Miss Michigan

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Michigan USA.

Ashlee Baracy, Miss Michigan 2008

Kirsten Haglund making an appearance as Miss America

Kirsten Haglund, Miss Michigan 2007, before she won the Miss America 2008 title

The Miss Michigan competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss America pageant. Michigan has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2011	Elizabeth Wertenberger[1]	Dundee	22	Miss Southwest	Dance
2010	Katie Lynn LaRoche	Bay City	23	Miss Capital City	Contemporary Dance "Calls Me Home"		Quality of Life Award, Miss Congeniality	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009
2009	Nicole Blaszczyk	Novi	22	Miss Wayne County	Lyrical Dance "Lifetime"		Preliminary Talent Award & Non-Finalist Talent Award
2008	Ashlee Baracy[2]	Westland	23	Miss Wayne County	Jazz Dance	Top 10 at Miss America 2009	1st runner-up Quality of Life Award	1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2007; Former Michigan's Junior Miss 2003; Top Ten Finalist and Overall Fitness Winner at America's Junior Miss 2003; Miss Michigan Preliminary Swimsuit Award 2008; Miss America 2008 Academic Scholarship
2007	Gina Valo	Ann Arbor		Miss West Michigan	Fiddle			1st runner-up to Miss Michigan 2007; Assumed title after Kirsten Haglund won the Miss America title; 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2006; Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent Award 2007
	Kirsten Haglund	Farmington Hills	19	Miss Oakland County	Vocal "Over the Rainbow"	Winner - Miss America 2008	Preliminary Swimsuit	Granddaughter of Miss Detroit 1944
2006	Angela Corsi	Farmington Hills	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Contemporary Dance en Pointe "Sway"			4th runner-up (2004) & 3rd runner-up (2005) at National Sweetheart; Miss Michigan Preliminary Talent and Swimsuit Award 2006
2005	Octavia Reese	Detroit	23	Miss Wayne County	Cello "Fuego"
2004	Kelli Talicska	Auburn	24	Miss Kalamazoo County	Vocal "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003
2003	Madonna K. Emond	Livonia	22	Miss Great Lakes	Jazz Dance "On Broadway"	Top 15 Quarter-finalist		3rd runner-up (2001) & Winner (2002) at National Sweetheart
2002	Erin Moss	Stevensville	21	Miss Southwest Michigan	Flute "Riverdance"
2001	Stacy Essebaggers	Whitehall	21	Miss Great Lakes	Clogging "Medley from Moulin Rouge!"	Top 10 Semi-finalist
2000	Che'vonne Burton	Detroit	18	Miss Redford Township	Vocal Medley "This Can't Be Love" & Almost Like Being in Love"	Top 10 Semi-finalist		previously was Miss Michigan Teen USA 1997
1999	Audrie Chernauckas	Livonia	23	Miss Redford Township	Ballet en Pointe "Medley from Titanic"
1998	Laura Frances Welling	Livonia	23	Miss Washtenaw	Gymnastic Dance "Jurassic Park"
1997	Kimberly Stec	Rochester	22	Miss Washtenaw	Jazz Dance "Step by Step"
1996	Jennifer Lynn Drayton	Saginaw	22	Miss Great Lakes	Classical Piano "Sonata Appassionata"
1995	Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan	Jackson	23	Miss Redford Township	Vocal "Half a Moment" from Jeeves
1994	Maria Malay Kamara	Zeeland	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata		Non-finalist Talent Award
1993	Stacey Gail Heisler	Livonia	23	Miss Great Lakes	Violin Solo		1st runner-up Quality of Life Award
1992	Terri Sue Liford	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Popular Vocal "Only You"		2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award
1991	Sandra Kay Metiva	Saginaw	25	Miss Northern Michigan	Vocal "Amazing Grace"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1990	Victoria Lynn Fair	Jackson	21	Miss Jackson County	Classical Vocal "Habanera"
1989	Margaret Jan McIntyre	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Ballet "Carmen"
1988	Krista Ann Blomgren	Livonia	22	Miss Heart of Michigan	Oboe
1987	Melanie Ester Churella	Farmington Hills		Miss Farmington				Successor to crown
	Kaye Lani Rae Rafko	Monroe	24	Miss Monroe County	Hawaiian-Tahitian Dance	Winner - Miss America 1988	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1986	Kelly Lynn Garver	Farmington Hills	23	Miss Farmington	Fiddle Medley "Orange Blossom Special" & "New Country"	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with the 1987 Gillette Miss America Show Troupe
1985	Alecia Rae Masalkoski	Muskegon	23	Miss Muskegon County	Karate Kata	Top 10 Semi-finalist		Future Miss Indiana USA 1987
1984	Barbara Jean Crandall	Lawrence	21	Miss Southwest Michigan	Ventriloquism "Auctioneer's Song"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1983	Denise Gehman	Waterford	20	Miss West Bloomfield	Vocal Medley "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" & "Show Me" from My Fair Lady
1982	Kathy Pennington	Jackson	25	Miss Heart of Michigan	Vocal "God Bless the Child"
1981	Gwen Brown Dickerson	Ishpeming	22	Miss Ishpeming	Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing "Memory of Grandmother"
1980	Heidi Hepler	Livonia	24	Miss Livonia	Classical Vocal "Italian Street Song"
1979	Bethany Wright	Saginaw	19	Miss Saginaw	Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line		Non-finalist Talent Award
1978	Suzanne M. Schemm	Essexville	21	Miss Van Buren County	Vocal / Dance "All That Jazz"			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1977	Holly Schmidt	Farmington Hills	18	Miss Farmington	Piano Solo "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"
1976	Diane Hansen	Berrien Center	23	Miss Southwest Michigan	Piano Medley "America," "Dixie" & "Yankee Doodle"
1975	Julie Beckers	Allegan	18	Miss Allegan County	Dance & Speech "Zarathustra"
1974	Susan Short Shain	Kalamazoo	24	Miss Heart of Michigan	Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"
1973	Sherry Agnello Colby	St. Clair Shores	19	Miss St. Clair Shores	Vocal "I'd Rather Be Blue"
1972	Terri Cousino Oros	Erie	19	Miss Monroe County	Vocal "How Can I Wait?"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1971	Linda Susan Kish	Allen Park	19	Miss Taylor	Vocal "As Long as He Needs Me"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1970	Ginger Meyers Robinson	Lincoln Park	21	Miss Ann Arbor	Vocal "Wicked Man"
1969	Sandra Gillespie Bograkos			Miss Michigan State University				Successor to crown
	Pamela Eldred	Birmingham	21	Miss Detroit	Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet"	Winner
1968	Darlene Kurant Follett	Muskegon	19	Miss Muskegon	Vocal "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face"
1967	Toni Jo Abbenante Farmer	East Grand Rapids	19	Miss Michigan Junior College	Dramatic Reading "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson		Non-finalist Talent Award
1966	Nancy Ackert			Miss Battle Creek				Gayle Chancey of Dearborn was crowned Miss Michigan but was disqualified prior to Miss America and was replaced by Ackert who received the news while in Hoopeston, Illinois competing at the National Sweetheart Pageant
1965	Esther Lynne Smith	Portage	19	Miss Western Michigan University	Classical Vocal		Non-finalist Talent Award
1964	Sarah Jane Noble	East Lansing	18	Miss East Lansing	Free Exercise Routine		Non-finalist Talent Award
1963	Kathleen McLaughlin Kostomo	Ishpeming		Miss Upper Michigan	Dramatic Presentation
1962	Carole van Valin Chirgwin	Roscommon	18	Miss Roscommon	Dramatic Reading "Joe's Pal"	Top 10 Semi-finalist	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1961	Karen Southway Dewert	Wyoming	18	Miss Wyoming	Vocal "Someone to Watch Over Me"
1960	Donna Sheppard Kickert			Miss Dowagiac				Successor to crown
	Nancy Fleming	Montague	18	Miss White Lake	Presentation of Dress Design	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award
1959	Ann Penelope Marston	Wyandotte	21	Miss Detroit	Archery Demonstration		Preliminary Talent Award
1958	Patience Pierce Panski	Detroit		Miss Detroit	Drama "Meet Christobel"
1957	Valerie Strong Agresta	Williamsburg		Miss Williamsburg	Piano
1956	Shirley Swanson Fordham	Muskegon		Miss Muskegon	Monologue		Non-finalist Talent Award
1955	Margaret Devereaux	Howell		Miss Howell	Piano "Flight of the Bumblebee"
1954	Janice Somers Jonson	Lansing		Miss Lansing	Vocal "You Made me Love You"	Semi-finalist	Preliminary Talent Award	Assumed the title after pageant officials reviewed the ballots and determined there was "an unusual pattern" in the judging. The ballots were reviewed because the winner, Delores Susin, was such a surprise the audience left in protest during her crowning.
1953	Velva I. Robbins	Dowagiac		Miss Dowagiac	Speech "Education"
1952	Karol Dragomir Palmer	Benton Harbor		Miss Benton Harbor	Vocal "I'll Walk Alone"			Placed 11th
1951	Delores N. Berruezo	St. Clair Shores		Miss St. Clair Shores	Dance
1950	Bette Lou Pittman	Owosso		Miss Owosso	Monologue "I Like Americans"
1949	Delores J. Motter	Dearborn		Miss Dearborn	Ceramic Exhibition & Piano	Semi-finalist
1948	Linda Carroll	Grand Rapids		Miss Grand Rapids
	Doris Evelyn Johnson	Detroit			Vocal "Worry, Worry, Worry"	Semi-finalist		competed as Miss Detroit in the Miss America Pageant
1947	Peggy J. Ellsworth	Reed City		Miss Reed City	Vocal "He's Funny That Way"
	Jane Rose Foster	Detroit			Vocal My Dream Came True"			competed as Miss Detroit in the Miss America Pageant
1946	Ruth Lenfestey Menza	New Baltimore		Miss New Baltimore
	Constance Liddicoat	Detroit						competed at Miss America as Miss Detroit
1945	Therese Mary Sullivan	Detroit
	Barbara Lee Smith	Detroit						competed at Miss America as Miss Detroit
1944	Beverly Bennett	Detroit			Vocal "Stormy Weather"	Semi-finalist
	Iora June Victor	Detroit			Vocal "Goodnight, Wherever You Are"			*competed as Miss Detroit at Miss America, grandmother of Miss America 2008
1943	Ruby Telfer	Detroit		Miss Detroit
1942	Patricia Hill	Detroit		Miss Detroit	Comedic Recitation	2nd runner-up
1941	Gerry Marcoux	Detroit		Miss Detroit		Semi-finalist
1940	Monnie Drake	Detroit		Miss Detroit	Vocal "Bill"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1939	Patricia Donnelly	Detroit	18	Miss Detroit	Vocal / Bass Fiddle "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose"	Winner
1938	Marjorie Jackson	Detroit						competed as "Miss Detroit" in the Miss America pageant
1936	June U. Forbes	Flint						competed as Miss Flint in the Miss America pageant
1933	Barbara Strand					Semi-Finalist
1929	Loraine Budge McVey							There was no Miss America Pageant in 1929
1927	No Miss Michigan							Charlotte Jane Lowe competed as Miss Battle Creek and finished as a Semi-Finalist. Also representing Michigan were: Ruth Bushroe, Miss Flint; Florence Nina Clement, Miss Kalamazoo; Margherite Straus, Miss Lansing; Margaret Tinney, Miss Pontiac and Charlotte Elaine Bowman, Miss Saginaw
1926	No Miss Michigan							Joyce Jean Hurd competed as Miss Lansing and was a Finalist. Also representing Michigan were Gertrude Fisher, Miss Battle Creek and Ruth Mae Fowler, Miss Detroit.
1925	No Miss Michigan							Jane Porter competed as Miss Detroit and was a Finalist in the Miss America pageant. Margherita Strang competed as Miss Lansing.
1922	No Miss Michigan							Beth Madsen competed as Miss Detroit

References

1. ^ "Dundee woman wins Miss Michigan". WTOL 11. June 21, 2011. http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=14945825. 
2. ^ Marla Miller (2008-06-22). "Westland woman named 2008 Miss Michigan". Muskegon Chronicle. http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-14/121412972825890.xml&coll=8&thispage=1. Retrieved 2008-06-22. 

External links

• Miss Michigan official website