Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hannah Porter | 24 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Tap Dance | Prelim Swimsuit, Prelim Evening Gown, Prelim Interview, and Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 | |||
| 2011 | Diana Dreman | Denver | 23 | Miss Boulder County | Musical Theater Dance "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Daughter of Miss America 1974- Rebecca Ann King | ||
| 2010 | Melaina Shipwash | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "9 to 5" | |||
| 2009 | Katie Layman | Aurora | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Contemporary Lyrical Dance "The Way I Am" | Top 12 at Miss America 2010 | ||
| 2008 | Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada | 23 | Miss Broomfield | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2007 | Maggie Ireland | Littleton | 22 | Miss Littleton | Irish Step Dance "Dueling Violins" & "Footloose" | 3rd runner-up to Miss Colorado USA 2006 | ||
| 2006 | Janie Allen | Arvada | 23 | Miss Parker | Piano "Concerto in A Minor" & "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Urban | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Highlands Ranch | Vocal / Harp "If I Ain't Got You" | |||
| 2004 | Laura Tobey | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Jazz Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 2003 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 23 | Miss Denver | Lyrical Dance "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Triple Crown winner, previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 Semi finalist and Miss Colorado USA 2001- Miss Photogenic; Former Denver Broncos cheerleader; Current publicist for the Miss Colorado pageant and director of the Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen pageant under her married name, Katee Mink | ||
| 2002 | Morgan O'Murray | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Centennial | Jazz Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1999. Former Denver Broncos cheerleader. | ||
| 2001 | Kelly McKee | Parker | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Lyrical Dance "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | Miss Colorado Jr. National Teenager winner, previously Miss Colorado National Teenager 1997 | ||
| 2000 | Anamarie Bonafede | Loveland | 22 | Miss Centennial | Ballet "How Majestic Is Your Name" | |||
| 1999 | Erin MacGregor | Denver | 23 | Miss Columbine | Lyrical Ballet "Celebration" | Later Miss Colorado USA 2003 Previously Miss Colorado National Teenager | ||
| 1998 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Classical Ballet "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Colorado USA 2002 | |
| 1997 | Regina Flores | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | |||
| 1996 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | 20 | Miss Capital City | Dramatic Monologue from Quilters | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Future Miss Colorado USA 1998 | |
| 1995 | Amy Ciccolella | Monument | 21 | Miss Northern Front Range | Popular Vocal / Puppetry "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | |||
| 1994 | Shellene Cockrell | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | 1985 Miss Colorado American Co-ed (winner) - Miss Coed Photogenic, Top Five Talent Finalist... 1987 1st Runner-up Miss Colorado National Teenager - Top Seven Talent Finalist.... 1988 Colorado Homecoming Queen (winner), 2nd Runner-up America's Homecoming Queen - Talent Winner... 1988 Top Five Miss Colorado Teen USA... 1989 Miss Utah Teen All-American (winner), 1991 Top Ten Miss Colorado USA - Miss Amnity Award... 1994 Miss Colorado Springs (winner) - Swimsuit Winner, Talent Winner | ||
| 1993 | Stephanie Irving | Colorado Springs | 22 | Miss Colorado Springs | Inspirational Vocal | |||
| 1992 | Stacey Rose | Parker | 22 | Miss Metro South | Classical Violin Solo "Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5" | |||
| 1991 | Colleen Walker | Pueblo | 21 | Miss Pueblo County | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | |||
| 1990 | Karrie Mitchell | Arvada | 24 | Miss Arvada | Popular Vocal "Vision of Love" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1989 | Debbie Riecks | Aurora | 24 | Miss Mile High/Front Range | Contemporary Flute Solo "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" | 2nd runner-up | Former Colorado's Junior Miss 1983, 1st runner-up America's Junior Miss | |
| 1988 | Maya Walker | Eagle-Vail | 23 | Miss Western Counties | Jazz Vocal "Night and Day" | 1st runner-up | Future Miss Oklahoma USA 1992 | |
| 1987 | LaTanya Hall | Boulder | 22 | Miss Boulder Valley | Vocal "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Carol Janson | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder Valley | Piano '"Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Linda Trimmer | Denver | 22 | Miss Sterling | Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | |||
| 1984 | Lisa Frees | Thornton | 25 | Miss Adams County | Vocal I Got Rhythm" | |||
| 1983 | Melanie Scott | Littleton | 21 | Miss Denver | Jazz Acrobatic Dance "Junkaroo Holiday" | |||
| 1982 | Deborah Davids | Denver | 22 | Miss Chatfield | Harp Introduction et Allegro by Maurice Ravel | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 20 | Miss Jefferson County | Acrobatic Dance "Theme from Exodus" | Future Miss Colorado USA 1985 | ||
| 1980 | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | 19 | Miss Aurora | Baton Twirling "The Main Event" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Brown | Littleton | Miss Littleton | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1977 | Suzan Hogan | Colorado Springs | 19 | Miss Denver County | Flute Solo "Carnival of Venice" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Karen Land | Littleton | 22 | Miss Northeastern Junior College | Vibes Solo "Bandstand Boogie" | |||
| 1975 | Penny Currier | Lakewood | 22 | Miss Lakewood | Concert Pedal Harp Solo "St. Louis Blues" | |||
| 1974 | Cynthia Hunter | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Soft Shoe Dance "Mame" | |||
| 1973 | Rebecca Ann King | Sterling | 23 | Miss Metro Denver | Vocal "If I Ruled the World" | Winner | Served on the Miss America Board of Directors | |
| 1972 | Sally Anderson | Longmont | 19 | Miss Longmont | Classical Vocal "Daydreams" | |||
| 1971 | Cathy Glau | Denver | 20 | Miss Northern Colorado | Modern Jazz Dance "Up, Up and Away" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer for the 1973 Miss America pageant and toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins | 18 | Miss Northglen | Musical Interpretation "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
| 1969 | Adria Easton | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder | Baton Twirling "Medley from Funny Girl" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Pamela Kerker | Sterling | 21 | Miss Sterling | Ballet / Jazz Dance "By Myself" & "Babalu" | |||
| 1967 | Tia Tyler | Golden | 20 | Miss Denver | Dramatic Reading "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Congeniality (3 way tie) | |
| 1966 | Holly Smith | Denver | 19 | Miss University of Denver | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Kristina Holm | Denver | 19 | Piano Solo "More" & "Gigi" | ||||
| 1964 | Kathleen Knight | Denver | 19 | Miss May Days | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Sweeten | Arvada | 18 | Miss Arvada | Dramatic Reading "Anastasia" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1962 | Sally Guinn | Westminster | 18 | Miss Westminster | Folk Singing | |||
| 1961 | Jane McBurney | Denver | 18 | Miss University of Colorado | Piano "Malaguena" | |||
| 1960 | Anne Walker | Littleton | 18 | Miss Aurora | Dance | |||
| 1959 | Marlinda Mason | Denver | 20 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1958 | Cynthia Cullen | Boulder | Drama "Queen on Being Sentenced to Death" | |||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver | 20 | Organ "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly" | Winner | |||
| 1956 | Polly Childs | Aurora | Drama | |||||
| 1955 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver | 18 | Recitation "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay | Winner | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Busey | Denver | Vocal / Dance | |||||
| 1953 | Mary Donelan | Keenesburg | Drama | |||||
| 1952 | Chardelle Hayward | Fort Collins | Piano | |||||
| 1951 | Jo London | Aurora | The original winner, Marie Aber, resigned before competing at Miss America | |||||
| 1950 | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | Piano | |||||
| 1949 | Sylvia Canaday | Denver | Monologue "Dinner at Eight" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1948 | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | ||||||
| 1947 | Joyce Haycock | Pueblo | Vocal "Chi-Baba" | |||||
| 1946 | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs | ||||||
| 1941 | Charlene Woods | Denver | ||||||
| 1940 | Eileen Hoskins | Denver | ||||||
| 1938 | Rosanna Bean | Montrose | ||||||
| 1927 | No Miss Colorado | Elva Yvette Roy competed as Miss Denver in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1926 | Jeanette Roland | Also, Delores Conrad competed as Miss Denver and placed as a Finalist |
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