Miss Georgia (U.S. state)
Winners
Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Miss Georgia (U.S. state)

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: 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

2018	Annie Jorgensen	Athens	22	Miss International City	Jazz Dance, "Feeling Good" by Michael Bublé	Quality of Life Award Finalist	Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2011 Previously Miss High School America 2013

2017	Alyssa Beasley	Brunswick	19	Miss Southeast Georgia	Lyrical Dance, "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground"	Top 12

2016	Patricia Ford	John's Creek	22	Miss Capital City	Ballet en Pointe, "Explosive" by Bond	Women in Business Scholarship Winner	1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2015

2015	Adeline Kenerly	Jesup	21	Miss Capital City	Dance/Twirl	N/A	Assumed title when Cantrell was named Miss America 2016

Betty Cantrell	Warner Robins	20	Miss Warner Robins	Classical Vocal, "Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio" from Madame Butterfly	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award

2014	Maggie Bridges	Brinson	21	Miss Capital City	Vocal, "Bridge over Troubled Water"	CMN Miracle Maker 1st runner-up STEM Scholarship Award

2013	Carly Mathis	Leesburg	22	Miss Atlanta	Vocal, "On My Own"	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012

2012	Leighton Jordan	Suwanee	19	Miss Capital City	Ballet en Pointe, "Malagueña"

2011	Michaela Lackey	Marietta	21	Miss Heart of Lakes	Classical Ballet En Pointe "Tournament Gallop" by Louis Moreau Gottschalk	Previously Miss Georgia's Outstanding Teen 2007

2010	Christina McCauley	Marietta	21	Miss Southern Heartland	Classical Vocal "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"	Quality of Life Award Finalist

2009	Emily Cook	Marietta	21	Miss Cobb County	Oboe "Gershwin's Prelude No. 1"	1st runner-up to Higgins at Miss Georgia 2009 pageant, assumed title when Higgins resigned

Kristina Higgins	Dacula	Miss Capital City	N/A	Less than 24 hours after winning the crown, Higgins stepped down from her role as Miss Georgia due to her responsibilities as a middle school teacher

2008	Chasity Hardman	Columbus	24	Miss Capital City	Vocal "Home"	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown

2007	Leah Massee	Fitzgerald	24	Miss Capital City	Vocal "If I Had My Way"	Top 10

2006	Amanda Kozak	Warner Robins	22	Miss Valdosta	Tap Dance "Baby I'm a Star"	2nd runner-up	1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 Later Miss Georgia USA 2008

2005	Monica Pang	Atlanta	25	Miss Lake Lanier	Classical Piano "Chopin's Polonaise in G Sharp Minor"	1st runner-up	Previously National Sweetheart 2004

2004	Danica Tisdale	Atlanta	24	Miss Atlanta	Vocal "Please Send Me Someone to Love"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award

2003	Andrea Bailey	Evans	24	Miss Savannah	Vocal "Sometimes I Dream"	Top 15	Previously National Sweetheart 1999

2002	Amy Mulkey	Gainesville	23	Miss Atlanta	Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata"	Preliminary On-Stage Question Award

2001	Emily Foster	Cornelia	23	Miss Northwest Georgia	Piano "Majesty"	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

2000	Pamela Kennedy	LaGrange	23	Miss Atlanta	Vocal "Vienna"

1999	Osjha Anderson	Glennville	24	Miss University of Georgia	Vocal "Can't Help Loving That Man"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1998	April Brinson	Bainbridge	20	Miss Greater Southwest Georgia	Vocal "Tell Him"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1997	Candice Little	Hartwell	23	Miss Lake Lanier	Tap Dance "Jump 'N Jive"

1996	Shea Olliff	Augusta	24	Miss Northeast Georgia	Popular Vocal "Can You Read My Mind"	Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

1995	Rachel English	Thomaston	21	Miss University of Georgia	Tap Dance "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"

1994	Andrea Krahn	Calhoun	20	Miss West Coast Georgia	Vocal, "I Fall to Pieces"	3rd runner-up	Assumed Miss Georgia title when Grogan resigned

Joanne Grogan	Miss University of Georgia	N/A	Resigned the day after the pageant to pursue career opportunities. Currently a meteorologist for Fox 5 Atlanta under her married name, Joanne Feldman

1993	Kara Martin	Statesboro	23	Miss Southeast Georgia	Tap Dance "Mack the Knife"	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Contestant at National Sweetheart 1991

1992	Stephanie Michels	Marietta	24	Miss Southeast Georgia	Vocal / Dance "The Phantom of the Opera"	Appeared on Broadway in The Life and in Contact

1991	Kimberly Hardee	Lilburn	20	Miss Stone Mountain	Vocal Medley from The Phantom of the Opera	Became reality TV pageant coach on Lifetime's Kim of Queens introduced in 2013

1990	Darla Pruett	Canton	22	Miss Northeast Georgia	Vocal "Some Enchanted Evening"	Non-finalist Interview Award (tie)

1989	Jamie Price	Tucker	22	Miss DeKalb County	Popular Vocal "When You Wish upon a Star"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1988	Frances Frazier	Rome	26	Miss Peachtree City	Popular Vocal

1987	Kelly Jerles	Perry	20	Miss Cobb County	Vocal "Where the Boys Are"	Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1983, 3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1983

1986	Marlesa Ball	Thomasville	23	Miss Southeast Georgia	Vocal "Amazing Grace"	Top 10

1985	Samantha Mohr	Columbus	23	Miss Columbus	Popular Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings"

1984	Camille Bentley	Thomasville	19	Miss Thomasville	Popular Vocal "Until Now"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1983	Tammy Fulwider	Columbus	24	Miss Southeast Georgia	Tap Dance / Vocal "42nd Street"

1982	Bobbie Eakes	Warner Robins	21	Miss University of Georgia	Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady	Top 10	Sister of Miss Georgia 1979, Sandra Eakes Actress best known for her role as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful

1981	Kristl Evans	Atlanta	21	Miss West Central Georgia	Vocal "Ring Them Bells"	2nd runner-up	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1980	Lynn Smith	Savannah	23	Miss Savannah	Vocal "Get Happy" & "Hallelujah"

1979	Sandra Eakes	Warner Robins	22	Miss Macon	Popular Vocal "The Trolley Song" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss Georgia 1982, Bobbie Eakes

1978	Deborah Mosely	Atlanta	21	Miss Dekalb County	Vocal "Summertime" & "I Got Plenty of Nothing" from Porgy and Bess

1977	Pam Souders	Thomasville	18	Miss Thomasville	Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata

1976	Sandy Adamson	Atlanta	20	Miss South Cobb	Tap Dance "I Can Do That"	Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

1975	Seva Day	Thomasville	19	Miss Thomasville	Vocal "My Man"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1974	Gail Nelson	Atlanta	22	Miss Atlanta	Vocal Medley "So Long, Dearie", "Put On Your Sunday Clothes", & "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly!

1973	Gail Bullock	Thomasville	19	Miss West Georgia College	Ballet "Theme from Summer of '42"

1972	Lisa Lawalin	Rome	20	Miss Cedar Valley	Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night"

1971	Cynthia Cook	Smyrna	20	Miss Cobb County	Ventriloquist Act, Singing & Interpretations	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award

1970	Nancy Carr	Midland	22	Miss Hamilton on the Square	Popular Vocal "I Wish You Love"

1969	Marilyn Olley	Marietta	19	Miss Cobb County	Dramatic Interpretation & Dance "Romeo and Juliet"

1968	Burma Davis	Warner Robins	20	Miss Warner Robins	Vocal "This Is My Country"

1967	Sandra McRee	Atlanta	19	Miss Atlanta	Classical Vocal "Caro Mio Ben"	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1966	Maudie Walker	Tifton	20	Miss Tifton	Interpretive Dance

1965	Mary Jane Yates	Savannah	20	Miss Coffee County	Semi-classical Vocal "With a Song In My Heart"

1964	Vivian Davis	Augusta	19	Miss Augusta	Skit & Vocal

1963	Nancy Middleton	Macon	Miss Macon	Semi-classical Vocal

1962	Jeannie Cross	Albany	18	Miss Albany	Jazz Dance	Top 10

1961	Glenda Brunson	Savannah	18	Miss Savannah	Spanish Dance

1960	Sandra Tally	Homerville	18	Piano "Deep Purple"

1959	Kayanne Shoeffner	Calhoun	19	Dramatic Reading

1958	Jeanette Ardell	Marietta	Archery

1957	Jody Shattuck	Atlanta	Miss Cobb County	Vocal & Dance "Namely You" from Li'l Abner	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1956	Jane Morris	East Point	Ballet

1955	Jeanine Parris	Atlanta	Dramatic Monologue

1954	Mary Jane Doar	Macon	Vocal "Gershwin Medley"

1953	Lucia Hutchinson	Macon	Miss Macon	Operatic Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" from Samson et Dalila & "Love Is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit

1952	Neva Jane Langley	Macon	19	Miss Macon	Classical Piano "Toccata"	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award

1951	Carol Taylor	Alma	Monologue

1950	Louise Thomas	Fitzgerald	Miss Fitzgerald

1949	Dorothy Johnston	LaGrange	Miss Troup County	Vocal from H.M.S. Pinafore

1948	Jerry Long	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Tap Dance, "Cherokee"	Top 15	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Gwendolyn West	Statesboro	Miss Georgia

1947	Joy Elizabeth Smith	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Vocal "Eccentric Dance"	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Robbie Sauls	Cuthbert	Miss Georgia	Vocal "Smilin' Through"

1946	Janey Miller	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Mary Lou Henderson	Columbus	Miss Columbus

1945	Pauline Walker	Miss Atlanta	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Doris Coker	Columbus	Miss Columbus	Vocal "Candy"

1944	Mary Ann Linane	Miss Atlanta	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Trudie Hayward	Atlanta	Miss Georgia

1943	Barbara Britton	Miss Atlanta	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1942	No Georgia representative at Miss America pageant

1941	Esther Shepard	Griffin	Miss Georgia	Top 15	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Gladys Collins	Savannah	Miss Savannah

1940	No Georgia representative at Miss America pageant

1939	Mary Durrance	Glennville	Miss Georgia	Vocal	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1938	Alice Talton	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Top 15

1937	Lorraine Mayfield	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Olga Strickland	Miss Augusta

Carolyn Cumbie	Miss Savannah Beach

1936	Ora York	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Hilda Veale	Watkinsville	Miss Georgia

1935	LaRue Wilson	Atlanta	Miss Atlanta	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1934	No national pageant was held

1933	No Georgia representative at Miss America pageant

1932	No national pageants were held

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1927	No Georgia representative at Miss America pageant

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1924	Estelle Bradley	Miss Atlanta	Top 10	Multiple Georgia representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Anne Davis	Miss Columbus

1923	Frances Thayer	Miss Atlanta	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1922	Frances Gurr	Miss Macon	Honorable Mention

1921	No Georgia representative at Miss America pageant

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Georgia has won the Miss America crown twice - Neva Jane Langley won the Miss America title, and in 2015, Betty Cantrell of Warner Robins was named Miss America.

final_sentence: Georgia has won the Miss America crown twice - Neva Jane Langley won the Miss America title, and in 2015, Betty Cantrell of Warner Robins was named Miss America.