Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Piper Stoeckel | Prescott | 21 | Miss Tucson Valley | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2011 | Jennifer Sedler | Tempe | 19 | Miss Phoenix | Jazz Dance "It's About That Walk" by Prince | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2010 | Kathryn Bulkley | Mesa | 20 | Miss Pima County | Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma" | Top 10 Finalist at Miss America 2011 | Daughter of Pamela Offer, Miss Hawaii 1981; Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008 | |
| 2009 | Savanna Troupe | Phoenix | 23 | Miss Maricopa County | Baton "Satisfaction" | |||
| 2008 | Erin Nurss | Sierra Vista | 23 | Miss Tucson Valley | Dance | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007; Former Arizona's Junior Miss 2003 | |
| 2007 | Nicole Turner | Phoenix | 24 | Miss Chandler | Jazz Dance "Proud Mary" | Former Miss Teen Arizona International 2003 | ||
| 2006 | Hilary Griffith | Glendale | 20 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "Don't Know Why" | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 | |
| 2005 | Audrey Sibley | Sierra Vista | 19 | Miss San Marcos | Vocal "Alone" | Quality of Life Finalist | Later Top 15 at Miss Arizona USA 2009; Current co-director of the Miss Pima County Pageant under her married name, Audrey Sibley-Valles | |
| 2004 | Katherine Kennedy | Tempe | 24 | Miss Twirling Athlete | ||||
| 2003 | Corrie Hill | Gilbert | 24 | Miss Mesa | Dance "Proud Mary" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000; Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis. | ||
| 2002 | Laura Lawless | Tempe | 24 | Miss Maricopa | Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Top 15 Semi-finalist at Miss America 2003 | Former New York's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 2001 | Kapri Rose | Gilbert | 19 | Miss Gilbert | Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special" | |||
| 2000 | Kristen Vatt | Mesa | 20 | Miss Gilbert | Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha | |||
| 1999 | Lori Whiting | Mesa | 20 | Miss Desert Sun | Piano "Malaguena" | |||
| 1998 | Leean Hendrix | Parker | 22 | Miss Tempe Buttes | Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel" | |||
| 1997 | Stacey Momeyer | Phoenix | 21 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera | 3rd runner-up | Former National Sweetheart Winner 1996 | |
| 1996 | Erin Gingrich | Yuma | 21 | Miss Yuma County | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1995 | Cara Jackson | Chandler | 22 | Miss Chandler | Vocal "All Is Fair In Love" | Later Miss Arizona USA 1999 | ||
| 1994 | Stacy Agren | Mesa | 21 | Miss Mesa | Classical Piano | Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1993 | Amanda Murray | Yuma | 19 | Miss Yuma County | Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1992 | Robyn Rayborn | Mesa | 26 | Miss Maricopa County | Vocal "How Great Thou Art" | |||
| 1991 | Darsi Turner | Yuma | 22 | Miss Tucson | Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles | |||
| 1990 | Kimberly Hoskins | Yuma | 19 | Miss Yuma County | Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Tammy Kettunen | Yuma | 21 | Miss Maricopa County | Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Sister to Miss Arizona 1986 | |
| 1988 | Lisa Mandel | Tucson | 22 | Miss Tucson | Dance "Steam Heat" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Theresa Light | Tucson | 18 | Miss Western Maricopa | Vocal "Somewhere" | |||
| 1986 | Terri Kettunen | Yuma | 21 | Miss Yuma County | Classical Piano | Sister to Miss Arizona 1989 | ||
| 1985 | Diane Martin | Phoenix | 23 | Miss Phoenix | Vocal "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Later Miss Arizona USA 1987, 2nd runner up at Miss USA 1987, semifinalist at Miss Asia Pacific 1987 as Miss USA | ||
| 1984 | Rhonda White | Central | 20 | Miss Graham County | Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man" | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Nichols | Tempe | 22 | Miss Glendale | Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" | |||
| 1982 | Debra Daniels | Yuma | 20 | Miss Yuma County | Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire" | Top 10 Finalist | ||
| 1981 | Sarah Tattersall | Scottsdale | 20 | Miss Scottsdale | Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Brenda Strong | Tempe | 20 | Miss Valley West | Vocal "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" | Plays character and narrator Mary Alice Young in the TV series Desperate Housewives | ||
| 1979 | Pam Wenzel | Phoenix | 22 | Miss North Central Phoenix | Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez" | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1978 | Susan Kohler | Tempe | 23 | Miss Arizona State University | Vocal & Dance "New York, New York" | |||
| 1977 | Cindy Glenn | Globe | 18 | Miss Globe | Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" | |||
| 1976 | Anne DeVarennes | Tucson | 22 | Miss Tucson | Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me" | |||
| 1975 | Vickie Hall | Sierra Vista | Miss Sierra Vista | successor to crown | ||||
| Stacey Peterson | Phoenix | 21 | Miss Tucson | Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle" | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1974 | Mary Avilla | Glendale | 20 | Miss Maryvale | Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done" | |||
| 1973 | Susan May | Kingman | 19 | Miss Kingman | Piano Medley "The Glory of Love" "Laura" & "On the Sunny Side of the Street" | |||
| 1972 | Linda Gail Sirrine | Mesa | 19 | Miss Mesa | Popular Vocal "Happy Heart" | Special Talent Award | ||
| 1971 | Celia Sklan | Scottsdale | 22 | Miss Scottsdale | Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub" | |||
| 1970 | Karen Shields | Tucson | 19 | Miss University of Arizona | Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1969 | Kathleen Ennis | Tucson | 20 | Miss Tucson | Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim" | |||
| 1968 | Linda Johnson | Warren | 20 | Miss Warren | Authentic Tahitian Dance | Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966 | ||
| 1967 | Bea Willis | Phoenix | 19 | Miss Phoenix | Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" | |||
| 1966 | Launa Gardner | Holbrook | 19 | Miss Holbrrok | Piano Solo | |||
| 1965 | Sandra Montgomery | Yuma | 18 | Miss Yuma County | Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You" | |||
| 1964 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Phoenix | 22 | Miss Phoenix | Ventriloquism & Singing "Together" | Winner | Miss Congeniality | Former Arizona's Junior Miss 1961 and semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss; Only Miss America to also be voted Miss Congeniality |
| 1963 | Susan Bergstrom | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight" | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1962 | Paula Lou Welch | Tucson | 20 | Miss Tucson | Fire Baton Twirling | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1961 | Susan Webb | Prescott | 19 | Miss Prescott | Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars" | |||
| 1960 | Georgia Garbarino | Flagstaff | 18 | Miss Flagstaff | Modern Dance "An American in Paris" | |||
| 1959 | Patricia Allebrand | Yuma | 18 | Miss Yuma County | Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1958 | Donna Riggs | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Vocal/Dance "Teacher's Pet" | Special Scholarship | |||
| 1957 | Lynn Freyse | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl" | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1956 | Barbara Hilgenberg | Tucson | Miss Tucson | Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield | 3rd runner-up | tied w/Miss Kansas | ||
| 1955 | Beth Andre | Phoenix | Miss Maricopa County | Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1954 | Marjorie Nylund | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Drama "A Marine's Conversation" | ||||
| 1953 | Betty Lou Lindly | Tempe | Miss Tempe | Piano | ||||
| 1950 | Kathryn Lunsford | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | Modern Dance | ||||
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Litchfield | 18 | Miss Litchfield | Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent | |
| 1948 | Donna McElroy | Phoenix | Miss Phoenix | |||||
| 1947 | Wanda Law | Tempe | Miss Tempe | Diving Champion | Top 10 Finalist | |||
| 1938 | Anna Marie Barnett | Bisbee | Miss Bisbee | Top 10 Finalist |
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