Miss Montana
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Montana USA.
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The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss America pageant.[1]
Unlike most state pageants in the Miss America system, Montana does not use preliminary local pageants to limit entrants to the state-level competition.[1]
Results Summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year the contestant won her Miss Montana pageant.
Placements
- Miss Americas: N/A
- 1st runners-up: N/A
- 2nd runners-up: N/A
- 3rd runners-up: N/A
- 4th runners-up: N/A
- Semi-finalists: Kay Kittendorf (1940), Patti Luer (1948), Joanna Lester (1961), Yvonne Dehner (1994), Alexis Wineman (2012)[2]
Awards at Miss America
Preliminary Awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: N/A
- Preliminary Talent: Kay Kittendorf (1940), Patti Luer (1948), Diana Pacini (1975), Yvonne Dehner (1994)[3]
Non-finalist Awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Dianne Feller (1965), Debbie Reber (1973), Lilly Cruise (1980), Jenni Ramseth (1991)[3]
Quality of Life Award
- Finalist: Brittany Wiser (2009)[3]
Other Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Carol Fraser (tie) (1949)
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Janice Frankino (1976), Julie Reil (1987)
- America's Choice: Alexis Wineman (2012)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2016 | Lauren Scofield | Havre | 22 | Piano | Niece of Miss Montana 1986, Kamala Compton | |||
| 2015 | Danielle Wineman[4] | Cut Bank | 23 | Vocal / Piano "Great Balls of Fire" | Sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012 Previously Montana's Junior Miss 2010 | |||
| 2014 | Victoria Valentine | Missoula | 22 | Harp & Vocal "I Won't Give Up" | Miss Montana's Outstanding Teen 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Sheridan Pope | Sidney | 21 | Tap Dance "Kiss" | ||||
| 2012 | Alexis Wineman[5] | Cut Bank | 18 | Monologue "I Think Therefore I Am Fat" | Top 16 (America's Choice) | First contestant with Autism to compete at Miss America[2] Sister of Danielle Wineman, Miss Montana 2015 | ||
| 2011 | Veronika Ohlinger | Cooke City | 23 | Vocal "Alone" | Assumed the title,[6] Miss West Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2005 | |||
| Taryn Chuter[7] | Corvallis | 23 | Contemporary Dance | Resigned for personal reasons | ||||
| 2010 | Kacie West | Kalispell | 21 | Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Miss Montana USA 2013 | |||
| 2009 | Brittany Wiser | Bozeman | 21 | Vocal "Sway" | Quality of Life Finalist | Won the first beauty pageant she entered, winning Miss Montana 2009[8][9][10][11] Miss Montana USA 2011 | ||
| 2008 | Jennifer Hepner[12] | Great Falls | 23 | Raqs Sharqi Dance | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 Suspended of duties February 16, 2009[13] | |||
| 2007 | Kristen Mantooth | Lewistown | 22 | Lyrical Dance "Beauty from Pain | ||||
| 2006 | Christie Hageman | Billings | 23 | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | ||||
| 2005 | Sophia Steinbeisser | Sidney | 21 | Tap Dance "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | ||||
| 2004 | Evangelina Duke | Billings | 20 | Vocal "Man of La Mancha" | ||||
| 2003 | Amber Shipman | Glendive | 19 | Dance "Save Tonight" | Relieved of her duties February 27, 2004[14] | |||
| 2002 | Heather Rathbun | Darby | 24 | Taekwondo Demonstration "Mortal Kombat" | ||||
| 2001 | Kara Svennungsen | Shelby | 22 | Vocal "On My Own" | ||||
| 2000 | Jana LaBree | Ekalaka | 24 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Gospel Vocal "Because of Who You Are" | |||
| 1999 | Elissa Schwarz | Terry | 19 | Miss Big Sky | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | |||
| 1998 | Delight Lori Scheck | Helena | 21 | Miss Missoula/Garden City | Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | |||
| 1997 | Kristen Garlock | Billings | 24 | Miss Billings | Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller | |||
| 1996 | Aubrey Hiller | Missoula | 22 | Miss Treasure State | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | Miss Montana Teen USA 1992 | ||
| 1995 | Amanda Granrud | Great Falls | 23 | Miss Helena | Dramatic Reading | |||
| 1994 | Yvonne Dehner | Brockton | 24 | Miss Western Montana | Semi-classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1993 | Erica Havig | Billings | 19 | Miss Billings | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1992 | JoAnn Kayleen Jorgensen | Helena | 24 | Miss Central Montana | Gymnastics / Dance | Miss Montana USA 1991 | ||
| 1991 | Jenni Ramseth | Billings | 18 | Miss Yellowstone County | Classical Piano "Variation Serieuses, Opus 54" by Felix Mendelssohn | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Karen McNenny | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Coppélia" | |||
| 1989 | Cathy Brewer | Hamilton | 20 | Miss Western Montana | Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1988 | Becky McRae | Miles City | 17 | Miss Southeastern Montana | Vocal "On My Own" | |||
| 1987 | Julie Reil | Miles City | 19 | Miss Missoula County | Vocal "Being Alive" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1986 | Kamala Compton | Havre | 21 | Miss Eastern Montana | Gymnastics Dance | |||
| 1985 | Julie Culbertson | Billings | 19 | Miss Yellowstone Valley | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1984 | Michele Larson | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Vocal "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
| 1983 | Laurie Nelson | Billings | 19 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Classical Piano "L'Isle Joyeuse" | |||
| 1982 | Kimberly Knauf | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Piano Medley "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" | |||
| 1981 | Sue Harris | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics Dance "Hawaii Five-O Theme" | |||
| 1980 | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana | Popular Vocal "I Can See It" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Lori Conlon | Billings | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" | |||
| 1978 | Vanessa Ochsner | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula County | Popular Vocal / Dance "Yes" | |||
| 1977 | Sue Stanaway | Billings | 22 | Miss Missoula County | Classical Vocal "The Doll's Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 1976 | Janice Frankino | Helena | 19 | Miss Helena | Gymnastics / Jazz Dance "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1975 | Diana Pacini | Great Falls | 20 | Miss Garden City | Classical Piano "Etude Opus 10 by Chopin" | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Pamela Royer | Billings | 20 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Gymnastic Floor Exercise Routine "Love Story" | |||
| 1973 | Debbie Reber | Helena | 22 | Miss Helena | Vocal Medley & Guitar | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1972 | Debra DeBiase | Billings | 21 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Ballet "Summer of '42" | |||
| 1971 | Nancy Harper | Helena | 18 | Miss Helena | Vocal "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl | |||
| 1970 | Jane Opp | Billings | 20 | Miss West Billings | Piano "Le Cavalier Fantastique" by Benjamin Godard | Took over title after original winner Kathy Huppe resigned due to pageant officials asking her to stop speaking out against the Vietnam War[15] | ||
| 1969 | Jeanne Meek | Bridger | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain College | Piano "Toccata" by Paul Ben-Haim | |||
| 1968 | Karen Frank | Park City | 21 | Miss Eastern Montana College | Western Vocal & Guitar "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | |||
| 1967 | Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Miss University of Montana | Original Piano Composition "What the West Contributed to America" | |||
| 1966 | Nancy McLeod | Kalispell | 19 | Miss Kalispell | Popular Vocal / Drama | |||
| 1965 | Dianne Feller | Helena | 21 | Miss West Billings | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Merilee Miller | Radersburg | 20 | Miss Western Montana College | Dance | |||
| 1963 | Roberta Tarbox | Missoula | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Marsha Thompson | Bozeman | 21 | Miss Montana State College | Dress Making & Design | |||
| 1961 | Joanna Lester | Missoula | 20 | Miss Montana State University, Missoula | Vocal Medley including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" & "There Once Was a Man" from The Pajama Game | Top 10 | ||
| 1960 | Lois Marie Volkel | Missoula | 18 | Miss Missoula | Classical Vocal "Voi lo Sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana | |||
| 1959 | Sharon D. Tietjen | Great Falls | Original Humorous Interpretation | |||||
| 1956 | Alice Jean White | Great Falls | Art | The original winner, Marjorie Edmondson, was disqualified as she was married.[16] | ||||
| 1955 | Bertha Mae Huebl | Glendive | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Karen Whittet | Livingston | Piano | |||||
| 1951 | Patricia McGinty | Great Falls | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1950 | Donna Marie Buls | Missoula | ||||||
| 1949 | Carol Fraser | Billings | Equestrian Display | Miss Congeniality (tie) | After her horse nearly fell into the orchestra pit, the use of live animals was banned from Miss America talent presentations.[17] | |||
| 1948 | Patti Luer | Anaconda | Vocal / Dance "Gypsy Song" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1947 | Carol Chaffen | Corvallis | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | |||||
| 1940 | Kay Kittendorf | Missoula | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1939 | Lucille Chouinard | Fort Peck |
References
- 1 2 Cole, Erin (July 6, 2010). "An Uphill Climb for Miss Montana". Flathead Beacon. Kalispell, MT. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- 1 2 http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/01/11/miss-montana-first-autistic-miss-america-contestant/1827539/
- 1 2 3 http://www.missmontana.com/forever-miss-mts.html
- ↑ "Danielle Wineman of Cut Bank crowned Miss Montana 2015". Great Falls, MT: KRTV. June 14, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ Golodryga, Bianna (January 11, 2013). "Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, First Miss America Contestant Diagnosed With Autism". Good Morning America. ABC News. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Veronika Ohlinger". July 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Corvallis' Taryn Chuter crowned Miss Montana 2011". Ravalli Republic. June 19, 2011.
- ↑ "13 vie for Miss Montana title in Glendive this weekend". Billings Gazette. Billings, MT: Lee Enterprises. June 18, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ↑ Strickler, Lee (April 30, 2011). "Brains and Beauty: You Can Have Both?". Bozeman Magazine. Bozeman, MT. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Brittany Wiser crowned Miss Montana". Billings Gazette. Billings, MT: Lee Enterprises. June 22, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ↑ "Former Titleholders". Miss Montana. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ↑ Cates, Kristen (2008-06-16). "Great Falls woman wins elusive title". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/miss-montana-faces-dui-charge/article_c9e9e7b7-7ba9-598f-92ea-18ecb434a402.html
- ↑ http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/former-miss-montana-sues-pageant-s-leaders/article_bc45f23b-b254-53b3-9f46-8cb01ee45f9b.html
- ↑ "Beauty Queen Gives Up Title Rather Than Muzzle Views". The News and Courier. Jul 21, 1970.
- ↑ Miss Montana Mrs. the boat
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-17/features/0409160466_1_miss-america-miss-massachusetts-pageant-week/2
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