Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Randi Sundquist | Elko | 22 | Miss Southern Counties | Contemporary Jazz "I Won't Give Up" | |||
| 2011 | Alana Lee | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Clark County | Vocal "At This Moment" | |||
| 2010 | Cris Crotz | Mesquite | 24 | Miss Southern Counties | Popular Vocal "Alone" | |||
| 2009 | Christina Keegan | Gardnerville | 23 | Miss Northern Counties | Ballet en Pointe "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 2nd runner-up Quality of Life award | ||
| 2008 | Julianna Erdesz | Reno | 24 | Miss Carson City | Vocal | Future Miss Nevada USA 2010 | ||
| 2007 | Caleche Manos | Reno | 23 | Miss Carson City | Vocal "Love Is a Battlefield" | Quality of Life Award Winner | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 | |
| 2006 | Caydi Cole | Las Vegas | 22 | Miss Clark County | Vocal "Blues in the Night" | Nevada Junior Miss 2003 | ||
| 2005 | Crystal Wosik | Las Vegas | 23 | Miss Las Vegas | Lyrical Dance "Don't Rain on My Parade" | |||
| 2004 | Elizabeth Muto | Las Vegas | 24 | Miss Las Vegas | Dramatic Monologue "Who Will Cry?" | Non Finalist Interview Award, Second Runner Up for the Quality of Life Award | Recipient of Presidential Volunteer Service Award by President G.W. Bush; Appeared on Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, Montel Williams and Inside Edition to advocate for child rights | |
| 2003 | Christina O'Neil | Carson City | 24 | Miss Gold Country | Vocal "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999; Recipient of Presidential Volunteer Service Award by President G.W. Bush; Carson City School District Teacher of the Year 2009 | ||
| 2002 | Teresa Benitez | Reno | 24 | Miss Silver State | Dramatic Monologue from "The Laramie Project" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Interview Award, Preliminary On-Stage Interview Award, Quality of Life Award Winner | |
| 2001 | Ashley Huff | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Las Vegas | Polynesian Dance "Welcome to Polynesia" | Future Miss Nevada USA 2003 | ||
| 2000 | Tiffanie Story | Reno | 19 | Miss UNR/Truckee Meadows | Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1999 | Gina Giacinto | Las Vegas | 24 | Miss Las Vegas | Original Vocal Presentation "Dreams Were Given Wings To Fly" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Future Miss Nevada USA 2001, 3rd runner up at Miss USA 2001 | |
| 1998 | Anna Carpenter | Mesquite | 18 | Miss Mesquite | Monologue | |||
| 1997 | Amanda Gunderson | Reno | 19 | Miss Northern Counties | Classical Vocal "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" | |||
| 1996 | Annette Albertson | Reno | 24 | Miss Truckee Meadows | Vocal "Luck Be a Lady" | |||
| 1995 | Jennifer Joseph | Wendover | 24 | Miss Elko County/Northeast Nevada | Vocal "I Am Changing" | Non Finalist Talent Award | Contestant on the E! reality show "The Entertainer" | |
| 1994 | Laura Hubach | Reno | 22 | Miss Reno | Classical Piano | |||
| 1993 | Mitzie Darleen Cox | Sparks | 20 | Miss Sparks | Vocal / Dance "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity | |||
| 1992 | Sandra Dornak | Las Vegas | 25 | Miss Las Vegas | Ventriloquism "Super califragilistic expialidocious" | |||
| 1991 | Malia Winn | Minden | 17 | Miss Douglas County | Interpretive Ballet "Somewhere in Time" | |||
| 1990 | Tia Marie Zorne | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Las Vegas | Acro-Jazz Dance "Julie's Theme" from American Anthem | |||
| 1989 | Brenda Linscott | Incline Village | 23 | Miss Cosmopolitan Counties | Vocal "Memory" | |||
| 1988 | Deborah Schuler | Incline Village | 22 | Miss Cosmopolitan Counties | Vocal "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born | |||
| 1987 | Stacie James | Las Vegas | 23 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal "On My Own" from Les Misérables | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1986 | Kelsey Kara | Las Vegas | 23 | Miss Las Vegas | Flamenco Dance | |||
| 1985 | Sonja Nall | Las Vegas | 23 | Miss Las Vegas | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote | Non Finalist Talent Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe | |
| 1984 | LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas | 22 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal "I Love Paris" | Future Miss Nevada USA 1986 | ||
| 1983 | Kim Pacini | Incline Village | 24 | Miss North Lake Tahoe | Vocal "You're the Top" | |||
| 1982 | Kim King | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Clark County | Banjo Solo "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" | |||
| 1981 | Suzanne Bowman | Reno | 20 | Miss Reno | Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics "Zero to Sixty in Five" | |||
| 1980 | Phyllis Hamlin | Reno | 23 | Miss Reno | Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" | |||
| 1979 | Jeanne Cangemi | North Lake Tahoe | 22 | Miss North Lake Tahoe | Classical & Jazz Saxophone "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás" | |||
| 1978 | Megan Anderson | Reno | 19 | Miss Washoe County | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1977 | Lori Isom | Las Vegas | 18 | Miss Clark County | Jazz Dance "Classical Blues" | |||
| 1976 | Sandra Kastel | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Las Vegas | Vocal "My Man" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Sherri Ann Lowe | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Las Vegas | Baton Twirling / Variety Act | |||
| 1974 | Jacqueline Barker | Sparks | 19 | Miss Sparks | Popular Vocal "The Way We Were" | |||
| 1973 | Echo Rost | Sparks | 20 | Miss Sparks | Modern Jazz Dance "I Feel the Earth Move" | Tied for Neat As A Pin Award | ||
| 1972 | Helen Bennett | Reno | 23 | Miss Reno | Ballet "Dance of the Gypsy" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1971 | Joan Burachio | Las Vegas | 21 | Miss Las Vegas | Accordion "Csárdás" | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1970 | Vicky Jo Todd | Sparks | 20 | Miss Sparks | Vocal / Guitar "Time" | Non Finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1969 | Karen Wastun | Yerington | 21 | Miss Lyon County | Dramatic Presentation "Lizzie" from The Rainmaker | |||
| 1968 | Sharon Davis | Reno | 19 | Miss University of Nevada | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
| 1967 | Vicky Landeck | Reno | 18 | Miss Reno | Dramatic Reading "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell | |||
| 1966 | Roberta Sharp | Carson City | 18 | Miss Carson City | Piano Solo | |||
| 1965 | Kathryn Blaikie | Carson City | 18 | Miss Carson City | Musical Comedy "I'm Late" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1964 | Ellen Roseman | Sparks | 21 | Miss South Lake Tahoe | Comedy Skit | |||
| 1963 | Cheryle Thompson | Las Vegas | Miss Las Vegas | Folk Singing "My Lover Has Gone" | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1962 | Audrey Chambers | Reno | 19 | Baton Twirling, Fire Baton & Dance | Previously Nevada's Junior Miss 1961 | |||
| 1961 | Sherry Wagner | Reno | 19 | Tap Dance | ||||
| 1960 | Nancy Bowen | McGill | 19 | Humorous Reading while accompanying herself on the piano | ||||
| 1959 | Dawn Wells | Reno | 20 | Dramatic Reading | "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island | |||
| 1958 | Judy Wadsworth | Sparks | Drama | |||||
| 1957 | Loni Gravelle | Reno | Piano "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1956 | Carmen Ruggeroli | Las Vegas | Vocal | |||||
| 1955 | Vivienne Potter | Reno | ||||||
| 1954 | Janice Babcock | Reno | Ballet "Blues" | |||||
| 1953 | Jeannine McColl | Las Vegas | Dance | |||||
| 1952 | Bonnie Wilson | Reno | Art / Charcoal Sketching | assumed the title after the original winner, Sylvia Russell, got married | ||||
| 1951 | Donna Sollars | Reno | Vocal | |||||
| 1950 | Tosca Masini | Sparks | Comedy Characterization | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1949 | Carol Lampe | Reno | Speech "4-H" |
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