| Year
|
Name
|
Hometown
|
Age
|
Local Title
|
Miss America Talent
|
Placement at Miss America
|
Special scholarships at Miss America
|
Notes
|
| 2024
|
Shailey Ringenbach
|
Phoenix
|
20
|
Miss Ahwatukee
|
Dance
|
|
|
|
| 2023
|
Tiffany Ticlo
|
Chandler
|
21
|
Miss Scottsdale
|
Vocal
|
|
|
Younger sister of Miss Arizona 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2022, Isabel Ticlo
|
| 2022
|
Melody Pierce
|
Phoenix
|
26
|
Miss North Phoenix
|
Tap Dance
|
|
Women Who Brand Finalist
|
|
| 2021
|
Amber Barto[2]
|
Scottsdale
|
23
|
Miss Scottsdale
|
Contemporary Dance
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2014[3]
|
| 2020
|
No national competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|
| 2019
|
Jacqueline Thomas[4]
|
Phoenix
|
24
|
Miss North Phoenix
|
Piano
|
|
Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[5]
|
|
| 2018
|
Isabel Ticlo[6]
|
Chandler
|
24
|
Bollywood Dance, "JBJ" by Mahalakshmi Iyer
|
|
|
Later Arizona Sweetheart 2019
Later 1st runner-up at Miss Arizona USA 2021
Later Miss Arizona USA 2022
Older sister of Miss Arizona 2023, Tiffany Ticlo
|
| 2017
|
MaddieRose Holler[7]
|
Surprise
|
20
|
Miss Peoria
|
Vocal
|
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2013[8]
|
| 2016
|
Katelyn Niemiec[9]
|
Scottsdale
|
22
|
Miss Tempe
|
Twirl Routine
|
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2009[10]
|
| 2015
|
Madison Esteves[11]
|
Chandler
|
20
|
Miss Queen Creek
|
Jazz Dance, "Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That" by Robert Randolph and the Family Band
|
|
|
Previously Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2012[12]
|
| 2014
|
Alexa Rogers[13]
|
Scottsdale
|
23
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Contemporary Dance, "Human"
|
|
|
|
| 2013
|
Jennifer Smestad
|
Gilbert
|
20
|
Miss City of Maricopa
|
Vocal, "Over You"
|
|
|
|
| 2012
|
Piper Stoeckel
|
Prescott
|
21
|
Miss Tucson Valley
|
Jazz Dance, "Man in the Mirror"
|
|
|
|
| 2011
|
Jennifer Sedler[14]
|
Tempe
|
19
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Jazz Dance, "It's About That Walk" by Prince
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
|
| 2010
|
Kathryn Bulkley
|
Mesa
|
20
|
Miss Pima County
|
Classical Vocal, "Nessun dorma"
|
Top 10
|
|
Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1981, Pamela Offer
Previously Miss Arizona Teen America 2008
|
| 2009
|
Savanna Troupe
|
Phoenix
|
23
|
Miss Maricopa County
|
Twirl Routine, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
|
|
|
|
| 2008
|
Erin Nurss
|
Sierra Vista
|
23
|
Miss Tucson Valley
|
Dance
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Sister of Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen 2005, Adrienne Nurss
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant
|
| 2007
|
Nicole Turner
|
Phoenix
|
24
|
Miss Chandler
|
Jazz Dance, "Proud Mary"
|
|
|
|
| 2006
|
Hilary Griffith
|
Glendale
|
20
|
Vocal, "Don't Know Why"
|
|
Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
|
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
|
| 2005
|
Audrey Sibley
|
Sierra Vista
|
19
|
Miss San Marcos
|
Vocal, "Alone"
|
|
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
|
| 2004
|
Katherine Kennedy
|
Tempe
|
24
|
Miss Twirling Athlete
|
Twirl Routine
|
|
|
|
| 2003
|
Corrie Hill
|
Gilbert
|
24
|
Miss Mesa
|
Dance, "Proud Mary"
|
|
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant
Later Mrs. Arizona America 2010 under her married name, Corrie Francis[16]
|
| 2002
|
Laura Lawless
|
Tempe
|
24
|
Miss Maricopa
|
Classical Piano, "Revolutionary Etude"
|
Top 15
|
|
|
| 2001
|
Kapri Rose
|
Gilbert
|
19
|
Miss Gilbert
|
Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special"
|
|
|
|
| 2000
|
Kristen Vatt
|
Mesa
|
20
|
Character Dance, "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha
|
|
|
|
| 1999
|
Lori Whiting
|
20
|
Miss Desert Sun
|
Piano, "Malaguena"
|
|
|
|
| 1998
|
Leean Hendrix
|
Parker
|
22
|
Miss Tempe Buttes
|
Vocal, "Heaven's What I Feel"
|
|
|
|
| 1997
|
Stacey Momeyer
|
Phoenix
|
21
|
Miss Chandler
|
Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1996
|
| 1996
|
Erin Gingrich
|
Yuma
|
21
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1995
|
Cara Jackson
|
Chandler
|
22
|
Miss Chandler
|
Vocal, "All Is Fair In Love"
|
|
|
Later Miss Arizona USA 1999
|
| 1994
|
Stacy Agren
|
Mesa
|
21
|
Miss Mesa
|
Classical Piano
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award Winner
|
|
| 1993
|
Amanda Murray
|
Yuma
|
19
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Vocal, "What Did I Have That I Don't Have" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
|
|
Quality of Life Award Winner
|
|
| 1992
|
Robyn Rayborn
|
Mesa
|
26
|
Miss Maricopa County
|
Vocal, "How Great Thou Art"
|
|
|
|
| 1991
|
Darsi Turner
|
Yuma
|
22
|
Miss Tucson
|
Ballet, "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
|
|
|
|
| 1990
|
Kimberly Hoskins
|
19
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Ballet en Pointe, "Symphony of the Seas"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1989
|
Tammy Kettunen
|
21
|
Miss Maricopa County
|
Freestyle Roller Skating, "Amazing Grace"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Sister of Miss Arizona 1986, Terri Kettunen
|
| 1988
|
Lisa Mandel
|
Tucson
|
22
|
Miss Tucson
|
Dance, "Steam Heat"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1987
|
Theresa Light
|
18
|
Miss Western Maricopa
|
Vocal, "Somewhere"
|
|
|
|
| 1986
|
Terri Kettunen
|
Yuma
|
21
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Classical Piano
|
|
|
Sister of Miss Arizona 1989, Tammy Kettunen
|
| 1985
|
Diane Martin
|
Phoenix
|
23
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Vocal, "The Man that Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
|
|
|
Later Miss Arizona USA 1987
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1987 pageant
|
| 1984
|
Rhonda White
|
Central
|
20
|
Miss Graham County
|
Country Vocal Medley
|
|
|
|
| 1983
|
Jennifer Nichols
|
Tempe
|
22
|
Miss Glendale
|
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay"
|
|
|
|
| 1982
|
Debra Daniels
|
Yuma
|
20
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
| 1981
|
Sarah Tattersall
|
Scottsdale
|
20
|
Miss Scottsdale
|
Vocal, "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" from Cabaret
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1980
|
Brenda Strong
|
Tempe
|
20
|
Miss Valley West
|
Vocal, "My Man" & "What Did I Have That I Don't Have"
|
|
|
Played character and narrator, Mary Alice Young, in the TV series, Desperate Housewives[citation needed]
|
| 1979
|
Pam Wenzel
|
Phoenix
|
22
|
Miss North Central Phoenix
|
Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance, "Theme from Children of Sanchez"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
| 1978
|
Susan Kohler
|
Tempe
|
23
|
Miss Arizona State University
|
Vocal & Dance, "Theme from New York, New York"
|
|
|
|
| 1977
|
Cindy Glenn
|
Globe
|
18
|
Miss Globe
|
Popular Vocal, "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
|
|
|
|
| 1976
|
Anne DeVarennes
|
Tucson
|
22
|
Miss Tucson
|
Vocal, "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver!
|
|
|
|
| 1975
|
Vickie Hall
|
Sierra Vista
|
|
Miss Sierra Vista
|
|
|
Successor to crown when Peterson resigned
|
| Stacey Peterson
|
Phoenix
|
21
|
Miss Tucson
|
Ventriloquism, "Yankee Doodle"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
| 1974
|
Mary Avilla
|
Glendale
|
20
|
Miss Maryvale
|
Popular Vocal, "Best Thing You've Ever Done"
|
|
|
|
| 1973
|
Susan May[17]
|
Kingman
|
19
|
Miss Coconino County
|
Piano Medley, "The Glory of Love," "Laura," & "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
|
|
|
|
| 1972
|
Linda Gail Sirrine
|
Mesa
|
19
|
Miss Mesa
|
Popular Vocal, "Happy Heart"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1971
|
Celia Sklan
|
Scottsdale
|
22
|
Miss Scottsdale
|
Dramatic Skit & Song, "English Pub"
|
|
|
|
| 1970
|
Karen Joy Shields
|
Tucson
|
19
|
Miss University of Arizona
|
Dance and Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
|
| 1969
|
Kathleen Ennis
|
20
|
Miss Tucson
|
Original Comedy Monologue, "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple, and Tiny Tim"
|
|
|
|
| 1968
|
Linda Johnson
|
Warren
|
20
|
Miss Cochise County
|
Authentic Tahitian Dance
|
|
|
Previously Arizona's Junior Miss 1966
|
| 1967
|
Bea Willis
|
Phoenix
|
19
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Vocal, "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
|
| 1966
|
Launa Gardner
|
Holbrook
|
19
|
Miss Holbrook
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
| 1965
|
Sandra Montgomery
|
Yuma
|
18
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Vocal, "Once In a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You"
|
|
|
|
| 1964
|
Vonda Kay Van Dyke
|
Phoenix
|
22
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)"
|
Winner[18]
|
Miss Congeniality
|
Semi-finalist at America's Junior Miss 1961 pageant
Only Miss America winner to also be named Miss Congeniality[18]
|
| 1963
|
Susan Bergstrom
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Modern Jazz Dance, "Tonight"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
| 1962
|
Paula Lou Welch
|
Tucson
|
20
|
Miss Tucson
|
Fire Baton Twirling
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
| 1961
|
Susan Webb
|
Prescott
|
19
|
Miss Prescott
|
Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars"
|
|
|
|
| 1960
|
Georgia Garbarino
|
Flagstaff
|
18
|
Miss Flagstaff
|
Modern Dance, An American in Paris
|
|
|
|
| 1959
|
Patricia Allebrand
|
Yuma
|
18
|
Miss Yuma County
|
Modern Dance, "Interpretation of Rejected Love"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
| 1958
|
Donna Riggs
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Vocal / Dance, "Teacher's Pet"
|
|
Special Scholarship Award
|
|
| 1957
|
Lynn Freyse
|
Tucson
|
|
Miss Tucson
|
Dramatic Reading from The Country Girl
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
|
Later starred in TV series Hazel[citation needed]
|
| 1956
|
Barbara Hilgenberg
|
Tucson
|
|
Miss Tucson
|
Monologue, "End and the Beginning" by John Mansfield
|
3rd runner-up (tie)
|
|
|
| 1955
|
Beth Andre
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Maricopa County
|
Comic Monologue, "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
| 1954
|
Marjorie Nylund
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Dramatic Reading, "A Marine's Conversation"
|
|
|
|
| 1953
|
Betty Lou Lindly
|
Tempe
|
|
Miss Tempe
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
| 1952
|
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[19][20]
|
| 1951
|
| 1950
|
Kathryn Lunsford
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Modern Dance
|
|
|
|
| 1949
|
Jacque Mercer
|
Litchfield
|
18
|
Miss Litchfield
|
Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
| 1948
|
Donna McElroy
|
Phoenix
|
|
Miss Phoenix
|
Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|
| 1947
|
Wanda Law
|
Tempe
|
|
Miss Tempe
|
|
Top 15
|
|
|
| 1946
|
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[21][22][23][24][25][26]
|
| 1945
|
| 1944
|
| 1943
|
| 1942
|
| 1941
|
| 1940
|
Anna Marie Barnett
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1939
|
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[27]
|
| 1938
|
Anna Marie Barnett
|
Bisbee
|
|
Miss Bisbee
|
|
Top 15
|
|
|
| 1934
|
No national pageant was held[28]
|
| 1933
|
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[29]
|
| 1932
|
No national pageants were held[28]
|
| 1931
|
| 1930
|
| 1929
|
| 1928
|
| 1927
|
No Arizona representative at Miss America pageant[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
|
| 1926
|
| 1925
|
| 1924
|
| 1923
|
| 1922
|
| 1921
|
_in_2016.jpg)
