There have been 47 Miss Chattanooga winners to compete for the
title of Miss Tennessee.
There have been nine Miss Chattanooga winners to compete for
Miss America in Atlantic City although only one winner has won
the title of Miss Tennessee.
The only Miss Chattanooga to win the title of Miss Tennessee:
Dorothy Jane Free
Miss Chattanooga 1948
Miss Tennessee 1948
[Preliminary Talent Winner at Miss America]
The following Miss Chattanooga winners competed for the title of Miss
America in Atlantic City, but were appointed the title of Miss
Tennessee because there was no state pageant held those years:
Frances Virginia Eakes
Miss Chattanooga 1943
Miss Tennessee 1943
Marian Nelson Weller
Miss Chattanooga 1944
Miss Tennessee 1944
Lee Harriet Henson
Miss Chattanooga 1945
Miss Tennessee 1945
[Top 13 & Preliminary Swimsuit Winner at Miss America]
Wilda Georgine Bowman
Miss Chattanooga 1946
Miss Tennessee 1946
Georgia Jean Cunningham (twin)*
Miss Chattanooga 1947
Miss Tennessee 1947
[Top 14 at Miss America]
Dorothy Jane Cunningham (twin)*
Miss Chattanooga 1947
*note - In 1947, the Cunningham twins, Jean and Jane, won the
Miss Chattanooga title as one contestant. In Atlantic City the twins
were not allowed to compete as one contestant, therefore a coin toss
would determine which contestant would use the title Miss Tennessee
and which one would remain Miss Chattanooga.
Gloria Ruthe Williams
Miss Chattanooga 1952
Miss Tennessee 1952
The following Miss Chattanooga winners held the title of Miss
Tennessee:
Desiree Denise Daniels
Miss Chattanooga 1980
Miss Hamilton County 1982
Miss Tennessee 1982
[1st Runner-up & Preliminary Swimsuit Winner at Miss America]
Jamie Watkins
Miss Chattanooga 2001
Miss Scenic City 2003
Miss Tennessee 2003
Of the 47 Miss Chattanooga winners to compete for the title of
Miss Tennessee:
Miss Tennessee = one (1948)
1st Runner-up = two (1951 & 2001)
2nd Runner-up = two (1984 & 1990)
3rd Runner-up = three (1955, 1974 & 1977)
4th Runner-up = four (1970, 1971, 1979 & 1980)
Top Ten = six (1958, 1960, 1961, 1976, 1978 & 1986)
Non-Finalist Winners = four
Preliminary Talent Winners = three
Preliminary Swimsuit Winners = four
Miss Congeniality = three
