Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition

Miss Tennessee is the official preliminary to the Miss America pageant. The winner of Miss Tennessee represents Tennessee at the Miss America pageant for a chance to win the title of Miss America.

Miss Tennessee has four phases of competition that include: private interview, on-stage question, talent and evening gown. In order to compete for Miss Tennessee, you must live in Tennessee, be between the ages of 17 - 25 and have won a preliminary title. Additionally, to qualify you must be a female who has never married and who does not have any children.

Winners of Miss Tennessee:
Miss Tennessee 2019- Brianna Mason
Miss Tennessee 2018- Christine Williamson
Miss Tennessee 2017- Caty Davis
Miss Tennessee 2016- Grace Burgess
Miss Tennessee 2015- Hannah Robison
Miss Tennessee 2014- Hayley Lewis
Miss Tennessee 2013- Shelby Thompson
Miss Tennessee 2012- Chandler Lawson
Miss Tennessee 2011- Erin Hatley
Miss Tennessee 2010- Nicole Jordan
Miss Tennessee 2009- Stefanie Wittler
Miss Tennessee 2008- Ellen Carrington
Miss Tennessee 2007- Grace Gore
Miss Tennessee 2006- Blaire Pancake
Miss Tennessee 2005- Tara Burns
Miss Tennessee 2004- Ashley Eicher
Miss Tennessee 2003- Jamie Watkins
Miss Tennessee 2002- Valli Kugler
Miss Tennessee 2001- Stephanie Culberson
Miss Tennessee 2000- Beth Hood
Miss Tennessee 1999- Allison Alderson
Miss Tennessee 1998- Heather Heath
Miss Tennessee 1997- Lanna Keck
Miss Tennessee 1996- Jeni Stephens
Miss Tennessee 1995- Alison Shumate
Miss Tennessee 1994- Lori Smith
Miss Tennessee 1993- Kathleen Brang
Miss Tennessee 1992- Leah Hulan
Miss Tennessee 1991- Jill Horn
Miss Tennessee 1990- Dana Brown
Miss Tennessee 1989- Lisa Robertson
Miss Tennessee 1988- Carrie Folks
Miss Tennessee 1987- Regina Athnos
Miss Tennessee 1986- Kellye Cash (Miss America 1986), Kris Beasley (Assumed title)
Miss Tennessee 1985- Sonya Pleasant
Miss Tennessee 1984- Shelly Mangrum
Miss Tennessee 1983- Moira Alice Kaye
Miss Tennessee 1982- Desiree Daniels
Miss Tennessee 1981- Angelina Johnson
Miss Tennessee 1980- Sarah Leonard
Miss Tennessee 1979- Elise Neal
Miss Tennessee 1978- Jill Beshears
Miss Tennessee 1977- Linda Moore
Miss Tennessee 1976- Terry Alden
Miss Tennessee 1975- Marion Burgess
Miss Tennessee 1974- Deborah Kincaid
Miss Tennessee 1973- Anne Randle Galloway
Miss Tennessee 1972- Debbie Cathey
Miss Tennessee 1971- Marsha McDonald
Miss Tennessee 1970- Carol Ferrante
Miss Tennessee 1969- Mary Cox
Miss Tennessee 1968- Brenda Seal
Miss Tennessee 1967- Linda Workman
Miss Tennessee 1966- Vicki Hurd
Miss Tennessee 1965- Marcia Murray
Miss Tennessee 1964- Rita Munsey
Miss Tennessee 1963- Martha Truett
Miss Tennessee 1962- Margaret Petty
Miss Tennessee 1961- Rita Wilson
Miss Tennessee 1960- Jenny Thomas
Miss Tennessee 1959- Marion "Mickey" Wayland
Miss Tennessee 1958- Patricia Eaves
Miss Tennessee 1957- Amanda Whitman
Miss Tennessee 1956- Shelby Bailey
Miss Tennessee 1955- Patty Williams
Miss Tennessee 1954- Gerry Johnson
Miss Tennessee 1953- Ruth Ann Barker
Miss Tennessee 1952- Gloria Williams
Miss Tennessee 1951- Jean Harper
Miss Tennessee 1950- Greta Graham
Miss Tennessee 1949- Adelyn Sumner
Miss Tennessee 1948- Dorothy Free, Lois Jeanette Welch (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1947- Barbara Jo Walker (Miss America 1947), Georgia Cunningham, Dorothy Cunningham (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1946- Wilda Bowman
Miss Tennessee 1945- Lee Henson
Miss Tennessee 1944- Marian Weller
Miss Tennessee 1943- Frances Eakes
Miss Tennessee 1942- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1941- Martha McKinney, Katherine Gammon (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1940- Christine Webb, Thelma McGhee (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1939- Louise Bussart, Judy Jones (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)
Miss Tennessee 1938- Victoria Ann Motlow
Miss Tennessee 1937- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1936- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1935- Sarah Beard
Miss Tennessee 1934- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1933- No Miss Tennesse at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1932- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1931- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1930- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1929- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1928- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1927- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1926- No Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1925- No Miss Tennesee at Miss America
Miss Tennessee 1924- Ann Werner
Miss Tennessee 1923- Elizabeth Mallory
Miss Tennessee 1922- Sue Burton, Ruth Doughty (Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant)

To see a full list of preliminary titles for the Miss Tennessee pageant use the filtering options on https://www.pageantplanet.com/directory/category/pageant