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Revision as of 17:42, 7 January 2008
- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Kentucky USA
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kaitlynne Postel | Lexington | Miss Monticello | Mother was Miss Maryland 1982; Aunt was Marcia Malone Bell, Miss Kentucky 1978 | ||
| 2006 | Rachelle Phillips | Princeton | Miss Heartland | |||
| 2005 | Kerri Mitchell | Barbourville | Miss Jeffersontown | |||
| 2004 | Maria Maldonado | Lexington | Miss Heart of the South | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 2003 | MacKenzie Mayes | Lexington | Miss Monticello | 1st runner-up Quality of Life award; Non-finalist Talent | Former National Sweetheart winner 2000, Former Kentucky's Junior Miss 1998 | |
| 2002 | Mary Catherine Correll | Somerset | Miss Maysville Area | Quality of Life Award Finalist, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | Mother was Miss Wyoming 1976 and Miss Kentucky USA 1975 | |
| 2001 | Monica Hardin | Louisville | Miss Jeffersontown | |||
| 2000 | Whitney Boyles | Louisville | Miss Jeffersontown | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Award Finalist | |
| 1999 | Shanna Kari Moore ¹ | Marion | Miss Jeffersontown | |||
| Heather French | Maysville | Miss Louisville | Winner | Quality of Life 1st runner-up; Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1998 | Chera-Lyn Cook | London | Miss Lexington | 4th-Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Former National Sweetheart winner 1997
National All American Teen 1992 |
| 1997 | Lori Menshouse | Ashland | Miss Ashland Area | Future Miss Kentucky USA 1999 | ||
| 1996 | Veronica Duka | Campbellsville | Miss Campbellsville | Top 10 Semifinalist | ||
| 1995 | Kristie Hicks | Bardstown | Miss Jeffersontown | Konica Visual Arts Scholarship | Former Miss Kentucky Teen USA 1989, 1st Runner-Up to Miss Teen USA | |
| 1994 | Laura Sue Humphress | Campbellsville | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | |||
| 1993 | Tonya Virgin | Oldtown | Miss East Kentucky | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
| 1992 | Tawnya Mullins | Kimper | Miss Heart of Kentucky | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1991 | Sheri Plambeck | Lexington | Miss Heart of the Bluegrass | |||
| 1990 | Nancy Cox | Campbellsville | Miss Bowling Green | |||
| 1989 | Melanie Glasscock | Leitchfield | Miss Green River Valley | Was also Kentucky's Junior Miss in 1986 | ||
| 1988 | Mikka Darby | Salyersville | Miss East Kentucky | |||
| 1987 | Elizabeth McDowell | Prospect | Miss Jefferson County | |||
| 1986 | Melinda Cumberledge | Lexington | Miss Bluegrass Area | Non-Finalist Talent | ||
| 1985 | Laurie Janine Keller | Nippa | Miss Floyd County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe | |
| 1984 | Kelly Lin Brumagen | Lexington | Miss Fayette County | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | |
| 1983 | Lynn Thompson | Lexington | Miss Bluegrass Area | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1982 | Gwendolyn Whitten | Vine Grove | Miss Louisville | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1981 | Sheri Copeland | Benton | Miss Bluegrass Area | |||
| 1980 | Daphne Cochran | Louisville | Miss Fairdale | |||
| 1979 | Kathryn Parker | Wilmore | Miss Lexington | |||
| 1978 | Marcia Bell | Lexington | Miss Lake Cumberland | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1977 | Karen Gordon | Benton | Miss Murray State University | |||
| 1976 | Victoria Harned | Leitchfield | Miss Lake Cumberland | Nonfinalist Talent Award | Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1975 | Marsha Griffith | Greenup | Miss Ashland Area | Nonfinalist Talent Award | Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1974 | Darlene Compton | Louisville | Miss Louisville | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1973 | Lyda Lewis | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Participated in Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1972 | Diana Moore | Louisville | *Carolyn Walters of Louisville won Miss Kentucky 1972 as Miss University of Louisville and represented Kentucky in the Miss America Pageant but was later relieved of her duties | |||
| 1971 | Robbie Halcomb | Scottsville | Miss Jeffersontown | |||
| 1970 | Cynthia Bostick | Owensboro | Miss Owensboro | actress, has appeared on As the World Turns | ||
| 1969 | Louisa Flook | Richmond | Miss Richmond | |||
| 1968 | Janet Hatfield | Jeffersontown | Miss Jeffersontown | Participated in Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1967 | Jo-Anne Clark | Louisville | Miss Jeffersontown | |||
| 1966 | Janie Olmstead | New Castle | Miss New Castle | Top Ten Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1965 | Rebecca Snyder | Owensboro | Miss Lexington | |||
| 1964 | Linda Sawyer | Louisville | Miss Louisville | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Was also Kentucky's Junior Miss in 1961 and 1st runner-up to America's Junior Miss, older sister of newscaster Diane Sawyer | |
| 1963 | Nell Owen | Bowling Green | Miss Bowling Green | Former mayor of Prospect, Kentucky | ||
| 1962 | Nanci Bowling | Campbellsville | Miss Harlan | |||
| 1961 | Lee Grigsby | Bardstown | Miss Louisville | |||
| 1960 | Alice Chumbley | Jamestown | Miss Bowling Green | |||
| 1959 | Carol Brown | Whitesburg | Miss Eastern State Teacher's College | |||
| 1958 | Sandra Smith | Harlan | ||||
| 1957 | Jane Brock | Liberty | Non-Finalist Talent | |||
| 1956 | Janene Simpson | Louisville | ||||
| 1955 | Ann Gillock | Carrollton | ||||
| 1954 | Margaret Diane Hunt | Lexington | ||||
| 1953 | Emily Rucker | Berea | ||||
| 1952 | Joy Williams | Louisville | ||||
| 1951 | Dottye Nuckols | Bowling Green | ||||
| 1950 | Mary Osborne | Wheelwright | ||||
| 1949 | Betty Haverstock | Louisville | ||||
| 1948 | Mildred Joanne Hollinger | Louisville | ||||
| 1947 | Evelyn Murray | Louisville | Top 10 Semi-finalist | |||
| 1946 | Mary Madonna Smith | Jenkins | ||||
| 1941 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1940 | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1939 | Louise Holman | Pineville | ||||
| 1938 | Evelyn Cooper | Mt. Healthy | ||||
| 1937 | Aubrey Flaig | Bellevue | ||||
| 1936 | Charlet Hiteman | Newport | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1935 | Jean Megerle | Fort Thomas | 2nd runner-up |
- Notes
- ¹ Shanna Moore assumed the duties of Miss Kentucky when Heather French was named Miss America.