Miss Wyoming is a state-level pageant which sends winners to compete for the title of
Miss America. The competition, which awards scholarships, is open to women aged 17 through 24.
With Alaska became the latest state crowned the Miss America title, Wyoming is the last state that has yet to win a
Miss America,
Miss USA
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, or
Miss Teen USA
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title.
Hazel Homer-Wambeam of
Laramie was crowned Miss Wyoming 2022 on June 25, 2022 at WYO Theatre in
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan is a town in the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Sheridan County. The town is located halfway between Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore by U.S. Route 14 and 16. It is the principal town of the Sheridan, Wyoming, Micropo ...
. She competed for the title of
Miss America 2023 at the
Mohegan Sun in
Uncasville, Connecticut
Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River where it flows into the Thames River. The name is now applied more generally to all of the ea ...
in December 2022.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Wyoming titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
* 1st runners-up: Carol Held (1948)
* 3rd runners-up:
Lexie Madden
Lexie Madden, (born February 18, 1991) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Torrington, Wyoming, who was named Miss Wyoming 2012.
Biography
Madden is a 2009 graduate of Torrington High School, and attended the University of Wyoming
...
(2013)
* Top 10: Elaine Lois Holkenbrink (1953)
* Top 15: Dorothy McKay (1947)
Awards
Preliminary awards
*
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Elaine Lois Holkenbrink (1953)
*
Preliminary Talent: N/A
Non-finalist awards
* Non-finalist Talent: Carol Rose (1969), Trish Long (1976), Carol June Wallace (1977),
Kim Pring (1979)
Other awards
*
Miss Congeniality: N/A
* Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Cheryl Johnson (1975)
* Waterford Crystal Scholarship for Business Management and Marketing: Rebecca Darrington (1997)
*
Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Cheyenne Buyert (2018)
Winners
Notes
References
{{Miss America state
Wyoming
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Wyoming culture
Women in Wyoming