The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown. Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable: * Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date. *

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, Miss Kentucky 2010, is most well known for her appearance on the American television show, ''

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''. * Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2011, was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer. Hannah Edelen from

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was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Brown Theater in Louisville. She competed for the title of

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at the

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in December 2022 where she was Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalist and named Miss Congeniality.

Gallery of past titleholders

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Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kentucky 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:

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(

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) * 2nd runners-up: Jean Megerle (1935) * 3rd runners-up: Darlene Compton (1975) * 4th runners-up: Dorothy Slatten (1940),

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(1999), Whitney Boyles (2001),

(2010) * Top 10: Linda Sawyer (1965), Marcia Malone Bell (1978), Gwendolyn Witten (1983), Lynn Thompson (1984), Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Laurie Janine Keller (1986), Tawnya Mullins (1993), Veronica Duka (1997), Djuan Trent (2011) * Top 12: Emily Cox (2009), Ramsey Carpenter (2015), Laura Jones (2017) * Top 15: Mary Madeline O'Laughlin (1925), Jean Megerle* (1936), Charlet Hiteman (1936), Dorothy Slatten (1941), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Jessica Casebolt (2013), Jenna Day (2014) * Top 16: Patricia Alden Fenton** (1946) * Top 18: Lucille Rader (1933)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Dorothy Slatten (1940), Evelyn L. Murray (1947), Tawnya Mullins (1993),

(2000), Whitney Boyles (2001) * Preliminary Talent: Darlene Compton (1975), Gwendolyn Witten (1983),

(1999), Ramsey Carpenter (2015)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Jane Brock (1958), Marsha Griffith (1976), Victoria Harned (1977), Melinda Cumberledge (1987), Tonya Virgin (1994), MacKenzie Mayes (2004) * Non-finalist Interview: Maria Maldonado (2005)

Other awards

Miss Congeniality Miss Congeniality may refer to: * ''Miss Congeniality'' (film), 2000 film, directed by Donald Petrie, starring Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt **'' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'', a 2005 sequel *A special award, the "Miss Congeniality A ...

: Hannah Edelen (2023) * America's Choice: Laura Katherine Jones (2017) * Dr. David. B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Kelly Lin Brumagen (1985), Mary Catherine Correll (2003) * Jean Bartel Social Impact Finalists: Hannah Edelen (2023) * Konica Visual Arts Scholarship: Kristie Hicks (1996) * Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Ramsey Carpenter (2015) * Quality of Life Award Winners: Emily Cox (2009),

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(2012) * Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up:

(2000), MacKenzie Mayes (2004) * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Whitney Boyles (2001), Mary Catherine Correll (2003),

(2010) * STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Molly Matney (2018) * Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Alex Francke (2020)

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

Other awards

Winners

Notes

References

External links