National Sweetheart

Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.

The event, which has no official ties to the Miss America organization, is sponsored by the Hoopeston Jaycees and is held on Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the town's Sweetcorn Festival.^[1] Most contestants placed first runner-up in their state pageant, however second and other runners-up are invited if the first runner-up chooses not to attend.^[2] The winner of the National Sweetheart title receives a $1000 scholarship and a pendant shaped like an ear of corn.^[2]

Winning this title does not guarantee that a contestant will win a Miss America state title, but since 1970 eight Miss National Sweetheart winners have gone on to win both their state and the Miss America title.^[2] A few have won their state titles in different states from those which they represented at National Sweetheart.

Winners

Year	Name	State	Later Miss America state title	Placement at Miss America	Notes
2010	Brittany Hagan[3]	Indiana
2009	Shannon Beam	Virginia
2008	Rachelle Gurule	Arizona
2007	Erica Gelhaus	Ohio	Miss Ohio 2009
2006	Kelley Bradshaw[4]	Georgia
2005	Adrielle Churchill	Arkansas			Later Miss Arkansas USA 2010 & Top 15 at Miss USA 2010
2004	Monica Pang	Georgia	Miss Georgia 2005	1st runner-up
2003	Kandice Pelletier	Georgia	Miss New York 2005		The Amazing Race 10 and All-Stars Contestant
2002	Madonna Emond	Michigan	Miss Michigan 2003	Top 15
2001	Melissa Clark	Louisiana	Miss Louisiana 2003
2000	MacKenzie Mayes	Kentucky	Miss Kentucky 2003
1999	Andrea Lee Bailey	Georgia	Miss Georgia 2003	Top 15
1998	Keri Lynn Shrader	Florida	Miss Maryland 1999	3rd runner-up
1997	Chera-Lyn Cook	Kentucky	Miss Kentucky 1998	4th runner-up
1996	Stacey Momeyer	Arizona	Miss Arizona 1997	3rd runner-up
1995	Tara Dawn Holland	Florida	Miss Kansas 1996	Winner
1994	Heather Rae Geery	Oklahoma
1993	Megan Welch	Florida	Miss Florida 1994
1992	Elizabeth Simmons	Oregon	Miss Oregon 1993	3rd runner-up
1991	Leanza Cornett	Florida	Miss Florida 1992	Winner
1990	Carolyn Suzanne Sapp	Hawaii	Miss Hawaii 1991	Winner
1989	Mairead O'Connor	Connecticut
1988	Debbye Turner	Arkansas	Miss Missouri 1989	Winner
1987	Melissa Aggeles	Florida	Miss Florida 1988	Top 10
1986	Carole Ann Lawson	Arkansas	Miss Arkansas 1987
1985	Catherine Breslin	Illinois
1984	Judy Anderson	Arizona
1983	Margaret Marie O'Brien	Massachusetts	Miss Massachusetts 1984	Top 10
1982	Holly Mayer	Massachusetts	Miss Massachusetts 1983		Mother of Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2011- Lauren Molella; Sister-in-law of Miss New York 1989- Lisa Molella[5]
1981	Gloria Gilbert	Texas	Miss Texas 1982
1980	Elizabeth Grace Ward	Arkansas	Miss Arkansas 1981	Winner
1979	Bobbie Candler	Texas	Miss Louisiana 1982
1978	Michelle Whitson	Kansas	Miss Kansas 1979	2nd runner-up
1977	Carolyn Jones	Kentucky
1976	Guylyn Remmenga	Nebraska	Miss Nebraska 1978	Top 10
1975	Carlene McGinnis	Georgia
1974	Linda Hodges	Georgia
1973	Rebecca Bloomer	Texas
1972	Jacqueline Barrett	Texas
1971	Susan Hays	Wisconsin
1970	Linda Brownfield	Kentucky
1969	Mary Lee Nordby	North Dakota
1968	Diana Barker	Kentucky
1967	Sidney Becker	Utah
1966	Vicki Lynn Hurd	Tennessee	Miss Tennessee 1966	2nd runner-up
1965	Diana Bateman	Washington			Later Miss Washington USA 1967
1964	Judy Duncan	Ohio
1963	Colleen Thacker	Washington
1961	Nancy McCelvey	Texas
1960	Marjorie Koehler	Illinois
1959	Rita Wilson	Tennessee	Miss Tennessee 1961
1958	Janice Hansen	Iowa
1957	Irene Meyer	Ohio
1956	Joyce Riding	Iowa
1955	Kerin Kae Okerlin	Iowa
1954	Joyce Brown	Illinois
1953	Sandra Porter	Indiana
1952	Corine Javaag	Minnesota
1951	Patricia Baker	Wisconsin
1950	Janet Rainier	Indiana
1949	Joyce Cisco	Wisconsin
1948	Joan Edwards	Wisconsin
1941	Alice Baker	Wisconsin

References

1. ^ Dempsey, Pam (2007-09-03). "Hoopeston festival a rich, and corny, tradition". The News-Gazette. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/living/2007-09-03/hoopeston-festival-rich-and-corny-tradition.html?quicktabs_1=0. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Still Dreaming of Miss America Crown?". The Island Packet. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=AW8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vKwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1423,519997&dq=national-sweetheart+hoopeston&hl=en. 
3. ^ Bollenbacher, Abby (September 6, 2010). "National Sweetheart 2010 Results!". MISScellanea. http://abbybollenbacher.blogspot.com/2010/09/national-sweetheart-2010-results.html. Retrieved September 9, 2010. 
4. ^ King, Wendy (2006-09-04). "Georgia’s Kelley Bradshaw Wins National Sweetheart". The Chattanoogan. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_92126.asp. 
5. ^ "Lauren Molella named Miss New York Outstanding Teen". SI Live. June 19, 2011. http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/lauren_molella_named_miss_new.html. 

External links

• Official website
• List of Contestants since 1997

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