Miss Florida

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Florida USA

Kylie Williams, Miss Florida 2007

Allison Kreiger, Miss Florida 2006, with Congressman Cliff Stearns

Jenna Edwards, Miss Florida 2004

The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Famous Miss Florida titleholders include actress Delta Burke, who won Miss Florida 1974. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Kylie Williams[1]	Tallahassee	Miss Tallahassee	Top 16 at Miss America 2008
2006	Allison Kreiger	Miami	Miss Miami			Previously Miss University of Florida for 2002
2005	Mari Wilensky	Jacksonville	Miss University of Florida	Top 10 at Miss America 2006		Assumed the crown after Candace Cragg relinquished the title, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005
	Candace Cragg	Jacksonville	Miss Jacksonville			Miss Florida Teen America 2001, and 2nd runner up in Miss Teen America 2001
2004	Jenna Edwards	Miami	Miss Winter Park		Preliminary Swimsuit Award;Finalist for Quality of Life Award	Later Miss Florida USA 2007, Miss Oktoberfest 2000 as Miss Mississippi, Miss Teen All American 1999 as Miss Mississippi
2003	Shauna Pender*		Miss St. Petersburg			Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001
	Ericka Dunlap	Orlando	Miss City Beautiful	Winner - Miss America 2004	Finals Evening Gown Award; Finalist Talent Award
2002	Katherine Carson	Sarasota	Miss Largo
2001	Kelly Gaudet	Miami	Miss Largo	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Evening Gown Award	Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 1996, 4th runner up at National Sweetheart 1999
2000	Candace Rodatz	Orange Park	Miss First Coast
1999	Kelli Meierhenry	Orlando	Miss University of Central Florida
1998	Lissette Gonzalez	Miami	Miss Miami	2nd Runner up	Bernie Wayne Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1997	Christy Neuman	Jacksonville	Miss University of North Florida	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1996	Jamie Bolding	Lakeland	Miss Mount Dora		Non-Finalist Talent Award, Nonfinalist Interview Award
1995	Kristin Ludecke	Eustis	Miss Central Florida			Later Miss Florida USA 2000
1994	Megan Welch	DeLand	Miss Mount Dora		Non Finalist Interview Award	Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1993
1993	Nicole Padgett	Fort Myers	Miss Tampa
1992	Melinda Miller*		Miss Altamonte Springs
	Leanza Cornett	Jacksonville	Miss Winter Park	Winner		Former National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1991
1991	Mary Ann Olson	Sarasota	Miss Manatee County		Non-finalist Talent Award
1990	Dana Rinehart Dalton	Orlando	Miss Orlando		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1989	Sandra Joanne Frick	Hialeah	Miss Coral Springs	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1988	Melissa Aggeles	St. Petersburg	Miss Manatee County	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit	National Sweetheart Pageant winner 1987
1987	Jennifer Anne Sauder	Homestead	Miss Homestead	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1986	Molly Pesce	Longwood	Miss Seminole County		Non-finalist Talent Award
1985	Monica Farrell	Jacksonville	Miss Jacksonville University		Non-finalist Talent Award	Later Miss Florida USA 1988 (3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988); Sister of Miss New York 1984 and Miss Illinois 1992
1984	Lisa Valdez	Bradenton	Miss Manatee County
1983	Kim Boyce	Bradenton	Miss Manatee County	Top 10 Semi-finalist
1982	Deanna Pitman	Apopka	Miss Sanford
1981	Dean Herman	Jacksonville	Miss Jacksonville
1980	Caroline Dungan	Bradenton	Miss Manatee County
1979	Marti Sue Phillips	Tampa	Miss Manatee County	4th Runner up
1978	Wendy Sue Cheatham	Bonita Springs	Miss Lee County			Assumed the crown after Carolyn Cline relinquished the title
	Carolyn Cline	Brandon	Miss Tampa	2nd Runner up	Preliminary Talent	Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1973
1977	Cathy La Belle	Tampa	Miss Tampa	4th Runner up	Preliminary Talent Award
1976	Nancy Stafford	Ft. Lauderdale	Miss Ft. Lauderdale
1975	Ann K. Schmalzried	Ft. Lauderdale	Miss University of Florida	Top 10 Semi-finalist	David B Allman Medical Scholarship
1974	Delta Burke	Orlando	Miss Orlando		Non-finalist Talent Award
1973	Ellen Meade	Bradenton	Miss Manatee County		Non-finalist Talent Award
1972	Suzanne Charles	Ft. Lauderdale	Miss Miami
1971	Barbara Jo Ivey	Winter Park	Miss Winter Park		Non-finalist Talent Award
1970	Lisa Donovan	Sarasota	Miss Sarasota	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Featured singer at 1971 and 1973 Miss America pageants, toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1969	Lynne Edea Topping	Marco Island	Miss Dade County
1968	Linda Fitts	Panama City	Miss Panama City	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award
1967	Dawn Lauree Cashwell	Pensacola	Miss Pensacola	4th Runner up	Preliminary Talent Award
1966	Christine Torgeson		Miss Manatee County			Assumed the crown after Diane Colston relinquished the title
	Diane Colston	Sarasota	Miss Sarasota	Top 10
1965	Carol Lynn Blum	Miami Beach	Miss Ft. Lauderdale	3rd Runner up		Featured vocalist on the 1966 Miss America Pageant telecast
1964	Priscilla Schnarr	Hollywood	Miss Hollywood
1963	Flora Jo Chandonnet	North Miami	Miss Miami
1962	Gloria Brody	Jacksonville	Miss Jacksonville
1961	Sherry Grimes	Sarasota	Miss Sarasota
1960	Kathy Magda	Ft. Lauderdale	Miss Ft. Lauderdale
1959	Nancy Rae Purvis	Bradenton	Miss Manatee County
1958	Dianne Tauscher	Orlando	Miss Orlando
1957	Dorothy Maria Steiner	Boca Raton	Miss Boca Raton	4th Runner up
1956	Sally Fisher	Miami	Miss Coral Gables
1955	Sandra Wirth	Miami	Miss Miami	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
1954	Ann Gloria Daniel	Dade City	Miss Dade City	1st Runner up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1953	Marjorie Simmons	Tampa	Miss Tampa
1952	Marcia Crane	Orlando	Miss Orlando
1951	Mary Elizabeth Godwin	Gainesville	Miss Gainesville	4th Runner up
1950	Janet Ruth Crockett	St. Petersburg	Miss St. Petersburg	2nd Runner up		Assumed title when winner Corine Gustafson was disqualified for being too young
1949	Shirley Ann Rhodes	Tampa	Miss Tampa
1948	Rosemary Carpenter	Miami Beach	Miss Miami	Semi-finalist
1947	Eula Ann McGehee	St. Petersburg	Miss St. Petersburg
1946	Jacquelyn Jennings	Miami	Miss Coral Gables	Top 10
1945	Virginia Freeland	Miami	Miss Miami	3rd Runner up
1944	Virginia Warlen	Miami	(no locals)	2nd Runner up	Preliminary Talent Award & Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1943	Muriel Elizabeth Smith	Miami	(no locals)	1st Runner up
1942	Eileen Irma Knapp	Miami	(no locals)	Semi-finalist
1941	Mitzi Strother	Miami	(no locals)	Semi-finalist
1939	Rose Marie Magrill	Miami	(no locals)	Semi-finalist
1938	Mary Joyce Walsh	Miami	Miss Miami
1935	Elizabeth Hull	Plant City	Miss Plant City	Semi-finalist

* Assumed the crown after Miss Florida won Miss America

[edit] References

1. ^ "Reigning Miss Tallahassee wins Miss Florida crown", Tallahassee Democrat, 2007-07-01. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 

[edit] External links

• Miss Florida official website

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