Previous Miss University Titleholders

1950    Katherine Wright
1951    Jackie Walker
1952    Mertice Jeter
1953    Dora Lee Livingston
1954    Suzanne Dugger
1955    Linda Martin
1956    Sandra Webb
1957    Anne Fletcher
1958    Margie Wilson
1959    Lynda Meade**
1960    Patty Povall
1961    Annice Raye Jernigan*
1962    Catherine Parsons
1963    Mary Lou Pace
1964    Particia Alice Puckett
1965    Barbara Fitch Straub
1966    Betty Carlisle
1967    Martha Tate Stokely
1968    Nancy Carole Land
1969    Cynthia Gay Vincent
1970    Marilyn Hemphill
1971    Jeani Duckett
1972    Barbara Butler
1973    Tori Petty

1974    Donna Hilde
1975    Becky Moore
1976    Nancy White
1977 Mary Donnelly*
1978    Pam Hague
1979    Cheryl Stewart
1980    Wendy Shumake
1981    Becky Bush
1982    Daphne Park
1983    Kathy Johnson
1984 Kathy Manning*
1985    Susan Akin**
1986    Ladye Love Long
1987    Patricia Keith
1988    Dana Dalton
1989    Sherry Bowles
1990    Missy Hurdle
1991    Misty Hammack
1992    Lenena Holder
1993    Candy Carlisle
1994    Arleen McDonald
1995    Kelli Lewis
1996    Karen Smith
1997    Carissa Wells
1998    Audrey Dorroh

1999    Mysti Futral
2000    Megan Flowers
2001    Misty Rea
2002    Jessica Hill
2003    Jennifer Jernigan
2004    April Lancaster
2005    Jennifer Jernigan
2006    Tara Tutor
2007    Amanda Harmon
2008    Mary Brandon Norman
2009    Brooke Beard
2010    Adrian Turner
2011    Katherine Barkett
2012    Kayla Snow
2013    Caroline Conerly
2014    Anna Beth Higginbotham
2015    France Beard
2016 Carol Coker
2017 Leah Gibson
2018 Charley Ann Nix
2019 Blair Wortsmith
2020 Lexie Harper
2021 Lexie Harper
2022 Abigail Church
2023 Ally Hopper

The Miss University Competition, a preliminary to the Miss Mississippi and Miss America Competitions, began at the university in 1950 with the selection of Katherine Wright of Oxford as the first Miss University. The University of Mississippi has had five women claim the title of Miss Mississippi as representative of the University: Lynda Mead (1959), Annice Raye Jernigan (1961), Mary Donnelly (1977), Kathy Manning (1984), and Susan Akin (1985). Lynda Lee Mead and Susan Akin went on to win the crown of Miss America as they represented Mississippi in Atlantic City. The University is proud of its history in the Miss Mississippi and Miss America competition system.