- Miss Kansas
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Kansas USA.
Megan Bushell, Miss Kansas 2004The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Carissa Kelley[1] Winfield 24 Miss Wooded Hills Dance Previously Miss Kansas Teen USA 2004 2010 Lauren Werhan Wichita 20 Miss Southwest Ballet en Pointe "Asturias" 2009 Becki Ronen Buhler 21 Miss Flint Hills Classical Trumpet Solo "Stars in a Velvety Sky" 2008 Emily Deaver Augusta 19 Miss Augusta Piano / Vocal "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" Won all 3 preliminary competitions during Miss Kansas competition 2007 Alyssa George Minneapolis 22 Miss Sedgwick County Classical Piano Solo 2006 Michelle Walthers Towanda 21 Miss Augusta Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress 2005 Adrienne Rosel Liberal 23 Miss Wichita Theatrical Vocal / Dance "America" from West Side Story 2004 Megan Bushell Wichita 22 Miss Wheat Capital Vocal "When You Say You Love Me" Top 10 Semi-finalist Top 10 Quality of Life Finalist. At Miss Kansas won Swimsuit & Talent Preliminary Awards, the Tara Dawn Holland Community Service Award, the Miss America Scholar & Service Awards, and the State Scholar Award. 2003 Angelea Busby Lenexa 21 Miss Cheney Lake Interpretive Baton Twirling / Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" Non-finalist Talent Award 2002 Jeanne Anne Schroeder Hutchinson 24 Miss Chisholm Trail Classical Vocal "Time To Say Goodbye" 2001 Kimberlee Grice Ulysses 23 Miss Kaw Valley Vocal "At Last" Eleanor "Big Mama" Andrews Performing Arts Award winner 2000 Amy Lea Shaw Derby 22 Miss Arkansas Valley Classical Piano "Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5" 1999 Leah Darby Derby 21 Miss Derby Vocal "I Dreamed a Dream" 1998 Jennifer Vannatta Leawood 24 Miss Greater Kansas City Vocal "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1999; Current co-director of the Miss Arkansas USA, Miss Arkansas Teen USA, Miss Kansas USA, Miss Kansas Teen USA, Miss Missouri USA, Miss Missouri Teen USA, Miss Nebraska USA, Miss Nebraska Teen USA, Miss Oklahoma USA, and Miss Oklahoma Teen USA pageants under her married name, Jennifer Vannatta-Fisher[2] 1997 Lesley Moss Hoxie 24 Miss Greater Kansas City Vocal "You'll Have to Swing It" 1996 Jennifer Parks assumed title when Tara Holland became Miss America Tara Dawn Holland Overland Park 23 Miss Flint Hills Classical Vocal "Où Va la Jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1995 as Miss Florida 1995 Amy Keller Great Bend 24 Miss Heartland Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1994 Tricia Schaffer Liberal 22 Miss Southwest Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award Previously was Kansas' Junior Miss 1990 1993 Lori Minnix Lawrence 24 Miss KU/Lawrence Classical Piano "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor" 1992 Pamela McKelvy Kansas City 24 Miss Greater Kansas City Popular Vocal "I Am Changing" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award 1991 Robbin Lee Wasson Lenexa 21 Miss Greater Kansas City Vocal Medley "How Long Has This Been Going On?" & "It's a Miracle" Semi-finalist 1990 Kimberly Dugger Wichita 22 Miss Wichita Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" Non-finalist Talent Award 1989 Jennifer Lyn Hedrick Derby 22 Miss Fort Scott Flute Solo 1988 Candice Cae Pyle Dodge City 20 Miss Dodge City Vocal "Blue Moon" 1987 Sherri Lee Mayer Brewster 26 Miss Harvey County Dramatic Interpretation "Clear Glass Marbles" from Talking With... 1986 Heather Lynn Clark Benton 23 Miss Wichita Vocal & Sign Language "I'll Never Say Goodbye" 1985 Carolyn Jo Kirgis Salina 25 Miss Blue Stem Vocal "Our Love Is Here to Stay" 1984 Nancy Lee Cobb Wichita 20 Miss Lawrence Piano / Vocal "I Love New Orleans Music" 1983 Laura Lynn Watters Colby 22 Miss Emporia State University Trumpet Medley "Sugar Blues" & "Wood Chopper's Ball" Non-finalist Talent Award 1982 Lisa Marie Berwick Valley Center 21 Miss Wheatland Vocal "Battle Hymn of the Republic" 1981 Dawn Holmstrom Wichita 20 Miss Wichita Vocal Medley "My Man" & "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1980 K. Leann Folsom Wichita 21 Miss Center City Piano / Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain" 1979 Michelle Elaine Whitson Mission 21 Miss Topeka Harp Solo "Never on Sunday" 2nd runner-up 1978 Lori Ann Bergen Salina 20 Miss Salina Violin Solo "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award Dean, College of Communication, Marquette University 1977 Jill Dirks Wichita 22 Miss Wichita Vocal "Open Your Heart" Non-finalist Talent Award 1976 Linda Hall Hill City 21 Miss Frontier Piano Solo "Theme from The Apartment" *wife of former US Senator Tom Daschle 1975 Jana Lynn Salmans Hanston 20 Miss Colby Community College Vocal "Follow Me" 1974 Karen Dianne Smith Shawnee 18 Miss Shawnee Jazz / Acrobatic Dance "The Entertainer" Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1973 Jane Schulte Hays 21 Miss Fort Hays State College Vocal Medley "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" & "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 1972 Cindy Lee Sikes Wichita 18 Miss Wichita Vocal "Fame" Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award starred as Dr. Annie Canavero on St. Elsewhere; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1971 Sandy Riggs Topeka 20 Miss Topeka Vocal / Ventriloquism "Toyland" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1970 Linda Susan Edds Manhattan 21 Miss Manhattan Popular Vocal "The Windmills of Your Mind" 1969 Margo Sue Schroeder Hillsboro 18 Miss Marion County Fair Piano Solo "Sunny" 1968 Jane Kathryn Bair Parsons 18 Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg Ballet Interpretation "My Friend the Sea" 1967 Kandee Kae Kline assumed the title when Debra Barnes became Miss America Debra Dene Barnes Moran 20 Miss Kansas State College of Pittsburg Piano Solo "Born Free" Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1966 Betty Louise Fox Emporia 20 Miss Emporia Popular Vocal 1965 Mimi Frink assumed the title when Deborah Bryant became Miss America Deborah Irene Bryant Overland Park 19 Miss Overland Park Dramatic Interpretation "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" Winner Preliminary Swimuit Award semifinalist in Miss World USA 1963 1964 Sharon Margene Savage Florence 20 Miss Marion County Fair Vocal During her reign as "Miss Kansas" killed in auto accident near Peabody, Kansas 1963 Karen Raye Schwartz Pratt Miss Wichita Classical Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award Featured Performer for the 1964 Miss America Pageant telecast 1962 Beverly June Wood Prairie Village 18 Miss Kansas City Charleston Dance 1961 Carolyn Jane Parkinson Scott City 20 Miss Lawrence Musical Reading "Hello Kansas" 1960 Gayla Leigh Shoemake El Dorado 19 Miss El Dorado Original Dramatic Interpretation "Rude Awakening" Miss Kansas State University, 1959 1959 Sharon O'Neal Kansas City 18 Dramatic Interpretation Non-finalist Talent Award 1958 Sharon Whitacre Mission Accordion Solo "3rd Movement of Concerto in A" by Pietro Deiro 1957 Georgiana Rundel Axtell Vocal 1956 Mary Ann McGrew Wellington Dramatic Reading "Understanding Others" 3rd runner-up tied w/Miss Ariz 1955 Gail White Arkansas City 1954 Phyllis Danielson Wichita Vocal 1953 Joann Milnar Hutchinson Water Ballet 1952 Kay Ann Goforth McPherson Vocal / Dance 1950 Anabel Baker Wichita Drama "Lady Macbeth" 1949 Shirley Hargiss Topeka Vocal "Cecilia On a See-Saw" Semi-finalist 1948 Vera J. Ralston Wichita 18 Oratory 3rd Runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1947 Ruth Ellen Richmond Fort Scott Miss Pittsburg Vocal "My Wonderful One" 1946 Joyce Blakemore Liberal 1944 Grace Louise Pittman Wichita 1939 Rosemary Winslow Salina 1938 Blanche Webb Humboldt 1937 Lucia Benton Norton Semi-finalist 1933 Pauline Sayre 23 1927 No Miss Kansas Mildred Orr competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant 1926 No Miss Kansas Ruth Richardson competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant 1925 No Miss Kansas Wildeana Withers competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant 1924 No Miss Kansas Donna Frye competed as Miss Wichita in the Miss America Pageant References
- ^ "Pageant newcomer earns Miss Kansas title". Pratt Tribune. June 11, 2011. http://www.pratttribune.com/topstories/x1732973495/Pageant-newcomer-earns-Miss-Kansas-title.
- ^ "About Us". http://www.vanbros.com/about_prod.html. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
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