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For the Miss USA state pageant, see Miss Wyoming USA; for the novel written by Douglas Coupland, see Miss Wyoming (novel)

Miss Wyoming is a state-level pageant, which sends winners to compete for the title of Miss America. The competition, which awards scholarships, is open to women aged 17 through 24.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2009	Anna Nelson	Rock Springs	Miss Rock Springs			semifinalist in Miss Wyoming Teen USA 2008
2008	Courtney Gifford	Sheridan	Miss Sheridan College			Previously Miss Wyoming's Outstanding Teen 2005; first Miss America's Outstanding Teen contestant to win a Miss America state title
2007	Jennifer McCafferty	Scottsbluff, Nebraska	Miss Albany County			eligible to compete as a student at the University of Wyoming
2006	Jenileigh Sawatzke	Orange County, California	Miss Cheyenne			eligible to compete as a student at Laramie County Community College
2005	Heather Nicole Jackelen	Jackson	Miss Jackson			Later Miss Galaxy 2007 Previously Miss Wyoming USA 2001
2004	Megan Reichert	Dayton	Miss Dayton
2003	Tamara Kocher	Gillette	Miss Gillette
2002	Beth Holland	Gillette				Beth Holland assumed the title of Miss WY after Katie Rothenbuehler relinqished her title.
2001	Erin Empey	Casper
2000	Kimberly Wilkerson	Gillette
1999	Elaine Dabney	Lander
1998	Mindy Jo Baughman	Rock Springs
1997	Jeffie Ventling	Laramie
1996	Rebecca Darrington	Gillette			Waterford Crystal Scholarship for Business Management and Marketing
1995	Dawn Marie Frantz	Casper				Assumed the title of Miss Wyoming in late 1995 after Dana Lane relinquished the title.
1995	Dana Lane	Cheyenne				Relinquished the title of Miss Wyoming.
1994	Trisha Ramirez	Cheyenne
1993	Deborah Maston	Wheatland	Miss Northeast
1992	Stacy Cenedese	Cheyenne	Miss Laramie County			Future Miss Wyoming USA 1997
1991	Laurie Briggs	Cheyenne	Miss Albany County
1990	Carolie Howe	Chugwater	Miss Cheyenne
1989	Alisa Mavrotheris	Cheyenne
1988	Wendi Willis	Laramie	Miss Albany County
1987	Terrilynn Hove	Casper	Miss Laramie
1986	Lacey Reeves	Laramie	Miss Albany County
1985	Tamara Dereemer	Horse Creek	Miss Cheyenne
1984	Annie Easterbrook	Laramie	Miss Albany County
1983	Heather Wallace	Cheyenne	Miss Cheyenne
1982	Janie Hertzler	Cheyenne	Miss Laramie
1981	Keri Borgaard	Cheyenne	Miss Cheyenne
1980	Susan Pennington	Casper	Miss Casper College
1979	Karla Singer	Cheyenne	Miss Laramie County			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1978	Kim Pring	Cheyenne	Miss Cheyenne		Non Finalist Talent award	Previously Miss Wyoming USA 1975; brought a libel lawsuit against Penthouse Magazine, book Trial by Fire recounts the case
1977	Jeanne Uphoff	Cheyenne	Miss Laramie County
1976	Carol June Wallace	Jackson	Miss Yellowstone		Non Finalist Talent Award	Was Miss Kentucky USA 1975, Semi-Finalist at Miss USA Pageant, Mother of Miss Kentucky 2002.
1975	Trish Long	Laramie	Miss University of Wyoming		Non Finalist Talent Award
1974	Cheryl Johnson	Cheyenne	Miss Laramie County Community College		Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship recipient	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, became Miss Wyoming after original winner resigned.
1973	Pamela Hill	Casper	Miss Casper College
1972	Annette Klipstein	Cheyenne	Miss Cheyenne			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Former Wyoming's Junior Miss 1968
1971	Marsha Crandall	Rock Springs	Miss Rock Springs
1970	Jane Hutchings	Cheyenne	Miss University of Wyoming
1969	Sandra Grim	Casper	Miss Casper
1968	Carol Rose	Burns	Miss Cheyenne		Non-finalist Talent Award
1967	Patricia Martínez	Torrington	Miss Torrington			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1966	Susan Livreri	Douglas	Miss Douglas
1965	Trudy Bower	Freedom	Miss University of Wyoming
1964	Joan Selmer	Cheyenne	Miss Cheyenne
1963	Cody Neville	Byron	Miss Lovell
1962	Gretchen Stainbrook	Jackson Hole	Miss Jackson
1961	Mary Orr	Sheridan	Miss Sheridan
1960	Sharon Luond	Cheyenne
1959	Linda Phillips	Laramie
1953	Elaine Holkenbrink	Torrington		Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit
1952	Ruth Francis	Casper
1951	Patricia Seabeck	Casper
1950	Lenore Hoffman	Cheyenne
1949	Esther McLeod	Sheridan
1948	Carol Held	Douglas		1st runner up
1947	Dorothy McKay	Cheyenne		Semi-finalist
1941	Patricia Snyder	Cheyenne
1937	Mary McLaughlin	Riverton
1934/1935	Maysie MacKay
1932/1933	Bonnie Mae Davis

[edit] External links

Official site of Miss Wyoming