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| America's Junior Miss
This is the third oldest American
pageant in operation, after Miss America and Miss U.S.A.. A scholarship
pageant for high school seniors, it has been held annually since 1958.
The national finals are in Mobile, Alabama. Categories include
scholastic achievement, talent and fitness, but no swimsuit competition.
In 1958 it began as "America Junior Miss Pageant", then in 1959 was "America's
Junior Miss" for the next 30 years. In 1989 it was re-named "America's
Young Woman of the Year" because the emphasis was on scholarship, talent and
achievement. In 1992 it went back to "America's Junior Miss" for
marketing and promotional purposes, as well as general recognition.
However, in 2010 it was changed to "2010 Distinguished Young Woman of
America."
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1961
Due to lack of space, only the
results and Miss Personality award winners are listed here, along with
photographs for some of the years.
Note: in 1974 the Miss Personality awards were replaced by Spirit of Junior
Miss awards |
1958
Mississippi (3), Georgia (2), West Virginia (winner), Florida (5) & Alabama
(4) |
1960
Georgia (2), Oklahoma (5), Connecticut (winner), Idaho (3) & California (4) |
1961
Colorado (3), Kentucky (2), Missouri (winner), Connecticut (3) & Alabama (5) |
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1958 March 1 |
1959 March 7 |
1960 March 26 |
1961 March 24 |
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Results
1 West Virginia - Phyllis Ann Whitenack
2 Georgia - Mary Jon Bradley
3 Mississippi - June Wood
4 Alabama - Pamela “Panthea” Reid
5 Florida - Gwendolyn Ann Jennings
Semi-finalists
Arkansas - Jeanne Bruton
Connecticut - Judith Ann Lenzi
Louisiana - Dixie Hudson
Maine - Mary Lee Bowes
Tennessee - Barbara Lynn Walker
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Results
1 Pennsylvania - Judi Humphrey
2 Missouri - Peggy W. Kerwin
3 Florida - Linda Ann Couch
4 Alaska - Diane Eleanor Lee
5 Wisconsin - Kathleen Honish
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Patricia Patterson
Iowa - Kathryn “Kathy” Jane Kerl
Nevada - Judy Smith
South Carolina - Harriet Spears
West Virginia - Linda Kogelschatz
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Results
1 Connecticut - Maureen Sullivan
2 Georgia - Annie Laura Lewis
3 Idaho - Judy Stelter
4 California - Teree Hammontree
5 Oklahoma - Nancy Lynn Miles
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Lalla Dennis
District of Columbia - Kathryn E. Meara
Missouri - Janie Mehorney
Washington - Karen Kimzey
West Virginia - Sarah Jane Evans
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Results
1 Missouri - Mary Frann Luecke
2 Kentucky - Linda Leonora Sawyer
3 Colorado - June Gray
4 Connecticut - Robin Kessler
5 Alabama - Judy Skipper
Semi-finalists
Arizona - Vonda Kay Van Dyke
Maryland - Suzanne Delong
Minnesota - Jeanne Szymanski
South Carolina - Evelyn Keith Ellis
Washington - Catherine Ann Havig
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PERSONALITY:
Arizona - Julie Ann Vihel |
PERSONALITY:
Mississippi - Donna Traverse |
PERSONALITY:
Texas - Jane Siefert |
PERSONALITY:
North Carolina - Eleanor
Darlene Brigance |
1962 |
1963
Pennsylvania (5), Ohio (4), Arizona (3), Kentucky (winner), South Dakota (2)
& Washington (Miss Personality) |
1964 |
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1962 March 23 |
1963 March 16 |
1964 March 21 |
1965 March 19 |
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Results
1 Rhode Island - Jean Leslie Allen
2 California - Glenellen Cooper
3 Virginia - Margaret Virginia Morton
4 Indiana - Gloria Pritschet
5 Georgia - Judy Evans
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Results
1 Kentucky - Diane Sawyer
2 South Dakota - Carol Case
3 Arizona - Roxanne Hooper
4 Ohio - Pamela Robinson
5 Pennsylvania - Eleanore "Kay" Shenesky
Semi-finalists
Iowa - Dana Lichty
Mississippi - Cherry Scales
Montana - Linda Taylor
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Results
1 Washington - Linda Felber
2 Ohio - Connie Lockwood
3 California - Stephanie Lee
4 Hawaii - Evelyn Sugawa
5 Rhode Island - Linda Cave
Semi-finalists
Illinois - Margaret Fish
Nebraksa - Susan Diffenderfer
Vermont - Mary Anne Sullivan
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Results
1 Michigan - Patrice Alice Gaunder
2 Ohio - Jane Pilotti
3 Maine - Barbara Foote
4 Minnesota - Diane Steen
5 Missouri - Linda Bronstein
Semi-finalists
Indiana - Pat Cannon
Mississippi - Sheryl Simms
Nevada - Karyn Mather
Utah - Jody Mikkelson
Virginia - Lynda Farmer
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PERSONALITY:
Indiana - Gloria Pritschet |
PERSONALITY :
Washington - Linda Beaupre |
PERSONALITY:
Hawaii - Evelyn Sugawa |
PERSONALITY:
Wisconsin - Holly Wacker |
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1966 March 26 |
1967 March 18 |
1968
March 15 |
1969
May 6 |
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Results
1 Wisconsin - Diane Wilkins
2 Hawaii - Anne Collins
3 New York - Joan McMonagle
4 Mississippi - Johnitta Harkins
5 Illinois - Kathryn Benysh
Semi-finalists
Kansas - Karen Anderson
Maryland - Susan Lane
Nevada - Tracy Anderson
North Carolina - Pam Roberts
Oregon - Berna Lloyd
Rhode Island - Marilyn Gail Cocozza
Texas - Nancy Notley
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Results
1 Arkansas - Rosemary Dunaway
2 Minnesota - Susan Virnig
3 Texas - Barbara Specht
4 Hawaii - Julie Fleece
5 Indiana - Sharon Ginn
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Jennifer McFadden
Arizona - Carol Sue Fagan
Illinois - Susan Courtney
Michigan - Kathie Fliss
North Carolina - Ann Jackson
Oregon - Margaret Ann Chesney
Pennsylvania - Barbara Lias
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Results
1 Oklahoma - Debi Ann Faubion
2 Washington - Julie Ann Stonecipher
3 Oregon - Brenda Lee Wood
4 New Mexico - Christine Barker
5 New York - Donna Sue Linderman
Semi-finalists
California - Bonnie Lockrem
Minnesota - Judith Oothoudt
Mississippi - Mary Salvo
Pennsylvania - Betsy Day
Vermont - Irene Daniels
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Results
1 California - Jackie Benington
2 Missouri - Anita Colombo
3 North Dakota - Dee Ann Allen
4 Virginia - Mary Stuckmeyer
5 Arkansas - Anne Landes
Semi-finalists
Arizona - Marcie Rubalcaba
Mississippi - Pamela Tippens
Nebraksa - Judy Dowding
Ohio - Terri Shields
Oklahoma - Ann Abernethy
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PERSONALITY:
Hawaii - Anne Collins |
PERSONALITY:
Oklahoma - Donna Barnes |
PERSONALITY:
Nevada - Susanah Jane Smith |
PERSONALITY:
Arkansas - Anne Landes |
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1970
May 13 |
1971
May 5 |
1972
May 9 |
1973 May 11 |
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Results
1 Arizona - Karen Stenwell
2 Connecticut - Carol Elizabeth Buckland
3 Mississippi - Laura Elaine Boyette
4 California - Rhonda Martyn
5 Wisconsin - Deborah Ann Steiner
Semi-finalists
Indiana - Toni Gooden
Missouri - Anne Cartwright
Oklahoma - Donna Cooper
Pennsylvania - Melissa Ann Hardy
Vermont - Catherine Whitaker
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Results
1 New Jersey - Arlene Stens
2 Mississippi - Kathy Clark Morris
3 Colorado - Janet Lee Miller
4 Kentucky - Carol Ann Tate
5 Oregon - Juli Ann Berg
Semi-finalists
Arizona - Diana Lee Casey
Arkansas - Kathy Lynn White
Georgia - Carolyn Sue Whitted
Tennessee - Marylyn Sue Penney
Wisconsin - Nancy Elaine Goeres
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Results
1 Kentucky - Lydia Anne Hodson
2 Utah - Cynthia Strike
3 Michigan - Catherine Dey
4 Illinois - Barbara J. Gorgol
5 Idaho - Anne Louise Hagerman
Semi-finalists
Florida - Melissa Klinzing
New York - Terry Lodge
Oklahoma - Karla Reinmuth
Pennsylvania - Carol Ann Williams
West Virginia - Teresa Lynn Lucas
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Results
1 Kansas - Linda Susan Rutledge
2 Hawaii - Susan Alison Murphy
3 Illinois - Karen Heidcamp
4 South Dakota - Laura Johnson
5 Idaho - Rebecca Jones
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Linda Paden
Ohio - Kathy Bosko
Pennsylvania - Bridget Maile
Texas - Yvette Nance
Nebraksa - Barbara Hellwig
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PERSONALITY:
Wyoming - Margaret Mary Piz |
PERSONALITY:
Hawaii - Nalani Ann Akana
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PERSONALITY:
Mississippi - Robin Elizabeth
Smith |
PERSONALITY:
South Dakota - Laura Johnson |
1974 |
1975 |
1976
Utah (3), Kentucky (2), Washington (winner), Florida (4) & New York (5) |
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1974
May 6 |
1975 May 5 |
1976 May 10 |
1977 May 9
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Results
1 Wyoming - Karen Morris
2 Nebraksa - Susan Stephenson
3 Nevada - Lily Hamamura
4 Florida - Susan Walden
5 California - Sharon Fox
Finalists
Mississippi - Sheila Tippins
New Jersey - Donna Alexander
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Results
1 Arkansas - Julie Ann Forshee
2 Michigan - Pamela Rose Miller
3 Hawaii - Corlis Jean Chang
4 Ohio - Taryn Lee Hunter
5 Kentucky - Valerie Parr
Finalists
Maryland - Claudia Lynne Miller
Oklahoma - Kay Lynn Northcutt
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Results
1 Washington - Lennie Jo Hallgren
2 Kentucky - Mary Hall Surface
3 Utah - Marianne Weed
4 Florida - Mary Jo Rankin
5 New York - Dawn Fotopulos
Finalists
Oregon - Tami Mae Sanders
Pennsylvania - Lynn Kelly Warren
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Results
1 Arkansas - Christy Moller
2 North Carolina - Vickie Pace
3 Nevada - Lezlie Anne Garity
4 Michigan - Pam Wallace
5 New Jersey - Susan Santiglia
Finalists
California - Virginia Cook
New York - Cathy Wood
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SPIRIT:
Nevada - Lily Hamamura |
SPIRIT:
Washington - Debra Scholz |
SPIRIT:
Wyoming - Ann Brett Long |
SPIRIT:
South Carolina - Sally Harman |
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1978 May 8
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1979 April 14 |
1980 July 2 |
1981 June 18
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Results
1 Missouri - Kimberly "Kim" Crosby
2 North Carolina - Debbie Leigh Solomon
3 Minnesota - Marlys Diane Sandve
4 Nebraksa - Mary Imig
5 Wisconsin - Elizabeth Hahlbeck
Finalists
Kansas - Rebecca "Becky" Fox
Mississippi - Elizabeth Hammond
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Results
1 Pennsylvania - Susan Horvath
2 Arkansas - Jana Jordon
3 North Carolina - LaGena Lookabill
4 Texas - Kay Kenner
5 Oklahoma - Gayle Clark
Finalists
Delaware - Regina Newton
South Carolina - Jenise Clark
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Results
1 Georgia - Julie Marie Bryan
2 New Jersey - Donna Maureen Kane
3 Utah - Lynn Lambert
4 Alabama - Monique Key
5 Ohio - Kimberly "Kim" Ann Baumer
Finalists
Florida - Yolanda Teresa Fernandez
Kansas - Belva Kay Wilson
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Results
1 North Carolina - Kim Smith
2
Indiana - Leigh Skelton
3
Virginia - Betsy Fee
Finalists
California
- Kristi Becker
Illinois
- Laura Kofoid
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SPIRIT:
New Jersey - Betty Ann Felicetti |
SPIRIT:
Hawaii - Mayuri Nakasone |
SPIRIT:
Washington - Karen Bergam |
SPIRIT:
Minnesota - Allison Rosati |
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1982 June 22
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1983 June 21 |
1984 June 20
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1985 June 21 |
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Results
1 Mississippi - Susan Hammett
2
Alabama - Jamie Hendrix
3
Nebraksa - Lisa Walker
Finalists
Mississippi
- Lisa Kleypas
Ohio
- Lorna
Revere
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Results
1 Alabama - Stephanie Ashmore
2 Colorado - Debbie Riecks
3 Utah - Elayne Wells
Finalists
Georgia
- Brenda Baisden
Oregon
- Jane Yedinak
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Results
1 Minnesota - Amber Kvanli
2 Ohio - Laura Liu
3 Oklahoma - Christi Dannemiller
Finalists
Colorado - Joan Simms
Vermont - Debra Lewin
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Results
1 Texas - Valerie Lowrance
2 Minnesota - Lona Williams
3 South Carolina - Anna Whitesides
Finalists
Mississippi - Deidra Patterson
Nevada - Terri Ivens
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SPIRIT:
Virginia - Mindy Whitesel |
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SPIRIT:
Nebraksa - Tami Johnson |
SPIRIT:
Alabama - Christa Carns |
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1986 June 21 |
1987 June 20 |
1988 June 25 |
1989 July 22 |
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Results
1 Virginia - Lori Jo Smith
2 Pennsylvania - Kathleen Alice Gleason
3 Minnesota - Jill ReNee Scheffert
Finalists
Wisconsin - Tamara Jo Norden
Wyoming - Michelle Marie Parrott
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Results
1 Wisconsin - Chuti Tiu
2 Indiana - Kim Johnson
3 Oklahoma - Paige Porter
Finalists
Colorado - Christine Lynn Clarkson
Kentucky - Karen Klotter
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Results
1 Mississippi - Kristen Logan
2 Indiana - Jody Hilger
3 Oklahoma - Delphine Lee
4 Idaho - Lucretia Murphy
5 California - Megan Murray
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Results
1 Missouri - Kristin Huxhold
2 Oregon - Lara Michell
3 California - Gretchen Handel
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SPIRIT:
Hawaii - Gena Bentkowski |
SPIRIT: (tied)
Connecticut - Jill Benatoski
Hawaii - Carole Koizumi |
SPIRIT:
Nevada - Janet Shim |
SPIRIT:
Tennessee - Candice Williams |
1990 |
1993 |
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1990 July 14 |
1991 June 26 |
1992 June 27 |
1993 June 26 |
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Results
1 Illinois - Sara Helena Martin
2 Hawaii - Seema Sueko Ahmed
3 Mississippi - Rosalie Landicho Reyes
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Results
1 California - Amy Elizabeth Goodman
2 Maryland - Nicole Chafitz
3 Ohio - Lea Mack
4 Oklahoma - Stacy Fortner
5 Hawaii - Sarah Lee
6 Wisconsin - Lianne Johnsen
7 Iowa - Angie Kim
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Results
1 California - Tiffany Stoker
2 Maryland - Jennifer Azar Bumham
3 Alabama - Leigh Ashley Bynum
4 Kentucky - Marnie Levee
5 Tennessee - Carol Ann Trent
6 Delaware - Channa Brooks
7 Nebraksa - Joanna E. Young
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Results
1 Georgia - Rebecca Rhea Jones
2 Washington - Elisa Marie Ness
3 Virginia - Kelley Suzanne Orr
4 California - Jody D. Thomas
5 Mississippi - Cynthia Diane Lingle
Finalists
Alabama - Ashley Ann Halfman
Kentucky - Tara Nai Barker
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SPIRIT:
Montana - Alycia Nathe |
SPIRIT:
New York - Suzanne Taylor |
SPIRIT:
Hawaii - Dori Kiyomi Takata |
SPIRIT:
Kansas - Jana Ashley Stump |
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1994 July 23 |
1995 June 30 |
1996 June 29
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1997 June 28
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Results
1 Utah - Amy Osmond
2 Arizona - Colleen Clarkson
3 Georgia - Nicole G. Kardell
Finalists
Arkansas - Jennifer Lynn Cook
New York - Kelly Marie Griffin
North Carolina - Tempe Cooper Parham
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Results
1 New Jersey - Kiersten A. Rickenbach
2 Virginia - Amanda Biles
3 Wisconsin - Zoe Rossing
Finalists
Arizona - Monique Hyatt
Missouri - Heather Heath
South Carolina - Jodi Lynn Rhoades
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Results
1 Tennessee - Andrea Meah Plummer
2 California - Diana Maria Kim
3 Florida - Amanda Lee Marchioli
Finalists
Colorado - Teryn Teres Rozales
Illinois - Jennifer Lay Shyu
Louisiana - Mary Beth Morris
Oregon - Aparna Vijayaraghavan
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Results
1 Alabama - Tyrenda Jerona Williams
2 New Jersey - Shevaun Kavanaugh Kash
3 North Carolina - Stewart Casey Noblett
Finalists
Kansas - Allison Suzanne Ryan
Kentucky - Lynda Davis Franklin
Louisiana - Alina Das
Virginia - Kendra Dawn Arnold
Wisconsin - Yoon-Kyung Park
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SPIRIT:
Utah - Amy Osmond |
SPIRIT:
New York - Alyssa M. Stephany |
SPIRIT:
Virginia - Amy Marcelle Moore |
SPIRIT:
South Carolina - Tracy Ricaforte Austin
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1999 |
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1998 June 29 |
1999 June 28 |
2000 June 28 |
2001 June 27 |
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Results
1 Pennsylvania - Susan Kimberly Davidson
2 California - Evelyn Joy Huang
3 North Carolina - Mary Fletcher
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Juli Verma
Georgia - Genet Berhdane
Hawaii - Jocelyn Win Chien Chong
North Dakota - Becky Swenson
South Carolina - Patrice Snow
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Results
1 Georgia - Sarah Jane Everman
2 North Carolina - Laura Teel Scott
3 Florida - Leah Siobhan Smith
Semi-finalists
California - Angela Esther Kim
Louisiana - Ashifa Fatima Sarkar
Mississippi - Allison Judith Kellogg
Tennessee - Kathryn Michelle Clabo
Virginia - Emily Elizabeth Oldham
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Results
1 Utah - Jesika Jean Henderson
2 Alabama - Katie Elizabeth Boyd
3 Wisconsin - Allison Beth Lauber
Semi-finalists
Arizona - Adrienne Tifany Embery
Maryland - Sarah Elizabeth Wroth
Mississippi - Kristy Layne Irons
New Hampshire - Julie Ann Blume
South Carolina - Laura Beth Buzhardt
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Results
1 Alabama - Carrie Colvin
2 New Jersey - Ronica Licciardello
3 Kentucky - Erin Pettigrew
Semi-finalists
California - Amy Yetasook
Connecticut - Erica Harris
North Carolina - Candace Wooten
South Carolina - Kathryn Willoughby
Tennessee - Michelle Fortner
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SPIRIT:
Nevada - Fa Yang |
SPIRIT:
Utah - Katherine Hale |
SPIRIT:
Washington - Marilee Jolin |
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2002 July 28 |
2003 June 28 |
2004 June 26 |
2005 June 26 |
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Results
1 Oregon - Amy Elizabeth Kerr
2 Mississippi - Natalie Pope
3 Florida - Jacquie Geier
4 Alaska - Kathryn "Katie" Lockwood
Semi-finalists
Kentucky - Lindsay Block
Illinois - Julianne Luick
New Jersey - Kristen Arnold
Utah - Kelly Clark
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Results
1 California - Andrea Finch
2 New York - Kelly Bit
3 Indiana - Cortney Wolfson
Finalists
Alabama - Elizabeth Crockett
Connecticut - Lisa Warner
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Results
1 Texas - Shannon Essenpreis
Finalists
California - Lisa Yi
Kentucky - Misty Wright
Mississippi - Meghan Joyce
Wisconsin - Sopen Bharat Shah
Semi-finalists
Mississippi - Christina Myers
Arkansas - Tara Perry
North Carolina - Lauren Melton
South Carolina - Aundrea Cook
Utah - Elisabeth Frandsen
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Results
1 Mississippi - Kelli Lynn Schutz
2 North Carolina - Hope Lu
3 Indiana - Katie Ruth Ann Sam
Finalists
Idaho - Charlie Marie Sermon
Iowa - Anne Michael Langguth
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SPIRIT:
Massachusetts -
Jessica Grygiel |
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2006
June 28 |
2007
June 30 |
2008 June 28 |
2009 June 27 |
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Results
1
Kentucky - Leigh Taylor Phillips
2
Mississippi - Colleen Megley
3 Hawaii - Jakara Mato
Semi-finalists
Arkansas - Kristina Korbe
Illinois - Ann Elise DeBelina
Mississippi - Virginia Fox
North Carolina - Mary Bales
Utah - Stephanie Brinton
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Results
1
Minnesota - Nora Ali
2
Pennsylvania - Karin Tsai
3 Nevada - Chantel Hopper
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Catherine McAnnally
Connecticut - Alexandra Novak
Louisiana - Heather Badeaux
Vermont - Alexandra Larrow
Virginia - Rachel Gillette
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Results
1 Utah - Lindsey Brinton
2 North Carolina - Helen Ching
3 California - Jacqueline Rotman
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Norma Boyd
Colorado - Nanxi Liu
Mississippi - Marianna Breland
Ohio - Lauren Gessner
Oklahoma - Kaileigh Bullard
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Results
1
Kentucky -
Michelle Rodgers
2 Mississippi - Sidney Anthony
3 Wisconsin - Samantha LaBrasca
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Kathryn Tully
Arizona -
Alexis Flake
Idaho - Kayla Hoover
Iowa - Nadia Hlebowitsh
Rhode Island - Asia Turner
Virginia - Divya Srinivasan
Washington - Polina Carlson |
SPIRIT:
Nevada - Alicia Westmoreland |
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SPIRIT:
Utah - Ashley Bracey |
Re-titled Distinguished Young Woman of America
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26 |
2011 June
25 |
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1 Idaho - Madison Leonard
2 Utah - Meredith Gaufin
3 South Carolina - Anna Bryce Flowe
Semi-finalists
Alabama - Kristen Mosley
California - Paige Wagner
Georgia - Natali Gavanarova
Maryland - Kristi Snyder
Massachusetts - Meagan Fuller
Pennsylvania - Ashley Gochoco
Washington - Mattie Bergeson |
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Tennessee - Sarah Kathryn Brock
2 Alabama
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Danielle DuBose
3 Mississippi
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Hannah Roberts
Semi-finalists
Florida - Caitlin Mosley
Louisiana - Alexandra Gulino
North Dakota - Jacky Arness
Oklahoma - Devin Kerns
Texas - Judy Hong
Utah - Sarah Oldham
Wisconsin - Patricia Paskov |
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SPIRIT:
Missouri - Megan Wood |
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Photo
credits: America's Junior Miss & newspaper archives
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