# Miss Amèrica

Miss America és un concurs de bellesa femenina que es realitza des de 1921. En el concurs participen 50 estats dels Estats Units més el districte de Colúmbia i les Illes Verges. El concurs concedeix beques a les guanyadores.

## Guanyadores

| Any | Miss Amèrica | Representació |
| 1921 | Margaret Gorman | Washington DC |
| 1922 | Mary Campbell | Columbus (Ohio) |
| 1923 | Mary Campbell | Columbus (Ohio) |
| 1924 | Ruth Malcomson | Filadèlfia (Pennsilvània) |
| 1925 | Fay Lanphier | Oakland (Califòrnia) |
| 1926 | Norma Smallwood | Tulsa (Oklahoma) |
| 1927 | Lois Delander | Joliet (Illinois) |
| 1933 | Marian Bergeron | West Haven (Connecticut) |
| 1935 | Henrietta Leaver | Pittsburgh (Pennsilvània) |
| 1936 | Rose Coyle | Filadèlfia (Pennsilvània) |
| 1937 | Bette Cooper | Bertrand Island (Nova Jersey) |
| 1938 | Marilyn Meseke | Marion (Ohio) |
| 1939 | Patricia Donnelly | Detroit (Michigan) |
| 1940 | Frances Marie Burke | Filadèlfia (Pennsilvània) |
| 1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | Los Angeles (Califòrnia) |
| 1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Tyler (Texas) |
| 1943 | Jean Bartel | Los Angeles (Califòrnia) |
| 1944 | Venus Ramey | Washington DC |
| 1945 | Bess Myerson | Nova York Nova York) |
| 1946 | Marilyn Buferd | Los Angeles (Califòrnia) |
| 1947 | Barbara Jo Walker | Memphis (Tennessee) |
| 1948 | BeBe Shopp | Hopkins (Minnesota) |
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Litchfield Park (Arizona) |
| 1951 | Yolande Betbeze | Mobile (Alabama) |
| 1952 | Colleen Kay Hutchins | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| 1953 | Neva Jane Langley | Macon (Geòrgia) |
| 1954 | Evelyn Margaret Ay | Ephrata (Pennsilvània) |
| 1955 | Lee Meriwether | San Francisco (Califòrnia) |
| 1956 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver (Colorado) |
| 1957 | Marian McKnight | Manning (Carolina del Sud) |
| 1958 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver (Colorado) |
| 1959 | Mary Ann Mobley | Brandon (Mississipi) |
| 1960 | Lynda Lee Mead | Natchez (Mississipi) |
| 1961 | Nancy Fleming | Montague (Michigan) |
| 1962 | Maria Fletcher | Asheville (Carolina del Nord) |
| 1963 | Jacquelyn Mayer | Sandusky (Ohio) |
| 1964 | Donna Axum | El Dorado (Arkansas) |
| 1965 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Phoenix (Arizona) |
| 1966 | Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park (Kansas) |
| 1967 | Jane Anne Jayroe | Laverne (Oklahoma) |
| 1968 | Debra Dene Barnes | Moran (Kansas) |
| 1969 | Judith Anne Ford | Belvidere (Illinois) |
| 1970 | Pamela Anne Eldred | West Bloomfield (Michigan) |
| 1971 | Phyllis Ann George | Denton (Texas) |
| 1972 | Laurie Lea Schaefer | Columbus (Ohio) |
| 1973 | Terry Anne Meeuwsen | De Pere (Wisconsin) |
| 1974 | Rebecca Ann King | Denver (Colorado) |
| 1975 | Shirley Cothran | Fort Worth (Texas) |
| 1976 | Tawny Elaine Godin | Yonkers (Nova York) |
| 1977 | Dorothy Kathleen Benham | Edina (Minnesota) |
| 1978 | Susan Perkins | Columbus (Ohio) |
| 1979 | Kylene Barker | Galax (Virgínia) |
| 1980 | Cheryl Prewitt | Ackerman (Mississipi) |
| 1981 | Susan Powell | Elk City (Oklahoma) |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Ward | Russellville (Arkansas) |
| 1983 | Debra Maffett | Anaheim (Califòrnia) |
| 1984 | Vanessa Williams (renuncia) | Watertown (Nova York) |
| 1984 | Suzette Charles | Mays Landing (Nova Jersey) |
| 1985 | Sharlene Wells | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| 1986 | Susan Akin | Meridian (Mississipi) |
| 1987 | Kellye Cash | Memphis (Tennessee) |
| 1988 | Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Monroe (Michigan) |
| 1989 | Gretchen Carlson | Anoka (Minnesota) |
| 1990 | Debbye Turner | Mexico (Missouri) |
| 1991 | Marjorie Judith Vincent | Oak Park (Illinois) |
| 1992 | Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Kailua-Kona (Hawaii) |
| 1993 | Leanza Cornett | Jacksonville (Florida) |
| 1994 | Kimberly Clarice Aiken | Columbia (Carolina del Sud) |
| 1995 | Heather Whitestone | Birmingham (Alabama) |
| 1996 | Shawntel Smith | Muldrow (Oklahoma) |
| 1997 | Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park (Kansas) |
| 1998 | Katherine Shindle | Evanston (Illinois) |
| 1999 | Nicole Johnson | Roanoke (Virgínia) |
| 2000 | Heather French | Augusta (Kentucky) |
| 2001 | Angela Perez Baraquio | Honolulu (Hawaii) |
| 2002 | Katie Harman | Gresham (Oregon) |
| 2003 | Erika Harold | Urbana (Illinois) |
| 2004 | Ericka Dunlap | Orlando (Florida) |
| 2005 | Deidre Downs | Birmingham (Alabama) |
| 2006 | Jennifer Berry | Tulsa (Oklahoma) |
| 2007 | Lauren Nelson | Lawton (Oklahoma) |
| 2008 | Kirsten Haglund | Farmington Hills (Michigan) |
| 2009 | Katie Stam | Seymour (Indiana) |
| 2010 | Caressa Cameron | Fredericksburg (Virgínia) |
| 2011 | Teresa Scanlan | Gering (Nebraska) |
| 2012 | Laura Kaeppeler | Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Mallory Hytes Hagan | Brooklyn, Nova York |
| 2014 | Nina Davuluri | Syracuse, Nova York |
| 2015 | Kira Kazantsev | Manhattan, Nova York |
| 2016 | Betty Cantrell | Geòrgia |
| 2017 | Savvy Shields | Arkansas |

## Referències

* ↑ «Miss America: FAQ». Arxivat de l'original el 2017-05-02. [Consulta: 13 maig 2017].
* ↑ Watson, Ellwood; Martin, Darcy «The Miss America Pageant: Pluralism, Femininity, and Cinderella All in One». Journal of Popular Culture. Wiley, 1, 34, 2000, pàg. 105–126.
* ↑ «People & Events: The First Miss America Beauty Pageant, 1921». Public Broadcasting Service.
* ↑ Shindle, Kate. Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014, p. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-292-73921-5.

## Bibliografia

* Banet-Weiser, Sarah. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World:Beauty Pageants and National Identity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
* Carlson, Gretchen (Miss America 1989). Getting Real. New York: Viking Press, 2015.
* Riverol, A.R. Live from Atlantic City: A History of the Miss America Pageant. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University, Popular Press, 1992.
* Shindle, Kate (Miss America 1998). Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain. University of Texas Press, 2014.
* Wiliams, Vanessa (Miss America 1984) and Helen Williams. You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other). New York: Gotham/Penguin Group, 2012.

## Documentals

* The American Experience: Miss America – American Experience, Public Broadcasting Service (2001, 90 min)

## Enllaços externs

* Miss America Organization
* Miss America Foundation Arxivat 2019-01-09 a Wayback Machine.