Updated bragging rights - and Fun Facts about the 2016 Miss America competition

Now that we are a week out from this year's Miss America pageant, here are some interesting facts about the competition:

All photos are from each state organization's Facebook page.

ARKANSAS

Savvy Shields, Miss Arkansas 2016 & MISS AMERICA 2017.

Savvy becoming Miss America 2017 brings Arkansas its fourth consecutive semi-finalist, or better, and gives the state 17 competitive awards in the last 24 years (starting in 1993), and its THIRD Miss America title after ELIZABETH WARD in1982 and DONNA AXUM in 1963.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rachel Wyatt, Miss South Carolina 2016, 1st Runner-Up

Rachel brought South Carolina its second 1st Runner-Up placement in five years (and its sixth 1st RU placement overall along with its two Miss Americas).

NEW YORK

Camille Sims, Miss New York 2016, 2nd Runner-Up

Seven Top 12+ placements in the last nine years, including (as we all know) three consecutive Miss America winners. New York is the only state to win three times in a row.  For those of you who don't know the list - our back-to-back Miss Americas from the same state are: Mary Ann Mobley & Lynda Mead, Mississippi, in 58 & 59; Jennifer Berry & Lauren Nelson, Oklahoma, 06 & 07.

WASHINGTON

Alicia Cooper, Miss Washington, 2016, 3rd Runner-Up

The State of Washington has seen six of its state titleholders become runners-up since Miss America started being televised in 1954.  Three of those six have occurred in the last ten years.

MISSISSIPPI

Laura Lee Lewis, Mis Mississippi 2016, 4th Runner-Up

Four consecutive years of making the first cut+, 5 consecutive years of winning a competitive award (Non-Finalist Talent in 2013's January competition), and 6 awards in the last seven years.

MARYLAND

Hannah Brewer, Miss Maryland 2016, Top 7

Maryland wins its fourth competitive award in five years.  The only other time Maryland has won four awards over five years was in 1998-2002.

TEXAS

Caroline Carothers, Miss Texas 2016, Top 7

The Lone Star State has made the first cut+ for 8 consecutive years and has not gone two consecutive years without making the Top 10 for the past 18 years (starting in 1999).  In fact, Texas hasn't gone more than two consecutive years without making the Top 10 since 1970!  

That's 33 Top 10 Finalists in the last 47 yrs (a 70% success rate)!

CALIFORNIA

Jesse Carmack, Miss California 2016, Top 10

Back in the Top 10 after two years of not placing, and 10 semi-finalists+ in the last 14 years.

IOWA

Kelly Koch, Miss Iowa 2016, Top 10

Has everyone noticed that Iowa has won eight competitive awards in the last 10 years (a 2nd RU, a 4th RU, three Top 10's, two Top 12's, a Non-Finalist Talent award, as well as two Talent prelim awards, and a Swimsuit prelim award, including the first double prelim winner in 15 years)?!

TENNESSEE

Grace Burgess, Miss Tennessee 2016, Top 10

Tennessee has made the semi-finals in 8 of the last 10 years.

KENTUCKY

Laura Jones, Miss Kentucky 2016, Top 12

Seven semi-finalists in nine years.

OKLAHOMA

Sarah Klein, Miss Oklahoma 2016, Top 12

Eight (8!!!) consecutive placements in Top 12+, and 13 competitive awards in the last fifteen years.

LOUISIANA

Justine Ker, Miss Lousiana 2016, Top 15

Six competitive awards in the last eight years.

MASSACHUSETTS

Alissa Musto, Miss Massachusetts 2016, Top 15

The state with the second-most Non-Finalist Talent Award winners made the first cut
for the second time in three years.

IDAHO

Kylee Solberg, Miss Idaho 2016, Top 15 (Sweetheart Winner, 2015)

Three consecutive awards and Idaho's best placement since Karen herd's 1st RU placement in 1971.

OVERALL RANKINGS for making Top 10 in the TV Years (1954-2016)

Which states made big jumps this year in the overall rankings?

TEXAS - Holds onto its # 1 ranking.

CALIFORNIA - Moves up from # 3 to # 2.

MISSISSIPPI - Maintains its spot at # 4.

NEW YORK - Maintains its spot at # 7.

ARKANSAS - Moves up from # 10 to # 8.

TENNESSEE - Moves up from # 11 to # 9.

SOUTH CAROLINA - Maintains its spot at #12.

WASHINGTON - Moves up from # 21 to #18.

IOWA - Moves up from # 27 to # 23.

MARYLAND - Moves up from # 32 to # 29.

I've chosen to rank states first by the number of women who made Top 10 because that has been a constant over the years.  For many years a Top 10 was named and later seven Non-Finalist Talent winners were announced, so I have a separate column for semi-finalists in the years we've had a Top 12, 13, 15, 16, or 20.

These rankings constitute the 63 competitions between 1954-2016.

An explanation of the various columns:
The "10" column shows the number of times a state rep made the Top 10.
The "5"column shows the number of times a state rep made the Top 5.
The "Top 5" column lists the placements in Top 5 (W=Miss America win, 1=1st Runner-Up, etc.).
"SS" and "Tal" show the number of prelim winners in Swimsuit and Talent.
"NFT" and "NFI" show the number of Non-Finalist Talent and Non-Finalist Interview awards.
"15/20" shows the number of Top 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, etc. semi-finalists

Ties have been broken first by the number of Top 5 finalists, then the actual placements within Top 5.

Although this is one of the very first lists of stats I ever started keeping, and I have been reviewing and updating it for many years, I'm sure I've got a mistake somewhere. I am counting of you to help me get everything correct, so email away if you find something incorrect or missing.

	STATE	10	5	TOP 5 PLACEMENTS	SS	TAL	NFT	NFI	15/20	Any Award
1	Texas	38	13	W,W,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4	6	7	4	1	3	44
2	California	30	20	W,W,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4	12	8	10		1	40
3	Alabama	30	14	W,W,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,4,4,4,5	6	11	8	1	4	42
4	Mississippi	27	18	W,W,W,W,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,5	14	5	5		3	40
5	Florida	26	13	W,W,1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,4	7	8	7	3	3	35
6	Oklahoma	25	16	W,W,W,W,W,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,4,4	6	9	8		2	33
7	New York	22	11	W,W,W,W,W,1,2,2,3,4,4	6	9	10		1	35
8	Arkansas	19	10	W,W,W,1,1,1,2,2,3,4	8	2	8	1	3	26
9	Tennessee	19	7	W,1,2,2,2,2,3	4	3	7	1	1	27
10	Hawaii	19	6	W,W,1,2,2,4	8	5	6			27
11	Ohio	18	12	W,W,W,1,1,1,2,3,3,3,4,4	5	10	7			36
12	South Carolina	18	12	W,W,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3	10	3	10		3	28
13	Indiana	17	10	W,1,1,2,2,3,4,4,4,4	5	7	6	1	4	28
14	Louisiana	17	9	1,1,1,1,3,3,3,4,4	5	6	10		1	28
15	Illinois	16	10	W,W,W,W,1,1,2,2,3,4	6	7	14			31
16	Virginia	16	9	W,W,W,1,1,1,3,3,4	5	5	12		2	32
17	Georgia	15	8	W,1,1,1,1,2,2,3	5	4	7	1	1	25
18	Washington	15	6	2,2,3,3,3,4	6		3	1	1	20
19	Pennsylvania	15	6	2,2,3,3,4,4	1	6	10			23
20	Kansas	14	6	W,W,W,2,3,3	4	4	7			21
21	Kentucky	14	5	W,3,4,4,4	2	3	6		4	24
22	Massachusetts	14	4	1,1,2,4	1	4	17	1	1	32
23	Iowa	13	6	1,1,2,3,4	3	4	14		2	28
24	North Carolina	12	10	W,1,1,1,1,2,2,3,4,4	6	4	16		2	33
25	Wisconsin	12	8	W,W,1,1,1,2,2,4	4	4	8	1	1	22
26	Arizona	12	7	W,3,3,3,4,4,4	1	1	8		1	20
27	Oregon	12	6	W,1,1,2,3,3	2	3	7	1	2	22
28	Michigan	11	6	W,W,W,W,3,4	5	3	12		1	26
29	Maryland	11	4	1,3,3,4	3	4	5		1	20
30	Colorado	10	7	W,W,W,1,2,2,3	1		10			21
31	Minnesota	10	7	W,W,3,4,4,4,4	4	5	10			21
32	Missouri	10	6	W,2,3,3,4,4	2	1	4		3	18
33	New Jersey	9	6	1,2,2,2,2,3	3	1	12		1	22
34	District of Columbia	9	5	1,1,3,3,5	4	5	3			13
35	Utah	8	2	W,2	5	4	19		3	30
36	New Mexico	7					1	2		12
37	Nevada	5	2	2,3	2	1	7	1		13
38	Nebraska	5	1	W	1	3	11	1	2	21
39	Connecticut	5			1	3	10		1	18
40	West Virginia	3	1	2	2		7	1	1	13
41	Delaware	3			1	2	10			16
42	North Dakota	3				2	4		1	9
43	Maine	2	2	2,4		1	8			10
44	Idaho	2	1	1	1		12	2	2	17
45	New Hampshire	2	1	4	2	2	6			9
46	Rhode Island	2	1	3	3	3	6	1	1	10
47	Montana	2				2	4		1	8
48	South Dakota	2					5		1	7
49	Wyoming	1	1	3			5			6
50	Alaska	1			1		7			7
51	Vermont					1	13	1		14
52	Puerto Rico				1					1
53	Canada	2					2			4
54	Virgin Islands									0
	TOTALS	620	310		187	182	424	21	60