Miss Arizona


The Miss Arizona competition is the pageant that selects Arizona's representative for the Miss America pageant. Arizona has twice won the Miss America title. The first Miss Arizona, Anna Marie Barnett, was crowned in 1938.
Tiffany Ellington of Scottsdale was crowned Miss Arizona 2025 on June 28, 2025, at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Arizona 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

Preliminary Awards

  • Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness: Jacque Mercer, Lynn Freyse
  • Preliminary Talent: Jacque Mercer, Pam Wenzel

    Non-finalist Awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Paula Lou Welch, Linda Gail Sirrine, Sarah Tattersall, Lisa Mandel, Tammy Kettunen, Kimberly Hoskins, Stacy Agren, Erin Gingrich, Erin Nurss, Amber Barto

    Other awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Vonda Kay Van Dyke
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Amanda Murray, Stacy Agren
  • Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Hilary Griffith
  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Audrey Sibley
  • Special Scholarship: Donna Riggs
  • Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Jacqueline Thomas
  • Women Who Brand Finalists: Melody Pierce

    Winners