- Miss Mississippi
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Kimberly Morgan, Miss Mississippi 2007
Lynda Lee Mead, Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960:For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Mississippi USA
Miss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization. [1]
Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986).
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Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Mary Margaret Roark[1] Cleveland 20 Miss North Central Mississippi Piano 2010 Sarah Beth James Madison 20 Miss Metro Jackson Piano "Piano Fantasy" by William Joseph Non-Finalist Talent Award 2009 Anna Tadlock McCool 23 Miss New South Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde 2008 Christine Kozlowski D'Iberville 19 Miss Gulf Coast Jazz Dance Preliminary Swimsuit Award First Latina Miss Mississippi [2] 2007 Kimberly Morgan Oxford 24 Miss Heritage Vocal "God Bless the Child" Top 16 at Miss America 2008 Second African-American to compete as Miss Mississippi 2006 Taryn Foshee Clinton 21 Miss Byram Tri County Piano "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2007 2005 Kristian Dambrino Grenada 20 Miss Grenada County Original Vocal & Piano composition "Pearlington's Prayer" 2004 Jalin Wood Waynesboro 23 Miss Metro Jackson Piano "Cumana" Later Miss Mississippi USA 2007 2003 Allison Kellogg Madison 22 Miss Madison County Ballet en Pointe "The Magic Bird of Fire" Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1999 2002 Jennifer Adcock Hattiesburg 22 Miss West Central Mississippi Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award Later Miss Mississippi USA 2005 (Top 10 at Miss USA 2005), Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1998 2001 Becky Pruett Laurel 22 Miss Deep South Vocal "Whatever Lola Wants" Top 20 Quarter-finalist Preliminary Talent Award & Quality of Life 2nd runner-up 2000 Christy May Pontotoc 24 Miss Pontotoc Piano "Theme from The Apartment" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1999 Heather Soriano Philadelphia 22 Miss East Central Mississippi Vocal / Dance "Trouble" from Smokey Joe's Cafe Non-finalist Talent Award Later Miss Mississippi USA 2002 1998 Melinda King Waynesboro 22 Miss Hattiesburg Vocal "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" 1997 Myra Barginear Grenada 23 Miss West Central Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville 2nd runner-up recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship 1996 Kari Litton Pontotoc 23 Miss New South Vocal "Cry" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1995 Monica Louwerens Greenville 21 Miss Magnolia Vocal "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me Top 10 Semi-finalist Rembrandt Award for Mentorship 1994 Rebecca Blouin Batesville 23 Miss Dixieland Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1993 Lenena Holder Booneville 24 Miss Magnolia Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award 1992 Kandace Williams Tupelo 23 Miss Tupelo Vocal "Ain't It Good" from Children of Eden 1991 Mary Allison Hurdle Holly Springs 24 Miss DeSoto County Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine 4th runner-up 1990 Beth Howell Clinton 21 Miss Dixie Magic Act Preliminary Swimsuit Award Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1987 1989 Cherry Busby Tupelo 19 Miss Tupelo Vocal "My Funny Valentine" 1988 Carla Haag Hattiesburg 23 Miss Dixie Vocal Medley "Here's to the Band" & "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1987 Toni Seawright Moss Point 23 Miss Mississippi University for Women Popular Vocal "I'm Going All the Way" 4th runner-up First African American Miss Mississippi 1986 Kimberly McGuffee Mendenhall 23 Miss Lamar County Popular Vocal "Inseparable" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1985 Nan Sumrall Hattiesburg Successor to crown. Known now as Nan Kelley, host on Great American Country TV. Susan Akin Meridian 21 Miss University Vocal "You're My World" Winner - Miss America 1986 Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1984 Kathy Manning Drew 22 Miss University of Mississippi Country Vocal "Crazy" 2nd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award Later Miss Mississippi USA 1987 (Top 10 at Miss USA) 1983 Wanda Geddie Hattiesburg 24 Miss William Carey College Vocal "More Than You Know" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1982 Dianne Evans Taylorsville 22 Miss William Carey College Vocal "Stormy Weather" 2nd Runner Up Preliminary Talent Award 1981 Karen Hopson Vicksburg 21 Miss Vicksburg Character Ballet en Pointe "Overture from Annie" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award Her mother is the vice president of the Miss Mississippi Corporation and her father is the chairman of the Miss Mississippi Board of Trustees, 1980 Donna Pope McNeil 24 Miss Picayune Ballet "Overture from Oklahoma!" 2nd runner-up (tie) Preliminary Swimsuit Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1979 Sherye Simmons Jackson Successor to crown Cheryl Prewitt Ackerman 22 Miss Starkville Vocal / Piano "Don't Cry Out Loud" Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1978 Cheri Brown Meridian 21 Miss Oxford Popular Vocal "Evergreen" Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) Later Miss Mississippi USA 1980 1977 Mary Donnelly Oxford 19 Miss University Vocal "The Good Songs" wife of Miss America Chairman of the Board, Sam Haskell 1976 Bobbye Wood Hattiesburg 19 Miss William Carey College Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" 1975 Mollie Magee Mendenhall 19 Miss University of Southern Mississippi Popular Vocal "Lights on the Hill" 1974 Diane Bounds Gulfport 21 Miss Mississippi State University Popular Vocal "When You Smile" 1973 Kathleen Coole Gulfport 19 Miss Mississippi State College for Women Vocal Medley "Everything's Alright" & "I Don't Know How to Love Him" 1972 Glenda Meadows Richton 23 Miss Richton Vocal Medley "Am I Blue?" & "I'd Rather Be Blue" 1971 Jennifer Blair Tupelo 21 Miss Mississippi State University Popular Vocal "I Wish You Love" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1970 Christine McClamroch Columbus 21 Miss Columbus Vocal Medley "Cabaret," "Try to Remember" & "You'll Never Walk Alone" 3rd runner-up 1969 Jane Foshee Hattiesburg 19 Miss Hattiesburg Vocal / Soft Shoe Dance "Makin' Whoopee" Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1967 1968 Mary Mills McComb 19 Miss University of Southern Mississippi Piano Comedy Presentation "Habanera" & "La Poupée Valsante" by Fritz Kreisler 1967 Joan Myers Forest 20 Miss Mississippi College Speech & Display of Original Art "Doctor Zhivago" 1st runner-up Featured performer on the 1968 Miss America Pageant telecast 1966 Robbie Robertson Hattiesburg 20 Miss University of Southern Mississippi Dramatic Reading Non-Finalist Talent Award Placed in the Top 10 at the 1966 Maid of Cotton Pageant 1965 Patricia Puckett Columbus 20 Miss Columbus Vocal "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1st runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award Featured Performer on the 1966 Miss America telecast 1964 Judy Simono Vicksburg 20 Miss Vicksburg Classical Ballet 1963 Jan Nave McComb Miss Mississippi State College for Women Contemporary Dance 1962 Charlotte Ann Carroll Walthall 19 Miss Eupora Comedy Song & Dance Routine "Olive Oyl" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1961 Annice Jernigan New Albany 21 Miss University of Mississippi Piano Medley 1960 Patricia McRaney McComb 20 Miss McComb Speech & Art Presentation Non-finalist Talent Award 1959 Betty Porter Brookhaven Successor to crown Lynda Lee Mead Natchez 20 Miss University Original Dramatic Act "Schizophrenia" Winner 1958 Margie Wilson Itta Bena Successor to crown Mary Ann Mobley Brandon 19 Vocal Medley & Dance "Un Bel Di" & "There'll Be Some Changes Made" Winner Preliminary Talent Award Also competed in the 1958 Maid of Cotton Pageant 1957 Mary Allen Yazoo City Dance & Art Presentation 1956 Martha Tisdale Hattiesburg Drama 1955 Carolyn Cochran Lucedale 1954 Celeste Luckett Clarksdale Drama Also competed in the 1955 Maid of Cotton Pageant 1953 Suzanne Dugger Picayune Vocal Medley & Dance "Bill" & "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" 4th runner-up 1952 Dora Livingston Yazoo City 1951 Jessie Morgan Newton Ballet Placed among the Top 15 1950 Annie Roberts Hattiesburg 1949 Katherine Wright Pascagoula Dramatic Sketch "Hagar" 1st runner-up 1948 Virginia Hollingsworth Kosciusko 1947 Kitty Bailey Oxford Painting 1946 Lennie Nobles Greenwood Dance Non-finalist Talent Award 1945 Harriet Carr Marks Stand-up Comedy 1944 Sarah Topp Tupelo 1943 Arminta Scott Corinth 1942 Dorothy Fox Columbus Miss Congeniality 1941 Madeline Smith Winona 1940 Carolyn Simon Greenville 1939 Doris Coggins Baldwyn Miss Congeniality 1938 Frances Sykes Aberdeen 1937 Virginia Riley West Point 1936 Rachel Smith Booneville 1935 LeFrance Boyett Sumner 1934 Madolyn Hardy Belzoni There was no Miss America Pageant in 1934 1933 Dorothy Ely 24 Semi-Finalist 1927 No Miss Mississippi Phyllis Hunt competed as Miss Biloxi in the Miss America Pageant 1926 No Miss Mississippi Mabel Riley competed as Miss Biloxi in the Miss America Pageant 1925 No Miss Mississippi Laurice McFarland competed as Miss Biloxi and placed as a Finalist in the Miss America Pageant 1924 No Miss Mississippi Vivian Ruth Shaddinger competed as Miss Biloxi and Mabel Batson competed as Miss Jackson in the Miss America Pageant Note
- Hattiesburg is home to nine Miss Mississippis; more than any other city/town.
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