Miss Kentucky Scholarship Competition

Miss Kentucky is an official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Competition.

The winner of Miss Kentucky competes at the Miss America Scholarship Competition, representing Kentucky, for a chance to win the title of Miss America and a $50,000 scholarship. Miss Kentucky has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage interview, evening gown and talent.

In order to compete for Miss Kentucky 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 Kentucky, have never been married nor have any children. You also need to have won a preliminary title.

Check out the winners of the Miss Kentucky Scholarship Competition in the past:

Miss Kentucky 2019 – Alex Francke
Miss Kentucky 2018 – Katie Bouchard
Miss Kentucky 2017 – Molly Matney
Miss Kentucky 2016 – Laura Jones
Miss Kentucky 2015 – Clark Davis
Miss Kentucky 2014 – Ramsey Carpenter
Miss Kentucky 2013 – Jenna Day
Miss Kentucky 2012 – Jessica Casebolt
Miss Kentucky 2011 – Ann Blair Thornton
Miss Kentucky 2010 – Djuan Trent
Miss Kentucky 2009 – Mallory Ervin
Miss Kentucky 2008 – Emily Cox
Miss Kentucky 2007 – Kaitlynne Postel
Miss Kentucky 2006 – Rachelle Phillips
Miss Kentucky 2005 – Kerri Mitchell
Miss Kentucky 2004 – Maria Maldonado
Miss Kentucky 2003 – MacKenzie Mayes
Miss Kentucky 2002 – Mary Catherine Correll
Miss Kentucky 2001 – Monica Hardin
Miss Kentucky 2000 – Whitney Boyles
Miss Kentucky 1999 – Shanna Kari Moore (Assumed title)
Miss Kentucky 1999 – Heather French (Miss America 2000)
Miss Kentucky 1998 – Chera-Lyn Cook
Miss Kentucky 1997 – Lori Menshouse
Miss Kentucky 1996 – Veronica Duka
Miss Kentucky 1995 – Kristie Hicks
Miss Kentucky 1994 – Laura Sue Humphress
Miss Kentucky 1993 – Tonya Virgin
Miss Kentucky 1992 – Tawnya Mullins
Miss Kentucky 1991 – Sheri Plambeck
Miss Kentucky 1990 – Nancy Cox
Miss Kentucky 1989 – Melanie Glasscock
Miss Kentucky 1988 – Mikka Darby
Miss Kentucky 1987 – Elizabeth McDowell
Miss Kentucky 1986 – Melinda Cumberledge
Miss Kentucky 1985 – Laurie Janine Keller
Miss Kentucky 1984 – Kelly Lin Brumagen
Miss Kentucky 1983 – Lynn Thompson
Miss Kentucky 1982 – Gwendolyn Witten
Miss Kentucky 1981 – Sheri Copeland
Miss Kentucky 1980 – Daphne Cochran
Miss Kentucky 1979 – Kathryn Parker
Miss Kentucky 1978 – Marcia Malone
Miss Kentucky 1977 – Karen Gordon
Miss Kentucky 1976 – Victoria Harned
Miss Kentucky 1975 – Marsha Griffith
Miss Kentucky 1974 – Darlene Compton
Miss Kentucky 1973 – Lyda Lewis
Miss Kentucky 1972 – Diane Moore (Assumed title)
Miss Kentucky 1972 – Carolyn Walters (Resigned)
Miss Kentucky 1971 – Robbie Halcomb
Miss Kentucky 1970 – Cynthia Bostick
Miss Kentucky 1969 – Louisa Flook
Miss Kentucky 1968 – Janet Hatfield
Miss Kentucky 1967 – Jo-Anne Clark
Miss Kentucky 1966 – Janie Olmstead
Miss Kentucky 1965 – Rebecca Snyder
Miss Kentucky 1964 – Linda Sawyer
Miss Kentucky 1963 – Nell Owen
Miss Kentucky 1962 – Nanci Bowling
Miss Kentucky 1961 – Lee Grigsby
Miss Kentucky 1960 – Alice Chumbley
Miss Kentucky 1959 – Carol Brown
Miss Kentucky 1958 – Sandra Sue Smith
Miss Kentucky 1957 – Jane Brock
Miss Kentucky 1956 – Janene Simpson
Miss Kentucky 1955 – Ann Shirley Gillock
Miss Kentucky 1954 – Margaret Diane Hunt
Miss Kentucky 1953 – Emily Rucker
Miss Kentucky 1952 – Joy Williams
Miss Kentucky 1951 – Dottye Nuckols
Miss Kentucky 1950 – Mary Louise Osborne
Miss Kentucky 1949 – Betty Haverstock
Miss Kentucky 1948 – Mildred Joanne Hollinger
Miss Kentucky 1947 – Evelyn L. Murray
Miss Kentucky 1946 – Mary Madonna Smith
Miss Kentucky 1945 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1944 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1943 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1942 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1941 – Dorothy Slatten
Miss Kentucky 1940 – Dorothy Slatten
Miss Kentucky 1939 – Louise Holman
Miss Kentucky 1938 – Evelyn Cooper
Miss Kentucky 1937 – Audrey Catherine Flaig
Miss Kentucky 1936 – Charlet Hiteman
Miss Kentucky 1935 – Jean Megerle
Miss Kentucky 1934 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1933 – Lucille Rader
Miss Kentucky 1932 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1931 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1930 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1929 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1928 – No national pageant was held
Miss Kentucky 1927 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1926 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1925 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1924 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1923 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1922 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Kentucky 1921 – No representative at Miss America