Miss Michigan
Winners
Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Miss Michigan

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	Emily Sioma	Grass Lake	24	Miss Shoreline	Tap Dance, "Gotta Push On"	Made national news when she used her introduction during the Miss America telecast to highlight the ongoing Flint water crisis rather than state her academic credentials, by stating, "From the state with 84 percent of the U.S.

2017	Heather Kendrick	Marysville	23	Miss Washtenaw County	Violin, "Bad Romance"	Appeared on America's Got Talent with electro-pop violin group, Nuclassica

2016	Arianna Quan	Bloomfield Hills	23	Miss Wayne County	Classical Piano “L’Ouette” by Glinka Balakirev	Preliminary Talent Award Non-Finalist Talent Award Louanne Gamba Special Instrumentalist Award

2015	Emily Kieliszewski	Alpena	23	Miss Stateline	Tap Dance "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer

2014	K. T. Maviglia	Dundee	21	Miss Washtenaw County	Dance "Be Italian" from Nine	Diagnosed with Sensorineural hearing loss at 9 years old

2013	Haley Williams	Saline	20	Miss Saginaw County	Baton twirling "Thunder" by Nuttin' But Stringz	Quality of Life Award	Previously Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2009

2012	Angela Christine Venditti	Shelby Township	25	Miss St. Clair Shores	Tap Dance "Dirty Orchestra" by Black Violin

2011	Elizabeth Wertenberger	Dundee	22	Miss Southwest	Dance "Don't Stop Believin'"	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up

2010	Katie Lynn LaRoche	Bay City	23	Miss Capital City	Contemporary Dance "Calls Me Home"	Quality of Life Award Miss Congeniality	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009

2009	Nicole Blaszczyk	Novi	22	Miss Wayne County	Lyrical Dance "Lifetime"	Preliminary Talent Award Non-finalist Talent Award

2008	Ashlee Baracy	Westland	23	Miss Wayne County	Jazz Dance	Top 10	Miss America Scholar Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up	1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2007

2007	Gina Valo	Ann Arbor	Miss West Michigan	Fiddle	N/A	2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2006 1st runner-up at Miss Michigan 2007, assumed the title after Haglund became Miss America 2008

Kirsten Haglund	Farmington Hills	19	Miss Oakland County	Vocal. "Over the Rainbow"	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944, Iora June Victor

2006	Angela Corsi	Farmington Hills	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Contemporary Dance en Pointe "Sway"	4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2004 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005

2005	Octavia Reese	Detroit	23	Miss Wayne County	Cello "Fuego"

2004	Kelli Talicska	Auburn	24	Miss Kalamazoo County	Vocal "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003

2003	Madonna Kimberly Emond	Livonia	22	Miss Great Lakes	Jazz Dance "On Broadway"	Top 10	3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2001 Previously National Sweetheart 2002

2002	Erin Moss	Stevensville	21	Miss Southwest Michigan	Flute "Riverdance"

2001	Stacy Essebaggers	Whitehall	21	Miss Great Lakes	Clogging "Medley from Moulin Rouge!"	Top 10

2000	Che'vonne Burton	Detroit	18	Miss Redford Township	Vocal Medley "This Can't Be Love" & Almost Like Being in Love"	Top 10	Previously Miss Michigan Teen USA 1997

1999	Audrie Chernauckas	Livonia	23	Miss Redford Township	Ballet en Pointe "Medley from Titanic"	Appeared in a 2011 episode of House Hunters with husband and young son Previously a Rockette Previously worked with Siegfried and Roy

1998	Laura Frances Welling	Livonia	23	Miss Washtenaw	Gymnastic Dance "Jurassic Park"

1997	Kimberly Stec	Rochester	22	Miss Washtenaw	Jazz Dance "Step by Step"

1996	Jennifer Lynn Drayton	Saginaw	22	Miss Great Lakes	Classical Piano "Sonata Appassionata"

1995	Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan	Jackson	23	Miss Redford Township	Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves

1994	Maria Malay Kamara	Zeeland	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata	Non-finalist Talent Award

1993	Stacey Gail Heisler	Livonia	23	Miss Great Lakes	Violin Solo	Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up

1992	Terri Sue Liford	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Popular Vocal "Only You"	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up

1991	Sandra Kay Metiva	Saginaw	25	Miss Northern Michigan	Vocal "Amazing Grace"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1990	Victoria Lynn Fair	Jackson	21	Miss Jackson County	Classical Vocal "Habanera"

1989	Margaret Jan McIntyre	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Ballet "Carmen"

1988	Krista Ann Blomgren	Livonia	22	Miss Heart of Michigan	Oboe

1987	Melanie Ester Churella	Farmington Hills	Miss Farmington	N/A	Assumed the title after Kaye Lani Rae Rafko became Miss America 1988

Kaye Lani Rae Rafko	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Hawaiian-Tahitian Dance	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1986	Kelly Lynn Garver	Farmington Hills	23	Miss Farmington	Fiddle Medley "Orange Blossom Special" & "New Country"	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Troupe

1985	Alecia Rae Masalkoski	Muskegon	23	Miss Muskegon County	Karate Kata	Top 10	Later Miss Indiana USA 1987

1984	Barbara Jean Crandall	Lawrence	21	Miss Southwest Michigan	Ventriloquism "Auctioneer's Song"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1983	Denise Gehman	Waterford	20	Miss West Bloomfield	Vocal Medley "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" & "Show Me" from My Fair Lady

1982	Kathy Pennington	Jackson	25	Miss Heart of Michigan	Vocal "God Bless the Child"

1981	Gwen Brown Dickerson	Ishpeming	22	Miss Ishpeming	Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing "Memory of Grandmother"

1980	Heidi Hepler	Livonia	24	Miss Livonia	Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song"

1979	Bethany Wright	Saginaw	19	Miss Saginaw	Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line	Non-finalist Talent Award

1978	Suzanne M. Schemm	Essexville	21	Miss Van Buren County	Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz"	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1977	Holly Schmidt	Farmington Hills	18	Miss Farmington	Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"

1976	Diane Hansen	Berrien Center	23	Miss Southwest Michigan	Piano Medley "America", "Dixie", & "Yankee Doodle"

1975	Julie Beckers	Allegan	18	Miss Allegan County	Dance & Speech "Zarathustra"

1974	Susan Short Shain	Kalamazoo	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"

1973	Sherry Agnello Colby	St. Clair Shores	19	Miss St. Clair Shores	Vocal "I'd Rather Be Blue"

1972	Terri Cousino Oros	Erie	19	Miss Monroe County	Vocal "How Can I Wait?"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1971	Linda Susan Kish	Allen Park	19	Miss Taylor	Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1970	Ginger Ann Myers	Lincoln Park	21	Miss Ann Arbor	Vocal "Wicked Man"

1969	Sandra Gillespie Bograkos	Hastings	20	Miss Michigan State University	N/A	Assumed the title after Pamela Eldred became Miss America 1970

Pamela Eldred	Birmingham	21	Miss Detroit	Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet"	Winner

1968	Darlene Kurant Follett	Muskegon	19	Miss Muskegon	Vocal "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face"

1967	Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer	East Grand Rapids	19	Miss Michigan Junior College	Dramatic Reading "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson	Non-finalist Talent Award

1966	Nancy Ackert	Battle Creek	19	Miss Battle Creek	Vocal- a medley of tunes from "Annie Get Your Gun"	Gayle Chancey of Dearborn was crowned Miss Michigan but was disqualified prior to Miss America pageant for taking a car without permission and taking a road trip without telling her family.

1965	Esther Lynne Smith	Portage	19	Miss Western Michigan University	Classical Vocal	Non-finalist Talent Award

1964	Sarah Jane Noble	East Lansing	18	Miss East Lansing	Free Exercise Routine	Non-finalist Talent Award

1963	Kathleen McLaughlin	Ishpeming	22	Miss Upper Michigan	Dramatic Presentation "Western Star" by Stephen Vincent Benét

1962	Carole van Valin Chirgwin	Roscommon	18	Miss Roscommon	Dramatic Reading "Joe's Pal"	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1961	Karen Southway Dewert	Wyoming	18	Miss Wyoming	Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me"

1960	Donna Sheppard Kickert	18	Miss Dowagiac	N/A	Assumed the title after Nancy Fleming became Miss America 1961

Nancy Fleming	Montague	18	Miss White Lake	Presentation of Dress Design	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award

1959	Ann Penelope Marston	Wyandotte	21	Miss Detroit	Archery Demonstration	Preliminary Talent Award

1958	Patience Pierce Panski	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Drama "Meet Christobel"

1957	Valerie Strong Agresta	Williamsburg	Miss Williamsburg	Piano "Brazil"

1956	Shirley Swanson Fordham	Muskegon	Miss Muskegon	Monologue	Non-finalist Talent Award

1955	Margaret Devereaux	Howell	Miss Howell	Piano "Flight of the Bumblebee"

1954	Janice Hutton Somers	Lansing	Miss Lansing	Vocal "You Made me Love You"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award (tie)	Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was "an unusual pattern" in the judging. The ballots were reviewed because the winner, Delores Susin, was such a surprise the audience left in protest during her crowning.

1953	Velva I. Robbins	Dowagiac	Miss Dowagiac	Speech "Education"

1952	Karol Dragomir Palmer	Benton Harbor	Miss Benton Harbor	Vocal "I'll Walk Alone"

1951	Delores N. Berruezo	St. Clair Shores	Miss St. Clair Shores	Dance

1950	Bette Lou Pittman	Owosso	Miss Owosso	Monologue "I Like Americans"

1949	Delores J. Motter	Dearborn	Miss Dearborn	Ceramic Exhibition & Piano	Top 15

1948	Doris Evelyn Johnson	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Vocal "Worry, Worry, Worry"	Top 15	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Linda Carroll	Grand Rapids	Miss Michigan	Impersonations of famous people

1947	Jane Rose Foster	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Vocal My Dream Came True"	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Peggy J. Ellsworth	Reed City	Miss Michigan	Vocal "He's Funny That Way"

1946	Constance Liddicoat	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Ruth Lenfestey	New Baltimore	20	Miss Michigan

1945	Barbara Lee Smith	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Therese Mary Sullivan	Detroit	Miss Michigan

1944	Iora June Victor	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Vocal "Goodnight, Wherever You Are"	Grandmother of Miss Michigan 2007 and Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Beverly Bennett	Detroit	Miss Michigan	Vocal "Stormy Weather"	Top 12	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1943	Ruby Jean Telfer	Detroit	Miss Detroit

1942	Patricia Hill	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Comedic Recitation	2nd runner-up

1941	Gerry Marcoux	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Top 15

1940	Monnie Drake	Detroit	Miss Detroit	Vocal "Bill"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent award

1939	Patricia Donnelly	Detroit	18	Miss Detroit	Vocal / Bass Fiddle "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose"	Winner

1938	Marjorie Jackson	Detroit	Miss Detroit	No Miss Michigan Competed as Miss Detroit at Miss America pageant

1937	No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant

1936	June Ursula Forbes	Flint	Miss Flint	No Miss Michigan Competed as Miss Flint at Miss America pageant

1935	No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant

1934

1933	Barbara Strand	Top 18

1932	No pageants were held

1931

1930

1929	Loraine Budge McVey was crowned Miss Michigan, but no Miss America pageant was held

1928	No pageants were held

1927	Charlotte Jane Lowe	Miss Battle Creek	Top 15	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Ruth Bushroe	Miss Flint

Florence Nina Clement	Miss Kalamazoo

Margherite Straus	Miss Lansing

Margaret Tinney	Miss Pontiac

Charlotte Elaine Bowman	Miss Saginaw

1926	Gertrude Fisher	Miss Battle Creek	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Ruth Mae Fowler	Miss Detroit

Joyce Jean Hurd	Miss Lansing	Top 15

1925	Jane Porter	Miss Detroit	Top 15	Multiple Michigan representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Margherita Strang	Miss Lansing

1924	No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant

1923	Beth Madson	Miss Detroit	Top 23	No Miss Michigan Competed as Miss Detroit at Miss America pageant

1922

1921	No Michigan representative at Miss America pageant

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Emily Sioma of Grass Lake was crowned Miss Michigan in 2018.
Emily Sioma of Grass Lake was crowned as Miss Michigan 2018.

final_sentence: Emily Sioma of Grass Lake was crowned Miss Michigan in 2018.
final_sentence: Emily Sioma of Grass Lake was crowned as Miss Michigan 2018.