Miss Kansas is an official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Competition.
The winner of Miss Kansas competes at the Miss America Scholarship Competition, representing Kansas, for a chance to win the title of Miss America and a $50,000 scholarship. Miss Kansas has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage interview, evening gown and talent.
In order to compete for Miss Kansas you must be at least 17 years old and cannot be over 25 years old before December 31st in the year you hope to compete at the Miss America Scholarship Competition. In addition, you must reside, work or attend school in Kansas, have never been married nor have any children. You also need to have won a preliminary title.
Check out the winners of the Miss Kansas Scholarship Competition in the past:
Miss Kansas 2019 – Annika Wooton
Miss Kansas 2018 – Hannah Klaassen
Miss Kansas 2017 – Krystian Fish
Miss Kansas 2016 – Kendall Schoenekase
Miss Kansas 2015 – Hannah Wagner
Miss Kansas 2014 – Amanda Sasek
Miss Kansas 2013 – Theresa Vail
Miss Kansas 2012 – Sloane Lewis
Miss Kansas 2011 – Carissa Kelley
Miss Kansas 2010 – Lauren Werhan
Miss Kansas 2009 – Becky Ronen
Miss Kansas 2008 – Emily Deaver
Miss Kansas 2007 – Alyssa George
Miss Kansas 2006 – Michelle Walthers
Miss Kansas 2005 – Adrienne Rosel
Miss Kansas 2004 – Megan Bushell
Miss Kansas 2003 – Angelea Busby
Miss Kansas 2002 – Jeanne Anne Schroeder
Miss Kansas 2001 – Kimberlee Grice
Miss Kansas 2000 – Amy Lea Shaw
Miss Kansas 1999 – Leah Darby
Miss Kansas 1998 – Jennifer Vannatta
Miss Kansas 1997 – Lesley Moss
Miss Kansas 1996 – Jennifer Parks (Assumed title)
Miss Kansas 1996 – Tara Dawn Holland (Miss America 1997)
Miss Kansas 1995 – Amy Keller
Miss Kansas 1994 – Trisha Schaffer
Miss Kansas 1993 – Lori Minnix
Miss Kansas 1992 – Pamela McKelvy
Miss Kansas 1991 – Robbin Lee Wasson
Miss Kansas 1990 – Kimberly Dugger
Miss Kansas 1989 – Jennifer Lyn Hendrick
Miss Kansas 1988 – Candice Cae Pyle
Miss Kansas 1987 – Sherri Lee Mayer
Miss Kansas 1986 – Heather Lynn Clark
Miss Kansas 1985 – Carolyn Jo Kirgis
Miss Kansas 1984 – Nancy Lee Cobb
Miss Kansas 1983 – Laura Lynn Watters
Miss Kansas 1982 – Lisa Marie Berwick
Miss Kansas 1981 – Dawn Holmstrom
Miss Kansas 1980 – K. Leann Folsom
Miss Kansas 1979 – Michelle Elaine Whitson
Miss Kansas 1978 – Lori Ann Bergen
Miss Kansas 1977 – Jill Dirks
Miss Kansas 1976 – Linda Hall
Miss Kansas 1975 – Jana Lynn Salmans
Miss Kansas 1974 – Karen Dianne Smith
Miss Kansas 1973 – Jane Schulte
Miss Kansas 1972 – Cynthia Sikes
Miss Kansas 1971 – Sandy Rings
Miss Kansas 1970 – Linda Susan Edds
Miss Kansas 1969 – Margo Sue Schroeder
Miss Kansas 1968 – Jane Kathryn Bair
Miss Kansas 1967 – Kandee Kae Kline (Assumed title)
Miss Kansas 1967 – Debra Dene Barnes (Miss America 1968)
Miss Kansas 1966 – Betty Louise Fox
Miss Kansas 1965 – Mini Frink (Assumed title)
Miss Kansas 1965 – Deborah Irene Bryant (Miss America 1966)
Miss Kansas 1964 – Catherine Bergstrom (Assumed title)
Miss Kansas 1964 – Sharon Margene Savage (She was killed in a car accident during her reign.)
Miss Kansas 1963 – Karen Raye Schwartz
Miss Kansas 1962 – Beverly June Wood
Miss Kansas 1961 – Carolyn Jane Parkinson
Miss Kansas 1960 – Gayla Leigh Shoemake
Miss Kansas 1959 – Sharon O’Neal
Miss Kansas 1958 – Sharon Whitacre
Miss Kansas 1957 – Georgiana Rundle
Miss Kansas 1956 – Mary Ann McGrew
Miss Kansas 1955 – Gail White
Miss Kansas 1954 – Phyllis Danielson
Miss Kansas 1953 – Joann Milnar
Miss Kansas 1952 – Kay Ann Goforth
Miss Kansas 1951 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1950 – Anabel Baker
Miss Kansas 1949 – Shirley Hargiss
Miss Kansas 1948 – Vera June Ralston
Miss Kansas 1947 – Ruth Ellen Richmond
Miss Kansas 1946 – Joyce Blakemore
Miss Kansas 1945 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1944 – Grace Louise Pittman
Miss Kansas 1943 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1942 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1941 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1940 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1939 – Rosemary Winslow
Miss Kansas 1938 – Blanche Webb
Miss Kansas 1937 – Lucia Benton
Miss Kansas 1936 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1935 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1934 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1933 – Pauline Sayre
Miss Kansas 1932 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1931 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1930 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1929 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1928 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kansas 1927 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1926 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1925 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1924 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1923 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1922 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kansas 1921 – No representative at Miss America