Miss Arkansas

Updated on Dec 02, 2024

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The Miss Arkansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss America pageant. Arkansas has won the Miss America title three times (1964, 1982, 2017).

Results summary

The year in brackets indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

Miss Americas: Donna Axum (1964), Elizabeth Ward (1982), Savvy Shields (2017)

1st runners-up: Rebecca McCall (1946), Frances Anderson (1962), Karen Carlson (1965), Alyse Eady (2011)

2nd runners-up: Paula Montgomery (1996), Ashton Campbell (2015)

3rd runners-up: Mary Jennings (1951), Charlotte Simmen (1952), Lacy Fleming (2005)

4th runners-up: Lencola Sullivan (1981)

Finalists: Eudora Mosby (2006)

Semi-finalists: Dorris Love (1943), Barbara Brothers (1949), Barbara Banks (1957), Sally Miller (1959), Donna Connelly (1971), Mary Stuart (1983), Julie Russell (1987), Nicole Bethmann (1994), Erin Wheatley (1999), Brandy Rhodes (2000), Jessie Ward (2001), Katie Bailey (2008), Ashlen Batson (2009), Sarah Slocum (2010), Amy Crain (2014), Loren McDaniel (2016)

Preliminary Awards

Preliminary Swimsuit: Rebecca McCall (1946), Mary Jennings (1951), Charlotte Simmen (1952), Frances Anderson (1962), Donna Axum (1964), Sharon Evans (1968), Paula Roach (1976), Bunnie Holbert (1978), Lencola Sullivan (1981), Elizabeth Ward (1982), Lauren Davidson (2003)

Preliminary Talent: Barbara Banks (1956), Savvy Shields (2017)

Non-finalist Awards

Non-finalist Talent: Marilyn Morgan (1972), Joyce McCormack (1977), Bunnie Holbert (1978), Regina Hopper (1984), Lisa Stevens (1985), Patti Thorn (1989), Beth Anne Rankin (1995)

Non-finalist Interview: Whitney Kirk (2004)

Other

Miss Congeniality: Sharon Evans (1968), Rhonda Pope (1975), Sloane Roberts (2013)

Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Christi Taunton (1986)

Quality of Life Finalist: Kristen Glover (2012)

References

Miss Arkansas Wikipedia

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