Forever Miss America Margaret Gorman Miss America 1921 Miss Washington DC 1921 Mary Katherine Campbell Miss America 1922 & 1923 Miss Columbus 1922 Ruth Malcomson Miss America 1924 Miss Philadelphia 1924 Fay Lanphier Miss America 1925 Miss California 1925 Norma Smallwood Miss America 1926 Miss Tulsa 1926 Lois Delander Miss America 1927 Miss Illinois 1927 Marian Bergeron Miss America 1933 Miss Connecticut 1933 Henrietta Leaver Miss America 1935 Miss Pittsburgh 1935 Rose Coyle Miss America 1936 Miss Philadelphia 1936 Bette Cooper Miss America 1937 Miss Bertrand Island 1937 Marilyn Meseke Miss America 1938 Miss Ohio 1931 & 1938 Patricia Donnelly Miss America 1939 Miss Michigan 1939 Frances Burke Miss America 1940 Miss Philadelphia 1940 Rosemary LaPlanche Miss America 1941 Miss California 1940 & 1941 Jo-Carroll Dennison Miss America 1942 Miss Texas 1942 Jean Bartel Miss America 1943 Miss California 1943 Venus Ramey Miss America 1944 Miss Washington DC 1944 Bess Myerson Miss America 1945 Miss New York 1945 Marilyn Buferd Miss America 1946 Miss California 1946 Barbara Walker Miss America 1947 Miss Memphis 1947 BeBe Shopp Miss America 1948 Miss Minnesota 1948 Jacque Mercer Miss America 1949 Miss Arizona 1949 Yolande Betbeze Miss America 1951 Miss Alabama 1950 Colleen Hutchins Miss America 1952 Miss Utah 1951 Neva Langley Miss America 1953 Miss Georgia 1952 Evelyn Ay Miss America 1954 Miss Pennsylvania 1953 Lee Meriwether Miss America 1955 Miss California 1954 Sharon Ritchie Miss America 1956 Miss Colorado 1955 Marian McKnight Miss America 1957 Miss South Carolina 1956 Marilyn Van Derbur Miss America 1958 Miss Colorado 1957 Mary Ann Mobley Miss America 1959 Miss Mississippi 1958 Lynda Mead Miss America 1960 Miss Mississippi 1959 Nancy Fleming Miss America 1961 Miss Michigan 1960 Maria Fletcher Miss America 1962 Miss North Carolina 1961 Jacquelyn Mayer Miss America 1963 Miss Ohio 1962 Donna Axum Miss America 1964 Miss Arkansas 1963 Vonda Van Dyke Miss America 1965 Miss Arizona 1964 Deborah Bryant Miss America 1966 Miss Kansas 1965 Jane Jayroe Miss America 1967 Miss Oklahoma 1966 Debra Barnes Miss America 1968 Miss Kansas 1967 Judith Ford Miss America 1969 Miss Illinois 1968 Pamela Eldred Miss America 1970 Miss Michigan 1969 Phyllis George Miss America 1971 Miss Texas 1970 Laurel Lea Schaefer Miss America 1972 Miss Ohio 1971 Terry Meeuwsen Miss America 1973 Miss Wisconsin 1972 Rebecca King Miss America 1974 Miss Colorado 1973 Shirley Cothran Miss America 1975 Miss Texas 1974 Tawny Godin Miss America 1976 Miss New York 1975 Dorothy Benham Miss America 1977 Miss Minnesota 1976 Susan Perkins Miss America 1978 Miss Ohio 1977 Kylene Barker Miss America 1979 Miss Virginia 1978 Cheryl Prewitt Miss America 1980 Miss Mississippi 1979 Susan Powell Miss America 1981 Miss Oklahoma 1980 Elizabeth Ward Miss America 1982 Miss Arkansas 1981 Debra Maffett Miss America 1983 Miss California 1982 Vanessa Williams Miss America 1984 Miss New York 1983 1 2 1 2