Did You Know?
The Miss Michigan Pageant boasts 5 Miss America's
1939 - Patricia Donnelly Harris (Miss Detroit)
1961 - Nancy Ann Fleming Lange (Miss White Lake)
1970 - Pam Eldred Levey (Miss Detroit)
1988 - Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson (Miss Monroe)
2008 - Kirsten Haglund (Miss Oakland County)
The Following Miss Michigan's Placed in the top 15 at Miss America
2008 - Ashlee Baracy (Miss Wayne County) Top Ten Finalist
2003 - Madonna K. Emond (Great Lakes) Top Fifteen Finalist
2001 - Stacy Essebaggers (Miss Great Lakes) - Top Twenty and Top Ten Finalist
2000 - Che'vonne Burton (Miss Redford) - Top Ten Finalist
1986 - Kelly Lynn Garver Nieto (Miss Farmington) - 3rd Place Runner-up Miss America
1985 - Alecia Rae Masalkoski Gerosa (Miss Muskegon) - Top Ten Finalist
The Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant ranked 10th in the Nation for cash scholarships awarded in 1999.
Our Previous Pageant Winners
| 2008 | Ashlee Baracy - Miss Wayne County [bcdaughters.com] |
| 2007 | Gina Valo - Miss West Michigan |
| 2007 | Kirsten Haglund - Miss Oakland County Miss America 2008 [kirstenhaglund.org] |
2006 |
Angela Corsi - Miss Heart of Michigan |
2005 |
Octavia Reese - Miss Wayne County |
| 2004 | Kelli Talicska - Kalamazoo County |
| 2003 | Madonna K. Emond - Great Lakes |
| 2002 | Erin Moss - Southwest Michigan |
| 2001 | Stacy Essebaggers - Great Lakes |
| 2000 | Che'vonne Burton - Redford Township |
| 1999 | Audrie Chernauckas - Redford Township |
| 1998 | Laura Frances Welling - Washtenaw |
| 1997 | Kimberly Stec - Wastenaw |
| 1996 | Jennifery Lynn Drayton - Great Lakes |
| 1995 | Coni Lyn Hull Sullivan - Redford Township |
| 1994 | Maria Malay Kamara - Heart of Michigan |
| 1993 | Stacey Gail Heisler - Great Lakes |
| 1992 | Terri Sue Liford - Monroe |
| 1991 | Sandra Kay Metiva - Northern Michigan |
| 1990 | Victoria Lynn Fair - Jackson County |
| 1989 | Margaret Jan McIntyre - Monroe County |
| 1988 | Krista Ann Blomgren |
| 1987 | Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson - Monroe County Miss America 1988 |
| 1987 | Melanie Ester Churella |
| 1986 | Kelly Lynn Garver - Farmington/Farmington Hills [almostmissamerica.com] |
| 1985 | Alice Rae Masalkowski - Muskegon |
| 1984 | Barbara Jean Crandall |
| 1983 | Denise Gehman |
| 1982 | Katie Pennington |
| 1981 | Gwen Dickerson |
| 1980 | Heidi Hepler |
| 1979 | Bethany Wright |
| 1978 | Suzanne M. Schemm |
| 1977 | Holly Schmidt |
| 1976 | Diane Hansen |
| 1975 | Julie Beckers |
1974 |
Susan Short Shain: Miss Heart of Michigan |
| 1973 | Sherry Agnello Colby: Miss St. Clair Shores |
| 1972 | Terri Cousino Oros: Miss Monroe |
| 1971 | Linda Susan Kish: Miss Taylor |
| 1970 | Ginger Meyers Robinson: Miss Lincoln Park |
| 1969 | Pam Eldred Leny: Miss Detroit: Miss America 1970 |
| 1969 | Sandra Gillespie Bograkos:Miss Michigan State University |
| 1968 | Darlene Kurant Follett: Miss Muskegon |
| 1967 | Toni Abbenante Farmer: Miss Michigan Junior College |
| 1966 | Nancy Ackert: Miss Battle Creek |
| 1965 | Esther Lynne Smith: Miss Western Michigan University |
| 1964 | Sarah Jane Noble: Miss East Lansing |
| 1963 | Kathleen McLaughlin Kostomo: Miss Upper Michigan |
| 1962 | Carole Ivan Valin Chirgwin: Miss Roscommon |
| 1961 | Karen Southway Dewert: Miss Wyoming |
| 1960 | Nancy Flemming Lang: Miss White Lake: Miss America 1961 |
| 1960 | Donna Sheppard Kickert: Miss Dowagiac |
| 1959 | Ann Penelope Marston: Miss Detroit |
| 1958 | Patience Pierce Panski: Miss Detroit |
| 1957 | Valerie Strong Agresta: Miss Williamsburg |
| 1956 | Shirley Swanson Fordham: Miss Muskegon |
| 1955 | Margaret Devereaux: Miss Howell |
| 1954 | Janice Somers Jonson: Miss Lansing |
| 1953 | Velva I. Robbins: Miss Dowagiac |
| 1952 | Karol Dragomir Palmer: Miss Benton Harbor |
| 1951 | Delores N. Berruezo: Miss St. Clair Shores |
| 1950 | Bette Lou Pittman: Miss Owosso |
| 1949 | Delores J. Motter: Miss Dearborn |
| 1948 | Linda Carroll: Miss Grand Rapids |
| 1947 | Peggy J. Ellsworth: Miss Reed City |
| 1946 | Ruth Lenfestey Menza: Miss New Baltimore |
| 1945 | Therese Mary Sullivan: Miss Detroit |
| 1944 | Iora June Victor: Miss Detroit, Beverly Bennett: Miss Detroit |
| 1943 | Ruby Telfer: Miss Detroit |
| 1942 | Patricia Hill: Miss Detroit |
| 1941 | Gerry Marcoux: Miss Detroit |
| 1940 | Monnie Drake: Miss Detroit |
| 1939 | Patricia Donnelly Harris: Miss Detroit: Miss America 1939 |
| 1929 | Loraine Budge McVey |
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