Miss Tennessee is the official preliminary to the Miss America pageant. The winner of Miss Tennessee represents Tennessee at the Miss America pageant for a chance to win the title of Miss America.
Miss Tennessee has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage question, talent and evening gown. In order to compete for Miss Tennessee, you must live in Tennessee, be between the ages of 17 - 25 and have won a preliminary title. Additionally, to qualify you must be a female who has never married and who does not have any children.
Winners of Miss Tennessee:
Miss Tennessee 2019- Brianna Mason
Miss Tennessee 2018- Christine Williamson
Miss Tennessee 2017- Caty Davis
Miss Tennessee 2016- Grace Burgess
Miss Tennessee 2015- Hannah Robison
Miss Tennessee 2014- Hayley Lewis
Miss Tennessee 2013- Shelby Thompson
Miss Tennessee 2012- Chandler Lawson
Miss Tennessee 2011- Erin Hatley
Miss Tennessee 2010- Nicole Jordan
Miss Tennessee 2009- Stefanie Wittler
Miss Tennessee 2008- Ellen Carrington
Miss Tennessee 2007- Grace Gore
Miss Tennessee 2006- Blaire Pancake
Miss Tennessee 2005- Tara Burns
Miss Tennessee 2004- Ashley Eicher
Miss Tennessee 2003- Jamie Watkins
Miss Tennessee 2002- Valli Kugler
Miss Tennessee 2001- Stephanie Culberson
Miss Tennessee 2000- Beth Hood
Miss Tennessee 1999- Allison Alderson
Miss Tennessee 1998- Heather Heath
Miss Tennessee 1997- Lanna Keck
Miss Tennessee 1996- Jeni Stephens
Miss Tennessee 1995- Alison Shumate
Miss Tennessee 1994- Lori Smith
Miss Tennessee 1993- Kathleen Brang
Miss Tennessee 1992- Leah Hulan
Miss Tennessee 1991- Jill Horn
Miss Tennessee 1990- Dana Brown
Miss Tennessee 1989- Lisa Robertson
Miss Tennessee 1988- Carrie Folks
Miss Tennessee 1987- Regina Athnos
Miss Tennessee 1986- Kellye Cash (Miss America 1986), Kris Beasley (Assumed title)
Miss Tennessee 1985- Sonya Pleasant
Miss Tennessee 1984- Shelly Mangrum
Miss Tennessee 1983- Moira Alice Kaye
Miss Tennessee 1982- Desiree Daniels
Miss Tennessee 1981- Angelina Johnson
Miss Tennessee 1980- Sarah Leonard
Miss Tennessee 1979- Elise Neal
Miss Tennessee 1978- Jill Beshears
Miss Tennessee 1977- Linda Moore
Miss Tennessee 1976- Terry Alden
Miss Tennessee 1975- Marion Burgess
Miss Tennessee 1974- Deborah Kincaid
Miss Tennessee 1973- Anne Randle Galloway
Miss Tennessee 1972- Debbie Cathey
Miss Tennessee 1971- Marsha McDonald
Miss Tennessee 1970- Carol Ferrante
Miss Tennessee 1969- Mary Cox
Miss Tennessee 1968- Brenda Seal
Miss Tennessee 1967- Linda Workman
Miss Tennessee 1966- Vicki Hurd
Miss Tennessee 1965- Marcia Murray
Miss Tennessee 1964- Rita Munsey
Miss Tennessee 1963- Martha Truett
Miss Tennessee 1962- Margaret Petty
Miss Tennessee 1961- Rita Wilson
Miss Tennessee 1960- Jenny Thomas
Miss Tennessee 1959- Marion "Mickey" Wayland
Miss Tennessee 1958- Patricia Eaves
Miss Tennessee 1957- Amanda Whitman
Miss Tennessee 1956- Shelby Bailey
Miss Tennessee 1955- Patty Williams
Miss Tennessee 1954- Gerry Johnson
Miss Tennessee 1953- Ruth Ann Barker
Miss Tennessee 1952- Gloria Williams
Miss Tennessee 1951- Jean Harper
Miss Tennessee 1950- Greta Graham
Miss Tennessee 1949- Adelyn Sumner
Miss Tennessee 1948- Dorothy Free, Lois Jeanette Welch (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1947- Barbara Jo Walker (Miss America 1947), Georgia Cunningham, Dorothy Cunningham (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1946- Wilda Bowman
Miss Tennessee 1945- Lee Henson
Miss Tennessee 1944- Marian Weller
Miss Tennessee 1943- Frances Eakes
Miss Tennessee 1942- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1941- Martha McKinney, Katherine Gammon (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1940- Christine Webb, Thelma McGhee (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1939- Louise Bussart, Judy Jones (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1938- Victoria Ann Motlow
Miss Tennessee 1937- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1936- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1935- Sarah Beard
Miss Tennessee 1934- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1933- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1932- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1931- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1930- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1929- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1928- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1927- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1926- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1925- No Miss Tennesee at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1924- Ann Werner
Miss Tennessee 1923- Elizabeth Mallory
Miss Tennessee 1922- Sue Burton, Ruth Doughty (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
To see a full list of preliminary titles for the Miss Tennessee pageant use the filtering options on https://www.pageantplanet.com/directory/category/pageant
After competing in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant from 2013 - 2018 when I captured the crown, it was so disappointing to see the lack of integrity in the leadership and the way they treated me as the reigning Miss Tennessee. The Miss America Organization at no point informed me of the leadership that is now in place or that new leadership was in fact installed. The leadership of the Miss Tennessee Competition threatened me, harassed me, and perpetually and intentionally attempted to inte Show more
After competing in the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant from 2013 - 2018 when I captured the crown, it was so disappointing to see the lack of integrity in the leadership and the way they treated me as the reigning Miss Tennessee. The Miss America Organization at no point informed me of the leadership that is now in place or that new leadership was in fact installed. The leadership of the Miss Tennessee Competition threatened me, harassed me, and perpetually and intentionally attempted to interfere with my year of service. I was not invited to crown the new Miss Tennessee and was asked if I'd like to sit in the audience. It was a stark difference from the leadership I was originally crowned under and that started the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Scholarship Pageant. It's disheartening to see the glitz and glam once associated with pageantry around the Miss America Organization and its affiliated state /local organizations to have become so uninviting and uninteresting. The way this organization treats women is anything but empowering.Show less