| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Spenser Wempe |
Shepherdstown |
19 |
Miss North Eastern |
Dance "Hallelujah" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 |
| 2010 |
Cali Young |
Glen Dale |
24 |
Miss Northern West Virginia |
Jazz Dance "I've Got 'Cha" |
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| 2009 |
Talia Markham |
Ripley |
22 |
Miss Capital City |
Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" |
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| 2008 |
Kayla Lynam |
Short Gap |
21 |
Miss Eastern Panhandle |
Piano |
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Former West Virginia's Junior Miss 2005 |
| 2007 |
Summer Wyatt |
Athens |
21 |
Miss Capital City |
Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You" |
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| 2006 |
Tiffany Lawrence |
Shepherdstown |
24 |
Miss Jefferson County |
Vocal "Black Velvet" |
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"People's choice" award winner at Miss West Virginia USA 2006 |
| 2005 |
Kimberly Goodwin |
Morgantown |
21 |
Miss Morgantown |
Tap Dance |
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| 2004 |
Julia Burton |
Petersburg |
22 |
Miss Southern West Virginia |
Vocal |
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| 2003 |
Allison Williams |
Morgantown |
22 |
Miss Mountain State |
Vocal "Where the Boys Are" |
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| 2002 |
Janna Kerns |
Terra Alta |
23 |
Miss Morgantown |
Vocal "There You'll Be" |
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| 2001 |
Danae DeMasi |
Morgantown |
20 |
Miss Appalachia |
Ballet en Pointe "Ravendhi" |
Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Evening Gown |
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| 2000 |
Jodi Clark |
Moundsville |
22 |
Miss Point Pleasant |
Ballet en Pointe "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" from Side Show |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 |
| 1999 |
Lucy Ours |
Petersburg |
22 |
Miss Mason County |
Vocal "He Grew the Tree" |
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| 1998 |
Amy Townsend |
Morgantown |
23 |
Miss Marion County Area |
Vocal "Hopelessly Devoted to You" |
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| 1997 |
Eisa Krushansky |
Westover |
24 |
Miss Miss North Central |
Tap Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana |
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| 1996 |
Kari Safford |
Point Pleasant |
23 |
Miss Ohio Valley |
Vocal "God Help the Outcasts" |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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| 1995 |
Elizabeth McIntyre |
Dunbar |
24 |
Miss Appalachia |
Clogging "Dance" |
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| 1994 |
Jennifer Bopp |
Elkins |
22 |
Miss South Central |
Vocal "Paper Moon" |
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| 1993 |
Cynthia Sims |
Vienna |
22 |
Miss Ohio Valley |
Vocal "There! I've Said It Again" |
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Preliminary Swimsuit |
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| 1992 |
Kimberly Parrish |
Parkersburg |
22 |
Miss Marion County Area |
Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Part of Your World" |
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Former host on QVC. Currently on Home Shopping Network with the Kim Parrish Collection Clothing Line. |
| 1991 |
Leah Lasker |
Bluefield |
23 |
Miss Mercer County |
Tap Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity |
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Non-finalist Interview |
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| 1990 |
Melissa Costello |
Shenandoah Junction |
20 |
Miss Jefferson County |
Vocal "Hurt" |
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| 1989 |
Lisa Bittinger |
Fairmont |
21 |
Miss North Central |
Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera |
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| 1988 |
Lisa Seagroves |
Morgantown |
24 |
Miss North Central |
Tap Dance "They're Playing Our Song" |
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Competed in the 1985 National Sweetheart Pageant representing Georgia |
| 1987 |
Saundra Patton |
Morgantown |
22 |
Miss North Central |
Variety Act |
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| 1986 |
Shannon Barill |
Charleston |
23 |
Miss Charleston Area |
Jazz en Pointe |
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| 1985 |
Rebecca Porterfield |
Martinsburg |
21 |
Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County |
Jazz Dance |
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| 1984 |
Melanne Pennington |
Cross Lanes |
24 |
Miss Kanawha County |
Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon |
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| 1983 |
Andrea Patrick |
Morgantown |
23 |
Miss West Virginia University |
Tap Dance "Malagueña" & "España Cañí" |
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Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA 1980 |
| 1982 |
Kelly Anderson |
Clarksburg |
21 |
Miss Harrison County |
Stylized Can-Can |
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Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984 (1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984), later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984. |
| 1981 |
Candy Cohen |
Huntington |
24 |
Miss Marshall University |
Tap Dance "How High the Moon" |
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| 1980 |
Pamela Ellen Paugh |
Charleston |
21 |
Miss South Charleston |
Vocal "Anytime"' |
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Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 |
| 1979 |
Deborah Davis |
Huntington |
22 |
Miss Southern West Virginia |
Vocal Medley "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret |
Semi-finalist |
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Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978 |
| 1978 |
Ivy Meadows |
St. Albans |
22 |
Miss South Charleston |
Interpretive Dance "Brian's Song" |
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| 1977 |
Patricia Paugh |
Parkersburg |
20 |
Miss Parkersburg Area |
Original Dramatic Monologue "Deadline" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Mother of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1980 |
| 1976 |
Teresa Lucas |
Elkins |
22 |
Miss Fayette County |
Gymnastics Routine |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Previously West Virginia's Junior Miss 1972 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss |
| 1975 |
Kristi Wick |
South Charleston |
20 |
Miss South Charleston |
Vocal "Am I Blue?" |
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| 1974 |
Mary Derry |
Morgantown |
21 |
Miss West Virginia University |
Semi-Classical Vocal "Cycles" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1973 |
Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey |
Huntington |
20 |
Miss Huntington |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; has appeared on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast |
| 1972 |
Lynette Koper |
Weirton |
21 |
Miss Huntington |
Presentation of Original Art Works |
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| 1971 |
Deborah Lambert |
Morgantown |
19 |
Miss West Virginia University |
Piano "What the World Needs Now Is Love" |
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| 1970 |
Linda Dianne Barnett |
Parkersburg |
19 |
Miss Wood County |
Modern Jazz Dance "Keem-O-Sabe" |
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Artist-Painter |
| 1969 |
Judith Shoup |
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania |
22 |
Miss West Virginia University |
Vocal Medley & French Horn "Days of Wine and Roses" "A Taste of Honey" & "I've Gotta Be Me" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University |
| 1968 |
Charlotte Warwick |
Charleston |
22 |
Miss Morris-Harvey College |
Semi-Classical Vocal "The Impossible Dream" |
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| 1967 |
Helen Morgan |
Lewisburg |
19 |
Miss Beckley |
Toe & Acrobatic Dance "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams |
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| 1966 |
Judith Skunda |
Weirton |
18 |
Miss Weirton |
Dramatic Monologue |
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| 1965 |
Lois Gay Ratcliff |
Bluefield |
19 |
Miss Greater Bluefield |
Dramatic Reading "Lonesome Train" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1964 |
Ella Dee Kessel |
Ripley |
21 |
Miss Morgantown |
Piano Solo "Gershwin Prelude" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit |
Wife of Governor Gaston Caperton, First lady of West Virginia 1989-90 |
| 1963 |
Karen Childers |
South Charleston |
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Miss Marshall University |
Dramatic Reading |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1962 |
Diane Hunter |
Arlington, VA |
20 |
Miss Morgantown |
Dance & Dramatic Sketch |
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Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University |
| 1961 |
Carole Johnson |
Rivesville |
21 |
Miss Morgantown |
Vocal & Dance "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" |
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mother of Miss Missouri 2004; Competed in the 1962 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1960 |
Mary Hoback |
Bluefield |
18 |
Miss Bluefield |
Original Dramatic Reading |
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competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1959 |
Janet Hill |
Nitro |
21 |
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Dramatic Reading |
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Competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1958 |
Sandra Boyd |
Fairmont |
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Vocal "Money Honey" |
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| 1957 |
Janice Sickle |
Fairmont |
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Vocal & Dance |
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Competed at Miss Dixie 1958 |
| 1956 |
Carolyn Miller |
Martinsburg |
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Drama |
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Competed in the 1957 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| 1955 |
Mary Fryman |
Madison |
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| 1954 |
Miriam Reep |
Clarksburg |
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Drama |
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| 1953 |
Patricia Stewart |
Pineville |
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Vocal & Impersonations |
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| 1952 |
Nancy Rohrbough |
Grafton |
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Dance |
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| 1951 |
Phyllis Walker |
Charleston |
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Drama |
Placed Among the Top 15 |
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| 1949 |
Georganne Steiss |
Barrackville |
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| 1948 |
Jane Queen |
Huntington |
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| 1947 |
Joan Estep |
Wheeling |
|
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Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" |
Semi-finalist |
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| 1946 |
Norma Salisbury |
Parkersburg |
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Semi-finalist |
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| 1941 |
Juanita Wright |
Huntington |
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competed this year as Miss West Virginia |
| 1940 |
Mary Bowles |
Montgomery |
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| Juanita Wright |
Huntington |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Huntington in the Miss America Pageant |
| 1933 |
Mildred Fetty |
|
20 |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1927 |
No Miss West Virginia |
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Lillian Ward, Miss Huntington, placed as a Semi-Finalist. Mildred Dorothy Bright competed as Miss Wheeling. |
| 1926 |
No Miss West Virginia |
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Representing West Virginia were: Olive Davis, Miss Huntington and Cecilail Cresap, Miss Wheeling |
| 1925 |
No Miss West Virginia |
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Eleanor McCracken competed as Miss Huntington |
| 1923 |
Neva Toby Jackson |
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| 1922 |
No Miss West Virginia |
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Mary Dange competed as Miss Wheeling in the Miss America Pageant |
