Miss Florida
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.
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, Ericka Dunlap
- 1st runners-up: Muriel Elizabeth Smith, Ann Gloria Daniel
- 2nd runners-up: Virginia Warlen, Janet Ruth Crockett, Carolyn Cline, Lissette Gonzalez, Paris Richardson
- 3rd runners-up: Virginia Freeland, Carol Lynn Blum, Myrrhanda Jones, Victoria Cowen, Taylor Tyson, Casana Fink
- 4th runners-up: Irmigard Dietel, Gloria Smyley, Mary Elizabeth Godwin, Dorothy Maria Steiner, Dawn Cashwell, Cathy La Belle, Marti Sue Phillips, Sierra Minott
- Top 10: Leona Fredericks, Eileen Knapp, Sandra Wirth, Diane Colston, Linda Fitts, Lisa Donovan, Ann K. Schmalzried, Kim Boyce, Jennifer Anne Sauder, Melissa Aggeles, Sandra Joanne Frick, Christy Neuman, Kelly Gaudet, Mari Wilensky, Mary Katherine Fechtel, Leah Roddenberry, Juliette Valle
- Top 12: Elizabeth Hull, Vernell Bush
- Top 13: Kristina Janolo
- Top 15: Ruth Wooddall, Mary Jane Thomas, Irmigard Dietel, Rose Marie Magrill, Mitzi Strother, Pepper Shore, Rosemary Carpenter, Michaela McLean
- Top 16: Jacquelyn Jennings, Kylie Williams, Laura McKeeman
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Virginia Warlen, Ann Gloria Daniel, Melissa Aggeles, Dana Rinehart Dalton, Lissette Gonzalez, Jenna Edwards, Victoria Cowen, Mary Katherine Fechtel, Sara Zeng
- Preliminary Talent: Gloria Smyley, Virginia Warlen, Pepper Shore, Sandra Wirth, Dawn Lauree Cashwell, Linda Fitts, Lisa Donovan, Cathy La Belle, Carolyn Cline, Christy Neuman, Myrrhanda Jones, Taylor Tyson
- Preliminary Evening Gown: Kelly Gaudet
- Preliminary Fitness: Paris Richardson
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Barbara Jo Ivey, Ellen Meade, Delta Burke, Monica Farrell, Molly Pesce, Mary Ann Olson, Jamie Bolding
- Non-finalist Interview: Megan Welch, Jamie Bolding
- Non-finalist Social Impact Pitch: Lindsay Bettis
Other awards
- Equity and Justice Finalist: Leah Roddenberry, Lindsay Bettis
- Bernie Wayne Talent Award: Lissette Gonzalez
- Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Victoria Cowen
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ann K. Schmalzried, Ameigh Verderosa Worley
- Final Night Evening Gown Award: Ericka Dunlap
- Final Night Talent Award: Ericka Dunlap
- Jean Bartel Social Impact Initiative Finalist: Leah Roddenberry
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Kylie Williams
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jenna Edwards, Jaclyn Raulerson
- Women in Business Finalists: Lindsay Bettis
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Paris Richardson
Winners