkersburg Semi-finalist 1941 Juanita Wright Huntington competed this year as Miss West Virginia 1940 Mary Bowles Montgomery Juanita Wright Huntington Semi-Finalist competed as Miss Huntington in the Miss America Pageant 1933 Mildred Fetty 20 Semi-Finalist 1927 No Miss West Virginia Lillian Ward, Miss Huntington, placed as a Semi-Finalist. Mildred Dorothy Bright competed as Miss Wheeling. 1926 No Miss West Virginia Representing West Virginia were: Olive Davis, Miss Huntington and Cecilail Cresap, Miss Wheeling 1925 No Miss West Virginia Eleanor McCracken competed as Miss Huntington 1923 Neva Toby Jackson 1922 No Miss West Virginia Mary Dange competed as Miss Wheeling in the Miss America Pageant References
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