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pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common,

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won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win back to back Miss America titles. Megan Gold of Edmond was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2022 on June 11, 2022 at the River Spirit Casino Resort in

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. She represented Oklahoma and competed for the title of

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in December 2022.

Gallery of past titleholders

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Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oklahoma titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

* Miss Americas:

** ( 1926),

Jane Anne Jayroe Jane Anne Jayroe-Gamble (born October 30, 1946) is a well known broadcaster, author and public official and former American beauty queen from Laverne, Oklahoma, who was Miss Oklahoma in 1966 and Miss America in 1967. Jayroe worked as an anchor ...

( 1967), Susan Powell (

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Shawntel Smith Shawntel Smith Wuerch (born September 16, 1971) is an American beauty pageant contestant, who was Miss America in 1996. She was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. She attended Oklahoma City University. Personal life Smith is married to tech executive, R ...

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Jennifer Berry Jennifer Berry-Gooden (born July 18, 1983) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America on January 21, 2006. A resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the time of her investment to sovereignty of beauty, she became the fifth Mi ...

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Lauren Nelson Lauren Paige Nelson (born November 26, 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state. Early l ...

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) * 1st runners-up: Bettye Cornelia Avert (1939), Betty Thompson (2012) * 2nd runners-up: Mary Nancy Denner (1958),

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(1959), Lori Kelley (1989),

Casey Preslar Casey Preslar Urwin is a beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Oklahoma 2002 and was second runner up at Miss America 2003 where she came in second in the swimsuit competition and first in talent. She began entering pageants in 1997 as a me ...

(2003), Alicia Clifton (2013),

Kelsey Griswold Kelsey Elizabeth Griswold, is an American pageant titleholder from Tulsa, Oklahoma who was named Miss Oklahoma 2013. Biography She won the title of Miss Oklahoma on June 8, 2013, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Alicia Clift ...

(2014) *3rd runners-up: Addison Price (2020) * 4th runners-up: Donna Briggs (1948),

Louise O'Brien Louise O'Brien (1928–2016) was an American vocalist. The 1950 Miss Oklahoma (and 4th runner-up in the subsequent Miss America pageant), she is best known for her many television performances on talk and variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, mo ...

(1951), Ann Campbell (1956), Nancy Chapman (1983), DuSharme Carter (1993),

Emoly West Emoly Ann West (born January 6, 1986) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2010 and was fourth runner-up in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. West competed at Miss Oklaho ...

(2011) * Top 5: Virginia Howard** (1927) * Top 10: Willie Mae Stockton* (1924), Bobby Jene Simmons (1952), Judy Adams (1971), Andrea Hanson (1974), Tamara Marler (1990), Cynthia White (1991), Julie Payne (1999), Kelley Scott (2004), Elizabeth Kinney (2005), Alexandra Eppler (2015),

Georgia Frazier Georgia Lynn Canady (née Frazier; born April 20, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who was crowned Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Oklahoma 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in ...

(2016) * Top 12: Taylor Treat (2010), Sarah Klein (2017) * Top 15: Ada Martyne Wood (1940), Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona (1941), Ashley Thompson (2018) * Top 20: Kaci Hundley (2002) Oklahoma holds a record of 39 placements at

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness:

** (1926), Ann Campbell (1956),

(2007),

(2011),

(2014), Alexandra Eppler (2015) * Preliminary Talent:

(1967), Judy Adams (1971), Susan Powell (1981) (tie), Lori Kelley (1989), Tamara Marler (1990), Julie Payne (1999),

(2003),

(2006), Betty Thompson (2012), Alicia Clifton (2013)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Mary Ann Hazelton (1960), Jill Elmore (1980), Mignon Merchant (1987), Leesa Cornett (1988), Amy Duncan (1997), Kelli Masters (1998), Kristin Steveson (2001)

Other awards

* Miss Congeniality: Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona (1941), Shirley Barbour (1953) *

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: Taylor Treat (2010), Betty Thompson (2012) * Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Alexandra Eppler (2015) * Quality of Life Award Winners: Taylor Treat (2010) * Quality of Life Award 1st Runners-up:

(2006) * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Alexandra Eppler (2015), Sarah Klein (2017) * Special Judges' Award: Susan Supernaw (1972)

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

Other awards

Winners

Notes

Venue

References

External links