| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Elizabeth Wertenberger[1] |
Dundee |
22 |
Miss Southwest |
Dance "Don't Stop Believin'" |
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Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up |
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| 2010 |
Katie Lynn LaRoche |
Bay City |
23 |
Miss Capital City |
Contemporary Dance "Calls Me Home" |
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Quality of Life Award, Miss Congeniality |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 |
| 2009 |
Nicole Blaszczyk |
Novi |
22 |
Miss Wayne County |
Lyrical Dance "Lifetime" |
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Preliminary Talent Award & Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 2008 |
Ashlee Baracy[2] |
Westland |
23 |
Miss Wayne County |
Jazz Dance |
Top 10 at Miss America 2009 |
1st runner-up Quality of Life Award |
1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2007; Former Michigan's Junior Miss 2003; Top Ten Finalist and Overall Fitness Winner at America's Junior Miss 2003; Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit Award 2008; Miss America 2008 Academic Scholarship |
| 2007 |
Gina Valo |
Ann Arbor |
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Miss West Michigan |
Fiddle |
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1st runner-up to Miss Michigan 2007; Assumed title after Kirsten Haglund won the Miss America title; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2006; Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent Award 2007 |
| Kirsten Haglund |
Farmington Hills |
19 |
Miss Oakland County |
Vocal "Over the Rainbow" |
Winner - Miss America 2008 |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944 |
| 2006 |
Angela Corsi |
Farmington Hills |
24 |
Miss Heart of Michigan |
Contemporary Dance en Pointe "Sway" |
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4th runner-up (2004) & 3rd runner-up (2005) at National Sweetheart; Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent and Swimsuit Award 2006 |
| 2005 |
Octavia Reese |
Detroit |
23 |
Miss Wayne County |
Cello "Fuego" |
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| 2004 |
Kelli Talicska |
Auburn |
24 |
Miss Kalamazoo County |
Vocal "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 |
| 2003 |
Madonna K. Emond |
Livonia |
22 |
Miss Great Lakes |
Jazz Dance "On Broadway" |
Top 15 Quarter-finalist |
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3rd runner-up (2001) & Winner (2002) at National Sweetheart |
| 2002 |
Erin Moss |
Stevensville |
21 |
Miss Southwest Michigan |
Flute "Riverdance" |
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| 2001 |
Stacy Essebaggers |
Whitehall |
21 |
Miss Great Lakes |
Clogging "Medley from Moulin Rouge!" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 2000 |
Che'vonne Burton |
Detroit |
18 |
Miss Redford Township |
Vocal Medley "This Can't Be Love" & Almost Like Being in Love" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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previously was Miss Michigan Teen USA 1997 |
| 1999 |
Audrie Chernauckas |
Livonia |
23 |
Miss Redford Township |
Ballet en Pointe "Medley from Titanic" |
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| 1998 |
Laura Frances Welling |
Livonia |
23 |
Miss Washtenaw |
Gymnastic Dance "Jurassic Park" |
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| 1997 |
Kimberly Stec |
Rochester |
22 |
Miss Washtenaw |
Jazz Dance "Step by Step" |
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| 1996 |
Jennifer Lynn Drayton |
Saginaw |
22 |
Miss Great Lakes |
Classical Piano "Sonata Appassionata" |
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| 1995 |
Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan |
Jackson |
23 |
Miss Redford Township |
Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves |
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| 1994 |
Maria Malay Kamara |
Zeeland |
24 |
Miss Heart of Michigan |
Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1993 |
Stacey Gail Heisler |
Livonia |
23 |
Miss Great Lakes |
Violin Solo |
|
1st runner-up Quality of Life Award |
|
| 1992 |
Terri Sue Liford |
Monroe |
24 |
Miss Monroe County |
Popular Vocal "Only You" |
|
2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award |
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| 1991 |
Sandra Kay Metiva |
Saginaw |
25 |
Miss Northern Michigan |
Vocal "Amazing Grace" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1990 |
Victoria Lynn Fair |
Jackson |
21 |
Miss Jackson County |
Classical Vocal "Habanera" |
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| 1989 |
Margaret Jan McIntyre |
Monroe |
24 |
Miss Monroe County |
Ballet "Carmen" |
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| 1988 |
Krista Ann Blomgren |
Livonia |
22 |
Miss Heart of Michigan |
Oboe |
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| 1987 |
Melanie Ester Churella |
Farmington Hills |
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Miss Farmington |
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Successor to crown |
| Kaye Lani Rae Rafko |
Monroe |
24 |
Miss Monroe County |
Hawaiian-Tahitian Dance |
Winner - Miss America 1988 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
| 1986 |
Kelly Lynn Garver |
Farmington Hills |
23 |
Miss Farmington |
Fiddle Medley "Orange Blossom Special" & "New Country" |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe |
| 1985 |
Alecia Rae Masalkoski |
Muskegon |
23 |
Miss Muskegon County |
Karate Kata |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
|
Future Miss Indiana USA 1987 |
| 1984 |
Barbara Jean Crandall |
Lawrence |
21 |
Miss Southwest Michigan |
Ventriloquism "Auctioneer's Song" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1983 |
Denise Gehman |
Waterford |
20 |
Miss West Bloomfield |
Vocal Medley "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" & "Show Me" from My Fair Lady |
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| 1982 |
Kathy Pennington |
Jackson |
25 |
Miss Heart of Michigan |
Vocal "God Bless the Child" |
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| 1981 |
Gwen Brown Dickerson |
Ishpeming |
22 |
Miss Ishpeming |
Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing "Memory of Grandmother" |
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| 1980 |
Heidi Hepler |
Livonia |
24 |
Miss Livonia |
Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song" |
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| 1979 |
Bethany Wright |
Saginaw |
19 |
Miss Saginaw |
Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1978 |
Suzanne M. Schemm |
Essexville |
21 |
Miss Van Buren County |
Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz" |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1977 |
Holly Schmidt |
Farmington Hills |
18 |
Miss Farmington |
Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" |
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| 1976 |
Diane Hansen |
Berrien Center |
23 |
Miss Southwest Michigan |
Piano Medley "America," "Dixie" & "Yankee Doodle" |
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| 1975 |
Julie Beckers |
Allegan |
18 |
Miss Allegan County |
Dance & Speech "Zarathustra" |
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| 1974 |
Susan Short Shain |
Kalamazoo |
24 |
Miss Heart of Michigan |
Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" |
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| 1973 |
Sherry Agnello Colby |
St. Clair Shores |
19 |
Miss St. Clair Shores |
Vocal "I'd Rather Be Blue" |
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| 1972 |
Terri Cousino Oros |
Erie |
19 |
Miss Monroe County |
Vocal "How Can I Wait?" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1971 |
Linda Susan Kish |
Allen Park |
19 |
Miss Taylor |
Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1970 |
Ginger Meyers Robinson |
Lincoln Park |
21 |
Miss Ann Arbor |
Vocal "Wicked Man" |
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| 1969 |
Sandra Gillespie Bograkos |
|
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Miss Michigan State University |
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Successor to crown |
| Pamela Eldred |
Birmingham |
21 |
Miss Detroit |
Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" |
Winner |
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| 1968 |
Darlene Kurant Follett |
Muskegon |
19 |
Miss Muskegon |
Vocal "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" |
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| 1967 |
Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer |
East Grand Rapids |
19 |
Miss Michigan Junior College |
Dramatic Reading "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1966 |
Nancy Ackert |
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Miss Battle Creek |
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Gayle Chancey of Dearborn was crowned Miss Michigan but was disqualified prior to Miss America for taking a car without permission and taking a road trip without telling her family. She was replaced by Ackert who received the news while in Hoopeston, Illinois competing at the National Sweetheart Pageant |
| 1965 |
Esther Lynne Smith |
Portage |
19 |
Miss Western Michigan University |
Classical Vocal |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1964 |
Sarah Jane Noble |
East Lansing |
18 |
Miss East Lansing |
Free Exercise Routine |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1963 |
Kathleen McLaughlin Kostomo |
Ishpeming |
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Miss Upper Michigan |
Dramatic Presentation |
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| 1962 |
Carole van Valin Chirgwin |
Roscommon |
18 |
Miss Roscommon |
Dramatic Reading "Joe's Pal" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1961 |
Karen Southway Dewert |
Wyoming |
18 |
Miss Wyoming |
Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
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| 1960 |
Donna Sheppard Kickert |
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Miss Dowagiac |
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Successor to crown |
| Nancy Fleming |
Montague |
18 |
Miss White Lake |
Presentation of Dress Design |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award |
|
| 1959 |
Ann Penelope Marston |
Wyandotte |
21 |
Miss Detroit |
Archery Demonstration |
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Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1958 |
Patience Pierce Panski |
Detroit |
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Miss Detroit |
Drama "Meet Christobel" |
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| 1957 |
Valerie Strong Agresta |
Williamsburg |
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Miss Williamsburg |
Piano |
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| 1956 |
Shirley Swanson Fordham |
Muskegon |
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Miss Muskegon |
Monologue |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1955 |
Margaret Devereaux |
Howell |
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Miss Howell |
Piano "Flight of the Bumblebee" |
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| 1954 |
Janice Somers Jonson |
Lansing |
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Miss Lansing |
Vocal "You Made me Love You" |
Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was "an unusual pattern" in the judging. The ballots were reviewed because the winner, Delores Susin, was such a surprise the audience left in protest during her crowning. |
| 1953 |
Velva I. Robbins |
Dowagiac |
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Miss Dowagiac |
Speech "Education" |
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| 1952 |
Karol Dragomir Palmer |
Benton Harbor |
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Miss Benton Harbor |
Vocal "I'll Walk Alone" |
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Placed 11th |
| 1951 |
Delores N. Berruezo |
St. Clair Shores |
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Miss St. Clair Shores |
Dance |
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| 1950 |
Bette Lou Pittman |
Owosso |
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Miss Owosso |
Monologue "I Like Americans" |
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| 1949 |
Delores J. Motter |
Dearborn |
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Miss Dearborn |
Ceramic Exhibition & Piano |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1948 |
Linda Carroll |
Grand Rapids |
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Miss Grand Rapids |
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| Doris Evelyn Johnson |
Detroit |
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Vocal "Worry, Worry, Worry" |
Semi-finalist |
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competed as Miss Detroit in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1947 |
Peggy J. Ellsworth |
Reed City |
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Miss Reed City |
Vocal "He's Funny That Way" |
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| Jane Rose Foster |
Detroit |
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Vocal My Dream Came True" |
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competed as Miss Detroit in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1946 |
Ruth Lenfestey Menza |
New Baltimore |
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Miss New Baltimore |
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| Constance Liddicoat |
Detroit |
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competed at Miss America as Miss Detroit |
| 1945 |
Therese Mary Sullivan |
Detroit |
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| Barbara Lee Smith |
Detroit |
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competed at Miss America as Miss Detroit |
| 1944 |
Beverly Bennett |
Detroit |
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Vocal "Stormy Weather" |
Semi-finalist |
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| Iora June Victor |
Detroit |
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Vocal "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" |
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*competed as Miss Detroit at Miss America, grandmother of Miss America 2008 |
| 1943 |
Ruby Telfer |
Detroit |
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Miss Detroit |
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| 1942 |
Patricia Hill |
Detroit |
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Miss Detroit |
Comedic Recitation |
2nd runner-up |
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| 1941 |
Gerry Marcoux |
Detroit |
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Miss Detroit |
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Semi-finalist |
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| 1940 |
Monnie Drake |
Detroit |
|
Miss Detroit |
Vocal "Bill" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1939 |
Patricia Donnelly |
Detroit |
18 |
Miss Detroit |
Vocal / Bass Fiddle "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose" |
Winner |
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| 1938 |
Marjorie Jackson |
Detroit |
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competed as "Miss Detroit" in the Miss America pageant |
| 1936 |
June U. Forbes |
Flint |
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competed as Miss Flint in the Miss America pageant |
| 1933 |
Barbara Strand |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1929 |
Loraine Budge McVey |
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There was no Miss America Pageant in 1929 |
| 1927 |
No Miss Michigan |
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Charlotte Jane Lowe competed as Miss Battle Creek and finished as a Semi-Finalist. Also representing Michigan were: Ruth Bushroe, Miss Flint; Florence Nina Clement, Miss Kalamazoo; Margherite Straus, Miss Lansing; Margaret Tinney, Miss Pontiac and Charlotte Elaine Bowman, Miss Saginaw |
| 1926 |
No Miss Michigan |
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Joyce Jean Hurd competed as Miss Lansing and was a Finalist. Also representing Michigan were Gertrude Fisher, Miss Battle Creek and Ruth Mae Fowler, Miss Detroit. |
| 1925 |
No Miss Michigan |
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Jane Porter competed as Miss Detroit and was a Finalist in the Miss America pageant. Margherita Strang competed as Miss Lansing. |
| 1922 |
No Miss Michigan |
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Beth Madsen competed as Miss Detroit |
