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Wikipedia / Miss Arkansas

The Miss Arkansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss America pageant. Arkansas has won the Miss America title three times (1964, 1982, 2017).

Ava Weeks of Conway was crowned Miss Arkansas on June 13, 2026, at Robinson Center Auditorium in Little Rock. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2027 in September 2026.

Gallery of past titleholders

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Arkansas 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: Donna Axum (1964), Elizabeth Ward (1982), Savvy Shields (2017)

  • 1st runners-up: Rebecca McCall (1946), Frances Anderson (1962), Karen Carlson (1965), Alyse Eady (2011)

  • 2nd runners-up: Paula Montgomery (1996), Ashton Campbell (2015)

  • 3rd runners-up: Mary Jennings (1951), Charlotte Simmen (1952), Lacy Fleming (2005)

  • 4th runners-up: Lencola Sullivan (1981)

  • Top 10: Dorris Love (1943), Sally Miller (1959), Donna Connelly (1971), Mary Stuart (1983), Julie Russell (1987), Nicole Bethmann (1994), Erin Wheatley (1999), Brandy Rhodes (2000), Jessie Ward (2001), Eudora Mosby (2006)

  • Top 11: Cori Keller (2024), Kennedy Holland (2026)

  • Top 12: Ashlen Batson (2009)

  • Top 15: Barbara Brothers (1949), Sarah Slocum (2010), Amy Crain (2014), Loren McDaniel (2016)

  • Top 16: Katie Bailey (2008)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Marilyn Morgan (1972), Joyce McCormack (1977), Bunnie Holbert (1978), Regina Hopper (1984), Lisa Stevens (1985), Patti Thorn (1989), Beth Anne Rankin (1995)

  • Non-finalist Interview: Whitney Kirk (2004)

Other awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Sharon Evans (1968) (tie), Rhonda Pope (1975) (tie), Sloane Roberts (2013)

  • America's Choice: Sarah Slocum (2010)

  • Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Christi Taunton (1986)

  • Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Ashton Campbell (2015)

  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Claudia Raffo (2019)

  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Kristen Glover (2012)

  • STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Darynne Dahlem (2020)

  • AHA Go Red for Women Leadership Award Regional Winner: Camille Cathey (2025)

Winners

  1. Notes

References