Miss_Nevada

Miss Nevada

Miss Nevada

Beauty pageant competition

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Nevada USA.

The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America competition, and the name of the title held by that winner. The first Nevadan to compete at Miss America was Carol Lampe in 1949.[1]

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The competition currently takes place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Other venues have included Reno, Elko, Las Vegas, Carson City and Mesquite.[2][3][4] It has at various times been hosted by the Reno Lions Club and the Soroptimist club of Nevada.[5][6]

Taylor Blatchford of Boulder City was crowned Miss Nevada 2023 on June 23, 2023 at Bally’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. She competed for the title of Miss America 2024 in Orlando, Florida in January 2024.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Nevada 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

  • 2nd runners-up: Stacie James (1988)
  • 3rd runners-up: Teresa Benitez (2003)
  • Top 7: Heather Renner (2023)
  • Top 10: Loni Gravelle (1958), Cheryle Thompson (1964), Joan Burachio (1972)
  • Top 16: Tosca Masini (1951)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Interview: Elizabeth Muto (2005)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Vicky Jo Todd (1971), Helen Bennett (1973), Sandra Kastel (1977), Megan Anderson (1979), Sonja Nall (1986), Jennifer Joseph-Lier (1996), Tiffanie Story (2001), Ellie Smith (2015)

Other awards

  • Equity & Justice Winners: Heather Renner (2023)
  • Overall Interview Award: Teresa Benitez (2003)
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Teresa Benitez (2003), Caleche Manos (2008)
  • Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Elizabeth Muto (2005), Christina Keegan (2010)
  • Quality of Life Award/Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalists: Bailey Gumm (2017), Nasya Mancini (2020)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Alexis Hilts (2019)
  • STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Katherine Kelley (2016), Andrea Martinez (2018)

Winners

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