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 | Alexis Wineman | Cutbank | 18 | Miss Cut Bank | Monologue "I Think Therefore I Am Fat" | Top 16 (America's Choice) | First contestant with Autism to compete in the Miss America Pageant. | |
2011 | Veronika Ohlinger | Cooke City | 23 | Vocal "Alone" | Assumed the title; Previously Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2005 | |||
Taryn Chuter | Corvallis | 23 | Contemporary Dance | Resigned for personal reasons | ||||
2010 | Kacie West | Kalispell | 21 | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Later Miss Montana USA 2013 | |||
2009 | Brittany Wiser | Bozeman | 21 | Vocal "Sway" | Quality of Life Finalist | Later Miss Montana USA 2011 | ||
2008 | Jennifer Hepner | Great Falls | 23 | Raqs Sharqi Dance | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 | |||
2007 | Kristen Mantooth | Lewistown | 22 | Lyrical Dance "Beauty from Pain | ||||
2006 | Christie Hageman | Billings | 23 | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | ||||
2005 | Sophia Steinbeisser | Sidney | 21 | Tap Dance "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | ||||
2004 | Evangelina Duke | Billings | 20 | Vocal "Man of La Mancha" | ||||
2003 | Amber Shipman | Glendive | 19 | Dance "Save Tonight" | ||||
2002 | Heather Rathbun | Darby | 24 | Tae Kwon Do Demonstration "Mortal Kombat" | ||||
2001 | Kara Svennungsen | Shelby | 22 | Vocal "On My Own" | ||||
2000 | Jana LaBree | Ekalaka | 24 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Gospel Vocal "Because of Who You Are" | |||
1999 | Elissa Schwarz | Terry | 19 | Miss Big Sky | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | |||
1998 | Delight Lori Scheck | Helena | 21 | Miss Missoula/Garden City | Semi-Classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | |||
1997 | Kristen Garlock | Billings | 24 | Miss Billings | Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller | |||
1996 | Aubrey Hiller | Missoula | 22 | Miss Treasure State | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | Former Miss Montana Teen USA 1992 | ||
1995 | Amanda Granrud | Great Falls | 23 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
1994 | Yvonne Dehner | Brockton | 24 | Miss Western Montana | Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1993 | Erica Havig | Billings | 19 | Miss Billings | Ballet en Pointe | |||
1992 | JoAnn Kayleen Jorgensen | Helena | 24 | Miss Central Montana | Gymnastics / Dance | |||
1991 | Jenni Ramseth | Billings | 18 | Miss Yellowstone County | Classical Piano "Variation Serieuses, Opus 54" by Felix Mendelssohn | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
1990 | Karen McNenny | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Coppélia" | |||
1989 | Cathy Brewer | Hamilton | 20 | Miss Western Montana | Ballet en Pointe | |||
1988 | Becky McRae | Miles City | 17 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Vocal "On My Own" | |||
1987 | Julie Reil | Miles City | 19 | Miss Missoula County | Vocal "Being Alive" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
1986 | Laurie Ryan | Belgrade | | | |||||
1985 | Julie Culbertson | Billings | 19 | Miss Yellowstone Valley | Jazz Dance | |||
1984 | Michele Larson | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Vocal "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
1983 | Laurie Nelson | Billings | 19 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Classical Piano "L'Isle Joyeuse" | |||
1982 | Kimberly Knauf | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Piano Medley "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" | |||
1981 | Sue Harris | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics Dance "Hawaii Five-O Theme" | |||
1980 | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana | Popular Vocal "I Can See It" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
1979 | Lori Conlon | Billings | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" | |||
1978 | Vanessa Ochsner | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Popular Vocal / Dance "Yes" | |||
1977 | Sue Stanaway | Billings | 22 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Vocal "The Doll's Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
1976 | Janice Frankino | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics / Jazz Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | recipient of Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
1975 | Diana Pacini | Great Falls | 20 | Miss Garden City | Classical Piano "Etude Opus 10 by Chopin" | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1974 | Pamela Royer | Billings | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Gymnastic Floor Exercise Routine "Love Story" | |||
1973 | Debbie Reber | Helena | 22 | Miss Helena | Vocal Medley & Guitar | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
1972 | Debra DeBiase | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Ballet "Summer of '42" | |||
1971 | Nancy Harper | Helena | 18 | Miss Helena | Vocal "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl | |||
1970 | Jane Opp | Billings | 20 | Miss West Billings | Piano "Le Cavalier Fantastique" by Benjamin Godard | took over title after original winner Kathy Huppe resigned due to pageant officials asking her to stop speaking out against the Vietnam War | ||
1969 | Jeanne Meek | Bridger | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" by Paul Ben-Haim | |||
1968 | Karen Frank | Park City | 21 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Western Vocal & Guitar "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | |||
1967 | Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Miss University of Montana | Original Piano Composition "What the West Contributed to America" | |||
1966 | Nancy McLeod | Kalispell | 19 | Miss Kalispell | Popular Vocal / Drama | |||
1965 | Dianne Feller | Helena | 21 | Miss West Billings | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1964 | Merilee Miller | Radersburg | 20 | Miss Western Montana College | Dance | |||
1963 | Roberta Tarbox | Missoula | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal | ||||
1962 | Marsha Thompson | Bozeman | 21 | Miss Montana State College | Dress Making & Design | |||
1961 | Joanna Lester | Missoula | 20 | Miss Montana State University, Missoula | Vocal Medley including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" & "There Once Was a Man" from The Pajama Game | Semi-finalist | ||
1960 | Lois Marie Volkel | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal "Voi lo Sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana | |||
1959 | Sharon D. Tietjen | Great Falls | Original Humorous Interpretation | |||||
1956 | Alice Jean White | Great Falls | Art | The original winner, Marjorie Edmondson, was disqualified as she was married | ||||
1955 | Bertha Mae Huebl | Glendive | ||||||
1952 | Karen Whittet | Livingston | Piano | |||||
1951 | Patricia McGinty | Great Falls | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
1950 | Donna Marie Buls | Missoula | ||||||
1949 | Carol Fraser | Billings | Equestrian Display | Miss Congeniality (tie) | After her horse nearly fell into the orchestra pit, the use of live animals was banned from Miss America talent presentations | |||
1948 | Patti Luer | Anaconda | Vocal / Dance "Gypsy Song" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
1947 | Carol Chaffen | Corvallis | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
1940 | Kay Kittendorf | Missoula | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" | Semi-finalist | Preliminaty Talent Award | |||
1939 | Lucille Chouinard | Fort Peck |
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