Miss Nebraska
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nebraska USA.
The Miss Nebraska competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss America pageant.
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2016 | Aleah Peters | Omaha | Miss Omaha | Baton Twirling "Wings" | Non-Finalist Communications/Journalism Interview award | |||
2015 | Alyssa Howell | Omaha | 20 | Miss Douglas County | Piano "Northern Lights" | Top 12 | ||
2014 | Megan Swanson | Omaha | 20 | Miss Douglas County | Vocal "You Raise Me Up" | |||
2013 | Jacee Pilkington | Minatare | 21 | Miss Western Nebraska | Vocal "How Great Thou Art" | Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2009 | ||
2012 | Mariah Cook | Chadron | 23 | Miss State Fair | Piano "Malagueña" | |||
2011 | Kayla Batt[1] | Alliance | 21 | Miss Omaha | Vocal "Love You I Do" | Miss Congeniality, Non-Finalist Talent Award | Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2007, Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2010 | |
2010 | Nicky Haverland[2] | 24 | Miss Douglas County | 3rd runner-up at Miss Nebraska 2010, Assumed title when Teresa Scanlan won the Miss America title | ||||
Teresa Scanlan | Gering | 17 | Miss Southeast | Piano "White Water Chopped Sticks" by Calvin Jones | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | At 17, she is the youngest Miss Nebraska ever crowned.
Later Miss Nebraska World 2015, 1st runner up at Miss World America 2015 | |
2009 | Brittany Jeffers | Ogallala | 23 | Miss Omaha | Dance "So Much Better" from Legally Blonde | Top 10 | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2007 | |
2008 | Gretchen Bergquist | Oxford | 22 | Miss Panhandle | Vocal "Feeling Good" | |||
2007 | Ashley Bauer | Scottsbluff | 22 | Miss Douglas County | Vocal "This Is My Life" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 | ||
2006 | Molly McGrath | Omaha | 23 | Miss Sarpy County | Jazz Dance "She Bangs" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Nebraska's Junior Miss 2001 | |
2005 | Kelly Keiser | Gothenburg | 21 | Miss Lincoln | Piano "Cumana" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2004 | ||
2004 | Brook Matthews | Blair | 24 | Miss Omaha | Vocal "Shine It On" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 | ||
2003 | Jane Noseworthy | Bellevue | 24 | Miss Omaha | Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" from The Enchantress | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
2002 | Krista Knicely | Omaha | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Jazz Dance "I'm a Woman" | |||
2001 | Christina Foehlinger | Ralston | 21 | Miss Tri-Cities | Baton Twirling "Theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | Top 20 | Sister of Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2008 Rachel Foehlinger | |
2000 | Jill Pennington | Omaha | 23 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "If I Loved You" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
1999 | Becky Smith | Omaha | 20 | Miss Omaha | Ballet en Pointe "Kiss of the Spider Woman" | |||
1998 | Jenny Lemmerman | West Point | 20 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "I'm a Woman" | |||
1997 | Kendra Quandt | Davenport | 23 | Miss Western Nebraska | Classical Piano "Prelude in C sharp minor" | Non-finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up | ||
1996 | Rachel White | Columbus | 20 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "Via Dolorosa" | |||
1995 | Myra Katherine Hale | Lincoln | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Classical Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | ||
1994 | Jennifer Love | North Platte | 21 | Miss High Plains | Classical Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller | |||
1993 | Mary Lynn Schnitzler | Battle Creek | 23 | Miss Norfolk Area | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
1992 | Natalie Kuijvenhoven | Lincoln | 21 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" | |||
1991 | Vicki Linn Train | North Platte | 24 | Miss Great Plains | Piano Solo "Prelude" from Pour le Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Finalist | ||
1990 | Michelle Ebadi | Omaha | 23 | Miss Western Nebraska | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" & "Puttin' on the Ritz" | |||
1989 | Kristi Hilliard | Ogallala | 24 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "Golden Rainbow" | |||
1988 | Jodi Miller | Omaha | 20 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Jazz Dance | Nebraska's Junior Miss 1986 | ||
1987 | Mindee Zimmerman | Norfolk | 23 | Miss Kearney Area | Vocal "People" | |||
1986 | Donna Schieffer | Columbus | 19 | Miss Columbus Area | Mystical Modern Dance | |||
1985 | Julie Meusburger | Lincoln | 22 | Miss River City | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1984 | Allison Boyd | Nebraska City | 21 | Miss University of Nebraska | Acrobatic Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1983 | Kristin Lowenberg | Kearney | 20 | Miss Kearney Area | Jazz Dance "What a Feeling" | Top 10 | ||
1982 | Sandra Haschke | Humphrey | 20 | Miss Lincoln Area | Popular Vocal "All I Ever Need Is You" | |||
1981 | Jill Pershing | Lincoln | 21 | Miss Lincoln | Ballet en Pointe "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
1980 | Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | 20 | Miss University of Nebraska | Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother of Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2015 Paige Pflueger | |
1979 | Kathryn Ann Saathoff | Fremont | 21 | Miss Midland Lutheran College | Vocal "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" | |||
1978 | Guylyn Remmenga | Elwood | 21 | Miss University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Piano Solo "Toccata" & "Nocturne" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | National Sweetheart 1976 |
1977 | Linda Kay Hallstrom | Omaha | 18 | Miss Eastern Nebraska Area | Jazz Dance "Liza Live at the Winter Garden" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
1976 | Marion Catherine Watson | Omaha | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | |||
1975 | Janet Kay Goode | Omaha | 19 | Miss Omaha | Dramatic Skit "Why?" | |||
1974 | Sharon Sue Pelc | Johnstown | 22 | Miss Ord | Ventriloquism & Singing "Those Were the Days" | |||
1973 | Sandy Cramer | Omaha | 18 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Jazz Dance "I'm an Ordinary Man" | |||
1972 | Jeanine Giller | Omaha | 22 | Miss Omaha | Jazz Dance "Bitter End" | |||
1971 | Sally Lou Warner | Bushnell | 19 | Miss Kimball | Vocal "Big Spender" | |||
1970 | Debra May Sullivan | Omaha | 19 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Dance "Fly Me to the Moon" | |||
1969 | Jane Deliese Briggeman | Seward | 21 | Miss York | Musical Interpretation "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" & "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Miss Congeniality | ||
1968 | Diane Boldt | Omaha | 19 | Miss Kearney | Character Dance "Charlie Chaplin" | |||
1967 | Terry Lee Schmidt | Lincoln | 18 | Miss University of Nebraska | Drawing & Reading "What Is a Girl?" by Alan Beck | |||
1966 | Patricia Lee Van Horne | Lincoln | 19 | Miss Lincoln | Popular Vocal "Misty" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1965 | Karen Hansmeire | Ogallala | 20 | Miss Ogallala | Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
1964 | Sandra Lee Rice | Cozad | 20 | Miss Lexington | Dramatic Reading "After the Fall" | |||
1963 | Donna Marie Black | Broken Bow | Miss Grand Island | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | Featured Performer on the Miss America 1964 telecast | |||
1962 | Mary Lee Jepsen | Papillion | 18 | Miss Papillion | Fire Baton Twirling "Ritual Fire Dance" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | Featured performer on the Miss America 1963 telecast |
1961 | Nancy Lee Foreman | Albion | 20 | Miss Albion | Dramatic Reading "Such Is Your Heritage" | |||
1960 | Cheryl Ann Jaeke | Shelton | 18 | Miss Grand Island | Vocal | |||
1959 | Joan Arolyn Sipes | Columbus | 19 | Piano "Liszt's Etude in D Minor" | ||||
1958 | Sherry Johnson | Omaha | Monologue | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
1957 | Katherine L. Nielsen | Lincoln | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Miss Iowa USA 1959 | |||
1956 | Diane Knotek | Lincoln | Classical Vocal "The Polonaise" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
1955 | Sandra Spiecher | Omaha | Speech "Teaching Handicapped Students" | |||||
1954 | Sue Welch Fisher | Kearney | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | |||||
1953 | Diana Louise Hann | Lincoln | Art | |||||
1952 | Helen Francis Burhorn | Omaha | Piano "Warsaw Concerto" | Was originally planning to do a violin and dancing talent routine but twisted her ankle during rehearsal and switched to piano | ||||
1951 | Geraldine Elseman | Omaha | Dramatic Monologue | |||||
1950 | Jinx Burrus | Crete | Baton Twirling | |||||
1949 | Vanita Mae Brown | Omaha | ||||||
1948 | Betty Love Booth | Fremont | ||||||
Serena McKinney | Omaha | Competed as Miss Omaha | ||||||
1947 | Madalyn Joyce King | Omaha | Tap Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Competed as Miss Omaha | |||
1946 | Marjorie Ann Hanson | Omaha | Competed as Miss Omaha | |||||
1942 | Claire Buglewicz | Vocal "You Made Me Love You" | ||||||
1938 | Emmajane Newby | Humboldt | ||||||
1937 | Ruth Lenore Jones | Nebraska City | Assumed the title after the original winner, Ruby Hart, was disqualified after getting married | |||||
1926 | Anne Kathleen Fouca | Omaha | Competed as Miss Omaha | |||||
1925 | Myrtle Roach | Omaha | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Omaha |
References
- ↑ "Miss Omaha Kayla Batt crowned next Miss Nebraska; Miss Douglas County, Miss Lincoln runners-up". Daily Reporter. June 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Miss Douglas County Becomes New Miss Nebraska". KETV Omaha. January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
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