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Miss America pageant winners

The Miss America pageant is one of the oldest beauty pageants in the United States. Actress Vanessa Williams is one of the more famous Miss Americas, and was the center of a Miss America controversy in 1984. Following is a list of pageant winners.

Margaret Gorman - 1921 Mary Campbell - 1922 Mary Campbell - 1923 Ruth Malcomson - 1924 Fay Lanphier - 1925 Norma Smallwood - 1926 Lois Delander - 1927 Marian Bergeron - 1933 Henrietta Leaver - 1935 Rose Coyle - 1936 Bette Cooper - 1937 Marilyn Meseke - 1938 Patricia Donnelly - 1939 Frances Marie Burke - 1940 Rosemary Laplanche - 1941 Jo-Carroll Dennison - 1942 Jean Bartel - 1943 Venus Ramey - 1944 Bess Myerson - 1945 Marilyn Buferd - 1946 Barbara Jo Walker - 1947 Bebe Shopp - 1948 Jacque Mercer - 1949 Yolande Betbeze - 1951 Colleen Kay Hutchins - 1952 Neva Jane Langley - 1953 Evelyn Margaret Ay - 1954 Lee Meriwether - 1955 Sharon Ritchie - 1956 Marian Mcknight - 1957 Marilyn Van Derbur - 1958 Mary Ann Mobley - 1959 Lynda Lee Mead - 1960 Nancy Fleming - 1961 Maria Fletcher - 1962 Jacquelyn Mayer - 1963 Donna Axum - 1964 Vonda Kay Van Dyke - 1965 Deborah Irene Bryant - 1966 Jane Anne Jayroe - 1967 Debra Dene Barnes - 1968

Judith Anne Ford - 1969 Pamela Anne Eldred - 1970 Phyllis Ann George - 1971 Laurie Lea Schaefer - 1972 Terry Anne Meeuwsen - 1973 Rebecca Ann King - 1974 Shirley Cothran - 1975 Tawny Elaine Godin - 1976 Dorothy Kathleen Benham - 1977 Susan Perkins - 1978 Kylene Barker - 1979 Cheryl Prewitt - 1980 Susan Powell - 1981 Elizabeth Ward - 1982 Debra Maffett - 1983 Vanessa L. Williams - 1984 Suzette Charles - 1984 Sharlene Wells - 1985 Susan Akin - 1986 Kellye Cash - 1987 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko - 1988 Gretchen Carlson - 1989 Debbye Turner - 1990 Marjorie Judith Vincent - 1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp - 1992 Leanza Cornett - 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken - 1994 Heather Whitestone - 1995 Shawntel Smith - 1996 Tara Dawn Holland - 1997 Katherine Shindle - 1998 Nicole Johnson - 1999 Heather French - 2000 Angela Perez Baraquio - 2001 Katie Harman - 2002 Erika Harold - 2003 Ericka Dunlap - 2004 Deidre Downs - 2005 Jennifer Berry - 2006 Lauren Nelson - 2007 Kirsten Haglund - 2008

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