Miss Oregon

{{Short description|Beauty pageant competition}}

{{For|the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA|Miss Oregon USA}}

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The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition that selects the representative for the US state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.

Abigail Hoppe of McMinnville was crowned Miss Oregon 2024 on June 29, 2024, at Seaside Convention Center in Seaside, Oregon. She competed for the title of Miss America 2025 in January 2025, in Orlando, Florida.

File:Sophia Takla Miss Oregon 2022.jpg

Gallery of past titleholders

File:2021 Show Us Your Shoes Parade - Oregon.jpg|Miss Oregon 2021 Abigail Hayes in the iconic Show Us Your Shoes Parade. Hayes wore custom Nike Shoes. Abigail placed 4th Runner Up to Miss America.

File:Raymond F. Rees retirement ceremony 0312 (9311029174) (3).jpg|Allison Cook,
Miss Oregon 2013, with Raymond F. Rees

File:Katie Harman signs document.jpg|Katie Harman,
Miss Oregon 2001 and Miss America 2002, signing poster

File:Miss Oregon Visits the Oregon Air National Guard DVIDS192910.jpg|Miss Oregon 2009 CC Barber

History

The event began in 1947 as the Miss Oregon Pageant and was founded by the merchants in the coastal city of Seaside.Miss Oregon Pageant starts today in Seaside. The Oregonian, July 8, 2004. Miss Oregon was designated the official State Hostess in 1969.[https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html – State Emblems; State Boundary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402142912/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html |date=April 2, 2019 }} Oregon Revised Statutes In 2001, Katie Harman was crowned Miss Oregon and went on to win the Miss America crown, becoming the only Miss Oregon winner of the national event. The event is now titled the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant.Foyston, John. Miss Portland rises to the top, takes Miss Oregon title. The Oregonian, July 2, 2007.

The event is held at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center at the Oregon Coast with local Seaside merchants as the primary sponsors of the annual contest. The preliminary nights narrow the competition down to around ten finalists before selecting a winner on finals night. Events at the event include an evening wear competition, talent competition, a fitness wear competition, and a private interview. The competition includes an interview on-stage as the final portion before a winner is selected.Tareen, Sophia. Persistence pays off for pageant winner. The Oregonian, July 12, 2004.

In addition to the chance to become Miss America, the winner also receives scholarships. Contests range in age from 18 to 28, and must first win local competitions or compete at large before qualifying for the Miss Oregon contest.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Oregon 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=

  • Miss America: Katie Harman (2002)
  • 1st runners-up: Dorothy Mae Johnson (1956), Emily John Orton (1996)
  • 2nd runners-up: Patricia Regan Leines (1997)
  • 3rd runners-up: Marjean Kay Langley (1969), Elizabeth Simmons (1994)
  • 4th runners-up: Abigail Hayes (2022)
  • Top 10: Patti Throop (1954), Judith Hansen (1958), Martha Wyatt (1963), Sue Pack (1966), Suzanne Bunker (1978), Julie Ross (1982), Tamara Ann Finch (1998)
  • Top 11: Sophia Takla (2023)
  • Top 15: Jo Ann Amorde (1947), Joyce Davis (1948), CC Barber (2010), Stephenie Steers (2011)

=Awards=

==Preliminary awards==

==Non-finalist awards==

  • Non-finalist Interview: April Robinson (2004)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Rosemary Doolen (1961), Lynn Dee Grenz (1972), Sandra Lynn Herring (1973), Shan Moss (1977), Teresa Richardson (1981), Stephanie "Jill" Wymer (1984), Kari Virding (2008)

==Other awards==

Winners

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  • {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} Declared as winner
  • {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} Ended as a runner-up
  • {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=silver}} Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist}}

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! Year

! Name

! Hometown

! Age

! Local Title

! Miss America Talent

! Placement at Miss America

! Special scholarships at Miss America

! Notes

2024

|Abigail Hoppe

|McMinnville

|25

|Miss Three Rivers

|Latin Jazz Dance

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|Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen 2016

2023

| Allison Burke

|Tigard

|27

|Miss Central Valley

|Violin "Storm" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons-Summer

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|

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|2022

|Sophia Takla

|Portland

|21

|Miss Meadowlark

|Vocal "Don't Rain on My Parade"

| Top 10

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|Daughter of Kimberly Stubblefield Takla, Miss Oregon USA 1986

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| 2021

| Abigail Hayes{{Cite web|last=Marx|first=R. J.|date=June 21, 2021|title=After 2020 hiatus, new Miss Oregon crowned in Seaside|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2021/06/after-2020-hiatus-new-miss-oregon-crowned-in-seaside.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=oregonlive|language=en}}

| Damascus

|20

| Miss Emerald Valley

|Vocal/Piano, "If I Ain't Got You"

|4th runner-up

|

|

2019–20{{efn|Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{cite web|first=Amy |last=Kuperinksy |title=Miss America postpones pageant until 2021, N.J. pageant still set for September |url=https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/miss-america-postpones-100th-anniversary-pageant-until-2021.html |work=Press of Atlantic City |date=May 8, 2020}}}}

|Shivali Kadam{{cite news |first=Katherine |last=Lacaze |title=Kadam crowned Miss Oregon in Seaside|url=https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/local/kadam-crowned-miss-oregon-in-seaside/article_1825d0b6-9b0f-11e9-9265-7ffabaeda0a7.html |work=The Daily Astorian |date=June 30, 2019}}

|rowspan=1|Tigard

|25

|Miss Portland

|Vocal, "Reflection" from Mulan

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|Preliminary Private Interview Award{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Melhorn |title=Miss Georgia is a repeat winner in second night of Miss America prelims |work=Press of Atlantic City |url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/miss-georgia-is-a-repeat-winner-in-second-night-of/article_3a990e86-bfb7-5b44-9ed1-df93864ea34b.html |date=December 17, 2019}}

|First Oregon titleholder of Indian heritage{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Previously Miss Oregon Sweetheart 2018{{cite news |title=Photo Gallery: 2018 National Sweetheart Pageant |url=http://www.newsbug.info/hoopeston_chronicle/photo-gallery-national-sweetheart-pageant/collection_66720fea-fbca-55f8-9834-09910d21890e.html#62 |date=September 3, 2018 |work=Hoopeston Chronicle}}
3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant

2018

| Taylor Ballard{{cite web|first=Brenna |last=Visser |title= Taylor Ballard of Portland is new Miss Oregon |work=The Daily Astorian |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180701/taylor-ballard-of-portland-takes-the-miss-oregon-crown |date= July 1, 2018}}

|rowspan=1|Portland

| 25

| Miss NW Wonderland

| Jazz Dance, "Salute"

|

|

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2017

| Harley Emery{{cite web| title= Lane County woman crowned as 70th Miss Oregon

|publisher=The Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/2/lane-county-woman-crowned-as-70th-miss-oregon/l|date=July 2, 2017}}

| Springfield

| 20

| Miss Lane County

| Classical Piano, "Moonlight Escapade"

|

|

| Previously Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen 2013{{cite web|first=Theresa |last=Novak |title=A crown of ideals |work=The Register-Guard |url=https://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35786692-75/springfield-woman-is-miss-oregon-heads-to-miss-america-pageant.html.csp |date=July 24, 2017 |quote=She won...Miss Lane County’s Outstanding Teen and Miss Oregon’s Outstanding Teen in 2013...}}

2016

| Alexis Mather{{cite web|first=Eli |last=Stillman |title= For Miss Oregon, a night to shine |work=The Daily Astorian |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/local_news/20160704/for-miss-oregon-a-night-to-shine |date= July 4, 2016}}

| Astoria

| 21

| rowspan=2| Miss Portland

| Bravura Performance, "Nessun Dorma"

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2015

| Ali Wallace

| Portland

| 21

| Lyrical Dance, "Latch" by Sam Smith

|

|

| Daughter of Miss Oregon 1987, Tamara Fazzolari

2nd runner-up at Miss Oregon USA 2018 pageant{{cn|date=February 2025}}

2014

| Rebecca Anderson{{cite news |first=Ellen |last=Spitaleri |newspaper=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |location=Portland, OR |title=Anderson crowned Miss Oregon 2014 |url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/225624-88026-anderson-crowned-miss-oregon-2014- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702230101/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/225624-88026-anderson-crowned-miss-oregon-2014- |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KOIN-TV |location=Portland, OR |title=Miss Oregon wears bicycle shoes in Miss America parade |url=http://koin.com/2014/09/13/miss-oregon-wears-bicycle-shoes-in-miss-america-parade/ |date=September 13, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}

| Oregon City

| 23

| Miss Cascade

| Vocal, "For Good"

|

| STEM Scholarship Finalist{{cite web |url=http://www.missamerica.org/news/press-releases.aspx?id=784 |title=Miss America : Press Releases |access-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909220217/http://www.missamerica.org/news/press-releases.aspx?id=784 |archive-date=September 9, 2015 }}

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2013

| Allison Cook{{cite news |first=Nora |last=Avery-Page |newspaper=Herald and News |publisher=Pioneer News Group |location=Klamath Falls, OR |title=New Miss Oregon from Klamath Falls |url=http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/new-miss-oregon-from-klamath-falls/article_a435d154-eb7b-11e2-93d8-001a4bcf887a.html |date=July 12, 2013 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}

| Klamath Falls

| 19

| Miss Southern Gem

| Electro-Acoustic Violin, "Let's Get It Started Remix" by The Black-Eyed Peas

|

|

| Later Miss Oregon USA 2021

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| Nichole Mead

| Newport

| 24

| Miss Three Rivers

| Lyrical Dance, "What's Love Got to Do With It"

|

|

| Originally first runner-up, succeeded to the crown after Berry resigned

Contestant at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant

Rachel Berry{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Sedlak |newspaper=The Daily Astorian |publisher=EO Media Group |location=Astoria, OR |title=Miss Oregon 2012 Rachel Berry looks forward to Miss America after Seaside win |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/20120701/miss-oregon-2012-rachel-berry-looks-forward-to-miss-america-after-seaside-win |date=July 1, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2015}}

| Burbank, CA

| 24

| Miss Willamette Valley

| Tap Dance

| colspan=3 {{N/A|Unable to compete; resigned July 19, 2012, due to residency ineligibility{{cite news |first=Teresa |last=Blackman |publisher=KGW-TV |location=Portland, OR |title=Miss Oregon gives up crown over residency controversy |url=http://www.kgw.com/story/local/2015/08/14/12293142/ |date=July 19, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}}}

2011

| Caroline McGowan{{cite news|agency=The Associated Press|title=Caroline McGowan of Corvallis wins 2011 Miss Oregon pageant|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/caroline_mcgowan_of_corvallis.html|access-date=July 3, 2011|work=The Oregonian|date=July 2, 2011}}

| Waukee, IA

| 20

| Miss Linn-Benton County

| Operatic Vocal, "Chanson Boheme" from Carmen

|

|

| Eligible as student at Oregon State University

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| 2010

| Stephenie Steers{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/07/hillsboro_woman_is_named_miss_oregon.html|title=Hillsboro woman is named Miss Oregon|agency=The Associated Press|date=July 12, 2010|publisher=OregonLive.com|access-date=July 13, 2010}}

| Klamath Falls

| 24

| Miss Multnomah

| Vocal, "Something to Talk About"

| Top 15

|

| Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist selected by her fellow contestants

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| 2009

| CC Barber{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KATU |location=Portland, OR |title=New Miss Oregon hails from Scappoose |url=http://www.katu.com/news/local/50589297.html |date=July 12, 2009 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717023150/http://www.katu.com/news/local/50589297.html |url-status=dead }}

| Scappoose

| 23

| Miss Tri Valley

| Dance, "Bleeding Love"

| Top 15

| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

| Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant

Voted into the Top 15 as a "Contestants' Choice" finalist selected by her fellow contestants

2008

| Danijela Krstić{{cite news |first=Katie |last=Litvin |newspaper=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |location=Portland, OR |title=Bosnian beauty wins Miss Oregon crown |url=http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=71548 |date=July 23, 2008 |access-date=August 22, 2015}}

| Beaverton

| 24

| Miss Tri Valley

| Belly Dancing

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|

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2007

| Kari Virding{{cite news|title=Miss Portland Crowned Miss Oregon 2007|publisher=Salem News|url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july012007/miss_oregon_07_7107.php|date=July 1, 2007|access-date=July 1, 2007}}

| Portland

| 24

| Miss Portland

| Vocal, "The Girl in 14G"

|

| Non-finalist Talent Award

| Previously Miss Oregon Teen USA 2000

2006

| Donilee McGinnis{{cite web |title=Daughters of Bakers Local 114 members have won four pageant crowns |url=https://nwlaborpress.org/2007/1-5-07BCTGM.html |work= NW Labor Press |date=January 5, 2007 |quote=The latest is Miss Oregon Donilee McGinnis...}}

| Scappoose

| 24

| Miss Willamette Valley

| Tap Dance, "I Gotcha"

|

|

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2005

| Lucy Fleck

| Portland

| 20

| Miss Portland

| Tap Dance, "Turn the Beat Around"

|

|

| Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 pageant

2004

| Brook Roberts

| Roseburg

| 21

| Miss Douglas County

| Vocal, "All That Jazz"

|

|

| Contestant on The Amazing Race 17{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

2003

| April Robinson

| Gresham

| 22

| Miss Multnomah County

| Acapella Tap Dance

|

| Non-finalist Interview Award

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2002

| Brita Stream

| Eugene

| 22

| Miss Linn-Benton

| Vocal, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard

|

|

|

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| Heidi Rickey

| Lincoln City

| 19

| Miss Yamhill County

| Vocal

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| Katie Harman

| Gresham

| 21

| Miss Portland

| Classical Vocal, "O Mio Babbino Caro"

| Winner

| Preliminary Talent Award

| Contestant at National Sweetheart 2000 pageant

2000

| Angela Day Brink

| Roseburg

| 22

| Miss Douglas County

| Ballet, "Angel"

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1999

| Angela Reed

| Portland

| 23

| rowspan=2| Miss Tri-Valley

| Vocal, "You Don't Know Me"

|

| Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award

| Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1997 & 1998 pageants

1998

| Jennifer Sisco-Moore

| Eugene

| 23

| Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville

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| Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholar Athlete Award

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| 1997

| Tamara Ann Finch

| Myrtle Creek

| 24

| Miss Douglas County

| Classical Piano, "Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor" by Chopin

| Top 10

| Steinway Talent Award Winner

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| 1996

| Patricia Regan Leines

| Medford

| 24

| Miss Tri-Valley

| Classical Vocal, "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment

| 2nd runner-up

| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award

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| 1995

| Emily John Orton

| Creswell

| 19

| Miss Linn-Benton

| Classical Vocal, "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" from Carmen

| 1st runner-up

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1994

| Roberta Stenbeck

| Roseburg

| 23

| Miss Douglas County

| Piano

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| 1993

| Elizabeth Simmons

| Bandon

| 23

| Miss Tri-Valley

| Vocal, "Someone Else's Story" from Chess

| 3rd runner-up

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| Winner, National Sweetheart 1992

Starred in The Magical World of Barbie at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World

1992

| Sara Kristi Paulson

| Portland

| 21

| Miss Washington County

| Vocal, "The Star-Spangled Banner"

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1991

| Carolyn Helen Ladd

| Corvallis

| 24

| Miss Linn-Benton

| Vocal, "I Must Be a Star"

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1990

| Brittney Gae Thompson

| rowspan=4|Portland

| 20

| Miss Tri-Valley

| Vocal, "Break It to Me Gently"

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1989

| Lynette Boggs

| 25

| Miss Portland

| Vocal, "I Am Changing"

|

| Quality Of Life Award Finalist

| Served on the board of directors for the Miss America pageant{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Served on Las Vegas City Council and Clark County Commission{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

1988

| Anna Denise Jones

| 24

| Miss Tri-Valley

| Vocal, "Crazy"

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1987

| Tamara Fazzolari

| 21

| Miss Portland

| Tap Dance

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| Mother of Miss Oregon 2015, Ali Wallace{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

1986

| Jana Svea Peterson

| Newport

| 22

| Miss Linn-Benton

| Vocal Medley

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1985

| Dana Kocks

| Ashland

| 21

| Miss Rogue Valley

| Classical Vocal, "Seguidilla" from Carmen

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1984

| Renee Bagley

| Portland

| 22

| Miss Willamette Valley

| Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud"

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1983

| Stephanie "Jill" Wymer

| Sutherlin

| 22

| Miss Douglas County

| Popular Vocal, "Out Here on my Own" from Fame

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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1982

| Laura Matthys

| Salem

| 21

| Miss Linn-Benton

| Rifle Twirling Routine, "Herzegovinian March"

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| 1981

| Julie Ross

| Portland

| 20

| Miss Portland

| Classical Piano, "Toccata" by Prokofiev

| Top 10

|

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1980

| Teresa Richardson

| Forest Grove

| 20

| Miss Multnomath County

| Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady

|

| Non-finalist Talent Award

| Sister of Miss Utah 1973, Brenda Richardson

1979

| Tami Sanders

| Roseburg

| 21

| Miss Douglas County

| Gymnastic Dance, "A Fifth of Beethoven"

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1978

| Amy White

| Portland

| 20

| Miss Portland

| Musical Comedy Free Style Dance, Overture from Gypsy

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|

|

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| 1977

| Suzanne Bunker

| Forest Grove

| 21

| Miss Portland

| Classical Flute, "Fantasie for Flute"

| Top 10

|

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1976

| Shan Moss

| Nyssa

| 21

| Miss Malheur County

| Flute, "Concertino"

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

|

1975

| Betty Hupfer

| Milwaukie

| 21

| Miss Gresham

| Dance, Music from The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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1974

| Juli Ann Berg

| Eugene

| 21

| Miss Lane County

| Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin

|

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| Daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Jo Ann Amorde

1973

| Nancy Jean Jackson

| Nyssa

| 20

| Miss Rogue Valley

| Dramatic Interpretation from The Taming of the Shrew

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1972

| Sandra Lynn Herring

| Portland

| 20

| Miss Portland

| Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy?" & "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver!

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

|

1971

| Lynn Dee Grenz

| Milwaukie

| 20

| Miss Linn County

| Vocal, "Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

|

| Non-finalist Talent Award

| Former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and past House Majority Leader{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Judge at Miss America 1999 pageant{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

1970

| Cynthia Lynn Harrison

| Portland

| 18

| Miss Rogue Valley

| Vocal & Guitar, "Just Once"

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1969

| Margie Elaine Huhta

| Astoria

| 20

| Miss Knappa-Svensen

| Vocal Medley, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" & "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

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| 1968

| Marjean Kay Langley

| Milton-Freewater

| 19

| Miss Pendleton

| Classical Ballet, "The Dying Swan"

| 3rd runner-up

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1967

| Christine Beach

| Pendleton

| 18

| Miss Pendleton

| Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady

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1966

| Lita Schiel

| Lake Oswego

| 21

| Miss Lake Oswego

| Original Skit

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| 1965

| Sue Pack

| Eugene

| 18

| Miss Eugene

| Vocal, "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music

| Top 10

|

| Joined The New Christy Minstrels in 1966{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Wife of Mickey Newbury{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

1964

| Carol Pedersen

| Newport

| 18

| Miss Lincoln County

| Dramatic Reading

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1963

| D’Ann Fullerton

| Roseburg

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| Miss Roseburg

| Original Novelty Dance & Hula Baton

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|

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| 1962

| Martha Wyatt

| Jacksonville

| 19

| Miss Rogue Valley

| Interpretive Jazz Dance, "Love Walked In"

| Top 10

|

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1961

| Jody Bourne

| rowspan=2|Salem

| 20

| rowspan=2| Miss Salem

| Interpretive Ballet

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1960

| Rosemary Doolen

| 19

| Vocal, "A Heart That's Free"

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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1959

| Karlyn Mattsson

| Portland

| 18

| Miss Portland

| Piano & Dance

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1958

| Mary Ellen Vinton

| McMinnville

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| Miss McMinnville

| Piano & Tap Dance, "I Won't Dance"

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| 1957

| Judith Hansen

| Astoria

|

| Miss Astoria

| Classical Vocal, "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from La bohème

| Top 10

| Preliminary Talent Award

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1956

| Patricia Berg

| Eugene

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| Miss Eugene

| Vibraharp, "Indian Love Call"

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|

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| 1955

| Dorothy Mae Johnson

| Portland

|

| Miss Beaverton

| Dramatic Monologue from Macbeth

| 1st runner-up

|

| Dorothy Mae Johnson Papadakos White Stevens died at age 85 in Ormond Beach, Florida on April 7, 2022.

1954

| Diane Carman

| Milwaukie

|

| Miss Oak Grove

| Drama, "This Is America"

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| 1953

| Patti Throop

| Portland

|

| Miss Portland

| Dramatic Reading, "Patterns"

| Top 10

|

| She was a showgirl at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1957.{{cite book |url={{Google books|LongDwAAQBAJ|page=72|plainurl=yes}} |title=Pat: A Biography of Hollywood's Blonde Starlet |first=Samuel |last=Clemens |publisher=Sequoia Press |year=2020 |page=72 |isbn=978-0578682822}}

1952

| Mary Lou Teague

| Eugene

|

| Miss Eugene

| Vocal, "Love Is Where you Find It"

|

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1951

| Audrey Mistretta

| Astoria

|

| Miss Tongue Point

| Vocal

|

|

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1950

| Elizabeth Ann Baker

| Monmouth

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| Miss McMinnville

| Classical Piano, Clair de Lune

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1949

| Beverly Kruger

| The Dalles

|

| Miss The Dalles

| Monologue, "The Waltz" by Dorothy Parker

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| 1948

| Joyce Davis

| Bend

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| Miss Redmond

| Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"

| Top 15

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| 1947

| Jo Ann Amorde

| Sutherlin

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| Miss Roseburg

| Vocal, "Alice Blue Gown" from Irene

| Top 15

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| Mother of Miss Oregon 1974, Juli Ann Berg

193546

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" | No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant

1934

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |No national pageant was held{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh//amex/missamerica/timeline/timeline2.html |title=Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950 |work=PBS |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215160548/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/timeline/timeline2.html |url-status=dead }}

1933

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1933-candidates/ |title=1933 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

1932

| colspan=8 rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |No national pageants were held

1931
1930
1929
1928
1927

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1927-candidates/ |title=1927 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

1926

| Maxine Jennings

| Portland

|

| Miss Portland

| style="text-align:center;"| {{small|N/A}}{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Schnitzspahn |title=There She Was – Miss Long Branch|newspaper=Asbury Park Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17247651/asbury-park-press/ |location=Asbury Park, New Jersey |date=September 8, 1997|page=4 |quote=...talent contest that was established in 1935.|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|

| {{small|Competed under local title at national pageant}}

1925

| rowspan=2 colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1925-candidates/ |title=1925 Candidates |website=Miss America }}{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1924-candidates/ |title=1924 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

1924
1923

| Patricia Smith{{cite news |title=Golden Apple Is Sought by Scores |newspaper=The Morning Call |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26319391/the-morning-call/ |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |date=September 6, 1923 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

| rowspan=2| Portland

|

| rowspan=2| Miss Portland

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| {{small|N/A}}

|

|

| rowspan=2| {{small|Competed under local title at national pageant}}

1922

| Virginia Edwards{{cite news|title=Reporter, Dazzled by Beauty of Six Pageant Entrants – Sees Hard Job Ahead for Judges |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1922-09-05/ed-1/seq-1/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Times |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=September 5, 1922 |page=1}}

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1921

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |No Oregon representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1921-candidates/ |title=1921 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

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