Gayla Leigh Shoemake

Gayla Leigh Shoemake (born c. 1941) is a pageant titleholder from El Dorado, Kansas who competed in the Miss America pageant in 1960.

Biography

In June 1960 Shoemake competed for the Miss Kansas title, performing a dramatic reading as her talent.^[1]^[2] She was crowned Miss Kansas 1960 on 10 June by Governor George Docking and won a $1000 scholarship, jewellery and evening gowns.^[2] In September the same year Shoemake represented Kansas in the Miss America 1961 pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey but did not place.^[3]

Shoemake attended Kansas State University where she was a cheerleader and member of the student council.^[2] She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and won the Miss Kansas State University pageant in 1959.

References

↑ "Crowning of Miss Kansas is tonight". Lawrence Journal-World. 1960-06-09.
1 2 3 "K-State Girl Is Crowned; K-U Lass 3rd". Lawrence Journal-World. 1960-06-11.
↑ "The New Miss America on Parade with her Peers". LIFE. 1960-09-19.

* Souvenir Program—14th Annual Football Festival, Berkeley, California - Junior Chamber of Commerce: 1959.

Kansas pageant winners

Miss Kansas	Vera Ralston (1948) Gayla Leigh Shoemake (1960) Deborah Bryant (1965) Debra Dene Barnes (1967) Cynthia Sikes (1972) Tara Dawn Holland (1996) Alyssa George (2007) Becki Ronen (2009) Theresa Vail (2013) Hannah Wagner (2015)

Miss Kansas USA	Nancy Bishop (1971) Kelli McCarty (1991) Carol Hovenkamp (1994) Danni Boatwright (1996) Amanda Carraway (1999) Alicia Cabrera (2003) Lisa Forbes (2004) Rachel Saunders (2005) Ashley Aull (2006) Cara Gorges (2007) Bethany Gerber (2010) Gentry Miller (2012)

Miss Kansas Teen USA	Danni Boatwright (1992) Keylee Sue Sanders (1995) Grace Shibley (1999) Amanda Carraway (1996) Gentry Miller (2006)

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