| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Kayla Batt[1] |
Alliance |
21 |
Miss Omaha |
Vocal "Love You I Do" |
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Miss Congeniality, Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Previously Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2007; Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2010 |
| 2010 |
Nicky Haverland[2] |
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24 |
Miss Douglas County |
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3rd runner-up to Miss Nebraska 2010; Assumed title when Teresa Scanlan won the Miss America title |
| Teresa Scanlan |
Gering |
17 |
Miss Southeast |
Piano "White Water Chopped Sticks" by Calvin Jones |
Winner at Miss America 2011 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
At 17, she is the youngest Miss Nebraska ever crowned. |
| 2009 |
Brittany Jeffers |
Ogallala |
23 |
Miss Omaha |
Dance "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2007 |
| 2008 |
Gretchen Bergquist |
Oxford |
22 |
Miss Panhandle |
Vocal "Feeling Good" |
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| 2007 |
Ashley Bauer |
Scottsbluff |
22 |
Miss Douglas County |
Vocal "This Is My Life" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 |
| 2006 |
Molly McGrath |
Omaha |
23 |
Miss Sarpy County |
Jazz Dance "She Bangs" |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 2001 |
| 2005 |
Kelly Keiser |
Gothenburg |
21 |
Miss Lincoln |
Piano "Cumana" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2004 |
| 2004 |
Brook Matthews |
Blair |
24 |
Miss Omaha |
Vocal "Shine It On" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 |
| 2003 |
Jane Noseworthy |
Bellevue |
24 |
Miss Omaha |
Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" from The Enchantress |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 2002 |
Krista Knicely |
Omaha |
23 |
Miss Douglas County |
Jazz Dance "I'm a Woman" |
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| 2001 |
Christina Foehlinger |
Ralston |
21 |
Miss Tri-Cities |
Baton Twirling "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" |
Top 20 Semi-finalist |
|
Sister of Rachel Foehlinger, Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2008 |
| 2000 |
Jill Pennington |
Omaha |
23 |
Miss Great Plains |
Vocal "If I Loved You" |
|
Non-finalist Interview Award |
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| 1999 |
Becky Smith |
Omaha |
20 |
Miss Omaha |
Ballet en Pointe "Kiss of the Spider Woman" |
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| 1998 |
Jenny Lemmerman |
West Point |
20 |
Miss Great Plains |
Vocal "I'm a Woman" |
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| 1997 |
Kendra Quandt |
Davenport |
23 |
Miss Western Nebraska |
Classical Piano "Prelude in C sharp minor" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award, 1st runner-up Quality of Life Award |
|
| 1996 |
Rachel White |
Columbus |
20 |
Miss Great Plains |
Vocal "Via Dolorosa" |
|
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| 1995 |
Myra Katherine Hale |
Lincoln |
23 |
Miss Douglas County |
Classical Piano |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award, 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award |
|
| 1994 |
Jennifer Love |
North Platte |
21 |
Miss High Plains |
Classical Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller |
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| 1993 |
Mary Lynn Schnitzler |
Battle Creek |
23 |
Miss Norfolk Area |
Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde |
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| 1992 |
Natalie Kuijvenhoven |
Lincoln |
21 |
Miss Great Plains |
Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" |
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| 1991 |
Vicki Linn Train |
North Platte |
24 |
Miss Great Plains |
Piano Solo "Pour le Piano" |
|
Non-Finalist Talent Award
Finalist-Quality of Life Award
|
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| 1990 |
Michelle Ebadi |
Omaha |
23 |
Miss Western Nebraska |
Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" & "Puttin' on the Ritz" |
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| 1989 |
Kristi Hilliard |
Ogallala |
24 |
Miss Great Plains |
Vocal "Golden Rainbow" |
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| 1988 |
Jodi Miller |
Omaha |
20 |
Miss Omaha |
Acrobatic Jazz Dance |
|
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Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 1986 |
| 1987 |
Mindee Zimmerman |
Norfolk |
23 |
Miss Kearney Area |
Vocal "People" |
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| 1986 |
Donna Schieffer |
Columbus |
19 |
Miss Columbus Area |
Mystical Modern Dance |
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| 1985 |
Julie Meusburger |
Lincoln |
22 |
Miss River City |
Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1984 |
Allison Boyd |
Nebraska City |
21 |
Miss University of Nebraska |
Acrobatic Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1983 |
Kristin Lowenberg |
Kearney |
20 |
Miss Kearney Area |
Jazz Dance "What a Feeling" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1982 |
Sandra Haschke |
Humphrey |
20 |
Miss Lincoln Area |
Popular Vocal "All I Ever Need Is You" |
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| 1981 |
Jill Pershing |
Lincoln |
21 |
Miss Lincoln |
Ballet en Pointe "Rhapsody in Blue" |
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| 1980 |
Paula Louise Mitchell |
Norfolk |
20 |
Miss University of Nebraska |
Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1979 |
Kathryn Ann Saathoff |
Fremont |
21 |
Miss Midland Lutheran College |
Vocal "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" |
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| 1978 |
Guylyn Remmenga |
Elwood |
21 |
Miss University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Piano Solo "Toccata" & "Nocturne" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award (tie) |
Previously Miss National Sweetheart 1976 |
| 1977 |
Linda Kay Hallstrom |
Omaha |
18 |
Miss Eastern Nebraska Area |
Jazz Dance "Liza Live at the Winter Garden" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1976 |
Marion Catherine Watson |
Omaha |
22 |
|
Vocal "Over the Rainbow" |
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| 1975 |
Janet Kay Goode |
Omaha |
19 |
Miss Omaha |
Dramatic Skit "Why?" |
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| 1974 |
Sharon Sue Pelc |
Johnstown |
22 |
Miss Ord |
Ventriloquism & Singing "Those Were the Days" |
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| 1973 |
Sandy Cramer |
Omaha |
18 |
Miss Omaha |
Acrobatic Jazz Dance "I'm an Ordinary Man" |
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| 1972 |
Jeanine Giller |
Omaha |
22 |
Miss Omaha |
Jazz Dance "Bitter End" |
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| 1971 |
Sally Lou Warner |
Bushnell |
19 |
Miss Kimball |
Vocal "Big Spender" |
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| 1970 |
Debra May Sullivan |
Omaha |
19 |
Miss Omaha |
Acrobatic Dance "Fly Me to the Moon" |
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| 1969 |
Jane Deliese Briggeman |
Seward |
21 |
Miss York |
Musical Interpretation "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" & "Fantaisie-Impromptu" |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1968 |
Diane Boldt |
Omaha |
19 |
Miss Kearney |
Character Dance "Charlie Chaplin" |
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| 1967 |
Terry Lee Schmidt |
Lincoln |
18 |
Miss University of Nebraska |
Drawing & Reading "What Is a Girl?" by Alan Beck |
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| 1966 |
Patricia Lee Van Horne |
Lincoln |
19 |
Miss Lincoln |
Popular Vocal "Misty" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1965 |
Karen Hansmeire |
Ogallala |
20 |
Miss Ogallala |
Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" |
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| 1964 |
Sandra Lee Rice |
Cozad |
20 |
Miss Lexington |
Dramatic Reading |
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| 1963 |
Donna Marie Black |
Broken Bow |
|
Miss Grand Island |
Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
|
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Featured Performer for the 1964 Miss America Pageant telecast |
| 1962 |
Mary Lee Jepsen |
Papillion |
18 |
Miss Papillion |
Fire Baton Twirling "Ritual Fire Dance" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award (tie) |
Featured performer on the 1963 Miss America Pageant telecast |
| 1961 |
Nancy Lee Foreman |
Albion |
20 |
Miss Albion |
Dramatic Reading "Such Is Your Heritage" |
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| 1960 |
Cheryl Ann Jaeke |
Shelton |
18 |
Miss Grand Island |
Vocal |
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| 1959 |
Joan Arolyn Sipes |
Columbus |
19 |
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Piano |
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| 1958 |
Sherry Johnson |
Omaha |
|
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Monologue |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
| 1957 |
Katherine L. Nielsen |
Lincoln |
|
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Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Later Miss Iowa USA 1959 |
| 1956 |
Diane Knotek |
Lincoln |
|
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Classical Vocal "The Polonaise" |
|
Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1955 |
Sandra Spiecher |
Omaha |
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| 1954 |
Sue Welch Fisher |
Kearney |
|
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Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
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| 1953 |
Diana Louise Hann |
Lincoln |
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Art |
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| 1952 |
Helen Francis Burhorn |
Omaha |
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Piano / Dance |
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| 1951 |
Geraldine Elseman |
Omaha |
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| 1950 |
Jinx Burrus |
Crete |
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Baton Twirling |
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| 1949 |
Vanita Mae Brown |
Omaha |
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| 1948 |
Betty Love Booth |
Fremont |
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| Serena McKinney* |
Omaha |
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| 1947 |
Madalyn Joyce King* |
Omaha |
|
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Tap Dance |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1946 |
Marjorie Ann Hanson* |
Omaha |
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| 1942 |
Claire Buglewicz |
|
|
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Vocal "You Made Me Love You" |
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| 1938 |
Emmajane Newby |
Humboldt |
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| 1937 |
Ruth Lenore Jones |
Nebraska City |
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Assumed the title after the original winner, Ruby Hart, was disqualified after getting married |
| 1926 |
Anne Kathleen Fouca* |
Omaha |
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| 1925 |
Myrtle Roach* |
Omaha |
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Top 15 Semi-finalist |
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