Miss Florida

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American beauty pageant in Florida

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::summary American beauty pageant in Florida ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox organization"]

Field	Value
name	Miss Florida
logo	Miss Florida Logo.png
formation	1922
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	Lakeland
location	Florida
membership	Miss America
language	English
key_people	Keith Williams (Executive Director)
website	Official website
::

The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.

In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated Miss Florida organization's license as well as licenses from Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In December 2018, the Miss America Organization reinstated licensing for the Miss Florida Scholarship Pageant Inc., along with the organizations in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Paris Richardson of Jacksonville was crowned Miss Florida 2025 on June 28, 2025, at the RP Funding Center's Youkey Theatre in Lakeland, Florida. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026, placing 2nd runner-up, earning a Preliminary Fitness Award, and being the overall winner for the Quality of Life Award.

Gallery of past titleholders

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Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Florida 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: Leanza Cornett (1993), Ericka Dunlap (2004)
1st runners-up: Muriel Elizabeth Smith (1943), Ann Gloria Daniel (1955)
2nd runners-up: Virginia Warlen (1944), Janet Ruth Crockett (1951), Carolyn Cline (1979), Lissette Gonzalez (1999), Paris Richardson (2026)
3rd runners-up: Virginia Freeland (1945), Carol Lynn Blum (1966), Myrrhanda Jones (2014), Victoria Cowen (2015), Taylor Tyson (2019), Casana Fink (2025)
4th runners-up: Irmigard Dietel (1937), Gloria Smyley (1938), Mary Elizabeth Godwin (1952), Dorothy Maria Steiner (1958), Dawn Cashwell (1968), Cathy La Belle (1978), Marti Sue Phillips (1980), Sierra Minott (2009)
Top 10: Leona Fredericks (1942), Eileen Knapp (1942), Sandra Wirth (1956), Diane Colston (1967), Linda Fitts (1969), Lisa Donovan (1971), Ann K. Schmalzried (1976), Kim Boyce (1984), Jennifer Anne Sauder (1988), Melissa Aggeles (1989), Sandra Joanne Frick (1990), Christy Neuman (1998), Kelly Gaudet (2002), Mari Wilensky (2006), Mary Katherine Fechtel (2016), Leah Roddenberry (2022), Juliette Valle (2024)
Top 12: Elizabeth Hull (1935), Vernell Bush (1944)
Top 13: Kristina Janolo (2012)
Top 15: Ruth Wooddall (1925), Mary Jane Thomas (1938), Irmigard Dietel (1939), Rose Marie Magrill (1939), Mitzi Strother (1940 and 1941), Pepper Shore (1947), Rosemary Carpenter (1948), Michaela McLean (2020)
Top 16: Jacquelyn Jennings (1946), Kylie Williams (2008), Laura McKeeman (2013)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Virginia Warlen (1944), Ann Gloria Daniel (1955), Melissa Aggeles (1989), Dana Rinehart Dalton (1991), Lissette Gonzalez (1999), Jenna Edwards (2005), Victoria Cowen (2015), Mary Katherine Fechtel (2016), Sara Zeng (2018)
Preliminary Talent: Gloria Smyley (1938), Virginia Warlen (1944), Pepper Shore (1947), Sandra Wirth (1956), Dawn Lauree Cashwell (1968), Linda Fitts (1969), Lisa Donovan (1971), Cathy La Belle (1978), Carolyn Cline (1979), Christy Neuman (1998), Myrrhanda Jones (2014), Taylor Tyson (2019)
Preliminary Evening Gown: Kelly Gaudet (2002)
Preliminary Fitness: Paris Richardson (2026)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Talent: Barbara Jo Ivey (1972), Ellen Meade (1974), Delta Burke (1975), Monica Farrell (1986), Molly Pesce (1987), Mary Ann Olson (1992), Jamie Bolding (1997)
Non-finalist Interview: Megan Welch (1995), Jamie Bolding (1997)
Non-finalist Social Impact Pitch: Lindsay Bettis (2023)

Other awards

Equity and Justice Finalist: Leah Roddenberry (2022), Lindsay Bettis (2023)
Bernie Wayne Talent Award: Lissette Gonzalez (1999)
Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Victoria Cowen (2015)
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ann K. Schmalzried (1976), Ameigh Verderosa Worley (2006)
Final Night Evening Gown Award: Ericka Dunlap (2004)
Final Night Talent Award: Ericka Dunlap (2004)
Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Finalist: Leah Roddenberry (2022)
Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Kylie Williams (2008)
Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jenna Edwards (2005), Jaclyn Raulerson (2011)
Women in Business Finalists: Lindsay Bettis (2023)
Quality of Life Award Winners: Paris Richardson (2026)

Winners

Declared as winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist}} ::data[format=table] | Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2025 | Paris Richardson | Jacksonville | 23 | Miss Gainesville | Acrobatic/Jazz Dance | 2nd Runner-Up | Preliminary Fitness Award | | | 2024 | Casana Fink | Ocala | 25 | Miss Tampa | Lyrical Dance | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | | | 2023 | Juliette Valle | Plantation | 22 | Miss Orlando | Operatic Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi | Top 10 | | The second Hispanic Miss Florida to be crowned in 87 years | | 2022 | Lindsay Bettis | Ponte Vedra Beach | 26 | Miss Seminole County | Jazz Dance | | Women in Business Finalist | | | 2021 | Leah Roddenberry | Bradenton | 22 | Miss Tampa | Dance | Top 10 | Equity and Justice Finalist

Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Finalist | Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2013 and 2015

First teen titleholder to hold the state title twice | | 2019–20 | date=May 12, 2020|title=Lakeland Street Cafes + Getting a Haircut|url=https://laltoday.6amcity.com/newsletters/may-12-2020-lakeland-street-cafes-getting-a-haircut/|work=LAL Today|quote=Miss Florida, Michaela McLean, will keep her current title until the next competition takes place.}} | Clermont | 21 | Miss Florida Citrus | Lyrical Dance, "You Say" | Top 15 | | Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2014 Top 12 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2015 pageant | | 2018 | first=Suzie |last=Schottelkotte |title=South Florida woman wins Miss Florida crown in Lakeland |work=The Ledger |url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20180630/south-florida-woman-wins-miss-florida-crown-in-lakeland|date= June 30, 2018}} | Jupiter | 23 | Miss South Florida Fair | Classical Piano, "Mephisto's Waltz" by Franz Liszt | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Accepted to Stetson University College of Law | | 2017 | first=Marilyn |last=Meyer |title=Miss Heart of Florida Sara Zeng crowned Miss Florida 2017|publisher=The Ledger |url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20170701/miss-heart-of-florida-sara-zeng-crowned-miss-florida-2017|date=July 1, 2017}} | Palm Coast | 22 | Miss Heart of Florida | Classical Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in C Sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin | | first = Amy |last= Kuperinsky|url= http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/09/miss_america_2018_louisiana_win_ventriloquist_flor.html|publisher= NJ.com|title=Miss America 2018 night 3: Louisiana 2 for 2, Florida bags swimsuit|date=September 8, 2017}} | | | 2016 | first=Paul |last=Catala |title=Miss Orlando Courtney Sexton wins 2016 Miss Florida title |publisher=The Ledger |url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20160702/miss-orlando-courtney-sexton-wins-2016-miss-florida-title |date=July 2, 2016}} | Starke | 23 | Miss Orlando | Jazz Dance, "I Got Love" | | | first=Sean |last=Streicher |title=82nd Miss Florida pageant kicks off in Lakeland |publisher=WTSP News |url=http://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/82nd-miss-florida-pageant-kicks-off-in-lakeland/67-452400516|date=June 27, 2017}}

Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant | | 2015 | first=Eileen |last=Holliday |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |publisher=Tribune Publishing |location=Orlando, FL |title=Leesburg woman crowned Miss Florida 2015 |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-marykatherine-fechtel-wins-miss-florida-2015-20150620-story.html |date=June 20, 2015}} | Leesburg | 19 | Miss University of Florida | Lyrical Dance, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Tessanne Chin | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | newspaper=Scholarship Pageant Newsletter |publisher=Miss Florida |location=Miami, FL |title=Miss Orlando's Outstanding Teen Crowned Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2010 |url=http://issuu.com/miss_florida_org/docs/miss_florida_pageant_may_2010 |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=May 2010}} | | 2014 | Victoria Cowen | Panama City | 21 | Miss North Florida | Lyrical Dance, "Note to God" | 3rd runner-up | Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship

Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Originally first runner-up, assumed title after tabulation error resulted in Fechtel incorrectly being named the winner | | Elizabeth Fechtel | Leesburg | 20 | Miss University of Florida | Dance, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams | Did not compete; dethroned after a tabulation error was corrected}} | | | | | | publisher=Miss America's Outstanding Teen |location=Tampa, FL |title=Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 Rides In The University of Florida's Homecoming Parade |url=http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs054/1103429962985/archive/1108574817618.html |date=November 2012}} | | | | | | | | | 2013 | date= July 17, 2013| title=Miss Palm Coast Myrrhanda Jones crowned Miss Florida|publisher=palmcoastobserver.com| url=http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/news/palm-coast/Neighborhood/071720137367/Miss-Palm-Coast-Myrrhanda-Jones-crowned-Miss-Flori}} | Gainesville | 19 | Miss Palm Coast | Baton, "Big Noise from Winnetka" | first=Ann |last=Oldenberg |title=Miss America crowns 2014 winner |newspaper= USA TODAY |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/09/15/miss-america-2014-crowned-in-atlantic-city/2818393/|date=September 17, 2013 }} | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen 2009 2nd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 pageant | | 2012 | Laura McKeeman | St. Petersburg | 23 | Miss Pinellas County | Ballet, La Esmeralda | Top 16 | | Former reporter on and current host of SEC Nation on ESPN | | 2011 | Kristina Janolo | Kissimmee | 24 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal, "Gold" | Top 13 | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant | | 2010 | Jaclyn Raulerson | Plant City | 19 | Miss Largo | Vocal, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | | Quality of Life Award Finalist | | | 2009 | Rachael Todd | Oviedo | 22 | Miss Suncoast | Irish Step Dance, "Riverdance" | | | | | 2008 | Sierra Minott | Fort Myers | 20 | Miss Palm Beach County | Theater Style Dance, "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town | 4th runner-up | | url=https://www.pageantjunkies.com/have-we-lost-the-battle-for-talent-at-miss-america/ |publisher = Pageant Junkies |title= Have We Lost the Battle for TALENT at Miss America? |date= September 30, 2014}} 3rd runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005 | | 2007 | Kylie Williams | Tallahassee | 24 | Miss Tallahassee | Country Vocal, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | Top 16 | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up | | | 2006 | Allison Kreiger | Miami | 23 | Miss Miami | Dance / Twirl, "I Will Live For Love" | | | | | 2005 | Mari Wilensky | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss University of Florida | Vocal, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Top 10 | | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant

Assumed the crown when Cragg relinquished title | | Candace Cragg | Jacksonville | | Miss Jacksonville | | Did not compete; relinquished title when it was discovered she was not enrolled at the university where she won her local title}} | | | | | 2004 | Jenna Edwards | Miami | 23 | Miss Winter Park | Popular Vocal, "Solitaire" | | Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist | Later Miss Florida USA 2007 | | 2003 | Shauna Pender | | | Miss St. Petersburg | | Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed title after Dunlap won Miss America 2004}} | | | | | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2001 pageant | | | | | | | | | Ericka Dunlap | Orlando | 21 | Miss City Beautiful | Vocal, "If I Could" | title= Miss Florida crowned new Miss America |publisher= Arizona Daily Sun |url=http://azdailysun.com/miss-florida-crowned-new-miss-america/article_506954ff-89a6-50c2-a86a-588f3666e562.html |date=September 20, 2003}} | Finals Evening Gown Award

Finals Talent Award | first= Deanna |last= Ferrante |title= Former Miss America launches campaign for Orlando City Council |publisher= Orlando Weekly |url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/02/07/former-miss-america-launches-campaign-for-orlando-city-council |date=February 7, 2017}} | | | 2002 | Katherine Carson | Sarasota | 20 | Miss Largo | Vocal, "Gimme, Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | | | | | 2001 | Kelly Gaudet | Miami | 22 | Miss Largo | Lyrical Dance, "It's Time" | Top 10 | Preliminary Evening Gown Award | Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 1996

Non-finalist Talent Award | | | 1995 | Kristin Ludecke | Eustis | 19 | Miss Central Florida | Classical Vocal, "O Luce di Quest'anima" from Linda di Chamounix | | | Later Miss Florida USA 2000 | | 1994 | Megan Welch | DeLand | 20 | Miss Mount Dora | Classical Vocal | | Non-finalist Interview Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1993 | | 1993 | Nicole Padgett | Fort Myers | 21 | Miss Tampa | Vocal, "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover | | | | | 1992 | Melinda Miller | | | Miss Altamonte Springs | | Did not compete; later assumed title when Cornett won Miss America 1993}} | | | | Leanza Cornett | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Winter Park | Vocal, "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde | Winner | | Previously National Sweetheart 1991 | | | 1991 | Mary Ann Olson | Sarasota | 24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal, "Where the Boys Are" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | | | 1990 | Dana Rinehart Dalton | Orlando | 23 | Miss Orlando | Dramatic Vocal, "If He Walked Into My Life" from Mame | | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | | | 1989 | Sandra Joanne Frick | Hialeah | 23 | Miss Coral Springs | Character Ballet en Pointe, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" | Top 10 | | | | 1988 | Melissa Aggeles | St. Petersburg | 24 | Miss Manatee County | Vocal / Dance, "Show Stopper" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1987 | | 1987 | Jennifer Anne Sauder | Homestead | 22 | Miss Homestead | Semi-classical Vocal, "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio | Top 10 | | | | 1986 | Molly Pesce | Longwood | 23 | Miss Seminole County | Vocal medley from Cabaret | | Non-finalist Talent Award | | | 1985 | Monica Bruni Farrell | Jacksonville | 21 | Miss Jacksonville University | Classical Piano, "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss New York 1984, Mary-Ann Farrell, and Miss Illinois 1992, Kathleen Farrell

Assumed the crown after Cline relinquished the title to continue to pursue her career as a singer and musician in November 1978. | | | Carolyn Cline | Brandon | 25 | Miss Tampa | Piano / Vocal, "Love Story" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1973 | | | 1977 | Cathy La Belle | Tampa | 20 | Popular Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | | | | 1976 | Nancy Stafford | Ft. Lauderdale | 22 | Miss Ft. Lauderdale | Piano, "Send In the Clowns" | | | | | 1975 | Ann K. Schmalzried | Ft. Lauderdale | 19 | Miss University of Florida | Classical Piano, "Gardens In the Rain" | Top 10 | Dr. David B Allman Medical Scholarship | | | 1974 | Delta Burke | Orlando | 18 | Miss Orlando | Dramatic monologue, "Anne Boleyn" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later gained fame as an actress, most notably on Designing Women | | 1973 | Ellen Meade | Bradenton | 20 | Miss Manatee County | Ballet Roller Skating, "The Black Swan" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | Ellen Rowena Meade Thomas died in Bradenton, Florida, at age 70 on August 27, 2023. | | 1972 | Suzanne Charles | Fort Lauderdale | 20 | Miss Miami | Ballet, "Dance of the Painted Doll" | | | | | 1971 | Barbara Jo Ivey | Winter Park | 19 | Miss Winter Park | Piano, "Toccata" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | | | 1970 | Lisa Donovan | Sarasota | 21 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | | | 1969 | Lynne Edea Topping | Marco Island | 20 | Miss Dade County | Ballet, "Kismet" | | | | | 1968 | Linda Fitts | Panama City | 20 | Miss Panama City | Charleston Dance, "Twelfth Street Rag" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | | | 1967 | Dawn Cashwell | Pensacola | 22 | Miss Pensacola | Baton Twirling, "Blue Tango" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1963 pageant, representing Georgia | | 1966 | Christine Torgeson | | | Miss Manatee County | | N/A | title=Diane Colston Bows Out|publisher=Sarasota Journal|date=Oct 24, 1966|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19661024&id=JPYeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FYwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7174,2875800}} | | | Diane Colston | Sarasota | 19 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Top 10 | | Relinquished the title after competing at Miss America 1967 pageant | | | 1965 | Carol Lynn Blum | Miami Beach | 21 | Miss Fort Lauderdale | Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | 3rd runner-up | | | | 1964 | Priscilla Schnarr | Hollywood | 18 | Miss Hollywood | Vocal / Dance, "Whatever Lola Wants" | | | | | 1963 | Flora Jo Chandonnet | North Miami | | Miss Miami | Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon | | | | | 1962 | Gloria Brody | Jacksonville | 19 | Miss Duval County | Interpretive Ballet, Theme from "Exodus" | | | | | 1961 | Sherry Jeanette Grimes | Sarasota | 18 | Miss Sarasota | Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now" | | | | | 1960 | Kathy Magda | Fort Lauderdale | 19 | Miss Fort Lauderdale | Dramatic monologue from Our Town | | | | | 1959 | Nancy Rae Purvis | Bradenton | 18 | Miss Bradenton | Dramatic monologue | | | | | 1958 | Dianne Tauscher | Orlando | | Miss Orlando | Ballet, "Canadian Sunset" | | | | | 1957 | Dorothy Maria Steiner | Boca Raton | | Miss Boca Raton | Dramatic reading, "Such Is Your Heritage" | 4th runner-up | | | | 1956 | Sally Fisher | Miami | | Miss Coral Gables | Vocal / Dance, "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat | | | | | 1955 | Sandra Wirth | Miami | | Miss Miami | Fire Baton, "Jazz Medley" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | | | 1954 | Ann Gloria Daniel | Dade City | | Miss Dade City | Accordion, "Lady of Spain" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | | | 1953 | Marjorie Simmons | Tampa | | Miss Tampa | Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | | | | | 1952 | Marcia Crane | Orlando | | Miss Gainesville | Piano, "Gershwin Prelude" | | | | | 1951 | Mary Elizabeth Godwin | Gainesville | | Miss University of Florida | Pantomime, "Betty Boop" | 4th runner-up | | | | 1950 | Janet Ruth Crockett | St. Petersburg | | Miss St. Petersburg | Vocal & Pantomime from The Perils of Pauline | 2nd runner-up | | Assumed title when Corine Gustafson was disqualified for being underage | | 1949 | Shirley Ann Rhodes | Tampa | | Miss Tampa | Vocal, "Put Your Shoes On, Lacy" | | | | | 1948 | Rosemary Carpenter | Miami Beach | | Miss Miami | Classical piano & accordion, "Fantasie Impromptu" & "Two Guitars" | Top 15 | | | | 1947 | Eula Ann McGehee | St. Petersburg | | Miss Florida | Magic act | | | Multiple Florida representatives

Preliminary Talent Award | Multiple Florida representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | | | Anna Louise Baker | Miami | | Miss Miami | | | | | | | 1940 | Mitzi Strother | Miami | | Miss Miami | | Top 15 | | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | | 1939 | Rose Marie Magrill | | title=List of title holders|url=http://www.missflorida.org/Titleholders.htm|publisher=MissFlorida.org|access-date=2010-12-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218000915/http://missflorida.org/Titleholders.htm|archive-date=2010-12-18}} | Tap Dance | Top 15 | | Multiple Florida representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | | Frances Powell | | | Miss Jacksonville | | | | | | | Irmigard Dietel | | | Miss Miami | Vocal | 4th runner-up | | | | | 1936 | No Florida representative at Miss America pageant | | | | | | | | | 1935 | Elizabeth Hull | Plant City | | Miss Plant City | Vocal medley, "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" | Top 12 | | | | 1934 | No national pageant was held | | | | | | | | | 1933 | No Florida representative at Miss America pageant | | | | | | | | | 1932 | No national pageants were held | | | | | | | | | 1931 | | | | | | | | | | 1930 | | | | | | | | | | 1929 | | | | | | | | | | 1928 | | | | | | | | | | 1927 | Marcia Hands | | | Miss Miami | N/A | | | Competed under local title at national pageant | | 1926 | Margaret Jennell Tate | | | | | | | | | 1925 | Ruth Wooddall | | | Miss Miami | Top 15 | | Multiple Florida representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | | | Margaret Swindell | | | Miss Lakeland | | | | | | | Lottie Eitzen | | | Miss Pensacola | | | | | | | Virginia McRae | | | Miss Tampa | | | | | | | Frances Payne | | | Miss West Palm Beach | | | | | | | 1923 | title=Half a Dozen America Beauties, Please |newspaper=The Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=33532&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjg4MjU4MjEsImlhdCI6MTU4NjY1MDIwMSwiZXhwIjoxNTg2NzM2NjAxfQ.YD71aKUA0b-9JGxDrgmMsgLjrdWD255BbaQo-Q7QaAc |location=Frederick, Maryland |date=September 6, 1923 |page=11 |via=Newspaper.com}} | Jacksonville | | Miss Jacksonville | | | Multiple Florida representatives

Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | | | Mary Weaver | Lakeland | | Miss Lakeland | | | | | | | title=Miss Newlon Is to Represent City|newspaper=The Miami News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/298499495/ |location=Miami, Florida |date=September 3, 1923|page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}} | Miami | | Miss Miami | | | | | | | Katherine Floyd | Pensacola | | Miss Pensacola | | | | | | | 1922 | Eleanor Logan | Jacksonville | 19 | | | | Competed as Miss Florida at pageant | | | 1921 | No Florida representative at Miss America pageant | | | | | | | | ::

Executive director accusations

Mary Sullivan, the longtime executive director of Miss Florida until her resignation in 2018, was arrested in 2022 and accused of stealing around $100,000 from the program from 2011–2018. The arrest came after an investigation into past financial irregularities by the Board of Directors after her retirement. She was accused of redirecting non-profit donations intended for use on scholarships to her own account, which she spent on personal matters such as maid service and dating sites.

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