1921-Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C.
1922-Mary Katherine Campbell of Columbus, Ohio
1923-Mary Katherine Campbell of Columbus, Ohio
1924-Ruth Malcolmson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1925-Fay Lanphier of California
1926-Norma Smallwood of Tulsa, Oklahoma
1927-Lois Delander of Illinois
1928-No Pageant
1929-No Pageant
1930-No Pageant
1931-No Pageant
1932-No Pageant
1933-Marian Bergeron of Connecticut
1934-No Pageant
1935-Henrietta Leaver of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936-Rose Coyle of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1937-Bette Cooper of Bertrand Island, New Jersey
1938-Marilyn Meseke of Ohio
1939-Patricia Donnelly of Michigan
1940-Frances Marie Burke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1941-Rosemary La Planche of California
1942-Jo-Carroll Dennison of Texas
1943-Jean Bartel of California
1944-Venus Ramey of Washington, D.C.
1945-Bess Myerson of New York City
1946-Marilyn Buferd of California
1947-Barbara Walker of Memphis, Tennessee
1948-BeBe Shopp of Minnesota
1949-Jacque Mercer of Arizona
1950-the dating of the title changed (Miss America 1951 was crowned in 1950)
1951-Yolande Betbeze of Alabama
1952-Colleen Kay Hutchins of Utah
1953-Neva Jane Langley of Georgia
1954-Evelyn Ay of Pennsylvania
1955-Lee Ann Meriwether of California
1956-Sharon Kay Ritchie of Colorado
1957-Marian Ann McKnight of South Carolina
1958-Marilyn Van Derbur of Colorado
1959-Mary Ann Mobley of Mississippi
1960-Lynda Lee Mead of Mississippi
1961-Nancy Fleming of Michigan
1962-Maria Beale Fletcher of North Carolina
1963-Jacquelyn Mayer of Ohio
1964-Donna Axum of Arkansas
1965-Vonda Kay Van Dyke of Arizona
1966-Deborah Bryant of Kansas
1967-Jane Anne Jayroe of Oklahoma
1968-Debra Dene Barnes of Kansas
1969-Judith Ford of Illinois
1970-Pamela Anne Eldred of Michigan
1971-Phyllis George of Texas
1972-Laurel Lea Schaefer of Ohio
1973-Terry Anne Meeuwsen of Wisconsin
1974-Rebecca King of Colorado
1975-Shirley Cothran of Texas
1976-Tawny Godin of New York
1977-Dorothy Benham of Minnesota
1978-Susan Perkins of Ohio
1979-Kylene Barker of Virginia
1980-Cheryl Prewitt of Mississippi
1981-Susan Powell of Oklahoma
1982-Elizabeth Ward of Arkansas
1983-Debra Sue Maffett of California
1984-Vanessa Williams of New York (resigned)
1984-Suzette Charles of New Jersey (became new Miss America)
1985-Sharlene Wells of Utah
1986-Susan Akin of Mississippi
1987-Kellye Cash of Tennessee
1988-Kaye Lani Rae Rafko of Michigan
1989-Gretchen Carlson of Minnesota
1990-Debbye Turner of Missouri
1991-Marjorie Judith Vincent of Illinois
1992-Carolyn Suzanne Sapp of Hawaii
1993-Leanza Cornett of Florida
1994-Kimberly Clarice Aiken of South Carolina
1995-Heather Whitestone of Alabama
1996-Shawntel Smith of Oklahoma
1997-Tara Dawn Holland of Kansas
1998-Katherine Shindle of Illinois
1999-Nicole Johnson of Virginia
2000-Heather Renee French of Kentucky
2001-Angela Perez Baraquio of Hawaii
2002-Katie Harman of Oregon
2003-Erika Harold of Illinois
2004-Ericka Dunlap of Florida
