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*Mrs. Arizona 2004 - [[Britt Boyse]] (nee Powell) - [[Miss Missouri USA]] 1995
*Mrs. Arizona 2004 - [[Britt Boyse]] (nee Powell) - [[Miss Missouri USA]] 1995
*Mrs. Idaho 2004 - Amanda Peterson (nee Greenway) - [[Miss Idaho Teen USA]] 1992
*Mrs. Idaho 2004 - Amanda Peterson (nee Greenway) - [[Miss Idaho Teen USA]] 1992
*Mrs. Iowa 2004 - [[Jamie Solinger|Jamie Patterson]] (nee Solinger) - [[Miss Teen USA 1992]] & [[Miss Iowa USA]] 1998
*Mrs. Iowa 2004 - [[Jamie Solinger|Jamie Patterson]] (nee Solinger) - [[Miss Iowa Teen USA]] 1992, [[Miss Teen USA 1992]], & [[Miss Iowa USA]] 1998
*Mrs. Kansas 2004 - Kimberlee Easter (nee Girrens) - [[Miss Kansas Teen USA]] 1986 & [[Miss Kansas USA]] 1992
*Mrs. Kansas 2004 - Kimberlee Easter (nee Girrens) - [[Miss Kansas Teen USA]] 1986 & [[Miss Kansas USA]] 1992
*Mrs. Massachusetts 2004 - Claire O'Connor (nee DeSimone) - [[Miss Rhode Island USA]] 1999
*Mrs. Massachusetts 2004 - Claire O'Connor (nee DeSimone) - [[Miss Rhode Island USA]] 1999
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*Mrs. West Virginia 2004 - Amanda Duffy (nee Burns) - [[Miss West Virginia Teen USA]] 1997 & [[Miss West Virginia USA]] 1999
*Mrs. West Virginia 2004 - Amanda Duffy (nee Burns) - [[Miss West Virginia Teen USA]] 1997 & [[Miss West Virginia USA]] 1999
*Mrs. South Carolina 2005 - Angela Hughes-Singleton - [[Miss South Carolina]] 1996
*Mrs. South Carolina 2005 - Angela Hughes-Singleton - [[Miss South Carolina]] 1996
*Mrs. California 2006 & Mrs. America 2006 - Andrea Preuss (nee Ballengee) - [[Miss Virginia Teen USA]] 1992 & [[Miss Virginia]] 1995 (dethroned)
*Mrs. Maine 2006 - Heather Clark (nee Coutts) - [[Miss Maine USA]] 1999
*Mrs. Maine 2006 - Heather Clark (nee Coutts) - [[Miss Maine USA]] 1999
*Mrs. Florida 2007 - Jamie Converse-Estrada - [[Miss Florida USA]] 1998
*Mrs. Florida 2007 - Jamie Converse-Estrada - [[Miss Florida USA]] 1998

Revision as of 19:31, 31 August 2010

Mrs. America Pageant celebrates married women throughout the United States of America. Mrs. America celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007. The Mrs. America Pageant was televised on networks such as "PAX" and "WE" (Women's Entertainment) however it is no longer nationally televised.

Mrs. America 2010 is Andrea Robertson, Mrs. Missouri America 2009. She was crowned in Tucson, Arizona on September 8, 2009.

Mrs. America 2009 is Maureen MacDonald, Mrs. North Carolina America 2008. She was crowned in Tucson, Arizona on September 2, 2008.

Mrs. America 2006 is Diane Tucker, who, on March 8, 2007, was crowned Mrs. World 2007. Her successor for the title of Mrs. America 2007 is former First-Runner Up to Mrs. America 2006, Marney Duckworth, Mrs. Colorado 2006.

In 1964, participants were graded on: cooking, sewing, ironing, party preparation and other homemaking abilities, family pscyhology, grooming, poise, personality and general attractiveness.

Historic Events

2004 - Traci Clemens, Mrs. Rhode Island 2004 Competes while six months pregnant with twins. She is the first visibly pregnant woman to ever compete in the nationally televised event. [1] [2]

Titleholders[3]

Year Name State Notes
1977 Ruth Johnson California
1978 Cindy Roberts Alaska
1979 Carrie Gabriel Strom New Jersey
1980 Carol Anne McEwen Texas
1981 Paddy Boyd Argovitz Louisiana
1982 Rhonda McGeeney Texas
1983 Susan Goodman Tennessee
1984 Deborah Wolfe West Virginia 1st runner up to Mrs. World
1985 Donna Russell Mississippi
1986 Cynthia Amann Florida
1987 Pamela Nail Mississippi Went on to win Mrs. World
1988 Suzy Kats California Was also the 1st runner-up to Pamela Nail in 1987
1989 Jennifer Kline Minnesota 2nd runner-up at Mrs. World
1990 Jennifer Johnson Oklahoma
1991 Kristianna Nichols Indiana
1992 Dr. Doris Martineaux Dalton Pennsylvania
1993 Keyna Baucom North Carolina
1994 Wendy Lewis Texas
1995 Kimberly Brasher Oklahoma Went on to be 1st runner-up at Mrs. World. Former Ms. Idaho
1996 Cynthia Pensiero Ohio
1997 Lisa Lilenthal New York
1998 Renee Cairns Florida
1999 Starla Stanley Utah Went on to win Mrs. World 2000
1999 Stacy Willis Alabama Originally 1st runner-up, ascended to title when Starla Stanley won Mrs. World[4]
2000 Leslie Lam Hawaii
2001 Nicole Brink, Indiana Went on to win Mrs. World 2002, Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1992 (semifinalist in Miss Teen USA 1992) and Miss Indiana USA 1998 under her maiden name, Nicole Llewellyn.
2002 Laurett Ellsworth Arenz Virginia web page at herostrategies.com
2003 Kristi Phillips Alabama
2004 Heidi Dinan Missouri
2005 Julie Love-Templeton Alabama
2006 Andrea Pruess California
2007 Diane Tucker Arizona Went on to win Mrs. World 2007
2007 Marney Duckworth Colorado Originally 1st runner-up, ascended to title when Diane Tucker won Mrs. World
2008 Kelly McBee Wyoming
2009 Maureen MacDonald North Carolina
2010 Andrea Robertson Missouri

Crossovers

Some contestants in the Mrs. America pageant have previously held prestigious state pageant titles in the Miss USA, Miss America, and Miss Teen USA pageants. They include:[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Forerunner pageant

Prior to the current Mrs. America pageant, there was an earlier pageant of the same name. The earlier pageant was founded by public relations executive Bert Nevins in 1936 as a stunt for his client, Palisades Amusement Park. When Nevins sold the pageant in 1963, it was the only nationally televised beauty pageant for married women.[12]

1938 Margaret Chamberlain Ohio (appeared on Family Feud in 1980)

1939 Evelyn Schmitt Donaruma New Jersey

1940

1941 Ruth Licklider New York

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947** Jane Pollock OH Fredda Acker SC **Pollock Abdicated

1948 Maria Strohmeier Pennsylvania

1949 Frances Cloyd California

1950 Betty McAllister Pennsylvania

1951

1952* Penny Duncan NY Peggy Creel FL * Judges contest winner, state FL was the winner, but NY was announced

1953 Evelyn Joyce Schenk New Jersey

1954 Erna Snyder Pennsylvania

1955 Wanda Jennings[13] Missouri (appeared in Greyhound Scenicruiser ads and christened the first one with champagne in July, 1954 at Pontiac, Michigan; "Mrs. America (Wanda Jennings, of Saint Louis, Missouri) broke a traditional bottle of champagne on the front bumper of F-701 (serial 002)." [14])

1956 Ramona Deitemeyer[15] Nebraska

1957 Cleo Maletis[16] Oregon

1958 Mrs Lynwood Finley DC

1959 Helen Giesse Ohio

1960 Margaret Priebe Iowa

1961 Mrs George Murphy Indiana

1962 Lila Mason Michigan

1963 Marilyn Mitchell California

1964 Deseree Jenkins South Carolina 1965 Alice Buehner Utah

1966 Joy Noufer Texas

1967 Marlene Cochran Kansas

1968 Joan Fisher Utah

1969

  • information thru online newspaper archives

References

  1. ^ Pageant News Bureau
  2. ^ The Desert Sun
  3. ^ Mrs. America Titleholders, pageantcenter.com
  4. ^ http://huntsville.about.com/cs/huntsvillians/a/mrsamerica.htm
  5. ^ "2010 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  6. ^ "2009 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  7. ^ "2008 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  8. ^ "2007 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  9. ^ "2006 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  10. ^ "2005 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  11. ^ "2004 Mrs America". Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  12. ^ New York Times, July 20, 1966
  13. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1879&dat=19550502&id=gYUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hcsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2036,265936
  14. ^ http://bluehoundsandredhounds.info/barguag.html
  15. ^ Ramona Deitemeyer
  16. ^ Growing Up In The 1950s, the (Portland) Oregonian. The "Mrs. America" title held by Mrs. Maletis is apparently note the same as the one that is the subject of this article, because Mrs. America, Inc. reportedly celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007, making 1977 the first title in the current series. Mrs. Maletis is not listed on the official Mrs. America, Inc. website. See Mrs. America Incorporated, History
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