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

Miss Missouri

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	Katelyn Lewis	Lake St. Louis	22	Miss Fleur De Lis	Vocal, "Memory" from Cats

2017	Jennifer Davis	St. Charles	23	Miss Jackson	Bollywood Dance, “Naacho Re”	1st runner-up	Published author of children's book, "Diversity Matters"

2016	Erin O'Flaherty	St. Louis	23	Miss City of Fountains	Vocal	First openly gay contestant to compete at Miss America

2015	McKensie Garber	Hale	22	Miss Gateway St. Louis	Jazz Ballet en Pointe, "P.Y.T."	Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2011

2014	Jessica Hartman	Pueblo	23	Miss Springfield	Dance, "Steppin' Out with My Baby"	Previously Miss Colorado USA 2010, 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2010

2013	Shelby Ringdahl	Columbia	21	Miss Springfield	Vocal "Defying Gravity"	Top 12

2012	Tippe Emmott	Springfield	21	Miss Branson	Ballet en Pointe "Un Dia Llegara"	1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011

2011	Sydney Friar	El Dorado Springs	22	Miss Branson	Vocal "Dream On"

2010	Erika Hebron	O'Fallon	23	Miss Gateway St. Louis	Lyrical Dance "Dream In Color"

2009	Tara Osseck	St. Charles	23	Miss Lake of the Ozarks	Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing"	Quality of Life Award Finalist

2008	Lacey Fitzgerald	Kansas City	24	Miss Gateway of the West	Vocal

2007	Lindsay Casmaer	Florissant	24	Miss River City	Ballet en Pointe "Piano Fantasy"

2006	Sarah French	Columbia	21	Miss Mid-Missouri	Vocal "I've Got the World on a String"	Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004, Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2004

2005	Stacie Cooley	Liberty	22	Miss Columbia	Jazz Dance "Last Dance"

2004	Whitney Weeks	Chesterfield	24	Miss Jackson	Tap Dance "Tico Tico"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Daughter of Miss West Virginia 1961, Carole Johnson

2003	Amber Etheridge	St. Louis	23	Miss Northwest Missouri	Vocal "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Top 15

2002	Shandi Finnessey	Florissant	24	Miss Metro St. Louis	Piano Solo "Bumble Boogie"	Preliminary Evening Gown Award	Later Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA 2004, 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2004

2001	Jennifer Hover	Springfield	23	Miss Springfield	Vocal Medley "Somewhere" & "Over the Rainbow"	Top 20

2000	Arron Wendel	Lawson	23	Miss Ray County	Modern Dance "This Is Your Time"

1999	Patryce King	New Cambria	23	Miss Mid-Missouri	Piano "Rhapsody in Blue"

1998	Deborah McDonald	Alton	24	Miss West Plains	Vocal "I Will Always Love You"	3rd runner-up

1997	Michele Eise	St. Louis	24	Miss Malden	Gospel Vocal "How Great Thou Art"

1996	Kimberly Massaro	St. Louis	24	Miss Mid-Missouri	Tap Dance "Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies	4th runner-up

1995	Erin Phillips	Mexico	23	Miss Audrain	Tap Dance "Gershwin Medley"

1994	Ann Marie Sun	Springfield	22	Miss Mid-Missouri	Piano	Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

1993	Amber Green	Steelville	23	Miss North Central	Piano Solo "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

1992	Stephanie Patterson	Kansas City	23	Miss Aurora	Vocal Medley "I Have Dreamed" & "If I Loved You"	Top 10

1991	Soncee Brown	Springfield	24	Miss Lake of the Ozarks	Vocal / Piano "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!	2nd runner-up

1990	Sherry Traylor	Mexico	26	Miss North Central	Vocal "What's New"

1989	Patricia Ann Meusburger	25	Miss Twin Counties	N/A	6th place at Miss Missouri USA 1989, assumed the title when Debbye Turner won Miss America.

Debbye Turner	Mexico	23	Miss Columbia	Marimba Medley "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Csárdás", & "Can-Can"	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award	Previously National Sweetheart 1988 as Miss Arkansas

1988	Heather Smith	Maryland Heights	21	Miss Columbia	Baton Twirling "Whistler and His Dog" by Arthur Pryor	Non-finalist Talent Award

1987	Robin Riley	Columbia	25	Miss Columbia	Ballet "Overture from Funny Girl"	Top 10	Previously Miss Missouri USA 1983

1986	Tamara Tungate	St. Peters	21	Miss North Central	Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

1985	Lisa Coverdale	Columbia	24	Miss North Central	Classical Piano Solo

1984	Anna Schell	Kennett	26	Miss Springfield	Semi-classical Vocal Medley from The Sound of Music

1983	Barbara Webster	Jefferson City	21	Miss Santa Fe Trails	Violin Medley "Listen to the Mocking Bird" & "Orange Blossom Special"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Later Miss Missouri USA 1986

1982	Julie Phillips	Ava	18	Miss Queen of the Ozarks	Classical / Jazz Piano

1981	Theresa McDonnell	Florissant	22	Miss Trenton	Vocal "Let's Hear It For Me" from Funny Lady

1980	Carla LeFevre	Harrisonville	22	Miss Kansas City	Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved"

1979	Susan Wilson	Columbia	21	Miss Jefferson County	Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu"	3rd runner-up

1978	Tamara Fister	Poplar Bluff	21	Miss St. Louis	Vocal "Beautiful"

1977	Jayne Scherder	Bowling Green	20	Miss William Woods College	Piano Solo "The Firefly"

1976	Marcia Kolich	Sugar Creek	22	Miss Jackson County	Jazz Dance "Everything's Coming up Roses", "On Broadway", & "That's Entertainment!"

1975	Rebecca Rives	Stoutsville	22	Miss Kirksville	Vocal Medley "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow"

1974	Michelle Marshall	Florissant	20	Miss St. Louis	Vocal / Dance "Sweet Charity"

1973	Terri Dodson	Fulton	22	Miss William Woods College	Piano "Dizzy Fingers"

1972	Anita Columbo	St. Louis	21	Miss St. Louis	Vocal / Dance "It's Today" from Mame

1971	Deborah Duff	Kansas City	19	Miss Kansas City	Modern Jazz Dance "Big Noise from Winnetka"

1970	Marcia Mossbarger	Brookfield	22	Miss Brookfield	Tap Dance "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"

1969	Frances Biesemeyer	New Franklin	18	Miss Fayette	Art Presentation "Talk to the Animals"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1968	Kathleen Goff	DeSoto	21	Miss Southwest Missouri State College	Vocal "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die"	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1967	Ronnee Brunk	St. Louis	19	Miss Camdenton	Vocal "I Feel a Song Coming On"

1966	Janice Robinson	Marshfield	20	Miss Southwest Missouri State College	Skit w/ Piano, Vocal & Dance "Calling Billy Names"

1965	Lesley Fleenor	Springfield	20	Miss West Plains	Vocal "Hard Hearted Hannah"

1964	Carol Browning	Lee's Summit	20	Miss Lee's Summit	Marimba & Accordion Medley

1963	Judith Engelhardt	Affton	Miss St. Charles	Classical Vocal "The Jewel Song" from Faust

1962	Sandra Lyle	Springfield	19	Miss Springfield	Dramatic Reading "The Potion Scene" from Romeo & Juliet

1961	Sarah Burns	Caruthersville	20	Miss Caruthersville	Vocal / Dance "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie

1960	Dusene Vunovich	Kansas City	19	Miss Kansas City	Vocal "Honey Bun" from South Pacific

1959	Linda Long	Independence	19	Miss Independence	Dramatic Reading "The White Cliffs of Dover"

1958	Marjorie Critten	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Tap Dance "Opus No. 1"

1957	Sara Cooper	Buckner	Miss Kansas City	Charleston Dance	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Daughter of Major League baseball player, Walker Cooper

1956	Roseann Teri	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis	Dress Design

1955	Sharon Knickmeyer	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis	Synchronized Swimming	Non-finalist Talent Award

1954	Carole Wilkinson	Maplewood	Miss Maplewood	Vocal

1953	Laura Holmes	Northwoods	Miss Northwoods	Dance

1952	Florence Spack	Clayton	Miss Clayton	Vocal

1951	Carol Romann	St. Charles	Miss St. Charles	Bassoon

1950	Beverly Rotroff	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Vocal / Piano

1949	Mary Stone	Jefferson City	Miss Jefferson City

1948	Dorothy Smith	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City

1947	Mary Jean Burke	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Vocal "I'm a Big Girl Now"

1946	Nadine LaVerne Fugett	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1945	Betty Ream	Hughesville	Miss Hughesville

1944	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant

1943	Emma Jean Adams	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1942	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant

1941	Leila Bell Wright	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Geraldine Koehler	St. Louis	Miss Missouri

1940	Gloria Kathleen Gipson	Kansas City	Miss Kansas City	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Virginia Morrison	St. Louis	Miss Missouri	Top 15

LaFern Mueller	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis

1939	Margaret Ley	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis

1938	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant

1937	Mary Sue Klein	Moberly	Miss Moberly	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Wauneta Bates	St. Louis	Miss St. Louis	Top 16

1936	Margaret Price	Lexington	Miss Lexington

1935	Edna Smith	Fayette	19	Miss Fayette	Piano / Vocal "Prelude No. 20 by Chopin" & "When Day Is Done"	1st runner-up

1934	No pageant was held

1933	Marie Marks	St. Louis	16	Top 18

1932	No pageants were held

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1927	Marion Kenser	Miss Kansas City	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Katherine Calloway	Miss Missouri

1926	Marguerite Jordan	Miss Kansas City	Top 15	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Ruby Wallace	Miss Missouri

Corinne Groves	Miss St. Louis	Top 15

1925	Eileen Wenzel	Miss St. Louis	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1924	Helen Moore	Miss St. Louis	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1923	Charlotte Nash	Miss St. Louis	3rd runner-up	Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1922	Miriam Chafee	Miss Kansas City	Multiple Missouri representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Mildred Hose	Miss St. Louis

1921	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant

Sentence(s)

Katelyn Lewis of Lake St. Louis was crowned Miss Missouri 2018.

final_sentence: Katelyn Lewis of Lake St. Louis was crowned Miss Missouri 2018.