The Miss North Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The competition has been held in Raleigh every year since 1978. Prior to that, it was held in various locales including Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, Burlington, Wilmington, and Morehead City. Miss North Carolina won the Miss America crown once in 1962.
Victoria Huggins of St. Pauls was crowned Miss North Carolina 2017 on June 24, 2017 at Duke Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, North Carolina. She competed for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she was 1st Runner-Up for the CMN Miracle Maker award.
75th anniversary
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The Miss North Carolina pageant celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2012. For pageant week, all of the living former Miss North Carolina titleholders were invited back for a reunion. The Miss North Carolina Sisterhood sponsored a special gala the night before the pageant on June 22, 2012. This was highlighted with a special exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History and 43 former Miss North Carolina's (the oldest being Miss North Carolina 1946, Trudy Riley Kearny) coming to the week's events, including Miss America 1962, Maria Fletcher. In addition, all of the former titleholders were invited for a special honorary luncheon at the North Carolina Executive Mansion, the first luncheon held here since the 1960s. This also marked the first time in 17 years that the pageant has been televised throughout the state. It was televised on the special events channel of Time Warner Cable.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Maria Fletcher (1962)
- 1st runners-up: Constance Dorn (1973), Susan Lawrence (1976), Michelle Warren (1998), Kelli Bradshaw (1999)
- 2nd runners-up: Ruth Covington (1937), Lu Ogburn (1952), Ann Herring (1961), Kristin Elrod (2005)
- 3rd runners-up: Clara Faye Arnold (1956)
- 4th runners-up: Joey Augusta Paxton (1941), Betty Evans (1959), Jessica Jacobs (2008)
- Top 10: Elaine Herndon (1958), Jennifer Smith (1992)
- Top 13: Dorothy Johnson (1945)
- Top 15: Margaret Wood (1939), Misty Clymer (2003), Hailey Best (2012)
- Top 16: Betty Hunneycutt (1937), Carolyn Edwards (1951)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Joey Augusta Paxton (1941), Lu Ogburn (1952), Clara Faye Arnold (1956), Elaine Herndon (1958), Betty Evans (1959), Maria Fletcher (1962), Monta Maki (1980), Elizabeth Williams (1983), Kelli Bradshaw (1999)
- Preliminary Talent: Margaret Wood (1939), Joey Augusta Paxton (1941), Lu Ogburn (1952), Scarlet Morgan (1991), Lisa Bamford (1996), Michelle Warren (1998), Adrienne Core (2011)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Sarah Stedman (1968), Elise Annette Johnson (1969), Patricia Johnson (1970), Cornelia Lerner (1971), Susan Griffin (1975), Deborah Shook (1979), Janet Ward Black (1981), Lynn Williford (1982), Elizabeth Williams (1983), Scarlet Morgan (1991), Dana Stephenson (1995), Lisa Bamford (1996), Jennifer Roberts (1997), Lorna McNeil (2001), Adrienne Core (2011), Arlie Honeycutt (2013), Beth Stovall (2015), McKenzie Faggart (2017)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Swanner (1964)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Hailey Best (2012)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award 1st runners-up: Victoria Huggins (2018)
- Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Medalists: Hailey Best (2012), Arlie Honeycutt (2013)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Heidi Sue Williams (1993)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Dana Reason (2004)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Amanda Watson (2009)
Winners
References
External links
- Miss North Carolina official website
