Locals winning State most often

Now that all of the state pageants are completed for 2014, let’s honor the local pageants whose winners have won their state most often.

These cumulative numbers only go back to 1960.  Records are not consistent for local titles winning states prior to 1960.

So…over 55 years, let’s congratulate the volunteers who have worked on these local pageants and the women who represented these locals.

In general, it seems that large city locals do well, even though smaller towns seem to support the program more than the larger urban areas.

# 1. Las Vegas (NV) – 14 times winning Miss Nevada

STACEY JAMES
Miss Las Vegas
Miss Nevada 1987
2nd Runner-up & Preliminary Talent Winner at Miss America

# 2. Chicago (IL) – 11 times winning Miss Illinois

(Miss Chicago competed at Miss America separately from Miss Illinois thru 1962)

Jade Smalls

Miss Chicago

Miss Illinois 1999

1st Runner-up at Miss America

# 3. (tie) Omaha (NE) – 10 times winning Miss Nebraska

Brittany Jeffers

Miss Omaha

Miss Nebraska 2010

Top 10 Finalist at Miss America

# 3. (tie) White River (AR) – 10 times winning Miss Arkansas

Elizabeth Ward

Miss White River Water Carnival

Miss Arkansas 1981

MISS AMERICA 1982 & Preliminary Swimsuit Winner

# 5. (tie) Twin Cities (MN) - 9 times winning Miss Minnesota

Lauren Green

Miss Twin Cities

Miss Minnesota 1984

3rd Runner-up & Preliminary Talent Winner at Miss America

# 5. (tie) Portales (NM) - 9 times winning Miss New Mexico 

(including five out of six years between 1988-1993)

Karen Maciolek

Miss Portales

Miss New Mexico 1968

Miss Congeniality at Miss America

The Best of the Rest
Grand Forks (ND)-8 wins

Tri-Valley (OR)-8

Portland (OR)-8

South Dakota State Univ (SD)-8

South Dakota State Fair (SD)-8

Scott Co (IA)-8

Anchorage (AK)-8

Denver (CO)-8

Seattle (WA)-8

*New York City (NY)-8 (or 17)(see below)

*Los Angeles (CA)-8 (or 5)(see below)
*Providence/Pawtucket (RI)-10 (see below)

Pierce Co (WA)-7 (96, 98-01 – 5 years out of 6)

Brandywine (DE)-7

Manatee County (FL)-7

Albuquerque (NM)-7

Madison-Capitol City (WI)-7

Greater Portland (ME)-7

Wichita (KS)-7

Special congratulations to New Mexico, Oregon, and South Dakota.  Each state has two locals with exceptional records of winning at State.  Tri-Valley and Portland in Oregon and South Dakota State Fair and South Dakota State University in South Dakota have 8 wins each.  Portales and Albuquerque in New Mexico have 9 and 7 wins respectively.

And now, how to consider New York City and Los Angeles?

New York City has either 8 wins at state or 17 depending on how you call it.

Are we purists and only count exact titles or do we count the boroughs too?

New York City/Greater New York City/Metropolitan New York City – 8 wins

Manhattan – 5

Staten Island – 3

Brooklyn – 1

Same with Los Angeles.  It’s either 5 or 8:

Los Angeles County – 5 wins

Culver City – 1

Hollywood – 1

West Los Angeles – 1

And what do we do about Providence/Pawtucket (RI)?

It could be 10 wins.

Providence County – 3

Pawtucket – 3

Providence/Pawtucket – 1

North Providence - 2

Providence – 1

Do any of you have first-hand knowledge of the history of the locals in the New York City, Los Angeles, and Providence & Pawtucket areas?  If so, contact me with more details, please, crownedmissa@gmail.com. 

Comments?  Opinions?  Input?  Email me at crownedmissa@gmail.com