Miss Colorado

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The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.

Meredith Winnefeld of Highlands Ranch was crowned Miss Colorado 2017 on June 24, 2017 at Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colorado. She competed for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she won the Women in Business scholarship and the Non-finalist talent award.

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Pageant summary

The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

Miss Americas: Sharon Ritchie (1956), Marilyn Van Derbur (1958), Rebecca Ann King (1974)
1st runners-up: Maya Walker (1989)
2nd runners-up: Debbie Riecks (1990), Kelley Johnson (2016)
3rd runners-up: Sylvia Canaday (1949), LaTayna Hall (1988)
4th runners-up: N/A
Top 10: Cheryl Sweeten (1964), Adria Easton (1970), Karrie Mitchell (1991)
Top 12: Katie Layman (2010)
Top 15: Delores Conrad (1926)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Sylvia Canaday (1949), Karrie Mitchell (1991)
Preliminary Talent: N/A

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Talent: Tia Tyler (1968), Cathy Glau (1972), Suzan Hogan (1978), Kimberly Christiansen (1981), Deborah Davids (1983), Carol Johnson (1987), Michelle Stanley (1997), Keely Gaston (1999), Shannon Patilla (2017), Meredith Winnefeld (2018)