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Miss Texas

Beauty pageant competition

Summary

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Texas
logo	Miss Texas Logo.png
formation	1923
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Richardson
location	Texas
membership	Miss America
language	English
leader_title	State Director
leader_name	Jan Mitchell
website

The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975). As of 2026, Texas has placed 1st runner-up at Miss America for three consecutive years.

To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss Texas title each July. The state pageant was held in Fort Worth for 36 years before relocating to the University of Texas at Arlington's Texas Hall in 2009. In 2012, the pageant moved to the Allen Event Center in suburban Collin County. In 2014 the Miss Texas pageant began being held at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas.

In 2010, Miss Texas celebrated its 75th anniversary, and Randy Pruett wrote a book, A Dream as Big as Texas, to document the stories of the 75 women that were crowned Miss Texas.

Sadie Schiermeyer of Frisco was crowned Miss Texas 2025 on June 28, 2025, at Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026 in September 2025.

Gallery of past titleholders

File:Phyllis George 2008.png|Phyllis George, Miss Texas 1970 and Miss America 1971 in 2008 File:Miss America 1975 aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 1975.jpg|Shirley Cothran, Miss Texas 1974 and Miss America 1975 File:SWAP300670000000026027.jpg|Jonna Fitzgerald, Miss Texas 1985 File:Molly Hazlett parade.jpg|Molly Hazlett, Miss Texas 2007 File:Rebecca Robinson-Miss Texas 2008-Wilford Hall Medical Center April 24, 2009.jpg|Rebecca Robinson, Miss Texas 2008

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Texas 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: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Phyllis George (1971), Shirley Cothran (1975)
1st runners-up: Moselle Ransome (1927), Alice Emerick (1937), Shilah Phillips (2007), Ellie Breaux (2024), Annette Addo-Yobo (2025), Sadie Schiermeyer (2026)
2nd runners-up: Penny Lee Rudd (1963), Carmen McCollum (1977), Jonna Fitzgerald (1986), Averie Bishop (2023)
3rd runners-up: Linda Loftis (1962), Sharon McCauley (1965), Mae Beth Cormany (1973), Suzanne Lawrence (1991)
4th runners-up: Sheri Ryman (1982), Tamara Hext (1985), Yanci Yarbrough (2000), Margana Wood (2018)
Top 7: Caroline Carothers (2017)
Top 8: Molly Hazlett (2008)
Top 10: Mary Nell Hendricks (1959), Susan Logan (1967), Judy Mallett (1974), Mary Ellen Richardson (1976), Lori Smith (1978), Sandi Miller (1979), Terri Eoff (1981), Dana Rogers (1984), Stephany Samone (1987), Rita Jo Thompson (1988), Leah Kay Lyle (1990), Rhonda Morrison (1992), Arian Archer (1995), Michelle Martinez (1997), Tara Watson (2001), Mary Lisa Dalzell (2003), Jamie Story (2005), Morgan Matlock (2006), Kristen Blair (2010), Kendall Morris (2012), DaNae Couch (2013), Ivana Hall (2014), Shannon Sanderford (2016), Mallory Fuller (2022)
Top 12: Ashley Melnick (2011)
Top 13: Polly Below (1945)
Top 15: Rosebud Blondell (1926), Patricia Allen Green (1936), Charmayne Smith (1939), Chandler Foreman (2020)
Top 16: Margaret Sommers (1951), Monique Evans (2015)
Top 20: Stacy James (2002)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Evening Gown: Ellie Breaux (2024) Annette Addo-Yobo (2025)
Preliminary Interview: Mary Lisa Dalzell (2003)
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Phyllis George (1971), Shirley Cothran (1975), Carmen McCollum (1977), Tamara Hext (1985), Molly Hazlett (2008), Kendall Morris (2012), Margana Wood (2018)
Preliminary Social Impact Pitch: Mallory Fuller (2022)
Preliminary Talent: Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942), Linda Loftis (1962), Carmen McCollum (1977), Sheri Ryman (1982), Jonna Fitzgerald (1986), Stephany Samone (1987), Suzanne Lawrence (1991), Shilah Phillips (2007)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Interview: BaShara Chandler (1994)
Non-finalist Talent: Marilyn Turner (1960), Mary Cage Moore (1961), Gloria Gilbert (1983), Sunni Cranfill (2004), Madison Fuller (2019)

Other awards

Equity & Justice Finalists: Averie Bishop (2023)
Miss Congeniality: Joyce Courrege (1944), Luna McClain (1947), Rebecca Robinson (2009)
Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Kendall Morris (2012)
Quality of Life Award Winners: Suzanne Lawrence (1991)
Women in Business Winners: Averie Bishop (2023)
Women Who Brand Winners: Averie Bishop (2023)

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	Sadie Schiermeyer	Frisco	22	Miss Richardson	Jazz Dance, "That's Life"	1st Runner-Up		Daughter of Miss Texas 1994, Arian Archer Orlando
2024	Annette Addo-Yobo	Southlake	25	Miss Southlake	Slam Poetry, "Autism Speaks"	Preliminary Evening Gown Winner
2023	Ellie Breaux	Houston	22	Miss Tarrant County	Rhythmic Gymnastics/Dance, "Hold my Hand"
2022	Averie Bishop	Dallas	26	Miss Carrollton	Vocal, "On my Own"	2nd Runner-Up	Women in Business Winner	First Asian American to win the title of Miss Texas
2021	date=2021-06-29	title=Miss Colleyville Mallory Fuller is the new Miss Texas	url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/pop-culture/2021/06/29/miss-colleyville-mallory-fuller-is-the-new-miss-texas/	access-date=2021-07-05	website=Dallas News	language=en}}	Fairfield	23	Miss Colleyville	Fiddle	Top 10	Preliminary Social Impact Pitch Award	Fourth Runner Up at Miss Texas 2019
2019–20	Chandler Foreman	Pearland	22	Miss Park Cities	Flute, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Top 15		ABC Big 2 & Fox 24, teams Morning Anchor in Odessa, TX
2018	first= Valerie	last= Bell	title= Tyler teacher crowned Miss Texas 2018	work=Tyler Morning Telegraph	url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/tyler-teacher-crowned-miss-texas/article_2fe89e88-7f07-11e8-8440-63c485c1d728.html	date=July 3, 2018}}	Fairfield	23	Miss Dallas	Ventriloquism, "I've Been Everywhere"	Non-Finalist	Non-finalist Talent Award	first= Jessica	last=Meyers	title=Frisco lady named Miss Teen Texas	work= Dallas News	url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/frisco/2010/07/08/frisco-lady-named-miss-teen-te	date=July 5, 2010}}
2017	title= Aggies make it to final rounds of Miss Texas pageant	work=Bryan-College Station Eagle	url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/aggies-make-it-to-final-rounds-of-miss-texas-pageant/article_b661562e-9b04-5934-ad24-a8a273bf0f61.html	date=July 2, 2017}}	Houston	22	Miss Travis County	Contemporary Dance, "When We Were Young" by Adele	first= Tom	last= Uhler	url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article172878206.html	work= The Sacramento Bee	title=Miss Texas didn't win Miss America. But her comments won her millions of new fans	date=September 12, 2017}}	url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-09-06/97th-miss-america-competition-begins-in-atlantic-city	work = U.S. News & World Report	title=Texas, Utah Win 1st Night of Miss America Preliminaries	date=September 6, 2017}}	title= Margana Wood crowned Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2012
2016	first = Rick	last = Press	title= Baylor baton twirler wins Miss Texas 2016	work=Star-Telegram	url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article87492327.html	date=July 3, 2016}}	San Antonio	20	Miss Plano	Baton Twirling, "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago (musical)	Top 7
2015	title= Miss Fort Worth chosen as Miss Texas 2015	work= North Dallas Gazette	url= https://northdallasgazette.com/2015/07/05/miss-fort-worth-chosen-as-miss-texas-2015/	date= July 5, 2015}}	Coppell	23	Miss Fort Worth	Vocal, "Son of a Preacher Man"	Top 10
2014	Monique Evans	Austin	22	Miss Park Cities	Ballet en Pointe, "Requiem for a Tower"	Top 16		Later Miss Florida USA 2020
2013	first=Jay	last=Betsill	location=Fort Worth, TX	title=Ivana Hall is crowned Miss Texas 2013	url=http://www.dfw.com/2013/07/08/808620/ivana-hall-is-crowned-miss-texas.html	date=July 8, 2013	access-date=July 12, 2014}}	Cedar Hill	23	Miss North Texas	Vocal, "Fever"	Top 10		Later Miss Oklahoma World 2015
Top 22 at Miss World America 2015 pageant
2012	DaNae Couch	Coppell	23	Miss Dallas	Twirling, "Last Dance"
2011	date= July 2, 2011	title=Miss Frisco, Kendall Morris, to represent Texas at Miss America pageant	work=The Dallas Morning News	url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/frisco/headlines/20110702-miss-frisco-kendall-morris-to-represent-texas-at-miss-america-pageant.ece}}	Ennis	20	Miss Frisco	Piano, "New World Symphony"	Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2010	first=Susan	last=McFarland	newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram	location=Fort Worth, TX	title=Miss Fort Worth is crowned the 75th Miss Texas	url=http://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3825759.html	date=July 3, 2010}}	Dallas	21	Miss Fort Worth	Vocal, "I Surrender"	Top 12
2009	Kristen Blair	Southlake	22	Miss North Texas	Classical Vocal, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from La rondine	Top 10
2008	Rebecca Robinson	Buffalo	24	Miss Longview	Tap Dance, "Hey Pachuco"	Non-Finalist	Miss Congeniality	url=https://www.misstexas.org/alumnae1.html	title=Miss Texas's Outstanding Teen Alumnae	website=Miss Texas Organization}}
2007	title= Miss Longview crowned Miss Texas	work= My Plainview	url= https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Miss-Longview-crowned-Miss-Texas-8618863.php	date=July 7, 2007}}	Centerville	21	Miss Longview	Character Jazz en Pointe, "Rich Man's Frug" from Sweet Charity	Top 8	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2006	title= First black woman wins Miss Texas pageant	work= Midland Reporter-Telegram	url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/First-black-woman-wins-Miss-Texas-pageant-7525778.php	date=July 8, 2006}}	Plano	25	Miss Frisco	Vocal, "I Believe in You and Me"	url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/miss-oklahoma-lauren-nelson-wins-miss-america-2007-pageant	title=Miss Oklahoma Lauren Nelson Wins Miss America 2007 Pageant	agency=Associated Press	date=January 30, 2007	work=FOX News.com}}	Preliminary Talent Award	First African American to win Miss Texas title
2005	Morgan Matlock	Lamesa	24	Miss Fort Worth	Vocal Medley, "Come Rain or Come Shine" & "What Kind of Fool Am I?"	Top 10
2004	Jamie Story	Bedford	23	Miss Arlington	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor" by Mendelssohn
2003	Sunni Cranfill	Hooks	23	Miss Amarillo Area	Ballet en Pointe, "Carmen Fantasy"	Non-Finalist	Non-finalist Talent Award	Later Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in 2009
2002	Mary Lisa Dalzell	Magnolia	23	Miss Lake O' The Pines	Flute Medley, "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos"	Top 10	Preliminary Interview Award	Evening Anchor at NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida
2001	title= Baylor student named Miss Texas	work=Temple Daily Telegram	url= http://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_2b0ee8ef-5d0d-52e0-b1c3-2f3171a4fc38.html	date= July 8, 2001}}	Texarkana	22	Vocal, "Man of La Mancha"	Top 20
2000	title= Watson is Miss Texas	work= Laredo Morning Times	url= http://www.tarawatson.com/docs/pagea6.pdf	date=July 10, 2000}}	Lufkin	22	Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford	Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You"	Top 10		Previously Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 1993
1999	Yanci Yarbrough	Childress	24	Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford	Vocal Medley, "Come In From the Rain" & "Stormy Weather"	4th runner-up
1998	Tatum Hubbard	Odessa	24	Miss Arlington	Jazz Dance, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies
1997	Reagan Hughes	Midland	23	Miss Lake O' The Pines	Dramatic Vocal, "I Dreamed a Dream"
1996	Michelle Martinez	Dallas	23	Miss Dallas	Classical Piano, "Ballade in G Minor" by Chopin	Top 10
1995	first=Barbara	last= Brotman	title= Here She Is, America's Miss	work= Chicago Tribune	url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/10/01/here-she-is-americas-miss/	date= October 1, 1995}}	Mesquite	19	Miss Oak Cliff	Vocal, "Stand by Your Man"			title= SPOTLIGHT – Woody Jarmon, GFS Texas	work= Construction News	url= http://www.constructionnews.net/dallas-fort-worth/spotlight-df/3426-spotlight-%E2%80%93-woody-jarmon,-gfs-texas.html	date=June 3, 2010}}
Married to 2002 World Series champion, Benji Gil
1994	Arian Archer	Borger	20	Miss Amarillo Area	Vocal, "Almost Over You"	Top 10
1993	BaShara Chandler	Garland	21	Miss Northeast Texas	Piano, "4th Movement of Sonata in C" by Alberto Ginastera		Non-finalist Interview Award
1992	Amy Parker	Carrollton	22	Miss Tarrant County	Vocal, "A Sunday Kind of Love"
1991	Rhonda Morrison	Coldspring	21	Miss Lake O' The Pines	Vocal, "My Funny Valentine"	Top 10
1990	Suzanne Lawrence	Humble	21	Miss Humble/Kingwood	Country Vocal, "Sweet Dreams"	3rd runner-up	Quality of Life Award Winner
Preliminary Talent Award
1989	Leah Kay Lyle	Plainview	22	Miss Haltom-Richland Area	Piano, "Sonata Opus 22" by Alberto Ginastera	Top 10
1988	Catalina "Cathy" Castro	McAllen	22	Miss Duncanville	Ballet en Pointe, "Les toreadors"			First Hispanic woman to win Miss Texas title
1987	Rita Jo Thompson	Lufkin	22	Miss Greenville	Jazz Dance, "An American Trilogy"	Top 10
1986	Stephany Samone	Dallas	25	Miss Grand Prairie	Country Vocal, "Stand By Your Man"	Preliminary Talent Award
1985	Jonna Fitzgerald	Tyler	21	Miss Greenville	Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1984	Tamara Hext	Fort Worth	21	Miss Arlington	Vocal, "I've Got a Crush On You"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1983	Dana Rogers	Boerne	22	Miss San Antonio	Vocal, "An American Trilogy"	Top 10		first=John	last=Katsilometes	title=Pageant winner has Las Vegas fairy-tale story	url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/pageant-winner-has-las-vegas-fairy-tale-story-1700906/	work=Las Vegas Review-Journal	date=July 3, 2019}}
1982	Gloria Gilbert	Millsap	20	Miss Palo Pinto County	Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere"		Non-finalist Talent Award	Previously National Sweetheart 1981
Longtime hostess of the Miss Texas pageant television broadcast
1981	Sheri Ryman	Texas City	20	Miss Texas A&M	Gymnastics, Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1980	Terri Eoff	Lubbock	19	Miss Lubbock	Dramatic Performance from A Bad Play For an Old Lady	Top 10		Appeared on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow
1979	Lex Ann Haughey	Hurst	20	Miss Haltom-Richland Area	Flute, "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy
1978	Sandi Miller	Mesquite	20	Miss Red Bird Area	Classical Piano, "2nd Concerto in F Minor" by Gershwin	Top 10		Later Mrs. Texas 1988
1977	Lori Smith	Fort Worth	20	Miss Haltom-Richland Area	Vocal, "Moanin' Low"
1976	Carmen McCollum	Odessa	19	Miss West Texas	Saxophone Medley, "Wabash Cannonball," "Yakety Sax," & "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Preliminary Talent Award
1975	Mary Ellen Richardson	Waco	20	Miss Waco	Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust	Top 10
1974	Phyllis Lynne Barger		20	Miss Houston	Ballet en Pointe	Did not compete; originally 3rd runner-up, later assumed title after Cothran won Miss America 1975 title}}
	Participated in Miss Texas 1973
Shirley Jean Cothran	Denton	21	Miss Haltom-Richland Area	Flute Medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Shepherd Blues"	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1973	Judy Mallett	Beaumont		Miss Haltom-Richland Area	Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"	Top 10		Performed in halftime show of Super Bowl VIII
1972	Mae Beth Cormany	Wichita Falls		Miss Hurst-Euless-Bedford	Vocal Medley, "Misty" & "Come Rain or Come Shine"	3rd runner-up
1971	Janice Bain	San Antonio	21	Miss White Settlement	Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi
1970	Belinda Myrick	Odessa		Miss West Texas	Country Vocal	Did not compete; later assumed title after George won Miss America 1971}}
	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Phyllis George	Denton	21	Miss Dallas	Piano Medley, "Promises, Promises" & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of NFL Today on CBS (1975–77, 1980–83)
Co-host of the 1989 and 1990 Miss America pageants with Gary Collins
Died from complications from polycythemia vera (a blood disorder) in Lexington, Kentucky on May 14, 2020
1969	Dana Dowell	White Oak	19	Miss Longview	Percussion, "Cute"
1968	Glenda Propes	Henderson	18	Miss Rusk County	Vocal and Dance	Did not compete; later assumed title after Hugghins resigned}}
Diane Hugghins	Tyler	20	Miss Nacogdoches	Jazz Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie			Resigned after competing at Miss America 1969 pageant
1967	Molly Grubb	Fort Worth	20	Miss Fort Worth	Ballet en Pointe, "La Périchole"			As referenced on the television show Dallas, the winner in 1967 was Sue Ellen Shepard, the future wife of J.R. Ewing.
1966	Susan Logan	San Angelo	19	Miss Lubbock	Dramatic Monologue from Gone with the Wind	Top 10
1965	Mary Lou Butler	Irving	19	Miss Nacogdoches	Vocal
1964	Lenda Varley	Fort Worth	19	Miss Fort Worth	Vocal	N/A	agency=United Press International	newspaper=The Palm Beach Post	location=West Palm Beach, FL	title=Gives Up Title For Marriage	page=18	url=https://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=38QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UrcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071,5532805&dq=lenda-varley+miss-texas&hl=en	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222225518/http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=38QiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UrcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071,5532805&dq=lenda-varley+miss-texas&hl=en	url-status=dead	archive-date=February 22, 2013	date=April 19, 1965 }}
Sharon McCauley	Athens	20	Miss Athens	Vocal, "Let Me Entertain You" from Gypsy: A Musical Fable	3rd runner-up		After competing at Miss America 1965 pageant, resigned to marry the Miss Texas stage director
1963	Jeanne Amacker	Beaumont		Miss Austin	Vocal, "When You Wish upon a Star"
1962	Penny Lee Rudd	Waskom	19	Miss Marshall	Jazz Dance, "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"	2nd runner-up
1961	Linda Loftis	Fort Worth	19	Miss Fort Worth	Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1960	Mary Cage Moore	Laredo	18	Miss Dallas	Spanish Dance, music by Manuel de Falla		Non-finalist Talent Award
1959	Marilyn Turner	Fort Worth	19	Miss Fort Worth	Ballet en Pointe		Non-finalist Talent Award
1958	Mary Nell Hendricks	Arlington		Miss Arlington	Vocal, "Getting to Know You"	Top 10
1957	Carolyn Calvert	Austin		Miss Austin	Monologue from Medea
1956	Barbara Therrell Murry	Houston	18	Miss Houston	Vocal
1955	June Prichard	Seymour		Miss West Texas	Horseback Riding			1st runner-up at Miss Dixie 1957 pageant
1954	Yvonne Erwin	Dallas		Miss Dallas	Piano & Art
1953	Paula Lane	Cleburne		Miss Cleburne	Fashion Design & Speech
1952	Connie Wray Hopping	Littlefield	19	Miss Littlefield	Vocal
1951	Glenda Jane "Janie" Holcomb	Odessa	19	Miss West Texas	Dramatic Monologue, "Joan of Arc"
1950	Margaret Sommers	Dallas		Miss Dallas	Classical Vocal, "Jealousy"	Top 16
1949	Ysleta Laverne Leissner	Fort Worth	19	Miss Fort Worth	Ballet en Pointe
1948	Bonnie Jean Bland	Orange		Miss Orange	Vocal/Art Display, "Put the Blame on Mame"
1947	Luna McClain	Lufkin		Miss Lufkin	Vocal, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" & "Cowboy Boogie"		Miss Congeniality
1946	D. Anne Wisener	University Park		Miss University Park	Vocal, "Embraceable You"
1945	Polly Below	Galveston		Miss Galveston	Vocal	Top 13
1944	Joyce Courrege	Orange		Miss Orange	Comedic Monologue		Miss Congeniality
1943
1942	Jo-Carroll Dennison	Tyler	19	Miss Tyler	Vocal and Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas"	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Preliminary Talent Award
1941	Gloria Ann Byrns	Port Arthur		Miss Port Arthur	Tap Dance & Baton Twirling	N/A	Returned as Miss Texas in 1941 because Texas held on contest
Withdrew from Miss America 1941 pageant due to illness Gloria Ann Byrns Evans died in Texas at 89 on December 24, 2011.
1940
1939	Charmayne Smith	Dallas		Miss Dallas	Vocal, "Round-Up Time in Texas"	Top 15
1938
1937	Olive Henderson			Miss San Antonio				Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Alice Emerick	Fort Worth		Miss Texas	Tap Dance	1st runner-up
1936	Patricia Allen Green	Corpus Christi		Miss Corpus Christi		Top 15		No Miss Texas
Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1935
1934	No national pageant was held
1933
1932	No national pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927	Moselle Ransome			Miss Dallas	N/A	1st runner-up		Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mildred Casad			Miss El Paso
Juanita Gilbert			Miss Fort Worth
1926	Rosebud Blondell			Miss Dallas	Top 15		Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Winnie Law			Miss Fort Worth
Zasada Lord			Miss Houston
1925	Elinore Wilkens			Miss Dallas			Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mary Louise Kilman			Miss Fort Worth
Edna Francis			Miss Houston
1924	Vera Simpson			Miss Austin			Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Freeda Rowley			Miss Beaumont
Etta Mae Collins			Miss Dallas
Hazel Doolin			Miss Fort Worth
Lorraine Holzhaus			Miss Galveston
Mary C. Wilmot			Miss Houston
Name not known			Miss Irvington
Katherine Hensley			Miss San Antonio
Thelma Kirsch			Miss Texas City
1923	Bessie Laurene Roosa	Fort Worth		Miss Fort Worth			Multiple Texas representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
title=Golden Apple Is Sought by Scores	newspaper=The Morning Call	url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26319391/the-morning-call/	location=Allentown, Pennsylvania	date=September 6, 1923	page=12	via=Newspapers.com}}	San Antonio		Miss San Antonio
1922
1921

In popular culture

In the long-running television series Dallas, the character Sue Ellen Ewing had purportedly won the title of Miss Texas in 1967, long before the events of the show took place (1978–91).
The song "Almost" by the band Bowling for Soup features the line, "I almost dropped out of school at fourteen where I almost made out with the Homecoming Queen, who almost went on to be Miss Texas, but lost to a slut with much bigger breasts."

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