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Previous Miss Kanawha Majorettes

The title of Miss Kanawha Majorette is awarded to the one girl who is the outstanding majorette of the evening of those competing in the category. The first girl to be named Miss Kanawha Majorette was Dolores Thompson in 1947. An annual tradition of being named Miss Kanawha Majorette is returning the next year to present the award to that year's Miss Kanawha Majorette with the trophy, tiara, and bouquet of flowers. A girl cannot be named Miss Kanawha Majorette for two consecutive years, however, it is possible for a girl to be named it twice.

Juliana Kemp is the only majorette to win the title of Miss Kanawha Majorette twice, once in 2003 and again in 2005. She went on to become the Feature Twirler for West Virginia State University's "Marching Swarm" from 2006 to 2008. Another former Miss Kanawha Majorette also went on to become the Feature Twirler for West Virginia State University. Miss Kanawha Majorette 2006, Stevi Ryder, was their Feature Twirler for 2010 and is Co-Feature Twirler for 2011 and 2012.

South Charleston High School has had the most girls named Miss Kanawha Majorette with a total of ten. Next to them is Herbert Hoover High School, Sissonville High School and the former DuPont High School with eight; the former Charleston High School with seven; the former Stonewall Jackson High School with six; Capital High School and St. Albans High School with four; George Washington High School has three; Nitro High School, Riverside High School, and the former Dunbar High School and East Bank High School with two.

• 2012 – Taylor Freeland, George Washington
• 2011 – Heather Ryan, Herbert Hoover
• 2010 – Alexandra Ameli, George Washington
• 2009 – Casey Jarvis, Capital
• 2008 – Kandis Courtney, Riverside
• 2007 – Chelsea Morton, Herbert Hoover
• 2006 – Stevi Ryder, Herbert Hoover
• 2005 – Juliana Kemp, South Charleston
• 2004 – Mandy Jo Wingo, Riverside
• 2003 – Juliana Kemp, South Charleston
• 2002 – Ashley Parsons, Capital
• 2001 – Megan Tucker, Herbert Hoover
• 2000 – Christal Kirk, Herbert Hoover
• 1999 – Laura Hanna, Capital
• 1998 – Jessica Smith, DuPont
• 1997 – Kristen Tucker, Herbert Hoover
• 1996 – Heather Anderson, Herbert Hoover
• 1995 – Julie Keenan, DuPont
• 1994 – Beth Miller, South Charleston
• 1993 –Susan Booth, Sissonville
• 1992 – Kim Jarrett, Sissonville
• 1991 – Sarah Lang, Capital
• 1990 – Leigh Ann Dolan, Sissonville
• 1989 – Jill Pazerski, George Washington
• 1988 – Katie Hodges, Stonewall Jackson
• 1987 – Kristie Roberts, South Charleston
• 1986 – Lisa White, DuPont
• 1985 – Kim Randolph, Stonewall Jackson
• 1984 – Lori Began, South Charleston
• 1983 – Kim O'Conner, South Charleston
• 1982 – Karen Persinger, DuPont
• 1981 – Kelly Ellis, Charleston
• 1980 – Shannon Snodgrass, DuPont
• 1979 – Michelle Noe, Charleston
• 1978 – Ursula Smith, St. Albans
• 1977 – Donna Rowley, Sissonville
• 1976 – Debbie Wilkinson, Sissonville
• 1975 – Dawn Bailey, Sissonville
• 1974 – Jenny Lynn Phyllips, East Bank
• 1973 – Kathy Jo Light, DuPont
• 1972 – Bobbie Coleman, Charleston
• 1971 – Judy Boggess, Nitro
• 1970 – Kay Bennett, Charleston
• 1969 – Kathy Wingo, Charleston
• 1968 – Janie Coffman, Sissonville
• 1967 – Karen Schoonover, South Charleston
• 1966 – Donna Tickle, Stonewall Jackson
• 1965 – Beth Fleshman, Herbert Hoover
• 1964 – Betty Conner, Sissonville
• 1963 – Sandy Limer, East Bank
• 1962 – Jenny Doty, St. Albans
• 1961 – Phyllis Zabel, Stonewall Jackson
• 1960 – Jeannie Irvin, Dunbar
• 1959 – Patti Bostic, South Charleston
• 1958 – Nina Hatfield, Stonewall Jackson
• 1957 – Brenda Sullivan, DuPont
• 1956 – Frances Snyder, Nitro
• 1955 – Judy Thrall, Charleston
• 1954 – Eleanor Carney, Dunbar
• 1953 – Jean Thompson, St. Albans
• 1952 – Barbara Jean Tucker, St. Albans
• 1951 – Joyce Ballard, DuPont
• 1950 – Patty Hendrickson, Stonewall Jackson
• 1949 – Mathilde Bodkin, South Charleston
• 1948 – Phyllis Walker, Charleston
• 1947 – Dolores Thompson, South Charleston