Miss Kentucky
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| Formation | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Louisville |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | www |
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant.
Only once has a Miss Kentucky won the Miss America crown, in 1999 when Heather French Henry of Maysville, Kentucky earned the national Miss America 2000 title. Additionally, Venus Ramey, a native of Somerset, Kentucky, was named Miss America of 1944 while competing as Miss Washington, DC.
Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable:
- Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date.
- Mallory Ervin, Miss Kentucky 2010, is most well known for her appearance on the American television show, The Amazing Race.[1]
- Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2011, was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer.[2]
Chapel Tinius of Bowling Green was crowned Miss Kentucky 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Gallery of past titleholders
[edit]
- Mallory Ervin,
Miss Kentucky 2009 - Clark Davis,
Miss Kentucky 2015
Results summary
[edit]The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
[edit]- Miss Americas: Heather French (2000)
- 2nd runners-up: Jean Megerle (1935)
- 3rd runners-up: Darlene Compton (1975), Mallory Hudson (2024)
- 4th runners-up: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Chera-Lyn Cook (1999), Whitney Renee Boyles (2001), Mallory Ervin (2010)
- Top 10: Linda Sawyer (1965), Marcia Malone Bell (1978), Gwendolyn Suzanne Witten (1983), Lynn Whitney Thompson (1984), Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Laurie Janine Keller (1986), Tawnya Dawn Mullins (1993), Veronica Marie Duka (1997), Djuan Trent (2011)
- Top 11: Ariana Rodriguez (2025)
- Top 12: Emily Cox (2009), Ramsey Carpenter (2015), Laura Jones (2017)
- Top 15: Mary Madeline O'Laughlin (1925), Jean Megerle* (1936), Charlet Hiteman (1936), Dorothy Slatten (1941), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Jessica Casebolt (2013), Jenna Day (2014)
- Top 16: Patricia Alden Fenton** (1946)
- Top 18: Lucille Rader (1933)
Awards
[edit]Preliminary awards
[edit]- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Tawnya Mullins (1993), Heather French (2000), Whitney Renee Boyles (2001)
- Preliminary Talent: Darlene Compton (1975), Gwendolyn Witten (1983), Chera-Lyn Cook (1999), Ramsey Carpenter (2015)
Non-finalist awards
[edit]- Non-finalist Talent: Jane Brock (1958), Marsha Griffith (1976), Victoria Harned (1977), Melinda Cumberledge (1987), Tonya Virgin (1994), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
- Non-finalist Interview: Maria Maldonado (2005)
Other awards
[edit]- Miss Congeniality: Hannah Edelen (2022)
- America's Choice: Laura Katherine Jones (2017)
- Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Mary Catherine Correll (2003)
- Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalists: Hannah Edelen (2022)
- Konica Visual Arts Scholarship: Kristie Hicks (1996)
- Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Ramsey Carpenter (2015)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Emily Cox (2009), Ann Blair Thornton (2012)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Heather French (2000), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Whitney Boyles (2001), Mary Catherine Correll (2003), Mallory Ervin (2010)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Molly Matney (2018)
- Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Alex Francke (2020)
* Competed as Miss Blue Grass
** Competed as Miss Louisville
Winners
[edit]- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ariana Rodriguez | Bardstown | 20 | Miss Bardstown | Vocal | Top 11 | ||
| 2024 | Chapel Tinius | Bowling Green | 24 | Miss My Old Kentucky Home | Violin | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2016 Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Kentucky 2018 | ||
| 2023 | Mallory Hudson | Bowling Green | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal, "I Who Have Nothing" | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 2022 | Hannah M. Edelen | Springfield | 24 | Miss Heart of Central Kentucky | Clogging, “Banjo Fantasy” | Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2021 | Haley Wheeler[3] | Clay City | 23 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal | |||
| 2019–20[a] | Alex Francke[6] | Lexington | 22 | Miss Central Kentucky | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" | Women in Business Scholarship Award[7] | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014[8] Previously Miss Kentucky Sweetheart 2018[9] 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant[9] | |
| 2018 | Katie Michelle Bouchard[10] | Owensboro | 22 | Miss Jefferson County | Clogging, "Soul Man" | |||
| 2017 | Molly Matney[11] | Center | 20 | Miss Mammoth Cave Area | Vocal, "He Taught Me to Yodel" | STEM Scholarship Award[12] | ||
| 2016 | Laura Jones[13] | Fisherville | 23 | Miss Danville | Violin | Top 12[14] | America's Choice | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2010[15] Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant[16] |
| 2015 | Clark Davis[17] | Lexington | 17 | Miss Horse Capital | Cappella Vocal, "Summertime" | |||
| 2014 | Ramsey Carpenter[18][19] | Hartford | 23 | Miss My Old Kentucky Home | Fiddle, "Sally Goodin" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 12 | Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award Preliminary Talent Award | In December 2018, she was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos of herself via Snapchat to an underage student[20] Charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors and was released on $10,000 bail[20][21] |
| 2013 | Jenna Day[22] | Louisville | 21 | Miss Berea Area | Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved" | Top 15 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant[citation needed] | |
| 2012 | Jessica Casebolt[23][24] | Pikeville | 19 | Miss Goldenrod | Vocal, "Superstar" | Top 15 | ||
| 2011 | Ann Blair Thornton[25][26] | Bowling Green | 21 | Miss Bowling Green | Piano, "Prelude in G Minor" | Quality of Life Award Winner | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2007[27] 4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant[28] 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed] | |
| 2010 | Djuan Trent[29] | Columbus, GA | 23 | Miss Berea Area | Vocal, "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Top 10 | Eligible to compete at Miss Kentucky as a Berea College student Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist by her fellow contestants | |
| 2009 | Mallory Ervin[30] | Morganfield | 23 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal, "On My Own" | 4th runner-up | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Voted into the Top 15 as a "America's Choice" contestant by TV viewers Contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 17, 18, and 24) |
| 2008 | Emily Ann Cox[31] | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Classical Piano, "Impromptu in C Sharp Minor" by Hugo Reinhold | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award Winner[32] | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2007 | Kaitlynne Postel[33] | Lexington | 20 | Miss Monticello | Vocal, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde | Kaitlynne Dorothy Postel performed "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde: The Musical, in which her cousin and close friend Laura Bell Bundy was the star. | Daughter of Miss Maryland 1982, Lynne Carol Graham[33] Niece (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 1978, Marcia Malone Bell[citation needed] | |
| 2006 | Rachelle Nicole Phillips[citation needed] | Princeton | 24 | Miss Heartland | Vocal, "Cry Me a River" | |||
| 2005 | Kerri Katelyn Mitchell[34] | Barbourville | 21 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "Born to Fly" | |||
| 2004 | Maria Maldonado[35] | Lexington | 22 | Miss Heart of the South | Vocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime | Non-finalist Interview Award[36] | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 1999[37] | |
| 2003 | MacKenzie Mayes | 23 | Miss Monticello | Vocal, "I Surrender" | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Previously National Sweetheart 2000 | ||
| 2002 | Mary Catherine Correll | Somerset | 21 | Miss Maysville Area | Vocal, "The Prayer" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Quality of Life Finalist | Daughter of Miss Kentucky USA 1975 and Miss Wyoming 1976, Carol June Wallace[citation needed] | |
| 2001 | Monica Lutrece Hardin[38] | Louisville | 20 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz | First Miss Kentucky Teen, crowned in 1998[39] | ||
| 2000 | Whitney Renee Boyles | Louisville | 22 | Miss Northern Kentucky | Vocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
| 1999 | Shanna Kari Moore | Marion | Miss Jeffersontown | Classical Piano | Did not compete; later assumed the title after French won Miss America 2000 | |||
| 4th runner-up (1998) & 3rd runner-up (1999) at National Sweetheart pageants[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Heather French | Maysville | 24 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Chera-Lyn Cook | London | 21 | Miss Lexington | Vocal, "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1997 |
| 1997 | Lori Menshouse | Ashland | 24 | Miss Ashland Area | Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" by Chopin | Later Miss Kentucky USA 1999 | ||
| 1996 | Veronica Marie Duka | Campbellsville | 19 | Miss Campbellsville | Vocal, "Somewhere" | Top 10 | ||
| 1995 | Kristie Dawn Hicks | Bardstown | 23 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "Stormy Weather" | Konica Visual Arts Scholarship | Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1989 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1989 pageant | |
| 1994 | Laura Sue Humphress | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | Classical Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" by Aram Khachaturian | |||
| 1993 | Tonya Dee Virgin | Oldtown | 24 | Miss East Kentucky | Country Vocal, "If I Could Only Be Like You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Tawnya Dawn Mullins | Kimper | 25 | Miss Heart of Kentucky | Contemporary Clogging, "Banjo Fantasy" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1991 | Sheri Lynn Plambeck | Lexington | 23 | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | Tap Dance, "The Joint Is Jumpin'" | |||
| 1990 | Nancy Cox | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Popular Vocal, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | |||
| 1989 | Melanie-Lynn Glasscock | Leitchfield | 21 | Miss Green River Valley | Baton Twirling, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | |||
| 1988 | Mikka Lynn Darby | Salyersville | 19 | Miss East Kentucky | Middle Eastern Dance | |||
| 1987 | Elizabeth Gray McDowell | Prospect | 21 | Miss Jefferson County | Semi-classical Vocal, "Falling in Love with Love" | |||
| 1986 | Melinda Katharine Cumberledge | Lexington | 23 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Semi-classical Vocal, "Till There Was You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Laurie Janine Keller | Nippa | 21 | Miss Floyd County | Vocal / Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | Top 10 | Miss America Gillette Show Troupe. Laurie Janine Keller died at age 46 in her sleep at home in Ohio in October 2009. | |
| 1984 | Kelly Lin Brumagen | Lexington | 22 | Miss Fayette County | Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria | Top 10 | Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1983 | Lynn Whitney Thompson | 24 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Popular Vocal, "Yesterday When I Was Young" | Top 10 | |||
| 1982 | Gwendolyn Suzanne Witten | Vine Grove | 23 | Miss Louisville | Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1981 | Sheri Colleen Copeland | Benton | 20 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Popular Vocal, "Out Here On My Own" from Fame | |||
| 1980 | Daphne Jean Cochran | Louisville | 21 | Miss Fairdale | Popular Vocal, "Bridges" | |||
| 1979 | Kathryn Parker | Wilmore | 21 | Miss Lexington | Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" | |||
| 1978 | Marcia Malone Bell | Lexington | 21 | Miss Lake Cumberland | Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Top 10 | Aunt (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel[citation needed] | |
| 1977 | Karen Gordon | Benton | 21 | Miss Murray State University | Chalk Drawing with Narration | |||
| 1976 | Victoria Jane Harned | Leitchfield | 21 | Miss Lake Cumberland | Popular Vocal, "Send In the Clowns" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Marsha Ann Griffith | Greenup | 22 | Miss Ashland Area | Vocal / Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Darlene Compton | Louisville | 25 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1973 | Lyda Lewis | Louisville | 24 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" | First Black Miss Kentucky | ||
| 1972 | Diana Moore | Pikeville | N/A | Successor to crown when Walters resigned | ||||
| Carolyn Walters | Louisville | 19 | Miss University of Louisville | Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Represented Kentucky at Miss America 1973 pageant, but resigned soon after[40] | |||
| 1971 | Robbie Lynn Halcomb | Scottsville | 19 | Miss Jeffersontown | Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 pageant[citation needed] | ||
| 1970 | Cynthia Anne Bostick | Owensboro | 18 | Miss Owensboro | Vocal, "Life Is a One Way Street" | Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns[41] Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023, in Racine, Wisconsin. | ||
| 1969 | Louisa Ann Flook | Richmond | 20 | Miss Richmond | Dramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan | |||
| 1968 | Janet Sue Hatfield | Jeffersontown | 18 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "I'm Glad There Is You" | |||
| 1967 | Jo-Anne Clark | Louisville | 19 | Vocal / Guitar, "Unchained Melody" | ||||
| 1966 | Janie Olmstead | New Castle | 22 | Miss New Castle | Modern Ballet Dance, "Peter Gunn Theme" | |||
| 1965 | Rebecca Tollivar Snyder | Owensboro | 20 | Miss Lexington | Dramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx" | |||
| 1964 | Linda Lenora Sawyer | Louisville | 21 | Miss Louisville | Vocal & Speech, "Stephen Foster Medley" | Top 10 | Older sister of newscaster, Diane Sawyer[citation needed] | |
| 1963 | Nell Garnett Owen | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green | Fashion Design | Former mayor of Prospect, Kentucky[citation needed] | |||
| 1962 | Nanci Rosalind Bowling | Campbellsville | 21 | Miss Harlan | Piano | |||
| 1961 | Lee Willis Grigsby | Bardstown | 18 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Summertime" | |||
| 1960 | Alice Chumbley | Jamestown | 21 | Miss Bowling Green | Dramatic Monologue from The Country Girl | |||
| 1959 | Carol Fairchild Brown | Whitesburg | 19 | Miss Eastern State Teacher's College | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1958 | Sandra Sue Smith | Harlan | Pantomime / Dance, "Tweedle Dee" | |||||
| 1957 | Jane Marvin Brock | Liberty | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1956 | Janene Carole Simpson | Louisville | Piano | |||||
| 1955 | Ann Shirley Gillock | Carrollton | Organ | |||||
| 1954 | Margaret Diane Hunt | Lexington | Dance | |||||
| 1953 | Emily "Tucky" Rucker | Berea | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Joy Williams | Lexington | Dance | |||||
| 1951 | Dottye Nuckols | Bowling Green | Vocal | |||||
| 1950 | Mary Louise Osborne | Wheelwright | Drama | |||||
| 1949 | Betty Joanne Haverstock | Louisville | Miss Louisville | |||||
| 1948 | Mildred Joanne Hollinger | |||||||
| 1947 | Evelyn L. Murray | Louisville | Miss Kentucky | Samba | Top 15 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |
| Margaret Allen Hill | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Vocal / Piano, "It Had to Be You" | |||||
| 1946 | Mary Madonna Smith | Jenkins | Miss Kentucky | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Patricia Alden Fenton | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Artistic Exhibition & Sketch | Top 16 | ||||
| 1945 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[42][43][44][45] | |||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||
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| 1941 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Top 15 | |||||
| 1940 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Miss Kentucky | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Violet Owen | Miss Western Kentucky | |||||||
| 1939 | Louise Holman | Pineville | Miss Kentucky | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant Dorothy Slatten was the original winner but was disqualified due to being underage[46] | ||||
| Mattigene Palmore | Lexington | Miss Lexington | ||||||
| 1938 | Evelyn Cooper | Somerset | Vocal, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | |||||
| 1937 | Audrey Catherine Flaig | Bellevue | ||||||
| 1936 | Charlet Bernice Hiteman | Newport | Miss Kentucky | Top 15 | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| Jean Margaret Megerle | Fort Thomas | 19 | Miss Blue Grass | Top 15 | ||||
| 1935 | Jean Margaret Megerle | Fort Thomas | 18 | Miss Kentucky | Vocal / Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1934 | No national pageant was held[47] | |||||||
| 1933 | Lucille Rader | Berea | 14 | Top 18 | Lucille Rader Cyrus died at age 88 in Florida on February 16, 2016. | |||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[47] | |||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 1929 | ||||||||
| 1928 | ||||||||
| 1927 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[48] | |||||||
| 1926 | Gladys Imogene King | Louisville | Miss Louisville | N/A[49] | Competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| 1925 | Mary Madeline O'Laughlin | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Top 15 | Competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| 1924 | Juanita Hobbs | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Kathleen McElroy | Miss Paducah | |||||||
| 1923 | Juanita Hobbs[50] | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| 1922 | Dorothy Heick[51] | |||||||
| 1921 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[52] | |||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
References
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- ^ a b "Photo Gallery: 2018 National Sweetheart Pageant". Hoopeston Chronicle. September 3, 2018.
- ^ Ward, Karla (June 30, 2018). "Katie Bouchard crowned Miss Kentucky 2018". Lexington Herald-Leader.
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...talent contest that was established in 1935.
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External links
[edit]| Formation | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Louisville |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | www.misskentucky.org |
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant.
Only once has a Miss Kentucky won the Miss America crown, in 1999 when Heather French Henry of Maysville, Kentucky earned the national Miss America 2000 title. Additionally, Venus Ramey, a native of Somerset, Kentucky, was named Miss America of 1944 while competing as Miss Washington, DC.
Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable:
- Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date.
- Mallory Ervin, Miss Kentucky 2010, is most well known for her appearance on the American television show, The Amazing Race.[1]
- Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2011, was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer.[2]
Chapel Tinius of Bowling Green was crowned Miss Kentucky 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
Gallery of past titleholders
- Mallory Ervin,
Miss Kentucky 2009 - Clark Davis,
Miss Kentucky 2015
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Heather French (2000)
- 2nd runners-up: Jean Megerle (1935)
- 3rd runners-up: Darlene Compton (1975), Mallory Hudson (2024)
- 4th runners-up: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Chera-Lyn Cook (1999), Whitney Renee Boyles (2001), Mallory Ervin (2010)
- Top 10: Linda Sawyer (1965), Marcia Malone Bell (1978), Gwendolyn Suzanne Witten (1983), Lynn Whitney Thompson (1984), Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Laurie Janine Keller (1986), Tawnya Dawn Mullins (1993), Veronica Marie Duka (1997), Djuan Trent (2011)
- Top 11: Ariana Rodriguez (2025)
- Top 12: Emily Cox (2009), Ramsey Carpenter (2015), Laura Jones (2017)
- Top 15: Mary Madeline O'Laughlin (1925), Jean Megerle* (1936), Charlet Hiteman (1936), Dorothy Slatten (1941), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Jessica Casebolt (2013), Jenna Day (2014)
- Top 16: Patricia Alden Fenton** (1946)
- Top 18: Lucille Rader (1933)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Tawnya Mullins (1993), Heather French (2000), Whitney Renee Boyles (2001)
- Preliminary Talent: Darlene Compton (1975), Gwendolyn Witten (1983), Chera-Lyn Cook (1999), Ramsey Carpenter (2015)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Jane Brock (1958), Marsha Griffith (1976), Victoria Harned (1977), Melinda Cumberledge (1987), Tonya Virgin (1994), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
- Non-finalist Interview: Maria Maldonado (2005)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Hannah Edelen (2022)
- America's Choice: Laura Katherine Jones (2017)
- Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Mary Catherine Correll (2003)
- Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalists: Hannah Edelen (2022)
- Konica Visual Arts Scholarship: Kristie Hicks (1996)
- Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Ramsey Carpenter (2015)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Emily Cox (2009), Ann Blair Thornton (2012)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Heather French (2000), MacKenzie Mayes (2004)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Whitney Boyles (2001), Mary Catherine Correll (2003), Mallory Ervin (2010)
- STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Molly Matney (2018)
- Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Alex Francke (2020)
* Competed as Miss Blue Grass
** Competed as Miss Louisville
Winners
- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ariana Rodriguez | Bardstown | 20 | Miss Bardstown | Vocal | Top 11 | ||
| 2024 | Chapel Tinius | Bowling Green | 24 | Miss My Old Kentucky Home | Violin | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2016 Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Kentucky 2018 | ||
| 2023 | Mallory Hudson | Bowling Green | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal, "I Who Have Nothing" | 3rd Runner-Up | ||
| 2022 | Hannah M. Edelen | Springfield | 24 | Miss Heart of Central Kentucky | Clogging, “Banjo Fantasy” | Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2021 | Haley Wheeler[3] | Clay City | 23 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal | |||
| 2019–20[a] | Alex Francke[6] | Lexington | 22 | Miss Central Kentucky | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" | Women in Business Scholarship Award[7] | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2014[8] Previously Miss Kentucky Sweetheart 2018[9] 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant[9] | |
| 2018 | Katie Michelle Bouchard[10] | Owensboro | 22 | Miss Jefferson County | Clogging, "Soul Man" | |||
| 2017 | Molly Matney[11] | Center | 20 | Miss Mammoth Cave Area | Vocal, "He Taught Me to Yodel" | STEM Scholarship Award[12] | ||
| 2016 | Laura Jones[13] | Fisherville | 23 | Miss Danville | Violin | Top 12[14] | America's Choice | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2010[15] Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011 pageant[16] |
| 2015 | Clark Davis[17] | Lexington | 17 | Miss Horse Capital | Cappella Vocal, "Summertime" | |||
| 2014 | Ramsey Carpenter[18][19] | Hartford | 23 | Miss My Old Kentucky Home | Fiddle, "Sally Goodin" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 12 | Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award Preliminary Talent Award | In December 2018, she was arrested for allegedly sending nude photos of herself via Snapchat to an underage student[20] Charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors and was released on $10,000 bail[20][21] |
| 2013 | Jenna Day[22] | Louisville | 21 | Miss Berea Area | Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved" | Top 15 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant[citation needed] | |
| 2012 | Jessica Casebolt[23][24] | Pikeville | 19 | Miss Goldenrod | Vocal, "Superstar" | Top 15 | ||
| 2011 | Ann Blair Thornton[25][26] | Bowling Green | 21 | Miss Bowling Green | Piano, "Prelude in G Minor" | Quality of Life Award Winner | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 2007[27] 4th runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant[28] 1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed] | |
| 2010 | Djuan Trent[29] | Columbus, GA | 23 | Miss Berea Area | Vocal, "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Top 10 | Eligible to compete at Miss Kentucky as a Berea College student Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist by her fellow contestants | |
| 2009 | Mallory Ervin[30] | Morganfield | 23 | Miss Bowling Green | Vocal, "On My Own" | 4th runner-up | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Voted into the Top 15 as a "America's Choice" contestant by TV viewers Contestant on The Amazing Race (seasons 17, 18, and 24) |
| 2008 | Emily Ann Cox[31] | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Classical Piano, "Impromptu in C Sharp Minor" by Hugo Reinhold | Top 12 | Quality of Life Award Winner[32] | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2007 | Kaitlynne Postel[33] | Lexington | 20 | Miss Monticello | Vocal, "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde | Kaitlynne Dorothy Postel performed "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde: The Musical, in which her cousin and close friend Laura Bell Bundy was the star. | Daughter of Miss Maryland 1982, Lynne Carol Graham[33] Niece (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 1978, Marcia Malone Bell[citation needed] | |
| 2006 | Rachelle Nicole Phillips[citation needed] | Princeton | 24 | Miss Heartland | Vocal, "Cry Me a River" | |||
| 2005 | Kerri Katelyn Mitchell[34] | Barbourville | 21 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "Born to Fly" | |||
| 2004 | Maria Maldonado[35] | Lexington | 22 | Miss Heart of the South | Vocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime | Non-finalist Interview Award[36] | Previously Miss Kentucky's Outstanding Teen 1999[37] | |
| 2003 | MacKenzie Mayes | 23 | Miss Monticello | Vocal, "I Surrender" | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Previously National Sweetheart 2000 | ||
| 2002 | Mary Catherine Correll | Somerset | 21 | Miss Maysville Area | Vocal, "The Prayer" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Quality of Life Finalist | Daughter of Miss Kentucky USA 1975 and Miss Wyoming 1976, Carol June Wallace[citation needed] | |
| 2001 | Monica Lutrece Hardin[38] | Louisville | 20 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz | First Miss Kentucky Teen, crowned in 1998[39] | ||
| 2000 | Whitney Renee Boyles | Louisville | 22 | Miss Northern Kentucky | Vocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
| 1999 | Shanna Kari Moore | Marion | Miss Jeffersontown | Classical Piano | Did not compete; later assumed the title after French won Miss America 2000 | |||
| 4th runner-up (1998) & 3rd runner-up (1999) at National Sweetheart pageants[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Heather French | Maysville | 24 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Chera-Lyn Cook | London | 21 | Miss Lexington | Vocal, "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1997 |
| 1997 | Lori Menshouse | Ashland | 24 | Miss Ashland Area | Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" by Chopin | Later Miss Kentucky USA 1999 | ||
| 1996 | Veronica Marie Duka | Campbellsville | 19 | Miss Campbellsville | Vocal, "Somewhere" | Top 10 | ||
| 1995 | Kristie Dawn Hicks | Bardstown | 23 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "Stormy Weather" | Konica Visual Arts Scholarship | Previously Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1989 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1989 pageant | |
| 1994 | Laura Sue Humphress | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | Classical Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" by Aram Khachaturian | |||
| 1993 | Tonya Dee Virgin | Oldtown | 24 | Miss East Kentucky | Country Vocal, "If I Could Only Be Like You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Tawnya Dawn Mullins | Kimper | 25 | Miss Heart of Kentucky | Contemporary Clogging, "Banjo Fantasy" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1991 | Sheri Lynn Plambeck | Lexington | 23 | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | Tap Dance, "The Joint Is Jumpin'" | |||
| 1990 | Nancy Cox | Campbellsville | 22 | Miss Bowling Green | Popular Vocal, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | |||
| 1989 | Melanie-Lynn Glasscock | Leitchfield | 21 | Miss Green River Valley | Baton Twirling, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | |||
| 1988 | Mikka Lynn Darby | Salyersville | 19 | Miss East Kentucky | Middle Eastern Dance | |||
| 1987 | Elizabeth Gray McDowell | Prospect | 21 | Miss Jefferson County | Semi-classical Vocal, "Falling in Love with Love" | |||
| 1986 | Melinda Katharine Cumberledge | Lexington | 23 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Semi-classical Vocal, "Till There Was You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Laurie Janine Keller | Nippa | 21 | Miss Floyd County | Vocal / Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | Top 10 | Miss America Gillette Show Troupe. Laurie Janine Keller died at age 46 in her sleep at home in Ohio in October 2009. | |
| 1984 | Kelly Lin Brumagen | Lexington | 22 | Miss Fayette County | Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria | Top 10 | Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
| 1983 | Lynn Whitney Thompson | 24 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Popular Vocal, "Yesterday When I Was Young" | Top 10 | |||
| 1982 | Gwendolyn Suzanne Witten | Vine Grove | 23 | Miss Louisville | Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is my Beloved" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1981 | Sheri Colleen Copeland | Benton | 20 | Miss Bluegrass Area | Popular Vocal, "Out Here On My Own" from Fame | |||
| 1980 | Daphne Jean Cochran | Louisville | 21 | Miss Fairdale | Popular Vocal, "Bridges" | |||
| 1979 | Kathryn Parker | Wilmore | 21 | Miss Lexington | Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" | |||
| 1978 | Marcia Malone Bell | Lexington | 21 | Miss Lake Cumberland | Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Top 10 | Aunt (by marriage) of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel[citation needed] | |
| 1977 | Karen Gordon | Benton | 21 | Miss Murray State University | Chalk Drawing with Narration | |||
| 1976 | Victoria Jane Harned | Leitchfield | 21 | Miss Lake Cumberland | Popular Vocal, "Send In the Clowns" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Marsha Ann Griffith | Greenup | 22 | Miss Ashland Area | Vocal / Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Darlene Compton | Louisville | 25 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1973 | Lyda Lewis | Louisville | 24 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" | First Black Miss Kentucky | ||
| 1972 | Diana Moore | Pikeville | N/A | Successor to crown when Walters resigned | ||||
| Carolyn Walters | Louisville | 19 | Miss University of Louisville | Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Represented Kentucky at Miss America 1973 pageant, but resigned soon after[40] | |||
| 1971 | Robbie Lynn Halcomb | Scottsville | 19 | Miss Jeffersontown | Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 pageant[citation needed] | ||
| 1970 | Cynthia Anne Bostick | Owensboro | 18 | Miss Owensboro | Vocal, "Life Is a One Way Street" | Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns[41] Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023, in Racine, Wisconsin. | ||
| 1969 | Louisa Ann Flook | Richmond | 20 | Miss Richmond | Dramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan | |||
| 1968 | Janet Sue Hatfield | Jeffersontown | 18 | Miss Jeffersontown | Vocal, "I'm Glad There Is You" | |||
| 1967 | Jo-Anne Clark | Louisville | 19 | Vocal / Guitar, "Unchained Melody" | ||||
| 1966 | Janie Olmstead | New Castle | 22 | Miss New Castle | Modern Ballet Dance, "Peter Gunn Theme" | |||
| 1965 | Rebecca Tollivar Snyder | Owensboro | 20 | Miss Lexington | Dramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx" | |||
| 1964 | Linda Lenora Sawyer | Louisville | 21 | Miss Louisville | Vocal & Speech, "Stephen Foster Medley" | Top 10 | Older sister of newscaster, Diane Sawyer[citation needed] | |
| 1963 | Nell Garnett Owen | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green | Fashion Design | Former mayor of Prospect, Kentucky[citation needed] | |||
| 1962 | Nanci Rosalind Bowling | Campbellsville | 21 | Miss Harlan | Piano | |||
| 1961 | Lee Willis Grigsby | Bardstown | 18 | Miss Louisville | Vocal, "Summertime" | |||
| 1960 | Alice Chumbley | Jamestown | 21 | Miss Bowling Green | Dramatic Monologue from The Country Girl | |||
| 1959 | Carol Fairchild Brown | Whitesburg | 19 | Miss Eastern State Teacher's College | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1958 | Sandra Sue Smith | Harlan | Pantomime / Dance, "Tweedle Dee" | |||||
| 1957 | Jane Marvin Brock | Liberty | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1956 | Janene Carole Simpson | Louisville | Piano | |||||
| 1955 | Ann Shirley Gillock | Carrollton | Organ | |||||
| 1954 | Margaret Diane Hunt | Lexington | Dance | |||||
| 1953 | Emily "Tucky" Rucker | Berea | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Joy Williams | Lexington | Dance | |||||
| 1951 | Dottye Nuckols | Bowling Green | Vocal | |||||
| 1950 | Mary Louise Osborne | Wheelwright | Drama | |||||
| 1949 | Betty Joanne Haverstock | Louisville | Miss Louisville | |||||
| 1948 | Mildred Joanne Hollinger | |||||||
| 1947 | Evelyn L. Murray | Louisville | Miss Kentucky | Samba | Top 15 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |
| Margaret Allen Hill | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Vocal / Piano, "It Had to Be You" | |||||
| 1946 | Mary Madonna Smith | Jenkins | Miss Kentucky | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Patricia Alden Fenton | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Artistic Exhibition & Sketch | Top 16 | ||||
| 1945 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[42][43][44][45] | |||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||
| 1943 | ||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||
| 1941 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Top 15 | |||||
| 1940 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Miss Kentucky | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Violet Owen | Miss Western Kentucky | |||||||
| 1939 | Louise Holman | Pineville | Miss Kentucky | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant Dorothy Slatten was the original winner but was disqualified due to being underage[46] | ||||
| Mattigene Palmore | Lexington | Miss Lexington | ||||||
| 1938 | Evelyn Cooper | Somerset | Vocal, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | |||||
| 1937 | Audrey Catherine Flaig | Bellevue | ||||||
| 1936 | Charlet Bernice Hiteman | Newport | Miss Kentucky | Top 15 | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| Jean Margaret Megerle | Fort Thomas | 19 | Miss Blue Grass | Top 15 | ||||
| 1935 | Jean Margaret Megerle | Fort Thomas | 18 | Miss Kentucky | Vocal / Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1934 | No national pageant was held[47] | |||||||
| 1933 | Lucille Rader | Berea | 14 | Top 18 | Lucille Rader Cyrus died at age 88 in Florida on February 16, 2016. | |||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[47] | |||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 1929 | ||||||||
| 1928 | ||||||||
| 1927 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[48] | |||||||
| 1926 | Gladys Imogene King | Louisville | Miss Louisville | N/A[49] | Competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| 1925 | Mary Madeline O'Laughlin | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Top 15 | Competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| 1924 | Juanita Hobbs | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Multiple Kentucky representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Kathleen McElroy | Miss Paducah | |||||||
| 1923 | Juanita Hobbs[50] | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| 1922 | Dorothy Heick[51] | |||||||
| 1921 | No Kentucky representative at Miss America pageant[52] | |||||||
Notes
- ^ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
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External links
- Official website