- Miss Oregon
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Oregon USA.
Katie Harman signs a poster at a USO dinner.
The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition and beauty pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.
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History
Seaside Civic and Convention Center where the pageant is held each yearThe event began in 1947 as the Miss Oregon Pageant and was founded by the merchants in the coastal city of Seaside.[1] Miss Oregon was designated the official State Hostess in 1969.[2] In 2002, Katie Harman was crowned Miss Oregon and went on to win the Miss America crown, becoming the only Miss Oregon winner of the national event. The event is now titled the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant.[3]
The event is held at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center at the Oregon Coast with local Seaside merchants as the primary sponsors of the annual contest.[1] The two-day event narrows the competition down to ten finalists on the first day before selecting a winner on the second day.[1] Events at the event include an evening wear competition, talent competition, bathing suit competition, and a competition in casual wear.[4] The competition includes an interview on-stage as the final portion before a winner is selected.[4]
In addition to the chance to become Miss America, the winner also receives scholarships.[1] Contests range in age from 17 to 24, and must first win local competitions before qualifying for the Miss Oregon contest.[4]
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Caroline McGowan[5] Corvallis 20 Miss Linn-Benton County Vocal 2010 Stephenie Steers[6] Hillsboro 24 Miss Multnomah Vocal "Something to Talk About" Top 15 Voted into the Top 15 as one of two "Contestants' Choice" Finalists selected by the contestants 2009 CC Barber Scappoose 23 Miss Tri Valley Dance "Bleeding Love" Top 15 semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006; Voted into the Top 15 by her fellow contestants 2008 Danijela Krstic Beaverton 24 Miss Tri Valley Belly Dancing 2007 Kari Virding[7] Portland 24 Miss Portland Vocal "The Girl in 14G" Non-finalist Talent Award Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 2000 2006 Donilee McGinnis Scappoose 24 Miss Willamette Valley Tap Dance "I Gotcha" 2005 Lucy Fleck Portland 20 Miss Portland Tap Dance "Turn the Beat Around" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 2004 Brook Roberts Roseburg 21 Miss Douglas County Vocal "All That Jazz" The Amazing Race 17 Contestant 2003 April Robinson Gresham 22 Miss Multnomah County A capella Tap Dance Non-Finalist Interview Award 2002 Brita Stream Eugene 22 Miss Linn-Benton Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard 2001 Heidi Rickey Miss Yamhill County Vocal Successor to crown Katie Harman Gresham 21 Miss Portland Classical Vocal "O mio babbino caro" Winner - Miss America 2002 Preliminary Talent Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 2000 Angela Day Brink Roseburg 22 Miss Douglas County Ballet "Angel" 1999 Angela Reed Portland 23 Miss Tri-Valley Vocal "You Don't Know Me" Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1997 & 1998 1998 Jennifer Sisco-Moore Eugene 23 Miss Tri-Valley Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete, State Community Service Award 1997 Tamara Ann Finch Myrtle Creek 24 Miss Douglas County Classical Piano "Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor" Semi-Finalist Steinway Talent Winner 1996 Patricia Regan Leines Medford 24 Miss Tri-Valley Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from The Daughter of the Regiment Second Runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award 1995 Emily John Orton Creswell 19 Miss Linn-Benton Classical Vocal "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" from Carmen First Runner-up 1994 Roberta Stenbeck Roseburg 23 Miss Douglas County Piano 1993 Elizabeth Simmons Bandon 23 Miss Tri-Valley Vocal "Someone Else's Story" from Chess Third Runner-up Previously winner of the National Sweetheart Pageant in 1992 1992 Sara Kristi Paulson Portland 21 Miss Washington County Vocal "The Star-Spangled Banner" 1991 Carolyn Helen Ladd Corvallis 24 Miss Linn-Benton Vocal "I Must Be a Star" 1990 Brittney Gae Thompson Portland 20 Miss Tri-Valley Vocal "Break It to Me Gently" 1989 Lynette Boggs Portland 26 Miss Portland Vocal "I Am Changing" State Quality of Life Award Served on the Board of Directors for the Miss America Pageant; Served on Las Vegas City Council and Clark County Commission 1988 Anna Denise Jones Portland 24 Miss Tri-Valley Vocal "Crazy" 1987 Tamara Fazzolari Portland 21 Miss Hillsboro Tap Dance 1986 Jana Svea Peterson Newport 22 Miss Linn-Benton Vocal Medley Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe 1985 Dana Kocks Ashland 21 Miss Rogue Valley Classical Vocal "Seguidilla" from Carmen 1984 Renee Bagley Portland 22 Miss Willamette Valley Popular Vocal "Don't Cry Out Loud" 1983 Stephanie "Jill" Wymer Sutherlin 22 Miss Douglas County Popular Vocal "Out Here On My Own" Non-finalist Talent Award 1982 Laura Matthys Salem 21 Miss Linn-Benton Rifle Twirling Routine "Herzegovinian March" 1981 Julie Ross Portland 20 Miss Portland Classical Piano "Prokofiev's Toccata" Semi-Finalist 1980 Teresa Richardson Forest Grove 20 Miss Multnomath County Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night" Non-finalist Talent Award 1979 Tami Sanders Roseburg 21 Miss Douglas County Gymnastic Dance "A Fifth of Beethoven" 1978 Amy White Portland 20 Miss Portland Musical Comedy Free Style Dance "Overture from Gypsy" 1977 Suzanne Bunker Forest Grove 21 Miss Portland Classical Flute "Fantasie for Flute" Semi-Finalist 1976 Shan Moss Nyssa 21 Miss Malheur County Flute Solo "Concertino" Non-finalist Talent Award 1975 Betty Hupfer Milwaukie 21 Miss Gresham Dancing "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" 1974 Juli Ann Berg Eugene 21 Miss Lane County Vocal "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Previously Oregon's Junior Miss in 1974 1973 Nancy Jean Jackson Nyssa 20 Miss Rogue Valley Dramatic Interpretation from The Taming of the Shrew 1972 Sandra Lynn Herring Portland 20 Miss Portland Vocal Medley "Who Will Buy?" & "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver! Non-finalist Talent Award Performed with Miss America USO Troupe 1971 Lynn Dee Grenz Milwaukie 20 Miss Linn County Vocal "Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Popular Singer) Former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and past House Majority Leader, judged the Miss America Pageant in 1999 1970 Cynthia Lynn Harrison Portland 18 Miss Rogue Valley Vocal & Guitar "Just Once" 1969 Margie Elaine Huhta Astoria 20 Miss Knappa-Svensen Vocal Medley "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" & "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" USO Tour 1968 Marjean Kay Langley Milton-Freewater 19 Miss Pendleton Classical Ballet "The Dying Swan" Third Runner-up 1967 Christine Beach Pendleton 18 Miss Pendleton Vocal "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady 1966 Lita Schiel Lake Oswego 21 Miss Lake Oswego Original Skit 1965 Sue Pack Eugene 18 Miss Eugene Vocal "The Lonely Goatherd" Semi-Finalist Joined The New Christy Minstrels in 1966 and married Mickey Newbury in 1969. 1964 Carol Pedersen Newport 18 Miss Lincoln County Dramatic Reading 1963 D’Ann Fullerton Roseburg Miss Roseburg Original Novelty Dance & Hula Baton 1962 Martha Wyatt Jacksonville 19 Miss Rogue Valley Interpretive Jazz Dance "Love Walked In" Semi-Finalist 1961 Jody Bourne Salem 20 Miss Salem Interpretive Ballet 1960 Rosemary Doolen Salem 19 Miss Salem Vocal "A Heart That's Free" Non-finalist Talent Award (Most Talented Singer) 1959 Karlyn Mattsson Portland 18 Miss Portland Piano & Dance 1958 Mary Ellen Vinton McMinnville Miss McMinnville Piano & Tap Dance "I Won't Dance" 1957 Judith Hansen Astoria Miss Astoria Classical Vocal "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from La bohème Semi-Finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1956 Patricia Berg Eugene Miss Eugene Vibraharp "Indian Love Call" 1955 Dorothy Mae Johnson Portland Miss Beaverton Dramatic Monologue from Macbeth First Runner-up 1954 Diane Carman Milwaukie Miss Oak Grove Drama "This Is America" 1953 Patti Throop Portland Miss Portland Dramatic Reading "Patterns" Semi-Finalist 1952 Mary Lou Teague Eugene Miss Eugene Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" 1951 Audrey Mistretta Astoria Miss Tongue Point Vocal 1950 Elizabeth Ann Baker Monmouth Miss McMinnville 1949 Beverly Kruger The Dalles Miss The Dalles Piano "Clair de Lune" 1948 Joyce Davis Bend Miss Redmond Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" Semi-Finalist 1947 Jo Ann Amorde Sutherlin Miss Roseburg Vocal "Alice Blue Gown" from Irene Semi-Finalist 1926 No Miss Oregon Maxine Jennings competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant 1923 No Miss Oregon Patricia Smith competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant 1922 No Miss Oregon Virginia Edwards competed as Miss Portland in the Miss America Pageant References
- ^ a b c d Miss Oregon Pageant starts today in Seaside. The Oregonian, July 8, 2004.
- ^ Chapter 186 — State Emblems; State Boundary 2005 Oregon Revised Statutes
- ^ Foyston, John. Miss Portland rises to the top, takes Miss Oregon title. The Oregonian, July 2, 2007.
- ^ a b c Tareen, Sophia. Persistence pays off for pageant winner. The Oregonian, July 12, 2004.
- ^ "Caroline McGowan of Corvallis wins 2011 Miss Oregon pageant". The Oregonian. The Associated Press. July 2, 2011. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/caroline_mcgowan_of_corvallis.html. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ^ "Hillsboro woman is named Miss Oregon". The Associated Press. OregonLive.com. July 12, 2010. http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/07/hillsboro_woman_is_named_miss_oregon.html. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Miss Portland Crowned Miss Oregon 2007". Salem News. 2007-07-01. http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july012007/miss_oregon_07_7107.php. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
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