Miss Texas
Type | Beauty pageant |
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Headquarters | Richardson |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
Website | www |
The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).
To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss Texas title each July. The state pageant was held in Fort Worth for 36 years before relocating to the University of Texas at Arlington's Texas Hall in 2009. In 2012, the pageant moved to the Allen Event Center in suburban Collin County.[1] In 2014 the Miss Texas pageant began being held at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas.[2]
In 2010, Miss Texas celebrated its 75th anniversary, and Randy Pruett wrote a book, A Dream as Big as Texas, to document the stories of the 75 women that were crowned Miss Texas.[3]
Chandler Foreman of Pearland was crowned Miss Texas 2019 on June 29, 2019 at Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2020.
Gallery of past titleholders
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Jonna Fitzgerald,
Miss Texas 1985 -
Molly Hazlett,
Miss Texas 2007 -
Rebecca Robinson,
Miss Texas 2008
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Texas 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: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Phyllis George (1971), Shirley Cothran (1975)
- 1st runners-up: Moselle Ransome (1927), Alice Emerick (1937), Shilah Phillips (2007)
- 2nd runners-up: Penny Lee Rudd (1963), Carmen McCollum (1977), Jonna Fitzgerald (1986)
- 3rd runners-up: Linda Loftis (1962), Sharon McCauley (1965), Mae Beth Cormany (1973), Suzanne Lawrence (1991)
- 4th runners-up: Sheri Ryman (1982), Tamara Hext (1985), Yanci Yarbrough (2000), Margana Wood (2018)
- Top 7: Caroline Carothers (2017)
- Top 8: Molly Hazlett (2008)
- Top 10: Mary Nell Hendricks (1959), Susan Logan (1967), Judy Mallett (1974), Mary Ellen Richardson (1976), Lori Smith (1978), Sandi Miller (1979), Terri Eoff (1981), Dana Rogers (1984), Stephany Samone (1987), Rita Jo Thompson (1988), Leah Kay Lyle (1990), Rhonda Morrison (1992), Arian Archer (1995), Michelle Martinez (1997), Tara Watson (2001), Mary Lisa Dalzell (2003), Jamie Story (2005), Morgan Matlock (2006), Kristen Blair (2010), Kendall Morris (2012), DaNae Couch (2013), Ivana Hall (2014), Shannon Sanderford (2016)
- Top 12: Ashley Melnick (2011)
- Top 13: Polly Below (1945)
- Top 15: Rosebud Blondell (1926), Patricia Allen Green (1936), Charmayne Smith (1939), Chandler Foreman (2020)
- Top 16: Margaret Sommers (1951), Monique Evans (2015)
- Top 20: Stacy James (2002)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Interview: Mary Lisa Dalzell (2003)
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Phyllis George (1971), Shirley Cothran (1975), Carmen McCollum (1977), Tamara Hext (1985), Molly Hazlett (2008), Kendall Morris (2012), Margana Wood (2018)
- Preliminary Talent: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Linda Loftis (1962), Carmen McCollum (1977), Sheri Ryman (1982), Jonna Fitzgerald (1986), Stephany Samone (1987), Suzanne Lawrence (1991), Shilah Phillips (2007)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Interview: BaShara Chandler (1994)
- Non-finalist Talent: Marilyn Turner (1960), Mary Cage Moore (1961), Gloria Gilbert (1983), Sunni Cranfill (2004), Madison Fuller (2019)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Joyce Courrege (1944), Luna McClain (1947), Rebecca Robinson (2009)
- Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Kendall Morris (2012)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Suzanne Lawrence (1991)
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] | |||||||
2019–20 | Chandler Foreman[5] | Pearland | 22 | Miss Park Cities | Flute, “Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Top 15[6] | ||
2018 | Madison Fuller[7] | Fairfield | 23 | Miss Dallas | Ventriloquism, "I've Been Everywhere" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2010[8] | |
2017 | Margana Wood[9] | Houston | 22 | Miss Travis County | Contemporary Dance, "When We Were Young" by Adele | 4th runner-up[10] | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award[11] | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2012[12] Top 8 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2013 pageant[13] |
2016 | Caroline Carothers[14] | San Antonio | 20 | Miss Plano | Baton Twirling, "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago (musical) | Top 7 | ||
2015 | Shannon Sanderford[15] | Coppell | 23 | Miss Fort Worth | Vocal, "Son of a Preacher Man" | Top 10 | ||
2014 | Monique Evans[16][17][18] | Austin | 22 | Miss Park Cities | Ballet en Pointe, "Requiem for a Tower" | Top 16 | Later Miss Florida USA 2020 [19] | |
2013 | Ivana Hall[20][21] | Cedar Hill | 23 | Miss North Texas | Vocal, "Fever" | Top 10 | Later Miss Oklahoma World 2015 Top 22 at Miss World America 2015 pageant | |
2012 | DaNae Couch[22] | Coppell | 23 | Miss Dallas | Twirling, "Last Dance" | Top 10 | ||
2011 | Kendall Morris[23] | Ennis | 20 | Miss Frisco | Piano, "New World Symphony" | Top 10 | Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2006[24] |
2010 | Ashley Melnick[3][25] | Dallas | 21 | Miss Fort Worth | Vocal, "I Surrender" | Top 12 | ||
2009 | Kristen Blair | Southlake | 22 | Miss North Texas | Classical Vocal, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from La rondine | Top 10 | ||
2008 | Rebecca Robinson[26][27] | Buffalo | 24 | Miss Longview | Tap Dance, "Hey Pachuco" | Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2000[28] | |
2007 | Molly Hazlett[29] | Centerville | 21 | Miss Longview | Character Jazz en Pointe, "Rich Man's Frug" from Sweet Charity | Top 8 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
2006 | Shilah Precious Phillips[30] | Plano | 25 | Miss Frisco | Vocal, "I Believe in You and Me" | 1st runner-up[31] | Preliminary Talent Award | First African American to win Miss Texas title[30][31] |
2005 | Morgan Matlock | Lamesa | 24 | Miss Fort Worth | Vocal Medley, "Come Rain or Come Shine" & "What Kind of Fool Am I?" | Top 10 | ||
2004 | Jamie Story | Bedford | 23 | Miss Arlington | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor" by Mendelssohn | Top 10 | ||
2003 | Sunni Cranfill | Hooks | 23 | Miss Amarillo Area | Ballet en Pointe, "Carmen Fantasy" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in 2009[32] | |
2002 | Mary Lisa Dalzell | Magnolia | 23 | Miss Lake O' The Pines | Flute Medley, "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" | Top 10 | Preliminary Interview Award | Evening Anchor at NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida[citation needed] |
2001 | Stacy James[33] | Texarkana | 22 | Vocal, "Man of La Mancha" | Top 20 | |||
2000 | Tara Watson[34] | Lufkin | 22 | Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You" | Top 10 | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 1993[28] | |
1999 | Yanci Yarbrough | Childress | 24 | Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Vocal Medley, "Come In From the Rain" & "Stormy Weather" | 4th runner-up | ||
1998 | Tatum Hubbard | Odessa | 24 | Miss Arlington | Jazz Dance, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies | |||
1997 | Reagan Hughes | Midland | 23 | Miss Lake O' The Pines | Dramatic Vocal, "I Dreamed a Dream" | |||
1996 | Michelle Martinez | Dallas | 23 | Miss Dallas | Classical Piano, "Ballade in G Minor" by Chopin | Top 10 | ||
1995 | Carly Jarmon[35] | Mesquite | 19 | Miss Oak Cliff | Vocal, "Stand by Your Man" | Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 1992[36] Married to 2002 World Series champion, Benji Gil[36] | ||
1994 | Arian Archer | Borger | 20 | Miss Amarillo Area | Vocal, "Almost Over You" | Top 10 | ||
1993 | BaShara Chandler | Garland | 21 | Miss Northeast Texas | Piano, "4th Movement of Sonata in C" by Alberto Ginastera | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
1992 | Amy Parker[37] | Carrollton | 22 | Miss Tarrant County | Vocal, "A Sunday Kind of Love" | |||
1991 | Rhonda Morrison[38] | Coldspring | 21 | Miss Lake O' The Pines | Vocal, "My Funny Valentine" | Top 10 | ||
1990 | Suzanne Lawrence[39] | Humble | 21 | Miss Humble/Kingwood | Country Vocal, "Sweet Dreams" | 3rd runner-up | Quality of Life Award Winner Preliminary Talent Award |
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1989 | Leah Kay Lyle[40] | Plainview | 22 | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Piano, "Sonata Opus 22" by Alberto Ginastera | Top 10 | ||
1988 | Cathy Castro[41] | McAllen | 22 | Miss Duncanville | Ballet en Pointe, "Les toreadors" | First Hispanic woman to win Miss Texas title[42] | ||
1987 | Rita Jo Thompson[43] | Lufkin | 22 | Miss Greenville | Jazz Dance, "An American Trilogy" | Top 10 | ||
1986 | Stephany Samone | Dallas | 25 | Miss Grand Prairie | Country Vocal, "Stand By Your Man" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award[44] | |
1985 | Jonna Fitzgerald | Tyler | 21 | Miss Greenville | Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"[45] | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1984 | Tamara Hext | Fort Worth | 21 | Miss Arlington | Vocal, "I've Got a Crush On You" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award[46] | |
1983 | Dana Rogers[47] | Boerne | 22 | Miss San Antonio | Vocal, "An American Trilogy" | Top 10 | Mother of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2019, Molly Martin[48] | |
1982 | Gloria Gilbert[49] | Millsap | 20 | Miss Palo Pinto County | Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1981 Longtime hostess of the Miss Texas pageant television broadcast[citation needed] | |
1981 | Sheri Ryman | Texas City | 20 | Miss Texas A&M | Gymnastics, Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award[50] | |
1980 | Terri Eoff[51] | Lubbock | 19 | Miss Lubbock | Dramatic Performance from A Bad Play For an Old Lady | Top 10 | Appeared on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow[citation needed] | |
1979 | Lex Ann Haughey | Hurst | 20 | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Flute, "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy | |||
1978 | Sandi Miller[52] | Mesquite | 20 | Miss Red Bird Area | Classical Piano, "2nd Concerto in F Minor" by Gershwin | Top 10 | Later Mrs. Texas 1988[citation needed] | |
1977 | Lori Smith | Fort Worth | 20 | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Vocal, "Moanin' Low" | Top 10 | ||
1976 | Carmen McCollum | Odessa | 19 | Miss West Texas | Saxophone Medley, "Wabash Cannonball," "Yakety Sax," & "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award[53] |
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1975 | Mary Ellen Richardson | Waco | 20 | Miss Waco | Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust | Top 10 | ||
1974 | Phyllis Barger[54] | Miss Houston | Ballet en Pointe | Assumed title after Cothran was named Miss America 1975 title 3rd runner-up at Miss Texas 1974 pageant | ||||
Shirley Cothran[55] | Denton | 21 | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Flute Medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
1973 | Judy Mallett | Beaumont | Miss Haltom-Richland Area | Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 | Performed in halftime show of Super Bowl VIII[citation needed] | ||
1972 | Mae Beth Cormany | Wichita Falls | Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford | Vocal Medley, "Misty" & "Come Rain or Come Shine" | 3rd runner-up | |||
1971 | Janice Bain[56] | San Antonio | 21 | Miss White Settlement | Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | |||
1970 | Belinda Myrick | Odessa | Miss West Texas | Country Vocal | N/A | Assumed title after George won Miss America 1971 title Toured with Miss America USO Troupe[57] | ||
Phyllis George[58] | Denton | 21 | Miss Dallas | Piano Medley, "Promises, Promises" & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of NFL Today on CBS (1975–77, 1980–83)[59] Co-host of the 1989 and 1990 Miss America pageants with Gary Collins[citation needed] Died from complications from polycythemia vera (a blood disorder) in Lexington, Kentucky on May 14, 2020 [citation needed] | |
1969 | Dana Dowell | White Oak | 19 | Miss Longview | Percussion, "Cute" | |||
1968 | Glenda Propes[60] | Henderson | 18 | Miss Rusk County | Vocal and Dance | N/A | Assumed title after Hugghins resigned | |
Diane Hugghins[61] | Tyler | 20 | Miss Nacogdoches | Jazz Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie | Resigned after competing at Miss America 1969 pageant | |||
1967 | Molly Grubb | Fort Worth | 20 | Miss Fort Worth | Ballet en Pointe, "La Périchole" | |||
1966 | Susan Logan | San Angelo | 19 | Miss Lubbock | Dramatic Monologue from Gone with the Wind | Top 10 | ||
1965 | Mary Lou Butler[62] | Irving | 19 | Miss Nacogdoches | Vocal | |||
1964 | Lenda Varley | Fort Worth | 19 | Miss Fort Worth | Vocal | N/A | Assumed title after McCauley resigned[63] | |
Sharon McCauley[64] | Athens | 20 | Miss Athens | Vocal, "Let Me Entertain You" from Gypsy: A Musical Fable | 3rd runner-up | After competing at Miss America 1965 pageant, resigned to marry the Miss Texas stage director[63] | ||
1963 | Jeanne Amacker | Beaumont | Miss Austin | Vocal, "When You Wish upon a Star" | ||||
1962 | Penny Lee Rudd | Waskom | 19 | Miss Marshall | Jazz Dance, "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" | 2nd runner-up | ||
1961 | Linda Loftis | Fort Worth | 19 | Miss Fort Worth | Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1960 | Mary Cage Moore | Laredo | 18 | Miss Dallas | Spanish Dance, music by Manuel de Falla | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1959 | Marilyn Turner | Fort Worth | 19 | Miss Fort Worth | Ballet en Pointe | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1958 | Mary Nell Hendricks | Arlington | Miss Arlington | Vocal, "Getting to Know You" | Top 10 | |||
1957 | Carolyn Calvert | Austin | Miss Austin | Monologue from Medea | ||||
1956 | Barbara Murray | Houston | Miss Houston | Vocal | ||||
1955 | June Prichard | Seymour | Miss West Texas | Horseback Riding | 1st runner-up at Miss Dixie 1957 pageant[citation needed] | |||
1954 | Yvonne Erwin | Dallas | Miss Dallas | Piano & Art | ||||
1953 | Paula Lane | Cleburne | Miss Cleburne | Fashion Design & Speech | ||||
1952 | Connie Hopping | Littlefield | Miss Littlefield | Vocal | ||||
1951 | Glenda Holcomb | Odessa | Miss West Texas | Dramatic Monologue | ||||
1950 | Margaret Sommers | Dallas | Miss Dallas | Classical Vocal, "Jealousy" | Top 16 | |||
1949 | Ysleta Leissner | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | Ballet en Pointe | ||||
1948 | Bonnie Jean Bland | Orange | Miss Orange | Vocal/Art Display, "Put the Blame on Mame" | ||||
1947 | Luna McClain | Lufkin | Miss Lufkin | Vocal, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" & "Cowboy Boogie" | Miss Congeniality | |||
1946 | D. Anne Wisener | University Park | Miss University Park | Vocal, "Embraceable You" | ||||
1945 | Polly Below | Galveston | Miss Galveston | Vocal | Top 13 | |||
1944 | Joyce Courrege | Orange | Miss Orange | Comedic Monologue | Miss Congeniality | |||
1943 | No Texas representative at Miss America pageant[65]
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1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Tyler | 19 | Miss Tyler | Vocal and Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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1941 | Gloria Ann Byrns[66][67] | Port Arthur | Miss Port Arthur | Tap Dance & Baton Twirling | N/A | Returned as Miss Texas in 1941 because Texas held on contest Withdrew from Miss America 1941 pageant due to illness[66][67] Gloria Ann Byrns Evans died in Texas at 89 on December 24, 2011. | ||
1940 | ||||||||
1939 | Charmayne Smith | Dallas | Miss Dallas | Vocal, "Round-Up Time in Texas" | Top 15 | |||
1938 | No Texas representative at Miss America pageant[68]
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1937 | Olive Henderson | Miss San Antonio | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Alice Emerick | Fort Worth | Miss Texas | Tap Dance | 1st runner-up | ||||
1936 | Patricia Allen Green | Corpus Christi | Miss Corpus Christi | Top 15 | No Miss Texas Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
1935 | No Texas representative at Miss America pageant[69]
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1934 | No national pageant was held[70] | |||||||
1933 | No Texas representative at Miss America pageant[71]
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1932 | No national pageants were held[70] | |||||||
1931 | ||||||||
1930 | ||||||||
1929 | ||||||||
1928 | ||||||||
1927 | Moselle Ransome | Miss Dallas | N/A[72] | 1st runner-up | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
Mildred Casad | Miss El Paso | |||||||
Juanita Gilbert | Miss Fort Worth | |||||||
1926 | Rosebud Blondell | Miss Dallas | Top 15 | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Winnie Law | Miss Fort Worth | |||||||
Zasada Lord | Miss Houston | |||||||
1925 | Elinore Wilkens | Miss Dallas | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Mary Louise Kilman | Miss Fort Worth | |||||||
Edna Francis | Miss Houston | |||||||
1924 | Vera Simpson | Miss Austin | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Freeda Rowley | Miss Beaumont | |||||||
Etta Mae Collins | Miss Dallas | |||||||
Hazel Doolin | Miss Fort Worth | |||||||
Lorraine Holzhaus | Miss Galveston | |||||||
Mary C. Wilmot | Miss Houston | |||||||
Name not known | Miss Irvington | |||||||
Katherine Hensley | Miss San Antonio | |||||||
Thelma Kirsch | Miss Texas City | |||||||
1923 | Bessie Laurene Roosa[73] | Fort Worth | Miss Fort Worth | Multiple Texas representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
Katherine Helmsley[74] | San Antonio | Miss San Antonio | ||||||
1922 | ||||||||
1921 |
In popular culture
- In the long-running television series Dallas, the character Sue Ellen Ewing had purportedly won the title of Miss Texas in 1967, long before the events of the show took place (1978–91). She had entered the pageant as Miss Dallas.[77]
- The song "Almost" by the band Bowling for Soup features the line, "I almost dropped out of school at fourteen where I almost made out with the Homecoming Queen, who almost went on to be Miss Texas, but lost to a slut with much bigger breasts."[citation needed]
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