Miss Washington
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Washington USA.
The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant.
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[edit] History
Washington first sent delegates to Miss America in 1939 and 1940, following which there was an eight year hiatus before the pageant was revived in 1948, with a $1000 scholarship being offered to the winner.[1] In 1949 the pageant was a "financial flop"[2] and the winner had to seek community donations to fund her appearance at Miss America. At the time the organization was so deeply in debt that the titleholder's tiara was nearly repossessed by the manufacturer.[3]
In 1948 and 1948 the Miss Washington pageant was held in Ephrata.[4] From 1961 to 1997 it was hosted by Vancouver, before being moved to Renton in an attempt to increase the number of competitors.[5] In 2000 the location was changed again, to Tacoma.[6] The pageant is once again held in Renton, WA since 2008.
Two Miss Washington titleholders resigned during their reigns and a third came under scrunity when her residency was questioned. In 1974 Kathleen Beth Moore resigned after placing top ten at Miss America, claiming that pageant officials wanted her "cold and aloof" and encouraged her to become thinner.[7] Two years later winner Sharon Lambert faced shoplifting charges and resigned prior to competing at Miss America.[8][9] In 1990 Lynnae Thurick a three-time Miss Oregon contestant, was criticized for holding the Washington title when it appeared she lived in Oregon. Thurick claimed that her advertising sales job was predominantly Washington-based.[10]
[edit] Results at Miss America
Washington has won one preliminary talent award and four preliminary swimsuit awards at Miss America. In 1980 Doris Hayes, the first African-American Miss Washington, tied with Lencola Sullivan of Arkansas as the pageant's first African-American preliminary winners.[11][12]
The most successful Miss Washingtons were Annamae Schoonover (1939), Sharon Joyce Vaughn (1959), and Elyse Umemoto (2007),[13] who all placed second runner-up at Miss America.[14] Umemoto, the first titleholder of Native American heritage,[13] later courted scandal when embarrassing photos of her appeared on the internet.[15] "The fact is that these pictures were stolen from me," she told reporters. "I want to be clear about this: none of these pictures were taken during my year of service as Miss Washington." (Yakima Herald May 17, 2009)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brittney Henry | Puyallup | 24 | Miss Eastside | Fiddle "Celtic Fiddle Medley" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 | |
| 2010 | Jacquie Brown | Vancouver | 21 | Miss Greater Vancouver | Vocal "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | 3rd Runner-Up Miss America 2011 | ||
| 2009 | Devanni Partridge | Auburn | 20 | Miss Seattle | Piano "Malagueña" | |||
| 2008 | Janet Harding | Yelm | 21 | Miss Tahoma | Piano | |||
| 2007 | Elyse Umemoto | Wapato | 23 | Miss Seattle | Popular Vocal "Angels" | 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2008 | 3rd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2006, contestant on Survivor: South Pacific | |
| 2006 | Kristen Eddings | Silverdale | 22 | Miss Kitsap | Vocal "For Once in My Life" | Top 10 at Miss America 2007 | ||
| 2005 | Tina Marie Mares | Lynnwood | 25 | Miss Sno-isle | Classical Piano "Nocturne in C-sharp minor" | |||
| 2004 | Allison Porter | Tacoma | 24 | Miss Seattle | Classical Violin "Concerto in E Minor" | |||
| 2003 | Fianna Dickson | Spokane | 24 | Miss Spokane | Jazz Dance "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Non-finalist interview | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 | |
| 2002 | Amanda Beers | Richland | 20 | Miss Tri-Cities | Classical Piano "Sonata Opus 31" by Beethoven | Top 15 at Miss America 2003 | ||
| 2001 | Breann Parriott | Puyallup | 23 | Miss Pierce County | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "West Side Story" | Later Miss Washington USA 2003 | ||
| 2000 | Semmelle Ford | Tacoma | 19 | Miss Pierce County | Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert | |||
| 1999 | Tina Willis | Tacoma | 20 | Miss Pierce County | Vocal "Remember Me" | |||
| 1998 | Mariana Loya[16] | Tacoma | 19 | Miss Pierce County | Classical Violin "Concerto in E Minor" | Scholar award | Later Miss Arizona USA 2005 | |
| 1997 | Monta Monique | Pasco | 24 | Miss Seattle | Classical Piano "Rigoletto Paraphrase"' by Franz Liszt | |||
| 1996 | Janet Reasons | Port Orchard | 22 | Miss Pierce County | Semi-Classical Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves | |||
| 1995 | Amber Hamilton | Auburn | 18 | Miss Auburn | Jazz Dance "Last Dance" | |||
| 1994 | Annalee Klein | Enumclaw | 24 | Miss SeaTac | Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams" | |||
| 1993 | Teri Ann Plante | Normandy Park | 22 | Miss Whatcom County | Tap Dance | |||
| 1992 | Colleen Kearney | Bellevue | 26 | Miss Issaquah | Jazz Piano "Dizzy Fingers" by Zez Confrey | |||
| 1991 | SoYoung Kwon | Olympia | 22 | Miss Seattle | Classical Piano "Mephisto Waltz" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1990 | Lynnae Thurik | Lake Oswego, Oregon | 26 | Miss Clark County | Classical Piano piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Won Miss Washington while a student at Pacific Lutheran University | ||
| 1989 | Jennifer Wall[17] | Issaquah | 20 | Miss Issaquah | Piano "Opus 706" by Carl Wilhelm Kern | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1988 | Talia Watland | Poulsbo | 24 | Miss Seattle | Vocal "Pour on the Power" | |||
| 1987 | Sharon Dean | Issaquah | 21 | Miss Issaquah | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1986 | Melanie Cobb | Vancouver | 24 | Miss Clark County | Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady | |||
| 1985 | Honey Castro[18] | Moses Lake | 19 | Miss Moses Lake | Vocal "What Did I Have I Don't Have Now" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | 3rd runner-up[19] | recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1984 | Rebecca Wood | Spokane | 21 | Miss Greater Tacoma | Vocal "If I Ruled the World" | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Havlin[20] | Bellingham | 24 | Miss Whatcom County | Character Ballet "On Golden Pond" | |||
| 1982 | Monica Hard | Bellevue | 23 | Miss Burien | Vocal Medley "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" | |||
| 1981 | Kristine Weitz | Moses Lake | 19 | Miss Tri-Cities | Jazz Vocal "Summertime" | Preliminary Swimsuit; Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1980 | Doris Hayes | Tacoma | 20 | Miss Pierce County | Jazz Vocal "Our Love Is Here to Stay" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent | First African-American preliminary winner[12] |
| 1979 | Janelle Martz | Normandy Park | 22 | Miss Des Moines | Classical Piano "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" | |||
| 1978 | Laurie Nelson[21] | Gig Harbor | 19 | Miss Pierce County | Vocal "Have I Stayed Too Long At the Fair?" | 4th runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1977 | Natasha Solovjev | Burien | 19 | Miss Burien | Classical Piano "Piano Concerto No. 1" | |||
| 1976 | Theresa Adams | Wenatchee | 19 | Miss Greater Wenatchee | Classical Piano "Prelude in G minor" | Successor to crown | ||
| Sharon Lea Lambert | Tacoma | Miss Pierce County | Resigned before Miss America Pageant | |||||
| 1975 | Lee Ann Hibbert | Shoreline | 22 | Miss Northshore | Vocal / Jazz Improvisation "That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom" | |||
| 1974 | Charlene Joy Myers | Burien | Miss Burien | Successor to crown | ||||
| Kathleen Beth Moore | Bothell | 22 | Miss Northshore | Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song" | Top Ten | Resigned | ||
| 1973 | Leslie Ann Mays | Mercer Island | 23 | Miss Bellevue | Jazz Dance "The In Crowd" | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit award[22] | |
| 1972 | Rebecca Lee Pozzi | Kent | 20 | Miss Kent | Vocal Medley "Consider Yourself" & "I'd Do Anything" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1971 | Susan Georgiana Buckner | Burien | 19 | Miss Burien | Gymnastics Dance "The Joker" | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Played the role of cheerleader Patty Simcox in the film Grease |
| 1970 | Nancy Kay Peterson | Moses Lake | 19 | Miss Moses Lake | Original Comedy Monologue "Once Upon a Leaf" | |||
| 1969 | Marsha Covey | Moses Lake | 19 | Miss Moses Lake | Vocal Medley "Love Come Again" & "That's Life" | |||
| 1968 | Joyce Kay Stepanek | Issaquah | 20 | Miss Issaquah | Comedy Routine "The Adventures of Huck Finn" | |||
| 1967 | Lynda Jean Kilp | White Center | 19 | Miss White Center | Vocal Medley "One Boy" & "A Lot of Livin To Do" from Bye Bye Birdie | |||
| 1966 | Sandra Lee Marth | Centralia | 19 | Miss Lewis County | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Kippy Lou Brinkman | Richland | 21 | Miss Seattle | Harp & Tap Dance "Night and Day" | Non-finalist Talent Award Winner | 1st runner-up in the 1964 Miss Wool of America Pageant | |
| 1964 | Lauren Elaine Waddleton[23] | Burien | 19 | Miss Burien | Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night" | Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1963 | Mardi Hagen | Tacoma | Miss Seattle | Modern & Classical Character Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award Winner | |||
| 1962 | Susan Frances English | Bellevue | 19 | Miss Bellevue | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1961 | Gail Leona Hannuk | Aberdeen | 18 | Miss Grays Harbor | Piano "Warsaw Concerto" | Competed in the 1962 Miss Wool of America Pageant | ||
| 1960 | Connie Rae Hughes | Bellingham | 18 | Miss Bellingham | Original Monologue | |||
| 1959 | Sharon Joyce Vaughn[24] | Port Orchard | 21 | Miss South Kitsap | Vocal Medley "Habanera" & "I Cain't Say No" | 2nd Runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Winner[25] | |
| 1958 | Anne Sylvia Henderson | Spokane | Miss Spokane | Pantomime & Charleston Dance | ||||
| 1956 | Deanna Hall | Olympia | Dance | |||||
| 1954 | Frances Graham | Spokane | Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Geraldine Lindsey | Seattle | Vocal | |||||
| 1951 | Darlene Shaffer[26] | Seattle | Dress Design | |||||
| 1950 | Karlyne Abele[27] | Des Moines | Dramatic Reading "The Flag" | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1949 | Libby Aldrich | Kelso | ||||||
| 1948 | Lorraine Lowder | Aberdeen | Miss Grays Harbor | |||||
| 1940 | Peggy Mason | Tacoma | ||||||
| 1939 | Annamae Schoonover | Seattle | Dramatic Monologue from Accent on Youth | 2nd runner-up | ||||
| 1933 | Gladine Sweetser | 22 | Semi-Finalist | |||||
| 1927 | No Miss Washington | Representing Washington were: Eleanor Maddieux, Miss Seattle and Eva King, Miss Spokane | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Washington | Leone Natalie Fengler competed as Miss Seattle and placed as a Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Washington were: Gloria Smith, Miss Spokane and Dorothy Rothermal, Miss Tacoma. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Washington | Evelyn Louise Carman competed as Miss Seattle | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Washington | Evelyn Atkinson competed as Miss Seattle in the Miss America pageant |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Washington won Miss America
[edit] References
- ^ "Miss Washington's Crown in Danger". Eugene Register-Guard. 1949-08-29.
- ^ "Kelso-Longview affair to help Miss Washington". Ellensburg Daily Record. 1949-08-30. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=-WoKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3684,6626368&dq=financial+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington Winners to Get Fine Scholarships". 1949-08-11. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NPkZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6239,4051621&dq=miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Ephrata greets state beauties". The Spokesman-Review. 1948-06-23. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MVspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6847,3333940&dq=miss-america+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington Pageant to Change Site". Spokesman-Review. 1997-01-31. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ycwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1vEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2517,5354750&dq=vancouver+renton+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Despite loss, Miss Tri-Cities eager to cheer on new Miss Washington". Tri City Herald. 2000-07-04. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pWMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1150,715493&dq=mariana-loya&hl=en.
- ^ "She Rejects Beauty Role". The Milwaukee Journal. 1974-11-15. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4gcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-igEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7155,2465866&dq=miss-america+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington Out". Reading Eagle. 1976-07-12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yTkjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sKAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6422,1557374&dq=miss-america+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington Resigns - Faces Shoplifting Charges". Lodi News-Sentinel. 1976-07-12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pRQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hjIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3115,1077645&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ Cabrera, Luis (1990-07-11). "Miss Washington's from Oregon". The Bulletin.
- ^ "Miss Washington". Spokesman-Review. 1980-06-22. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c9URAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2940,3537265&dq=miss-america+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ a b "Miss Washington ties in pageant talent test". The Spokesman-Review. 1980-09-05. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mNoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6925,1771866&dq=miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ a b "Miss Washington is second runner-up for Miss America". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2008-01-28. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/348979_tl128.html.
- ^ "Miss Washington snags 2nd runner-up spot". kimatv.com. 2008-01-28. http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/14466802.html.
- ^ "Miss Washington Embarrassed by Internet Photos, Says They Were Stolen". Fox News. 2008-07-11. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,379601,00.html.
- ^ Culverwell, Wendy (1998-06-21). "Stunned Miss Pierce wins state title". Tri City Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MmgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4K4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2346,1262921&dq=mariana-loya&hl=en.
- ^ "Issaquah Woman is Miss Washington". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. 1989-06-23. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=29ctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3070,576849&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington Crowned". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 1985-06-24. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w68SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3360,1719764&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington is second runner-up for Miss America". Tri City Herald. 1985-08-15. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UF4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3810,4833916&dq=miss-america+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Dancer Crowned Miss Washington". Spokane Chronicle. 1983-06-27url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NsQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5775,2601192&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ Associated Press (1978-06-25). "Gig Harbor Girl Miss Washington". Tri City Herald. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jY4uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=34cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3333,7573841&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ "Search for swimsuit pays off for Miss Washington". Tri City Herald. 1973-09-07. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MokwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=823,1062035&dq=miss-washington+miss-america&hl=en.
- ^ "Seattle Miss Wins State's Beauty Title". Ellensburg Daily Record. 1964-07-20. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jIAKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fUsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6304,759687&dq=pageant+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Co-ed is Miss Washington". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 1959-05-11. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c5sSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5418,2239492&dq=pageant+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "3 Tie in Talent Competition of Miss America Contest". Toledo Blade. 1959-09-10. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pgUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7wAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5525,4844333&dq=sharon-joyce-vaughn+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Washington is Ex-Idahoan". Spokesman-Review. 1951-08-01. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=knApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,56958&dq=pageant+miss-washington&hl=en.
- ^ "Des Moines Miss is 1950 Miss Washington". Ellensburg Daily Record. 1950-08-08. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MWkKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5935,5125173&dq=pageant+miss-washington&hl=en.
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