The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the US state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Emily Rugg of Wichita was crowned Miss Kansas 2025 on June 7, 2025, at Dennis Lesh Sports Arena at Pratt Community College in Pratt. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026.
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kansas 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.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Deborah Irene Bryant (1966), Debra Dene Barnes (1968), Tara Dawn Holland (1997)
- 2nd runners-up: Michelle Elaine Whitson (1980)
- 3rd runners-up: Vera June Ralston (1948), Mary Ann McGrew (1957) (tie), Pamela McKelvy (1993)
- Top 10: Sandy Rings (1972), Cynthia Sikes (1973), Lori Ann Bergen (1979), Robbin Lee Wasson (1992), Trisha Schaffer (1995), Amy Keller (1996), Megan Bushell (2005), Theresa Vail (2014)
- Top 11: Courtney Wages (2024)
- Top 15: Shirley Hargiss (1949), Annika Wooton (2020)
- Top 16: Lucia Benton (1937)
Awards
Preliminary awards
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Sharon O'Neal (1960), Karen Raye Schwartz (1964), Karen Diane Smith (1975), Jill Dirks (1978), Laura Lynn Watters (1984), Kimberly Dugger (1991), Angelea Busby (2004), Annika Wooton (2020)
Other awards
Winners
Notes
References
External links