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Miss Missouri

Beauty pageant competition

Summary

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Missouri
logo	Miss Missouri Logo.png
formation	1922
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Mexico
location	Missouri
membership	Miss America
language	English
website	Official website

The Miss Missouri competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant.

Courtney Rowe of Kansas City was crowned Miss Missouri 2025 on June 14, 2025, at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026.

History

From 1935 to 1970, the Miss Missouri pageant was held in a number of locations, including St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield. In 1970, the pageant was held for the first time in Mexico, which would become the pageant's home. The pageant has been held in Mexico in all following years.

Missouri has produced one Miss America: Debbye Turner (Miss America 1990). Three Miss Missouri pageant winners have won the Miss Missouri USA crown and competed in the annual Miss USA pageant, most notably Miss Missouri 2002, Shandi Finnessey, who won the Miss USA 2004 title and placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe. Sarah French, Miss Missouri 2006, is the only titleholder who has also competed at Miss Teen USA, representing Arkansas.

Gallery of past titleholders

File:Debbye Turner headshot.png|Debbye Turner, Miss Missouri 1989 and Miss America 1990 File:Shandi Finnessey.jpg|Shandi Finnessey, Miss Missouri 2002 (during reign as Miss USA 2004)

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Missouri titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

Miss Americas: Debbye Turner (1990)
1st runners-up: Edna Smith (1935), Jennifer Davis (2018)
2nd runners-up: Soncee Brown (1992), Simone Esters (2020)
3rd runners-up: Charlotte Nash (1923), Susan Wilson (1980), Deborah McDonald (1999)
4th runners-up: Tamara Tungate (1987), Kimberly Massaro (1997)
Top 10: Sara Cooper (1958), Barbara Webster (1984), Robin Riley (1988), Stephanie Patterson (1993)
Top 12: Shelby Ringdahl (2014)
Top 15: Corinne Groves (1926), Marguerite Jordan (1926), Virginia Morrison (1940), Amber Etheridge (2004)
Top 16: Wauneta Bates (1937)
Top 18: Marie Marks (1933)
Top 20: Jennifer Hover (2002)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Evening Gown: Shandi Finnessey (2003)
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Tamara Tungate (1987), Debbye Turner (1990)
Preliminary Talent: Sara Cooper (1958), Barbara Webster (1984)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Talent: Sharon Knickmeyer (1956), Frances Biesemeyer (1970), Heather Smith (1989), Whitney Weeks (2005)

Other awards

Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ann Marie Sun (1995)
Beacom College STEM Scholarship: Simone Esters (2020)
Quality of Life Award Finalists: Tara Osseck (2010)
Roller Chair Parade Grand Prize: Charlotte Nash (1923)
AHA Go Red for Women Leadership Award Regional Winner: Courtney Rowe (2026)

Winners

Declared as winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist}}

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2025	Courtney Rowe	Kansas City	23	Miss Kansas City	Jazz Dance		AHA Go Red for Women Leadership Award Regional Winner
2024	Ashley Berry	Clinton	20	Miss Kansas City	Contemporary Ballet en Pointe			Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2021
2023	Hayley Leach	St.Louis	25	Miss Southern Missouri	Monologue
2022	Claire Marie Kuebler	Wildwood	21	Miss Spirit of St. Louis	Vocal
2021	Callie Cox	Mexico	21	Miss Zona Rosa	Vocal
2019–20	url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/covid19/miss-missouri-pageant-postponed-a-second-time/article_81a04aca-921d-11ea-882c-ef40aa99520e.html	title=Miss Missouri Pageant postponed a second time	work=Columbia Missourian	last=Meyer	first=Lida	date=May 8, 2020	access-date=June 6, 2020}}	Columbia	20	Miss Metro St. Louis	Baton Twirling, "Turn the Beat Around"	2nd runner-up	first1=Pete	last1=Zambito	first2=Rebecca	last2=Meisenbach	title=Simone Esters wins $5,000 scholarship in Miss America competition	work= Missourian	url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/simone-esters-wins-scholarship-in-miss-america-competition/article_f50fa73c-21e6-11ea-a852-2b4e8f2f7c79.html	date=December 18, 2019}}	Founded Writeous Girls, Inc., a nonprofit mentoring program that works to empower young women through the craft of writing
2018	first=Sarah	last=Sabatke	title=Katelyn Lewis crowned 2018 Miss Missouri	work=Columbia Daily Tribune	url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180617/katelyn-lewis-crowned-2018-miss-missouri/1	date= June 17, 2018}}	Lake St. Louis	22	Miss Fleur De Lis	Vocal, "Memory" from Cats
2017	title= New Miss Missouri crowned	publisher=Missouri Net	url=http://www.missourinet.com/2017/06/19/new-miss-missouri-crowned/	date=June 19, 2017}}	St. Charles	23	Miss Jackson	Bollywood Dance, "Naacho Re"	first= Alisa	last= Nelson	url=http://www.missourinet.com/2017/09/11/miss-missouri-is-2018-miss-america-runner-up/	publisher= Missouri Net	title=Miss Missouri is 2018 Miss America runner-up	date=September 11, 2017}}		first=Brenda	last=Fike	title= Jennifer Davis crowned Miss Missouri 2017	work=The Mexico Ledger - Mexico, MO	publisher=The Mexican Ledger	url=http://www.mexicoledger.com/news/20170619/jennifer-davis-crowned-miss-missouri-2017	date=June 19, 2017}}
2016	last1=Shepherd	first1=Ken	title=Erin O'Flaherty hoping to become first openly lesbian Miss America	url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/6/erin-oflaherty-hoping-to-become-first-openly-lesbi/	newspaper=The Washington Times	date =September 6, 2016}}	St. Louis	23	Miss City of Fountains	Vocal			First openly gay contestant to compete at Miss America
2015	first=Catherine	last=Stortz Ripley	newspaper=Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune	publisher=GateHouse Media	location=Chillicothe, MO	title=Miss Missouri McKENSIE GARBER	url=http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20150615/NEWS/150619356/0/SEARCH	date=June 15, 2015}}	Hale	22	Miss Gateway St. Louis	Jazz Ballet en Pointe, "P.Y.T."			Previously Miss Missouri's Outstanding Teen 2011
2014	last1=Sokolowski	first1=Doug	title=Miss Missouri Ready For Miss America	url=http://ksisradio.com/miss-missouri-ready-for-miss-america/	publisher=KSIS Radio	date =September 14, 2014}}	Pueblo	23	Miss Springfield	Dance, "Steppin' Out with My Baby"			Previously Miss Colorado USA 2010
3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2010 pageant
Previously Miss Intercontinental 2011
2013	date= June 10, 2013	title=Columbia native Shelby Ringdahl wins Miss Missouri pageant	newspaper=Columbia Missourian	url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/162702/columbia-native-shelby-ringdahl-wins-miss-missouri-pageant/}}	Columbia	21	Miss Springfield	Vocal, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked	Top 12
2012	date=June 12, 2012	title=Springfield woman wins Miss Missouri crown	publisher=Springfield News-Leader	url=http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120612/NEWS01/306120026/Springfield-Miss-Missouri-Branson-pageant	access-date=October 20, 2017	archive-date=January 29, 2013	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129164110/http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120612/NEWS01/306120026/Springfield-Miss-Missouri-Branson-pageant	url-status=dead}}	Springfield	21	Miss Branson	Ballet en Pointe, "Un Dia Llegara"			1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant
2011	Sydney Friar	El Dorado Springs	22	Vocal, "Dream On"
2010	Erika Hebron	O'Fallon	23	Miss Gateway St. Louis	Lyrical Dance, "Dream In Color"
2009	title=St. Charles Native Wins Miss Missouri Title	url=http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/stcharles/news/st-charles-native-wins-miss-missouri-title/article_11983c9b-0585-51c3-92a9-0318c1316b7e.html	work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch	date= June 9, 2009}}	St. Charles	23	Miss Lake of the Ozarks	Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing"		Quality of Life Award Finalist
2008	Lacey Fitzgerald	Kansas City	24	Miss Gateway of the West	Vocal
2007	Lindsay Casmaer	Florissant	24	Miss River City	Ballet en Pointe, "Piano Fantasy"
2006	Sarah French	Columbia	21	Miss Mid-Missouri	Vocal, "I've Got the World on a String"			Previously Miss Arkansas Teen USA 2004
Named Miss Photogenic at Miss Teen USA 2004 pageant
2005	Stacie Cooley	Liberty	22	Miss Columbia	Jazz Dance, "Last Dance"
2004	Whitney Weeks	Chesterfield	24	Miss Jackson	Tap Dance, "Tico-Tico no Fubá"		Non-finalist Talent Award	Daughter of Miss West Virginia 1961, Carole Johnson
2003	Amber Etheridge	St. Louis	23	Miss Northwest Missouri	Vocal, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Top 15
2002	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v_MpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A9YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2995,5549577&dq=shandi+finnessey&hl=en	title=On her way to Miss USA, beauty queen won in Jackson	access-date=2011-06-13	date=2004-04-14	work=The Southeast Missourian	author=Redeffer, Linda}}	Florissant	24	Miss Metro St. Louis	Piano, "Bumble Boogie"		Preliminary Evening Gown Award	url=https://www.today.com/popculture/miss-missouri-crowned-miss-usa-2004-wbna4726667	title=Miss Missouri crowned Miss USA 2004: Shandi Finnessey, 25, will represent America in Miss Universe pageant	date=April 13, 2004	work=USA Today}}
1st runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 pageant
2001	Jennifer Hover	Springfield	23	Miss Springfield	Vocal Medley, "Somewhere" & "Over the Rainbow"	Top 20
2000	Arron Wendel	Lawson	23	Miss Ray County	Modern Dance, "This Is Your Time"
1999	Patryce King	New Cambria	23	Miss Mid-Missouri	Piano, Rhapsody in Blue
1998	Deborah McDonald	Alton	24	Miss West Plains	Vocal, "I Will Always Love You"	3rd runner-up
1997	Michele Eise	St. Louis	24	Miss Malden	Gospel Vocal, "How Great Thou Art"
1996	Kimberly Massaro	St. Louis	24	Miss Mid-Missouri	Tap Dance, "Favorite Son" from The Will Rogers Follies	4th runner-up
1995	Erin Phillips	Mexico	23	Miss Audrain	Tap Dance to Gershwin Medley
1994	Ann Marie Sun	Springfield	22	Miss Mid-Missouri	Piano		Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1993	Amber Green	Steelville	23	Miss North Central	Piano, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1992	Stephanie Patterson	Kansas City	23	Miss Aurora	Vocal Medley, "I Have Dreamed" & "If I Loved You"	Top 10
1991	Soncee Brown	Springfield	24	Miss Lake of the Ozarks	Vocal / Piano, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!	2nd runner-up
1990	Sherry Traylor	Mexico	26	Miss North Central	Vocal, "What's New"
1989	Patricia Ann Meusburger		25	Miss Twin Counties		Did not compete; originally 6th place as a semifinalist, later assumed title after Turner won Miss America 1990 as all of the runners-up declined to take the title}}
Debbye Turner	Mexico	23	Miss Columbia	Marimba Medley, "Flight of the Bumblebee," "Csárdás," & "Can-Can"	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award	Previously National Sweetheart 1988 as Miss Arkansas
Later a medical reporter and anchor for CBS' The Early Show
1988	Heather Smith	Maryland Heights	21	Miss Columbia	Baton Twirling, "Whistler and his Dog" by Arthur Pryor		Non-finalist Talent Award
1987	Robin Riley	Columbia	25	Miss Columbia	Ballet, "Overture" from Funny Girl	Top 10		Previously Miss Missouri USA 1983
1986	Tamara Tungate	St. Peters	21	Miss North Central	Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl	4th runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1985	Lisa Coverdale	Columbia	24	Miss North Central	Classical Piano
1984	Anna Schell	Kennett	26	Miss Springfield	Semi-classical Vocal, Medley from The Sound of Music
1983	Barbara Webster	Jefferson City	21	Miss Santa Fe Trails	Violin Medley, "Listen to the Mocking Bird" & "Orange Blossom Special"	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Later Miss Missouri USA 1986
1982	Julie Phillips	Ava	18	Miss Queen of the Ozarks	Classical/Jazz Piano
1981	Theresa McDonnell	Florissant	22	Miss Trenton	Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady
1980	Carla LeFevre	Harrisonville	22	Miss Kansas City	Semi-classical Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved"
1979	Susan Wilson	Columbia	21	Miss Jefferson County	Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu	3rd runner-up
1978	Tamara Fister	Poplar Bluff	21	Miss St. Louis	Vocal, "Beautiful"
1977	Jayne Scherder	Bowling Green	20	Miss William Woods College	Piano, "The Firefly"
1976	Marcia Kolich	Sugar Creek	22	Miss Jackson County	Jazz Dance, "Everything's Coming up Roses," "On Broadway," & "That's Entertainment!"
1975	Rebecca Rives	Stoutsville	22	Miss Kirksville	Vocal Medley, "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow"
1974	Michelle Marshall	Florissant	20	Miss St. Louis	Vocal / Dance, "Sweet Charity" from Sweet Charity
1973	Terri Dodson	Fulton	22	Miss William Woods College	Piano, "Dizzy Fingers"
1972	Anita Columbo	St. Louis	21	Miss St. Louis	Vocal / Dance, "It's Today" from Mame
1971	Deborah Duff	Kansas City	19	Miss Kansas City	Modern Jazz Dance, "Big Noise from Winnetka"
1970	Marcia Mossbarger	Brookfield	22	Miss Brookfield	Tap Dance, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
1969	Frances Biesemeyer	New Franklin	18	Miss Fayette	Art Presentation, "Talk to the Animals"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1968	Kathleen Goff	DeSoto	21	Miss Southwest Missouri State College	Vocal, "I'm Gonna Live til I Die"
1967	Ronnee Brunk	St. Louis	19	Miss Camdenton	Vocal, "I Feel a Song Coming On"
1966	Janice Robinson	Marshfield	20	Miss Southwest Missouri State College	Skit with Piano, Vocal, & Dance, "Calling Billy Names"
1965	Lesley Fleenor	Springfield	20	Miss West Plains	Vocal, "Hard Hearted Hannah"
1964	Carol Browning	Lee's Summit	20	Miss Lee's Summit	Marimba & Accordion Medley
1963	Judith Engelhardt	Affton		Miss St. Charles	Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust
1962	Sandra Lyle	Springfield	19	Miss Springfield	Dramatic Reading, "The Potion Scene" from Romeo & Juliet
1961	Sarah Burns	Caruthersville	20	Miss Caruthersville	Vocal / Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie
1960	Dusene Vunovich	Kansas City	19	Miss Kansas City	Vocal, "Honey Bun" from South Pacific
1959	Linda Long	Independence	19	Miss Independence	Dramatic Reading from The White Cliffs of Dover
1958	publisher=Pageant Almanac	title=Parade of States	url=http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-america/parade/missouri.php	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015175619/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-america/parade/missouri.php	archive-date=October 15, 2006	url-status=usurped }}	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City	Tap Dance, "Opus No. 1"
1957	Sara Cooper	Buckner		Miss Kansas City	Charleston Dance	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award	Daughter of Major League Baseball player, Walker Cooper
1956	Roseann Teri	St. Louis		Miss St. Louis	Dress Design
1955	Sharon Knickmeyer		Synchronized Swimming		Non-finalist Talent Award
1954	Carole Jean Wilkinson	Maplewood	18	Miss Maplewood	Vocal
1953	Laura Holmes	Northwoods		Miss Northwoods	Dance
1952	Florence Spack	Clayton		Miss Clayton	Vocal
1951	Carol Romann	St. Charles		Miss St. Charles	Bassoon
1950	Beverly Rotroff	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City	Vocal / Piano
1949	Mary Stone	Jefferson City		Miss Jefferson City
1948	Dorothy Smith	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City
1947	Mary Jean Burke		Vocal, "I'm a Big Girl Now"
1946	Nadine LaVerne Fugett					Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1945	Betty Ream	Hughesville		Miss Hughesville
1944	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant
1943	Emma Jean Adams	St. Louis		Miss St. Louis				Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1942	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant
1941	title= Miss Delaware to Give Atlantic City Beauties Run for U. S. Honors	url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/160417518/	publisher=The Morning News	location=Wilmington, Delaware	date=September 4, 1941}}	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City				Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Geraldine Koehler	St. Louis		Miss Missouri
1940	Gloria Kathleen Gipson	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City				Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Virginia Morrison	St. Louis		Miss Missouri		Top 15
LaFern Mueller	St. Louis		Miss St. Louis
1939	Margaret Ley
1938	No Missouri representative at Miss America pageant
1937	Mary Sue Klein	Moberly		Miss Moberly				Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Wauneta Bates	St. Louis		Miss St. Louis		Top 16
1936	Margaret Price	Lexington		Miss Lexington
1935	Edna Smith	Fayette	19	Miss Fayette	Piano / Vocal, "Prelude No. 20 by Chopin" & "When Day Is Done"	1st runner-up		Edna Smith Glenn died at age 90 on June 10, 2007.
1934	No national pageant was held
1933	Marie LaTourette Marks	St. Louis	16		N/A	Top 18
1932	No national pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927	Marion Kenser			Miss Kansas City	N/A			Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Katherine Calloway			Miss Missouri
1926	Marguerite Jordan			Miss Kansas City	Top 15		Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruby Wallace			Miss Missouri
Corinne Groves			Miss St. Louis	Top 15
1925	Eileen Wenzel			Miss St. Louis			Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1924	Helen Moore
1923	title=Miss St. Louis First in Atlantic City Beauty Trials	url=https://archives.post-gazette.com/clip/23052097/pittsburgh-daily-post/	newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post	location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	date=September 6, 1923	page=2}}	St. Louis	17	Miss St. Louis	3rd runner-up	Roller Chair Parade Grand Prize	title=Beauty Contest Girl Held as Husband Shot to Death	url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3305620/reality-is-so-much-more-interesting/	newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun	location=San Bernardino, California	date=March 13, 1931	page=1	via=Newspapers.com}}
Shot and killed Nixon-Nirdlinger in March 1931 in Nice, France
Was acquitted after successfully arguing act was in self-defense
1922	Miriam Chafee	Kansas City		Miss Kansas City			Multiple Missouri representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Mildred Hose	St. Louis		Miss St. Louis
1921

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