Miss Maryland
Appearance
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The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss America pageant. Hannah Brewer is the reigning Miss Maryland 2016.[1]
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2016 | Hannah Brewer | Manchester | 18 | Miss Rocky Gap | Vocal "Over The Rainbow" | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 2013; sister of Miss Pennsylvania 2005 Nicole Brewer | ||
2015 | Destiny Clark[2] | Gaithersburg | 23 | Miss Anne Arundel County | Original vocal w/ Guitar accompaniment, "Everything Happens For a Reason" | Non-finalist Talent Award | 4th runner up at Miss Maryland USA 2015 | |
2014 | Jade Kenny | Madison | 23 | Miss Allegany County | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Everybody Dance Now" | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
2013 | Christina Denny | Owings Mills | 22 | Miss Western Maryland | Vocal "For Good" | Top 10 | Included on Miss America interview DVD featuring top 5 interviews. Later Miss Maryland USA 2016. | |
2012 | Joanna Guy | Swanton | 20 | Miss Queen State | Vocal "I Dreamed a Dream" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up, Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship | Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2008 and 3rd runner-up and won Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life and Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Awards at Miss America's Outstanding Teen |
2011 | Carlie Colella[3][4] | Hagerstown | 20 | Miss Central Maryland | Contemporary Dance "The Edge of Glory" | |||
2010 | Lindsay Staniszewski | Baltimore | 22 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal "A Change In Me" from Beauty and the Beast | Quality of Life Finalist | 2nd runner-up at Miss Maryland USA 2010, Sister of Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen 2007 & Miss Maryland Teen USA 2009 Kasey Staniszewski | |
2009 | Brooke Poklemba | Westminster | 20 | Miss University City | Vocal "A Broken Wing" | Maryland's Junior Miss 2004 | ||
2008 | Louise Schlegel | Silver Spring | 20 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal "If I Had My Way" | |||
2007 | Shana Powell[5] | Bowie | 22 | Miss Allegany County | Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide | Sister of Miss Maryland Teen USA 2000 Niambi Powell[6] | ||
2006 | Brittany Lietz | Edgewater | 21 | Miss Tidewater | Lyrical Dance "The Gold" | |||
2005 | Rachel Ellsworth | Fort Ashby, WV | 21 | Miss Western Maryland | Tap Dance "Do Your Thing" | Qualified to compete as Miss Maryland as a student at Allegany College | ||
2004 | Tiffany Jenkins | Silver Spring | 24 | Miss Gaithersburg | Vocal "Take My Breath Away" | |||
2003 | Marina Harrison | Severn | 22 | Miss Burtonsville | Vocal "Fallin'" | 3rd runner-up | Final Night Casual Wear Winner | Miss Maryland USA 2005 and Finalist at Miss USA 2005 |
2002 | Camille Lewis | Silver Spring | 23 | Miss College Park | Crossover Classical Violin "Victory" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Evening Wear Award, Overall Talent Award | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1999 & 2001 |
2001 | Kelly Glorioso | Fallston | 21 | Miss Free State | Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | Top 20 | ||
2000 | Sonia Maria Amir | Beltsville | 24 | Miss Bethesda | Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" | |||
1999 | Keri L. Schrader | Rockville | 24 | Miss College Park | Ballet en Pointe "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | 3rd runner-up | National Sweetheart 1998 as Miss Florida | |
1998 | Heather Noelle Davis | Severna Park | 23 | Miss Southern Maryland | Classical Piano Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Quality of Life Award, Non-finalist Talent Award, Steinway Piano Performance Award | Miss Maryland Top Interview Award | |
1997 | Jaime Fox | Frederick | 21 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard | |||
1996 | Susan Elizabeth Alexander | Silver Spring | 24 | Miss Lanham | Vocal "Sing Me" | |||
1995 | Marcia M. Griffith | Fort Washington | 23 | Miss Federal City | Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere" | |||
1994 | Karissa Brooke Jones | Hagerstown | 23 | Miss Western Maryland | Ballet en Pointe "The Can-Can" | |||
1993 | Renee Cole | Bowie | 22 | Miss Northwest Maryland | Patriotic Vocal "The Star-Spangled Banner" | |||
1992 | Tammy Wyatt | Clinton | 26 | Miss Towson | Vocal "Stuff Like That There" | |||
1991 | Debra Renea Fries | Waldorf | 26 | Miss Tidewater | Baton Twirling "Hooked on America" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1990 | Kimberly Ann Grimm | Mountain Lake Park | 20 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal "One, Two, Three Say You Love Me" | |||
1989 | Virginia Cha | Frederick | 25 | Miss Frederick | Classical Piano "Étude Op. 25, No. 1" | 1st runner-up | Maryland's Junior Miss 1982, News anchor for CNN Headline News | |
1988 | Lori Ann Windsor | Mount Airy | 20 | Miss Bel Air | Dance / Baton Twirling | |||
1987 | Tamara Alaine Walker | Kingsville | 21 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Top 10 | ||
1986 | Katrina Lynn Owens | Pikesville | 24 | Miss Prince George's County | Jazz Dance | |||
1985 | Jennifer Louise Charlton | Bethesda | 22 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal / Dance "Last Blues Song" | |||
1984 | Mary Elizabeth Haroth | Towson | 25 | Miss Towson | Vocal "Memory" | |||
1983 | Amy Elizabeth Keys | Lanham | 26 | Miss Howard County | Popular Vocal "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | |||
1982 | Lynne Carol Graham | Bethesda | 23 | Miss Lanham | Popular Vocal "Alfie" | Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007 Kaitlynne Postel | ||
1981 | Robin Harmon[7] | Hagerstown | 24 | Miss Washington County | Greek Drama "Antigone" | |||
1980 | Lisa Marie Daskal[8] | Cumberland | 18 | Miss Allegany County | Vocal & Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
1979 | Shelly Meg Peiken | Greenbelt | 22 | Miss Anne Arundel | Self-Composed Vocal Performance "Carry Me Home" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
1978 | Caroline JoAnn Donnelly | College Park | 21 | Miss Lanham | Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" | |||
1977 | Donna Marie Silvestri | Catonsville | 18 | Miss Baltimore | Modern Jazz Dance / Baton Twirling "Gonna Fly Now" | |||
1976 | Barbara Jean Jennings | Greenbelt | 25 | Miss Prince George's County | Piano "Rachmaninoff's Polichinelle" | Top 10 | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
1975 | Veronica Marie Clarke[9] | Bel Air | 21 | Miss Greater Hartford County | Popular Vocal "Don't Rain On My Parade" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1974 | Susan Jane Wohlfarth | Potomac | 21 | Miss Olney | Classical Ballet "Giselle" | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1969 | ||
1973 | Kristi Maurine Reindl | LaVale | 19 | Miss Frostburg State College | Tympani Solo "The Champ" | Former mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois | ||
1972 | Kathleen Louise Neff | Cumberland | 21 | Miss Frostburg State College | Dramatic Sliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I | Top 10 | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
1971 | Joan Michele Ehrgott | Avondale | 21 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal / Dance "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | |||
1970 | Sharon Anne Cannon | Salisbury | 21 | Miss Annendale | Piano "Elephant Walk" | |||
1969 | Margaret Elaine Mackle | Cecilton | 21 | Miss Beltsville | Dramatic Monologue | |||
1968 | Karen Anne Hansen | College Park | 20 | Miss University of Maryland | Vocal "Just You Wait from My Fair Lady | |||
1967 | Ingrid Christine Larson | Ellicott City | 20 | Miss North Carroll County | Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Top 10 | ||
1966 | Linda Rita Peluzzo | Oxon Hill | 19 | Miss Clinton-Camp Springs/Crescent City | Original Monologue & Accordion Solo | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1965 | Barbara Lynn Hamilton | College Park | 19 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" | |||
1964 | Sharon Rae Burlington[10] | Aberdeen | Miss Harford County | Assumed title when Donna McCauley resigned | ||||
Donna Marie McCauley | Rockville | 19 | Miss Montgomery County | Interpretive Ballet | ||||
1963 | Carolyn Bond Wright | Forest Hill | Miss Harford County | Sketch / Ballet / Modern Jazz Dance | ||||
1962 | Beverly Ann Smith | Essex | 18 | Miss Baltimore Area | Organ & Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1963 | ||
1961 | Patricia Ann Moon | Bethesda | 18 | Miss Bethesda | Modern Jazz Dance | |||
1960 | Robin Carole Davis | Hyattsville | 18 | Miss Prince George's County | Vocal "I Cain't Say No" | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1961 | ||
1959 | Marie Lorraine True | Phoenix | 19 | Vocal / Tap Dance "The Best Things In Life Are Free"' | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1960 | |||
1958 | Mary Roberta Page | Bethesda | Chalk Sketch | |||||
1957 | Nancy Elizabeth Norris | Silver Spring | Drama "A Letter To My Parents" | |||||
1956 | Jeanette Louise Rosensteel | Timonium | Vocal | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1957 | ||||
1955 | Carol Jennette | Westminster | Fashion Display & Speech "How To Pack a Suitcase" | |||||
1954 | Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich | Dundalk | Vocal | |||||
1953 | Meta Frances Justice | Crisfield | Vocal "Ave Maria" | |||||
1952 | Shirley Virginia Harrison | Baltimore | Drama "Tom Sawyer" | |||||
1951 | Georgia Reed | Baltimore | Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit | Top 10 | ||||
1950 | Ann Uri | Baltimore | Vocal / Piano | |||||
1949 | Jean Crow | Baltimore | Fashion Design | |||||
1948 | Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh | Cumberland | Hawaiian Hula Dance & Dress Design | |||||
1947 | Carolyn Jean Dixon | Cumberland | Vocal "It Had to Be You" | |||||
1946 | Dorothy C. Crockett | Baltimore | Original Poetry Recitation | |||||
1945 | Virginia Lee Van Sant | Cumberland | Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Top 13 | ||||
1944 | Audrey Klingenberg | Baltimore | ||||||
1943 | Lillian Marlene Huber | Baltimore | ||||||
Shirlee O'Connell | Baltimore | Competed as Miss Baltimore | ||||||
1942 | Bettye Mitchell | Baltimore | ||||||
1941 | Penny Malone | Baltimore | ||||||
1940 | Marie Beiser | Baltimore | ||||||
1939 | Elaine Pasqualla | Crisfield | ||||||
1938 | Yolanda Ugarte | Baltimore | ||||||
1937 | May Vivian Miller | Baltimore | Competed as Miss Baltimore | |||||
Margaret Myers | Rock Hall | Competed as Miss Eastern Shores | ||||||
1936 | Ethel Holland | Berlin | ||||||
Anne Margaret Kane | Baltimore | Competed as Miss Baltimore | ||||||
1935 | Frances Stine | Baltimore | Competed as Miss Baltimore | |||||
1933 | Dorothy Dennis | 16 | ||||||
1927 | No Miss Maryland | Beulah Goldsborough competed as Miss Baltimore. | ||||||
1926 | No Miss Maryland | Mildred Adam competed as Miss Baltimore | ||||||
1925 | No Miss Maryland | Thelma Krakan competed as Miss Baltimore, Mildred Lee Purdy competed as Miss Frederick, and Aleda Bradford Cook competed as Miss Hagerstown. | ||||||
1924 | No Miss Maryland | Mary Rose Kenny competed as Miss Baltimore and Gretchen Carney competed as Miss Cumberland. | ||||||
1923 | No Miss Maryland | Billie Muller competed as Miss Baltimore and Elizabeth Steele competed as Miss Cumberland. | ||||||
1922 | No Miss Maryland | Ernestine Campbell competed as Miss Baltimore. | ||||||
1921 | No Miss Maryland | Hazel Harris competed as Miss Ocean City. |
References
- ^ "Hannah Brewer Crowned Miss Maryland 2016".
- ^ Calhoun, Caleb (June 27, 2015). "Miss Anne Arundel County crowned Miss Maryland". The Herald-Mail. Hagerstown, MD: Schurz Communications. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Hagerstown resident Carlie Colella crowned Miss Maryland 2011". Herald-Mail. June 25, 2011.
- ^ "Miss D.C., Maryland and Virginia vie for Miss America crown — and big scholarship money". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: Nash Holdings. July 17, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ Associated Press (2007-07-01). "Miss Allegany County crowned Miss Maryland". WMDT. Retrieved 2007-07-01. [dead link]
- ^ Keels, Heather (2008-01-14). "In reality, Miss Maryland inspires and glitters". The Herald-Mail.
- ^ "Robin Harmon Wins Pageant". Frederick News Post. 1981-06-29.
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(help) - ^ "Lisa Daskal New Miss Maryland". Frederick News Post. 1980-06-24.
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(help) - ^ "Veronica Clarke From Hartford County Wins Title of Miss Maryland 1975". Hagerstown Daily Mail. 1975-06-23.
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(help) - ^ "Our Miss Marylands" (PDF). Miss Maryland.