 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2012) |
| Formation | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Louisville |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | www |
The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant.
Only once has a Miss Kentucky won the Miss America crown, in 1999 when Heather French Henry of Maysville, Kentucky earned the national Miss America 2000 title. Additionally, Venus Ramey, a native of Somerset, Kentucky, was named Miss America of 1944 while competing as Miss Washington, DC.
Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable:
- Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date.
- Mallory Ervin, Miss Kentucky 2010, is most well known for her appearance on the American television show, The Amazing Race.[1]
- Djuan Trent, Miss Kentucky 2011, was the first Miss America contestant to openly come out as queer.[2]
Chapel Tinius of Bowling Green was crowned Miss Kentucky 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
- ^ "The Amazing Race Cast: Gary and Mallory". CBS. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ Signorile, Michelangelo (2014-04-02). "Djuan Trent, Former Miss Kentucky, On Why She Came Out As 'Queer,' (AUDIO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-01.