Miss America started way back in 1921 and has been going, mostly without breaks, for the last 100 years. How about that! Here's (mostly) every winner for the last century: 1. Miss America 1921, Margaret Gorman: New York Daily News / NY Daily News via Getty Images
2. Miss America 1922 and 1923, Mary Katherine Campbell: New York Daily News Archive / NY Daily News via Getty Images
3. Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcolmson: George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images
4. Miss America 1925, Fay Lanphier: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
5. Miss America 1926, Norma Smallwood: George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images
6. Miss America 1927, Lois Delander: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
7. Miss America 1933, Marion Bergeron: New York Daily News Archive / NY Daily News via Getty Images
8. Miss America 1935, Henrietta Leaver: Imagno / Getty Images
9. Miss America 1936, Rose Coyle: Imagno / Getty Images
10. Miss America 1937, Bette Cooper: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
11. Miss America 1938, Marilyn Meseke: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
12. Miss America 1939, Patricia Donnelly: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
13. Miss America 1940, Frances Burke: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
14. Miss America 1941, Rosemary LaPlanche: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
15. Miss America 1942, Jo-Carroll Dennison: Universal History Archive / Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
16. Miss America 1943, Jean Bartel: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche / Getty Images
17. Miss America 1944, Venus Ramey: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
18. Miss America 1945, Bess Myerson: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
19. Miss America 1946, Marilyn Buferd: Hum Images / HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
20. Miss America 1947, Barbara Jo Walker: Bettmann / Contributor
21. Miss America, 1948 BeBe Shopp: Bettmann / Contributor
22. Miss America 1949, Jacque Mercer: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
23. Miss America 1951, Yolande Betbeze: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
24. Miss America 1952, Colleen Kay Hutchins: University Of Southern Californi / Corbis via Getty Images
25. Miss America 1954, Evelyn Ay: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
26. Miss America 1955, Lee Ann Meriwether: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
27. Miss America 1956, Sharon Ritchie: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
28. Miss America 1957, Marian McKnight: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
29. Miss America 1958, Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
30. Miss America 1959, Mary Ann Mobley: Slim Aarons / Getty Images
31. Miss America 1960, Lynda Lee Mead: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
32. Miss America 1961, Nancy Anne Fleming: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
33. Miss America 1962, Maria Fletcher: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
34. Miss America 1963, Jacquelyn Mayer: Evening Standard / Getty Images
35. Miss America 1964, Donna Axum: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
36. Miss America 1965, Vonda Kay Van Dyke: Cbs Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images
37. Miss America 1966, Deborah Irene Bryant: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
38. Miss America 1967, Jane Anne Jayroe: Dave Mathias / Denver Post via Getty Images
39. Miss America 1968, Debra Barnes: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
40. Miss America 1969, Judith Ford: Library of Congress
41. Miss America 1970, Pamela Eldred: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
42. Miss America 1971, Phyllis George: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
43. Miss America 1972, Laurie Lea Schaefer: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
44. Miss America 1973, Terry Meeuwsen: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
45. Miss America 1974, Rebecca King: Denver Post / Denver Post via Getty Images
46. Miss America 1975, Shirley Cothran: Barry Staver / Denver Post via Getty Images
47. Miss America 1977, Dorothy Benham: United Archives / FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images
48. Miss America 1979, Kylene Barker: Denver Post / Denver Post via Getty Images
49. Miss America 1980, Cheryl Prewitt: (Original Caption) Mississippi's 22-year-old Cheryl Prewitt beams under her crown as the new Miss America. "I think it's wonderful," she says of her new title which she won 9/8 here. She said the milkman first predicted she would win the title when she was 5-years-old. Recovering from an accident that crushed her leg when she was 11, Cheryl Prewitt now reigns as Miss America. The 5-foot-7-inches tall, 110-pound beauty queen claims a religious miracle when she was 17 helped her overcome the accident.
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive 50. Miss America 1981, Susan Powell: Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
51. Miss America 1982, Elizabeth Ward: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive
52. Miss America 1983, Debra Maffett: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
53. Miss America 1984, Vanessa L. Williams: Images Press / Getty Images
54. Miss America 1984, Suzette Charles: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
55. Miss America 1985, Sharlene Wells: NEW YORK CITY - SEPTEMBER 17: Sharlene Wells attends Sharlene Wells Miss America Party on September 17, 1984 at Park 10 Restaurant in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images 56. Miss America 1986, Susan Akin: Jeffrey Asher / Getty Images
57. Miss America 1988, Kaye Lani Rae Rafko: Cq Archive / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
58. Miss America 1989, Gretchen Carlson: Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic
59. Miss America 1990, Debbye Turner: Cq Archive / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
60. Miss America 1991, Marjorie Judith Vincent: Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
61. Miss America 1992, Carolyn Suzanne Sapp: Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
62. Miss America 1993, Leanza Cornett: Joe Sohm / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
63. Miss America 1994, Kimberly Clarice Aiken: Tim Clary / AFP via Getty Images
64. Miss America 1995, Heather Whitestone: Donna Connor / Sygma via Getty Images
65. Miss America 1996, Shawntel Smith: Nbc / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
66. Miss America 1997, Tara Dawn Holland: Tom Mihalek / AFP via Getty Images
67. Miss America 1998, Katherine Shindle: Evan Agostini / Getty Images
68. Miss America 1999, Nicole Johnson: Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images
69. Miss America 2000, Heather Renee French: Donna Connor / Sygma via Getty Images
70. Miss America 2001, Angela Perez Baraquio: Tom Mihalek / AFP via Getty Images
71. Miss America 2002, Katie Harman: Getty Images
72. Miss America 2003, Erika Harold: New York Daily News Archive / NY Daily News via Getty Images
73. Miss America 2004, Ericka Dunlap: William Thomas Cain / Getty Images
74. Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs: Donna Connor / FilmMagic
75. Miss America 2006, Jennifer Berry: Patrick Mcmullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
76. Miss America 2007, Lauren Nelson: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
77. Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
78. Miss America 2009, Katie Stam: Denise Truscello / WireImage
79. Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron: Ethan Miller
80. Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
81. Miss America 2012, Laura Kaeppeler: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
82. Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan: Michael Stewart / Getty Images
83. Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri: Donald Kravitz / Getty Images
84. Miss America 2015, Kira Kazantsev: Donald Kravitz / Getty Images
85. Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell: Ida Mae Astute / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
86. Miss America 2017, Savvy Shields: Tom Briglia
87. Miss America 2018, Cara Mund: Donald Kravitz
88. Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin: Donald Kravitz / Getty Images
89. Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier: Nbc / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
90. Miss America 2022, Emma Broyles: Rich Fury / Getty Images
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