- Miss Utah
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Utah USA.
Whitney Merrifield, Miss Utah 2009
Jill Stevens, Miss Utah 2007The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant. Utah has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Talent at Miss America Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes 2011 Danica Olsen Tooele 21 Miss Utah Valley University Dance 2010 Christina Lowe Midway 21 Miss Utah County Vocal "Footprints in the Sand" Top 15 2009 Whitney Merrifield Lindon 18 Miss Utah County Classical Piano "Moments Musicale" Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 2008 Kayla Barclay Manti 18 Miss Sanpete County Piano Non-Finalist Talent Award 2007 Jill Stevens Kaysville 24 Miss Davis County Top 16 at Miss America 2008 Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress Miss Congeniality at National Sweetheart 2006; Voted into the Top 16 as "America's Choice" by viewers of the TLC Network's Miss America Reality Check series 2006 Katie Millar Highland 20 Miss Timpanogos Electric Violin "Souvenir D'Amerique, Variations on Yankee Doodle" Top 10 at Miss America 2007 2005 Julia Bachison North Ogden 22 Miss Utah State Fair Vocal "I've Got the World on a String" Preliminary Swimsuit Award Later Miss Utah USA 2008, top 15 at Miss USA 2008 2004 Amy Davis Bountiful 23 Miss Salt Lake Valley Classical Piano "Étude Op. 10, No. 12" Top 15 Miss Photogenic at Miss America 2005 Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1st Runner-up in Miss Utah USA 2007 2003 Stacy Johnson Provo 21 Miss Provo Latin Jazz Dance "Man of La Mancha" Non-finalist Talent Award 2002 Natalie Camille Johnson Bountiful 22 Miss Northern Utah Classical Piano "Prelude in G minor" 2001 Jaclyn Hunt Lehi 20 Miss Utah County Classical Piano "2nd Concerto by Rachmaninoff" Top 10 Semi-finalist Quality of Life Award Winner 2000 Jami Leilani Palmer Tremonton 20 Miss Northern Counties Classical Piano "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" Non-finalist Talent Award 1999 Vanessa Ballam Logan 20 Miss Cache Valley/Logan Vocal "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel Non-finalist Talent Award 1998 Michele Mobley Sandy City 21 Miss Sandy City Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide Non-finalist Talent Award 1997 Mary McDonough Layton 19 Miss Davis County Piano "Des Danzas Creoles" by Alberto Ginastera Non-finalist Talent Award, 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award 1996 Nanette Pearson Pleasant Grove 23 Miss Salt Lake Valley Classical Ballet "La Boutique Fantasque" 1995 Amanda Moody Orem 19 Miss Orem Classical Piano "Ballade No. 4" Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Talent Award 1994 Brooke Anderson West Valley City 21 Miss West Valley City Ballet 1993 Marquessa Glee Bullock Providence 20 Miss Utah State University Classical Piano "1st Movement from Concerto No. 1" by Sergei Rachmaninoff 1992 Jennifer Ward Salt Lake City 20 Miss Salt Lake Valley Classical Violin "Scherzo Tarantella" Non-finalist Talent Award 1991 Elizabeth Anne Johnson Orem 21 Miss Utah State Fair Classical Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody" Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1990 Jennifer Nakken Cedar City 20 Miss Iron County Lyrical Dance "The Sound of Music" Non-finalist Talent Award 1989 Jacque Dawn Tingey Centerville 25 Miss Intermountain Region Vocal "Over the Rainbow" Non-finalist Talent Award 1988 Sophia Symko Salt Lake City 21 Miss University of Utah Piano "Spanish Rhapsody" Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award 1987 Marianne Bales Orem 21 Miss Orem Lyrical Dance & Vocal "Let Me Dance For You" 1986 Donna Clark Salt Lake City 22 Miss University of Utah Ballet 1985 Gina Larsen Provo 21 Miss Utah State Fair Popular Vocal "Greatest Love of All" 1984 Nancy Gail Ayers Miss Salt Lake Valley 1st runner-up to Miss Utah 1984; Assumed title when Sharlene Wells won Miss America title Sharlene Wells Salt Lake City 20 Miss Utah Valley Spanish Vocal & Paraguyan Harp "Mis Noches Sin Ti" Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award Previously was Utah's Junior Miss 1982 1983 Lynn Lambert Provo 21 Miss Provo Classical Piano "Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" by Rachmaninoff Non-finalist Talent Award Previously was Utah's Junior Miss 1980 & 2nd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1982 Cindy Quinn Provo 21 Miss Utah State Fair Classical Vocal "Habanera" 1981 Jonelle Smith Provo 23 Miss Utah Valley Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La traviata Top 10 Semi-finalist Toured with the Miss America USO Troupe 1980 Jean Bullard Provo 22 Miss Indian Vocal Medley "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret 1979 Karen L. Brimley Layton 19 Miss Weber State College Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" 1978 Jami Coombs Tremonton 19 Miss Wheat & Beet Classical Piano "Grieg's Concerto in A Minor" 1977 Kristy Deakin Brigham City 19 Miss Brigham City Baton Twirling Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1976 Suzanne McKay Salt Lake City 22 Miss Salt Lake County Fair Organ Medley "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "God Bless America" 1975 Barbara Hanks Sandy 24 Miss Latter Day Saints Business College Jazz Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1974 Kathlyn White Bountiful 21 Miss Davis County Fair Classical Vocal "Voices of Spring" Wife of Wayne Osmond 1973 Brenda Richardson Provo 20 Miss Brigham Young University Vocal Medley Non-finalist Talent Award 1972 Sally Peterson Salt Lake City 21 Miss University of Utah Classical Piano "Piano Concerto No. 1" Non-finalist Talent Award, Miss Congeniality 1971 Janis Gentry Vernal 19 Miss UBIC Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress Toured with Miss America USO Troupe 1970 Deborah Melba Dunn Salt Lake City 20 Miss Stevens-Henager College Modern Dance "Julia" 1969 Susan Nielson Salt Lake City 20 Miss Utah National Guard Ballet "Eleven Studies for Eleven Players" by Ned Rorem 1968 Kathleen Frances Wood Salt Lake City 19 Miss Midvale Monologue "The Promise of One Person On This Planet" 1967 Patricia Soutas Salt Lake City 20 Miss Utah State Fair Magic Act & Original Vocal "Everyone Has Magic" 1966 Georgia Lynne Johnson Salt Lake City 21 Miss Rose Park Dramatic Reading 1965 Frances Yvonne Vernon Salt Lake City 22 Miss Utah Air Force Reserve Original Modern Dance "The American Pioneer Woman" Top 10 Semi-finalist 1964 Lois Anne Bailey Salt Lake City 18 Miss Salt Lake City Violin 1963 Annette Bates Salt Lake City Miss Salt Lake City Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus 1962 Judith Ann Ridd Magna 19 Miss Logan Modern Interpretive Dance 1961 Carolyn DeAnn Lasater Salt Lake City 19 Miss Utah National Guard Pantomime Dance 2nd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Featured Performer in the 1962 Miss America pageant 1960 Marian Faye Walker Salt Lake City 27 Miss Utah National Air Force Resserve Classical Vocal "The Waltz Aria" from Mireille Top 10 Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1959 Jacqueline Winterrose Salt Lake City 22 Character Dance "Tequila" 1958 Janet Carolyn Secor Salt Lake City Classical Ballet "The Waltz" from The Sleeping Beauty Top 10 Semi-finalist 1957 Francine Louise Felt Salt Lake City Violin Non-finalist Talent Award 1956 Joan Willes Salt Lake City Comedy Skit 1955 Suzanne Storrs Poulton Salt Lake City Non-Finalist Talent Award 1954 Maurine Parker Ogden Drama 1953 Ina Lavon Brown Provo Drama 1952 Marylyn Reese Brigham 1951 Colleen Kay Hutchins Salt Lake City 25 Dramatic Monologue "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson Winner Preliminary Talent Award 1950 Joanne Hinand Provo East Indian Dance 1949 June Barlow Bountiful 1948 Marilyn Robinson Ogden Dramatic Monologue "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy" Semi-finalist Preliminary Talent Award 1947 Donna Southwick Cedar City Drama, Piano, Vocal & Dance 1946 Armelia Carol Ohmart Salt Lake City Vocal "I Won't Tell a Soul" 4th runner-up TV and film actress with a career from the late 40s to mid 70s, credits include the movie House on Haunted Hill 1945 Dorothy Holohan Salt Lake City Ballet 1938 Muriel La Von Goodspeed Salt Lake City Classical Vocal & Piano 2nd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award 1927 Esther Kilpatrick Salt Lake City 1926 Dora Corstensen Salt Lake City References
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