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Miss Utah

Beauty pageant competition

Summary

Beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Utah
logo	Miss Utah Logo.jpg
formation	1926
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Salt Lake City
location	Utah
membership	Miss America
language	English
website	Official website

The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America competition. Two Miss Utah titleholders have won the Miss America pageant.

Jordyn Bristol of Lehi was crowned Miss Utah 2025 on June 14, 2025, at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026, earning a Preliminary Talent Award.

Gallery of past titleholders

File:Jill Stevens.jpg|Jill Stevens, Miss Utah 2007 File:Whitney Merrifield.jpg|Whitney Merrifield, Miss Utah 2009

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Utah 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: Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952), Sharlene Wells (1985)
2nd runners-up: Muriel La Von Goodspeed (1938), Carolyn DeAnn Lasater (1962)
4th runners-up: Armelia Carol Ohmart (1946)
Top 10: Janet Carolyn Secor (1959), Marian Faye Walker (1961), Frances Yvonne Vernon (1966), Jonelle Smith (1982), Jaclyn Hunt (2002), Katie Millar (2007), Sasha Sloan (2021)
Top 15: Marilyn Robinson (1948), Christina Lowe (2011)
Top 16: Jill Stevens (2008), Kara Arnold (2013)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Sharlene Wells (1985), Elizabeth Anne Johnson (1992), Amy Davis (2005), Julia Bachison (2006), Danica Olsen (2012)
Preliminary Talent: Muriel La Von Goodspeed (1938), Marilyn Robinson (1948), Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952), Marian Faye Walker (1961), Carolyn DeAnn Lasater (1962), Sophia Symko (1989), Amanda Moody (1996), JessiKate Riley (2018), Jordyn Bristol (2026)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Talent: Suzanne Storrs Poulton (1956), Francine Louise Felt (1958), Sally Peterson (1973), Brenda Richardson (1974), Lynn Lambert (1984), Sophia Symko (1989), Jacque Dawn Tingey (1990), Jennifer Nakken (1991), Jennifer Ward (1993), Amanda Moody (1996), Mary McDonough (1998), Michele Mobley (1999), Vanessa Ballam (2000), Jami Leilani Palmer (2001), Stacy Johnson (2004), Kayla Barclay (2009), JessiKate Riley (2018), Jesse Craig (2019), Lindsey Larsen (2023)

Other awards

Miss Congeniality: Sally Peterson (1973), Ciera Pekarcik (2014)
America's Choice: Jill Stevens (2008)
Bernie Wayne Talent Scholarship: Amanda Moody (1996)
Charles & Teresa Brown Award: Krissia Beatty (2015)
Equity and Justice Winner: Sasha Sloan (2022)
Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative 1st runner-up: Sasha Sloan (2022)
Miss Photogenic: Amy Davis (2005)
Quality of Life Award Winners: Jaclyn Hunt (2002)
Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Mary McDonough (1998)
Quality of Life Award/Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalists: Dexonna Talbot (2020)
Women in Business Finalist: Sasha Sloan (2022)

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	Jordyn Bristol	Lehi	26	Miss Timpanogos	Vocal		Preliminary Talent Award
2024	Paris Matthews	Salt Lake City	Miss Panoramaland	Dance
2023	Sarah Sun	22	Miss Aspen Hills	Classical Piano			Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Utah 2019; 2nd runner-up to Distinguished Young Woman of America 2019
2022	Lindsey Larsen	Lehi	21	Miss Utah County	Ballet en Pointe		Non-Finalist Talent
2021	Sasha Sloan	North Salt Lake	23	Miss Greater Salt Lake	Vocal, "That’s Life"	Top 10	Equity and Justice Award
Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Scholarship 1st runner-up
Women in Business Award Finalist	Known for creating and playing "Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)" in the TikTok series "The Noble House of Black", which is a famous fan-made series about the three Black sisters from the Harry Potter franchise.
2019–20	Dexonna Talbot	Spanish Fork	19	Miss Greater Salt Lake	Ballet en Pointe		Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalist
2018	first=Scott D.	last=Pierce	title=Two-time runner-up wins title of Miss Utah	work=The Salt Lake Tribune	url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/06/18/two-time-runner-up-wins-title-of-miss-utah/	date= June 18, 2018}}	Orem	22	Miss Timpanogos	Violin, "Misirlou and the Bee"		Non-finalist Talent Award	first=Sahalie	last=Donaldson	title= Underneath the crown: breaking beauty pageant stereotypes, empowering women	work=The Daily Universe	url=http://universe.byu.edu/2018/06/12/underneath-the-crown-breaking-beauty-pageant-stereotypes-empowering-women/	date= June 12, 2018}}
2017	title=Winners of 2017 Miss Utah	publisher=KUTV.com	url=http://kutv.com/news/local/winners-of-2017-miss-utah	date=June 17, 2017}}	Beaver	20	Miss Panoramaland	Classical Violin, "Praeludium and Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler		url=http://missamerica.org/miss-america-scholarship-awards/	publisher= Miss America Organization	title= Miss America Scholarship Awards}}
Preliminary Talent Award	work= KSL.com	title=BYU Senior JessiKate Riley crowned Miss Utah 2017	url=https://www.ksl.com/?sid=44693939&nid=148&title=byu-senior-jessikate-riley-crowned-miss-utah-2017	date= June 18, 2017	quote= Riley was crowned Miss Utah’s Outstanding Teen — the little sister program to the Miss America Organization — in 2014.}}
2016	Lauren Wilson	Pleasant Grove	21	Miss Northern Utah County	Dance, "Libertango"
2015	newspaper=Deseret News	publisher=Deseret Management Corporation	location=Salt Lake City, UT	title=Miss Nebo Krissia Beatty crowned as Miss Utah 2015 Saturday	url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765675878/Miss-Nebo-Krissia-Beatty-crowned-as-Miss-Utah-2015-Saturday.html?pg=all	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622210422/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765675878/Miss-Nebo-Krissia-Beatty-crowned-as-Miss-Utah-2015-Saturday.html?pg=all	url-status=dead	archive-date=June 22, 2015	date=June 20, 2015	access-date=July 29, 2015}}	St. George	22	Miss Nebo	Piano, "All of Me"		Charles & Teresa Brown Award
2014	Karlie Major	Logan	20	Miss Cache Valley	Dance, "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
2013	first=Jackie	last=Hicken	newspaper=Deseret News	publisher=Deseret Management Corporation	location=Salt Lake City, UT	title=Ciera Pekarcik crowned Miss Utah 2013 at Capitol Theatre Saturday	url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632721/Ciera-Pekarcik-crowned-Miss-Utah-2013-at-Capitol-Theatre-Saturday.html?pg=all	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628044336/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765632721/Ciera-Pekarcik-crowned-Miss-Utah-2013-at-Capitol-Theatre-Saturday.html?pg=all	url-status=dead	archive-date=June 28, 2013	date=June 23, 2013	access-date=July 29, 2015}}	Farmington	23	Miss Panoramaland	Vocal, "Via Dolorosa"		Miss Congeniality
2012	Kara Arnold	Bountiful	22	Miss Davis County	Piano, "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor"	Top 16
2011	Danica Olsen	Tooele	21	Miss Utah Valley University	Dance, "Come Fly with Me"		Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2010	Christina Lowe	Midway	21	Miss Utah County	Vocal, "Footprints in the Sand"	Top 15
2009	Whitney Merrifield	Lindon	19	Miss Utah County	Classical Piano, "Moment musical in E minor, Op. 16/4"			Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2008 pageant
2008	Kayla Barclay	Manti	Miss Sanpete County	Piano		Non-finalist Talent Award
2007	Jill Stevens	Kaysville	24	Miss Davis County	Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress	Top 16		Voted into the Top 16 as "America's Choice" by viewers of the TLC Network's Miss America: Reality Check series
Combat Medical with Utah National Guard, completed an 18-month-tour in Afghanistan
2006	Katie Millar	Highland	20	Miss Timpanogos	Electric Violin, "Souvenir D'Amerique, Variations on Yankee Doodle"	Top 10
2005	Julia Bachison	North Ogden	22	Miss Utah State Fair	Vocal, "I've Got the World on a String"		Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award	Later Miss Utah USA 2008
Top 15 at Miss USA 2008 pageant
2004	Amy Davis	Bountiful	23	Miss Salt Lake Valley	Classical Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 12"		Miss Photogenic
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
2003	Stacy Johnson	Provo	21	Miss Provo	Latin Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha"		Non-finalist Talent Award
2002	Natalie Camille Johnson	Bountiful	22	Miss Northern Utah	Classical Piano, Prelude in G minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
2001	Jaclyn Hunt	Lehi	20	Miss Utah County	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff	Top 10	Quality of Life Award
2000	Jami Leilani Palmer	Tremonton	20	Miss Northern Counties	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg		Non-finalist Talent Award
1999	Vanessa Ballam	Logan	Miss Cache Valley/Logan	Vocal, "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel		Non-finalist Talent Award
1998	Michele Mobley	Sandy City	21	Miss Sandy City	Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide		Non-finalist Talent Award
1997	Mary McDonough	Layton	19	Miss Davis County	Piano, "Des Danzas Creoles" by Alberto Ginastera		Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
1996	Nanette Pearson	Pleasant Grove	23	Miss Salt Lake Valley	Classical Ballet, La Boutique fantasque
1995	Amanda Moody	Orem	19	Miss Orem	Classical Piano, "Ballade No. 4"		Bernie Wayne Talent Scholarship
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Talent Award
1994	Brooke Anderson	West Valley City	21	Miss West Valley City	Ballet
1993	Marquessa Glee Bullock	Providence	20	Miss Utah State University	Classical Piano, "1st Movement from Concerto No. 1" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
1992	Jennifer Ward	Salt Lake City	19	Miss Salt Lake Valley	Classical Violin, "Scherzo Tarantella"		Non-finalist Talent Award
Quality of Life Award Finalist	4th runner-up at National Sweetheart pageant
1991	Elizabeth Anne Johnson	Orem	21	Miss Utah State Fair	Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsodies"		Preliminary Swimsuit Award	date=November 2019}}
1990	Jennifer Nakken	Cedar City	20	Miss Iron County	Lyrical Dance, "The Sound of Music"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1989	Jacque Dawn Tingey	Centerville	25	Miss Intermountain Region	Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1988	Sophia Symko	Salt Lake City	21	Miss University of Utah	Piano, "Rhapsodie espagnole"		Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Talent Award
1987	Marianne Bales	Orem	21	Miss Orem	Lyrical Dance & Vocal, "Let Me Dance For You"
1986	Donna Clark	Salt Lake City	22	Miss University of Utah	Ballet
1985	Gina Larsen	Provo	21	Miss Utah State Fair	Popular Vocal, "Greatest Love of All"
1984	Nancy Gail Ayers			Miss Salt Lake Valley		Did not compete; later assumed title after Wells won Miss America 1985}}
Sharlene Wells	Salt Lake City	20	Miss Utah Valley	Spanish Vocal & Paraguayan Harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti"	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1983	Lynn Lambert	Provo	21	Miss Provo	Classical Piano, "Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" by Rachmaninoff		Non-finalist Talent Award
1982	Cindy Quinn	21	Miss Utah State Fair	Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen
1981	Jonelle Smith	Provo	23	Miss Utah Valley	Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata	Top 10
1980	Jean Bullard	Provo	22	Miss Indian	Vocal Medley, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
1979	Karen L. Brimley	Layton	19	Miss Weber State College	Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
1978	Jami Coombs	Tremonton	19	Miss Wheat & Beet	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg
1977	Kristy Deakin	Brigham City	19	Miss Brigham City	Baton Twirling
1976	Suzanne McKay	Salt Lake City	22	Miss Salt Lake County Fair	Organ Medley, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & "God Bless America"
1975	Barbara LaVerne Hanks	Sandy	24	Miss Latter Day Saints Business College	Jazz Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
1974	Jill Lynn Smith	American Fork	19	Miss American Fork	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg			Did not compete; assumed title after Kathy White relinquished title to marry Wayne Osmond.
1974	Kathlyn Louise White	Bountiful	21	Miss Davis County Fair	Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring"			last=Culbertson	first=Mary	date=January 2, 2025	title=Wayne Osmond dies at 73	url=https://ksltv.com/722404/wayne-osmond-dies-at-73/	access-date=January 3, 2025	website=KSLTV.com	language=en-us}}
1973	Brenda Richardson	Provo	20	Miss Brigham Young University	Vocal Medley		Non-finalist Talent Award
1972	Sally Peterson	Salt Lake City	21	Miss University of Utah	Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1"		Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award
1971	Janis Gentry	Vernal	19	Miss UBIC	Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress
1970	Deborah Melba Dunn	Salt Lake City	20	Miss Stevens-Henager College	Modern Dance, "Julia"
1969	Susan Nielson	20	Miss Utah National Guard	Ballet, "Eleven Studies for Eleven Players" by Ned Rorem
1968	Kathleen Frances Wood	19	Miss Midvale	Monologue, "The Promise of One Person On This Planet"
1967	Patricia Soutas	20	Miss Utah State Fair	Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic"
1966	Georgia Lynne Johnson	21	Miss Rose Park	Dramatic Reading from Medea
1965	Frances Yvonne Vernon	Salt Lake City	22	Miss Utah Air Force Reserve	Original Modern Dance, "The American Pioneer Woman"	Top 10
1964	Lois Anne Bailey	Salt Lake City	18	Miss Salt Lake City	Piano, "Symphonie espagnole"
1963	Annette Bates		Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
1962	Judith Ann Ridd	Magna	19	Miss Logan	Modern Interpretive Dance
1961	Carolyn DeAnn Lasater	Salt Lake City	19	Miss Utah National Guard	Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1960	Marian Faye Walker	Salt Lake City	27	Miss Utah National Air Force Reserve	Classical Vocal, "The Waltz Aria" from Mireille	Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
1959	Jacqueline Winterrose	Salt Lake City	22		Character Dance, "Tequila"
1958	Janet Carolyn Secor	Salt Lake City			Classical Ballet, "The Waltz" from The Sleeping Beauty	Top 10
1957	Francine Louise Felt	Salt Lake City	19		Classical Violin, Fritz Kreisler’s “Tambourine Chinois”		Non-finalist Talent Award	Francine Louise Felt Potter passed away on January 1, 2024 at age 86.
1956	Joan Hinckley Willes	19		Original Comedy Skit
1955	Suzanne Storrs Poulton					Non-finalist Talent Award
1954	Maurine Howarth Parker	Ogden	18		Drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days"
1953	Ina Lavon Brown	Provo			Drama
1952	Marylyn Reese	Brigham			Monologue, "The Mudlark" & "Our Town"
1951	Colleen Kay Hutchins	Salt Lake City	25		Dramatic Monologue, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
1950	Joanne Marguerite Hinand	Provo	19		East Indian Dance
1949	June Elizabeth Barlow	Bountiful	24		Vocal / Dress Design, "Villanelle" & "The Wren"
1948	Marilyn Robinson	Ogden			Dramatic Monologue, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy"	Top 15	Preliminary Talent Award
1947	Donna Jean Southwick	Cedar City	18		Drama, Piano, Vocal, & Dance
1946	Armelia Carol Ohmart	Salt Lake City			Vocal, "I Won't Tell a Soul"	4th runner-up		TV and film actress with a career from the late 40s to mid 70s, credits include the movie House on Haunted Hill
1945	Dorothy Holohan	Salt Lake City			Ballet
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938	Muriel La Von Goodspeed	Salt Lake City			Classical Vocal & Piano	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1937	No Utah representative at Miss America pageant
1936
1935
1934	No national pageant was held
1933	No Utah representative at Miss America pageant
1932	No national pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927	Esther Kilpatrick	Salt Lake City
1926	Doretta "Dora" Carstensen	16
1925	No Utah representative at Miss America pageant
1924
1923
1922
1921

Marie Windsor – "unofficial" 1939 winner

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