The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable.
Other awards include Miss Congeniality, given out in the early years of the pageant and re-introduced at Miss America 2006, and the Quality of Life Award for a contestant's platform, first awarded in 1989.
Preliminary awards
editPreliminary on stage interview/Social Impact Pitch award
edit| Year | Winner | State | Topic | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kelsey Hollis | Georgia | Autism Acceptance: A Platform for Change | 4th Runner-up | |
| Bailey Hodson | Iowa | Americans for the Arts – Advocate, Educate, Invest | |||
| 2022 | Emma Broyles | Alaska | Creating Inclusive Communities Through Sports | Winner | |
| Mallory Fuller | Texas | Mallory's Mission: Suicide Prevention | Top 10 | ||
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 | Victoria Hill[1] | Georgia | 1st runner-up[2] | Double preliminary winner | |
| Jade Glab[3] | New Jersey | Top 15[4] | |||
| 2019 | Gabriela Taveras[5] | Massachusetts | Americans' interactions abroad | 4th runner-up[6] | STEM Scholarship[7] |
| Emili McPhail[8] | Virginia | Kneeling during the national anthem | |||
| Tianna Vanderhei[9] | Wisconsin | Higher education | Top 15[10] | ||
| 1921–2018 | Not awarded at these pageants | ||||
Preliminary talent award
edit| Year | Winner | State | Talent | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Maya Amore | Michigan | Speed Painting | ||
| Taylor Loyd | North Carolina | Opera | Top 11 | ||
| Veronica Druchniak | Maine | Aerial Arts | |||
| 2023 | Elizabeth Hallal | Indiana | Vocal | Top 7 | |
| Grace Stanke | Wisconsin | Violin | Winner | ||
| 2022 | Sydney Park | New York | Original Monologue | 3rd runner-up | |
| Isabelle Hanson | Illinois | Classical Violin | Top 10 | ||
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 | Victoria Hill[11] | Georgia | Classical Vocal | 1st runner-up[2] | Double preliminary winner |
| Camille Schrier[1] | Virginia | Chemistry Presentation | Winner[12] | ||
| 2019 | Taylor Tyson[9] | Florida | Classical Piano | 3rd runner-up[13] | |
| Lydia Tremaine[5] | Indiana | Vocal | Top 15[10] | ||
| Holli' Conway[8] | Louisiana | Vocal | 2nd runner-up[14] | ||
| 2018 | Laryssa Bonacquisti[15] | Louisiana | Ventriloquism | Top 7[16] | Double preliminary winner |
| Brianna Drevlow[17] | Minnesota | Classical Piano | |||
| JessiKate Riley[18] | Utah | Classical Violin | |||
| 2017 | Savvy Shields | Arkansas | Jazz Dance | Winner | |
| Arianna Quan | Michigan | Piano | |||
| Grace Burgess | Tennessee | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 2016 | Betty Cantrell | Georgia | Vocal | Winner | |
| Taylor Wiebers | Iowa | Vocal | Top 12 | Double preliminary winner | |
| April Nelson | Louisiana | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2015 | Ramsey Carpenter[19] | Kentucky | Fiddle | Top 12 | |
| Mackenzie Bart[19] | Ohio | Ventriloquism | Top 10 | ||
| Amanda Smith[19] | Pennsylvania | Vocal | |||
| 2014 | Myrrhanda Jones | Florida | Baton Twirling | 3rd runner-up | |
| Rebecca Yeh | Minnesota | Violin | 4th runner-up | ||
| Samantha Russo | New Hampshire | Vocal | |||
| 2013 | Joanna Guy[20] | Maryland | Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Rosie Savageau[20] | North Dakota | Piano and Vocal | |||
| Alicia Clifton[20] | Oklahoma | Tap Dance | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2012 | Lauren Cheape | Hawaii | Rope Jumping | ||
| Betty Thompson | Oklahoma | Irish Step Dancing | 1st runner-up | ||
| Laura Kaeppeler | Wisconsin | Operatic Vocal | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Teresa Scanlan | Nebraska | Piano | Winner | |
| Adrienne Core | North Carolina | Clogging | |||
| Deborah Saint-Vil | Rhode Island | Vocal | Top 15 | ||
| 2010 | Kristy Cavinder | California | Ballet en pointe | 1st runner-up | |
| Nicole Blaszczyk | Michigan | Lyrical Dance | |||
| Caressa Cameron | Virginia | Vocal | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Galen Giaccone | Delaware | Piano | Top 15 | |
| Chasity Hardman | Georgia | Vocal | 1st runner-up | ||
| Ashley Wheeler | Vermont | Vocal | |||
| 2008 | Dana Elaine Daunis | Connecticut | Vocal | ||
| Diana Reed | Iowa | Baton | Top 10 | ||
| Valerie J. Amaral | Massachusetts | Vocal | |||
| 2007 | Jacquelynne Fontaine[21] | California | Operatic Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Pilialoha Gaison[22] | Hawaii | Tahitian Dance | Top 10 | ||
| Shilah Phillips[23] | Texas | Vocal | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2006 | Dustin-Leigh Konzelman[24] | California | Fiddle | ||
| Jennifer Berry[25] | Oklahoma | Ballet en Pointe | Winner | ||
| Erika Grace Powell | South Carolina | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 2005 | Veena Goel | California | Jazz Dance | 4th runner-up | |
| Danica Tisdale | Georgia | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Erika Ebbel | Massachusetts | Classical Piano | |||
| 2004 | Kanoelani Gibson[26] | Hawaii | Vocal | 1st runner-up | |
| Laurie Gray[27] | Rhode Island | Classical Violin | Top 10 | ||
| Tina Sauerhammer[28] | Wisconsin | Classical cello | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2003 | Tangra Riggle[29] | Indiana | Contemporary Vocal | Top 15 | |
| Camille Lewis[30] | Maryland | Crossover Classical Violin | 4th runner-up | ||
| Casey Preslar [31] | Oklahoma | Jazz Vocal | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2002 | Marshawn Evans[32] | District of Columbia | Rhythmic Dance Twirl | 3rd runner-up | |
| Becky Pruett[33] | Mississippi | Vocal | Top 20 | ||
| Katie Harman[34] | Oregon | Classical Vocal | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Rita Ng[35] | California | Classical Piano | 2nd runner-up | |
| Junnie Cross | Delaware | Vocal | |||
| Jennifer Powers[36] | Illinois | Classical Vocal | |||
| Faith Jenkins[37] | Louisiana | Vocal | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 2000 | Julie Lawrence [38] | Louisiana | Ballet | ||
| Crystal Lewis [39] | Virginia | Vocal | |||
| Mary-Louise Kurey[40] | Wisconsin | Operatic Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Chera-Lyn Cook [41] | Kentucky | Vocal | 4th runner-up | |
| Nicole Messina | District of Columbia | Tap Dance | Top 10 | ||
| Julie Payne[42] | Oklahoma | Tap Dance | Top 10 | ||
| 1998 | Michelle Warren[43] | North Carolina | Vocal | 1st runner-up | |
| Christy Neuman[44] | Florida | Rhythmic Gymnastics Dance | Top 10 | ||
| Katherine Shindle[45] | Illinois | Vocal | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Shani Lynn Nielsen | Indiana | Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Patricia Leines[46] | Oregon | Operatic Aria | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Melissa Short[47] | Hawaii | Opera | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1996 | Amanda Moody[48] | Utah | Piano | ||
| Lisa Bamford[49] | North Carolina | Piano | |||
| Helen Louise Goldsby | New York | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1995 | Heather Whitestone | Alabama | Ballet en Pointe | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Trisha Shaffer | Kansas | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Yvonne Ku Dehner | Montana | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1994 | Titilayo Rachel Adedokun[50] | Ohio | Classical Vocal | 2nd runner-up | |
| Lenena Holder[51] | Mississippi | Operatic Aria | |||
| Patricia Ann-Regan McEachern [52] | New Hampshire | Vocal | |||
| 1993 | Pam McKelvy | Kansas | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | |
| Catherine Ann Lemkau[53] | Iowa | Vocal | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Heather Hertling[54] | New Jersey | Classical Vocal | |||
| 1992 | Debra Renea Fries[55] | Maryland | Baton | ||
| Lisa Somodi[56] | Iowa | Classical Piano | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Marisol A. Montalvo[57] | New York | Opera | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1991 | Marjorie Vincent[58] | Illinois | Classical Piano | Winner | |
| Scarlet Annette Morgan[59] | North Carolina | Opera | |||
| Suzanne Lawrence [60] | Texas | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1990 | Kimilee Bryant[61] | South Carolina | Classical Vocal | ||
| Tamara Denise Toshiko Marler[62] | Oklahoma | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Kristin Huffman[63] | Ohio | Classical Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1989 | Sophia Christine Symko | Utah | Classical Piano | ||
| Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson | Minnesota | Violin | Winner | ||
| Lori Lee Kelley | Oklahoma | Operatic Aria | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1988 | Maria Kim | Wisconsin | Piano | ||
| Patricia Brant | Louisiana | Ventroliquism | 1st runner-up | ||
| Stacie James | Nevada | Vocal | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1987 | Kelly Garver | Michigan | Fiddle | 3rd runner-up | |
| Kellye Cash | Tennessee | Piano/Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Stephany Samone | Texas | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1986 | Jonna Fitzgerald | Texas | Fiddle | 2nd runner-up | |
| Laurie Jean Broderick | Indiana | Baton | Top 10 | ||
| Suellen Cochran | Ohio | Piano | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1985 | Lauren Susan Green | Minnesota | Classical Piano | 3rd runner-up | |
| Mary-Ann Farrell | New York | Piano | Top 10 | ||
| Margaret Marie O'Brien | Massachusetts | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1984 | Barbara Webster | Missouri | Fiddle | Top 10 | |
| Suzette Charles | New Jersey | Vocal | 1st runner-up | ||
| Vanessa Williams | New York | Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1983 | Dianne Evans | Mississippi | Vocal | 2nd runner-up | |
| Debra Maffett | California | Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Gwendolyn Suzann Witten | Kentucky | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1982 | Sandra Truitt | Illinois | Operatic Vocal | 1st runner-up | |
| Suzanne Alexander | New York | Operatic Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Sheri Rhyman | Texas | Gymnastics | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1981 | Paige Phillips | Alabama | Ventriloquism | 1st runner-up | |
| Cheryl Flanagan | New York | Tap Dance | Top 10 | ||
| Susan Powell (tie) | Oklahoma | Classical Vocal | Winner | ||
| Doris Janell Hayes (tie) | Washington | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1980 | Pam Wenzel | Arizona | Gymnastics | Top 10 | |
| Kelli Diane Krull | New York | Baton | Top 10 | ||
| Tana Kay Carli | Ohio | Accordion | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1979 | Teresa Cheatham | Alabama | Semi-Classical Vocal | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Lori Ann Bergen | Kansas | Fiddle | Top 10 | ||
| Carolyn Cline (tie) | Florida | Piano/Vocal | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Guylyn Remmenga (tie) | Nebraska | Classical Piano | Top 10 | ||
| 1978 | Catherine LaBelle | Florida | Vocal | 4th runner-up | |
| Susan Perkins | Ohio | Vocal | Winner | ||
| Lynne Carol Grote | Pennsylvania | Piano | Top 10 | ||
| 1977 | Dorothy Kathleen Benham | Minnesota | Classical Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Sonja Anderson (tie) | New York | Classical Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||
| Carmen McCollum (tie) | Texas | Saxophone | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Pamela Polk | Virginia | Operatic Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1976 | Cynthia Marie Carpenter | Massachusetts | Classical Piano | Top 10 | |
| Diana Lynn Pacini | Montana | Classical Piano | |||
| Susan Kay Banks | Ohio | Classical Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1975 | Jean Ahern | Illinois | Ballet en Pointe | 2nd runner-up | |
| Darlene Compton | Kentucky | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Deborah Humphries Kincaid | Tennessee | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| 1974 | Colleen Ann Metternich | Illinois | Piano | Top 10 | |
| Debbie Ward | Louisiana | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Tina Louise Thomas | Pennsylvania | Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1973 | Catherine Lawton | Delaware | Banjo | Top 10 | |
| Debby Robert | Louisiana | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Terry Anne Meeuwsen | Wisconsin | Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1972 | Sandy Rings | Kansas | Ventriloquism | Top 10 | |
| Allyn E. Warner | Maine | Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||
| Cynthia Cook (tie) | Georgia | Ventriloquism | Top 10 | ||
| Maureen Wimmer (tie) | Pennsylvania | Operatic Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Suzanne Dennie | Alabama | Piano/Vocal | ||
| Lisa Louise Donovan | Florida | Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Judy Ann Adams | Oklahoma | Violin | Top 10 | ||
| 1970 | Judith Mendenhall | Minnesota | Flute | 4th runner-up | |
| Patricia Brummet | New Mexico | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Kathy Lynn Baumann | Ohio | Acro dance | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1969 | Linda Fitts | Florida | Dance | Top 10 | |
| Judith Anne Ford | Illinois | Trampoline | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Cherie Suzanne Davis | Virginia | Opera | Top 10 | ||
| 1968 | Dawn Lauree Cashwell | Florida | Baton Twirling | 4th runner-up | |
| Mary Lynn Haglund | Indiana | Figure Skating | Top 10 | ||
| Marilyn Gail Cocozza | Rhode Island | Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1967 | Charlene Diane Dallas | California | Piano | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Sharon Elaine Phillian | Ohio | Classical Vocal | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Jane Anne Jayroe | Oklahoma | Vocal / Orchestra Conducting | Winner | ||
| 1966 | Linda Folsom | Alabama | Opera | Top 10 | |
| Eileen Mary Smith | Indiana | Vocal Medley | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Nancy Janice Moore | South Carolina | Piano Solo | Top 10 | ||
| 1965 | Vicki Jane Powers | Alabama | Opera | Top 10 | |
| Barbara Phyllis Hasselberg | Minnesota | Medley of Authentic Polynesian Dances | 4th runner-up | ||
| Karen Victoria Kopseng | North Dakota | Classical Vocal | |||
| 1964 | Judith Antoinette Short | Alabama | Marimba | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner |
| Rosanne Tueller | District of Columbia | Singing in French & Jazz Dance | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Dorcas Dara Campbell | Virginia | Classical & Popular Vocal Medley | Top 10 | ||
| 1963 | Patricia Lei Anderson | Hawaii | Opera | 4th runner-up | |
| Charlotte Ann Carroll | Mississippi | Popular Vocal & Dance | Top 10 | ||
| Beverly Ann Smith (tie) | Maryland | Organ & Piano Solo | |||
| Mary Lee Jepson (tie) | Nebraska | Flaming Fire Baton Act | Top 10 | ||
| 1962 | Susan Ann Henryson | California | Popular Vocal Medley | Top 10 | |
| Linda Jacklyn Loftis | Texas | Opera | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Carolyn Deann Lasater | Utah | Pantomime Dance | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1961 | Tommye Lou Glaze | Indiana | Opera | 4th runner-up | |
| Marian Faye Walker | Utah | Opera | Top 10 | ||
| Teresa Rinaldi (tie) | Alabama | Opera | Top 10 | ||
| Nancy Fleming (tie) | Michigan | Presentation of Dress Design | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Iris Elaine Thurwell | Canada | Vocal | Best Popular Singer in Talent | ||
| 1960 | Suzanne Ingeborg Johnson | Illinois | Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Ann Penelope Marston | Michigan | Archery Demonstration | |||
| Virginia Noble Pailes (tie) | District of Columbia | Vocal | |||
| Diana Martha Klug (tie) | Connecticut | Fashion Design Presentation & Speech | |||
| Lois Janet Piercy (tie) | Pennsylvania | Original Flute Solo & Art Display | Top 10 | ||
| 1959 | Lee Thornberry | Alabama | Song & Dance | Top 10 | |
| Billie June Turner | Connecticut | Ballet en Pointe | Top 10 | ||
| Mary Ann Mobley | Mississippi | Classical & Popular Vocal Medley & Dance | Winner | ||
| 1958 | Gloria Rupprecht | Indiana | Comedy Vocal | ||
| Sara Ann Cooper | Missouri | Dancing the Charleston | Top 10 | ||
| Judith Hanson (tie) | Oregon | Opera | Top 10 | ||
| Jennie Blatchford (tie) | Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling | |||
| 1957 | Anne Stuart Ariall | Alabama | Vocal / Dance | 2nd runner-up | |
| Barbara Banks | Arkansas | Interpretive Ballet | |||
| Diane Knotek | Nebraska | Classical Vocal | |||
| 1956 | Patricia Byrd Huddleston | Alabama | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Sandra Wirth | Florida | Fire Baton | Top 10 | ||
| Virginia Maffucci | Massachusetts | Dramatic Monologue | Top 10 | ||
| 1955 | Linda Weisbrod | District of Columbia | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | |
| Barbara Maxine Quinlan | Ohio | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | ||
| Janice Hutton Somers (tie) | Michigan | Vocal | 4th runner-up | ||
| Heather Jo Taferner (tie) | New York | Operatic Vocal | |||
| 1954 | Lois Ann Alava | Delaware | Piano | Top 10 | |
| Delores Jerde | South Dakota | Piano | |||
| Anna Lee Ceglis | Virginia | Classical Vocal | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1953 | Iris Ann Fitch | District of Columbia | Vocal | ||
| Neva Jane Langley | Georgia | Classical Piano | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Joan Elizabeth Kayne | New York City, NY | Dance | Top 10 | ||
| 1952 | Jeanne Moody | Alabama | Drama | ||
| Lu Long Ogburn | North Carolina | Piano | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Colleen Kay Hutchins | Utah | Dramatic Monologue | Winner | ||
| 1951 | Renee Roy | Connecticut | Comedy Sketch | Top 16 | |
| Sandra Joanne Stahl | District of Columbia | Classical Vocal | Top 16 | ||
| Irene O'Connor | South Dakota | Dramatic Monologue | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Arizona | Dramatic Monologue | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Margaret Lynn Munn | Canada | Classical Vocal | Top 15 | ||
| Gloria Yvonne Burkhart | Minnesota | Classical Violin | Top 15 | ||
| 1948 | Patti Anne Luer | Montana | Vocal / Dance | Top 15 | |
| Dorothy Jane Free | Tennessee | Vocal | |||
| Marilyn Robinson | Utah | Dramatic Monologue | Top 15 | ||
| 1947 | Barbara Jo Walker | Memphis, TN | Vocal & Art Display | Winner | |
| Pepper Donna Shore | Miami Beach, FL | Hula / Rhumba | Top 15 | ||
| Elaine Mary Campbell | Minnesota | Classical Vocal | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1946 | Emma Dale Nunnally | Alabama | Operatic Vocal | ||
| Jane Miller | Atlanta, GA | Classical Vocal | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Eleanor D. Kramer | Pennsylvania | Vocal | Top 16 | ||
| 1945 | Polly Ellis | California | Vocal | Top 13 | |
| Arlene Anderson | Minnesota | Vocal / Marimba | 4th runner-up | ||
| Frances Dorn (tie) | Birmingham, AL | Tap Dance | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Bess Myerson (tie) | New York City, NY | Classical Piano & Flute Solo | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1944 | Betty Jane Rase | Birmingham, AL | Vocal | 4th runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Venus Ramey | District of Columbia | Song & Dance | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Virginia Warlen | Florida | Vocal | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1943 | Helena Frances Mack | Boston, MA | Samba Dance | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Jean Bartel | California | Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Joan Hyldoft | Cincinnati, OH | Ice Skating | |||
| 1942 | Barbara Patterson | Cincinnati, OH | Vocal | ||
| Marion Mosell | New York | Operatic Vocal | |||
| Jo-Carroll Dennison | Texas | Vocal | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1941 | Virginia MacGraw | Birmingham, AL | Vocal | Top 15 | |
| Joey Augusta Paxton | North Carolina | Iloilo Ang Banwa Ko | 4th runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Roselle Marie Hannon | Western Pennsylvania | Bucasoy Folk Dance | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1940 | Catherine Virginia Howell | District of Columbia | Dance | ||
| Mary Eleanor Parish | Myrtle Beach, SC | Tap Dance | |||
| Monnie Drake (tie) | Michigan | Vocal | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Kay Kittendorf (tie) | Montana | Operatic Vocal | Top 15 | ||
| 1939 | Marguerite Louise Skliris | California | Dramatic Monologue | 3rd runner-up | |
| Marion Rudeen | Minnesota | Acro-Dance | Top 15 | ||
| Margaret Wood | North Carolina | Vocal | Top 15 | ||
| 1938 | Ruth Brady | Asbury Park, NJ | Vocal / Tap Dance | 3rd runner-up | |
| Gloria Smiley | Jacksonville, FL | Acrobatic Dance | 4th runner-up | ||
| Muriel LaVon Goodspeed | Utah | Classical Vocal / Piano | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1937 | Phyllis Randall | California | Vocal / Dance | 3rd runner-up | |
| Claire Nevulis | Massachusetts | Vocal / Tap Dance | Top 16 | ||
| Grace Travis | New York City, NY | Vocal | Top 16 | ||
| 1936 | Gloria Levings | Birmingham, AL | Pandanggo sa Ilaw Folk Dance | 4th runner-up | |
| Phyllis Hume Dobson | California | Drama | 1st runner-up | ||
| Rose Veronica Coyle | Philadelphia, PA | Vocal / Tap Dance | Winner | ||
Preliminary swimsuit award
editThere have multiple instances of ties for this preliminary award. This occurred at Miss America pageants in 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1987, and 1993.[54]
This award was discontinued since the Miss America 2019 competition and was replaced with state titleholders participating in a live interactive session with the judges, "to highlight her achievements and goals in life and how she will use her talents, passion, and ambition to perform the job of Miss America."[64][65][66][67]
| Year | Winner | State | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2019–present
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Award was discontinued
| |||
| 2018 | Sara Zeng[15] | Florida | ||
| Laryssa Bonacquisti[17] | Louisiana | Top 7[16] | Double preliminary winner | |
| Margana Wood[18] | Texas | 4th runner-up[68] | ||
| 2017 | Cierra Jackson | District of Columbia | ||
| Hannah Brewer | Maryland | Top 7 | ||
| Alice Magoto | Ohio | |||
| 2016 | Daja Dial | South Carolina | Top 7 | |
| Mary Katherine Fechtel | Florida | Top 10 | ||
| Taylor Wiebers | Iowa | Top 12 | Double preliminary winner | |
| 2015 | Victoria Cowen[19] | Florida | 3rd runner-up | |
| Alex Eppler[19] | Oklahoma | Top 10 | ||
| Jade Kenny[19] | Maryland | |||
| 2014 | Carly Mathis | Georgia | Top 10 | |
| Kelsey Griswold | Oklahoma | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Chelsea Rick | Mississippi | Top 15 | ||
| 2013 | Mandy Schendel | Washington | Top 10 | |
| Megan Ervin | Illinois | Top 10 | ||
| Ali Rogers | South Carolina | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2012 | Danica Olsen | Utah | ||
| Kendall Morris | Texas | Top 10 | ||
| Kaitlin Monte | New York | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2011 | Jalee Fuselier | Hawaii | 2nd runner-up | |
| Ashley Davis | Alabama | |||
| Emoly West | Oklahoma | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2010 | CC Barber | Oregon | Top 15 | Selected as Contestant's Choice |
| Alyse Zwick | New York | |||
| Miriam Pabón | Puerto Rico | |||
| 2009 | Katie Stam | Indiana | Winner | |
| Leigh-Taylor Smith | New York | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Christine Kozlowski | Mississippi | |||
| 2008 | Kirsten Haglund | Michigan | Winner | |
| Ashley Bickford | Rhode Island | |||
| Molly Hazlett | Texas | Top 8 | ||
| 2007 | Molly McGrath[22] | Nebraska | ||
| Lauren Nelson[23] | Oklahoma | Winner | ||
| Emily Wills[21] | Pennsylvania | Top 10 | ||
| 2006 | Shannon Schambeau[24] | District of Columbia | 4th runner-up | |
| Julia Bachison | Utah | |||
| Kristi Lauren Glakas[25] | Virginia | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2005 | Jenna Edwards | Florida | ||
| Jennifer Dupont | Louisiana | 1st runner-up | ||
| Amy Davis | Utah | |||
| 2004 | Nicole Lamarche[26] | California | 4th runner-up | |
| Candace Glickman[27] | New Hampshire | Top 10 | ||
| Nancy Redd[28] | Virginia | Top 10 | ||
| 2003 | Lauren Davidson[31] | Arkansas | ||
| Jennifer Adcock[30] | Mississippi | Top 10 | ||
| Tiffany Walker[29] | New York | Top 10 | ||
| 2002 | Emily Foster[34] | Georgia | ||
| Abbie Lynne Rabine [32] | Massachusetts | 1st runner-up | ||
| Stephanie Culberson[33] | Tennessee | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2001 | Angela Perez Baraquio[37] | Hawaii | Winner | |
| Whitney Boyles | Kentucky | 4th runner-up | ||
| Faith Jenkins[35] | Louisiana | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Christy May[32] | Mississippi | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2000 | Heather French[39] | Kentucky | Winner | |
| Gina Giacinto[40] | Nevada | |||
| Karen Lindsay[38] | Rhode Island | |||
| 1999 | Joslyn Jamie Tinker[42] | Alaska | Top 10 | |
| Lissette Gonzalez[41] | Florida | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Kelli Bradshaw | North Carolina | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Rebekah Ann Keller[43] | California | 4th runner-up | |
| Erika Kauffman[44] | Hawaii | Top 10 | ||
| Kathy Nejat[45] | New Jersey | |||
| 1997 | Melissa Short | Hawaii | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner |
| Tara Dawn Holland[47] | Kansas | Winner | ||
| Patricia Leines[46] | Oregon | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1996 | Tiffany Stoker | California | 3rd runner-up | |
| Tracy Hayes | Illinois | 4th runner-up | ||
| Amy Beth Keller[48] | Kansas | Top 10 | ||
| 1995 | Heather Whitestone | Alabama | Winner | First deaf Miss America Double preliminary winner |
| Tiffany Storm | Indiana | 4th runner-up | ||
| Cullen Johnson[69] | Virginia | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1994 | Lisa Duncan[50] | California | ||
| Kara Kim Martin[51] | Georgia | 1st runner-up | ||
| Cynthia Sims[52] | West Virginia | |||
| 1993 | Shelli Yoder (tie)[54] | Indiana | 2nd runner-up | |
| Catherine Lemkau (tie)[54] | Iowa | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Tawyna Mullins | Kentucky | Top 10 | ||
| Carrie Lee Davis[53] | South Carolina | Top 10 | ||
| 1992 | Carolyn Sapp[57] | Hawaii | Winner | |
| Christi Page[56] | Louisiana | Top 10 | ||
| Elizabeth Anne Johnson[55] | Utah | |||
| 1991 | Karrie Mitchell[60] | Colorado | Top 10 | |
| Beth Howell[58] | Mississippi | |||
| Dana Dalton | Florida | |||
| 1990 | Jeri Lynn Zimmerman[70] | Illinois | 3rd runner-up | |
| Stacy King[62] | Louisiana | |||
| Debbye Turner[63] | Missouri | Winner | ||
| 1989 | Melissa Aggeles | Florida | Top 10 | |
| Valerie Brosset | Louisiana | Top 10 | ||
| Carla Haag | Mississippi | Top 10 | ||
| 1988 | Kelly Jerles | Georgia | ||
| Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Michigan | Winner | ||
| Nancy Humphries | South Carolina | |||
| 1987 | Tamara Tungate | Missouri | 4th runner-up | |
| Dawn Elizabeth Smith (tie) | South Carolina | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Kellye Cash (tie) | Tennessee | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Julianne Smith | Virginia | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Angela Tower | Alabama | 4th runner-up | |
| Susan Akin | Mississippi | Winner | ||
| Suellen Cochran | Ohio | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1985 | Katherine Manning | Mississippi | 2nd runner-up | |
| Tamara Hext | Texas | 4th runner-up | ||
| Sharlene Wells | Utah | Winner | ||
| 1984 | Wanda Geddie | Mississippi | 3rd runner-up | |
| Vanessa Williams | New York | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Pamela Rigas | Ohio | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1983 | Debra Maffett | California | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Elizabeth Williams | North Carolina | |||
| Desiree Daniels | Tennessee | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1982 | Elizabeth Ward | Arkansas | Winner | |
| Karen Hopson | Mississippi | Top 10 | ||
| Kristine Weitz | Washington | |||
| 1981 | Lencola Sullivan | Arkansas | 4th runner-up | |
| Debra Goodwin | Minnesota | |||
| Donna Pope | Mississippi | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||
| 1980 | Shelly Peiken | Maryland | ||
| Cheryl Prewitt | Mississippi | Winner | ||
| Monta Maki | North Carolina | |||
| 1979 | Teresa Cheatham (tie) | Alabama | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Janice Anne Albro | Delaware | |||
| Sue Erickson | Minnesota | |||
| Cheri Brown (tie) | Mississippi | |||
| 1978 | Bunnie Holbert | Arkansas | ||
| Catherine Hinson | South Carolina | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Linda Moore | Tennessee | Top 10 | ||
| 1977 | Dorothy Benham | Minnesota | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Lavinia Cox | South Carolina | 1st runner-up | ||
| Carmen McCollum | Texas | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1976 | Paula Roach | Arkansas | ||
| Janet Carr | California | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Debra Cusick | Rhode Island | |||
| 1975 | Lucianne Buchanan | California | 1st runner-up | |
| Karen Smith | Kansas | |||
| Shirley Cothran | Texas | Winner | ||
| 1974 | Suzanne Plummer | New Jersey | 2nd runner-up | |
| Leslie Ann Mays | Washington | Top 10 | ||
| Judy Hieke | Wisconsin | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1973 | Rebecca Sue Graham | Indiana | 4th runner-up | |
| Cindy Lee Sykes | Kansas | Top 10 | ||
| Terry Anne Meeuwsen | Wisconsin | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1972 | Carolyn Stoner | California | ||
| Laurie Lea Schaefer | Ohio | Winner | ||
| Linda Moyer (tie) | Virginia | |||
| Susan Buckner (tie) | Washington | Top 10 | ||
| 1971 | Kathleen O'Sullivan | Hawaii | ||
| Claudia Turner | South Carolina | 1st runner-up | ||
| Phyllis George | Texas | Winner | ||
| 1970 | Carol Norval | Connecticut | ||
| Pamela Eldred | Michigan | Winner | ||
| Kathy Baumann | Ohio | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1969 | Dellynne Catching | Alabama | Top 10 | |
| Judith Anne Ford | Illinois | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Susan Thompson | Iowa | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1968 | Sharon Ann Evans | Arkansas | ||
| Kristine Phillips | Idaho | |||
| Debra Dene Barnes | Kansas | Winner | ||
| 1967 | Charlene Diane Dallas | California | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Nancy Anne Naylor | New Hampshire | 4th runner-up | ||
| Barbara Ann Harris | South Carolina | |||
| 1966 | Deborah Irene Bryant | Kansas | Winner | |
| Patricia Anne Puckett | Mississippi | 1st runner-up | ||
| Kathryn Elizabeth Blaikie | Nevada | |||
| 1965 | Sherri Lee Raap | California | ||
| Jane Nelson | New Mexico | Top 10 | ||
| Ella Dee Kessel | West Virginia | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1964 | Judith Antoinette Short | Alabama | Top 10 | Double preliminary winner |
| Donna Axum | Arkansas | Winner | ||
| Rosanne Tueller | District of Columbia | 1st runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1963 | Pamela Gilbert | Illinois | ||
| Carole Jean Van Valin | Michigan | Top 10 | ||
| Joan Mary Engh | Wisconsin | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1962 | Frances Jane Anderson | Arkansas | 1st runner-up | |
| Nancee Ann Parkinson | Minnesota | 4th runner-up | ||
| Maria Fletcher | North Carolina | Winner | ||
| 1961 | Ruth Rea | District of Columbia | 3rd runner-up | |
| Nancy Fleming | Michigan | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Edith Sandra Browning | South Carolina | Top 10 | ||
| 1960 | Bonnie Jo Marquis | New York | Top 10 | |
| Sharon Joyce Vaughn | Washington | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Mary Alice Fox | Wisconsin | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1959 | Sandra Lee Jennings | California | 3rd runner-up | |
| Anita Marie Hursh | Indiana | |||
| Betty Lane Evans | North Carolina | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1958 | Lynn Freyse | Arizona | Top 10 | |
| Jody Elizabeth Shattuck | Georgia | 1st runner-up | ||
| Elaine Herndon | North Carolina | Top 10 | ||
| 1957 | Joan Colleen Beckett | California | Top 10 | |
| Sandra Jean Stuart | Chicago | Top 10 | ||
| Jere Wright | Hawaii | Top 10 | ||
| 1956 | Barbara Mamo Vieira | Hawaii | Top 10 | |
| Clara Faye Arnold | North Carolina | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Ann Campbell | Oklahoma | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1955 | Lee Meriwether | California | Winner | |
| Ann Gloria Daniel | Florida | 1st runner-up | ||
| Polly Rankin Suber | South Carolina | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1954 | Patricia Ann Johns | California | Top 10 | |
| Evelyn Margaret Ay | Pennsylvania | Winner | ||
| Elaine Holkenbrink | Wyoming | Top 10 | ||
| 1953 | Gwen Harmon (tie) | Alabama | 3rd runner-up | |
| Jeanne Shores (tie) | California | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Jo Hoppe | Chicago | 4th runner-up | ||
| Neva Jane Langley | Georgia | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1952 | Charlotte Rosalie Simmen | Arkansas | 3rd runner-up | |
| Lu Long Ogburn | North Carolina | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Marlene Margaret Rieb | South Dakota | Top 10 | ||
| 1951 | Yolande Betbeze | Alabama | Winner | |
| Mary Jennings | Arkansas | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Joanne Durant | California | Top 16 | ||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer (tie) | Arizona | Winner | Double preliminary winner |
| Jone Ann Pedersen (tie) | California | 4th runner-up | ||
| Sylvia Canady | Colorado | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Trudy Germi | Illinois | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1948 | Jerry Long | Atlanta, GA | Top 15 | |
| Vera Ralston | Kansas | 3rd runner-up | ||
| BeBe Shopp | Minnesota | Winner | ||
| 1947 | Peggy Jane Elder (tie) | Alabama | 3rd runner-up | |
| Margaret Marshall | Canada | 2nd runner-up | ||
| Evelyn L. Murray | Kentucky | |||
| Raven Malone (tie) | New York City | Top 15 | ||
| 1946 | Rebecca Jane McCall | Arkansas | 1st runner-up | |
| Janey Miller (tie) | Atlanta, GA | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Marilyn Buferd | California | Winner | ||
| Eileen Henry (tie) | New York City | Top 16 | ||
| 1945 | Lee Wieland | Chicago | Top 13 | |
| Bess Myerson | New York City | Winner | ||
| Lee Henson | Tennessee | Top 13 | ||
| 1944 | Betty Jane Rase | Birmingham, AL | 4th runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Venus Ramey | District of Columbia | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Virginia Warlen | Florida | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1943 | Helena Frances Mack (tie) | Boston, MA | 2nd runner-up | Double preliminary winner |
| Jean Bartel | California | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| Dixie Lou Rafter | District of Columbia | 4th runner-up | ||
| Emma Hammermeister (tie) | Western Pennsylvania | Top 10 | ||
| 1942 | Marie Duncan | Birmingham, AL | Top 10 | |
| Bette Brunk | Chicago | 1st runner-up | ||
| Jo-Carroll Dennison | Texas | Winner | Double preliminary winner | |
| 1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | California | Winner | |
| Dorothy Slatten | Kentucky | Top 15 | ||
| Joey Augusta Paxton (tie) | North Carolina | 4th runner-up | Double preliminary winner | |
| Lillian Helen O'Donnell (tie) | Westchester County, NY | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1940 | Rosemary LaPlanche | California | 1st runner-up | |
| Dorothy Slatten | Kentucky | 4th runner-up | ||
| Frances Marie Burke | Philadelphia, PA | Winner | ||
Jean Bartel Quality of Life / Social Impact Initiative Scholarship award
editThe Quality of Life Award was initially sponsored by Fruit of the Loom. From its inception in 1989 until 2002, the winner received a $10,000 scholarship. For Miss America 2003, the value of the award was reduced to $6,000 for the winner, and the amount was reduced again to $3,000 from Miss America 2006. In 2008, the scholarship returned to $6,000. In 2020, award named was changed to the "Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Award."[71]
| Year | Winner | State | Platform | Placement at Miss America |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Emmie Perkins | Mississippi | "Music is Medicine" | |
| 2022 | Lauren Bradford | Alabama | UNPLUG: The Digital Diet Plan | 1st runner-up |
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020 | Annika Wooton[72] | Kansas | The Artist's Fingerprint: The Transformative Power of the Arts | Top 15[73] |
| 2019 | Claudia Raffo[74] | Arkansas | New Life Saves Lives: Umbilical Cord Donation | |
| 2018 | Jessica Procter[75] | Alabama | Step Up to the Plate: Decreasing Food Insecurity | Top 7[76] |
| 2017 | Hayley Barber[77] | Alabama | Sight for Small Eyes | |
| 2016 | Lindsey Giannini | New Jersey | Dangers of Distracted Driving | |
| 2015 | Caitlin Brunell | Alabama | Caitlin's Closet: One Stop Shopping for Life | Top 10 |
| 2014 | Haley Williams | Michigan | Through a Child's Eyes: Conquering Childhood Grief | |
| 2013 | Anna Laura Bryan | Alabama | P.A.W.S. for Autism: People and Animals Working Side-by-side | Top 12 |
| 2012 | Ann-Blair Thornton | Kentucky | Alzheimer's Awareness Research | |
| 2011 | Katie LaRoche | Michigan | Raising Awareness of Human Trafficking | |
| 2010 | Taylor Treat | Oklahoma | Service Learning | Top 12 |
| 2009 | Emily Cox | Kentucky | Uniquely Me: Promoting Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls | Top 12 |
| 2008 | Caleche Manos | Nevada | M.A.D.D. – Prevention of Drinking and Driving Through Education | |
| 2007 | Allison Rogers | Rhode Island | Go Green! Global Warming Awareness | |
| 2006 | Tracey Brown | Idaho | Breast Cancer Awareness: Education, Support and Research | |
| 2005 | Deidre Downs | Alabama | Curing Childhood Cancer | Winner |
| 2004 | Catherine Crosby | Alabama | First Vote: America's Freedom to Choose | Top 15 |
| 2003 | Teresa Benitez | Nevada | Poverty: A N.E.W. Focus | 3rd runner-up |
| 2002 | Jaclyn Hunt | Utah | Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation | Top 10 |
| 2001 | Faith Jenkins | Louisiana | Illiteracy Prevention/Eradication | 1st runner-up |
| 2000 | Brandee Helbick | New Hampshire | Educational Disabilities Awareness | |
| 1999 | Heather Davis | Maryland | Drug-Free L.I.F.E. for Youth/Peer Mentorship | |
| 1998 | Jennifer Ostergaard | Minnesota | Child Abuse Education, Awareness, and Prevention | |
| 1997 | Alison McCreary | Alabama | Hospice: A Special Kind of Caring | 3rd runner-up |
| 1996 | Dena Querubin[78] | New Jersey | Adopt-A-Grandparent | |
| 1995 | Stacy Agren | Arizona | ||
| 1994 | Amanda Murray | Arizona | Asthma Support Program | |
| 1993 | Kim Wimmer[79] | Alabama | Education of Homeless Youth | |
| 1992 | Cheryl Lynn Majercik | Illinois | AIDS Hospice service | |
| 1991 | Suzanne Lawrence[80] | Texas | "Smiles Against Cancer" organization | 3rd runner-up |
| 1990 | Michelle Kline | Pennsylvania | Organ Donation | Top 10 |
| 1921–1989 | Not awarded at these pageants | |||
Miss Congeniality
edit| Year | Winner | State | Placement at Miss America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cydney Bridges | Indiana | 2nd runner-up | |
| Hannah Edelen | Kentucky | ||
| Mariah Larocque | Maine | ||
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| Grace Zimmerman | Idaho | ||
| Julia Crane | Vermont | ||
| 2018 | Angelina Klapperich[81] | Alaska | Top 15[82] |
| 2017 | Madeline Van Ert[83] | Minnesota | |
| 2016 | Jeanné Kapela | Hawaii | |
| 2015 | Jacky Arness | North Dakota | Top 16 |
| 2014 | Brooke Mosteller (tie) | South Carolina | |
| Ciera Pekarcik (tie) | Utah | ||
| 2013 | Sloane Roberts | Arkansas | |
| 2012 | Kayla Batt | Nebraska | |
| 2011 | Katie Lynn LaRoche | Michigan | |
| 2010 | Raeceen Woolford | Hawaii | Top 7 |
| 2009 | Rebecca Robinson | Texas | |
| 2008 | Ashley Young | North Dakota | |
| 2007 | Melinda Toole | Alabama | 4th runner-up |
| 2006 | Malika Dudley | Hawaii | |
| 2005 | Olena Rubin | Hawaii | |
| 1976–2004 | Award was discontinued | ||
| 1975 | Rhonda Kay Pope (tie) | Arkansas | |
| Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu (tie) | Hawaii | ||
| 1974 | Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa | Hawaii | |
| 1973 | Sally Peterson | Utah | |
| 1972 | Paula Kusmer | Delaware | |
| 1971 | Debbie May | Indiana | |
| 1970 | Jane Deliese Briggeman | Nebraska | |
| 1969 | Karen Maciolek | New Mexico | |
| 1968 | Sharon Evans (tie) | Arkansas | |
| Tia Tyler (tie) | Colorado | ||
| Sheila Scott (tie) | New Hampshire | ||
| 1967 | Linda MacLim | Virginia | |
| 1966 | Marie Mushro | Iowa | |
| 1965 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Arizona | Winner |
| 1964 | Jeanne Flinn Swanner | North Carolina | |
| 1963 | Margaret Farrar Wass | New Hampshire | |
| 1962 | Susan Henryson (tie) | California | Top 10 |
| Rosita Giusti Haito Rey (tie) | Puerto Rico | ||
| 1961 | Susan Talbert | New York | |
| 1960 | Gordean Leilehua Lee | Hawaii | |
| 1959 | Ann Louise Willis | Rhode Island | |
| 1958 | Glynnelle Hubbard | New Mexico | |
| 1957 | Sandra Simpson | Vermont | |
| 1956 | Barbara Mamo Vieira | Hawaii | Top 10 |
| 1955 | Patsy Bruce | Illinois | |
| 1954 | Patricia Condon | New Jersey | |
| 1953 | Iris Fitch (tie) | District of Columbia | |
| Shirley Barbour (tie) | Oklahoma | ||
| 1952 | Claire Katherine Heen (tie) | Hawaii | |
| Otilia Jimenez (tie) | Puerto Rico | ||
| 1951 | Dell'finn Kalaupaona Poaha | Hawaii | |
| 1949 | Carol Rosebel Fraser (tie) | Montana | |
| Betty Jane Crowley (tie) | New Jersey | Top 15 | |
| 1948 | Yun Tau Zane | Hawaii | |
| 1947 | Luna McClain | Texas | |
| 1946 | Violet Mellar | New York | Top 16 |
| 1945 | Georgina E. Patterson | Northern British Columbia | |
| 1944 | Joyce Courrege | Texas | |
| 1943 | Toula Hagestratou | Birmingham, AL | |
| 1942 | Dorothy Fox | Mississippi | |
| 1941 | Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona | Oklahoma | Top 15 |
| 1940 | Not awarded at this pageant | ||
| 1939 | Doris Coggins | Mississippi | |
| 1921–1938 | Not awarded at these pageants | ||
America's Choice
editIn 2008, the Miss America Organization introduced this award in which viewers could cast votes online for a specific state titleholder a month before the final night of pageant. The state titleholder with the most votes is then given an automatic spot in the semi-finals, regardless of her performance in the preliminary competition.[84] In 2022, the state titleholder with the most votes won an extra $5,000 scholarship.
| Year | Winner | State | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Monica Nia Jones | Illinois | Top 11 | |
| 2022 | Vivian Zhong | Michigan | STEM Scholarship award | |
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
| |||
| 2019–2020 | Not awarded at these pageants/competitions
| |||
| 2018 | Abby Foster[85] | Illinois | Top 15[85] | |
| 2017 | Laura Katherine Jones | Kentucky | Top 12 | |
| 2016 | Hannah Robison | Tennessee | Top 7 | |
| 2015 | Sierra Sandison | Idaho | Top 16 | |
| 2014 | Theresa Vail | Kansas | Top 10 | |
| 2013 | Alexis Wineman | Montana | Top 16 | |
| 2012 | Betty Thompson | Oklahoma | 1st runner-up | |
| 2011 | Kayla Martell | Delaware | Top 10 | |
| Claire Buffie | New York | Top 12 | ||
| 2010 | Sarah Slocum | Arkansas | Top 15 | Selected from the Miss America pre-pageant special, Miss America: Behind the Curtain |
| Mallory Ervin | Kentucky | 4th runner-up | ||
| 2009 | Amanda Tapley | Alabama | Top 15 | Selected from TLC show, Miss America: Countdown to the Crown |
| Chastity Hardman | Georgia | 1st runner-up | ||
| Katie Stam | Indiana | Winner | ||
| Alexandra Hoffman | South Dakota | Top 15 | ||
| 2008 | Jill Stevens | Utah | Top 15 | |
| 1921–2007 | Not awarded at these pageants | |||
STEM scholarship award
editAt the Miss America 2014 pageant, the Miss America Organization introduced this $5,000 scholarship to be given to state titleholders with strong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) backgrounds with the goal of highlighting the vital and active roles women have in these fields.
| Year | Winner | State | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Victoria Chuah | Virginia | ||
| Vivian Zhong | Michigan | Award Sponsored by Miss America | ||
| Lauren Bradford | Alabama | 1st runner-up | Award Sponsored by University of South Dakota | |
2021
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The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Morgan Nichols | South Carolina | |||
| 2019 | Gabriela Taveras[7] | Massachusetts | 4th runner-up[86] | Preliminary On Stage Interview Award[5] |
| Laura Haller[7] | Montana | |||
| Alexis Hilts[7] | Nevada | |||
| 2018 | Briana Kinsey[87] | District of Columbia | 3rd runner-up[88] | |
| Molly Matney[87] | Kentucky | |||
| Jillian Zucco[87] | Massachusetts | |||
| 2017 | Hayley Barber[77] | Alabama |
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award Quality of Life Award | |
| Jaryn Franklin[77] | Illinois | |||
| Kendall Schoenekase[77] | Kansas | |||
| 2016 | Kelley Johnson[89] | Colorado | 2nd runner-up | |
| Hannah Roberts[89] | Mississippi | 1st runner-up | ||
| Hannah Robison[89] | Tennessee | Top 7[90] | America's Choice | |
| Alayna Westcom[89] | Vermont | |||
| Lizzi Jackson[89] | Washington | |||
| 2015 | Maggie Bridges[91] | Georgia | ||
| Lauren Kuhn[91] | Massachusetts | 4th runner-up | ||
| Jessica Burson[91] | New Mexico | |||
| Mackenzie Bart[91] | Ohio | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award[19] | |
| Lucy Edwards[91] | Vermont | |||
| 2014 | Crystal Lee[92] | California | 1st runner-up[93] | |
| Chelsea Rick[92] | Mississippi | Top 15[93] | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award[92] | |
| 1921–2013 | Not awarded at these pageants | |||
Women in Business Scholarship award
edit| Year | Winner | State | Placement at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Averie Bishop | Texas | ||
| Meghan Sinsi | Pennsylvania | |||
2021
|
The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Alex Francke | Kentucky | |||
| 2019 | Penelope Ng Pack[7] | Hawaii | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| Carrie Wintle[7] | South Dakota | |||
| 2018 | Meredith Winnefeld[94] | Colorado | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| Sarah Clapper[95] | Ohio | |||
| 2017 | Patricia Ford[77] | Georgia | ||
| Shruti Nagarajan[77] | Rhode Island | |||
| 1921–2016 | Not awarded at these pageants | |||
Equity and Justice Scholarship award
editIn September 2019, the Miss America Organization announced that a new scholarship, the Equity and Justice Scholarship, will be awarded at the 2020 competition to the candidate, "who best exemplifies inclusion and acceptance of these principles in her social impact initiative."[96] The winner receives a $3,000 scholarship.
| Year | Winner | State | Social Impact Initiative | Placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Heather Renner | Nevada | "Performing for a Purpose" | ||
| 2022 | Sasha Sloan | Utah | "RISE for Refugees: Refugee Inclusivity, Support, and Education" | Top 10 | |
| 2021 | The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 | Alexandra Badgett | North Carolina | "N.I.N.E.: No is Not Enough" | Top 15 | |
| 1921-2019 | Not awarded at these pageants | ||||
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