Miss West Virginia
Winners

Miss West Virginia

Section Title: Winners
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Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes

2018	Madeline Collins	Charleston	23	Miss Elkins Area	Jazz Dance, "Shake Your Groove Thing"

2017	Tamia Hardy	Martinsburg	22	Miss Berkeley County	Hip Hop Dance, “BURNITUP!” by Janet Jackson	First African American woman crowned Miss West Virginia

2016	Morgan Breeden	Charles Town	21	Miss Jefferson County	Piano	Previously Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2012

2015	Chelsea Malone	Morgantown	23	Miss Wheeling	Vocal, "Over You"	Top 15

2014	Paige Madden	Moundsville	21	Miss Southern West Virginia	Vocal, "Gravity"	Non-finalist Talent Award

2013	Miranda Harrison	Charleston	19	Vocal, "Feeling Good"

2012	Kaitlin Gates	Bridgeport	20	Miss Harrison County	Vocal, "Since I Fell for You"	Previously Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2006

2011	Spenser Wempe	Shepherdstown	18	Miss North Eastern	Dance, "Hallelujah"	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant

2010	Cali Young	Glen Dale	24	Miss Northern West Virginia	Jazz Dance, "I've Got 'Cha"

2009	Talia Markham	Ripley	22	Miss Capital City	Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"

2008	Kayla Lynam	Short Gap	21	Miss Eastern Panhandle	Piano	Previously West Virginia's Junior Miss 2005

2007	Summer Wyatt	Athens	21	Miss Capital City	Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You"

2006	Tiffany Lawrence	Shepherdstown	24	Miss Jefferson County	Vocal "Black Velvet"

2005	Kimberly Goodwin	Morgantown	21	Miss Morgantown	Tap Dance

2004	Julia Burton	Petersburg	22	Miss Southern West Virginia	Vocal

2003	Allison Williams	Morgantown	22	Miss Mountain State	Vocal "Where the Boys Are"

2002	Janna Kerns	Terra Alta	23	Miss Morgantown	Vocal "There You'll Be"

2001	Danae DeMasi	Morgantown	20	Miss Appalachia	Ballet en Pointe "Ravendhi"	Top 10	Preliminary Evening Gown Award

2000	Jodi Clark	Moundsville	22	Miss Point Pleasant	Ballet en Pointe, "Who Will Love Me As I Am?" from Side Show	Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant

1999	Lucy Ours	Petersburg	22	Miss Mason County	Vocal "He Grew the Tree"

1998	Amy Townsend	Morgantown	23	Miss Marion County	Vocal "Hopelessly Devoted to You"

1997	Eisa Krushansky	Westover	24	Miss North Central	Tap Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana

1996	Kari Safford	Point Pleasant	23	Miss Ohio Valley	Vocal "God Help the Outcasts"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1995	Elizabeth McIntyre	Dunbar	24	Miss Appalachia	Clogging "Dance"

1994	Jennifer Bopp	Elkins	22	Miss South Central	Vocal "Paper Moon"

1993	Cynthia Sims	Vienna	22	Miss Ohio Valley	Vocal "There! I've Said It Again"	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1992	Kimberly Parrish	Parkersburg	22	Miss Marion County	Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "Part of Your World"

1991	Leah Lasker	Morgantown	23	Miss Mercer County	Tap Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity	Non-finalist Interview Award

1990	Melissa Costello	Shenandoah Junction	20	Miss Jefferson County	Vocal "Hurt"	Fruit of the Loom Award

1989	Lisa Bittinger	Fairmont	21	Miss North Central	Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera

1988	Lisa Seagroves	Morgantown	24	Tap Dance "They're Playing Our Song"	Contestant at National Sweetheart 1985, as Miss Georgia

1987	Saundra Patton	Morgantown	22	Variety Act

1986	Shannon Barill	Charleston	23	Miss Charleston Area	Jazz en Pointe

1985	Rebecca Porterfield	Martinsburg	21	Miss Berkeley County	Jazz Dance

1984	Melanne Pennington	Cross Lanes	24	Miss Kanawha County	Semi-classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon	Died of leukemia in 1988

1983	Andrea Lynn Patrick	Morgantown	23	Miss West Virginia University	Tap Dance "Malagueña" & "España cañí"	Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA 1980

1982	Kelly Lea Anderson	Clarksburg	21	Miss Harrison County	Stylized Can-Can	Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984 pageant Later Miss World USA 1984 Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 pageant

1981	Candy Cohen	Huntington	24	Miss Marshall University	Tap Dance "How High the Moon"

1980	Pamela Ellen Paugh	Charleston	21	Miss South Charleston	Vocal "Anytime"'	Sister of Miss West Virginia 1977, Patricia Paugh

1979	Deborah Davis	Huntington	22	Miss Southern West Virginia	Vocal Medley, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret	Top 10	Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978 Later Mrs. America 1984 1st runner-up at Mrs. World pageant

1978	Ivy Meadows	St. Albans	22	Miss South Charleston	Interpretive Dance "Brian's Song"

1977	Patricia Paugh	Parkersburg	20	Miss Parkersburg Area	Original Dramatic Monologue "Deadline"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss West Virginia 1980, Pamela Paugh Mother of JonBenét Ramsey

1976	Teresa Lucas	Elkins	22	Miss Fayette County	Gymnastics Routine	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1975	Kristi Wick	South Charleston	20	Miss South Charleston	Vocal "Am I Blue?"

1974	Mary Derry	Morgantown	21	Miss West Virginia University	Semi-classical Vocal "Cycles"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1973	Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey	Huntington	20	Miss Huntington	Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"

1972	Lynette Koper	Weirton	21	Presentation of Original Art Works

1971	Deborah Lambert	Morgantown	19	Miss West Virginia University	Piano "What the World Needs Now Is Love"

1970	Linda Dianne Barnett	Parkersburg	19	Miss Wood County	Modern Jazz Dance "Keem-O-Sabe"

1969	Judith Shoup	Gibsonia, Pennsylvania	22	Miss West Virginia University	Vocal Medley & French Horn "Days of Wine and Roses", "A Taste of Honey", & "I've Gotta Be Me"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1968	Charlotte Warwick	Charleston	22	Miss Morris-Harvey College	Semi-classical Vocal "The Impossible Dream"

1967	Helen Morgan	Lewisburg	19	Miss Beckley	Toe & Acrobatic Dance "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams

1966	Judith Skunda	Weirton	18	Miss Weirton	Dramatic Monologue

1965	Lois Gay Ratcliff	Bluefield	19	Miss Bluefield Area	Dramatic Reading "Lonesome Train"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1964	Ella Dee Kessel	Ripley	21	Miss Morgantown	Piano Solo "Gershwin Prelude"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1963	Karen Childers	South Charleston	Miss Marshall University	Dramatic Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1962	Diane Hunter	Arlington, Virginia	20	Miss Morgantown	Dance & Dramatic Sketch

1961	Carole Johnson	Rivesville	21	Vocal & Dance "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"

1960	Mary Hoback	Bluefield	18	Miss Bluefield	Original Dramatic Reading

1959	Janet Hill	Nitro	21	Dramatic Reading

1958	Sandra Boyd	Fairmont	Vocal "Money Honey"

1957	Janice Sickle	Fairmont	Vocal & Dance

1956	Carolyn Miller	Martinsburg	Drama

1955	Mary Fryman	Madison	Vocal

1954	Miriam Reep	Clarksburg	Dance

1953	Patricia Stewart	Pineville	Vocal & Impersonations

1952	Nancy Rohrbough	Grafton	Dance

1951	Phyllis Walker	Charleston	Drama	Top 15

1950	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1949	Georganne Steiss	Barrackville	Piano

1948	Jane Queen	Huntington	Vocal & Piano

1947	Joan Elizabeth Estep	Wheeling	Piano "Rhapsody in Blue"	Top 15

1946	Norma Lee Salisbury	Parkersburg	Top 16

1945	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1944	Sharon Allyson Scott

1942-1943	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1941	Juanita Park Wright	Huntington

1940	Mary Schlarmann Bowles	Montgomery	Miss West Virginia	Multiple West Virginia representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Juanita Park Wright	Huntington	Miss Huntington	Top 15

1934-1939	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1933	Mildred Fetty	20	Top 18

1928-1932	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1927	Lillian Ward	Huntington	Miss Huntington	Top 15	Multiple West Virginia representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Mildred Dorothy Bright	Wheeling	Miss Wheeling

1926	Olive Davis	Huntington	Miss Huntington	Multiple West Virginia representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Mary Cecilia Cresap	Wheeling	Miss Wheeling

1925	Eleanor McCracken	Huntington	Miss Huntington	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1924	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

1923	Neva Toby Jackson

1922	Mary Dange	Wheeling	Miss Wheeling	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1921	No West Virginia representative at Miss America pageant

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Madeline Collins of Charleston was Miss West Virginia in 2018.

final_sentence: Madeline Collins of Charleston was Miss West Virginia in 2018.