Miss Alaska
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The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant.
Alaska's highest placement occurred in 1998, when Joslyn Tinker was selected for the Top Ten. One Miss Alaska won a preliminary swimsuit and another won a preliminary night talent award. Several other delegates have received non-finalist talent awards and special scholarships.
Miss Alaskas 1975 and 1978, Cindy Suryan and PJ Gentry respectively, were popular Anchorage television and radio personalities for many years. Miss Alaska 1976, Kathy (Tebow) Sharp worked as a National Weather Association certified television weather broadcaster in the early 1980s, and was on the same news team as co-anchor, Cindy Suryan.
Miss Alaska 1981, Laura Trollan, also worked in local television as an Anchorage weather broadcaster. Miss Alaska 1982 became an award-winning realtor and business woman, achieving recognition for The Kristan Cole Team. Miss Alaska 1984, Maryline Blackburn, pursued a career in music and has received critical acclaim as a recording artist. Miss Alaskas 1985 and 1986 went on to establish successful careers in modeling: Jerri Morrison as a plus-size supermodel, most recognizable for her catalog work for Nordstrom and JC Penney, and Kristina Christopher-Taylor as a TV and print model featured in several national campaigns.
In addition to the winners, runner-ups in the mid-eighties also obtained national recognition. Miss Anchorage, Alice Welling, established herself as a comedic actress and singer, and Miss Wasilla, Sarah Heath Palin, rose through political ranks to become Governor of Alaska and the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee.
Stacey Storey, Miss Alaska 1995, pursued an acting career and appeared in such films as Elvis and Annabelle. She marked what would become a resurgence of pageant winners entering the performing arts throughout the 2000s, most notably professional violinist Audrey Solomon, Miss Alaska 2000, as well as Miss Alaskas 2001 and 2003, who performed on Broadway.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sydnee Waggoner | Anchorage | ||||
| 2008 | Stephany Jeffers | Chugiak | Miss Birchwood | |||
| 2007 | Cari Leyva | Anchorage | Previously Miss Alaska USA 2004 | |||
| 2006 | Stephanie Wonchala | Eagle River | Miss Chugiak/Eagle River | |||
| 2005 | Rebecca Hayes | Anchorage | 2nd runner-up to Miss Alaska USA 2007 | |||
| 2004 | Christina Reasner | Sterling | ||||
| 2003 | Blair Chenoweth | Anchorage | Future Miss Alaska USA 2007 | |||
| 2002 | Peggy Willman | Anchorage | Miss North Star | |||
| 2001 | Eugenia Primis | Eagle River | Miss South Central | Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | ||
| 2000 | Audrey Solomon | Anchorage | Miss University Center | Bert Parks Non-finalist Scholarship award; Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1999 | Shannon Kelly | Palmer | Miss South Central | |||
| 1998 | Joslyn Tinker | Soldotna | Miss Alyeska | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship award | Former Alaska's Junior Miss 1994 |
| 1997 | Michelle Titus | Fairbanks | ||||
| 1996 | Christine Buschur | Eagle River | Miss Cook Inlet | |||
| 1995 | Stacey Storey | Eagle River | Miss Chugiak/Eagle River | Future Miss Alaska USA 2003 | ||
| 1994 | Patricia Marlow | Eagle River | Miss Anchorage | |||
| 1993 | Rebecca Nyboer | Anchorage | Miss Alyeska | Nonfinalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Keri Baumgardner | Eagle River | Miss Anchorage | |||
| 1991 | Beth Gustafson | Palmer | Miss Denali | Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship Winner | ||
| 1990 | Holly Salo | Kenai | Miss Mat-Su Valley | |||
| 1989 | Christine McCubbins | Kenai | Miss Denali | |||
| 1988 | Launa Middaugh | Wasilla | Miss South Central | |||
| 1987 | Teresa Murton | Anchorage | Miss Anchorage | |||
| 1986 | Jerri Morrison | Anchorage | Miss Northern Lights | |||
| 1985 | Kristina Christopher-Taylor | Palmer | Miss Talkeetna | |||
| 1984 | Maryline Blackburn | Anchorage | Miss South Central | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Jennifer Smith | Soldotna | Miss Soldotna | |||
| 1982 | Kristan Sapp | Wasilla | Miss South Central | |||
| 1981 | Laura Trollan | Juneau | Miss Juneau | |||
| 1980 | Sandra Lashbrook | Eagle River | Miss Chugiak-Eagle River | |||
| 1979 | Lila Oberg | Palmer | Miss Willow Area | |||
| 1978 | Patty-Jo Gentry | Valdez | Miss Fairbanks | |||
| 1977 | Lisa Granath | Kenai | Miss Greater Kenai | |||
| 1976 | Kathy Tebow | Anchorage | Miss Anchorage | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Cindy Suryan | Kodiak | Miss Kodiak | |||
| 1974 | Darby Moore | Kenai | Miss Kenai | |||
| 1973 | Virginia Adams | Anchorage | Miss Anchorage | |||
| 1972 | Deborah Wood | Anchorage | Miss Anchorage | *Deborah Wood was 1st runner up in the Miss Alaska pageant and replaced Linda Hogue when she was disqualified. Linda Hogue's name appeared in Miss America program, 1972. | ||
| 1971 | Linda Smith | Anchorage | Special Judge's Award | |||
| 1970 | Virginia Walker | Kotzebue | Miss Kotzebue/Arctic Circle | First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle | ||
| 1969 | Gwenn Gregg | Anchorage | Miss Northern Lights | |||
| 1968 | Jane Haycraft | Fairbanks | Miss Greater Fairbanks Area | |||
| 1967 | Penny Thomasson | Spenard | ||||
| 1966 | Nancy Lorell Wellman | Fairbanks | Miss Greater Fairbanks Area | |||
| 1965 | Mary Ruth Nidiffer | Anchorage | Miss Alaska Methodist University | |||
| 1964 | Karol Hommon | Anchorage | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1963 | Colleen Kendall | Anchorage | Miss Alaska State Fair | |||
| 1962 | Mary Dee Fox | Anchorage | Miss Greater Anchorage | |||
| 1961 | Jean Ann Holm | Fairbanks | ||||
| 1960 | June Bowdish | Anchorage | ||||
| 1959 | Alansa Carr | Ketchikan | ||||
| 1958 | Stuart Johnson | Douglas City | ||||
| 1950 | Maxine Cothern | Fairbanks | ||||
| 1938 | Grace Bailey Thompson | Anchorage | Miss Alaska | Ice Carnival Queen | *Crowned Miss Alaska in Nenana, Thompson was her married name | |
| 1937 | Marguerite Lee West | Nome | West is her married name- | |||
| Helmer Liederman | disqualified |
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