The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Jennifer Sedler[1] |
Tempe |
19 |
Miss Phoenix |
Jazz Dance "It's About That Walk" by Prince |
3rd runner-up |
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| 2010 |
Kathryn Bulkley |
Mesa |
20 |
Miss Pima County |
Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma" |
Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2011 |
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Daughter of Pamela Offer, Miss Hawaii 1981; Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008 |
| 2009 |
Savanna Troupe |
Phoenix |
23 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Baton "Satisfaction" |
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| 2008 |
Erin Nurss |
Sierra Vista |
23 |
Miss Tucson Valley |
Dance |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007; Former Arizona's Junior Miss 2003 |
| 2007 |
Nicole Turner |
Phoenix |
24 |
Miss Chandler |
Jazz Dance "Proud Mary" |
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Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003 |
| 2006 |
Hilary Griffith |
Glendale |
20 |
Miss Chandler |
Vocal "Don't Know Why" |
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Quality of Life 1st runner-up |
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 |
| 2005 |
Audrey Sibley |
Sierra Vista |
19 |
Miss San Marcos |
Vocal "Alone" |
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Quality of Life Finalist |
Later Top 15 at Miss Arizona USA 2009; Current co-director of the Miss Pima County Pageant under her married name, Audrey Sibley-Valles[2] |
| 2004 |
Katherine Kennedy |
Tempe |
24 |
Miss Twirling Athlete |
Baton Twirling |
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| 2003 |
Corrie Hill |
Gilbert |
24 |
Miss Mesa |
Dance "Proud Mary" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000; Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis.[3] |
| 2002 |
Laura Lawless |
Tempe |
24 |
Miss Maricopa |
Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" |
Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003 |
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Former New York's Junior Miss 1996 |
| 2001 |
Kapri Rose |
Gilbert |
19 |
Miss Gilbert |
Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special" |
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| 2000 |
Kristen Vatt |
Mesa |
20 |
Miss Gilbert |
Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha |
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| 1999 |
Lori Whiting |
Mesa |
20 |
Miss Desert Sun |
Piano "Malaguena" |
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| 1998 |
Leean Hendrix |
Parker |
22 |
Miss Tempe Buttes |
Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel" |
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| 1997 |
Stacey Momeyer |
Phoenix |
21 |
Miss Chandler |
Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera |
3rd runner-up |
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Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996 |
| 1996 |
Erin Gingrich |
Yuma |
21 |
Miss Yuma County |
Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1995 |
Cara Jackson |
Chandler |
22 |
Miss Chandler |
Vocal "All Is Fair In Love" |
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Later Miss Arizona USA 1999 |
| 1994 |
Stacy Agren |
Mesa |
21 |
Miss Mesa |
Classical Piano |
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Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1993 |
Amanda Murray |
Yuma |
19 |
Miss Yuma County |
Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
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Quality of Life Award |
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| 1992 |
Robyn Rayborn |
Mesa |
26 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Vocal "How Great Thou Art" |
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| 1991 |
Darsi Turner |
Yuma |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles |
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| 1990 |
Kimberly Hoskins |
Yuma |
19 |
Miss Yuma County |
Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1989 |
Tammy Kettunen |
Yuma |
21 |
Miss Maricopa County |
Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Sister to Miss Arizona 1986 |
| 1988 |
Lisa Mandel |
Tucson |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Dance "Steam Heat" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1987 |
Theresa Light |
Tucson |
18 |
Miss Western Maricopa |
Vocal "Somewhere" |
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| 1986 |
Terri Kettunen |
Yuma |
21 |
Miss Yuma County |
Classical Piano |
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Sister to Miss Arizona 1989 |
| 1985 |
Diane Martin |
Phoenix |
23 |
Miss Phoenix |
Vocal "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret |
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Later Miss Arizona USA 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA |
| 1984 |
Rhonda White |
Central |
20 |
Miss Graham County |
Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man" |
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| 1983 |
Jennifer Nichols |
Tempe |
22 |
Miss Glendale |
Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" |
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| 1982 |
Debra Daniels |
Yuma |
20 |
Miss Yuma County |
Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire" |
Top 10 Finalist |
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| 1981 |
Sarah Tattersall |
Scottsdale |
20 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1980 |
Brenda Strong |
Tempe |
20 |
Miss Valley West |
Vocal "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" |
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Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives |
| 1979 |
Pam Wenzel |
Phoenix |
22 |
Miss North Central Phoenix |
Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez" |
Top 10 Finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1978 |
Susan Kohler |
Tempe |
23 |
Miss Arizona State University |
Vocal & Dance "New York, New York" |
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| 1977 |
Cindy Glenn |
Globe |
18 |
Miss Globe |
Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" |
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| 1976 |
Anne DeVarennes |
Tucson |
22 |
Miss Tucson |
Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me" |
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| 1975 |
Vickie Hall |
Sierra Vista |
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Miss Sierra Vista |
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successor to crown |
| Stacey Peterson |
Phoenix |
21 |
Miss Tucson |
Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle" |
4th runner-up |
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| 1974 |
Mary Avilla |
Glendale |
20 |
Miss Maryvale |
Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done" |
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| 1973 |
Susan May |
Kingman |
19 |
Miss Kingman |
Piano Medley "The Glory of Love" "Laura" & "On the Sunny Side of the Street" |
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| 1972 |
Linda Gail Sirrine |
Mesa |
19 |
Miss Mesa |
Popular Vocal "Happy Heart" |
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Special Talent Award |
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| 1971 |
Celia Sklan |
Scottsdale |
22 |
Miss Scottsdale |
Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub" |
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| 1970 |
Karen Shields |
Tucson |
19 |
Miss University of Arizona |
Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1969 |
Kathleen Ennis |
Tucson |
20 |
Miss Tucson |
Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim" |
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| 1968 |
Linda Johnson |
Warren |
20 |
Miss Warren |
Authentic Tahitian Dance |
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Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966 |
| 1967 |
Bea Willis |
Phoenix |
19 |
Miss Phoenix |
Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" |
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| 1966 |
Launa Gardner |
Holbrook |
19 |
Miss Holbrrok |
Piano Solo |
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| 1965 |
Sandra Montgomery |
Yuma |
18 |
Miss Yuma County |
Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You" |
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| 1964 |
Vonda Kay Van Dyke |
Phoenix |
22 |
Miss Phoenix |
Ventriloquism & Singing "Together" |
Winner |
Miss Congeniality |
Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality |
| 1963 |
Susan Bergstrom |
Phoenix |
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Miss Phoenix |
Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight" |
4th runner-up |
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| 1962 |
Paula Lou Welch |
Tucson |
20 |
Miss Tucson |
Fire Baton Twirling |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1961 |
Susan Webb |
Prescott |
19 |
Miss Prescott |
Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars" |
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| 1960 |
Georgia Garbarino |
Flagstaff |
18 |
Miss Flagstaff |
Modern Dance "An American in Paris" |
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| 1959 |
Patricia Allebrand |
Yuma |
18 |
Miss Yuma County |
Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love" |
4th runner-up |
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| 1958 |
Donna Riggs |
Phoenix |
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Miss Phoenix |
Vocal/Dance "Teacher's Pet" |
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Special Scholarship |
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| 1957 |
Lynn Freyse |
Tucson |
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Miss Tucson |
Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl" |
Top 10 Finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
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| 1956 |
Barbara Hilgenberg |
Tucson |
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Miss Tucson |
Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield |
3rd runner-up |
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tied w/Miss Kansas |
| 1955 |
Beth Andre |
Phoenix |
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Miss Maricopa County |
Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" |
Top 10 Finalist |
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| 1954 |
Marjorie Nylund |
Phoenix |
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Miss Phoenix |
Drama "A Marine's Conversation" |
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| 1953 |
Betty Lou Lindly |
Tempe |
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Miss Tempe |
Piano |
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| 1950 |
Kathryn Lunsford |
Phoenix |
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Miss Phoenix |
Modern Dance |
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| 1949 |
Jacque Mercer |
Litchfield |
18 |
Miss Litchfield |
Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent |
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| 1948 |
Donna McElroy |
Phoenix |
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Miss Phoenix |
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| 1947 |
Wanda Law |
Tempe |
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Miss Tempe |
Diving Champion |
Top 10 Finalist |
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| 1938 |
Anna Marie Barnett |
Bisbee |
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Miss Bisbee |
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Top 10 Finalist |
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