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| Formation | 1925 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Omaha |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
TheMiss Nebraska competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state ofNebraska in theMiss America pageant.
Raechel Warren was crowned Miss Nebraska 2024 on June 8, 2024 atNorth Platte HS Performing Arts Center inNorth Platte. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Nebraska 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.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Raechel Warren | 28 | Miss Douglas County | Roller Skating | ||||
| 2023 | Morgan Baird[1] | Gering | 21 | Miss Scotts Bluff County | Contemporary Dance | |||
| 2022 | Steffany Lien[2] | Lincoln | 24 | Miss Lincoln | Dance Twirl | Non-finalist Talent Award | PreviouslyMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2015[3] | |
| 2021 | Morgan Hope Holen[4] | Omaha | 23 | Miss Omaha | Dance | Women in Business 1st runner-up | Daughter of Miss Nebraska 1988, Jodi Sue Miller Holen[5] PreviouslyMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2014[5] 4th runner-up atMiss America's Outstanding Teen 2015[6] Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Nebraska 2016[7] Top 10 atDistinguished Young Woman 2016[7] | |
| 2020 | Title vacant; state and national pageants postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic[8] | |||||||
| 2019 | Allie Swanson[9] | Omaha | 24 | Miss Heartland | Vocal | Tiffany Phillips Scholar-Athlete Scholarship[10] | Sister of Miss Nebraska 2014 andMiss Nebraska USA 2020, Megan Swanson[11] Resigned the title due to subsequent marriage | |
| 2018 | Jessica Shultis[12] | Dannebrog | 24 | Miss Lincoln | Original Monologue | Top 10[13] | Women in Business Scholarship Finalist[14] | Semifinalist atMiss Nebraska USA 2016 and 2020 competitions[citation needed] |
| 2017 | Allison Tietjen[15] | Chester | 21 | Miss Heartland | Piano, "The Phantom of the Opera" | STEM Scholarship Finalist[16] | ||
| 2016 | Aleah Peters[17] | Omaha | Miss Omaha | Baton Twirling, "Wings" | Non-finalist Interview Award | |||
| 2015 | Alyssa Howell | Omaha | 20 | Miss Douglas County | Piano, "Northern Lights" | Top 12 | ||
| 2014 | Megan Swanson[18] | Omaha | 21 | Miss Douglas County | Vocal, "You Raise Me Up" | Sister of Miss Nebraska 2019, Allie Swanson[11] LaterMiss Nebraska USA 2020[19] | ||
| 2013 | Jacee Pilkington[20] | Minatare | 21 | Miss Western Nebraska | Vocal, "How Great Thou Art" | PreviouslyMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2009[20] | ||
| 2012 | Mariah Cook[21] | Chadron | 23 | Miss State Fair | Piano, "Malagueña" | |||
| 2011 | Kayla Batt[22] | Alliance | 21 | Miss Omaha | Vocal, "Love You I Do" | Miss Congeniality Non-finalist Talent Award | PreviouslyMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2007[23] Top 10 atNational Sweetheart 2010 | |
| 2010 | Nicky Haverland[24] | 24 | Miss Douglas County | Did not compete; originally 3rd runner-up, later assumed title after Scanlan won Miss America 2011 | ||||
| Teresa Scanlan[25] | Gering | 17 | Miss Southeast | Piano, "White Water Chopped Sticks" byCalvin Jones | Winner[26] | Preliminary Talent Award | Youngest Miss Nebraska ever crowned[27] Later Miss Nebraska World 2015, 1st runner up atMiss World America 2015 | |
| 2009 | Brittany Jeffers | Ogallala | 23 | Miss Omaha | Dance, "So Much Better" fromLegally Blonde | Top 10 | Top 10 atNational Sweetheart 2007 pageant | |
| 2008 | Gretchen Bergquist | Oxford | 22 | Miss Panhandle | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | |||
| 2007 | Ashley Bauer | Scottsbluff | 22 | Miss Douglas County | Vocal, "This Is my Life"' | Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2006 pageant | ||
| 2006 | Molly McGrath | Omaha | 23 | Miss Sarpy County | Jazz Dance, "She Bangs" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| 2005 | Kelly Keiser | Gothenburg | 21 | Miss Lincoln | Piano, "Cumana" | Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2004 pageant | ||
| 2004 | Brook Matthews | Blair | 24 | Miss Omaha | Vocal, "Shine It On" | Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2003 pageant | ||
| 2003 | Jane Noseworthy | Bellevue | 24 | Classical Vocal, "Art Is Calling for Me" fromThe Enchantress | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 2002 | Krista Knicely | Omaha | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Jazz Dance, "I'm a Woman" | |||
| 2001 | Christina Foehlinger | Ralston | 21 | Miss Tri-Cities | Baton Twirling,Theme fromRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Top 20 | Sister ofMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2008, Rachel Foehlinger | |
| 2000 | Jill Pennington | Omaha | 23 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal, "If I Loved You" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1999 | Becky Smith | 20 | Miss Omaha | Ballet en Pointe, Music fromKiss of the Spider Woman | ||||
| 1998 | Jenny Lemmerman | West Point | 20 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal, "I'm a Woman" | |||
| 1997 | Kendra Quandt | Davenport | 23 | Miss Western Nebraska | Classical Piano, "Prelude in C sharp minor" byRachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | ||
| 1996 | Rachel Scott | Omaha | 20 | Miss Omaha | Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" | |||
| 1995 | Myra Katherine Hale | Lincoln | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Classical Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1994 | Jennifer Love | North Platte | 21 | Miss High Plains | Classical Vocal, "Romany Life" fromThe Fortune Teller | |||
| 1993 | Mary Lynn Schnitzler | Battle Creek | 23 | Miss Norfolk Area | Vocal, "Someone Like You" fromJekyll & Hyde | |||
| 1992 | Natalie Kuijvenhoven | Lincoln | 21 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" | |||
| 1991 | Vicki Linn Train | North Platte | 24 | Piano, "Prelude" fromPour le piano | Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award Finalist | |||
| 1990 | Michelle Ebadi | Omaha | 23 | Miss Western Nebraska | Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" & "Puttin' on the Ritz" | |||
| 1989 | Kristi Hilliard | Ogallala | 24 | Miss Great Plains | Vocal "Golden Rainbow" | |||
| 1988 | Jodi Sue Miller | Omaha | 20 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Jazz Dance | Previously Nebraska's Junior Miss 1986 Mother ofMiss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2014 and Miss Nebraska 2021, Morgan Hope Holen[5][4] | ||
| 1987 | Mindee Zimmerman | Norfolk | 23 | Miss Platte Valley | Vocal, "People" | |||
| 1986 | Donna Schieffer | Columbus | 19 | Miss Columbus Area | Modern Dance | |||
| 1985 | Julie Meusburger | Lincoln | 22 | Miss River City | Flute,Carmen Fantasy | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Allison Boyd | Nebraska City | 21 | Miss University of Nebraska | Acrobatic Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Kristin Lowenberg | Kearney | 20 | Miss Kearney Area | Jazz Dance, "What a Feeling" | Top 10 | ||
| 1982 | Sandra Haschke | Humphrey | 20 | Miss Lincoln Area | Popular Vocal, "All I Ever Need Is You" | |||
| 1981 | Jill Pershing | Lincoln | 21 | Miss Lincoln | Ballet en Pointe,Rhapsody in Blue | |||
| 1980 | Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | 20 | Miss University of Nebraska | Piano, "Toccata in E-flat minor" byKhachaturian | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother ofMiss Nebraska Teen USA 2015, Paige Pflueger[citation needed] | |
| 1979 | Kathryn Ann Saathoff | Fremont | 21 | Miss Midland Lutheran College | Vocal, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" | |||
| 1978 | Guylyn Remmenga | Elwood | 21 | Miss University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Piano, "Toccata" & "Nocturne" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | PreviouslyNational Sweetheart 1976 |
| 1977 | Linda Kay Hallstrom | Omaha | 18 | Miss Eastern Nebraska Area | Jazz Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Marion Catherine Watson | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | ||||
| 1975 | Janet Kay Goode | 19 | Miss Omaha | Dramatic Skit, "Why?" | Previously Miss Nebraska World 1974[citation needed] | |||
| 1974 | Sharon Sue Pelc | Johnstown | 22 | Miss Ord | Ventriloquism & Singing, "Those Were the Days" | |||
| 1973 | Sandy Cramer | Omaha | 18 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I'm an Ordinary Man" | |||
| 1972 | Jeanine Giller | 22 | Jazz Dance, "Bitter End" | |||||
| 1971 | Sally Lou Warner | Bushnell | 19 | Miss Kimball | Vocal, "Big Spender" | |||
| 1970 | Debra May Sullivan | Omaha | 19 | Miss Omaha | Acrobatic Dance, "Fly Me to the Moon" | |||
| 1969 | Jane Deliese Briggeman | Seward | 21 | Miss York | Musical Interpretation, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" &Fantaisie-Impromptu | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1968 | Diane Boldt | Omaha | 19 | Miss Kearney | Character Dance | |||
| 1967 | Terry Lee Schmidt | Lincoln | 18 | Miss University of Nebraska | Drawing & Reading, "What Is a Girl?" by Alan Beck | |||
| 1966 | Patricia Lee Van Horne | 19 | Miss Lincoln | Popular Vocal, "Misty" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1965 | Karen Hansmeire | Ogallala | 20 | Miss Ogallala | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where you Find It" | |||
| 1964 | Sandra Lee Rice | Cozad | 20 | Miss Lexington | Dramatic Reading fromAfter the Fall | |||
| 1963 | Donna Marie Black | Broken Bow | Miss Grand Island | Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" fromThe Barber of Seville | ||||
| 1962 | Mary Lee Jepsen | Papillion | 18 | Miss Papillion | Fire Baton Twirling, "Ritual Fire Dance" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award (tie) | |
| 1961 | Nancy Lee Foreman | Albion | 20 | Miss Albion | Dramatic Reading, "Such Is Your Heritage" | |||
| 1960 | Cheryl Ann Jaeke | Shelton | 18 | Miss Grand Island | Vocal | |||
| 1959 | Joan Arolyn Sipes | Columbus | 19 | Piano, "Transcendental Étude No. 4 in D minor" by Liszt | ||||
| 1958 | Sherry Johnson | Omaha | Monologue | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1957 | Katherine L. Nielsen | Lincoln | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | LaterMiss Iowa USA 1959 | |||
| 1956 | Diane Knotek | Classical Vocal, "The Polonaise" | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award | |||||
| 1955 | Sandra Spiecher | Omaha | Speech, "Teaching Handicapped Students" | |||||
| 1954 | Sue Welch Fisher | Kearney | Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" fromMadama Butterfly | |||||
| 1953 | Diana Louise Hann | Lincoln | Art | |||||
| 1952 | Helen Francis Burhorn | Omaha | Piano,Warsaw Concerto | |||||
| 1951 | Geraldine Elseman | Dramatic Monologue | ||||||
| 1950 | Jinx Burrus | Crete | Baton Twirling | |||||
| 1949 | Vanita Mae Brown | Omaha | ||||||
| 1948 | Betty Love Booth | Fremont | Miss Nebraska | Multiple Nebraska representatives Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Serena McKinney | Omaha | Miss Omaha | ||||||
| 1947 | Madalyn Joyce King | Tap Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| 1946 | Marjorie Ann Hanson | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
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| 1942 | Claire Buglewicz | Vocal, "You Made Me Love You" | ||||||
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| 1938 | Emmajane Newby | Humboldt | ||||||
| 1937 | Ruth Lenore Jones | Nebraska City | Assumed the title after the original winner, Ruby Hart, was disqualified after getting married | |||||
| 1936 | No Nebraska representative at Miss America pageant[34][35] | |||||||
| 1935 | ||||||||
| 1934 | No national pageant was held[36] | |||||||
| 1933 | No Nebraska representative at Miss America pageant[37] | |||||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[36] | |||||||
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| 1927 | No Nebraska representative at Miss America pageant[38] | |||||||
| 1926 | Anne Kathleen Foucar | Omaha | Miss Omaha | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| 1925 | Myrtle Roach | Omaha | Miss Omaha | Top 15 | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| 1924 | No Nebraska representative at Miss America pageant[39][40][41][42] | |||||||
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Allie's sister Megan was crowned as Miss Nebraska 2014 just five years earlier.