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Former
Titleholders
2023
Brandee Mills
Miss Middle TN
2022
Lauren Dickson
Miss Lexington
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2021
Tally Bevis
Miss Nashville
2019
Brianna Mason
Miss Greene County
2018
Christine Williamson
Miss Chattanooga
2017
Caty Davis
Miss Lexington
2016
Grace Burgess
Miss Mid-South
2015
Hannah Robison
Miss Scenic City
2014
Hayley Lewis
Miss Tennessee Valley
2013
Shelby Thompson
Miss Capital City
2012
Chandler Lawson
Miss Chattanooga
2011
Erin Hatley
Miss Collierville
Miss America Top 10 Finalist
2010
Nicole Jordan Lay
Miss Lexington
2009
Stefanie Wittler
Miss Hamilton County
Miss America 2nd Runner Up
2008
Ellen Carrington Shelton Miss Scenic City
Miss America Top 7 Finalist
2007 Grace Gore Sturdivant Miss Lexington
Miss America Top 15 Finalist
2006 Blaire Pancake
Miss Metropolitan
2005 Tara Burns
Miss Music City
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
2004
Ashley Eicher
Miss Murfreesboro
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
2003
Jamie Watkins Davenport Miss Scenic City
2002
Valli Kugler Kelly
Miss UT-Martin
2001
Stephanie Culberson Strand Miss Cleveland
Miss America 2nd Runner Up
2000
Beth Hood Fromm
Miss Cleveland
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
1999
Allison Alderson DeMarcus
Miss Memphis
1998
Heather Heath Ryan
Miss Heart of Tennessee
1997
Lanna Keck
Miss Milan No-Till
1996
Jeni Stephens
Miss Memphis
1995
Ali Shumate Fowler
Miss Knoxville
Miss America Non-Finalist Interview Award Daughter of Miss Tennessee 1967 Linda Workman Shumate
1994
Lori Smith Lankford
Miss Tennessee Tech
1993
Kathleen Brang Mesmer Miss Historic Jonesborough
1992
Leah Hulan
Miss Knoxville
1991
Jill Horn Mulrooney
Miss Memphis
1990
Dana Brown Shaffer
Miss Frontier Days
Miss America 2nd Runner-Up
1989
Lisa Robertson
Miss Cleveland
1988
Carrie Folks
Miss Bluegrass Festival
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
1987
Regina Athnos
Miss Tennessee Peach Festival
1986 - Miss America 1987 Kellye Cash Sheppard
Miss Milan Crown & Scepter Miss America Talent & Swimsuit Preliminary Winner
1986
Kris Beasley Leventhal, MD Miss Memphis - (Succeeded Kellye Cash when she became Miss America 1987)
1985
Sonya Pleasant Roth
Miss Watauga Valley
1984
Shelley Mangrum
Miss West Tennessee State Fair
Miss America Top 10 Finalist
1983
Moira Kaye Ely
Miss Roane County
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
1982
Desiree Daniels
Miss Hamilton County
Miss America 1st Runner-Up & Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1981
Angelina Johnson Cole
Miss Madison
1980
Sarah Leonard Vaughn
Miss Historic Jonesborough
1979
Elise Neal Davis
Miss Okra
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
1978
Jill Beshears Fant
Miss Memphis State University
1977
Linda Faye Moore
Miss Nashville
Miss America Top 10 Finalist & Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1976
Terry Jean Alden
Miss Memphis
1975
Marion Burgess Flannigan Miss Bells
1974
Deborah Kincaid Gooch
Miss Memphis State University
Miss America Top 10 Finalist & Preliminary Talent Award
1973
Anne Randle Galloway
Miss Memphis
1972
Debbie Cathey Burger
Miss Nashville
1971
Marsha McDonald
Miss Memphis State University
1970
Carol Ferrante Rasberry Miss Memphis
1969
Mary Cox Ward
Miss Johnson City
Miss America Non-Finalist Talent Award
1968
Brenda Seal Kemp
Miss East Tennessee State University
Miss America Top 10 Finalist - She was 19 when she won -the last teenager to win the title
1967
Linda Workman Shumate Miss Knoxville
Her daughter Ali Shumate Fowler was Miss Tennessee 1995
1966
Vicki Hurd Bartholomew Miss Carter County
Miss America 2nd Runner-Up
1965
Marcia Murray Moss
Miss Paris
1964
Rita Munsey Doss
Miss Knoxville
1963
Martha Truett Noe
Miss Bells
Miss America 3rd Runner-Up
1962
Margaret Petty Denny
Miss Nashville
1961
Rita Wilson Howard
Miss Bells
1960
Jenny Thomas Oakes
Miss Nashville
1959
Mickey Weyland
Miss Knoxville
Miss America Top 10 finalist
1958
Patricia Eaves McAnally Miss Putnam County
1957
Amanda Whitman Henry Miss Davidson County
1956
Shelby Bailey Spraggins
Miss Gadsden
1955
Patty Williams Woodmansee
Miss Lambuth College
1954
Gerry Johnson Huffine
Miss Nashville
Miss America Top 10 finalist
1953
Ruth Ann Barker Smith
Miss Gibson County
1952
Gloria Williams Ermer
Miss Chattanooga
1951
Jean Harper Drumwright Miss Shelby County
1950
Greta Graham Hollingsworth
1949
Adelyn Summer Mays
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