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PHOTOS: Former Miss Americas through history

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC
1922 - Mary Katherine Campbell - Columbus, OH
1924 - Ruth Malcomson - Philadelphia, PA
1925 - Fay Lanphier - Oakland, CA
1926 - Norma Smallwood - Tulsa, OK
1927 - Lois Delander - Joliet, IL
1933 - Marian Bergeron - West Haven, CT
1935 - Henrietta Leaver - Pittsburgh, PA
1936 - Rose Coyle - Philadelphia, PA
1937 - Bette Cooper - Bertrand Island, NJ
1938 - Marilyn Meseke - Marion, OH
1939 - Patricia Donnelly - Detroit, MI
1940 - Frances Burke - Philadelphia, PA
1941 - Rosemary LaPlanche - Los Angeles, CA
1942 - Jo-Carroll Dennison - Tyler, TX
1943 - Jean Bartel - Los Angeles, CA
1944 - Venus Ramey - Washington, DC
1945 - Bess Myerson - New York, NY
1946 - Marilyn Buferd - Los Angeles, CA
1947 - Barbara Walker - Memphis, TN
1948 - BeBe Shopp - Hopkins, MN
1949 - Jacque Mercer - Litchfield, AZ
1951 - Yolande Betbeze - Mobile, AL
1952 - Colleen Hutchins - Salt Lake City, UT
1953 - Neva Langley - Macon, GA
1954 - Evelyn Ay - Ephrata, PA
1955 - Lee Meriwether - San Francisco, CA
1956 - Sharon Ritchie - Denver, CO
1957 - Marian McKnight - Manning, SC
1958 - Marilyn Van Derbur - Denver, CO
1959 - Mary Ann Mobley - Brandon, MS
1960 - Lynda Mead - Natchez, MS
1961 - Nancy Fleming - Montague, MI
1962 - Maria Fletcher - Asheville, NC
1963 - Jacquelyn Mayer - Sandusky, OH
1964 - Donna Axum - El Dorado, AR
1965 - Vonda Van Dyke - Phoenix, AZ
1966 - Deborah Bryant - Overland Park, KS
1967 - Jane Jayroe - Laverne, OK
1968 - Debra Barnes - Pittsburg, KS
1969 - Judith Ford - Belvidere, IL
1970 - Pamela Eldred - West Bloomfield, MI
1971 - Phyllis George - Denton, TX
1972 - Laurel Lea Schaefer - Bexley, OH
1973 - Terry Meeuwsen - De Pere, WI
1974 - Rebecca King - Denver, CO
1975 - Shirley Cothran - Denton, TX
1976 - Tawny Godin - Saratoga Springs, NY
1977 - Dorothy Benham - Edina, MN
1978 - Susan Perkins - Columbus, OH
1979 - Kylene Barker - Roanoke, VA
1980 - Cheryl Prewitt - Ackerman, MS
1981 - Susan Powell - Elk City, OK
1982 - Elizabeth Ward - Russellville, AR
1983 - Debra Maffett - Anaheim, CA
1984 - Suzette Charles
1984 - Vanessa Williams - Millwood, NY
1985 - Sharlene Wells - Salt Lake City, UT
1986 - Susan Akin - Meridian, MS
1987 - Kellye Cash - Memphis, TN
1988 - Kaye Lani Rae Rafko - Monroe, MI
1989 - Gretchen Carlson - Anoka, MN
1990 - Debbye Turner - Columbia, MO
1991 - Marjorie Vincent - Oak Park, IL
1992 - Carolyn Sapp - Honolulu, HI
1993 - Leanza Cornett - Jacksonville, FL
1994 - Kimberly Aiken - Columbia, SC
1995 - Heather Whitestone - Birmingham, AL
1996 - Shawntel Smith - Muldrow, OK
1997 - Tara Dawn Holland - Overland Park, KS
1998 - Kate Shindle - Evanston, IL
1999 - Nicole Johnson - Virginia Beach, VA
2000 - Heather French - Maysville, KY
2001 - Angela Perez Baraquio - Honolulu, HI
2002 - Katie Harman - Gresham, Oregon
2003 - Erika Harold - Urbana, IL
2004 - Ericka Dunlap - Orlando, FL
2005 - Deidre Downs - Birmingham, AL
2006 - Jennifer Berry - Tulsa, OK
2007 - Lauren Nelson - Lawton, OK
2008 - Kirsten Haglund - Farmington Hills, MI
2009 - Katie Stam - Seymour, IN
2010 - Caressa Cameron - Fredericksburg, VA
2011 - Teresa Scanlan - Gering, NE
2012 - Laura Kaeppeler - Kenosha, WI
2013 - Mallory Hytes Hagan - Brooklyn, NY
2014 - Nina Davuluri - Syracuse, NY
2015 - Kira Kazantsev - Manhattan, NY
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PHOTOS: Former Miss Americas through history1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC
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Miss America got its start back in 1921 when Atlantic City Pageant officials awarded Margaret Gorman the title after winning multiple pageants earlier in the year.

Relive the history of the pageant with all 88 of the past Miss America winners before meeting this year's contestants.

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