Year
|
Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Local Title
|
Miss America Talent
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Placement at Miss America
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Special scholarships at Miss America
|
Notes
|
2024
|
Paris Matthews
|
Salt Lake City
|
26
|
Miss Panoramaland
|
Dance
|
|
|
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2023
|
Sarah Sun
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
Miss Aspen Hills
|
Classical Piano
|
|
|
Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2019; 2nd runner-up to Distinguished Young Woman of America 2019
|
2022
|
Lindsey Larsen[1]
|
Lehi
|
21
|
Miss Utah County
|
Ballet en Pointe
|
|
Non-Finalist Talent
|
|
2021
|
Sasha Sloan[2]
|
North Salt Lake
|
23
|
Miss Greater Salt Lake
|
Vocal, "That’s Life"
|
Top 10
|
Equity and Justice Award
Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Scholarship 1st runner-up
Women in Business Award Finalist
|
Known for creating and playing "Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)" in the TikTok series "The Noble House of Black", which is a famous fan-made series about the three Black sisters from the Harry Potter franchise.
|
2019–20
|
Dexonna Talbot[3]
|
Spanish Fork
|
19
|
Miss Greater Salt Lake
|
Ballet en Pointe
|
|
Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalist[4]
|
|
2018
|
Jesse Craig[5]
|
Orem
|
22
|
Miss Timpanogos
|
Violin, "Misirlou and the Bee"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Daughter of Miss Utah 1991, Elizabeth Johnson Craig[6]
|
2017
|
JessiKate Riley[7]
|
Beaver
|
20
|
Miss Panoramaland
|
Classical Violin, "Praeludium and Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award[8][9]
Preliminary Talent Award[10]
|
Previously Miss Utah's Outstanding Teen 2014[11]
Later Miss Utah USA 2021
|
2016
|
Lauren Wilson[12]
|
Pleasant Grove
|
21
|
Miss Northern Utah County
|
Dance, "Libertango"
|
|
|
|
2015
|
Krissia Beatty[13]
|
St. George
|
22
|
Miss Nebo
|
Piano, "All of Me"
|
|
Charles & Teresa Brown Award
|
|
2014
|
Karlie Major
|
Logan
|
20
|
Miss Cache Valley
|
Dance, "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
|
|
|
|
2013
|
Ciera Pekarcik[14]
|
Farmington
|
23
|
Miss Panoramaland
|
Vocal, "Via Dolorosa"
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
|
2012
|
Kara Arnold
|
Bountiful
|
22
|
Miss Davis County
|
Piano, "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor"
|
Top 16
|
|
|
2011
|
Danica Olsen
|
Tooele
|
21
|
Miss Utah Valley University
|
Dance, "Come Fly with Me"
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
2010
|
Christina Lowe
|
Midway
|
21
|
Miss Utah County
|
Vocal, "Footprints in the Sand"
|
Top 15
|
|
|
2009
|
Whitney Merrifield
|
Lindon
|
19
|
Miss Utah County
|
Classical Piano, "Moment musical in E minor, Op. 16/4"
|
|
|
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant
|
2008
|
Kayla Barclay
|
Manti
|
19
|
Miss Sanpete County
|
Piano
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
2007
|
Jill Stevens
|
Kaysville
|
24
|
Miss Davis County
|
Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress
|
Top 16
|
|
Voted into the Top 16 as "America's Choice" by viewers of the TLC Network's Miss America: Reality Check series
Combat Medical with Utah National Guard, completed an 18-month-tour in Afghanistan[citation needed]
|
2006
|
Katie Millar
|
Highland
|
20
|
Miss Timpanogos
|
Electric Violin, "Souvenir D'Amerique, Variations on Yankee Doodle"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
2005
|
Julia Bachison
|
North Ogden
|
22
|
Miss Utah State Fair
|
Vocal, "I've Got the World on a String"
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Later Miss Utah USA 2008 Top 15 at Miss USA 2008 pageant
|
2004
|
Amy Davis
|
Bountiful
|
23
|
Miss Salt Lake Valley
|
Classical Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 12"
|
|
Miss Photogenic
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
2003
|
Stacy Johnson
|
Provo
|
21
|
Miss Provo
|
Latin Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
2002
|
Natalie Camille Johnson
|
Bountiful
|
22
|
Miss Northern Utah
|
Classical Piano, Prelude in G minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
|
|
|
|
2001
|
Jaclyn Hunt
|
Lehi
|
20
|
Miss Utah County
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
|
Top 10
|
Quality of Life Award
|
|
2000
|
Jami Leilani Palmer
|
Tremonton
|
20
|
Miss Northern Counties
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1999
|
Vanessa Ballam
|
Logan
|
20
|
Miss Cache Valley/Logan
|
Vocal, "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1998
|
Michele Mobley
|
Sandy City
|
21
|
Miss Sandy City
|
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1997
|
Mary McDonough
|
Layton
|
19
|
Miss Davis County
|
Piano, "Des Danzas Creoles" by Alberto Ginastera
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
|
|
1996
|
Nanette Pearson
|
Pleasant Grove
|
23
|
Miss Salt Lake Valley
|
Classical Ballet, La Boutique fantasque
|
|
|
|
1995
|
Amanda Moody
|
Orem
|
19
|
Miss Orem
|
Classical Piano, "Ballade No. 4"
|
|
Bernie Wayne Talent Scholarship
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1994
|
Brooke Anderson
|
West Valley City
|
21
|
Miss West Valley City
|
Ballet
|
|
|
|
1993
|
Marquessa Glee Bullock
|
Providence
|
20
|
Miss Utah State University
|
Classical Piano, "1st Movement from Concerto No. 1" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
|
|
|
|
1992
|
Jennifer Ward
|
Salt Lake City
|
19
|
Miss Salt Lake Valley
|
Classical Violin, "Scherzo Tarantella"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
4th runner-up at National Sweetheart pageant
|
1991
|
Elizabeth Anne Johnson
|
Orem
|
21
|
Miss Utah State Fair
|
Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsodies"
|
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
|
Mother of Miss Utah 2018, Jesse Craig[6]
1st runner-up at National Sweetheart pageant[citation needed]
|
1990
|
Jennifer Nakken
|
Cedar City
|
20
|
Miss Iron County
|
Lyrical Dance, "The Sound of Music"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1989
|
Jacque Dawn Tingey
|
Centerville
|
25
|
Miss Intermountain Region
|
Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1988
|
Sophia Symko
|
Salt Lake City
|
21
|
Miss University of Utah
|
Piano, "Rhapsodie espagnole"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1987
|
Marianne Bales
|
Orem
|
21
|
Miss Orem
|
Lyrical Dance & Vocal, "Let Me Dance For You"
|
|
|
|
1986
|
Donna Clark
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
Miss University of Utah
|
Ballet
|
|
|
|
1985
|
Gina Larsen
|
Provo
|
21
|
Miss Utah State Fair
|
Popular Vocal, "Greatest Love of All"
|
|
|
|
1984
|
Nancy Gail Ayers
|
|
|
Miss Salt Lake Valley
|
|
Did not compete; later assumed title after Wells won Miss America 1985
|
Sharlene Wells
|
Salt Lake City
|
20
|
Miss Utah Valley
|
Spanish Vocal & Paraguayan Harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
1983
|
Lynn Lambert
|
Provo
|
21
|
Miss Provo
|
Classical Piano, "Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" by Rachmaninoff
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1982
|
Cindy Quinn
|
21
|
Miss Utah State Fair
|
Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen
|
|
|
|
1981
|
Jonelle Smith
|
Provo
|
23
|
Miss Utah Valley
|
Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata
|
Top 10
|
|
|
1980
|
Jean Bullard
|
Provo
|
22
|
Miss Indian
|
Vocal Medley, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
|
|
|
|
1979
|
Karen L. Brimley
|
Layton
|
19
|
Miss Weber State College
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
|
|
|
|
1978
|
Jami Coombs
|
Tremonton
|
19
|
Miss Wheat & Beet
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg
|
|
|
|
1977
|
Kristy Deakin
|
Brigham City
|
19
|
Miss Brigham City
|
Baton Twirling
|
|
|
|
1976
|
Suzanne McKay
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
Miss Salt Lake County Fair
|
Organ Medley, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "God Bless America"
|
|
|
|
1975
|
Barbara LaVerne Hanks
|
Sandy
|
24
|
Miss Latter Day Saints Business College
|
Jazz Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
|
|
|
|
1974
|
Kathlyn Louise White
|
Bountiful
|
21
|
Miss Davis County Fair
|
Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring"
|
|
|
Relinquished title to marry Wayne Osmond.[15]
|
1973
|
Brenda Richardson
|
Provo
|
20
|
Miss Brigham Young University
|
Vocal Medley
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1972
|
Sally Peterson
|
Salt Lake City
|
21
|
Miss University of Utah
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1"
|
|
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1971
|
Janis Gentry
|
Vernal
|
19
|
Miss UBIC
|
Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress
|
|
|
|
1970
|
Deborah Melba Dunn
|
Salt Lake City
|
20
|
Miss Stevens-Henager College
|
Modern Dance, "Julia"
|
|
|
|
1969
|
Susan Nielson
|
20
|
Miss Utah National Guard
|
Ballet, "Eleven Studies for Eleven Players" by Ned Rorem
|
|
|
|
1968
|
Kathleen Frances Wood
|
19
|
Miss Midvale
|
Monologue, "The Promise of One Person On This Planet"
|
|
|
|
1967
|
Patricia Soutas
|
20
|
Miss Utah State Fair
|
Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic"
|
|
|
|
1966
|
Georgia Lynne Johnson
|
21
|
Miss Rose Park
|
Dramatic Reading from Medea
|
|
|
|
1965
|
Frances Yvonne Vernon
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
Miss Utah Air Force Reserve
|
Original Modern Dance, "The American Pioneer Woman"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
1964
|
Lois Anne Bailey
|
Salt Lake City
|
18
|
Miss Salt Lake City
|
Piano, "Symphonie espagnole"
|
|
|
|
1963
|
Annette Bates
|
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
|
|
|
|
1962
|
Judith Ann Ridd
|
Magna
|
19
|
Miss Logan
|
Modern Interpretive Dance
|
|
|
|
1961
|
Carolyn DeAnn Lasater
|
Salt Lake City
|
19
|
Miss Utah National Guard
|
Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day"
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1960
|
Marian Faye Walker
|
Salt Lake City
|
27
|
Miss Utah National Air Force Reserve
|
Classical Vocal, "The Waltz Aria" from Mireille
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1959
|
Jacqueline Winterrose
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
|
Character Dance, "Tequila"
|
|
|
|
1958
|
Janet Carolyn Secor
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Classical Ballet, "The Waltz" from The Sleeping Beauty
|
Top 10
|
|
|
1957
|
Francine Louise Felt
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Violin
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1956
|
Joan Willes
|
|
|
Original Comedy Skit
|
|
|
|
1955
|
Suzanne Storrs Poulton
|
|
|
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1954
|
Maurine Parker
|
Ogden
|
|
|
Drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days"
|
|
|
|
1953
|
Ina Lavon Brown
|
Provo
|
|
|
Drama
|
|
|
|
1952
|
Marylyn Reese
|
Brigham
|
|
|
Monologue, "The Mudlark" & "Our Town"
|
|
|
|
1951
|
Colleen Kay Hutchins
|
Salt Lake City
|
25
|
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1950
|
Joanne Hinand
|
Provo
|
|
|
East Indian Dance
|
|
|
|
1949
|
June Barlow
|
Bountiful
|
|
|
Vocal / Dress Design, "Villanelle" & "The Wren"
|
|
|
|
1948
|
Marilyn Robinson
|
Ogden
|
|
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy"
|
Top 15
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1947
|
Donna Southwick
|
Cedar City
|
|
|
Drama, Piano, Vocal, & Dance
|
|
|
|
1946
|
Armelia Carol Ohmart
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Vocal, "I Won't Tell a Soul"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
TV and film actress with a career from the late 40s to mid 70s, credits include the movie House on Haunted Hill[16]
|
1945
|
Dorothy Holohan
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Ballet
|
|
|
|
1944
|
|
1943
|
1942
|
1941
|
1940
|
1939
|
1938
|
Muriel La Von Goodspeed
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Classical Vocal & Piano
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1937
|
No Utah representative at Miss America pageant[22][23][24]
|
1936
|
1935
|
1934
|
No national pageant was held[25]
|
1933
|
No Utah representative at Miss America pageant[26]
|
1932
|
No national pageants were held[25]
|
1931
|
1930
|
1929
|
1928
|
1927
|
Esther Kilpatrick
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1926
|
Doretta "Dora" Carstensen
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
1925
|
No Utah representative at Miss America pageant[27][28][29][30][31]
|
1924
|
1923
|
1922
|
1921
|