The Miss Alaska competition is a scholarship pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alaska in the Miss America pageant. Unlike most state-level pageants in the Miss America system, Alaska allows any eligible woman to enter the Miss Alaska pageant without first having to win a local qualifying pageant. Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America 2022 on December 16, 2021. She is the first woman from Alaska to win the title, and only the third woman from Alaska to place at Miss America.
Nora Andrews of Seward was crowned Miss Alaska on June 4, 2026, at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium at the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage. She competed for the title of Miss America 2027 on September 6, 2026, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Gallery of past titleholders
Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Alaska 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 America: Emma Broyles (2022) Top 10: Joslyn Tinker (1999) Top 15: Angelina Klapperich (2018)
Awards Preliminary awards Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness: Joslyn Tinker (1999) Preliminary Social Impact Pitch: Emma Broyles (2022)
Non-finalist awards Non-finalist Talent: Karol Hommon (1965), Kathy Tebow (1976), Maryline Blackburn (1985), Rebecca Nyboer (1994), Audrey Solomon (2001)
Other awards Miss Congeniality: Angelina Klapperich (2018) Bert Parks Talent Award: Audrey Solomon (2001) Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship: Joslyn Tinker (1999), Eugenia Primis (2002), Stephany Jeffers (2008), Malie Delgado (2015), Emma Broyles (2021) Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship: Beth Gustafson (1992) Special Judge's Award: Virginia Walker (1971), Linda Smith (1972) Women in STEM Finalists: Jessica Reisinger (2023)
Winners
Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes2026Nora AndrewsSeward20Miss Kenai FjordsHERStory2025Suparat PrasannetAnchorage27 Miss Lake HoodPiano/Vocal2024Jordan Naylor26Miss Cook InletBallroom Dance, "Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2012 Previously Miss Alaska USA 20232023Hannah Utic22 Miss AnchoragePiano/Vocal2022Jessica Reisinger23Acrobatic DanceWomen in STEM FinalistDoctoral Student at the University of Washington2021Elle AdkinsEagle River22Miss Girdwood Acrobatic Dance colspan=3 align="center" Second Runner Up at Miss Alaska 2019
Daughter of Holly Salo Adkins, Miss Alaska 1990
Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2015 Emma Broyles Anchorage 19Vocal, "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone Miss America 2022Preliminary Social Impact Pitch Charles and Theresa Brown ScholarshipPreviously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2017
Previously Distinguished Young Woman of Alaska 2019.2019–20Maile JohnstonEagle River19Miss AnchorageDance2018Courtney SchumanAnchorage 24 Original Speech Later Miss Alaska USA 20222017 Angelina Klapperich Wasilla 23 Miss Anchorage Piano, "Bumble Boogie" Top 15 Miss Congeniality Previously Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2010Contestant at National Sweetheart 2013 pageant2016 Kendall Bautista Eagle River 23 Miss Cook Inlet Piano, "Tarantelle" by Frédéric Chopin Previously Miss Alaska USA 20142015 Zoey GrenierAnchorage 19 Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant2014 Malie Delgado 19 Vocal, "Mercy on Me" by Christina Aguilera Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship Contestant on The Price is Right and The X Factor2013 Michelle Taylor 20 Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" & "Maple Leaf Rag"2012 Debbe Ebben Eagle River 23 Miss Chugiak/Eagle River Piano, "Requiem for a Dream"Known for shaving her head for charity 3 months before winning Miss Alaska title2011 Katy LovegreenAnchorage 21 Miss Forget-me-not Irish Dance Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant2010 Abby Hancock 23 Miss Anchorage Piano, "Bohemian Rhapsody"2009 Sydnee Waggoner 23 Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette2008 Stephany Jeffers Chugiak 23 Miss Birchwood Vocal Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship2007 Cari Makanani Villareal Leyva Anchorage 23 Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen Previously Miss Alaska USA 20042006 Stephanie Wonchala Eagle River 21 Miss Chugiak/Eagle River Piano, "Ballade pour Adeline"2005 Rebecca Hayes Anchorage 24 Miss Anchorage Ballet en Pointe, "Take Five" 2004 Christina Reasner Sterling 22 Vocal, "This Is the Moment"2003 Blair ChenowethAnchorage 21 Ballet en Pointe, "All That Jazz" Later Miss Alaska USA 20072002 Peggy Willman 23 Miss North Star Alaskan Native Dance2001 Eugenia Primis Eagle River 20 Miss South Central Classical Cello, "Allegro Appassionata" Charles and Theresa Brown Scholarship2000 Audrey Solomon Anchorage 21 Miss University Center Classical Violin, "Csárdás" Bert Parks Talent AwardNon-finalist Talent Award1999 Shannon Kelly Palmer 21 Miss South Central Flute, "Carnival of Venice"1998 Joslyn Tinker Soldotna 22 Miss Alyeska Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus Top 10 Charles and Theresa Brown ScholarshipPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award 1997 Michelle Titus Fairbanks 19 Vocal, "There Is a Savior"1996 Christine BuschurEagle River 21 Miss Cook Inlet Vocal Medley, "Another Op'nin, Another Show" & "I've Got Rhythm"1995 Stacey Storey 17 Miss Chugiak/Eagle River Lyrical Dance, "The Letting Go" Later Miss Alaska USA 20031994 Patricia Marlow 24 Miss Anchorage Vocal, "If We Were In Love"1993 Rebecca Nyboer Anchorage 22 Miss Alyeska Classical Piano, "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" Non-finalist Talent Award1992 Keri Baumgardner Eagle River 25 Miss Anchorage Vocal, "Come Rain or Come Shine"1991 Beth Gustafson Palmer 20 Miss Denali Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue" Natural White's Smile of Confidence Scholarship1990 Holly SaloKenai 24 Miss Mat-Su Valley Vocal, "More" from Dick Tracy Mother of Miss Alaska 2021 and Miss Alaska's Outstanding Teen 2015, Elle Adkins 1989 Christine McCubbins 25 Miss Denali Vocal1988 Launa Middaugh Wasilla 19 Miss South Central Piano Solo1987 Teresa Murton Anchorage 25 Miss Anchorage Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"1986 Jerri Morrison 22 Miss Northern Lights Tap Dance1985 Kristina Christopher-Taylor Palmer 20 Miss Talkeetna Comedy MonologueSister of Miss Alaska USA 1986, Kim Christopher-Taylor1984 Maryline Blackburn Anchorage 23 Miss South Central Vocal, "I Am What I Am" Non-finalist Talent Award 1983 Jennifer Smith Soldotna 19 Miss Soldotna Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot!" from Victor Victoria1982 Kristan Sapp Wasilla 20 Miss South Central Sac-Jazz Dance1981 Laura Trollan Juneau 19 Miss Juneau Ballet / Jazz Dance, "Most Wanted"1980 Sandra Lashbrook Eagle River 21 Miss Chugiak-Eagle River Guitar & Vocal, "Snowbird"1979 Lila Oberg Palmer 19 Miss Willow Area Vocal, "For Once in My Life"1978 Patty-Jo Gentry Valdez 22 Miss Fairbanks Dramatic Monologue, "Marie Antoinette"1977 Lisa Granath Kenai 18 Miss Greater Kenai Modern Ballet, "A Spoonful of Sugar" & "Every Day's a Holiday"1976 Kathy Tebow Anchorage 19 Miss Anchorage Violin Solo, "Méditation" Non-finalist Talent Award1975 Cindy Suryan Kodiak 20 Miss Kodiak Popular Vocal & Guitar, "For Baby"1974 Darby Moore Kenai 20 Miss Kenai Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Assumed title when Tomicek resigned Vicki TomicekN/A Was crowned Miss Alaska 1974 but withdrew for personal reasons1973 Virginia AdamsAnchorage 21Miss Anchorage Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song"1972 Deborah WoodN/A Placed 1st runner-up at Miss Alaska and replaced Linda Hogue Linda Hogue Kodiak 18 Miss Kodiak Modern Dance, "Charlie Chaplin Pantomime" Neat as a Pin Award1971 Linda Smith Anchorage 19 Miss Elmendorf Air Force Base Dramatic Interpretation, "The Seagull" Special Judge's Award1970 Virginia Walker Kotzebue 19 Miss Kotzebue/Arctic Circle Original Poem, "My Wonderland" Special Judge's AwardNeat as a Pin Award First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle1969 Gwenn Gregg Anchorage 18 Miss Northern Lights Art & Poetry Interpretation, "The Wonder of Color"1968 Jane Haycraft Fairbanks 18 Miss Greater Fairbanks Area Popular Vocal, "Walking Happy"1967 Penny Thomasson Spenard 19 Miss Big Lake Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska"1966 Nancy Lorell Wellman Fairbanks 21 Miss Greater Fairbanks Area Popular Vocal1965 Mary Ruth NidifferAnchorage 21 Miss Alaska Methodist University Popular Vocal, "Typically English"1964 Karol Hommon 20 Acrobatic & Modern Jazz Dance Non-finalist Talent Award Died in October 1965, after falling from Mount Sugarloaf (Massachusetts)Rome News-Tribune - October 12, 19651963 Colleen Kendall Miss Alaska State Fair Popular Vocal1962 Mary Dee Fox 18 Miss Greater Anchorage Original Modern Skit1961 Jean Ann Holm Fairbanks 19 Miss Fairbanks Monologue combined with Modeling1960 June Bowdish Anchorage 22 Dramatic Monologue from "St. Joan"1959 Alansa Carr Ketchikan 20 Dramatic Reading1958 Stuart Johnson Douglas City19 Piano, "Alaska's Flag"First Miss Alaska 1951–1957 No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant1950 Maxine Cothern Fairbanks Speech, "Alaska" 1935–1949No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant 1934No national pageant was held 1933No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant 1932No national pageants were held 1931 1930 1929 1928 1924–1927No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant 1923 Helmar Liederman New York City 24 Disqualified from Miss America 1923 pageant because she was married (despite there being no eligibility rules against this) 1922 Helmar Liederman 23 1921No Alaska representative at Miss America pageant
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