Miss Mississippi has won Miss America 4 times: 1959, 1960, 1980, 1986
There are three Miss America winners from Texas: 1942, 1971, 1975
Miss Kentucky has won Miss America once, in 2000.
Four (1959, 1960, 1980, 1986)
Miss Florida has won Miss America 2 times: 1993 and 2004.
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There are three Miss America winners from Texas: 1942, 1971, 1975
Miss Kentucky has won Miss America once, in 2000.
Four (1959, 1960, 1980, 1986)
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Miss Florida has won Miss America 2 times: 1993 and 2004.
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There are many previous Miss America winners. The last five winners were Mallory Hagan, Laura Kaeppeler, Teresa Scanlan, Caressa Cameron, and Katie Stam.
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Miss Pennsylvania has won the Miss America title 5 times: 1924, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1954
Miss Oklahoma has won Miss America 6 times: 1926, 1967, 1981, 1996, 2006, 2007
Since the founding of the Miss Texas Scholarship Foundation, there have been 77 Miss Texas winners (as of November 2014). Of those, 3 have gone on to win Miss America.
As of October 2023, there have been three Miss America winners who are of Native American descent: Shawn Weatherly (Miss South Carolina 1980), who won Miss America in 1981; and Vanessa Williams (Miss New York 1983), who became the first African American Miss America in 1984, with notable Native American heritage. Additionally, there’s been a broader recognition of Native American representation in the pageant over the years. However, the specific number of winners claiming Native American ancestry may vary based on individual heritage claims.