Katie Bailey, Miss Arkansas, is a member of Pi Beta Phi from Ole Miss.

Alyssa Anne George, Miss Kansas, is a Chi Omega from Lambda Chapter at the Univ. of Kansas. She was serving as Recruitment Chair for the chapter when she won her state title and had to give up her Exec. Board position two months before formal recruitment.

Good Luck, Alyssa!

Katie is a doll! I hope she does really well in the competition. She's really smart too!

There's one contestant that I know of (forgot which one) who is in med school at Vanderbilt and her platform is audiology. I was pretty impressed!

Miss Tennessee!

Oh yeah! :p Can you tell I've been googling for a bit..?

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=91880

Miss Colorado is a Kappa Delta. :) Picture included in that thread... :D Link added for posterity.

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http://www.katiebailey.org/generator/images/final.jpg

Of course she's pretty...she's from Ole Miss!!!

WOW!! I am so excited that she's from Sam!! And I'm really surprised that our school isn't as vocal about it. Other than prison break-outs, the most exciting thing is that Dan Rather went here.

But Chi Alpha isn't considered greek, they are just a Christian organization.

^^ I figured it was a GLO so it counted, lol.

Quote from the movie A Time To Kill: "2: So what brings you to Mississippi, Row Ark, slumming? 1: Law school at Ole' Miss, it's a family tradition, Mom was a sweet little sorority girl there till dad- till dad married her. 2:I married a sweet little sorority girl from Ole' Miss myself. 1: Well they, have an excellent selection."

Just had to throw this out there...

Ashley Hatfield, Miss Illinois, is a Phi Mu from Ole Miss.

Miss North Carolina is an ADPi from UNC-Chapel Hill.

I thought so, but I wasn't sure if she won Miss North Carolina, or Miss North Carolina USA.

This is Jessica Jacobs, Miss North Carolina:

http://missamerica.org/images/contes...20carolina.jpg

So...

Phi Mu (2)
Alpha Delta Pi (1)
Kappa Delta (1)
Pi Beta Phi (1)

Did I miss any so far?

Yes! Miss Kansas is a Chi Omega.

miss florida,kylie williams, is an adpi from fl. state.

Nut, LOL, of course you'd catch that one ;)

Totals so far:

Kappa Delta (1) - Colorado
Phi Mu (2) - Georgia, Illinois
Alpha Delta Pi (2) - North Carolina, Florida
Pi Beta Phi (1) - Arkansas
Chi Omega (1) - Kansas

Interesting to note that both Phi Mus went to Ole Miss but neither are from Mississippi... How weird it must be for them both, sisters from the same chapter competing for Miss America!

I would imagine winning Miss Mississippi is a very tough state pageant -- sometimes it's easier to win the qualifying crown in a "lesser" state pageant! LOL (I'm laughing, but I'm sure there is a grain of truth in that.)

Oh...and I "caught" something else...the two Phi Mus are from different chapters. One from Ole Miss and one from Valdosta State. ;)

A couple of my friends from college competed in the Miss Illinois circut, where one of the Phi Mus is from. It's not a cakewalk, that's for sure. Chicago's got a ton of districts that all send candidates - sheer numbers make it hard to stand out.

I think they are called Pageant Hoppers. They hop from pageant to pageant in their state until they win a local title. I know one year at Ole Miss when a non-Mississippian won Miss University there was some big uproar. But she really was the best contestant that year, even if she was an out-of-state student from Tennessee!

Having a sorority sister in the pageant system - although she's in med school now, I haven't checked up on her lately - she's been qualified to compete in Missouri and Illinois and would do so in both until she won a local one. It is apparently very common.

ETA: Alphafrog's right, my sister found Missouri easier than Illinois, at least at the local/regional levels.

I'm sure that is true -- I've heard Oklahoma is a tough win too.

Here is a bit of trivia:
Ohio representatives have won the Miss America Pageant six times, joining California and Oklahoma as the only states with six crowns, and is the only state to have a contestant who won Miss America twice.

Duh! I knew that! Well, it would have been interesting...

I have never heard of this before!!! Seems a little shady and unfair to me.

Miss Oklahoma is a Pi Beta Phi at OU.

(and even though we aren't counting, Miss New Jersey is a member of a local called Tau Kappa Sigma)

I wonder if they get mistaken for TKE (Sweethearts)?;):p

Just out of curiosity, where did you read this? I was researching this for another project, and came up with some different figures.

I Googled it, but I can't remember what website it led me to.

It's from wiki - or at least wiki has the same info, word for word.

You are right; that was it.

Okay, I was using the Miss America website, and was submitting a set of questions for a trivia contest I'm involved with.

California, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania are the only states which have had five or more Miss Americas.

From Miss America.org (List of Miss Americas):

YEAR NAME CITY/STATE MORE INFO
1921 Margaret Gorman Washington, DC
1922 Mary Katherine Campbell Columbus, OH
1923 Mary Katherine Campbell Columbus, OH
1924 Ruth Malcomson Philadelphia, PA
1925 Fay Lanphier Oakland, CA
1926 Norma Smallwood Tulsa, OK
1927 Lois Delander Joliet, IL
1933 Marian Bergeron West Haven, CT
1935 Henrietta Leaver Pittsburgh, PA
1936 Rose Coyle Philadelphia, PA
1937 Bette Cooper Bertrand Island, NJ
1938 Marilyn Meseke Marion, OH
1939 Patricia Donnelly Detroit, MI
1940 Frances Burke Philadelphia, PA
1941 Rosemary LaPlanche Los Angeles, CA
1942 Jo-Carroll Dennison Tyler, TX
1943 Jean Bartel Los Angeles, CA
1944 Venus Ramey Washington, DC
1945 Bess Myerson New York, NY
1946 Marilyn Buferd Los Angeles, CA
1947 Barbara Walker Memphis, TN
1948 BeBe Shopp Hopkins, MN
1949 Jacque Mercer Litchfield, AZ
1951 Yolande Betbeze Mobile, AL
1952 Colleen Hutchins Salt Lake City, UT
1953 Neva Langley Macon, GA
1954 Evelyn Ay Ephrata, PA
1955 Lee Meriwether San Francisco, CA
1956 Sharon Ritchie Denver, CO
1957 Marian McKnight Manning, SC
1958 Marilyn Van Derbur Denver, CO
1959 Mary Ann Mobley Brandon, MS
1960 Lynda Mead Natchez, MS
1961 Nancy Fleming Montague, MI
1962 Maria Fletcher Asheville, NC
1963 Jacquelyn Mayer Sandusky, OH
1964 Donna Axum El Dorado, AR
1965 Vonda Van Dyke Phoenix, AZ
1966 Deborah Bryant Overland Park, KS
1967 Jane Jayroe Laverne, OK
1968 Debra Barnes Pittsburg, KS
1969 Judith Ford Belvidere, IL
1970 Pamela Eldred West Bloomfield, MI
1971 Phyllis George Denton, TX
1972 Laurel Lea Schaefer Bexley, OH
1973 Terry Meeuwsen De Pere, WI
1974 Rebecca King Denver, CO
1975 Shirley Cothran Denton, TX
1976 Tawny Godin Saratoga Springs, NY
1977 Dorothy Benham Edina, MN
1978 Susan Perkins Columbus, OH
1979 Kylene Barker Roanoke, VA
1980 Cheryl Prewitt Ackerman, MS
1981 Susan Powell Elk City, OK
1982 Elizabeth Ward Russellville, AR
1983 Debra Maffett Anaheim, CA
1984 Vanessa Williams Millwood, NY (9/17/83-7/23/84)
1984 Suzette Charles Mays Landing, NJ (7/23/84-9/15/84)
1985 Sharlene Wells Salt Lake City, UT
1986 Susan Akin Meridian, MS
1987 Kellye Cash Memphis, TN
1988 Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Monroe, MI
1989 Gretchen Carlson Anoka, MN
1990 Debbye Turner Columbia, MO
1991 Marjorie Vincent Oak Park, IL
1992 Carolyn Sapp Honolulu, HI
1993 Leanza Cornett Jacksonville, FL
1994 Kimberly Aiken Columbia, SC
1995 Heather Whitestone Birmingham, AL
1996 Shawntel Smith Muldrow, OK
1997 Tara Holland Overland Park, KS
1998 Kate Shindle Evanston, IL
1999 Nicole Johnson Virginia Beach, VA
2000 Heather French Maysville, KY
2001 Angela Perez Baraquio Honolulu, HI
2002 Katie Harman Gresham, Oregon
2003 Erika Harold Urbana, IL
2004 Ericka Dunlap Orlando, FL
2005 Deidre Downs Birmingham, AL
2006 Jennifer Berry Tulsa, OK
2007 Lauren Nelson Lawton, OK

What I found really intriguing was that there has never been a Miss Louisiana win the Miss America pagaent. Miss Louisiana had, however, won the Miss USA pagaent several times.

Hmmm, let's see...what does this tell us?? Pageant girls from Louisiana have no talent? :p

Or, their talent is in their bathing suits!

Couldn't you make more positive remarks about an organization that has helped many women? Pettiness shows your own insecurities.