Ballet Dancers

Women en pointe.  Another Miss America tradition in talent.

States with most Ballet winners (1954-2014-the television years)
Rhode Island-8
California-7
Delaware-7
Florida-7
Texas-7
Wisconsin-7

States with fewest Ballet winners (1954-2014)
Hawaii-0
Minnesota-0
Ohio-1
Vermont-1

All 50 states combined have sent an average of 4 ballet dancers to Miss America in the last 60 years.

Top 10 Finalists (1954-2014)
1954-Barbara Nager-Pennsylvania-3rd Runner-up-Egyptian Suite
1958-Billie Turner (Connecticut)-Top 10 & Talent Prelim-Les Sylphides
1958-Janet Secor (Utah)-Top 10-Sleeping Beauty Waltz
1962-Evelyn Ellis (South Carolina)-3rd Runner-up-Thank Heaven For Little Girls & Gigi
1968-Marjean Langley (Oregon)-3rd Runner-up-The Dying Swan
1969-PAMELA ELDRED (MICHIGAN)-MISS AMERICA 1970-Theme from Romeo & Juliet
1972-Constance Dorn (North Carolina)-1st Runner-up-The Grand Holiday
1974-Jean Ahern (Illinois)-2nd Runner-up & Talent Prelim-Kitri's Variation from Don Quixote
1974-Libby Lovejoy (Louisiana)-4th Runner-up-The Grenadiers
1975-Cyndi Legler (Indiana)-Top 10-Dawn from Coppelia
1980-Donna Pope (Mississippi)-2nd Runner-up (tie)-Overture from Oklahoma
1981-Karen Hopson (Mississippi)-Top 10-Overture from Annie
1985-Angela Tower (Alabama)-4th Runner-up-Chariots of Fire
1985-Laurie Keller (Kentucky)-Top 10-combined with Vocal-Don't Cry For Me Argentina
1987-Robin Riley (Missouri)-Top 10-Overture from Funny Girl
1987-Heidi Lammi (Virginia)-Top 10-Grand Tarantelle
1988-Valerie Brosset (Louisiana)-Top 10-Singin' in the Rain
1988-Tina Curran (North Dakota)-Top 10-Capriccio Espangol
1989-Sandra Frick (Florida)-Top 10-Yankee Doodle Dandy
1992-Lisa Deroches (Massachusetts)-Top 10-Can-Can
1994-HEATHER WHITESTONE (ALABAMA)-MISS AMERICA 1995-Talent Prelim-Via Dolorosa
1998- Kelli Bradshaw (North Carolina)-1st Runner-up-PS 491
1999-Keri Schrader (Maryland)-3rd Runner-up-Stars & Stripes Forever
2000-Melissa Jeka (Pennsylvania)-Top 10-The Diamond
2001-Danae DeMasi (West Virginia)-Top 10-Ravendhi

The following contestants competed during the Vegas years.  They are listed by the year in which they won their state title and not in the year in which the national competition occurred.

2005-Alexa Jones (Alabama)-2nd Runner-up-Fuego
2007- Hannah Kiefer (Virginia)-3rd runner-up-Chocolate Dance from The Nutcracker
2007- Jessica Jacobs (North Carolina)-4th Runner-up-Spring from The Four Seasons
2007- Molly Hazlett (Texas)-Top 8-Rich Man's Frug from Sweet Charity
2008-Jackie Giest (California)-Top 7-The Dying Swan
2008-Kate Grinold (District of Columbia)-Top 10-Tanguera
2009-Kristy Cavinder (California)-1st Runner-up & Talent Prelim-Slave Maiden variation from Le Corsaire
2010-Emoly West (Oklahoma)-4th Runner-up-Time
2011-Noelle Freeman (California)-4th Runner-up-The Black Swan variation from Swan Lake
2011-Kayla Martell (Delaware)-Top 10-The Way You Make Me Feel
2011-Hannah Smith (Illinois)-Top 10-Palladio
2011-Hope Anderson (Louisiana)-Top 10-Sway
2013-Crystal Lee (California)-1st Runner-up-The Dying Swan

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