Miss California
- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss California USA
The Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from the states of California, Ohio and Oklahoma have each won the title of Miss America six times, more than any of the other states.
The pageant had been held in Fresno, California since 1994.[1]
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes Previously Miss Teenage California 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Melissa Chaty[2] | Ukiah | Miss North Coast | |||
| 2006 | Jacquelynne Fontaine | Moorpark | Miss Santa Barbara County | Top 10 at Miss America 2007 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2005 | Dustin-Leigh Konzelman | Carlsbad | Miss San Diego | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant on The Amazing Race 10 with partner Kandice Pelletier (Miss New York) | |
| 2004 | Veena Goel | Laguna Hills | Miss Southland | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2003 | Nicole Lamarche | Berkeley / San Francisco | Miss San Francisco | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Final Night Swimsuit Award | |
| 2002 | Jennifer Glover | Castro Valley | Miss Contra Costa County | Previously Miss California USA 2001 | ||
| 2001 | Stephanie Baldwin | Fullerton | Miss Northern California Regional | Top 20 at Miss America | ||
| 2000 | Rita Ng | Tracy | Miss Los Altos | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award; Miss America Scholar award | |
| 1999 | MaryAnne Sapio | Rohnert Park | Miss Gavilan Hills | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1998 | Danielle Coney | Santa Clara | Miss Gavilan Hills | Non-finalist Talent Award; Waterford Business Scholarship | ||
| 1997 | Rebekah Ann Keller | Lakewood | Miss Los Angeles County | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Later Miss California USA 2000 |
| 1996 | Lyndsay Kahler | Orange | Miss City of Orange | |||
| 1995 | Tiffany Stoker | Clovis | Miss Clovis | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Previously America's Junior Miss 1992 |
| 1994 | Jennifer Hanson | La Habra | Miss Garden Grove | Non-finalist Talent Award | Country music singer/songwriter | |
| 1993 | Lisa Michelle Duncan | Tulare | Miss Tulare County | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1992 | Patricia Northrup | Agoura Hills | Miss Los Angeles County | Pilot for American Airlines, judge for the 2001 Miss America Pageant | ||
| 1991 | Paige Adams | Hemet | Miss Los Angeles County | |||
| 1990 | Maria Ostapiej | La Mesa | Miss San Diego North County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Wendy Berry | San Pedro | Miss Centinela Valley | Harvard Professor | ||
| 1988 | Marlise Ricardos | San Pedro | Miss Lomita | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1987 | Simone Stephens | Cerritos | Miss El Camino | |||
| 1986 | Lisa Kahre | Salinas | Miss San Ramon Valley | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Lisa Davenport | Santa Cruz | Miss San Mateo County | |||
| 1984 | Donna Cherry | Northridge | Miss West Los Angeles | |||
| 1983 | Shari Moskau | Mission Viejo | Miss Saddleback Valley | |||
| 1982 | Debra Maffett | Anaheim | Miss Anaheim | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1981 | Cheryl Vancleave | Riverside | Miss Los Angeles County | Married Frank Kalil, mother of Ryan Kalil. | ||
| 1980 | Robin Brooks | Elverta | Miss Fullerton | |||
| 1979 | Deanna Fogarty | Azusa | Miss Azusa | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe & was a featured performer for several Miss America pageants in the early 80s | ||
| 1978 | Christine Acton | Chula Vista | Miss San Bernardino | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
| 1977 | Connie Haugen | Redlands | Miss San Bernardino | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1976 | Linda Mouron | Orange | Miss Orange County | 3rd runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1975 | Janet Carr | San Gabriel | Miss Pomona Valley | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1974 | Lucianne Buchanan | Claremont | Miss Pomona Valley | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1973 | Susan Shipley | Hillsborough | Miss San Joaquin County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1972 | Diane Wagner | Daly City | Miss San Mateo County | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1971 | Carolyn Jean Stoner | Belmont | Miss San Mateo County | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1970 | Karin Kascher | Castro Valley | Miss Hayward | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1969 | Susan Anton | Yucaipa | Miss Redlands | 2nd runner-up | (tied w/Miss NJ) | Actress, best known for her role as "Susan Williams" in the various Stop Susan Williams!-related television series and television movies. Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1968 | Sharon Terrill | Torrance | Miss Torrance | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Karen Pursell | Lindsay | Miss Fresno | |||
| 1966 | Charlene Dallas | Danville | Miss Contra Costa County | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | Featured Performer on the 1967 Miss America Telecast |
| 1965 | Sandra Lynne Becker | Covina | Miss Los Angeles County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Sherri Raap | Fremont | Miss Oakland | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1963 | Wendy Douglas | Sacramento | Miss Sacramento | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1962 | Pamela Gamble | Carmel | Miss Carmel | |||
| 1961 | Susan Henryson | Fresno | Miss Fresno | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | voted Miss Congeniality, was a featured performer for the 1962 Miss America Pageant |
| 1960 | Suzanne Reamo | La Mesa | Miss San Diego | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1959 | Susan Bronson | San Lorenzo | Miss South Alameda County | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Jennings | Riverside | Miss Riverside | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1957 | Lorna Anderson | Sacramento | Miss Sacramento | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1956 | Joan Beckett | Sacramento | Miss Sacramento | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1955 | Barbara Harris | Santa Cruz | Miss Santa Cruz | |||
| 1954 | Lee Meriwether | San Francisco | Miss San Francisco | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Actress best known as Catwoman in the 1966 Batman movie |
| 1953 | Patricia Johns | Fresno | Miss Fresno | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1952 | Jeanne Shores | Azusa | Miss Azusa | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1951 | Patricia Lehman | Sacramento | Miss Sacramento | |||
| 1950 | Joanne Durant | San Diego | Miss San Diego | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1949 | Jone Pedersen | Santa Rosa | Miss Santa Rosa | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1948 | Reba Watterson | Stockton | Miss Stockton | |||
| 1947 | Laura Emery | Salinas | Miss Salinas | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1946 | Marilyn Buferd | Los Angeles | Miss Los Angeles | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1945 | Polly Ellis | Tarzana | Miss Tarzana | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1944 | Shirley Ballard | Los Angeles | Miss Los Angeles | |||
| 1943 | Jean Bartel | Los Angeles | Miss Los Angeles | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1942 | Lucille Lambert | Hollywood | Miss Hollywood | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | Los Angeles | Miss Los Angeles | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1940 | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||||
| 1939 | Marguerite Skliris | San Francisco | Miss San Francisco | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1938 | Claire James | Los Angeles | Miss Los Angeles | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1937 | Phyllis Randall | Hollywood | Miss Hollywood | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1936 | Phyllis Dobson | Hollywood | Miss Hollywood | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1935 | Virginia Donham | San Francisco | Miss San Francisco | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1933 | Blanche MacDonald | Miss Los Angeles | 1st runner-up | |||
| 1927 | Bertha Weizel | Miss Santa Cruz | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1926 | Aloha Porter | Miss Venice | ||||
| 1925 | Fay Lanphier | Oakland | Miss Oakland | Winner | ||
| 1924 | 2nd runner-up |
References
- ^ Hoagland, Doug (2007-07-01). "Pageant crowns San Diego woman". Fresno Bee. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ Associated Press (2007-07-01). "Miss North Coast Melissa Chaty wins 2007 Miss California crown". The Lompoc Record. Retrieved 2007-07-01.