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Miss Colorado

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Colorado USA.

The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. The Colorado representative has won the Miss America crown on four occasions.

Miss Colorado
Formation1926
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersDenver
Location
MembershipMiss America
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial website

Fort Smith, Arkansas native Madison Isabella Marsh of Colorado Springs, Colorado was crowned Miss Colorado 2023 on May 27, 2023, at The PACE Center in Parker, Colorado. She competed for and won the title of Miss America 2024 in Orlando, Florida on January 14, 2024.

Alexandra Lotko of Denver was crowned Miss Colorado 2024 on July 14, 2024. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

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The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Colorado 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

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Awards

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Preliminary awards

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Non-finalist awards

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  • Non-finalist Talent: Tia Tyler (1968), Cathy Glau (1972), Suzan Hogan (1978), Kimberly Christiansen (1981), Deborah Davids (1983), Carol Johnson (1987), Michelle Stanley (1997), Keely Gaston (1999), Shannon Patilla (2017), Meredith Winnefeld (2018)

Other awards

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Winner

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  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2024 Alexandra Lotko Denver 26 Miss Front Range Vocal TBA TBA
2023 Sarah Jean Swift Castle Pines 20 Miss Rocky Mountain Lyrical Dance Did not compete; originally first runner-up, later assumed the title after Marsh was named Miss America 2024
Madison Marsh Colorado Springs / Fort Smith 21 Miss Academy HERStory (Original Monologue), "My First Solo Flight" Winner Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy

First active-duty officer and graduate of a military service academy to win Miss Colorado

First active-duty officer and graduate of a military service academy to win Miss America.

Cousin of Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2021 and Miss Arkansas USA 2024 Madeline Bohlman

2022 Savannah Cavanaugh Edwards 25 Miss Beaver Creek Country Vocal, "White Liar"
2021 Maura Spence Carroll[1] Fort Carson 21 Miss Fort Carson Vocal, "Never Enough" First active-duty soldier to win Miss Colorado[citation needed]
2020 No national pageant was held[a]
2019 Monica Thompson[4] Aurora 24
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 Classical Vocal, "Les Filles de Cadix" Top 7[5]
2018 Ellery Jones[6] Greenwood Village 21 Miss Greenwood Village Spoken Word Top 10[7]
2017 Meredith Winnefeld Highlands Ranch 23 Miss Highlands Ranch Dance/Twirl, "He's a Pirate" Non-finalist Talent Award[8]

Women in Business Scholarship Award[9] 		Previously Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen 2011
Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 pageant[10]
2016 Shannon Patilla Denver 24 Miss Mile High Vocal, "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Non-finalist Talent Award
2015 Kelley Johnson[11] Windsor 22 Miss Northern Colorado Original Monologue, "Not Just a Nurse" 2nd runner-up STEM Scholarship Award Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her nursing monologue and received $10,000 from Shutterfly for nurse anesthetist school[12]

Later Miss California USA 2018[13]
Top 10 at Miss USA 2018 pageant
2014 Stacey Cook Littleton 23 Miss Rocky Mountain Tahitian Dance, "Runaway Baby" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2013 Meg Kardos Denver 23 Miss Metropolitan Classical Vocal, "Habanera"
2012 Hannah Porter Centennial 24 Miss Rocky Mountain Tap Dance, "Boom Boom" Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant
2011 Diana Dreman[14] Denver 23 Miss Boulder County Musical Theater Dance, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Daughter of Miss America 1974, Rebecca Ann King[15]
2010 Melaina Shipwash Colorado Springs 24 Miss Colorado Springs Tap Dance, "9 to 5"
2009 Katie Layman Aurora 23 Miss Douglas County Contemporary Lyrical Dance, "The Way I Am" Top 12
2008 Jamie Dukehart-Conti Arvada 23 Miss Broomfield Jazz Dance
2007 Maggie Ireland Littleton 22 Miss Littleton Irish Step Dance, "Dueling Violins" & "Footloose"
2006 Janie Allen Arvada 23 Miss Parker Piano Medley, "Concerto in A Minor" & "Rhapsody in Blue"
2005 Jessica Urban Colorado Springs 24 Miss Highlands Ranch Vocal / Harp, "If I Ain't Got You"
2004 Laura Tobey Denver 23 Miss Denver Jazz Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
2003 Katee Doland Arvada 23 Miss Denver Lyrical Dance, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde
2002 Morgan O'Murray Colorado Springs 21 Miss Centennial Jazz Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1999

Former Denver Broncos cheerleader[citation needed]
2001 Kelly McKee Parker 22 Miss Rocky Mountain Lyrical Dance, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde
2000 Anamarie Bonafede Loveland 22 Miss Centennial Ballet, "How Majestic Is Your Name"
1999 Erin MacGregor Denver 23 Miss Columbine Lyrical Ballet, "Celebration" Later Miss Colorado USA 2003
1998 Keely Gaston Morrison 20 Miss Rocky Mountain Classical Ballet, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote Non-finalist Talent Award Later Miss Colorado USA 2002
1997 Regina Flores Colorado Springs 21 Miss Capital City Vocal, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
1996 Michelle Stanley Littleton 20 Miss Capital City Dramatic Monologue from Quilters Non-finalist Talent Award Later Miss Colorado USA 1998
1995 Amy Ciccolella Monument 21 Miss Northern Front Range Popular Vocal / Puppetry, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
1994 Shellene Cockrell Colorado Springs 24 Miss Colorado Springs Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing"
1993 Stephanie Irving Colorado Springs 22 Miss Colorado Springs Inspirational Vocal
1992 Stacey Rose Parker 22 Miss Metro South Classical Violin, "Hungarian Dance No. 5" by Brahm
1991 Colleen Walker Pueblo 21 Miss Pueblo County Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
1990 Karrie Mitchell Arvada 24 Miss Arvada Popular Vocal, "Vision of Love" Top 10 Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
1989 Debbie Riecks Aurora 24 Miss Mile High/Front Range Contemporary Flute, "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" 2nd runner-up 1st runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1983 pageant
1988 Maya Walker Eagle-Vail 23 Miss Western Counties Jazz Vocal, "Night and Day" 1st runner-up Later Miss Oklahoma USA 1992
1987 LaTanya Hall Boulder 22 Miss Boulder Valley Vocal, "I Am Changing" 3rd runner-up
1986 Carol Janson Boulder 21 Miss Boulder Valley Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Linda Trimmer Denver 22 Miss Sterling Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!
1984 Lisa Frees Thornton 25 Miss Adams County Vocal, "I Got Rhythm"
1983 Melanie Ann Scott Littleton 21 Miss Denver Jazz Acrobatic Dance, "Junkaroo Holiday"
1982 Deborah Davids Denver 22 Miss Chatfield Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel Non-finalist Talent Award
1981 Lynnette Jessen Denver 20 Miss Jefferson County Acrobatic Dance, "Theme from Exodus" Later Miss Colorado USA 1985
1980 Kimberly Christiansen Arvada 19 Miss Aurora Baton Twirling, music from "The Main Event" Non-finalist Talent Award
1979 Sheliah Wilkins Denver 23 Miss Denver Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"
1978 Catherine Brown Littleton Miss Littleton Classical Vocal
1977 Suzan Hogan Colorado Springs 19 Miss Denver County Flute, "Carnival of Venice" Non-finalist Talent Award
1976 Karen Land Littleton 22 Miss Northeastern Junior College Vibraphone, "Bandstand Boogie"
1975 Penny Currier Lakewood 22 Miss Lakewood Concert Pedal Harp, "St. Louis Blues"
1974 Cynthia Hunter Denver 23 Miss Denver Soft Shoe Dance, "Mame"
1973 Gayle Holden Denver 20 Miss Denver Did not compete; later assumed the title after King won Miss America 1974
Rebecca Ann King Sterling 23 Miss Metro Denver Vocal, "If I Ruled the World" Winner[16] Mother of Miss Colorado 2011, Diana Dremen[15]
1972 Sally Anderson Longmont 19 Miss Longmont Classical Vocal, "Daydreams"
1971 Cathy Glau Denver 20 Miss Northern Colorado Modern Jazz Dance, "Up, Up and Away" Non-finalist Talent Award
1970 Sue Gehrman Fort Collins 18 Miss Northglen Musical Interpretation, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady
1969 Adria Easton Boulder 21 Miss Boulder Baton Twirling, Medley from Funny Girl Top 10
1968 Pamela Kerker Sterling 21 Miss Sterling Ballet / Jazz Dance, "By Myself" & "Babalu"
1967 Tia Tyler Golden 20 Miss Denver Dramatic Reading, "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Miss Congeniality (3-way tie)

Non-finalist Talent Award
1966 Holly Smith Denver 19 Miss University of Denver Popular Vocal
1965 Kristina Holm Denver 19 Piano, "More" from Gigi
1964 Kathleen Knight Denver 19 Miss May Days Semi-classical Vocal, "The Telephone"
1963 Cheryl Sweeten Arvada 18 Miss Arvada Dramatic Reading from Anastasia Top 10
1962 Sally Guinn Westminster 18 Miss Westminster Folk Vocal
1961 Jane McBurney Denver 18 Miss University of Colorado Piano, "Malagueña"
1960 Anne Walker Littleton 18 Miss Aurora Dance
1959 Marlinda Mason Denver 20 Dramatic Reading
1958 Cynthia Cullen Boulder Drama, "Queen on Being Sentenced to Death"
1957 Marilyn Van Derbur Denver 20 Organ, "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly" Winner[17]
1956 Polly Childs Aurora Drama
1955 Sharon Ritchie Denver 18 Recitation, "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Winner[18]
1954 Barbara Busey Denver Vocal / Dance
1953 Mary Donelan Keenesburg Dramatic Monologue from Of Mice and Men
1952 Chardelle Hayward Fort Collins Piano
1951 Jo London Aurora Dramatic Monologue Assumed title when the original winner, Aber, resigned[19]
Marie Aber Denver N/A
1950 Barbara Norrish Longmont Violin
1949 Sylvia Canaday Denver Monologue from Dinner at Eight 3rd runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
1948 Virginia Smith Pueblo
1947 Joyce Haycock Pueblo Vocal, "Chi-Baba"
1946 Raye Donnelly Colorado Springs
1945 No Colorado representative at Miss America pageant[20][21][22][23]
1944
1943
1942
1941 Charlene Woods Denver
1940 Eileen Hoskins Denver
1939 No Colorado representative at Miss America pageant[24]
1938 Rosanna Bean Montrose
1937 No Colorado representative at Miss America pageant[25][26][27]
1936
1935
1934 No national pageant was held[28]
1933 No Colorado representative at Miss America pageant[29]
1932 No national pageants were held[28]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 Elva Yvette Roy Miss Denver Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1926 Jeanette Roland Miss Colorado Multiple Colorado representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Delores Conrad Miss Denver Top 15
1925 No Colorado representative at Miss America pageant[30][31][32][33][34]
1924
1923
1922
1921

Notes

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  1. ^ Pageant cancelled after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] but duties to be "performed by...women in the Forever Miss Colorado Sisterhood, as needed..."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Portillo, Ashley (June 9, 2021). "Fort Carson soldier selected as Miss Colorado". KOAA News5.
  2. ^ Kuperinksy, Amy (May 8, 2020). "Miss America postpones pageant until 2021, N.J. pageant still set for September". Press of Atlantic City.
  3. ^ "COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges to all of us, including the Miss Colorado Organization..." Instagram. June 16, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  4. ^ Pellini, JJ (October 22, 2019). "Teen Talk: Episode 8 – Miss Colorado, Monica Thompson". 104.3 FM: The Fan.
  5. ^ Almasey, Steve (December 19, 2019). "The new Miss America is a scientist from Virginia". CNN.
  6. ^ Williams, Janice (August 23, 2018). "Who Is Kayla Kline? Miss Denver Quit Miss America Race in Support of Cara Mund". Newsweek. ...Ellery Jones as Miss Colorado...
  7. ^ Serpico, Erin (September 8, 2018). "Miss New York crowned Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City". Press of Atlantic City.
  8. ^ "Miss America Scholarship Awards". Miss America Organization.
  9. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy (September 11, 2017). "Miss America 2018: 10 contestants to watch at the Atlantic City pageant". NJ.com.
  10. ^ "2011 Scholarships". Miss America's Outstanding Teen. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  11. ^ Udell, Erin (June 24, 2015). "Windsor woman crowned Miss Colorado". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Fort Collins, CO: Gannett.
  12. ^ "Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson addresses her Miss America monologue on Ellen". www.ew.com. September 17, 2015.
  13. ^ Harding, Todd (December 4, 2017). "Former Miss Colorado Wins Miss California USA Pageant". K99 News.
  14. ^ "CU Boulder student crowned Miss Colorado". 9 News. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012.
  15. ^ a b "Miss Colorado Makes Pageant History: Daughter of Miss America 1974 Competes for 2012 Miss America Title". Pageant Center.
  16. ^ "In a pageant rife with conformity, America will tune in to see which Miss America contestant breaks the mold". Atlantic City Weekly. September 5, 2017.
  17. ^ "Former Miss America still shines Niguel Neighbors". The Orange County Register. December 22, 2005.
  18. ^ Reutter, Harold (January 20, 2011). "Ritchie 'thrilled' for new Miss America". The North Platte Telegraph.
  19. ^ Lewiston Morning Tribune, August 15, 1951
  20. ^ "1945 Candidates". Miss America.
  21. ^ "1944 Candidates". Miss America.
  22. ^ "1943 Candidates". Miss America.
  23. ^ "1942 Candidates". Miss America.
  24. ^ "1939 Candidates". Miss America.
  25. ^ "1937 Candidates". Miss America.
  26. ^ "1936 Candidates". Miss America.
  27. ^ "1935 Candidates". Miss America.
  28. ^ a b "Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950". PBS. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  29. ^ "1933 Candidates". Miss America.
  30. ^ "1925 Candidates". Miss America.
  31. ^ "1924 Candidates". Miss America.
  32. ^ "1923 Candidates". Miss America.
  33. ^ "1922 Candidates". Miss America.
  34. ^ "1921 Candidates". Miss America.
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