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The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crow
Only Miss Congeniality winner to be also crowned Miss America [26] 1966: Sept. 11, 1965 Deborah Bryant [27] Kansas: Overland Park: 19 Preliminary Swimsuit: Dramatic interpretation, "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" 1967: Sept. 10, 1966 Jane Anne Jayroe [28] Oklahoma: Laverne: 19 Preliminary Talent: Vocal / Orchestral conducting, "1 ...
Lauren Paige Nelson (born November 26, 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state.
Jane Anne Jayroe-Gamble (born October 30, 1946) is an American broadcaster, author, public official and former beauty queen from Laverne, Oklahoma, who was Miss Oklahoma in 1966 and Miss America in 1967. [1] Jayroe worked as an anchor in TV news in Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth broadcast media markets for 16 years.
Six Miss Oklahoma USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA, five as Miss Oklahoma Teen USA, and one as Miss Illinois Teen USA. Four have also competed at Miss America . Danika Christopherson of Lawton was crowned Miss Oklahoma USA 2024 on April 14, 2024, at OCCC Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City.
The most frequently presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable.
The 2025 Miss America pageant will take place in Orlando on January 5. This year's contestants include a national figure skater and a trauma nurse. Meet the 52 women competing to be Miss America 2025
At the time she competed for Miss America, Smallwood was a student at the Oklahoma College for Women. [2] Her hobbies included swimming, dancing, and horseback riding, and she served as captain of her college hockey team. [3] [4] Smallwood captured first place in both the bather's review [2] and the evening gown contest. [5]