Miss Mississippi Scholarship Competition

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

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

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

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

Miss Mississippi 2019 – Mary Margaret Hyer
Miss Mississippi 2018 – Asya Branch
Miss Mississippi 2017 – Anne Elizabeth Buys
Miss Mississippi 2016 – Laura Lee Lewis
Miss Mississippi 2015 – Hannah Roberts
Miss Mississippi 2014 – Jasmine Murray
Miss Mississippi 2013 – Chelsea Rick
Miss Mississippi 2012 – Marie Wicks
Miss Mississippi 2011 – Mary Margaret Roark
Miss Mississippi 2010 – Sarah Beth James
Miss Mississippi 2009 – Anna Tadlock
Miss Mississippi 2008 – Christine Kozlowski
Miss Mississippi 2007 – Kimberly Morgan
Miss Mississippi 2006 – Taryn Foshee
Miss Mississippi 2005 – Kristian Dambrino
Miss Mississippi 2004 – Jalin Wood
Miss Mississippi 2003 – Allison Kellogg
Miss Mississippi 2002 – Jennifer Adcock
Miss Mississippi 2001 – Becky Pruett
Miss Mississippi 2000 – Christy May
Miss Mississippi 1999 – Heather Soriano
Miss Mississippi 1998 – Melinda King
Miss Mississippi 1997 – Myra Barginear
Miss Mississippi 1996 – Kari Litton
Miss Mississippi 1995 – Monica Louwerens
Miss Mississippi 1994 – Rebecca Blouin
Miss Mississippi 1993 – Lenena Holder
Miss Mississippi 1992 – Kandace Williams
Miss Mississippi 1991 – Mary Allison Hurdle
Miss Mississippi 1990 – Beth Howell
Miss Mississippi 1989 – Cherry Busby
Miss Mississippi 1988 – Carla Haag
Miss Mississippi 1987 – Toni Seawright
Miss Mississippi 1986 – Kimberly McGuffee
Miss Mississippi 1985 – Nan Sumrall (Assumed title)
Miss Mississippi 1985 – Susan Akin (Miss America 1986)
Miss Mississippi 1984 – Kathy Manning
Miss Mississippi 1983 – Wanda Geddie
Miss Mississippi 1982 – Dianne Evans
Miss Mississippi 1981 – Karen Hopson
Miss Mississippi 1980 – Donna Pope
Miss Mississippi 1979 – Sherye Simmons (Assumed title)
Miss Mississippi 1979 – Cheryl Prewitt (Miss America 1980)
Miss Mississippi 1978 – Cheri Brown
Miss Mississippi 1977 – Mary Donnelly
Miss Mississippi 1976 – Bobbye Wood
Miss Mississippi 1975 – Mollie Magee
Miss Mississippi 1974 – Diane Bounds
Miss Mississippi 1973 – Kathleen Coole
Miss Mississippi 1972 – Glenda Meadows
Miss Mississippi 1971 – Jennifer Blair
Miss Mississippi 1970 – Christine McClamroch
Miss Mississippi 1969 – Jane Foshee
Miss Mississippi 1968 – Mary Mills
Miss Mississippi 1967 – Joan Myers
Miss Mississippi 1966 – Robbie Robertson
Miss Mississippi 1965 – Patricia Puckett
Miss Mississippi 1964 – Judy Simono
Miss Mississippi 1963 – Jan Nave
Miss Mississippi 1962 – Charlotte Ann Carroll
Miss Mississippi 1961 – Annice Jernigan
Miss Mississippi 1960 – Patricia McRaney
Miss Mississippi 1959 – Betty Porter (Assumed title)
Miss Mississippi 1959 – Lynda Lee Mead (Miss America 1960)
Miss Mississippi 1958 – Margie Wilson (Assumed title)
Miss Mississippi 1958 – Mary Ann Mobley (Miss America 1959)
Miss Mississippi 1957 – Mary Allen
Miss Mississippi 1956 – Martha Tisdale
Miss Mississippi 1955 – Carolyn Cochran
Miss Mississippi 1954 – Celeste Luckett
Miss Mississippi 1953 – Suzanne Dugger
Miss Mississippi 1952 – Dora Livingston
Miss Mississippi 1951 – Jessie Morgan
Miss Mississippi 1950 – Annie Roberts
Miss Mississippi 1949 – Katherine Wright
Miss Mississippi 1948 – Virginia Hollingsworth
Miss Mississippi 1947 – Kitty Bailey
Miss Mississippi 1946 – Lennie Nobles
Miss Mississippi 1945 – Harriet Carr
Miss Mississippi 1944 – Sarah Topp
Miss Mississippi 1943 – Arminta Scott
Miss Mississippi 1942 – Dorothy Fox
Miss Mississippi 1941 – Madeline Smith
Miss Mississippi 1940 – Carolyn Simon
Miss Mississippi 1939 – Doris Coggins
Miss Mississippi 1938 – Frances Sykes
Miss Mississippi 1937 – Virginia Riley
Miss Mississippi 1936 – Rachel Smith
Miss Mississippi 1935 – LeFrance Boyett
Miss Mississippi 1934 – Madolyn Hardy (No national pageant was held)
Miss Mississippi 1933 – Dorothy Ely
Miss Mississippi 1932 – No national pageant was held
Miss Mississippi 1931 – No national pageant was held
Miss Mississippi 1930 – No national pageant was held
Miss Mississippi 1929 – No national pageant was held
Miss Mississippi 1928 – No national pageant was held
Miss Mississippi 1927 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1926 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1925 – Representative competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1924 – Representatives competed under local title at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1923 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1922 – No representative at Miss America
Miss Mississippi 1921 – No representative at Miss America