Miss Texas

Formation	1923
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Richardson
Location	Texas
Membership	Miss America
Official language	English
Website	www.misstexas.org

TheMiss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in theMiss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975).

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 nationalMiss 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 inFort Worth for 36 years before relocating to theUniversity of Texas at Arlington'sTexas Hall in 2009. In 2012, the pageant moved to theAllen Event Center in suburbanCollin County.^[1] In 2014 the Miss Texas pageant began being held at theEisemann Center for Performing Arts inRichardson, Texas.^[2]

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.^[3]

Annette Addo-Yobo ofSouthlake was crowned Miss Texas 2024 on June 29, 2024, atEisemann Center inRichardson, Texas. She is the first immigrant-born and Ghanaian woman to win the title.^[4] She will compete for the title ofMiss America 2025 at the 97th Miss America pageant.

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  Phyllis George,
  Miss Texas 1970 andMiss America 1971 in 2008
• 
  Shirley Cothran,
  Miss Texas 1974 andMiss America 1975
• 
  Jonna Fitzgerald,
  Miss Texas 1985
• 
  Molly Hazlett,
  Miss Texas 2007
• 
  Rebecca Robinson,
  Miss Texas 2008

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.

• 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 (2023), Annette Addo-Yobo (2024)
• 2nd runners-up: Penny Lee Rudd (1963), Carmen McCollum (1977),Jonna Fitzgerald (1986),Averie Bishop (2022)
• 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 (2021)
• Top 12: Ashley Melnick (2011)
• Top 13: Polly Below (1945)
• Top 15:Rosebud Blondell (1926), Patricia Allen Green (1936), Charmayne Smith (1939), Chandler Foreman (2019/2020)
• Top 16: Margaret Sommers (1951),Monique Evans (2015)
• Top 20: Stacy James (2002)

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

• 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)

• In the long-running television seriesDallas, the characterSue Ellen Ewing had purportedly won the title of Miss Texas in 1967, long before the events of the show took place (1978–91).^[76]
• The song "Almost" by the bandBowling 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."^{[citation needed]}

• Miss Texas official website

• Miss America state pageants
• Texas culture
• Recurring events established in 1936
• 1936 establishments in Texas
• Women in Texas
• Annual events in Texas

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