Forever Miss Kentucky Titleholders

Laura and some of our forever Miss Kentucky's during the post-crowning selfie

YEAR	NAME	HOMETOWN	MISS AMERICA AWARDS/PLACEMENTS	PHOTO
1935	Jeane M. Megerle	Fort Thomas	2nd Runner-Up
1936	Charlet Hiteman	Newport	Semi-Finalist
1937	Audrey Flaig	Bellevue
1938	Evelyn Cooper	Somerset
1939	Louise Holman	Pineville
1940	Dorothy Slatten	Lexington	Preliminary Swimsuit Award/ 4th runner-up
1941	Dorothy Slatten	Lexington	Semi-Finalist
1942-1945	NO PAGEANT	DUE TO WORLD WAR II
1946	Mary Madonna Smith	Jenkins
1947	Evelyn Murray	Louisville	Semi-Finalist
1948	Mildred Joanne Hollinger	Louisville
1949	Betty Haverstock	Louisville
1950	Mary Louise Osborne	Wheelwright
1951	Dottye Nuckols	Bowling Green
1952	Joy Williams	Louisville
1953	Emily Rucker	Berea
1954	Margaret Diane Hunt	Lexington
1955	Ann Shirley Gillock	Carrollton
1956	Janene Simpson	Louisville
1957	Jane Marvin Brock	Liberty	Nonfinalist Talent Award
1958	Sandra Sue Smith	Harlan
1959	Carol Fairchild Brown	Whitesburg
1960	Alice Chumbley	Jamestown
1961	Lee Willis Grigsby	Bardstown
1962	Nanci Rosalind Bowling	Campbellsville
1963	Nell Garnett Owen	Bowling Green
1964	Linda Lenora Sawyer	Louisville	Semi-Finalist
1965	Rebecca Tollivar Snyder	Owensboro
1966	Janie Olmstead	New Castle
1967	Jo-Anne Clark	Louisville
1968	Janet Hatfield	Jeffersontown	Miss America USO Troupe to Vietnam
1969	Louisa Ann Flook	Richmond
1970	Cynthia Anne Bostick	Owensboro
1971	Robbie Lynn Halcomb	Scottsville
1972	Diana Moore	Pikeville
1973	Lyda Lewis	Louisville	Miss America USO Troupe to the Far East
1974	Darlene Compton	Louisville	Preliminary Talent Award / 3rd Runner-Up
1975	Marsha Griffith	Greenup	Nonfinalist Talent Award / Miss America USO Troupe to Europe and the Mediterranean
1976	Victoria Jane Harned	Leitchfield	Nonfinalist Talent Award / Miss America USO Troupe to the Far East
1977	Karen Gordon	Benton
1978	Marcia Malone Bell	Lexington	Semi-Finalist
1979	Kathryn Parker	Wilmore
1980	Daphne Jean Cochran	Louisville
1981	Sheri Colleen Copeland	Benton
1982	Gwendolyn Suzann Witten	Vine Grove	Preliminary Talent Award / Semi-Finalist
1983	Lynn Whitney Thompson	Lexington	Semi-Finalist
1984	Kelly Lin Brumagen	Lexington	David B. Allman Medical Scholarship / Semi-Finalist
1985	Laurie Janine Keller	Nippa	Semi-Finalist / Miss America Gillette Show Troupe
1986	Melinda Katharine Cumberledge	Lexington	Non-Finalist Talent Award
1987	Elizabeth Gray McDowell	Prospect
1988	Mikka Lynn Darby	Salyersville
1989	Melanie Lynn Glasscock	Leitchfield
1990	Nancy Jane Cox	Campbellsville
1991	Sheri Lynn Plambeck	Lexington
1992	Tawnya Dawn Mullins	Kimper	Preliminary Swimsuit Award / Semi-Finalist
1993	Tonya Dee Virgin	Oldtown	Non-Finalist Talent Award
1994	Laura Sue Humphress	Campbellsville
1995	Kristie Dawn Hicks	Bardstown	Konica Visual Arts Scholarship
1996	Veronica Marie Duka	Campbellsville	Semi-Finalist
1997	Lori Lynn Menshouse	Ashland
1998	Chera-Lyn Cook	London	Preliminary Talent Award / 4th Runner-Up
1999	Heather Renee French	Maysville	Preliminary Swimsuit Award / Quality of Life Award 1st Runner-Up / MISS AMERICA 2000
1999	Shanna Kari Moore	Marion	*assumed the title when Heather French was crowned Miss America
2000	Whitney Renee Boyles	Louisville	Preliminary Swimsuit Award / Quality of Life Award finalist / 4th Runner-Up
2001	Monica Hardin	Louisville
2002	Mary Catherine Correll	Somerset	Quality of Life Award finalist
2003	MacKenzie Mayes	Lexington	Non-Finalist Talent Award / Quality of Life Award 1st Runner-Up
2004	Maria Maldonado	Lexington	Non-Finalist Interview Award
2005	Kerri Katelyn Mitchell	Barbourville
2006	Rachelle Phillips	Princeton
2007	Kaitlynne Postel	Lexington
2008	Emily Cox	Campbellsville	Top 12 Semi-Finalist / Quality of Life Award Winner
2009	Mallory Ervin	Morganfield	4th Runner-Up / Quality of Life Award finalist
2010	Djuan Keila Trent	Columbus, GA	Top 10 Semi-Finalist
2011	Ann Blair Thornton	Bowling Green	Quality of Life Award Winner
2012	Jessica Casebolt	Pikeville	Top 15 Semi-Finalist
2013	Jenna Day	Louisville	Top 15 Semi-Finalist
2014	Ramsey Carpenter	Hartford	Preliminary Talent Award Louanne Gamba Overall Instrumental Talent Award Top 12 Semi-Finalist
2015	Clark Janell Davis	Lexington
2016	Laura Jones	Fisherville	Top 12 Semi-Finalist