This is Miss Oklahoma!

A Salute to All Our Former Miss Oklahomas For years the Miss Oklahoma Pageant was held in Oklahoma City and was at the First Christian Church there since 1952. The pageant moved to Tulsa with the 1964 pageant being held in the Civic Center with Toni Spencer as the Executive Director and Ralph Blane as the Producer/Director. Miss America 1958 Marilyn Van Derbur was the mistress of ceremonies and it was televised statewide. The Kiwanis Club of Tulsa became co-sponsor of the pageant in 1966, and took over full sponsorship in 1972 with Charles Welch as the Executive Director. In saluting our former Miss Oklahomas, records show that Nellie Grant from Ada, Oklahoma, represented our state in the 1922 Miss America Pageant. In 1926 there was no state pageant, but Norma Smallwood, Miss Tulsa, competed and became the first Oklahoman to win the Miss America Pageant. Since then we have had three other winners from Oklahoma – Jane Ann Jayroe, Miss America 1967, Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, and Shawntel Smith, Miss America 1996. We hope you’ll enjoy reminiscing with us as we look back at our former Miss Oklahomas
1922 – Nellie Grant 1934 – Juanita Pitts 1938 – Marjorie Ann Adams 1939 – Bettye Cornelia Avert 1940 – Ada Martyne Wood 1941 – Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona 1943 – Joan Marceille Hawk 1948 – Donna Briggs - 4th Runner-up 1949 – Georgine R. Leeka 1950 – Louise O’Brien - 4th Runner-up 1951 – Bobby Jene Simmons - Top Ten Finalist 1952 – Shirley Barbour 1953 – Lorene Washburn 1954 – Charlavan Baker 1955 – Ann Campbell - 4th Runner-up 1956 – LaDonna J. Kramer 1957 – Mary Nancy Denner - 2nd Runner-up 1958 – Anita Bryant - 2nd Runner-up 1959 – Mary Ann Hazelton 1960 – Donna Kay Creed 1961 – Dana Darlene Reno 1962 – Billi Kay Smith 1963 – Cheryl Semrad Hassman 1964 – Jane Hitch 1965 – Sandra Curtis
	Norma Smallwood 1926 Miss America 1927	Jane Ann Jayroe 1966 Miss America 1967	Susan Powell 1980 Miss America 1981	Shawntel Smith 1995 Miss America 1996

	Sandy Ferguson 1966	Carolyn Denton 1967	Beverly Drew 1968	Jeanne Gambrell 1969	Judy Adams 1970 Top Ten
	Susan Supernaw 1971	Debbie Giannopoulos 1972	Andrea Hanson 1973 Top Ten	Debbie Knight 1974	Lisa Reagan 1975
	Lucia Miller 1976	Ellen Wight 1977	Kendi Brown 1978	Jill Elmore 1979	Kathleen Allin 1980
	April Clayton 1981	Nancy Chapman 1982 4th Runner-Up	Trelynda Kerr 1983	Julie Sunday 1984	Felicia Ferguson 1985
	Mignon Merchant 1986	Leesa Cornett 1987	Lori Kelley 1988 2nd Runner-Up	Tamara Marler 1989 Top Ten	Cynthia White 1990 Top Ten
	Gina Lynne Smith 1991	DuSharme Carter 1992 4th Runner-Up	Elizabeth Moseley 1993	Tiffany Craig 1994	Meighen Bradfield 1995
	Amy Duncan 1996	Kelli Masters 1997	Julie Payne 1998 Top Ten	Daneka Allen 1999	Kristin Steveson 2000
	Kaci Hundley 2001 Top Twenty	Casey Preslar 2002 2nd Runner-Up	Kelley Scott 2003 Top Ten