"Mrs. America" is a reality-based prime time television special featuring the most accomplished married women of America. Each year, 51 delegates (all U.S. states plus the District of Columbia) compete for the coveted
title. Imitated but never duplicated, "MRS.AMERICAS" remains the first, and still the foremost competition for married women! This renowned national competition is devoted to emphasizing that America's 70 million
married woman are extraordinarily beautiful, poised, articulate and versatile.

Each of the 51 contestants - ranging in age from the 20's to 50's -- earns the right to participate in the national event by winning her state competition. These states events are under the direction of MRS.AMERICA State
Directors, a network of respected and talented community and business leaders reflecting one of the largest systems of its genre in the world. Their efforts over the past 3 decades continues as a year-long watershed
effort to discover the most accomplished married women qualified to compete for the esteemed title.

Each year the new "MRS.AMERICA" will make personal appearances throughout the country during her yearlong reign, speaking to and for our country's Greatest Natural Resource and most important constituency -- its
married women. The new "MRS.AMERICA" will also represent the United States at "MRS.WORLD," on the television special seen around the world to be broadcast live November 22, 2009 from Vung Tau, Vietnam.
Together, these shows comprise the largest system of its genre in the world.


PAST WINNERS   
Ruth Johnson CA
1978 Cindy Roberts - AK
1979 Carrie Gabriel Strom – NJ
1980 Carol McEwen – Ratcliffe – TX
1981 Paddy Boyd Argovitz – LA
1982 Rhonda McGeeney – TX
1983 Susan Goodman – MO
1984 Deborah Wolfe – WV
1985 Donna Russell – MS
1986 Cynthia Amann – FL
1987 Pamela Nail – MS
1987 Suzy Katz – CA
1988 Jennifer Kline – MN
1989 Jennifer Johnson – OK
1991 Kristianna Nichols – IN
1992 Dr. Doris Martineaux Dalton – PA
1993 Keyna Baucom – NC
1994 Wendy Lewis – TX

1995 Kimberly Brasher – OK
1996 Cynthia Pensiero – OH
1997 Lisa Lilienthal – NY
1998 Renee Cairns – FL
1999 Starla Stanley – UT
1999 Stacie Willis – AL
2000 Leslie Lam – HI
2001 Nicole Brink – IN
2002 Laurett Ellsworth Arenz - VA
2003 Kristi Leigh Phillips – AL
2004 Heidi Dinan – MO
2005 Julie Love Templeton – AL
2006 Andrea Preuss – CA
2007 Diane Tucker – AZ
2007 Marney Duckworth – CO
2008- Kelly McBee-WY
2009- Maureen MacDonald- NC
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