Miss California Organization

Miss California is an official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Competition.

The winner of Miss California competes at the Miss America Scholarship Competition, representing California, for a chance to win the title of Miss America and a $50,000 scholarship. Miss California has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage interview, evening gown and talent.

In order to compete for the title of Miss California you must be at least 17 years old and cannot be over 25 years old before December 31st in the year you hope to compete in the Miss America Scholarship Competition. In addition, you must reside, work or attend school in California, have never been married nor have a child. You also need to have won a preliminary title.

Check out the winners of the Miss California Organization in the past:

Miss California 2018 – Mackenzie Freed
Miss California 2017 – Jillian Smith
Miss California 2016 – Jessa Carmack
Miss California 2015 – Bree Morse
Miss California 2014 – Marina Inserra
Miss California 2013 – Crystal Lee
Miss California 2012 – Leah Cecil
Miss California 2011 – Noelle Freeman
Miss California 2010 – Arianna Afsar
Miss California 2009 – Kristy Cavinder
Miss California 2008 – Jackie Geist
Miss California 2007 – Melissa Chaty
Miss California 2006 – Jacquelynne Fontaine
Miss California 2005 – Dustin-Leigh Konzelman
Miss California 2004 – Veena Goel
Miss California 2003 – Nicole Lamarche
Miss California 2002 – Jennifer Glover
Miss California 2001 – Stephanie Baldwin
Miss California 2000 – Rita Ng
Miss California 1999 – MaryAnne Sapio
Miss California 1998 – Danielle Coney
Miss California 1997 – Rebekah Ann Keller
Miss California 1996 – Lyndsay Kahler
Miss California 1995 – Tiffany Stoker
Miss California 1994 – Jennifer Hanson
Miss California 1993 – Lisa Michelle Duncan
Miss California 1992 – Patricia Northrup
Miss California 1991 – Paige Adams
Miss California 1990 – Maria Ostapiej
Miss California 1989 – Wendy Berry
Miss California 1988 – Marlise Ricardos
Miss California 1987 – Simone Stephens
Miss California 1986 – Lisa Kahre
Miss California 1985 – Lisa Davenport
Miss California 1984 – Donna Grace Cherry
Miss California 1983 – Shari Moskau
Miss California 1982 – Lisa Davenport (Assumed title)
Miss California 1982 – Debra Maffett (Miss America 1983)
Miss California 1981 – Cheryl Vancleave
Miss California 1980 – Robin Brooks
Miss California 1979 – Deanna Rae Fogarty
Miss California 1978 – Christine Acton
Miss California 1977 – Connie Lee Haugen
Miss California 1976 – Linda Mouron
Miss California 1975 – Janet Carr
Miss California 1974 – Lucianne Buchanan
Miss California 1973 – Susan Shipley
Miss California 1972 – Diane Wagner
Miss California 1971 – Carolyn Stoner
Miss California 1970 – Karin Kascher
Miss California 1969 – Susan Anton
Miss California 1968 – Sharon Terrill
Miss California 1967 – Karen Pursell
Miss California 1966 – Charlene Dallas
Miss California 1965 – Sandra Lynne Becker
Miss California 1964 – Sherri Raap
Miss California 1963 – Wendy Douglas
Miss California 1962 – Pamela Gamble
Miss California 1961 – Susan Henryson
Miss California 1960 – Suzanne Reamo
Miss California 1959 – Susan Bronzon
Miss California 1958 – Sandra Jennings
Miss California 1957 – Lorna Anderson
Miss California 1956 – Joan Beckett
Miss California 1955 – Barbara Harris
Miss California 1954 – Lee Meriwether (Miss America 1955)
Miss California 1953 – Patricia Johns
Miss California 1952 – Jeanne Shores
Miss California 1951 – Patricia Lehman
Miss California 1950 – Joanne Durant
Miss California 1949 – Jone Pedersen
Miss California 1948 – Reba Watterson
Miss California 1947 – Laura Emery
Miss California 1947 – Marilyn Davidson (Miss Los Angeles County)
Miss California 1946 – Marilyn Buferd (Miss America 1946)
Miss California 1945 – Polly Ellis
Miss California 1945 – Phyllis Mathis (Miss San Diego)
Miss California 1944 – Shirley Ballard
Miss California 1943 – (Miss America 1943)
Miss California 1942 – Lucille Lambert
Miss California 1941 – Rosemary LaPlanche(Miss America 1941)
Miss California 1940 – Rosemary LaPlanche
Miss California 1939 – Marguerite Skliris
Miss California 1938 – Claire James
Miss California 1937 – Phyllis Randall
Miss California 1936 – Phyllis Dobson
Miss California 1935 – Virginia Donham
Miss California 1934 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1933 – Blanche MacDonald
Miss California 1932 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1931 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1930 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1929 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1928 – No national pageant was held
Miss California 1927 – Bertha Weizel
Miss California 1927 – Ruby Smith (Miss Oakland)
Miss California 1927 – Naoma Farrand (Miss San Francisco)
Miss California 1927 – Louise Heathman (Miss Southern California)
Miss California 1926 – Aloha Porter
Miss California 1925 – Fay Lanphier (Miss America 1925)
Miss California 1925 – Adrienne Dore (Miss Los Angeles)
Miss California 1925 – Edyth Flyn (Miss San Francisco)
Miss California 1925 – Yetta Haber (Miss Santa Cruz)
Miss California 1924 – Fay Lanphier
Miss California 1924 – Lillian Knight (Miss Los Angeles)
Miss California 1924 –Irma Frazier (Miss Oakland)
Miss California 1923 – Violet Regal
Miss California 1922 – Katherine Angela Grant (Miss Los Angeles)
Miss California 1922 – Tanssia Zara (Miss San Francisco)
Miss California 1921 – No representative at Miss America