Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2012 | Tippe Emmott | Springfield | 21 | Miss Branson | Ballet en Pointe | 1st Runner Up at National Sweetheart 2011 | ||
2011 | Sydney Friar | El Dorado Springs | 22 | Miss Branson | Vocal "Dream On" | |||
2010 | Erika Hebron | O'Fallon | 23 | Miss Gateway St. Louis | Lyrical Dance "Dream In Color" | Previously Missouri's Junior Miss 2005 | ||
2009 | Tara Osseck | St. Charles | 23 | Miss Lake of the Ozarks | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Quality of Life finalist | ||
2008 | Lacey Fitzgerald | Kansas City | 24 | Miss Gateway of the West | Vocal | |||
2007 | Lindsay Casmaer | Florissant | 24 | Miss River City | Ballet en Pointe "Piano Fantasy" | Previously Missouri's Junior Miss 2001 | ||
2006 | Sarah French | Columbia | 21 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Vocal "I've Got the World on a String" | Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA (Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2004) | ||
2005 | Stacie Cooley | Liberty | 22 | Miss Columbia | Jazz Dance "Last Dance" | |||
2004 | Whitney Weeks | Chesterfield | 24 | Miss Jackson | Tap Dance "Tico Tico" | Non-finalist Talent Award | daughter of Carole Johnson who was Miss West Virginia 1961 | |
2003 | Amber Etheridge | St. Louis | 23 | Miss Northwest Missouri | Vocal "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Top 15 Quarter-Finalist | ||
2002 | Shandi Finnessey | Florissant | 24 | Miss Metro St. Louis | Piano Solo "Bumble Boogie" | Preliminary Evening Gown | Later Miss Missouri USA 2004, Miss USA 2004 and first runner-up at Miss Universe 2004, 3rd runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2000 | |
2001 | Jennifer Hover | Springfield | 23 | Miss Springfield | Vocal Medley "Somewhere" & "Over the Rainbow" | Top 20 Quarter-Finalist | ||
2000 | Arron Wendel | Lawson | 23 | Miss Ray County | Modern Dance "This Is Your Time" | |||
1999 | Patryce King | New Cambria | 23 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
1998 | Deborah McDonald | Alton | 24 | Miss West Plains | Vocal "I Will Always Love You" | 3rd runner-up | ||
1997 | Michele Eise | St. Louis | 24 | Miss Malden | Gospel Vocal "How Great Thou Art" | |||
1996 | Kimberly Massaro | St. Louis | 24 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Tap Dance "Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies | 4th runner-up | ||
1995 | Erin Phillips | Mexico | 23 | Miss Audrain | Tap Dance "Gershwin Medley" | |||
1994 | Ann Marie Sun | Springfield | 22 | Miss Mid-Missouri | Piano | Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
1993 | Amber Green | Steelville | 23 | Miss North Central | Piano Solo "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | |||
1992 | Stephanie Patterson | Kansas City | 23 | Miss Aurora | Vocal Medley "I Have Dreamed" & "If I Loved You" | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | ||
1991 | Soncee Brown | Springfield | 24 | Miss Lake of the Ozarks | Vocal / Piano "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | 2nd runner-up | Previously was Missouri's Junior Miss 1985 | |
1990 | Sherry Traylor | Mexico | 26 | Miss North Central | Vocal "What's New" | |||
1989 | Pat Meusburger* | Miss Twin Counties | ||||||
Debbye Turner | Mexico | 23 | Miss Columbia | Marimba Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee," "Csárdás" & "Can-Can" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss America 1990, National Sweetheart 1988 as Miss Arkansas | |
1988 | Heather Smith | Maryland Heights | 21 | Miss Columbia | Baton Twirling "Whistler and His Dog" by Arthur Pryor | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously was Missouri's Junior Miss 1984 | |
1987 | Robin Riley | Columbia | 25 | Miss Columbia | Ballet "Overture from Funny Girl" | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | Previously Miss Missouri USA 1983 | |
1986 | Tamara Tungate | St. Peters | 21 | Miss North Central | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
1985 | Lisa Coverdale | Columbia | 24 | Miss North Central | Classical Piano Solo | |||
1984 | Anna Schell | Kennett | 26 | Miss Springfield | Semi-Classical Vocal Medley from The Sound of Music | |||
1983 | Barbara Webster | Jefferson City | 21 | Miss Santa Fe Trails | Violin Medley "Listen to the Mocking Bird" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Later Miss Missouri USA 1986 |
1982 | Julie Phillips | Ava | 18 | Miss Queen of the Ozarks | Classical / Jazz Piano | |||
1981 | Theresa McDonnell | Florissant | 22 | Miss Trenton | Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady | |||
1980 | Carla LaFevre | Harrisonville | 22 | Miss Kansas City | Semi-Classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | |||
1979 | Susan Wilson | Columbia | 21 | Miss Jefferson County | Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | 3rd runner-up | ||
1978 | Tamara Fister | Poplar Bluff | 21 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal "Beautiful" | |||
1977 | Jayne Scherder | Bowling Green | 20 | Miss William Woods College | Piano Solo "The Firefly" | |||
1976 | Marcia Kolich | Sugar Creek | 22 | Miss Jackson County | Jazz Dance "Everything's Coming up Roses," "On Broadway" & "That's Entertainment!" | |||
1975 | Rebecca Rives | Stoutsville | 22 | Miss Kirksville | Vocal Medley "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow" | Contestant in the 1974 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
1974 | Michelle Marshall | Florissant | 20 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal / Dance "Sweet Charity" | |||
1973 | Terri Dodson | Fulton | 22 | Miss William Woods College | Piano "Dizzy Fingers" | |||
1972 | Anita Columbo | St. Louis | 21 | Miss St. Louis | Vocal / Dance "It's Today" from Mame | Previously was Missouri's Junior Miss 1969 and 1st runner-up to America's Junior Miss; Competed in the 1966 Miss Teenage America Pageant | ||
1971 | Deborah Duff | Kansas City | 19 | Miss Kansas City | Modern Jazz Dance "Big Noise from Winnetka" | |||
1970 | Marcia Mossbarger | Brookfield | 22 | Miss Brookfield | Tap Dance "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | |||
1969 | Frances Biesemeyer | New Franklin | 18 | Miss Fayette | Art Presentation "Talk to the Animals" | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
1968 | Kathleen Goff | DeSoto | 21 | Miss Southwest Missouri State College | Vocal "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1967 | Ronnee Brunk | St. Louis | 19 | Miss Camdenton | Vocal "I Feel a Song Coming On" | Previously was Missouri's Junior Miss 1966 | ||
1966 | Janice Robinson | Marshfield | 20 | Miss Southwest Missouri State College | Skit w/ Piano, Vocal & Dance "Calling Billy Names" | |||
1965 | Lesley Fleenor | Springfield | 20 | Miss West Plains | Vocal "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)" | |||
1964 | Carol Browning | Lee's Summit | 20 | Miss Lee's Summit | Marimba & Accordion Medley | |||
1963 | Judith Engelhardt | Affton | Miss St. Charles | Classical Vocal | Competed in Miss Dixie 1964 | |||
1962 | Sandra Lyle | Springfield | 19 | Miss Springfield | Dramatic Reading | Crowned Miss Dixie 1963 | ||
1961 | Sarah Burns | Caruthersville | 20 | Miss Caruthersville | Vocal / Dance "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie | Contestant in the 1962 Maid of Cotton Pageant | ||
1960 | Dusene Vunovich | Kansas City | 19 | Miss Kansas City | Vocal "Honey Bun" from South Pacific | competed in the 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
1959 | Linda Long | Independence | 19 | Miss Independence | Dramatic Reading | Competed in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
1958 | Marjorie Critten | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Tap Dance "Opus No. 1" | Competed in Miss Dixie 1959 | |||
1957 | Sara Cooper | Buckner | Miss Kansas City | Charleston dance | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | daughter of Major League baseball player Walker Cooper, 1st runner-up in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant | |
1956 | Roseann Teri | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Dress Design | ||||
1955 | Sharon Knickmeyer | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Synchronized Swimming | Non-finalist Talent | |||
1954 | Carole Wilkinson | Maplewood | Miss Maplewood | Vocal | ||||
1953 | Laura Holmes | Northwoods | Miss Northwoods | Dance | ||||
1952 | Florence Spack | Clayton | Miss Clayton | |||||
1951 | Carol Romann | St. Charles | Miss St. Charles | |||||
1950 | Beverly Rotroff | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | |||||
1949 | Mary Stone | Jefferson City | Miss Jefferson City | |||||
1948 | Dorothy Smith | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | |||||
1947 | Mary Burke | Kansas City | Miss Kansas City | Vocal "I'm a Big Girl Now" | ||||
1946 | Nadine LaVerne Fugett | Kansas City | competed as Miss Kansas City in the Miss America Pageant | |||||
1945 | Betty Ream | Hughesville | Miss Hughesville | |||||
1943 | Emma Jean Adams | St. Louis | competed as Miss St. Louis | |||||
1941 | Geraldine Koehler | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | |||||
Leila Bell Wright | Kansas City | competed as Miss Kansas City in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
1940 | Virginia Morrison | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | Top 12 Semi-Finalist | ||||
Gloria Kathleen Gipson | Kansas City | competed as Miss Kansas City | ||||||
LaFern Mueller | St. Louis | competed as Miss St. Louis | ||||||
1939 | Margaret Ley | St. Louis | Miss St. Louis | |||||
1937 | Mary Sue Klein | Moberly | Miss Moberly | |||||
Wauneta Bates | St. Louis | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss St. Louis | |||||
1936 | Margaret Price | Lexington | Miss Lexington | |||||
1935 | Edna Smith | Fayette | 19 | Miss Fayette | Piano / Vocal "Prelude No. 20 by Chopin" & "When Day Is Done" | 1st runner-up | ||
1933 | Marie Marks | 16 | Semi-Finalist | |||||
1927 | No Miss Missouri | Marion Kenser competed as Miss Kansas City and Katherine Calloway competed as Miss St. Louis | ||||||
1926 | Ruby Wallace | Also representing Missouri were Marguerite Jordan who competed as Miss Kansas City and Corinne Groves who competed as Miss St. Louis. They both finished as Finalists in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
1925 | No Miss Missouri | Eileen Wenzel competed as Miss St. Louis | ||||||
1924 | No Miss Missouri | Helen Moore competed as Miss St. Louis | ||||||
1923 | No Miss Missouri | Charlotte Nash competed as Miss St. Louis and placed 3rd runner-up in the pageant | ||||||
1922 | No Miss Missouri | Miriam Chafee competed as Miss Kansas City and Mildred Hose competed as Miss St. Louis |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Missouri won Miss America
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