Miss Maryland

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Maryland USA.

Brooke Poklemba, Miss Maryland 2009

The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland 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	Carlie Colella[1]	Hagerstown	20	Miss Central Maryland	Contemporary Dance
2010	Lindsay Staniszewski	Baltimore	22	Miss Montgomery County	Vocal "A Change In Me" from Beauty and the Beast		Quality of Life Finalist	Sister of Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007 & Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009, Second Runner-Up in the 2010 Miss Maryland USA 2010 Pageant
2009	Brooke Poklemba	Westminster	24	Miss University City	Vocal "A Broken Wing"			Maryland's Junior Miss 2004.
2008	Louise Schlegel	Silver Spring	20	Miss Allegany County	Vocal "If I Had My Way"
2007	Shana Powell[2]	Bowie	22	Miss Allegany County	Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide			Sister of Niambi Powell, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2000.[3]
2006	Brittany Lietz	Edgewater	21	Miss Tidewater	Lyrical Dance "The Gold"
2005	Rachel Ellsworth	Fort Ashby, West Virginia	21	Miss Western Maryland	Tap Dance "Do Your Thing"			*qualified to compete as Miss Maryland as a student at Allegany College
2004	Tiffany Jenkins	Silver Spring	24	Miss Gaithersburg	Vocal "Take My Breath Away"
2003	Marina Harrison	Severn	22	Miss Burtonsville	Vocal "Fallin'"	3rd runner-up	Final Night Casual Wear Winner	Future Miss Maryland USA 2005 and finalist at Miss USA
2002	Camille Lewis	Silver Spring	23	Miss College Park	Crossover Classical Violin "Victory"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Evening Wear Award, Overall Talent Award	Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1999 & 2001
2001	Kelly Glorioso	Fallston	21	Miss Free State	Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love"	Top 20 quarter-finalist
2000	Sonia Maria Amir	Beltsville	24	Miss Bethesda	Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2"
1999	Keri L. Schrader	Rockville	24	Miss College Park	Ballet en Pointe "The Stars and Stripes Forever"	3rd runner-up		Former National Sweetheart 1998 as Miss Florida
1998	Heather Noelle Davis	Severna Park	23	Miss Southern Maryland	Classical Piano Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"		Non-finalist Talent Award, Steinway Piano Performance Award
1997	Jaime Fox	Frederick	21	Miss Prince George's County	Vocal "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard
1996	Susan Elizabeth Alexander	Silver Spring	24	Miss Lanham	Vocal "Sing Me"
1995	Marcia M. Griffith	Fort Washington	23	Miss Federal City	Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere"
1994	Karissa Brooke Jones	Hagerstown	23	Miss Western Maryland	Ballet en Pointe
1993	Renee Cole	Bowie	22	Miss Northwest Maryland	Patriotic Vocal "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1992	Tammy Wyatt	Clinton	26	Miss Towson	Vocal "Stuff Like That There"
1991	Debra Renea Fries	Waldorf	26	Miss Tidewater	Baton Twirling "Hooked on America"		Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award
1990	Kimberly Ann Grimm	Mountain Lake Park	20	Miss Allegany County	Vocal "One, Two, Three Say You Love Me"
1989	Virginia Cha	Frederick	25	Miss Frederick	Classical Piano "Étude Op. 25, No. 1"	1st runner-up		formerly Maryland's Junior Miss 1982, currently a news anchor for CNN Headline News
1988	Lori Ann Windsor	Mt. Airy	20	Miss Bel Air	Dance / Baton Twirling
1987	Tamara Alaine Walker	Kingsville	21	Miss Montgomery County	Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade"	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1986	Katrina Lynn Owens	Pikesville	24	Miss Prince George's County	Jazz Dance
1985	Jennifer Louise Charlton	Bethesda	22	Miss Montgomery County	Vocal / Dance "Last Blues Song"
1984	Mary Elizabeth Haroth	Towson	25	Miss Towson	Vocal "Memory"
1983	Amy Elizabeth Keys	Lanham	26	Miss Howard County	Popular Vocal "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
1982	Lynne Carol Graham	Bethesda	23	Miss Lanham	Popular Vocal "Alfie"			Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007- Kaitlynne Postel
1981	Robin Harmon	Hagerstown	24	Miss Hagerstown	Greek Drama "Antigone"
1980	Lisa Marie Daskal	Cumberland	18	Miss Cumberland	Vocal & Dance		Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1979	Shelly Meg Peiken	Greenbelt	22	Miss Anne Arundel	Self-Composed Vocal Performance "Carry Me Home"		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1978	Caroline JoAnn Donnelly	College Park	21	Miss Lanham	Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata"
1977	Donna Marie Silvestri	Catonsville	18	Miss Baltimore	Modern Jazz Dance / Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now"
1976	Barbara Jean Jennings	Greenbelt	25	Miss Prince George's County	Piano "Rachmaninoff's Polichinelle"	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1975	Veronica Marie Clarke	Bel Air	21	Miss Bel Air	Popular Vocal "Don't Rain On My Parade"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1974	Susan Jane Wohlfarth	Potomac	21	Miss Olney	Classical Ballet "Giselle"
1973	Kristi Maurine Reindl	LaVale	19	Miss Frostburg State College	Tympani Solo "The Champ"			former mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois
1972	Kathleen Louise Neff	Cumberland	21	Miss Frostburg State College	Dramatic Sliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I	Top 10 semifinalist		Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1971	Joan Michele Ehrgott	Avondale	21	Miss Prince George's County	Vocal / Dance "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
1970	Sharon Anne Cannon	Salisbury	21	Miss Annendale	Piano "Elephant Walk"
1969	Margaret Elaine Mackle	Cecilton	21	Miss Beltsville	Dramatic Monologue
1968	Karen Anne Hansen	College Park	20	Miss University of Maryland	Vocal "Just You Wait from My Fair Lady
1967	Ingrid Christine Larson	Ellicott City	20	Miss North Carroll County	Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1966	Linda Rita Peluzzo	Oxon Hill	19	Miss Clinton-Camp Springs/Crescent City	Original Monologue & Accordion Solo		Non-finalist Talent Award
1965	Sharon Rae Burlington Aberdeen*
	Barbara Lynn Hamilton	College Park	19	Miss Prince George's County	Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
1964	Donna Marie McCauley	Rockville	19	Miss Montgomery County	Interpretive Ballet
1963	Carolyn Bond Wright	Forest Hill		Miss Harford County	Sketch / Ballet / Modern Jazz Dance
1962	Beverly Ann Smith	Essex	18	Miss Baltimore Area	Organ & Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto"			Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant
1961	Patricia Ann Moon	Bethesda	18	Miss Bethesda	Modern Jazz Dance
1960	Robin Carole Davis	Hyattsville	18	Miss Prince George's County	Vocal "I Cain't Say No"			Competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant
1959	Marie Lorraine True	Phoenix	19		Vocal / Dance			competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant
1958	Mary Roberta Page	Bethesda			Chalk Sketch
1957	Nancy Elizabeth Norris	Silver Spring			Drama
1956	Jeanette Louise Rosensteel	Timonium			Vocal			Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant
1955	Carol Jennette	Westminster			Fashion Display & Speech "How To Pack a Suitcase"
1954	Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich	Dundalk			Vocal
1953	Meta Frances Justice	Crisfield			Vocal
1952	Shirley Virginia Harrison	Baltimore			Drama
1951	Georgia Reed	Baltimore			Vocal	Semi-finalist
1950	Ann Uri	Baltimore
1949	Jean Crow	Baltimore
1948	Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh	Cumberland
1947	Carolyn Jean Dixon	Cumberland			Vocal "It Had to Be You"
1946	Dorothy C. Crockett	Baltimore			Original Poetry Recitation
1945	Virginia Lee Van Sant	Cumberland			Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'"	Semi-finalist
1944	Audrey Klingenberg	Baltimore
1943	Lillian Marlene Huber	Baltimore
	Shirlee O'Connell	Baltimore						competed as Miss Baltimore at Miss America
1942	Bettye Mitchell	Baltimore
1941	Penny Malone	Baltimore
1940	Marie Beiser	Baltimore
1939	Elaine Pasqualla	Crisfield
1938	Yolanda Ugarte	Baltimore
1937	May Vivian Miller	Baltimore						Competed as Miss Baltimore at Miss America
	Margaret Myers	Rock Hall						competed as Miss Eastern Shores at Miss America
1936	Ethel Holland	Berlin
	Anne Margaret Kane	Baltimore						competed at Miss America as Miss Baltimore
1935	Frances Stine	Baltimore						competed as Miss Baltimore
1933	Dorothy Dennis		16
1927	No Miss Maryland							Beulah Goldsborough competed as Miss Baltimore
1926	No Miss Maryland							Mildred Adam competed as Miss Baltimore
1925	No Miss Maryland							Thelma Krakan competed as Miss Baltimore, Mildred Lee Purdy competed as Miss Frederick and Aleda Bradford Cook competed as Miss Hagerstown
1924	No Miss Maryland							Mary Rose Kenny competed as Miss Baltimore and Gretchen Carney competed as Miss Cumberland
1923	No Miss Maryland							Billie Muller competed as Miss Baltimore and Elizabeth Steele competed as Miss Cumberland
1922	No Miss Maryland							Ernestine Campbell competed as Miss Baltimore
1921	No Miss Maryland							Hazel Harris competed as Miss Ocean City

References

1. ^ "Hagerstown resident Carlie Colella crowned Miss Maryland 2011". Herald-Mail. June 25, 2011. http://articles.herald-mail.com/2011-06-25/breakingnews/29704688_1_miss-maryland-scholarship-pageant-scholarship-and-other-gifts-sherry-rush. 
2. ^ Associated Press (2007-07-01). "Miss Allegany County crowned Miss Maryland". WMDT. http://www.wmdt.com/wires/displaystory.asp?id=63216830. Retrieved 2007-07-01. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Keels, Heather (2008-01-14). "In reality, Miss Maryland inspires and glitters". The Herald-Mail. http://www.herald-mail.com/?story_id=183233&module=displaystory. 

External links

• Miss Maryland official website