As entertainment and performance, ventriloquism is a 250+ year-old art form. As a religious practice, it has been around for thousands of years.
Let's consider the women who have brought a "friend" or two onstage with them in talent at Miss America.
Ventriloquism at Miss America peaked during the 1970's with seven contestants performing it as their talent and four of those making Top 10 (including TWO in 1971, the only year that two ventriloquists have made Top 10).
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Vonda Kay Van Dyke
Miss Arizona 1964
Miss Congeniality
MISS AMERICA 1965
Together from GYPSY
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Paige Phillips
Miss Alabama 1980
1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent winner
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby,
Swanee, & Mame
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Patricia Brant
Miss Louisiana 1987
1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent winner
Row, Row, Row Your Boat &
Arizona Yodeler
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Alyse Eady
Miss Arkansas 2010
1st Runner-up
I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
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Stacey Peterson
Miss Arizona 1975
4th Runner-up
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Cynthia Cook
Miss Georgia 1971
Top 10 & Prelim Talent winner
Impersonations of celebrities
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Sandy Rings
Miss Kansas 1971
Top 10 & Prelim Talent winner
Toyland
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Marie McLaughlin
Miss Pennsylvania 1976
Top 10
Together
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Maria Wynne
Miss Pennsylvania 1990
Top 10
Together
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| Mackenzie Bart Miss Ohio 2014 Top 10 & Prelim Talent Winner Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
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Gloria Gilbert
Miss Texas 1982
Non-Finalist Talent
I've Been Everywhere
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Barbara Crandall
Miss Michigan 1984
Non-Finalist Talent
Auctioneer's Song
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Cheryl Hirst
Miss Rhode Island 1961
Non-Finalist Talent-Best Variety Act
Ventriloquism & Organ
This Can't Be Love
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Pam Long
Miss Alabama 1974
selection unknown
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Darby Moore
Miss Alaska 1974
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Sharon Pelc
Miss Nebraska 1974
Those Were The Days
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Angelina Johnson
Miss Tennessee 1981
Laverne and Shirley
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Sandra Dornak
Miss Nevada 1992
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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| Heather Dupree Miss Louisiana 1998 Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) |
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