Miss America started way back in 1921 and has been going, mostly without breaks, for the last 100 years. How about that! Here’s (mostly) every winner for the last century:
1. Miss America 1921, Margaret Gorman:
2. Miss America 1922 and 1923, Mary Katherine Campbell:
3. Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcolmson:
4. Miss America 1925, Fay Lanphier:
5. Miss America 1926, Norma Smallwood:
6. Miss America 1927, Lois Delander:
7. Miss America 1933, Marion Bergeron:
8. Miss America 1935, Henrietta Leaver:
9. Miss America 1936, Rose Coyle:
10. Miss America 1937, Bette Cooper:
11. Miss America 1938, Marilyn Meseke:
12. Miss America 1939, Patricia Donnelly:
13. Miss America 1940, Frances Burke:
14. Miss America 1941, Rosemary LaPlanche:
15. Miss America 1942, Jo-Carroll Dennison:
16. Miss America 1943, Jean Bartel:
17. Miss America 1944, Venus Ramey:
18. Miss America 1945, Bess Myerson:
19. Miss America 1946, Marilyn Buferd:
20. Miss America 1947, Barbara Jo Walker:
21. Miss America, 1948 BeBe Shopp:
22. Miss America 1949, Jacque Mercer:
23. Miss America 1951, Yolande Betbeze:
24. Miss America 1952, Colleen Kay Hutchins:
25. Miss America 1954, Evelyn Ay:
26. Miss America 1955, Lee Ann Meriwether:
27. Miss America 1956, Sharon Ritchie:
28. Miss America 1957, Marian McKnight:
29. Miss America 1958, Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur:
30. Miss America 1959, Mary Ann Mobley:
31. Miss America 1960, Lynda Lee Mead:
32. Miss America 1961, Nancy Anne Fleming:
33. Miss America 1962, Maria Fletcher:
34. Miss America 1963, Jacquelyn Mayer:
35. Miss America 1964, Donna Axum:
36. Miss America 1965, Vonda Kay Van Dyke:
37. Miss America 1966, Deborah Irene Bryant:
38. Miss America 1967, Jane Anne Jayroe:
39. Miss America 1968, Debra Barnes:
40. Miss America 1969, Judith Ford:
41. Miss America 1970, Pamela Eldred:
42. Miss America 1971, Phyllis George:
43. Miss America 1972, Laurie Lea Schaefer:
44. Miss America 1973, Terry Meeuwsen:
45. Miss America 1974, Rebecca King:
46. Miss America 1975, Shirley Cothran:
47. Miss America 1977, Dorothy Benham:
48. Miss America 1979, Kylene Barker:
49. Miss America 1980, Cheryl Prewitt:
50. Miss America 1981, Susan Powell:
51. Miss America 1982, Elizabeth Ward:
52. Miss America 1983, Debra Maffett:
53. Miss America 1984, Vanessa L. Williams:
54. Miss America 1984, Suzette Charles:
55. Miss America 1985, Sharlene Wells:
56. Miss America 1986, Susan Akin:
57. Miss America 1988, Kaye Lani Rae Rafko:
58. Miss America 1989, Gretchen Carlson:
59. Miss America 1990, Debbye Turner:
60. Miss America 1991, Marjorie Judith Vincent:
61. Miss America 1992, Carolyn Suzanne Sapp:
62. Miss America 1993, Leanza Cornett:
63. Miss America 1994, Kimberly Clarice Aiken:
64. Miss America 1995, Heather Whitestone:
65. Miss America 1996, Shawntel Smith:
66. Miss America 1997, Tara Dawn Holland:
67. Miss America 1998, Katherine Shindle:
68. Miss America 1999, Nicole Johnson:
69. Miss America 2000, Heather Renee French:
70. Miss America 2001, Angela Perez Baraquio:
71. Miss America 2002, Katie Harman:
72. Miss America 2003, Erika Harold:
73. Miss America 2004, Ericka Dunlap:
74. Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs:
75. Miss America 2006, Jennifer Berry:
76. Miss America 2007, Lauren Nelson:
77. Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund:
78. Miss America 2009, Katie Stam:
79. Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron:
80. Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan:
81. Miss America 2012, Laura Kaeppeler:
82. Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan:
83. Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri:
84. Miss America 2015, Kira Kazantsev:
85. Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell:
86. Miss America 2017, Savvy Shields:
87. Miss America 2018, Cara Mund:
88. Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin:
89. Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier:
90. Miss America 2022, Emma Broyles:
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