Miss America adalah kontes kecantikan yang memberikan penghargaan berupa beasiswa kepada wanita muda dari lima puluh negara bagian ditambah dua wilayah Amerika Serikat, Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Serikat dan Puerto Riko. Pemenang pertama dari kontes skala nasional akan menyandang gelar "Miss America" selama satu tahun. Kontes ini mulai diselenggarakan sejak tahun 1921.
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| Tanggal pendirian | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Tipe | Kontes kecantikan beasiswa |
| Kantor pusat | Linwood, New Jersey |
| Lokasi | |
CEO | Art McMaster |
| Situs web | Situs web resmi |
Pemenang Sunting
Berdasarkan tahun kemenangan Sunting
| Tahun | Miss America | Daerah asal/Mewakili |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Betty Cantrell | Warner Robins, Georgia |
| 2015 | Kira Kazantsev | Manhattan, New York |
| 2014 | Nina Davuluri | Fayetteville, New York |
| 2013 | Mallory Hagan | Brooklyn, New York |
| 2012 | Laura Kaeppeler | Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| 2011 | Teresa Scanlan | Gering, Nebraska |
| 2010 | Caressa Cameron | Fredericksburg Virginia |
| 2009 | Katie Stam | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2008 | Kirsten Haglund | Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| 2007 | Lauren Nelson | Lawton, Oklahoma |
| 2006 | Jennifer Berry | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 2005 | Deidre Downs | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 2004 | Ericka Dunlap | Orlando, Florida |
| 2003 | Erika Harold | Urbana, Illinois |
| 2002 | Katie Harman | Gresham, Oregon |
| 2001 | Ángela Pérez Baraquio | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 2000 | Heather French | Maysville, Kentucky |
| 1999 | Nicole Johnson Baker | Roanoke, Virginia |
| 1998 | Katherine Shindle | Evanston, Illinois |
| 1997 | Tara Dawn Holland | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 1996 | Shawntel Smith | Muldrow, Oklahoma |
| 1995 | Heather Whitestone | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 1994 | Kimberly Clarice Aiken | Columbia, South Carolina |
| 1993 | Leanza Cornett | Jacksonville, Florida |
| 1992 | Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 1991 | Marjorie Vincent | Oak Park, Illinois |
| 1990 | Debbye Turner | México, Missouri |
| 1989 | Gretchen Carlson | Anoka, Minnesota |
| 1988 | Kaye Lani Rae Rafko | Monroe, Michigan |
| 1987 | Kellye Cash | Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1986 | Susan Akin | Meridian, Mississippi |
| 1985 | Sharlene Wells Hawkes | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1984 | Vanessa Lynn Williams | Millwood, New York (Mengundurkan diri) |
| Suzette Charles | Mays Landing, New Jersey | |
| 1983 | Debra Maffett | Anaheim, California |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Ward | Russellville, Arkansas |
| 1981 | Susan Powell | Elk City, Oklahoma |
| 1980 | Cheryl Prewitt | Ackerman, Mississippi |
| 1979 | Kylene Barker | Galax, Virginia |
| 1978 | Susan Perkins | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1977 | Dorothy Kathleen Benham | Edina, Minnesota |
| 1976 | Tawny Elaine Godin | Yonkers, New York |
| 1975 | Shirley Cothran | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 1974 | Rebecca Ann King | Denver, Colorado |
| 1973 | Terry Anne Meeuwsen | De Pere, Wisconsin |
| 1972 | Laurie Lea Schaefer | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1971 | Phyllis George | Denton, Texas |
| 1970 | Pamela Anne Eldred | Birmingham, Michigan |
| 1969 | Judith Anne Ford | Belvidere, Illinois |
| 1968 | Debra Dene Barnes | Moran, Kansas |
| 1967 | Jane Anne Jayroe | Laverne, Oklahoma |
| 1966 | Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park, Kansas |
| 1965 | Vonda Kay Van Dyke | Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1964 | Donna Axum | El Dorado, Arkansas |
| 1963 | Jacquelyn Mayer | Sandusky, Ohio |
| 1962 | Maria Fletcher | Asheville, North Carolina |
| 1961 | Nancy Fleming | Montague, Michigan |
| 1960 | Lynda Lee Mead | Natchez, Mississippi |
| 1959 | Mary Ann Mobley | Brandon, Mississippi |
| 1958 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver, Colorado |
| 1957 | Marian McKnight | Manning, South Carolina |
| 1956 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver, Colorado |
| 1955 | Lee Meriwether | San Francisco, California |
| 1954 | Evelyn Margaret Ay | Ephrata, Pennsylvania |
| 1953 | Neva Jane Langley | Macon, Georgia |
| 1952 | Coleen Kay Hutchins | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1951 | Yolande Betbeze | Mobile, Alabama |
| 1949 | Jacque Mercer | Litchfield, Arizona |
| 1948 | BeBe Shopp | Hopkins, Minnesota |
| 1947 | Barbara Walker | Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1946 | Marilyn Buferd | Los Angeles, California |
| 1945 | Bess Myerson | New York, New York |
| 1944 | Venus Ramey | Washington, District of Columbia |
| 1943 | Jean Bartel | Los Angeles, California |
| 1942 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Tyler, Texas |
| 1941 | Rosemary LaPlanche | Los Angeles, California |
| 1940 | Frances Marie Burke | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1939 | Patricia Donnelly | Detroit, Michigan |
| 1938 | Marilyn Meseke | Lima, Ohio |
| 1937 | Bette Cooper | Bertrand Island, New Jersey |
| 1936 | Rose Coyle | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1935 | Henrietta Leaver | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1933 | Marian Bergeron | West Haven, Connecticut |
| 1927 | Lois Delaner | Joliet, Illinois |
| 1926 | Norma Smallwood | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 1925 | Fay Lanphier | Oakland, California |
| 1924 | Ruth Malcomson | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1922-23 | Mary Campbell | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1921 | Margaret Gorman | Washington, District of Columbia |
Berdasarkan jumlah kemenangan Sunting
| Negara bagian | Jumlah kemenangan | Tahun kemenangan |
| New York | 6 | 1945 [1], 1976, 1984 [2], 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Oklahoma | 1926 [1], 1967, 1981, 1996, 2006, 2007 | |
| California | 1925, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1955, 1983 | |
| Ohio | 1922 [1], 1923 [1], 1938, 1963, 1972, 1978 | |
| Michigan | 5 | 1939, 1961, 1970, 1988, 2008 |
| Illinois | 1927, 1969, 1991, 1998, 2003 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1924 [1], 1935 [1], 1936 [1], 1940 [1], 1954 | |
| Mississippi | 4 | 1959, 1960, 1980, 1986 |
| Virginia | 3 | 1979, 1999, 2010 |
| Alabama | 1951, 1995, 2005 | |
| Kansas | 1966, 1968, 1997 | |
| Minnesota | 1948, 1977, 1989 | |
| Texas | 1942, 1971, 1975 | |
| Colorado | 1956, 1958, 1974 | |
| Georgia | 2 | 1953, 2016 |
| Wisconsin | 1973, 2012 | |
| Florida | 1993, 2004 | |
| Hawaii | 1992, 2001 | |
| South Carolina | 1957, 1994 | |
| Tennessee | 1947 [1], 1987 | |
| Utah | 1952, 1985 | |
| New Jersey | 1937 [1], 1984 [3] | |
| Arkansas | 1964, 1982 | |
| Arizona | 1949, 1965 | |
| District of Columbia | 1921 [1], 1944 [1] | |
| Nebraska | 1 | 2011 |
| Indiana | 2009 | |
| Oregon | 2002 | |
| Kentucky | 2000 | |
| Missouri | 1990 | |
| North Carolina | 1962 | |
| Connecticut | 1933 |
1 Pemenang yang mewakili munisipalitas dan bukan negara bagian.
2 Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1984, yang mengundurkan diri, kemudian kembali.
3 Suzette Charles, yang seharusnya memegang gelar Miss America 1984 akibat pengunduran diri Vanessa Williams.
Galeri Pemenang Sunting
Pembawa Acara Sunting
- Bob Russell: 1940–1946, 1948–1950, 1954
- Bert Parks: 1955–1979
- Bess Myerson: 1964–1967
- Phyllis George: 1975–1978
- Mary Ann Mobley: 1979
- Ron Ely dan Dorothy Benham: 1980–1981
- Gary Collins: 1982–1991
- Mary Ann Mobley: 1985–1988
- Phyllis George: 1989–1991
- Regis Philbin: 1992–1996
- Kathie Lee Gifford: 1992–1995
- Eva LaRue dan John Callahan: 1997
- Boomer Esiason dan Meredith Vieira: 1998
- Donny dan Marie Osmond: 1999–2000
- Angela Pillas: 2000
- Tony Danza: 2001
- Wayne Brady: 2002
- Tom Bergeron: 2003–2004
- Chris Harrison: 2005, 2011, 2012 2013
- Brooke Burke Charvet: 2011, 2012, 2013
- James Denton: 2006
- Mario Lopez 2007, 2009–2010
- Mark Steines: 2008
Media penyiaran Sunting
Lihat Pula Sunting
- Miss USA
- Miss Teen USA
- Ms. America
Referensi Sunting
- James Hibberd (30 November 2010). "Miss America Gets Dumped Again". The Hollywood Reporter. thehollywoodreporter.com. Diakses tanggal 2011-12-15.
- Schneider, Michael (23 May 2010). "ABC gets back with Miss America". Variety. variety.com. Diakses tanggal 2011-12-15.
Pranala luar Sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Miss America.
- Miss America 2011 2011-08-23 di Wayback Machine.
- Miss America official site
- Photo Essay: America's Pageant 2009-05-01 di Wayback Machine. A look back at more than 80 years of the Miss America competition on Time.com (a division of Time Magazine)
- Pageant Almanac: Miss America
- 1968-69 No More Miss America protests
- Audio Podcast special from Miss America 2006 - Episode #6, Episode #7, Episode #8 2011-08-24 di Wayback Machine.: all include recordings of press conferences from that week