Santa Cruz County History - In the 20th Century

Miss Santa Cruz County
by Santa Cruz Sentinel

The sources of the following information are Santa Cruz Sentinel (various dates) and the Miss Santa Cruz County Pageant Executive Board. Reference staff was unable to determine why there are gaps in chronological sequence.

Date	Name	Winners of Miss California or other Special Awards
1924	Mary Black
1925	Yetta Haber
1926	Bertha Wiezel	Miss California
1936	Cynthia Currall
1947	Dixie Dotson
1954	Alice Holland
1955	Barbara Harris	Miss California
1956	Jeanne Robertson
1957	Jeanine Larsen
1958	Mary Ann Arras
1959	Anna Volpini
1960	Lacretia Wilson
1961	Linda Epperson
1962	Wendy Robinson
1963	Ja Vaughn
1964	Elizabeth Bohlmann	Semifinalist
1965	Donna Gearhart
1966	Cheryl Moore
1967	Jeanne Ayedelotte
1968	Kathy Lowry
1969	Jill Kostenko	Semifinalist
1970	Dede Moore	Semifinalist
1971	Roe Sands
1972	Janice Louise Todd	Miss Congeniality
1973	Pam Scott
1974	Chris Allegri	Semifinalist, Preliminary Talent
1975	Rebecca Doerr
1976	Phyllis Hamlin
1977	Kathy DeMoro
1978	Barbara Bowen	First Runner-Up
1979	Tamara Pfell	Preliminary Swimsuit Miss California Emblem Club Scholarship
1980	Carrie Kelsey	Third Runner-Up
1981	Kristin Cathrein	Second Runner-Up, Preliminary Swimsuit
1982	Laurie Christine Rizzo	Semifinalist
1983	Karen-Kay Eriksson
1984	Mara Miller	Semifinalist, Miss Congeniality
1985	Patricia Flowers
1986	Stacy Maller
1987	Patricia Annoni
1988	Malinda Joan Frey	*(see note below)
1989	Anjela Stellato	Semifinalist
1990	Malinda Joan Frey	Semifinalist, Preliminary Swimsuit Quality of Life Scholarship
1991	Lisa Nichole Liberatore
1992	Lynn Bachelor
1993	Krisiti Fisher
1994	Heather Dufau
1995	Shanelle Campbell
1996	Rebecca Ventura
1997	Jennifer Sisco-Moore	Semifinalist, Leni Arnhym Classical Performer Award
1998	Valerie Grace La France
1999	Randi Armour
2000	Darci Robertson

*Michele Anderson was crowned Miss Santa Cruz County in 1988. She lost the title at the Miss California Pageant after she pulled a banner out of her top that denounced pageants. Her sucessor was Malinda Joan Frey.

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