Miss West Virginia

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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss West Virginia USA

The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of West Virginia in the Miss America pageant.

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Local Title	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2007	Summer Wyatt	Athens	Miss Capital City
2006	Tiffany Lawrence	Shepherdstown	Miss Jefferson County			"People's choice" award winner at Miss West Virginia USA 2006
2005	Kimberly Goodwin	Morgantown	Miss Morgantown
2004	Julia Burton	Petersburg	Miss Southern West Virginia
2003	Allison Williams	Morgantown	Miss Mountain State
2002	Janna Kerns	Terra Alta	Miss Morgantown
2001	Danae DeMasi	Morgantown	Miss Appalachia	Semi-finalist	Preliminary Evening Gown
2000	Jodi Clark	Moundsville	Miss Point Pleasant
1999	Lucy Ours	Petersburg	Miss Mason County
1998	Amy Townsend	Morgantown	Miss Marion County Area
1997	Eisa Krushansky	Westover	Miss Miss North Central
1996	Kari Safford	Point Pleasant	Miss Ohio Valley		Non-finalist Talent
1995	Elizabeth McIntyre	Dunbar	Miss Appalachia
1994	Jennifer Bopp	Elkins	Miss South Central
1993	Cynthia Sims	Vienna	Miss Ohio Valley		Preliminary Swimsuit
1992	Kimberly Parrish	Parkersburg	Miss Marion County Area			Former host on QVC. Currently on Home Shopping Network with the Kim Parrish Collection Clothing Line.
1991	Leah Lasker	Bluefield	Miss Mercer County		Non-finalist Interview
1990	Melissa Costello	Shenandoah Junction	Miss Jefferson County
1989	Lisa Bittinger	Fairmont	Miss North Central
1988	Lisa Seagroves	Morgantown	Miss North Central
1987	Saundra Patton	Morgantown	Miss North Central
1986	Shannon Barill	Charleston	Miss Charleston Area
1985	Rebecca Porterfield	Martinsburg	Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County
1984	Melanne Pennington	Cross Lanes	Miss Kanawha County
1983	Andrea Patrick	Morgantown	Miss West Virginia University			Previously Miss Pennsylvania USA 1980
1982	Kelly Anderson	Clarksburg	Miss Harrison County			Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984 (1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984), later Miss World USA 1984 and Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984.
1981	Candy Cohen	Huntington	Miss Marshall University
1980	Pamela Ellen Paugh	Charleston	Miss South Charleston			Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1977
1979	Deborah Davis	Huntington	Miss Southern West Virginia	Semi-finalist		Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978
1978	Ivy Meadows	St. Albans	Miss South Charleston
1977	Patricia Paugh	Parkersburg	Miss Parkersburg Area		Non-finalist Talent Award	Mother of JonBenét Ramsey, sister of Miss West Virginia 1980
1976	Teresa Lucas	Elkins	Miss Fayette County			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1975	Kristi Wick	South Charleston	Miss South Charleston
1974	Mary Derry	Morgantown	Miss West Virginia University		Non-finalist Talent Award
1973	Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey	Huntington	Miss Huntington			Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; has appeared on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast
1972	Lynette Koper	Weirton	Miss Huntington
1971	Deborah Lambert	Morgantown	Miss West Virginia University
1970	Linda Barnett	Parkersburg	Miss South Parkersburg
1969	Judith Shoup	Gibsonia, Pennsylvania	Miss West Virginia University		Non-finalist Talent Award	Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University
1968	Charlotte Warwick	Charleston	Miss Morris-Harvey College
1967	Helen Morgan	Lewisburg	Miss Beckley
1966	Judith Skunda	Weirton	Miss Weirton
1965	Lois Gay Ratcliff	Bluefield	Miss Greater Bluefield		Non-finalist Talent Award
1964	Ella Dee Kessel	Ripley	Miss Morgantown	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit	Wife of Governor Gaston Caperton, First lady of West Virginia 1989-90
1963	Karen Childers	South Charleston	Miss Marshall University		Non-finalist Talent Award
1962	Diane Hunter	Morgantown	Miss Morgantown
1961	Carole Johnson	Rivesville	Miss Morgantown			mother of Miss Missouri 2004
1960	Mary Hoback	Bluefield	Miss Bluefield
1959	Janet Hill	Nitro
1958	Sandra Boyd	Fairmont
1957	Janice Sickle	Fairmont
1956	Carolyn Miller	Martinsburg
1955	Mary Fryman	Madison
1954	Miriam Reep	Clarksburg
1953	Patricia Stewart	Pineville
1952	Nancy Rohrbough	Grafton
1951	Phyllis Walker	Charleston
1949	Georganne Steiss	Barrackville
1948	Jane Queen	Huntington
1947	Joan Estep	Wheeling		Semi-finalist
1946	Norma Salisbury	Parkersburg		Semi-finalist
1941	Juanita Wright	Huntington		Semi-finalist
1940	Mary Bowles	Montgomery