Question: When was the last time a candidate from the state that the most successful artist from this season of American Idol is from win Miss America?

Since the show's inception in 2002, ten of the fourteen Idol winners, including its first five, have come from the Southern United States. In 2012, an analysis of the 131 contestants who have appeared in the finals of all seasons of the show up to that point found that 48% have some connection to the Southern United States. A large number of other notable finalists during the series' run have also hailed from the American South, including Clay Aiken, Kellie Pickler, and Chris Daughtry, who are all from North Carolina. <SEP> vanessa lynn williams (born march 18, 1963) is an american singer, actress, and fashion designer. she initially gained recognition as the first african - american recipient of the miss america title when she was crowned miss america 1984 in 1983. however, a scandal arose the following year when, a few weeks prior to the end of her reign, williams learned that penthouse magazine would be publishing unauthorized nude photographs of her in an upcoming issue. amid growing media controversy and scrutiny, williams resigned as miss america in july 1984 (under pressure from the miss america organization), and was replaced by first runner - up miss new jersey suzette charles. thirty - two years later, miss america ceo sam haskell offered her a public apology (during the miss america 2016 pageant) for the events of 1984. <SEP> Miss North Carolina won the Miss America crown once in 1962. The Miss North Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The competition has been held in Raleigh every year since 1978. Prior to that, it was held in various locales including Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston - Salem, Durham, Burlington, Wilmington, and Morehead City. <SEP> in 1948, irma nydia vasquez, the first miss puerto rico, became the first latina contestant. in addition, in 1948, yun tau chee, the first miss hawaii, was also the first asian - american contestant. miss america 1949, jacque mercer, was married and divorced during her reign; after this, a rule was enacted requiring miss america contestants to sign a certification that they have never been married or pregnant. starting in 1950, although the pageant continued to be in september, the miss america title changed to ``post-dated '', thus that year's pageant winner became miss america 1951, and there was no miss america 1950. the pageant was first televised nationally in 1954, hosted by bob russell. future television star lee meriwether was crowned miss america 1955. it would also be the last time russell served as host. he recommended, and was replaced by, bert parks, who served as the host for the second televised pageant in 1955 and stayed as host until 1979. television viewership peaked during the early 1960s, when it was the highest - rated program on american television. <SEP> Despite being eliminated earlier in the season, Chris Daughtry (as lead of the band Daughtry) became the most successful recording artist from this season. Other contestants, such as Hicks, McPhee, Bucky Covington, Mandisa, Kellie Pickler, and Elliott Yamin have had varying levels of success.