Miss Colorado
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The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kelley Johnson | Windsor | 22 | Miss Northern Colorado | Original Monologue, "Not Just a Nurse" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Stacey Cook | Littleton | 23 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Tahitian Dance "Runaway Baby" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Meg Kardos | Denver | 23 | Miss Metropolitan | Classical Vocal "Habanera" | |||
| 2012 | Hannah Porter | Centennial | 24 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Tap Dance "Boom Boom" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Evening Gown Award, Preliminary Interview Award, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 | ||
| 2011 | Diana Dreman[1] | Denver | 23 | Miss Boulder County | Musical Theater Dance "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Daughter of Miss America 1974 Rebecca Ann King | ||
| 2010 | Melaina Shipwash | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "9 to 5" | |||
| 2009 | Katie Layman | Aurora | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Contemporary Lyrical Dance "The Way I Am" | Top 12 | ||
| 2008 | Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada | 23 | Miss Broomfield | Jazz Dance | |||
| 2007 | Maggie Ireland | Littleton | 22 | Miss Littleton | Irish Step Dance "Dueling Violins" & "Footloose" | 3rd runner-up at Miss Colorado USA 2006, Sister of Patrick Ireland | ||
| 2006 | Janie Allen | Arvada | 23 | Miss Parker | Piano "Concerto in A Minor" & "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Urban | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Highlands Ranch | Vocal / Harp "If I Ain't Got You" | |||
| 2004 | Laura Tobey | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Jazz Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 2003 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 23 | Miss Denver | Lyrical Dance "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Triple Crown winner: Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 and Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA 1998, Semi-finalist and Miss Photogenic at Miss Colorado USA 2001; Former Denver Broncos cheerleader, Current publicist for the Miss Colorado pageant and director of the Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen pageant under her married name, Katee Mink[2] | ||
| 2002 | Morgan O'Murray | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Centennial | Jazz Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Miss Colorado Teen USA 1999, Former Denver Broncos cheerleader | ||
| 2001 | Kelly McKee | Parker | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Lyrical Dance "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | Miss Colorado Jr. National Teenager, Miss Colorado National Teenager 1997 | ||
| 2000 | Anamarie Bonafede | Loveland | 22 | Miss Centennial | Ballet "How Majestic Is Your Name" | |||
| 1999 | Erin MacGregor | Denver | 23 | Miss Columbine | Lyrical Ballet "Celebration" | Miss Colorado USA 2003, Miss Colorado National Teenager | ||
| 1998 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Classical Ballet "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Colorado USA 2002 | |
| 1997 | Regina Flores | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Capital City | Vocal "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | |||
| 1996 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | 20 | Miss Capital City | Dramatic Monologue from Quilters | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Colorado USA 1998 | |
| 1995 | Amy Ciccolella | Monument | 21 | Miss Northern Front Range | Popular Vocal / Puppetry "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | |||
| 1994 | Shellene Cockrell | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Winner and Miss Coed Photogenic and Top 5 Talent Finalist at Miss Colorado American Co-ed 1985, 1st runner-up and Top 7 Talent Finalist at Miss Colorado National Teenager 1987, Colorado Homecoming Queen 1988, 2nd runner-up and Talent winner at America's Homecoming Queen, Top 5 at Miss Colorado Teen USA 1988, 1989 Miss Utah Teen All-American, Top 10 and Miss Amnity Award at Miss Colorado USA 1991 | ||
| 1993 | Stephanie Irving | Colorado Springs | 22 | Miss Colorado Springs | Inspirational Vocal | |||
| 1992 | Stacey Rose | Parker | 22 | Miss Metro South | Classical Violin Solo "Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5" | |||
| 1991 | Colleen Walker | Pueblo | 21 | Miss Pueblo County | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | |||
| 1990 | Karrie Mitchell | Arvada | 24 | Miss Arvada | Popular Vocal "Vision of Love" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1989 | Debbie Riecks | Aurora | 24 | Miss Mile High/Front Range | Contemporary Flute Solo "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" | 2nd runner-up | Colorado's Junior Miss 1983 and 1st runner-up at America's Junior Miss | |
| 1988 | Maya Walker | Eagle-Vail | 23 | Miss Western Counties | Jazz Vocal "Night and Day" | 1st runner-up | Miss Oklahoma USA 1992 | |
| 1987 | LaTanya Hall | Boulder | 22 | Miss Boulder Valley | Vocal "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Carol Janson | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder Valley | Piano "Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Linda Trimmer | Denver | 22 | Miss Sterling | Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | |||
| 1984 | Lisa Frees | Thornton | 25 | Miss Adams County | Vocal "I Got Rhythm" | |||
| 1983 | Melanie Scott | Littleton | 21 | Miss Denver | Jazz Acrobatic Dance "Junkaroo Holiday" | |||
| 1982 | Deborah Davids | Denver | 22 | Miss Chatfield | Harp "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1981 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 20 | Miss Jefferson County | Acrobatic Dance "Theme from Exodus" | Miss Colorado USA 1985 | ||
| 1980 | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | 19 | Miss Aurora | Baton Twirling "The Main Event" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
| 1978 | Catherine Brown | Littleton | Miss Littleton | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1977 | Suzan Hogan | Colorado Springs | 19 | Miss Denver County | Flute Solo "Carnival of Venice" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Swimsuit and talent award at state | |
| 1976 | Karen Land | Littleton | 22 | Miss Northeastern Junior College | Vibes Solo "Bandstand Boogie" | |||
| 1975 | Penny Currier | Lakewood | 22 | Miss Lakewood | Concert Pedal Harp Solo "St. Louis Blues" | |||
| 1974 | Cynthia Hunter | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Soft Shoe Dance "Mame" | |||
| 1973 | Gayle Holden | Denver | Miss Denver | Successor to crown | ||||
| 1973 | Rebecca Ann King | Sterling | 23 | Miss Metro Denver | Vocal "If I Ruled the World" | Winner | Served on the Miss America Board of Directors | |
| 1972 | Sally Anderson | Longmont | 19 | Miss Longmont | Classical Vocal "Daydreams" | |||
| 1971 | Cathy Glau | Denver | 20 | Miss Northern Colorado | Modern Jazz Dance "Up, Up and Away" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer for the Miss America 1973, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins | 18 | Miss Northglen | Musical Interpretation "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
| 1969 | Adria Easton | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder | Baton Twirling "Medley from Funny Girl" | Top 10 | Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1968 | Pamela Kerker | Sterling | 21 | Miss Sterling | Ballet / Jazz Dance "By Myself" & "Babalu" | |||
| 1967 | Tia Tyler | Golden | 20 | Miss Denver | Dramatic Reading "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Congeniality (3 way tie) | |
| 1966 | Holly Smith | Denver | 19 | Miss University of Denver | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1965 | Kristina Holm | Denver | 19 | Piano Solo "More" & "Gigi" | ||||
| 1964 | Kathleen Knight | Denver | 19 | Miss May Days | Semi-classical Vocal "The Telephone" | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Sweeten | Arvada | 18 | Miss Arvada | Dramatic Reading "Anastasia" | Top 10 | ||
| 1962 | Sally Guinn | Westminster | 18 | Miss Westminster | Folk Singing | |||
| 1961 | Jane McBurney | Denver | 18 | Miss University of Colorado | Piano "Malaguena" | |||
| 1960 | Anne Walker | Littleton | 18 | Miss Aurora | Dance | |||
| 1959 | Marlinda Mason | Denver | 20 | Dramatic Reading | ||||
| 1958 | Cynthia Cullen | Boulder | Drama "Queen on Being Sentenced to Death" | |||||
| 1957 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver | 20 | Organ "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly" | Winner | |||
| 1956 | Polly Childs | Aurora | Drama | |||||
| 1955 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver | 18 | Recitation "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay | Winner | |||
| 1954 | Barbara Busey | Denver | Vocal / Dance | |||||
| 1953 | Mary Donelan | Keenesburg | Dramatic Monologue from "Of Mice and Men" | |||||
| 1952 | Chardelle Hayward | Fort Collins | Piano | |||||
| 1951 | Jo London | Aurora | Dramatic Monologue | The original winner, Marie Aber, resigned before competing at Miss America.[3] | ||||
| 1950 | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | Violin | |||||
| 1949 | Sylvia Canaday | Denver | Monologue "Dinner at Eight" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1948 | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | ||||||
| 1947 | Joyce Haycock | Pueblo | Vocal "Chi-Baba" | |||||
| 1946 | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs | ||||||
| 1941 | Charlene Woods | Denver | ||||||
| 1940 | Eileen Hoskins | Denver | ||||||
| 1938 | Rosanna Bean | Montrose | ||||||
| 1927 | No Miss Colorado | Elva Yvette Roy competed as Miss Denver. | ||||||
| 1926 | Jeanette Roland | Also, Delores Conrad competed as Miss Denver and placed as a Finalist. | ||||||
