Since 1935, the Miss Kentucky Program has evolved from a mere "beauty" pageant to a prestigious program offering scholarships, personal and professional skills development, influence and exposure to all who participate.
Today's Miss Kentucky is a leader in every sense. She is an outspoken advocate, tireless crusader and energetic fundraiser.
Miss Kentucky is the very essence of style. She evokes passionate viewpoints and reflects the fabric of her generation.
We honor our humble beginnings and marvel in our journey to the future.
These ladies are not "former" Miss Kentuckys; they are "FOREVER" Miss Kentucky.
Hannah Edelen
2022
(Jean Bartel Community Service Initiative Award Finalist & Miss Congeniality)
Haley Wheeler
2021
Alex Francke
2019/2020
(Women in Business Award Winner)
Katie Bouchard
2018
Molly Matney
2017
(STEM Award Winner)
Laura Jones
2016
(Top 12 Finalist)
Clark Janell Davis
2015
Ramsey Carpenter
2014
(Top 12 Finalist & Preliminary Talent Award)
Jenna Day
2013
(Top 15 Finalist)
Jessica Casebolt
2012
(Top 15 Finalist)
Ann Blair Thornton
2011
(Quality of Life- Winner)
Djuan Keila Trent
2010
(Top 10 Finalist)
Mallory Ervin
2009
(4th Runner Up & Quality of LIfe Finalist)
Emily Cox
2008
(Top 12 Finalist & Quality of Life - Winner)
Kaitlynne Postel
2007
Rachelle Phillips
2006
Kerri Katelyn Mitchell
2005
Maria Maldonado
2004
(Non Finalist Interview Award)
MacKenzie Mayes
2003
(Non-Finalist Talent & Quality of Life - 1st Runner Up)
Mary Catherine Correll
2002
(Quality of Life Finalist)
Monica Hardin
2001
Whitney Renee Boyles
2000
(4th Runner Up, Swimsuit Award & Quality of Life Finalist)
Shanna Kari Moore
1999
Heather Renee French
Miss America 2000
(Preliminary Swimsuit Award & Quality of Life - 1st Runner Up)
Chera Lyn Cook
1998
(4th Runner Up & Preliminary Talent Award)
Lori Lynn Menshouse
1997
Veronica Marie Duka
1996
(Top Ten Finalist)
Kristie Dawn Hicks
1995
(Konica Visual Arts Award)
Laura Sue Humphress
1994
Tonya Dee Virgin
1993
(Non-Finalist Talent Award)
Tawnya Dawn Mullins
1992
(Top Ten Finalist & Preliminary Swimsuit Award)
Sheri Lynn Plambeck
1991
Nancy Jane Cox
1990
Melanie Lynn Glasscock
1989
Mikka Lynn Darby
1988
Elizabeth Gray Mcdowell
1987
Melinda Katherine Cumberledge
1986
(Non-Finalist Talent Award)
Laurie Janine Keller
1985
(Top Ten Finalists & Gillette Show Troupe)
Kelly Lin Brumagen
1984
(Top Ten Finalist & Allman Medical Award)
Lynn Whitney Thompson
1983
(Top Ten Finalist)
Gwendolyn Suzann Witten
1982
(Top Ten Finalist & Preliminary Talent Award)
Sheri Colleen Copeland
1981
Daphne Jean Cochran
1980
Kathryn Parker
1979
Marcia Malone Bell
1978
(Top Ten Finalist)
Karen Gordon
1977
Victoria Jane Harned
1976
(Non Finalist Talent Award & USO Troupe)
Marsha Griffith
1975
(Non Finalist Talent Award & USO Troupe)
Darlene Compton
1974
(3rd Runner Up & Preliminary Talent Award)
Lyda Lewis
1973
(USO Troupe)
Diana Moore
1972
Robbie Lynn Halcomb
1971
Cynthia Anne Bostick
1970
Louisa Ann Flook
1969
Janet Hatfield
1968
(USO Troupe)
JoAnne Clark
1967
Janie Olmstead
1966
Rebecca Tolliver Snyder
1965
Linda Lenora Sawyer
1964
(Top Ten Finalist)
Nell Garnett Owen
1963
Nanci Rosalind Bowling
1962
Lee Willis Grigsby
1961
Alice Chumbley
1960
Carol Fairchild Brown
1959
Sandra Sue Smith
1958
Jane Marvin Brock
1957
(Non-Finalist Talent Award)
Janene Simpson
1956
Ann Shirley Gillock
1955
Margaret Diane Hunt
1954
Emily Rucker
1953
Joy Williams
1952
Dotte Nuckols
1951
Mary Louise Osborne
1950
Betty Haverstock
1949
Mildred Joanne Hollinger
1948
Evelyn Murray
1947
(Top Ten Finalist & Preliminary Swimsuit Award)
Mary Madonna Smith
1946
Dorothy Slatten
1941
(Top Ten Finalist)
Dorothy Slatten
1940
(4th Runner Up & Preliminary Swimsuit Award)
Louise Holman
1939
Evelyn Cooper
1938
Audrey Flaig
1937
Charles Hiteman
1936
(Top Ten Finalist)
Jeane M Megerle
1935
(2nd Runner Up)
