| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Local Title |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2008 |
Leigh-Taylor Smith |
New York City |
Miss Brooklyn |
3rd Runner Up at Miss America 2009 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Former 3rd Runner Up to Miss VA 2007 and Miss VA 2006 |
| 2007 |
Elisabeth Baldanza |
Oneonta |
Miss Empire Rose |
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| 2006 |
Bethlene Pancoast |
Brooklyn |
Miss Heart of New York |
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Non Finalist Talent Award Winner |
Represented Pennsylvania at America's Junior Miss in 2000 |
| 2005 |
Kandice Pelletier |
New York City |
Miss Greater New York City |
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Contestant on The Amazing Race 10, with fellow Miss America contestant Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (Miss California). Previously won the National Sweetheart Pageant in 2003 as Miss Georgia |
| 2004 |
Christina Ellington |
New York City |
Miss Southern New York |
Top 10 Finalist |
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4th runner at National Sweetheart 2003, Miss Teen Connecticut America 2001, and 1st runner up in Miss Teen America 2001 |
| 2003 |
Jessica Lynch |
New York City |
Miss New York City |
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| 2002 |
Tiffany Walker |
Brooklyn |
Miss New York City |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 2001 |
Andrea Plummer |
New York City |
Miss New York City |
4th runner-up |
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1996 America's Junior Miss representing Tennessee |
| 2000 |
Kelly Falgiano |
Lancaster |
Miss Amherst |
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| 1999 |
Brandi Burkhardt |
Pasadena, Maryland |
Miss Manhattan |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1997 |
| 1998 |
Deana Herrera |
Staten Island |
Miss Staten Island |
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| 1997 |
Lisa Esler |
Northville |
Miss Fulton County |
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| 1996 |
Tammy Harris |
Williamstown |
Miss Oswego County |
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| 1995 |
Sunita Param |
Buffalo |
Miss Buffalo |
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Starred in American Desi, Miss Match, several national commercials |
| Helen Goldsby |
Brooklyn |
Miss Orange County |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Title removed by pageant officials |
| 1994 |
Dione Lee Robinson |
Gansevoort |
Miss Capital Region |
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| 1993 |
Marcia Cillan |
New York City |
Miss Manhattan |
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| 1992 |
Ingrid Olsen |
Port Jefferson |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1991 |
Marisol Montalvo |
Holbrook |
Miss Long Island |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Preliminary Award |
Currently singing leading soprano roles in major European opera houses. |
| 1990 |
Mary Alice Demler |
Buffalo |
Miss Buffalo |
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Currently anchor of evening news for NBC affiliate in Buffalo. |
| 1989 |
Lisa Marie Molella |
Millbrook |
Miss Dutchess County |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1988 |
Mia Seminoff |
New York City |
Miss Manhattan |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1987 |
Alice Knisley |
Staten Island |
Miss Metropolitan New York City |
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| 1986 |
Dawan McPeak |
New York City |
Miss Metropolitan New York City |
Actress/model in Dallas: website: dawanmazzu.com |
Mrs. Texas 2001 |
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| 1985 |
Jill Privateer |
Fredonia |
Miss Buffalo |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe |
| 1984 |
Mary-Ann Farrell |
New York City |
Miss Manhattan |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Sister of Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Illinois 1992 |
| 1983 |
Melissa Manning |
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successor to crown |
| Vanessa Williams |
Millwood |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
Winner - Miss America 1984 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award |
Stripped of national title after nude photos of her were made public. The photos were made prior to the pageant |
| 1982 |
Eileen Clark |
Syracuse |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1981 |
Suzanne Alexander |
Lyons Falls |
Miss Oneida County |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
An elementary school teacher in the Tully School District outside of Syracuse. |
| 1980 |
Cheryl Flanagan |
Rochester |
Miss Greater Rochester |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1979 |
Kelli Krull |
Buffalo |
Miss Niagara Falls |
Top 10 Finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Widely regarded as one of the best Baton twirlers to grace the Miss America stage. |
| 1978 |
Paula Pope |
Lockport |
Miss Greater Colonie |
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| 1977 |
Lesly Braun |
Pelham Manor |
Miss Staten Island |
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| 1976 |
Sonja Anderson |
New York City |
Miss Manhattan |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
previously Miss New York USA 1975 |
| 1975 |
Mary Hinterberger |
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successor to crown |
| Tawny Godin |
Yonkers |
Miss Saratoga Springs |
Winner |
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| 1974 |
Kris Krull |
Niagara Falls |
Miss Erie County East |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1973 |
Joann Miller |
Cheektowaga |
Miss Erie County East |
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| 1972 |
Judith Keithley |
Rochester |
Miss Rochester |
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| 1971 |
Elisabeth Condon |
Angola |
Miss Niagara Falls |
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| 1970 |
Katherine Karlsrud |
Mamaroneck |
Miss Westchester |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
first Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from medical school |
| 1969 |
Linda Trybus |
Snyder |
Miss Amherst |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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| 1968 |
Patricia Burmeister |
Portville |
Miss Rochester |
Top 10 Semi-finalist |
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Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1967 |
Kari Pedersen |
Staten Island |
Miss Staten Island |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1966 |
Penelope Donoghue |
Yonkers |
Miss Westchester |
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| 1965 |
Marlene Butcher |
Hamburg |
Miss Dunkirk |
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| 1964 |
Julie Just |
Buffalo |
Miss Tri-County |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1963 |
Barbara Gloede |
New York City |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 1962 |
Paula Heins |
Le Roy |
Miss Batavia |
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| 1961 |
Kathryn Moden |
Buffalo |
Miss West Seneca |
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| 1960 |
Susan Talbert |
Ogdensburg |
Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia |
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Miss Congeniality |
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| 1959 |
Bonnie Jo Marquis |
Huntington |
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Top 10 Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
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| 1958 |
Miriam Sanderson |
Rensselaer |
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| 1957 |
Janet Corrigan |
Huntington |
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| 1953 |
Jeannine Bowman |
Rome |
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1st runner-up |
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| 1952 |
Joan St. John |
Binghamton |
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semi-finalist |
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| 1951 |
Louise Orlando |
Syracuse |
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| 1950 |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Syracuse |
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| 1949 |
Wanda Nalepa |
New York City |
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| 1948 |
M. Yvonne Fix |
Niagara Falls |
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| 1947 |
Carol Fredericks |
Harrison |
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| 1946 |
Violet Meller |
White Plains |
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Semi-finalist |
Miss Congeniality |
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| 1945 |
June Jenkins |
Elmont |
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| 1944 |
Bobby MacAdam |
Brooklyn |
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| 1943 |
Marion Butler |
New York City |
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| 1942 |
Marion Moselle |
Utica |
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Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1938 |
Elissa Winston |
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Semi-finalist |
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represented New York as "Miss Empire State" |
| 1937 |
Dorothy Armstrong |
Whitesboro |
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represented New York as "Miss Empire State" |
| 1935 |
Vera Haal |
Bronx |
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| 1933 |
Florence Meyers |
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1st runner-up |
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