Singers - Broadway

Of course the American (and British) Musical Theater canon has provided many women the perfect song to perform at Miss America.

Especially successful have been songs from Dreamgirls, The Phantom Of The Opera, The King &  I, The Sound Of Music, Jeckyll & Hyde, and Les Miserables.

One power ballad that has yet to be performed by a Top 10 Finalist is Memory from Cats, though.

Notice that in 1992, Miss America Leanza Cornett (Florida), 1st Runner-up Catherine Lemkau (Iowa), and 2nd Runner-up Shelli Yoder (Indiana) all sang songs from Jeckyll & Hyde which had not yet played Broadway.  It had its world premiere at the Alley Theater in Houston in 1990, toured the country in 95-96 and finally opened on Broadway in 1997. Some people credit its exposure on the Miss America telecast with helping it along.

Here are the women who made Top 10 singing songs from Broadway shows
If you think I have missed someone, check The Streisand Songbook blog from last week first. 

54-Mary Jane Doar (Georgia)-4th Runner-up-Gershwin medley
56-Jewel Smerage (Massachusetts)-Top 10-The King & I medley
58-Mary Nell Hendricks (Texas)-Top 10-Getting To Know You (The King & I)
59-Suzanne Johnson (Illinois)-Top 10 Finalist-Hello Young Lovers (The King & I)

59-Bonnie Jo Marquis (New York)-Top 10 Finalist-Whatever Lola Wants (Damn Yankees)
60-Ann Herring (North Carolina)-2nd Runner-up-The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound Of Music)
60-Ruth Rea (District of Columbia)-3rd Runner-up-A Little Brains, A Little Talent (The Pajama Game)
61-Frances Anderson (Arkansas)-1st Runner-up-I Enjoy Being A Girl (Flower Drum Song)
61-Joanna Lester (Montana)-Top 10-Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered (Pal Joey) & There Once Was A Man (The Pajama Game)
62-JACQUELYN MAYER (OHIO)-MISS AMERICA 1963-Wishing Upon A Star, My Favorite Things (Sound of Music), The White Cliffs of Dover
64-Karen Carlson (Arkansas)-1st Runner-up-As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver)
64-Sharon McCauley (Texas)-3rd Runner-up-Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy)
64-Lauren Waddleton (Washington)-Top 10-I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
65-Patricia Puckett (Mississippi)-1st Runner-up-I Ain't Down Yet (Unsinkable Molly Brown)
65-Eileen Smith (Indiana)-2nd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-The Sound of Music & Climb Every Mountain (The Sound of Music)
65-Sue Pack (Oregon)-Top 10-The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound Of Music)
66-Nancy Naylor (New Hampshire)-4th Runner-up-I Enjoy Being A Girl (Flower Drum Song)
67-Barbara Baugh (Wisconsin)-2nd Runner-up-Mira (Carnival)
68-Kit Field (Indiana)-4th Runner-up-Why Was I Born (Sweet Adeline)
69-Susan Anton (California)-2nd Runner-up-Get Happy (Nine Fifteen Revue) & Put On A Happy Face (Bye Bye Birdie)
70-Claudia Turner (South Carolina)-1st Runner-up-Once Upon A Time (The All-American)
70-Christine McClamroch (Mississippi)-3rd Runner-up-Cabaret (Cabaret), Try to Remember (Fantastiks), and You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
70-Donna Connelly (Arkansas)-Top 10-Who Will Buy (Oliver) & Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
70-Lisa Donovan (Florida)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-Feeling Good (Roar of the Greasepaint...)
71-Allyn Warner (Maine)-4th Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Mira (Carnival)
73-REBECCA KING (COLORADO)-MISS AMERICA 1974-If I Ruled The World (Pickwick)
73-Debbie Ward (Louisiana)-3rd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-A Heart That's Free, I Enjoy Being a Girl (Flower Drum Song), & I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
74-Darlene Compton (Kentucky)-3rd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Mira (Carnival)
74-Penny Tichenor (Indiana)-Top 10-Maybe This Time (Cabaret)
75-Susan Lawrence (North Carolina)-1st Runner-up-You and I (Goodbye Mr Chips)
75-Janet Carr (California)-2nd Runner-up-They Call the Wind Maria (Paint Your Wagon)
77-Connie Haugen (California)-Top 10-Nobody Does It Like Me (Seesaw)
80-Kathy Vernon (Ohio)-Top 10-I Have Dreamed (The King & I) & I Loved You Once In Silence (Camelot)
84-Kelly Lin Brumagen (Kentucky)-Top 10-Le Jazz Hot (Victor/Victoria)
84-Shelly Mangrum (Tennessee)-Top 10-And The World Goes Round (And The World Goes Round)
86-Julianne Smith (Virginia)-1st Runner-up-Golden Rainbow (Golden Rainbow)
87-Stacie James (Nevada)-2nd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-On My Own (Les Miserables)
87-LaTanya Hall (Colorado)-3rd Runner-up-I Am Changing (Dreamgirls)
88-Maya Walker (Colorado)-1st Runner-up-Night and Day (Gay Divorce)
88-Marlise Ricardos (California)-3rd Runner-up-I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
88-Desiree Cruz (Hawaii)-Top 10-I Am Changing (Dreamgirls)
89-Jeri Zimmermann (Illinois)-3rd Runner-up-On My Own (Les Miserables)
91-Jennifer Smith (North Carolina)-Top 10-Half a Moment (Jeeves)
92-LEANZA CORNETT (FLORIDA)-MISS AMERICA 1993-A New Life (Jeckyll & Hyde)
92-Catherine Lemkau (Iowa)-1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Someone Like You (Jeckyll & Hyde)
92-Shelli Yoder (Indiana)-2nd Runner-up-This Is The Moment (Jeckyll & Hyde)
92-Pam McKelvy (Kansas)-3rd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-I Am Changing (Dreamgirls)
93-Elizabeth Simmons (Oregon)-3rd Runner-up-Someone Else's Story (Chess)
93-Nicole Bethmann (Arkansas)-Top 10-And I Am Telling You (Dreamgirls)
94-Lea Mack (Ohio)-Top 10-Think Of Me (Phantom of the Opera)
95-Paula Montgomery (Arkansas)-2nd Runner-up-Can't Help Lovin That Man (Show Boat)
95-Tiffany Stoker (California)-3rd Runner-up-Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)
95-Monica Louwerens (Mississippi)-Top 10-Vanilla Ice Cream (She Loves Me)
96-Shani Nielsen (Indiana)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-In His Eyes (Jeckyll & Hyde)
97-Michelle Warren (North Carolina)-1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent-And I Am Telling You (Dreamgirls)
97-Stacey Momeyer (Arizona)-3rd Runner-up-Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Phantom of the Opera)
97-Rebekah Keller (California)-4th Runner-up-Someone Like You (Jeckyll & Hyde)
98-Lissette Gonzalez (Florida)-2nd Runner-up-All That Jazz (Chicago)
00-Whitney Boyles (Kentucky)-4th Runner-up-In His Eyes (Jeckyll & Hyde)
00-Che'vonne Burton (Michigan)-Top 10-This Can't Be Love (Boys From Syracuse) & Almost Like Being In Love (Brigadoon)
02-Melanie Correia (Massachusetts)-Top 10-Big Time (Mack & Mabel)
03-Bryn Chapman (Indiana)-Top 10-Home (Phantom)
03-Candace Glickman (New Hampshire)-Top 10-Half a Moment (Jeeves)
05-Kristi Glakas (Virginia)-3rd Runner-up-In His Eyes (Jeckyll & Hyde)
05-Nicole Brewer (Pennsylvania)-Top 10-The Wizard and I (Wicked)
05-Morgan Matlock (Texas)-Top 10-Come Rain or Come Shine (St. Louis Woman) & What Kind of Fool Am I (Stop The World...)
08-Chasity Hardman (Georgia)-1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Home (The Wiz)
08-Ellen Carrington (Tennessee)-Top 7-Vole Mon Ange (Svengali)
09-Mallory Ervin (Kentucky)-4th Runner-up-On My Own (Les Miserables)
10-Jalee Fusilier (Hawaii)-2nd Runner-up-Feeling Good (Roar of the Greasepaint...)
11-Kaitlin Monte (New York)-2nd Runner-up-Disneyland (Smile)
12-Joanna Guy (Maryland)-Top 10-I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
13-Carly Mathis (Georgia)-Top 10-On My Own (Les Miserables)
13-Christina Denny (Maryland)-Top 10-For Good (Wicked)
14-Hayley Lewis (Tennessee)-Top 10-I Who Have Nothing (Smokley Joe's Cafe)

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Singers - The Streisand Songbook

Many women found their perfect competition song from those recorded by Barbra Streisand.  I thought it would be interesting to separate them from the Standards/Pop Songs and the Broadway lists that are being posted next.

He Touched Me has been performed by Top 10 Finalists at least four times and Don't Rain On My Parade at least three times. Of course Funny Girl, Funny Lady, Yentl, and her two Broadway albums have provided many songs for contestants over the years, but we have yet to see a rendition of her biggest hits People, The Way We Were, and Evergreen performed by a Top 10 Finalist at Miss America.

Here's the list of Finalists who have performed something that Barbra has recorded on one of her 35+ albums:

68-Brenda Seal (Tennessee)-Top 10-What Now My Love
72-TERRY MEEUWSEN (WISCONSIN)-MISS AMERICA 1973 & PRELIM TALENT-He Touched Me (Drat the Cat)
77-Cathy LaBelle (Florida)-4th Runner-up-He Touched Me (Drat the Cat)
77-Lori Smith (Texas)-Top 10-Moanin Low
78-Laurie Nelson (Washington)-4th Runner-up-Have I Stayed Too Long At The Fair
79-Deborah Davis (West Virginia)-Top 10-He Touched Me (Drat the Cat) & Maybe This time (Cabaret)
79-Carolyn Black (Pennsylvania)-Top 10-All The Things You Are (Very Warm for May & Broadway Rhythm)
80-Therese Hanley (New Jersey)-2nd Runner-up (tie)-Starting Here, Starting Now (Starting Here, Starting Now revue)
82-Bobbie Eakes (Georgia)-Top 10-Let's Hear It For Me (Funny Lady)
82-Laurie Saarinen (Minnesota)-Top 10-My Man
83-VANESSA WILLIAMS (NEW YORK)-MISS AMERICA 1984 & PRELIM TALENT-Happy Days Are Here Again
83-Suzette Charles (New Jersey)-1st Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Kiss Me In the Rain
83-Wanda Geddie (Mississippi)-3rd Runner-up-More Than You Know
84-Melissa Bradley (Ohio)-1st Runner-up-A Piece Of Sky (Yentl)
85-Honey Castro (Washington)-3rd Runner-up-What Did I Have That I Don't Have (On a Clear Day..)
86-KELLYE CASH (TENNESSEE)-MISS AMERICA 1987 & PRELIM TALENT-I'll Be Home (w/piano)
86-Tamara Tungate (Missouri)-4th Runner-up-Don't Rain On My Parade (Funny Girl)
87-Tammy Walker (Maryland)-Top 10-Don't Rain On My Parade (Funny Girl)
88-Tamara Marler (Oklahoma)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-Since I Fell For You
91-Soncee Brown (Missouri)-2nd Runner-up-He Touched Me (Drat the Cat)(w/piano)
91-Rhonda Morrison (Texas)-Top 10-My Funny Valentine (Babes In Arms)
92-DuSharme Carter (Oklahoma)-4th Runner-up-Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
92-Stephanie Patterson (Missouri)-Top 10-I Have Dreamed (The King & I) & If I Loved You (The Music Man)
94-Tiffany Storm (Indiana)-4th Runner-up-Papa Can You Hear Me (Yentl)
95-SHAWNTEL SMITH (OKLAHOMA)-MISS AMERICA 1996-The Woman In The Moon (A Star Is Born)
95-Tracy Hayes (Illinois)-4th Runner-up-Tonight (West Side Story)
96-Veronica Duka (Kentucky)-Top 10-Somewhere (West Side Story)
97-KATE SHINDLE (ILLINOIS)-MISS AMERICA 1998 & PRELIM TALENT-Don't Rain On My Parade (Funny Girl)
98-Julianne Hackney (Indiana)-Top 10-My Man (standard added to the film of Funny Girl)
99-HEATHER FRENCH (KENTUCKY)-MISS AMERICA 2000-As If We Never Said Goodbye (Sunset Boulevard)
09-Nicole Miner (New Mexico)-Top 7-Somewhere (West Side Story)
13-Kelsey Griswold (Oklahoma)-2nd Runner-up-Everbody Says Don't (Anyone Can Whistle)

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Singers - Combined with Instruments and/or Dance

Women who sang and either accompanied themselves on a musical instrument or who danced in addition to singing.

Vocal/Dance combos

54-Gerry Johnson (Tennessee)-Top 10-The Deadwood Stage (w/Mime) (Calamity Jane)
56-Anne Ariaill (Alabama)-2nd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Ado Annie (Oklahoma)
57-Jody Shattuck (Georgia)-1st Runner-up-Namely You (Li'l Abner)
57-Elaine Herndon (North Carolina)-Top 10-no selection listed
58-MARY ANN MOBLEY (MISSISSIPPI)-MISS AMERICA 1959 & PRELIM TALENT-Un Bel Di (Madame Butterfly) & There'll Be Some Changes Made
58-Lee Thornberry (Alabama)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-Honey Bun (South Pacific)
59-Bonnie Jo Marquis (New York)-Top 10-Whatever Lola Wants (Damn Yankees)
61-MARIA FLETCHER (NORTH CAROLINA)-MISS AMERICA 1962-Somebody Loves Me (tap dance to a recording of herself singing)
62-Charlotte Carroll (Mississippi)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-Olive Oyl (Popeye)
63-Rosanne Tueller (District of Columbia)-I Love Paris (Can-Can)
69-Linda Trybus (New York)-Mary Poppins Medley
82-Mary Stuart (Arkansas)-Top 10-The Birth Of The Blues
83-Pamela Rigas (Ohio)-4th Runner-up-Shine It On
85-Laurie Keller (Kentucky)-Top 10-Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Evita)(w/ballet en pointe)
92-Robin Meade (Ohio)-Top 10-Alexander's Ragtime Band
98-Erin Wheatley (Arkansas)-Top 10-I Got Rhythm (Girl Crazy)

Vocal/Piano combos
58-Betty Evans (North Carolina)-4th Runner-up-Wait Til You See Him (w/dance & skit as well)
59-Marion Wayland (Tennessee)-Top 10-I Cain't Say No (Oklahoma) & Pres des ramparts de Seville (Carmen)

67-Marilyn Cocozza (Rhode Island)-3rd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-I Have Confidence (The Sound of Music)
78-Carolyn Cline (Florida)-2nd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Love Story
79-CHERYL PREWITT (MISSISSIPPI)-MISS AMERICA 1980-Don't Cry Out Loud
80-Jeanne Caruso (Connecticut)-Top 10-Song for Tomorrow (original composition)
86-KELLYE CASH (TENNESSEE)-MISS AMERICA 1987 & PRELIM TALENT-I'll Be Home (w/piano)(also in the Streisand Songbook group)
86-Julie Russell (Arkansas)-Top 10-classical medley w/vocal & narration
90-Dana Brown (Tennessee)-2nd Runner-up-Glory of Love & I Can't Give You Anything But Love
91-Soncee Brown (Missouri)-2nd Runner-up-He Touched Me (Drat the Cat)(w/piano)
91-Christi Page (Louisiana)-Top 10-Great Balls of Fire
95-Leigh Sherer (Alabama)-Top 10-Medley from Carmen

Vocal/Instrument combos
64-Jane Nelson (New Mexico)-Top 10-w/Electric Guitar & Tympani-Theme from Exodus & her own voice pre-recorded singing the harmony
66-Angie Grooms (Alabama)-Top 10-w/Guitar-Today & If I Had A Hammer
84-SHARLENE WELLS (UTAH)-MISS AMERICA 1985-w/Harp-Mis Noches Sin Ti

Vocal/Conducting combo
66-JANE JAYROE (OKLAHOMA)-MISS AMERICA 1967-1,2,3 (conducted Miss America orchestra)

Vocal/Cup percussion combo
14-KIRA KAZANTSEV (NEW YORK)-MISS AMERICA 2015-Happy

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Singers (Overview) & Country Vocalists

Singers/Vocalists.

Over the years, singing has been the most performed talent at Miss America and has always been the lion's share of the Top 10.

In every decade of the television years (1954-2014), there have been more singers in Top 10  than any other talent type, but there have been up and down cycles.

In the 50s drama/monologues came a very close second (21 singers and 20 drama/monologues over six years, 1954-1959).
In the 60s singers took exactly 50% of the Top 10 spots (50 out of 100).
In the 70s singers still took almost half the spots (47) and instrumentalists peaked with 32 spots.
In the 80s more singers than ever before made Top 10 (58).
In the 90s singers reached their peak with almost 70% of the Top 10 spots (68 out of 100) during the decade.
In the 00s singers dropped back to their 50% mark with 46 spots out of 90 in the Top 10.
In the 10s singers are trending at 50% with 24 out of the 50 in the first five years of the decade.

I have separated singers into several sub-categories for future blog posts and video highlights:

• Opera, classical, and semi-classical;
• Standards & pop songs;
• Broadway;
• The Barbra Streisand Songbook (songs recorded by Ms. Streisand)

and

• Singers who added a second talent to their performance (piano, dance, instruments, etc.)

The first category we'll tackle is a small but powerful one:  Country Singers, especially if you sing something that was recorded by Patsy Cline.

84-Kathy Manning (Mississippi)-2nd Runner-up-Crazy
86-Stephany Samone (Texas)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-Stand By Your Man

90-Suzanne Lawrence (Texas)-3rd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-Sweet Dreams
94-Andrea Krahn (Georgia)-3rd Runner-up-I Fall To Pieces
97-Mette Boving (Louisiana)-Top 10-How Do I Live

Before you email me about someone you think I should have included here, perhaps wait until you see in what categories I put everyone else.  She might be listed in Standards/Pop or if she played piano too, she'll be in the Combo list.

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Jazz, modern, novelty, and world dance forms

For our final segment on dancers, let's look at women who performed jazz, modern, novelty, and world dance forms

States with most jazz/modern/novelty dancers (1954-2014-tv years)
14-Arizona
14-Connecticut
13-Rhode Island
11-Colorado
11-New York
11-Utah

States with fewest jazz/modern/novelty dancers
0-Idaho
0-Tennessee
2-Iowa

States in general have sent an average of six or seven jazz dancers to Miss America over the last sixty years.

Jazz, Modern, and Novelty Dance
57-Sara Cooper (Missouri)-Top 10 & Prelim Talent-selection unknown
59-Susan Bronson (California)-3rd Runner-up-An American in Spain
59-Patricia Allemand (Arizona)-4th Runner-up-Interpretation of Rejected Love
61-Carolyn Lasater (Utah)-2nd Runner-up & Prelim Talent-My Life In a Day
61-Nancee Parkinson (Minnesota)-4th Runner-up-selection unknown
62-Jeannie Cross (Georgia)-Top 10 Finalist -selection unknown
62-Penny Lee Rudd (Texas)-2nd Runner-up-Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
63-Susan Pickering (Hawaii)-2nd Runner-up-combined with art display
63-Susan Bergstrom (Arizona)-4th Runner-up-Tonight
65-Frances Vernon (Utah)-Top 10 Finalist-The American Prioneer Woman
66-Carol Kennedy (Massachusetts)-Top 10 Finalist-Can-Can
68-Linda Fitts (Florida)-Top 10 Finalist-Twelfth Street Rag
68-Catherine Monroe (Massachusetts)-1st Runner-up-(with Sign Language)-What The World Needs Now
73-Leslie Ann Mays (Washington)-Top 10-The In Crowd
77-Barbara Mougin (Indiana)-1st Runner-up-Summer of '42
83-Kristin Lowenberg (Nebraska)-Top 10 Finalist-What a Feeling (Flashdance)
87-Jo Thompson (Texas)-Top 10 Finalist-An American Trilogy
93-Kalyn Chapman (Alabama)-Top 10 Finalist-The River
01-Kelly Gaudet (Florida)-Top 10 Finalist-It's Time
02-Tiffany Walker (New York)-Top 10 Finalist-Bridge Over Troubled Water
03-Madonna Emond (Michigan)-Top 10 Finalist-On Broadway
04-Jennifer Dupont (Louisiana)-!st Runner-up-The Life of the Party from The Wild Party
04-Veena Goel (California)-4th runner-up & Prelim Talent-Hot Honey Rag from Chicago
08-Sierra Minott (Florida)-4th Runner-up-I Can Cook Too from On The Town
08-Ashlee Baracy (Michigan)-Top 10 Finalist-selection unknown
09-Brittany Jeffers (Nebraska)-Top 10-So Much Better from Legally Blonde
11-Hope Anderson (Louisiana)-Top 10 Finalist-Sway
12-Jennifer Sedler (Arizona)-3rd Runner-up-It's About That Walk
13-Megan Ervin (Illinois)-Top 10 Finalist-Faithfully
14-Caitlin Brunell (Alabama)-Top 10 Finalist-Let It Go
14-Victoria Cowen (Florida)-3rd runner-up-Note to God
14-Alexandra Eppler (Oklahoma)-Top 10 Finalist-Titanium

World Dance Forms (excluding Irish Step which was part of last week's Tap/Clog/Irish blog)
Of course Hawaii wins this with 18 state titleholders performing some form of traditional Hawaiian, Polynesian, and/or Tahitian dance at Miss America.

64-Barbara Hasselberg (Minnesota)-4th runner-up-Polynesian Dance-Hawaiian War Chant
78-Sher Patrick (Ohio)-3rd Runner-up-Middle Eastern (Belly) Dance
84-Debbie Nakanelua (Hawaii)-Top 10 Finalist-Hula-Hawaiian Hula Eyes
87-KAYE LANI RAE RAFKO (MICHIGAN)-MISS AMERICA 1988-Hawaiian/Tahitian Dance
93-Kanoe Aberegg (Hawaii)-Top 10 Finalist-Aloha Oe
00-ANGELA BARAQUIO (HAWAII)-MISS AMERICA 2001-HULA-Theme from Mutiny on the Bounty
06-Pilialoha Gaison (Hawaii)-Top 10 Finalist & Prelim Talent-Tahitian Dance-Te Vaka
08-Nicole Fox (Hawaii)-Top 10 Finalist-Tahitian Otea Dance
09-Raeceen Woolford (Hawaii)-Top 7 Finalist-Hula-Ka'ena
13-NINA DAVALURI (NEW YORK)-MISS AMERICA 2014-Bollywood Fusion-Dhoom Tana

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Tap dancers, Cloggers, Irish Step Dancers, etc.

Women who make percussive sounds with their shoes while dancing.  Some histories claim that tapping evolved from clogging which evolved from Irish dance (along with dance forms from other countries as well).  American Irish/Clog/Tap dance began in Appalachia, and evolved to include the dance steps of New Orleans performers.  The states with the most women performing these talents include the traditional Appalachian states as well as states with heavy influence from Broadway.

States with the most Tap/Clog/Irish dancers (1954-2014-tv years)
8-North Carolina (6-Tap; 1-Clog; 1-Irish)
7-West Virginia (6-Tap; 1-Clog)
6-Arkansas (5-Tap; 1-Clog)
6-Missouri (6-Tap)
6-New Hampshire (5-Tap; 1-Irish)
6-South Carolina (4-Tap; 2-Clog)
5-Georgia (5-Tap)
5-Iowa (4-Tap; 1-Irish)
5-Maine (4-Tap; 1-Clog)
5-New York (5-Tap)
5-Oklahoma (4-Tap; 1-Irish)

Each state has sent an average of 2 women to Miss America in the last 60 years with one of these talents.

Ten (10) states have not sent a woman to Miss America in the last 60 years with one of these talents.

Twice in the television years (1954-2014), we have seen THREE Tap Dancers in the Top 10:  1998 and again in 2012 (and those three woman all made the TOP 5).

Top 10 Semi-Finalists
Tap Dancers
1976-Linda Mouron (California)-3rd Runner-up-Puttin On The Ritz
1980-Cheryl Flanagan (New York)-Top 10 & Talent Prelim-Medley from That's Entertainment, 2
1993-Kara Martin (Georgia)-1st Runner-up-Mack the Knife
1996-Kimberly Massaro (Missouri)-4th Runner-up-Favorite Son (Will Rogers Follies)
1998-Julie Payne (Oklahoma)-Top 10 & Talent Prelim-Hound Dog
1998-Nicole Messina (District of Columbia)-Top 10 & Talent Prelim-Sing, Sing, Sing
1998-Erin Wheatley (Arkansas)-Top 10-(Tap & Vocal)-I Got Rhythm
1999-Brandy Rhodes (Arkansas)-Top 10-American Rhapsody
2001-Jessie Ward (Arkansas)-Top 10-Michael Jackson Medley
2002-Tanisha Brito (Connecticut)-Top 10-Let's Face the Music and Dance
2004-Elizabeth Kinney (Oklahoma)-Top 10-Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2005-Shannon Schambeau (District of Columbia)-4th Runner-up-My Strongest Suit from Aida
2006-Amanda Kozak (Georgia)-2nd Runner-up-Baby, I'm a Star
2008-Olivia Myers (Iowa)-2nd Runner-up-Fever
2012-MALLORY HAGAN (NEW YORK)-MISS AMERICA 2013-Get Up Offa That Thing
2012-Alicia Clifton (Oklahoma)-2nd Runner-up & Talent Prelim-Can't Buy Me Love
2012-Mariah Carey (Iowa)-4th Runner-up-Scatman

Cloggers
1985-Sherry Thrift (South Carolina)-1st Runner-up-Clog-Are You From Dixie
1992-Tonya Mullins (Kentucky)-Top 10-Clog-Banjo Fantasy

2001-Stacey Essebaggers (Michigan)-Top 10-Clog-Medley from Moulin Rouge

Irish Step Dancers
2010-Caitlin Uze (Virginia)-Top 10-Irish-Riverdance Finale
2011-Betty Thompson (Oklahoma)-1st Runner-up & Talent Prelim-Irish Step-Warriors

2013-Kaitlyn Tarpey (Connecticut)-Top 10-Irish Step-Reel Around The Sun

Did I miss anyone?  Updates, corrections, and additional information may always be posted on Facebook on the Crowned page or by sending me an email at crownedmissa@gmail.com.

Updated MAO Teen States' Bragging Rights

Twelve years of Miss America's Outstanding Teen competitions.

(2005 - 2016)

142 young women have been named semi-finalists.

48 of those young women have been named runners-up.

12 young women have been named Miss America's Outstanding Teen.

How have our 53 states, territories, and districts done over these twelve years?  

Who's got the MAO Teen bragging rights? 

How to read it the list:

State - 10(5)-W,1,2,3,4

The first number is the total number of semi-finalists (Top 10/12/15 - whatever was called first).

The second number is the total number of Top 5 finalists.

W=Winner

1=1st Runner-up

2-2nd Runner-up

3=3rd Runner-up

4=4th Runner-up

T=Talent Prelim Win

G=Evening Wear Prelim Win

F/S=Fitness or Sportswear Prelim Win

(Sportswear Prelim Winners were announced in 06, 07, 08)

(Fitness Prelim Winners were announced in 13)

Here's the list:

(ties are broken first by the number of Top 5s)

(then by the actual placements within the Top 5)

(then by the number of prelim wins)

How to read/interpret the list:

(Oklahoma has had nine semi-finalists, and of those, four made the Top 5 including a two Winners, a 1st Runner-up, and a 4th Runner-up, plus, Oklahoma has two Talent Prelim wins and three Gown Prelim wins)

	STATE	Top 10-15	Top 5	Placements	Prelim Awards
1	OKLAHOMA	9	4	W,W,1,4	T,T,G,G,G
2	VIRGINIA	8	5	W,2,3,4,4	T,T,T,G,G,G
3	TEXAS	8	3	W,1,3	T,T,G,G,G,S
4	FLORIDA	7	5	W,W,2,3,3	T,G,G,G
5	ALABAMA	7	4	1,2,2,2	T,T,G,G,F
6	GEORGIA	6	4	W,2,2,3	T,T,T,G
7	SOUTH CAROLINA	6	2	W,W	T,G
8	NEW JERSEY	6	1	1	T,G
9	PENNSYLVANIA	5	2	1,2	G
10	UTAH	5	2	1,4	T,T,G,S,S
11	CALIFORNIA	5	2	1,4	T,T,G,S
12	WISCONSIN	5	1	W	T,S
13	INDIANA	5	1	2	T
14	ARKANSAS	4	3	2,2,4	T,T,T,G,G,S
15	MICHIGAN	4	2	1,1	T,G,S
16	NORTH CAROLINA	4	2	1,3	G
17	LOUISIANA	4	2	3,4
18	COLORADO	4	0
19	TENNESSEE	3	2	1,3	T,S,S
20	WASHINGTON	3	2	2,3	T,G
21	MISSOURI	3	2	3,4	F
22	OHIO	3	0		G
23	RHODE ISLAND	3	0		T,T,G
24	NEW HAMPSHIRE	2	1	W	G
25	ARIZONA	2	1	3	T,G
26	MARYLAND	2	1	3	S
27	KENTUCKY	2	1	4	G
28	MISSISSIPPI	2	1	4	T
29	NEBRASKA	2	1	4	G,G
30	NORTH DAKOTA	2	0
31	NEW YORK	1	1	W	T,T
32	CONNECTICUT	1	1	1	G
33	MINNESOTA	1	1	4	G
34	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1	0
34	IDAHO	1	0		G
34	IOWA	1	0
34	MASSACHUSETTS	1	0
34	MONTANA	1	0
34	NEVADA	1	0
34	NEW MEXICO	1	0
34	VIRGIN ISLANDS	1	0
42	ALASKA	0	0
42	DELAWARE	0	0
42	HAWAII	0	0
42	ILLINOIS	0	0		T,G
42	KANSAS	0	0		F
42	MAINE	0	0
42	OREGON	0	0
42	PUERTO RICO	0	0
42	SOUTH DAKOTA	0	0
42	VERMONT	0	0
42	WEST VIRGINIA	0	0
42	WYOMING	0	0