Miss Arizona Winners
(Miss Arizona is part of the Miss America Pageant.)
1938 is the earliest Miss Arizona.
Arizona has had two Miss America Winners they are:
1949-- Jacque Mercer
1964 -- Vonda Kay Van Dyke
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Year
|
Name
|
Place from in Arizona
|
Finalist or Miss America
|
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1938
|
Anna Marie Barnett
|
Bisbee
|
Semi-Finalist
|
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1947
|
Wanda Jo Law
|
Tempe
|
Semi-Finalist
|
|
1948
|
Donna Lee McElroy
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1949
|
Jacque Mercer
|
Litchfield
|
Miss America
|
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1950
|
Kathryn Lunsford
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1953
|
Betty Lou Lindly
|
Tempe
|
|
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1954
|
Marjorie Nylund
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1955
|
Beth Andre
|
Maricopa County
|
Semi-Finalist
|
|
1956
|
Barbara Hilgenberg
|
Tucson
|
3rd Runner-up
|
|
1957
|
Lynn Freyse
|
Tucson
|
Semi-Finalist
|
|
1958
|
Donna Juanita Riggs
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1959
|
Patricia Anne Allebrand
|
Yuma County
|
4th Runner-up
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|
1960
|
Georgia Anne Garbarino
|
Flagstaff
|
|
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1961
|
Susan Nell Webb
|
Prescott
|
|
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1962
|
Paula Lou Welch
|
Tucson
|
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1963
|
Susan Jean Bergstrom
|
Phoenix
|
4th Runner-up
|
|
1964
|
Vonda Kay Van Dyke
|
Phoenix
|
Miss America
|
|
1965
|
Sandra Montgomery
|
Yuma County
|
|
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1966
|
Laura K. Gardner
|
Holbrook
|
|
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1967
|
Bea Willis
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1968
|
Linda Johnson
|
Warren
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1969
|
Kathleen Ann Ennis
|
Tucson
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1970
|
Karen Joy Shields
|
Tucson
|
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1971
|
Celia Margaret Sklan
|
Scottsdale
|
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1972
|
Linda Gail Sirrine
|
Mesa
|
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1973
|
Susan May
|
Kingman
|
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1974
|
Mary Elizabeth Avilla
|
Maryvale
|
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1975
|
Stacey Petersen (6/75 – 6/76)
|
Tucson
|
4th Runner-up
|
|
1975
|
Vickie Hall (1/76-6/76)
|
Sierra Vista
|
|
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1976
|
Anne Katherine DeVarennes
|
Tucson
|
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1977
|
Cindy Anne Glenn
|
Globe
|
|
|
1978
|
Susan Kohler
|
Arizona State University
|
|
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1979
|
Pam Wenzel
|
Phoenix
|
Semi-Finalist
|
|
1980
|
Brenda Strong
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1981
|
Sarah Tattersal
|
Scottsdale
|
|
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1982
|
Debbie Daniels
|
Yuma County
|
Semi-Finalist
|
|
1983
|
Jennifer Nichols
|
Glendale
|
|
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1984
|
Rhonda White
|
Graham County
|
|
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1985
|
Diane Martin
|
Phoenix
|
|
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1986
|
Terri Kettunen
|
Yuma County
|
|
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1987
|
Theresa Light
|
Western Maricopa
|
|
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1988
|
Lisa Mandel
|
Tucson
|
|
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1989
|
Tammy Kettunen
|
Maricopa County
|
|
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1990
|
Kemberly Hoskins
|
Yuma County
|
Non-Finalist Talent award
|
|
1991
|
Darsi Turner
|
Tucson
|
|
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1992
|
Robyn Rayborn
|
Maricopa County
|
|
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1993
|
Amanda Murray
|
Yuma County
|
National Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award
|
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1994
|
Stacy Agren
|
Mesa
|
National Quality of Life Award, Non-Finalist Talent award
|
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1995
|
Cara Jackson
|
Chandler
|
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1996
|
Erin Gringrich
|
Yuma County
|
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1997
|
Stacey Momeyer
|
Chandler
|
3rd Runner-up
|
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1998
|
Leean Hendrix
|
Parker
|
|
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1999
|
Lori Whiting
|
Mesa
|
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2000
|
Kristen E. Vatt
|
Mesa
|
Non-Finalist Scholarship
|
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2001
|
Kapri Rose
|
Gilbert
|
Non-Finalist Scholarship
|
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2002
|
Laura Lawless
|
Tempe
|
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2003
|
Corrie Hill
|
Gilbert
|
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2004
|
Katherine Kennedy
|
Tempe
|
|
|
2005-2006 **
|
Audrey Sibley
|
Sierra Vista
|
|
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2007
|
Hilary Griffith
|
Glendale
|
|
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2008
|
Nicole Turner
|
Phoenix
|
|
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2009
|
Erin Nurss
|
Sierra Vista
|
|
|
2010
|
Savanna Troupe
|
Phoenix
|
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** In 2005 the pageant announced a new television agreement with cable network Country Music Television (CMT), a switch in the pageant's schedule was made from September to January 21, 2006.
Sources:
List from the Arizona State Library – Fax dated 11-26-97.
Miss America web site: http://www.missamerica.org/