Locals that have won state most often

Locals winning State most often

Now that all of the state pageants are completed for 2014, let’s honor the local pageants whose winners have won their state most often.

These cumulative numbers only go back to 1960.  Records are not consistent for local titles winning states prior to 1960.

So…over 55 years, let’s congratulate the volunteers who have worked on these local pageants and the women who represented these locals.

In general, it seems that large cities do well, even though smaller towns seem to support the program more than the larger urban areas.

# 1. Las Vegas (NV) – 14 times winning Miss Nevada

Stacey James  

Miss Las Vegas

Miss Nevada 1987

2nd Runner-up & Preliminary Talent Winner at Miss America

# 2. Chicago (IL) – 11 times winning Miss Illinois

(Miss Chicago competed at Miss America separately from Miss Illinois thru 1962)

# 3. (tie) Omaha (NE) – 10

# 3. (tie) White River (AR) – 10

# 5. (tie) Twin Cities (MN) - 9

# 5. (tie) Portales (NM) - 9 (including five out of six years between 1988-1993)

Grand Forks (ND)-8

Tri-Valley (OR)-8

Portland (OR)-8

South Dakota State Univ (SD)-8

South Dakota State Fair (SD)-8

Scott Co (IA)-8

Anchorage (AK)-8

Denver (CO)-8

Seattle (WA)-8

*New York City (NY)-8 (or 17)(see below)

*Los Angeles (CA)-8 (or 5)(see below)

Pierce Co (WA)-7 (96, 98-01 – 5 years out of 6)

Brandywine (DE)-7

Manatee County (FL)-7

Albuquerque (NM)-7

Madison-Capitol City (WI)-7

Greater Portland (ME)-7

Wichita (KS)-7

Special congratulations to New Mexico, Oregon, and South Dakota.  Each state has two locals with exceptional records of winning at State.  Tri-Valley and Portland in Oregon and South Dakota State Fair and South Dakota State University in South Dakota have 8 wins each.  Portales and Albuquerque in New Mexico have 9 and 7 wins respectively.

And now, how to consider New York City and Los Angeles?

New York City has either 8 wins at state or 17 depending on how you call it.

Are we purists and only count exact titles or do we count the boroughs too?

New York City/Greater New York City/Metropolitan New York City – 8 wins

Manhattan – 5

Staten Island – 3

Brooklyn – 1

Same with Los Angeles.  It’s either 5 or 8:

Los Angeles County – 5 wins

Culver City – 1

Hollywood – 1

West Los Angeles – 1

And what do we do about Providence/Pawtucket (RI)?

It could be 10 wins.

Providence County – 3

Pawtucket – 3

Providence/Pawtucket – 1

North Providence - 2

Providence – 1

Do any of you have first-hand knowledge of the history of the locals in the New York City, Los Angeles, and Providence & Pawtucket areas?  If so, contact me with more details, please.

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