| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Carlie Colella[1] |
Hagerstown |
20 |
Miss Central Maryland |
Contemporary Dance "The Edge of Glory" |
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| 2010 |
Lindsay Staniszewski |
Baltimore |
22 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Vocal "A Change In Me" from Beauty and the Beast |
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Quality of Life Finalist |
Sister of Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007 & Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009, Second Runner-Up in the 2010 Miss Maryland USA 2010 Pageant |
| 2009 |
Brooke Poklemba |
Westminster |
24 |
Miss University City |
Vocal "A Broken Wing" |
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Maryland's Junior Miss 2004. |
| 2008 |
Louise Schlegel |
Silver Spring |
20 |
Miss Allegany County |
Vocal "If I Had My Way" |
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| 2007 |
Shana Powell[2] |
Bowie |
22 |
Miss Allegany County |
Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide |
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Sister of Niambi Powell, Miss Maryland Teen USA 2000.[3] |
| 2006 |
Brittany Lietz |
Edgewater |
21 |
Miss Tidewater |
Lyrical Dance "The Gold" |
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| 2005 |
Rachel Ellsworth |
Fort Ashby, West Virginia |
21 |
Miss Western Maryland |
Tap Dance "Do Your Thing" |
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*qualified to compete as Miss Maryland as a student at Allegany College |
| 2004 |
Tiffany Jenkins |
Silver Spring |
24 |
Miss Gaithersburg |
Vocal "Take My Breath Away" |
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| 2003 |
Marina Harrison |
Severn |
22 |
Miss Burtonsville |
Vocal "Fallin'" |
3rd runner-up |
Final Night Casual Wear Winner |
Future Miss Maryland USA 2005 and finalist at Miss USA |
| 2002 |
Camille Lewis |
Silver Spring |
23 |
Miss College Park |
Crossover Classical Violin "Victory" |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Evening Wear Award, Overall Talent Award |
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1999 & 2001 |
| 2001 |
Kelly Glorioso |
Fallston |
21 |
Miss Free State |
Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" |
Top 20 quarter-finalist |
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| 2000 |
Sonia Maria Amir |
Beltsville |
24 |
Miss Bethesda |
Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" |
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| 1999 |
Keri L. Schrader |
Rockville |
24 |
Miss College Park |
Ballet en Pointe "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
3rd runner-up |
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Former National Sweetheart 1998 as Miss Florida |
| 1998 |
Heather Noelle Davis |
Severna Park |
23 |
Miss Southern Maryland |
Classical Piano Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award, Steinway Piano Performance Award |
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| 1997 |
Jaime Fox |
Frederick |
21 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Vocal "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard |
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| 1996 |
Susan Elizabeth Alexander |
Silver Spring |
24 |
Miss Lanham |
Vocal "Sing Me" |
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| 1995 |
Marcia M. Griffith |
Fort Washington |
23 |
Miss Federal City |
Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere" |
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| 1994 |
Karissa Brooke Jones |
Hagerstown |
23 |
Miss Western Maryland |
Ballet en Pointe |
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| 1993 |
Renee Cole |
Bowie |
22 |
Miss Northwest Maryland |
Patriotic Vocal "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
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| 1992 |
Tammy Wyatt |
Clinton |
26 |
Miss Towson |
Vocal "Stuff Like That There" |
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| 1991 |
Debra Renea Fries |
Waldorf |
26 |
Miss Tidewater |
Baton Twirling "Hooked on America" |
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Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1990 |
Kimberly Ann Grimm |
Mountain Lake Park |
20 |
Miss Allegany County |
Vocal "One, Two, Three Say You Love Me" |
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| 1989 |
Virginia Cha |
Frederick |
25 |
Miss Frederick |
Classical Piano "Étude Op. 25, No. 1" |
1st runner-up |
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formerly Maryland's Junior Miss 1982, currently a news anchor for CNN Headline News |
| 1988 |
Lori Ann Windsor |
Mt. Airy |
20 |
Miss Bel Air |
Dance / Baton Twirling |
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| 1987 |
Tamara Alaine Walker |
Kingsville |
21 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1986 |
Katrina Lynn Owens |
Pikesville |
24 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Jazz Dance |
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| 1985 |
Jennifer Louise Charlton |
Bethesda |
22 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Vocal / Dance "Last Blues Song" |
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| 1984 |
Mary Elizabeth Haroth |
Towson |
25 |
Miss Towson |
Vocal "Memory" |
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| 1983 |
Amy Elizabeth Keys |
Lanham |
26 |
Miss Howard County |
Popular Vocal "I'll Never Love This Way Again" |
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| 1982 |
Lynne Carol Graham |
Bethesda |
23 |
Miss Lanham |
Popular Vocal "Alfie" |
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Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007- Kaitlynne Postel |
| 1981 |
Robin Harmon |
Hagerstown |
24 |
Miss Hagerstown |
Greek Drama "Antigone" |
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| 1980 |
Lisa Marie Daskal |
Cumberland |
18 |
Miss Cumberland |
Vocal & Dance |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1979 |
Shelly Meg Peiken |
Greenbelt |
22 |
Miss Anne Arundel |
Self-Composed Vocal Performance "Carry Me Home" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1978 |
Caroline JoAnn Donnelly |
College Park |
21 |
Miss Lanham |
Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" |
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| 1977 |
Donna Marie Silvestri |
Catonsville |
18 |
Miss Baltimore |
Modern Jazz Dance / Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now" |
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| 1976 |
Barbara Jean Jennings |
Greenbelt |
25 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Piano "Rachmaninoff's Polichinelle" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 1975 |
Veronica Marie Clarke |
Bel Air |
21 |
Miss Bel Air |
Popular Vocal "Don't Rain On My Parade" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1974 |
Susan Jane Wohlfarth |
Potomac |
21 |
Miss Olney |
Classical Ballet "Giselle" |
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Competed in the 1969 Miss Teenage America Pageant |
| 1973 |
Kristi Maurine Reindl |
LaVale |
19 |
Miss Frostburg State College |
Tympani Solo "The Champ" |
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former mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois |
| 1972 |
Kathleen Louise Neff |
Cumberland |
21 |
Miss Frostburg State College |
Dramatic Sliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I |
Top 10 semifinalist |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 |
Joan Michele Ehrgott |
Avondale |
21 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Vocal / Dance "If My Friends Could See Me Now" |
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| 1970 |
Sharon Anne Cannon |
Salisbury |
21 |
Miss Annendale |
Piano "Elephant Walk" |
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| 1969 |
Margaret Elaine Mackle |
Cecilton |
21 |
Miss Beltsville |
Dramatic Monologue |
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| 1968 |
Karen Anne Hansen |
College Park |
20 |
Miss University of Maryland |
Vocal "Just You Wait from My Fair Lady |
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| 1967 |
Ingrid Christine Larson |
Ellicott City |
20 |
Miss North Carroll County |
Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1966 |
Linda Rita Peluzzo |
Oxon Hill |
19 |
Miss Clinton-Camp Springs/Crescent City |
Original Monologue & Accordion Solo |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1965 |
Sharon Rae Burlington Aberdeen* |
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| Barbara Lynn Hamilton |
College Park |
19 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" |
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| 1964 |
Donna Marie McCauley |
Rockville |
19 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Interpretive Ballet |
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| 1963 |
Carolyn Bond Wright |
Forest Hill |
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Miss Harford County |
Sketch / Ballet / Modern Jazz Dance |
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| 1962 |
Beverly Ann Smith |
Essex |
18 |
Miss Baltimore Area |
Organ & Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" |
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Competed in the 1963 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1961 |
Patricia Ann Moon |
Bethesda |
18 |
Miss Bethesda |
Modern Jazz Dance |
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| 1960 |
Robin Carole Davis |
Hyattsville |
18 |
Miss Prince George's County |
Vocal "I Cain't Say No" |
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Competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1959 |
Marie Lorraine True |
Phoenix |
19 |
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Vocal / Dance |
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competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1958 |
Mary Roberta Page |
Bethesda |
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Chalk Sketch |
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| 1957 |
Nancy Elizabeth Norris |
Silver Spring |
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Drama |
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| 1956 |
Jeanette Louise Rosensteel |
Timonium |
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Vocal |
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Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1955 |
Carol Jennette |
Westminster |
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Fashion Display & Speech "How To Pack a Suitcase" |
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| 1954 |
Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich |
Dundalk |
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Vocal |
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| 1953 |
Meta Frances Justice |
Crisfield |
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Vocal |
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| 1952 |
Shirley Virginia Harrison |
Baltimore |
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Drama |
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| 1951 |
Georgia Reed |
Baltimore |
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Vocal |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1950 |
Ann Uri |
Baltimore |
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| 1949 |
Jean Crow |
Baltimore |
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| 1948 |
Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh |
Cumberland |
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| 1947 |
Carolyn Jean Dixon |
Cumberland |
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Vocal "It Had to Be You" |
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| 1946 |
Dorothy C. Crockett |
Baltimore |
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Original Poetry Recitation |
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| 1945 |
Virginia Lee Van Sant |
Cumberland |
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Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1944 |
Audrey Klingenberg |
Baltimore |
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| 1943 |
Lillian Marlene Huber |
Baltimore |
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| Shirlee O'Connell |
Baltimore |
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competed as Miss Baltimore at Miss America |
| 1942 |
Bettye Mitchell |
Baltimore |
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| 1941 |
Penny Malone |
Baltimore |
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| 1940 |
Marie Beiser |
Baltimore |
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| 1939 |
Elaine Pasqualla |
Crisfield |
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| 1938 |
Yolanda Ugarte |
Baltimore |
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| 1937 |
May Vivian Miller |
Baltimore |
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Competed as Miss Baltimore at Miss America |
| Margaret Myers |
Rock Hall |
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competed as Miss Eastern Shores at Miss America |
| 1936 |
Ethel Holland |
Berlin |
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| Anne Margaret Kane |
Baltimore |
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competed at Miss America as Miss Baltimore |
| 1935 |
Frances Stine |
Baltimore |
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competed as Miss Baltimore |
| 1933 |
Dorothy Dennis |
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16 |
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| 1927 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Beulah Goldsborough competed as Miss Baltimore |
| 1926 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Mildred Adam competed as Miss Baltimore |
| 1925 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Thelma Krakan competed as Miss Baltimore, Mildred Lee Purdy competed as Miss Frederick and Aleda Bradford Cook competed as Miss Hagerstown |
| 1924 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Mary Rose Kenny competed as Miss Baltimore and Gretchen Carney competed as Miss Cumberland |
| 1923 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Billie Muller competed as Miss Baltimore and Elizabeth Steele competed as Miss Cumberland |
| 1922 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Ernestine Campbell competed as Miss Baltimore |
| 1921 |
No Miss Maryland |
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Hazel Harris competed as Miss Ocean City |