Miss Tennessee
Formation | 1922 |
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Type | Scholarship competition |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Tennessee competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss America Scholarship Competition.
The 2019 Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition took place in Knoxville, Tennessee from June 26–29, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena.[1]
Brianna Mason of Nashville was crowned Miss Tennessee 2019 on June 29, 2019 at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. She competed for the title of Miss America 2020 in December 2019.
History
The Miss Tennessee pageant was first held in 1938, although the winner, Isobel Carter, was unable to compete at Miss America due to illness and so the 1st runner-up became Miss Tennessee. The following year, two winners were chosen to compete for the Miss America title. In 1940 the pageant suffered a repeat of 1938, with the winner resigning through illness and the 1st runner-up representing the state at the national competition. The routine pageant was held in 1941, but from 1942-1946 representatives were appointed without a pageant being held, due to World War II. In 1947 twins Jean and Jane Cunningham were both awarded the Miss Tennessee title, with one representing Tennessee and one Chattanooga at the Miss America pageant. The modern era of the pageant can be dated to 1953, when a regular routine of state pageants was instituted.
Barbara Jo Walker was crowned Miss America 1947 and represented the city of Memphis when she won the title. Kellye Cash, Miss America 1987, was the second Miss Tennessee to win the national title. All three Miss Tennessees from 1999 to 2001 later won the similar Miss Tennessee USA pageant, whose delegates represent Tennessee at the Miss USA pageant. Three other Miss Tennessees have won the Miss Tennessee USA title, Jean Harper, Desiree Daniels, and Leah Hulan. Two Miss Tennessees have won the National Sweetheart title, Rita Wilson and Vicki Hurd.
In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the former Miss Tennessee organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.[2][3] On December 22, 2018, Miss America Awarded a new license for Tennessee naming Joe Albright as CEO; Lanna Keck-Smith, Miss Tennessee 1997, as Executive Director; and Caty Davis, Miss Tennessee 2017, as the Chief People Officer.
Gallery of past titleholders
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Linda Workman,
Miss Tennessee 1967 -
Stefanie Wittler,
Miss Tennessee 2009
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Tennessee titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Barbara Jo Walker (1947), Kellye Cash (1987)
- 1st runners-up: Desiree Daniels (1983)
- 2nd runners-up: Vicki Hurd (1967), Dana Brown (1991), Stephanie Culberson (2002), Stefanie Wittler (2010)
- 3rd runners-up: Martha Truett (1964)
- Top 7: Ellen Carrington (2009), Hannah Robison (2016)
- Top 10: Gerry Johnson (1955), Marion "Mickey" Wayland (1960), Brenda Seal (1969), Deborah Kincaid (1975), Linda Moore (1978), Shelly Mangrum (1985), Erin Hatley (2012), Chandler Lawson (2013), Hayley Lewis (2015), Grace Burgess (2017)
- Top 12: Caty Davis (2018)
- Top 13: Lee Henson (1945)
- Top 15: Georgia Cunningham (1947), Lois Jeanette Welch (1948), Jean Harper (1952)
- Top 16: Grace Gore (2008)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Evening Gown: Stephanie Culberson (2002)
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Lee Henson (1945), Linda Moore (1978), Desiree Daniels (1983), Kellye Cash (1987), Stephanie Culberson (2002)
- Preliminary Talent: Barbara Jo Walker (1947), Dorothy Free (1948), Deborah Kincaid (1975), Kellye Cash (1987), Grace Burgess (2017)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Interview: Alison Shumate (1996)
- Non-finalist Talent: Mary Cox (1970), Elise Neal (1980), Moira Kaye (1984), Carrie Folks (1989), Beth Hood (2001), Ashley Eicher (2005), Tara Burns (2006)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: N/A
- America's Choice: Hannah Robison (2016)
- Intercity Beauty Award Second Prize: Sue Burton (1922)
- Evening Dress Award: Elizabeth Mallory (1923)
- Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalists: Brianna Mason (2020)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Hannah Robison (2016)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Chandler Lawson (2013)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Heather Heath (1999), Grace Gore (2008) Stefanie Wittler (2010), Grace Burgess (2017), Christine Williamson (2019)
- Roller Chair Parade Second Prize: Elizabeth Mallory (1923)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Hannah Robison (2016)
- Waterford Scholarship for Business in Marketing and Management: Allison Alderson (2000)
- Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Christine Williamson (2019)
Winners
- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2020 | State and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |||||||
2019 | Brianna Mason[5] | Nashville | 23 | Miss Greene County | Piano, "Piano Fantasy" by William Joseph | Equity & Justice Scholarship Award Finalist[6] | First African-American to win Miss Tennessee[7] | |
2018 | Christine Williamson[8] | Chattanooga | 22 | Miss Chattanooga | Vocal, "Never Enough" from The Greatest Showman | Quality of Life Award Finalist[9] Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[9] |
Resigned on May 10, 2019 citing adverse circumstances, "blatant disregard" for her role as a titleholder, and an "ill-conceived" leadership transition after the state organization was terminated in September 2018[10] | |
2017 | Caty Davis[11] | Knoxville | 22 | Miss Lexington | Vocal, "I Have Nothing" | Top 12[12] | ||
2016 | Grace Burgess[13] | Memphis | 22 | Miss Mid-South | Vocal, "Desperado" by The Eagles | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award[14] Quality of Life Award Finalist[15] |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant |
2015 | Hannah Robison[16] | Paris | 21 | Miss Scenic City | Piano, "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín | Top 7[17] | America's Choice[18] Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up STEM Scholarship Award |
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2014 | Hayley Lewis[19] | Nashville | 21 | Miss Tennessee Valley | Vocal, "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Top 10 | ||
2013 | Shelby Thompson | Franklin | 23 | Miss Capital City | Vocal, "Con te partirò" | |||
2012 | Chandler Lawson[20] | Tullahoma | 22 | Miss Chattanooga | Vocal, "Turning Tables" | Top 10[21] | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[22] | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant |
2011 | Erin Hatley[23] | Bartlett | 20 | Miss Collierville | Classical Vocal, "Memory" from Cats | Top 10 | 1st runner-up at Miss Tennessee USA 2016 and 2017 pageants[24] | |
2010 | Nicole Jordan[25] | Cordova | 21 | Miss Lexington | Vocal, "All by Myself" | |||
2009 | Stefanie Wittler[26] | Soddy-Daisy | 22 | Miss Hamilton County | Vocal, "I Will Always Love You" | 2nd runner-up[27] | Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
2008 | Ellen Carrington | Jackson | 21 | Miss Scenic City | Vocal, "Vole Mon Ange" from Svengali | Top 7 | ||
2007 | Grace Gore | Nashville | 24 | Miss Lexington | Vocal, "What a Wonderful Day" | Top 16 | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Previously Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2002 |
2006 | Blaire Pancake | Chattanooga | 24 | Miss Metropolitan | Vocal, "Attitude" | |||
2005 | Tara Burns | Nashville | 22 | Miss Music City | Classical Vocal, "Art Is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
2004 | Ashley Eicher | 24 | Miss Murfreesboro | Vocal, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
2003 | Jamie Watkins | Soddy-Daisy | 23 | Miss Scenic City | Vocal, "If I Can Dream" | 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant | ||
2002 | Valli Kugler | Rutherford | 22 | Miss UT Martin | Vocal, "At Last" | |||
2001 | Stephanie Culberson | Knoxville | 21 | Miss Cleveland | Classical Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Evening Wear Award Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Later Miss Tennessee USA 2004 4th runner-up at Miss USA 2004 pageant |
2000 | Beth Hood | Cleveland | 21 | Miss Cleveland | Vocal, "Desperado" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Tennessee USA 2003 4th runner-up at Miss USA 2003 pageant | |
1999 | Allison Alderson | Jackson | 22 | Miss Memphis | Piano / Vocal Medley, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" & "River Deep – Mountain High" | Waterford Scholarship for Business Marketing & Management | Triple Crown winner
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1998 | Heather Heath | Nashville | 21 | Miss Heart of Tennessee | Vocal, "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Previously Missouri's Junior Miss 1995 | |
1997 | Lanna Keck | Knoxville | 23 | Miss Milan No-Till | Gospel Vocal, "Go Light Your World" | |||
1996 | Jeni Stephens | Memphis | 23 | Miss Memphis | Popular Vocal, "Operator" | |||
1995 | Alison Shumate | Union City | 21 | Miss Knoxville | Vocal Medley, "Crazy for You" & "I Got Rhythm" | Non-finalist Interview Award | Daughter of Miss Tennessee 1967, Linda Workman | |
1994 | Lori Smith | Ocoee | 21 | Miss Tennessee Tech | Piano, "The Firefly" by Anton Bilotti | |||
1993 | Kathleen Brang | Greeneville | 24 | Miss Historic Jonesborough | Popular Vocal, "Dare to Dream" | |||
1992 | Leah Hulan | Murfreesboro | 24 | Miss Knoxville | Clogging, "Can't Stop Now" | Later Miss Tennessee USA 1994 | ||
1991 | Jill Horn | Memphis | 23 | Miss Memphis | Vocal, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" | |||
1990 | Dana Brown | Memphis | 25 | Miss Frontier Days | Vocal & Piano, "The Glory of Love" & "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" | 2nd runner-up | ||
1989 | Lisa Robertson | Collegedale | 23 | Miss Cleveland | Violin, "Orange Blossom Special" | |||
1988 | Carrie Folks | New Johnsonville | 20 | Miss Bluegrass Festival | A capella Vocal, "Sweet Dreams" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1987 | Regina Athnos | Clarksville | 23 | Miss Tennessee Peach Festival | Flute Medley, "I'll Fly Away" & "Amazing Grace" | |||
1986 | Kris Beasley | Memphis | Miss Memphis | Assumed the title after Cash was named Miss America 1987 | ||||
Kellye Cash | Milan | 21 | Miss Milan Crown and Scepter | Piano / Vocal, "I'll Be Home" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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1985 | Sonya Pleasant | Mountain City | 22 | Miss Wautauga Valley | Vocal, "I Fall to Pieces" | |||
1984 | Shelly Mangrum | Nashville | 23 | Miss West Tennessee State Fair | Vocal, "And the World Goes 'Round" | Top 10 | ||
1983 | Moira Alice Kaye | Oak Ridge | 23 | Miss Roane County | Vocal, "Memory" from Cats | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1982 | Desiree Daniels | Chattanooga | 22 | Miss Hamilton County | Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Later Miss Tennessee USA 1984 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1984 pageant |
1981 | Angelina Johnson | Jackson | 20 | Miss Madison | Ventriloquism, "Laverne & Shirley" | |||
1980 | Sarah Leonard | Jonesborough | 20 | Miss Historic Jonesborough | Popular Vocal, "We Could Have Had it All" | |||
1979 | Elise Neal | Paris | 21 | Miss Okra | Piano, "Prelude in C minor" by Rachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1978 | Jill Beshears | Memphis | 22 | Miss Memphis State University | Vocal Medley, "You'll Never Walk Alone" & "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | |||
1977 | Linda Moore | Madison | 22 | Miss Nashville | Vocal, "Evening Gowns Are not for Children" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
1976 | Terry Alden | Memphis | 21 | Miss Memphis | Classical Piano, "Toccata" | |||
1975 | Marion Burgess | 21 | Miss Bells | Tap Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | ||||
1974 | Deborah Kincaid | Memphis | 21 | Miss Memphis State University | Vocal Medley, "Once in a Lifetime," "In my own Lifetime," & "This Is My Life" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1973 | Anne Randle Galloway | Knoxville | 20 | Miss Memphis | Piano, Rhapsody in Blue | |||
1972 | Debbie Cathey | Nashville | 20 | Miss Nashville | Semi-classical Vocal, "Amazing Grace" | |||
1971 | Marsha McDonald | 21 | Miss Memphis State University | Ballet, "Over and Over Again" | ||||
1970 | Carol Ferrante | Memphis | 21 | Miss Memphis | Vocal | |||
1969 | Mary Cox | Johnson City | 20 | Miss Johnson City | Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1968 | Brenda Seal | Kingsport | 19 | Miss East Tennessee State University | Popular Vocal, "What Now My Love" | Top 10 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1967 pageant | |
1967 | Linda Workman | Martin | 18 | Miss UT Martin | Vocal, "I Don't Care" | Mother of Miss Tennessee 1995, Alison Shumate[citation needed] | ||
1966 | Vicki Hurd | Kingsport | 19 | Miss Carter County | Original Vocal, "I'm in a Pageant" | 2nd runner-up | Previously National Sweetheart 1965 | |
1965 | Marcia Murray | Paris | 19 | Miss Paris | Popular Vocal, "Spellbound" | |||
1964 | Rita Munsey | New Tazewell | 20 | Miss Knoxville | Vocal Medley & Accordion, "You Don't Know Me" & "Walkin' After Midnight" | |||
1963 | Martha Truett | Tiptonville | Miss Bells | Piano, Rhapsody In Blue | 3rd runner-up | |||
1962 | Margaret Petty | Nashville | 19 | Miss Nashville | Vocal, "Something Wonderful" | |||
1961 | Rita Wilson | Humboldt | 20 | Miss Bells | Vocal, "I'm Doing Alright for a Mountain Gal" | Previously National Sweetheart 1959 | ||
1960 | Jenny Thomas | Nashville | 19 | Miss Nashville | Modern Ballet, Porgy and Bess | |||
1959 | Marion "Mickey" Wayland | Knoxville | 18 | Miss Knoxville | Piano / Vocal, "Près des remparts de Séville" from Carmen & "I Cain't Say No" | Top 10 | ||
1958 | Patricia Eaves | Cookeville | Miss Putnam County | Dramatic Monologue, "Viola's Ring Scene" from Twelfth Night | ||||
1957 | Amanda Whitman | Nashville | Miss Davidson County | Trampoline / Tumbling, "The Third Man Theme" | ||||
1956 | Shelby Bailey | Humboldt | Miss Gadsden | Vocal, "It Takes Two to Tango" | ||||
1955 | Patty Williams | Jackson | Miss Lambuth College | Vocal, "The Student Prince" | ||||
1954 | Gerry Johnson | Nashville | Miss Nashville | Vocal / Character Pantomime, "The Deadwood Stage" | Top 10 | |||
1953 | Ruth Ann Barker | Trenton | Miss Gibson County | Vocal | ||||
1952 | Gloria Williams | Chattanooga | Miss Chattanooga | Vocal, "Lover, When You're Near Me" | ||||
1951 | Jean Harper | Memphis | Miss Shelby County | Vocal, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Top 15 | Later Miss Tennessee USA 1952 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1952 pageant | ||
1950 | Greta Graham | Memphis | Miss Memphis | Organ, "Tico-Tico no Fubá" | ||||
1949 | Adelyn Sumner | Knoxville | Modeling / Speech | |||||
1948 | Lois Jeanette Welch | Memphis | Miss Memphis | Vocal & Fashion Design, "Gianni Mia" | Top 15 | Multiple Tennessee representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
Dorothy Free | Chattanooga | Miss Tennessee | Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Embraceable You" | Preliminary Talent Award | ||||
1947 | Dorothy Cunningham | Miss Chattanooga | Tap Dance | |||||
Barbara Jo Walker | Memphis | 21 | Miss Memphis | Art Display & Vocal Medley, "One Kiss" & "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Georgia Cunningham | Miss Tennessee | Tap Dance | Top 15 | |||||
1946 | Wilda Bowman | Chattanooga | ||||||
1945 | Lee Henson | Chattanooga | Vocal Medley, "Dreams" & "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded" | Top 13 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
1944 | Marian Weller | Chattanooga | Vocal, "Some Day I'll Find You" | |||||
1943 | Frances Eakes | Miss Chattanooga | ||||||
1942 | ||||||||
1941 | Katherine Gammon | Knoxville | Miss Knoxville | Multiple Tennessee representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Martha McKinney | Nashville | Miss Tennessee | Acrobatic / Tap Dance | |||||
1940 | Thelma McGhee | Knoxville | Miss Knoxville | |||||
Christine Webb | Centerville | Miss Tennessee | Dramatic Monologue, "The Waltz" | |||||
1939 | Judy Jones | Tracy City | Vocal Medley, "I Surrender" & "Come True" | |||||
Louise Bussart | Etowah | Miss West Tennessee | ||||||
1938 | Victoria Ann Motlow | Mulberry | Miss Fayetteville | Vocal, "You Turned the Tables on Me" | Original winner, Isobel Carter, resigned due to illness[citation needed] | |||
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1936 | ||||||||
1935 | Sarah Beard | Dickson | ||||||
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1924 | Ann Werner | Miss Nashville | N/A[36] | Competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
1923 | Elizabeth Mallory[37] | Memphis | Miss Memphis | Evening Dress Award[38] Roller Chair Parade Second Prize[39] | ||||
1922 | Ruth Doughty[40] | Multiple Tennessee representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||||
Sue Burton[41] | Nashville | Miss Nashville | Intercity Beauty Award Second Prize[42] | |||||
1921 | No Tennessee representative at Miss America pageant[43]
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