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

Miss Arizona

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	Isabel Ticlo	Chandler	24	Miss North Phoenix	Bollywood Dance, "JBJ" by Mahalakshmi Iyer

2017	MaddieRose Holler	Surprise	20	Miss Peoria	Vocal	Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2013

2016	Katelyn Niemiec	Scottsdale	22	Miss Tempe	Twirl Routine	Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2009

2015	Madison Esteves	Chandler	20	Miss Queen Creek	Jazz Dance, "Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That" by Robert Randolph and the Family Band	Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2012

2014	Alexa Rogers	Scottsdale	23	Miss Phoenix	Contemporary Dance "Human"

2013	Jennifer Smestad	Gilbert	20	Miss City of Maricopa	Vocal "Over You"

2012	Piper Stoeckel	Prescott	21	Miss Tucson Valley	Jazz Dance "Man in the Mirror"

2011	Jennifer Sedler	Tempe	19	Miss Phoenix	Jazz Dance "It's About That Walk" by Prince	3rd runner-up

2010	Kathryn Bulkley	Mesa	20	Miss Pima County	Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma"	Top 10	Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1981, Pamela Offer Miss Arizona Teen America 2008

2009	Savanna Troupe	Phoenix	23	Miss Maricopa County	Twirl Routine "Satisfaction"

2008	Erin Nurss	Sierra Vista	23	Miss Tucson Valley	Dance	Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne Nurss Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant

2007	Nicole Turner	Phoenix	24	Miss Chandler	Jazz Dance "Proud Mary"

2006	Hilary Griffith	Glendale	20	Miss Chandler	Vocal "Don't Know Why"	Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up	Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant

2005	Audrey Sibley	Sierra Vista	19	Miss San Marcos	Vocal "Alone"	Quality of Life Award Finalist

2004	Katherine Kennedy	Tempe	24	Miss Twirling Athlete	Twirl Routine

2003	Corrie Hill	Gilbert	24	Miss Mesa	Dance "Proud Mary"	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis

2002	Laura Lawless	Tempe	24	Miss Maricopa	Classical Piano "Revolutionary Etude"	Top 15

2001	Kapri Rose	Gilbert	19	Miss Gilbert	Fiddle "Orange Blossom Special"

2000	Kristen Vatt	Mesa	20	Miss Gilbert	Character Dance "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha

1999	Lori Whiting	Mesa	20	Miss Desert Sun	Piano "Malaguena"

1998	Leean Hendrix	Parker	22	Miss Tempe Buttes	Vocal "Heaven's What I Feel"

1997	Stacey Momeyer	Phoenix	21	Miss Chandler	Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera	3rd runner-up	Previously National Sweetheart 1996

1996	Erin Gingrich	Yuma	21	Miss Yuma County	Piano "Rhapsody in Blue"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1995	Cara Jackson	Chandler	22	Miss Chandler	Vocal "All Is Fair In Love"	Later Miss Arizona USA 1999

1994	Stacy Agren	Mesa	21	Miss Mesa	Classical Piano	Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award Winner

1993	Amanda Murray	Yuma	19	Miss Yuma County	Vocal "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Quality of Life Award Winner

1992	Robyn Rayborn	Mesa	26	Miss Maricopa County	Vocal "How Great Thou Art"

1991	Darsi Turner	Yuma	22	Miss Tucson	Ballet "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles

1990	Kimberly Hoskins	Yuma	19	Miss Yuma County	Ballet en Pointe "Symphony of the Seas"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1989	Tammy Kettunen	Yuma	21	Miss Maricopa County	Freestyle Roller Skating "Amazing Grace"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss Arizona 1986, Terri Kettunen

1988	Lisa Mandel	Tucson	22	Miss Tucson	Dance "Steam Heat"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1987	Theresa Light	Tucson	18	Miss Western Maricopa	Vocal "Somewhere"

1986	Terri Kettunen	Yuma	21	Miss Yuma County	Classical Piano	Sister of Miss Arizona 1989, Tammy Kettunen

1985	Diane Martin	Phoenix	23	Miss Phoenix	Vocal "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret	Later Miss Arizona USA 1987 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1987 pageant

1984	Rhonda White	Central	20	Miss Graham County	Popular Country Western Vocal Medley including "Stand By Your Man"

1983	Jennifer Nichols	Tempe	22	Miss Glendale	Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay"

1982	Debra Daniels	Yuma	20	Miss Yuma County	Free Form Gymnastics "Chariots of Fire"	Top 10

1981	Sarah Tattersall	Scottsdale	20	Miss Scottsdale	Vocal "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1980	Brenda Strong	Tempe	20	Miss Valley West	Vocal "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"	Played character and narrator, Mary Alice Young, in the TV series, Desperate Housewives

1979	Pam Wenzel	Phoenix	22	Miss North Central Phoenix	Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance "Theme from Children of Sanchez"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1978	Susan Kohler	Tempe	23	Miss Arizona State University	Vocal & Dance "Theme from New York, New York"

1977	Cindy Glenn	Globe	18	Miss Globe	Popular Vocal "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"

1976	Anne DeVarennes	Tucson	22	Miss Tucson	Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me"

1975	Vickie Hall	Sierra Vista	Miss Sierra Vista	N/A	Successor to crown

Stacey Peterson	Phoenix	21	Miss Tucson	Ventriloquist Act "Yankee Doodle"	4th runner-up

1974	Mary Avilla	Glendale	20	Miss Maryvale	Popular Vocal "Best Thing You've Ever Done"

1973	Susan May	Kingman	19	Miss Coconino County	Piano Medley "The Glory of Love", "Laura", & "On the Sunny Side of the Street"

1972	Linda Gail Sirrine	Mesa	19	Miss Mesa	Popular Vocal "Happy Heart"	Special Talent Award

1971	Celia Sklan	Scottsdale	22	Miss Scottsdale	Dramatic Skit & Song "English Pub"

1970	Karen Shields	Tucson	19	Miss University of Arizona	Vocal & Dance to a medley of songs from My Fair Lady	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1969	Kathleen Ennis	Tucson	20	Miss Tucson	Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim"

1968	Linda Johnson	Warren	20	Miss Warren	Authentic Tahitian Dance

1967	Bea Willis	Phoenix	19	Miss Phoenix	Vocal "Wouldn't It Be Loverly"

1966	Launa Gardner	Holbrook	19	Miss Holbrook	Piano Solo

1965	Sandra Montgomery	Yuma	18	Miss Yuma County	Vocal "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You"

1964	Vonda Kay Van Dyke	Phoenix	22	Miss Phoenix	Ventriloquism & Singing "Together"	Winner	Miss Congeniality	Semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss 1961 Only Miss America to also be named Miss Congeniality

1963	Susan Bergstrom	Phoenix	Miss Phoenix	Modern Jazz Dance "Tonight"	4th runner-up

1962	Paula Lou Welch	Tucson	20	Miss Tucson	Fire Baton Twirling	Non-finalist Talent Award

1961	Susan Webb	Prescott	19	Miss Prescott	Original Dramatic Composition "My Heritage: The Stars"

1960	Georgia Garbarino	Flagstaff	18	Miss Flagstaff	Modern Dance "An American in Paris"

1959	Patricia Allebrand	Yuma	18	Miss Yuma County	Modern Dance "Interpretation of Rejected Love"	4th runner-up

1958	Donna Riggs	Phoenix	Miss Phoenix	Vocal / Dance "Teacher's Pet"	Special Scholarship

1957	Lynn Freyse	Tucson	Miss Tucson	Dramatic Reading "The Country Girl"	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Became actress, starred in TV series Hazel

1956	Barbara Hilgenberg	Tucson	Miss Tucson	Monologue “End and the Beginning” by John Mansfield	3rd runner-up (tie)	Tied with Miss Kansas 1956, Mary Ann McGrew

1955	Beth Andre	Phoenix	Miss Maricopa County	Comic Monologue of a Novice Golfer "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?"	Top 10

1954	Marjorie Nylund	Phoenix	Miss Phoenix	Drama "A Marine's Conversation"

1953	Betty Lou Lindly	Tempe	Miss Tempe	Piano

1950	Kathryn Lunsford	Phoenix	Miss Phoenix	Modern Dance

1949	Jacque Mercer	Litchfield	18	Miss Litchfield	Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award Preliminary Talent Award

1948	Donna McElroy	Phoenix	Miss Phoenix	Dramatic Monologue

1947	Wanda Law	Tempe	Miss Tempe	Diving Champion	Top 10

1940	Anna Marie Barnett

1938	Anna Marie Barnett	Bisbee	Miss Bisbee	Top 15

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In 2018, Isabel Ticlo of Chandler was crowned as Miss Arizona.

final_sentence: In 2018, Isabel Ticlo of Chandler was crowned as Miss Arizona.