Miss Nevada
Winners

Miss Nevada

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	Alexis Hilts	Las Vegas	23	Miss UNLV	Piano, "Transcendental Étude No. 4" by Franz Liszt	STEM Scholarship Award	Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2008

2017	Andrea Martinez	Las Vegas	23	Miss Clark County	Vocal, “His Eye in on the Sparrow”	STEM Scholarship Award Finalist

2016	Bailey Gumm	Minden	20	Miss Pleasant Valley	Tap Dance "Sax" by Fleur East	Quality of Life Award Finalist	Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2011 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant

2015	Katherine Kelley	Madisonville	23	Miss Summerlin	Piano, "Etude in D Minor"	STEM Scholarship Award Finalist

2014	Ellie Smith	Henderson	17	Miss North East Nevada	Vocal "Somebody to Love"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2014, Amy Smith Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012

2013	Diana Sweeney	Mound House	19	Miss Carson City	Lyrical dance "Roads"	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant

2012	Randi Sundquist	Elko	22	Miss Southern Counties	Contemporary Jazz "I Won't Give Up"

2011	Alana Lee	Las Vegas	21	Miss Clark County	Vocal "At This Moment"

2010	Cris Crotz	Mesquite	24	Miss Southern Counties	Popular Vocal "Alone"

2009	Christina Keegan	Gardnerville	23	Miss Northern Counties	Ballet en Pointe "Bohemian Rhapsody"	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up

2008	Julianna Erdesz	Reno	24	Miss Carson City	Vocal	Later Miss Nevada USA 2010

2007	Caleche Manos	Reno	23	Miss Carson City	Vocal "Love Is a Battlefield"	Quality of Life Award Winner	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant

2006	Caydi Cole	Las Vegas	22	Miss Clark County	Vocal "Blues in the Night"

2005	Crystal Wosik	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Lyrical Dance "Don't Rain on My Parade"

2004	Elizabeth Muto	Las Vegas	24	Miss Las Vegas	Dramatic Monologue "Who Will Cry?"	Non-finalist Interview Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up	Received Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President George W. Bush

2003	Christina O'Neil	Carson City	24	Miss Gold Country	Vocal "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime	Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant

2002	Teresa Benitez	Reno	24	Miss Silver State	Dramatic Monologue from "The Laramie Project"	3rd runner-up	Overall Interview Award Preliminary Interview Award Quality of Life Award Winner	Majority Floor Leader of the Nevada Assembly

2001	Ashley Huff	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Polynesian Dance "Welcome to Polynesia"	Later Miss Nevada USA 2003

2000	Tiffanie Story	Reno	19	Miss UNR/Truckee Meadows	Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1999	Gina Giacinto	Las Vegas	24	Miss Las Vegas	Original Vocal Presentation "Dreams Were Given Wings To Fly"	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Nevada USA 2001 and 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2001

1998	Anna Carpenter	Mesquite	18	Miss Mesquite	Monologue

1997	Amanda Gunderson	Reno	19	Miss Northern Counties	Classical Vocal "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"

1996	Annette Albertson	Reno	24	Miss Truckee Meadows	Vocal "Luck Be a Lady"

1995	Jennifer Joseph-Lier	Wendover	24	Miss Elko County/Northeast Nevada	Vocal "I Am Changing"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Contestant on the E! reality show "The Entertainer"

1994	Laura Hubach	Reno	22	Miss Reno	Classical Piano

1993	Mitzie Cox	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Vocal / Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity

1992	Sandra Dornak	Las Vegas	25	Miss Las Vegas	Ventriloquism "Super califragilistic expialidocious"

1991	Malia Winn	Minden	17	Miss Douglas County	Interpretive Ballet "Somewhere in Time"

1990	Tia Marie Zorne	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Acro-Jazz Dance "Julie's Theme" from American Anthem

1989	Brenda Linscott	Incline Village	23	Miss Cosmopolitan Counties	Vocal "Memory"

1988	Deborah Schuler	Incline Village	22	Miss Cosmopolitan Counties	Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born

1987	Stacie James	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Vocal "On My Own" from Les Misérables	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award

1986	Kelsey Kara	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Flamenco Dance

1985	Sonja Nall	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Classical Ballet en Pointe "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote	Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe

1984	LeAnna Grant	Las Vegas	22	Miss Las Vegas	Vocal "I Love Paris"	Later Miss Nevada USA 1986

1983	Kim Pacini	Incline Village	24	Miss North Lake Tahoe	Vocal "You're the Top"

1982	Kim King	Las Vegas	21	Miss Clark County	Banjo Solo "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"

1981	Suzanne Bowman	Reno	20	Miss Reno	Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics "Zero to Sixty in Five"

1980	Phyllis Hamlin	Reno	23	Miss Reno	Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto"

1979	Jeanne Cangemi	North Lake Tahoe	22	Miss North Lake Tahoe	Classical & Jazz Saxophone "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás"

1978	Megan Anderson	Reno	19	Miss Washoe County	Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1977	Lori Isom	Las Vegas	18	Miss Clark County	Jazz Dance "Classical Blues"

1976	Sandra Kastel	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Vocal "My Man"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1975	Sherri Ann Lowe	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Baton Twirling / Variety Act

1974	Jacqueline Barker	Sparks	19	Miss Sparks	Popular Vocal "The Way We Were"

1973	Echo Rost	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Modern Jazz Dance "I Feel the Earth Move"	Neat As A Pin Award (tie)

1972	Helen Bennett	Reno	23	Miss Reno	Classical ballet "Dance of the Gypsy"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1971	Joan Burachio	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Accordion "Csárdás"	Top 10

1970	Vicky Jo Todd	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Vocal / Guitar "Time"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1969	Karen Wastun	Yerington	21	Miss Lyon County	Dramatic Presentation "Lizzie" from The Rainmaker

1968	Sharon Davis	Reno	19	Miss University of Nevada	Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'"

1967	Vicky Landeck	Reno	18	Miss Reno	Dramatic Reading "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell

1966	Roberta Sharp	Carson City	18	Miss Carson City	Piano Solo

1965	Kathryn Blaikie	Carson City	18	Miss Carson City	Musical Comedy "I'm Late"	Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1964	Ellen Roseman	Sparks	21	Miss South Lake Tahoe	Comedy Skit

1963	Cheryle Thompson	Las Vegas	Miss Las Vegas	Folk Singing "My Lover Has Gone"	Top 10

1962	Audrey Chambers	Las Vegas	19	Baton Twirling, Fire Baton & Dance

1961	Sherry Wagner	Reno	19	Tap Dance "Oh Them Golden Slippers"

1960	Nancy Bowen	McGill	19	Humorous Reading while accompanying herself on the Piano

1959	Dawn Wells	Reno	20	Dramatic Reading "Antigone"	Played role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island

1958	Judy Wadsworth	Sparks	Dramatic Monologue "The Lark"

1957	Loni Gravelle	Reno	Piano "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor"	Top 10

1956	Carmen Ruggeroli	Las Vegas	Vocal

1955	Vivienne Potter	Reno	Dramatic Monologue "An Address to the Jury"

1954	Janice Babcock	Reno	Ballet "Blues"

1953	Jeannine McColl	Las Vegas	Dance

1952	Bonnie Wilson	Reno	Ballet "Something to Dance About"	Assumed the title after the original winner, Sylvia Russell, chose to marry.

1951	Donna Sollars	Reno	Vocal & ukulele "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" & "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"

1950	Tosca Masini	Sparks	Comedy Characterization	Top 16

1949	Carol Lampe	Reno	Speech "4-H"

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Alexis Hilts of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada 2018.

final_sentence: Alexis Hilts of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada 2018.