- Miss Florida
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Florida USA.
Kylie Williams, Miss Florida 2007
Jenna Edwards, Miss Florida 2004
Nancy Stafford, Miss Florida 1976
Delta Burke, Miss Florida 1974
Ann Gloria Daniel, Miss Florida 1954The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Kristina Janolo[1] Kissimmee 24 Miss Winter Park Vocal Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 2010 Jaclyn Raulerson[2] Plant City 19 Miss Largo Vocal "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Quality of Life Finalist 2009 Rachael Todd[3] Oviedo 22 Miss Suncoast Irish Step Dance "Riverdance" 2008 Sierra Minott[4] Fort Myers 20 Miss Palm Beach County Theater Style Dance "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town 4th Runner Up at Miss America 2009 Previously Miss Florida Outstanding Teen 2005; 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005 2007 Kylie Williams[5] Tallahassee 24 Miss Tallahassee Country Vocal "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" Top 16 at Miss America 2008 2006 Allison Kreiger Miami 23 Miss Miami Dance/Twirl "I Will Live For Love" 2005 Mari Wilensky Jacksonville 21 Miss University of Florida Vocal "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Top 10 at Miss America 2006 Assumed the crown; Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 Candace Cragg Jacksonville Miss Jacksonville Relinquished the title; Previously Miss Florida Teen America 2001, and 2nd runner up in Miss Teen America 2001 2004 Jenna Edwards Miami 23 Miss Winter Park Popular Vocal "Solitaire" Preliminary Swimsuit Award;Finalist for Quality of Life Award Later Miss Florida USA 2007, Miss Oktoberfest 2000 as Miss Mississippi, Miss Teen All American 1999 as Miss Mississippi 2003 Shauna Pender* Miss St. Petersburg 1st runner-up to Miss Florida 2003; Assumed title when Ericka Dunlap won Miss America title; Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 Ericka Dunlap Orlando 21 Miss City Beautiful Vocal "If I Could" Winner - Miss America 2004 Finals Evening Gown Award; Finalist Talent Award; First African - American to win the title of Miss Florida 2002 Katherine Carson Sarasota 20 Miss Largo Vocal "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie 2001 Kelly Gaudet Miami 22 Miss Largo Lyrical Dance "It's Time" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Evening Gown Award Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 1996; 4th runner up to National Sweetheart 1999 2000 Candace Rodatz Orange Park 24 Miss First Coast Baton "Sing, Sing, Sing" 1999 Kelli Meierhenry Orlando 24 Miss University of Central Florida Vocal "What Will I Tell My Heart?" 1998 Lissette Gonzalez Miami 22 Miss Miami Vocal "All That Jazz" 2nd Runner up Bernie Wayne Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1997 Christy Neuman Jacksonville 20 Miss University of North Florida Rhythmic Gymnastics Dance "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1996 Jamie Bolding Lakeland 22 Miss Mount Dora Lyrical Ballet "Can You Read My Mind" Non-Finalist Talent Award, Nonfinalist Interview Award 1995 Kristin Ludecke Eustis 19 Miss Central Florida Classical Vocal "O Luce di Quest'anima" from Linda di Chamounix Later Miss Florida USA 2000 1994 Megan Welch DeLand 20 Miss Mount Dora Classical Vocal Non Finalist Interview Award Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1993 1993 Nicole Padgett Fort Myers 21 Miss Tampa Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover 1992 Melinda Miller* Miss Altamonte Springs Leanza Cornett Jacksonville 21 Miss Winter Park Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde Winner - Miss America 1993 Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1991 1991 Mary Ann Olson Sarasota 24 Miss Manatee County Vocal "Where the Boys Are" Non-finalist Talent Award 1990 Dana Rinehart Dalton Orlando 23 Miss Orlando Dramatic Vocal "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1989 Sandra Joanne Frick Hialeah 23 Miss Coral Springs Character Ballet en Pointe "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1988 Melissa Aggeles St. Petersburg 24 Miss Manatee County Vocal / Dance "Show Stopper" Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1987 1987 Jennifer Anne Sauder Homestead 22 Miss Homestead Semi-Classical Vocal "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio Top 10 Semi-finalist 1986 Molly Pesce Longwood 23 Miss Seminole County Vocal Medley from Cabaret Non-finalist Talent Award 1985 Monica Farrell Jacksonville 21 Miss Jacksonville University Classical Piano "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff Non-finalist Talent Award Later Miss Florida USA 1988 (3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988); Sister of Miss New York 1984 and Miss Illinois 1992 1984 Lisa Valdez Bradenton 21 Miss Manatee County Vocal Medley "Through the Eyes of Love" 1983 Kim Boyce Bradenton 22 Miss Manatee County Popular Vocal "Rainbow Connection" & "Over the Rainbow" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1982 Deanna Pitman Apopka 22 Miss Sanford Lyrical Dance "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line 1981 Dean Herman Jacksonville 23 Miss Jacksonville Gymnastics Dance "They're Playing Our Song" 1980 Caroline Dungan Bradenton 21 Miss Manatee County Piano Solo "Deep Purple" 1979 Marti Sue Phillips Tampa 22 Miss Manatee County Jazz Clarinet Medley "Rhapsody In Blue" & "Begin the Beguine" 4th Runner up 1978 Wendy Sue Cheatham Bonita Springs Miss Lee County Assumed the crown after Carolyn Cline relinquished the title to continue to pursue her career as a singer & musician. Carolyn Cline Brandon 25 Miss Tampa Piano / Vocal "Love Story" 2nd Runner up Preliminary Talent Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1973 1977 Cathy La Belle Tampa 20 Miss Tampa Popular Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! 4th Runner up Preliminary Talent Award 1976 Nancy Stafford Ft. Lauderdale 22 Miss Ft. Lauderdale Piano Solo "Send In the Clowns" 1975 Ann K. Schmalzried Ft. Lauderdale 19 Miss University of Florida Classical Piano Solo "Gardens In the Rain" Top 10 Semi-finalist David B Allman Medical Scholarship 1974 Delta Burke Orlando 18 Miss Orlando Dramatic Soliloquy "Anne Boleyn" Non-finalist Talent Award 1973 Ellen Meade Bradenton 20 Miss Manatee County Ballet Roller Skating "The Black Swan" Non-finalist Talent Award 1972 Suzanne Charles Ft. Lauderdale 20 Miss Miami Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" 1971 Barbara Jo Ivey Winter Park 19 Miss Winter Park Piano "Toccata" Non-finalist Talent Award 1970 Lisa Donovan Sarasota 21 Miss Sarasota Vocal "Feeling Good Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award Featured singer at 1971 and 1973 Miss America pageants, toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1969 Lynne Edea Topping Marco Island 20 Miss Dade County Ballet "Kismet" 1968 Linda Fitts Panama City 20 Miss Panama City Charleston Dance "Twelfth Street Rag" Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1967 Dawn Lauree Cashwell Pensacola 22 Miss Pensacola Baton Twirling "Blue Tango" 4th Runner up Preliminary Talent Award Competed in the 1963 National Sweetheart Pageant representing Georgia 1966 Christine Torgeson Miss Manatee County Assumed the crown after Diane Colston relinquished the title Diane Colston Sarasota 19 Miss Sarasota Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" Top 10 1965 Carol Lynn Blum Miami Beach 21 Miss Ft. Lauderdale Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi 3rd Runner up Featured vocalist on the 1966 Miss America Pageant telecast. Previously was Florida's Junior Miss 1962 and Miss Dixie 1964. 1964 Priscilla Schnarr Hollywood 18 Miss Hollywood Vocal / Dance "Whatever Lola Wants" 1963 Flora Jo Chandonnet North Miami Miss Miami Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon 1962 Gloria Brody Jacksonville 19 Miss Duval County Interpretive Ballet "Theme from Exodus" 1961 Sherry Grimes Sarasota 18 Miss Sarasota Vocal "My Man's Gone Now" 1960 Kathy Magda Ft. Lauderdale 19 Miss Ft. Lauderdale Dramatic Monologue from Our Town 1959 Nancy Rae Purvis Bradenton 18 Miss Bradenton Dramatic Monologue 1958 Dianne Tauscher Orlando Miss Orlando Ballet "Canadian Sunset" Competed in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant 1957 Dorothy Maria Steiner Boca Raton Miss Boca Raton Dramatic Reading "Such Is Your Heritage" 4th Runner up Previously was crowned Miss Dixie in 1953 1956 Sally Fisher Miami Miss Coral Gables Vocal/Dance "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat 1955 Sandra Wirth Miami Miss Miami Fire Baton Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award 1954 Ann Gloria Daniel Dade City Miss Dade City Accordion "Lady of Spain" 1st Runner up Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1953 Marjorie Simmons Tampa Miss Tampa Dance "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" 1952 Marcia Crane Orlando Miss Gainesville Piano "Gershwin Prelude" 1951 Mary Elizabeth Godwin Gainesville Miss University of Florida Pantomime "Betty Boop" 4th Runner up 1950 Janet Ruth Crockett St. Petersburg Miss St. Petersburg Vocal & Pantomime of a Hollywood starlet "The Perils of Pauline" 2nd Runner up Assumed title when winner Corine Gustafson was disqualified for being too young 1949 Shirley Ann Rhodes Tampa Miss Tampa Vocal "Put Your Shoes On, Lacy" 1948 Rosemary Carpenter Miami Beach Miss Miami Classical Piano & Accordion "Fantasie Impromptu" & "Two Guitars" Semi-finalist 1947 Eula Ann McGehee St. Petersburg Miss St. Petersburg Magic Act Pepper Shore Miami Interpretive dance of the South Seas Semi-Finalist Preliminary Talent Award competed as Miss Miami Beach 1946 Jacquelyn Jennings Miami Miss Coral Gables Pantomime "Just a Square In a Social Circle" Top 10 Jini Boyd Miami competed as Miss Miami Beach 1945 Virginia Freeland Miami Miss Miami Fashion Show & Vocal "Rum and Coca-Cola" 3rd Runner up Evelyn Ray Crist Miami competed as Miss Miami 1944 Virginia Warlen Miami (no locals) Violin "Intermezzo" 2nd Runner up Preliminary Talent Award & Preliminary Swimsuit Award Vernell Bush Miami Vocal "It Had to Be You" Semi-Finalist competed as Miss Miami 1943 Muriel Elizabeth Smith Miami (no locals) Acro Baton 1st Runner up Dolly Esther Bowles Miami competed as Miss Miami 1942 Eileen Irma Knapp Miami (no locals) Tap Dance "Bye Bye Blues" Semi-finalist Leona Fredericks Miami Vocal "Nobody's Baby" Semi-finalist competed as Miss Miami Beach 1941 Mitzi Strother Miami Semi-finalist Anna Louise Baker Miami competed as Miss Miami 1940 Mitzi Strother Miami Semi-finalist competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant 1939 Rose Marie Magrill Miami Miss Miami[6] Tap Dance Semi-finalist[6] Underage when awarded the title[7] Irmigard Dietel Miami Vocal Medley "See You Again," "Blue Evening" & "Solitude" 4th runner-up competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant 1938 Mary Joyce Walsh Miami Miss Miami Vocal/Ballet Patricia Hollran Delray Beach Vocal "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" competed as Miss Delray Beach in the Miss America Pageant Mary Jane Thomas Fort Lauderdale competed as Miss Fort Lauderdale in the Miss America Pageant Gloria Smyley Jacksonville Acrobatic Dance 4th runner-up Preliminary Talent Award competed as Miss Jacksonville in the Miss America Pageant 1937 Mary P. Hollran Delray Beach competed as Miss Delray Beach in the Miss America Pageant Irmigard Dietel Miami Vocal 4th runner-up competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant 1936 No Miss Florida 1935 Elizabeth Hull Plant City Miss Plant City Vocal "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" Semi-finalist 1927 No Miss Florida Marie Hands competed as Miss Miami in the Miss America Pageant 1926 No Miss Florida No Florida representatives were listed as competing for Miss America this year 1925 No Miss Florida Ruth Wooddall, Miss Miami, placed as a Finalist in the pageant. Lucy D. Yonge, competed as Miss Pensacola. 1924 No Miss Florida Representing Florida were: Margaret Swindell, Miss Lakeland; Lottie Eitzen, Miss Pensacola; Virginia McRae, Miss Tampa and Frances Payne, Miss West Palm Beach. 1923 No Miss Florida Katherine Floyd competed as Miss Pensacola and placed as a semi-finalist in the pageant. Others representing Florida were: Alice Phillips, Miss Jacksonville; Mary Weaver, Miss Lakeland and Katherine Kyle, Miss Miami. 1922 Eleanor Logan Jacksonville * Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America
References
- ^ "Kissimmee woman claims Miss Florida crown". Tampa Bay Online. 2011-07-10. http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/jul/10/kissimmee-woman-claims-miss-florida-crown-ar-243077/. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "A Legacy of Crowns Continues". University of Central Florida. 2010-07-12. http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=0024004107a42ec8a01289848d7ab001151. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "UCF Alumna Rachael Todd Wins Miss Florida Pageant". University of Central Florida. 2009-07-12. http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=00240041037381429012136c33d7900460d. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Palm Beach teen wins Miss Florida; Miss Tampa runner-up". Tallahassee Democrat. 2007-07-06. http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2008/07/palm-beach-teen.html. Retrieved 2007-07-06.[dead link]
- ^ "Reigning Miss Tallahassee wins Miss Florida crown". Tallahassee Democrat. 2007-07-01. http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/NEWS01/707010322/1010/NEWS01. Retrieved 2007-07-01.[dead link]
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