Ellie Smith

Quick Facts

Intro

American model

Places

United States of America

Model Beauty pageant contestant

Work field

Fashion

Gender

Female

Birth

1996

Place of birth

Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, USA

Age

28 years

Education

Brigham Young University

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

The Miss Nevada competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nevada in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The first Nevadan to compete at Miss America was Carol Lampe in 1949.

The pageant was traditionally held in Reno and currently takes place in Las Vegas.Other venues have included Elko, Carson City and Mesquite.It has, at various times, been hosted by the Reno Lions Club and the Soroptimist club of Nevada.

Alexis Hilts of Las Vegas was crowned Miss Nevada 2018 on July 1, 2018 at the Westgate International Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. She competed for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she won the STEM Scholarship.

Results summary

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

2nd runners-up: Stacie James (1988)
3rd runners-up:Teresa Benitez (2003)
Top 10: Loni Gravelle (1958), Cheryle Thompson (1964), Joan Burachio (1972)
Top 16: Tosca Masini (1951)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Interview: Teresa Benitez (2003)
Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Kathryn Blaikie (1966), Gina Giacinto (2000)
Preliminary Talent: Stacie James (1988)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Interview: Elizabeth Muto (2005)
Non-finalist Talent: Vicky Jo Todd (1971), Helen Bennett (1973), Sandra Kastel (1977), Megan Anderson (1979), Sonja Nall (1986), Jennifer Joseph-Lier (1996), Tiffanie Story (2001), Ellie Smith (2015)

Other awards

Overall Interview Award: Teresa Benitez (2003)
Quality of Life Award Winners:Teresa Benitez (2003), Caleche Manos (2008)
Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Elizabeth Muto (2005), Christina Keegan (2010)
Quality of Life Award/Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalists: Bailey Gumm (2017), Nasya Mancini (2020)
STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Alexis Hilts (2019)
STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Katherine Kelley (2016), Andrea Martinez (2018)

Titleholders

Declared as winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2020	State and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019–20	Nasya Mancini	Sparks	22	Miss Washoe County	Comedic Monologue	TBD	Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Finalist
2018	Alexis Hilts	Las Vegas	23	Miss UNLV	Piano, "Transcendental Étude No. 4" by Franz Liszt		STEM Scholarship Award	Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2008
2017	Andrea Martinez	Las Vegas	23	Miss Clark County	Vocal, “His Eye in on the Sparrow"		STEM Scholarship Award Finalist
2016	Bailey Gumm	Minden	20	Miss Pleasant Valley	Tap Dance, "Sax" by Fleur East		Quality of Life Award Finalist	Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2011 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant
2015	Katherine Kelley	Madisonville	23	Miss Summerlin	Piano, "Etude in D Minor"		STEM Scholarship Award Finalist
2014	Ellie Smith	Henderson	17	Miss North East Nevada	Vocal, Somebody to Love		Non-finalist Talent Award	Sister of Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2014, Amy Smith Previously Miss Nevada's Outstanding Teen 2012
2013	Diana Sweeney	Mound House	19	Miss Carson City	Lyrical Dance, "Roads"			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2012	Randi Sundquist	Elko	22	Miss Southern Counties	Contemporary Jazz Dance, "I Won't Give Up"
2011	Alana Lee	Las Vegas	21	Miss Clark County	Vocal, "At This Moment"
2010	Cris Crotz	Mesquite	24	Miss Southern Counties	Popular Vocal, "Alone"
2009	Christina Keegan	Gardnerville	23	Miss Northern Counties	Ballet en Pointe, "Bohemian Rhapsody"		Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up
2008	Julianna Erdesz	Reno	24	Miss Carson City	Vocal			Later Miss Nevada USA 2010
2007	Caleche Manos	Reno	23	Miss Carson City	Vocal, "Love Is a Battlefield"		Quality of Life Award Winner	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant
2006	Caydi Cole	Las Vegas	22	Miss Clark County	Vocal, "Blues in the Night"
2005	Crystal Wosik		23	Miss Las Vegas	Lyrical Dance, "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl
2004	Elizabeth Muto		24	Miss Las Vegas	Dramatic Monologue, "Who Will Cry?"		Non-finalist Interview Award Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up	Received Presidential Volunteer Service Award from President George W. Bush
2003	Christina O'Neil	Carson City	24	Miss Gold Country	Vocal, "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime			Contestant at National Sweetheart 1999 pageant
2002	Teresa Benitez	Reno	24	Miss Silver State	Dramatic Monologue from The Laramie Project	3rd runner-up	Overall Interview Award Preliminary Interview Award Quality of Life Award Winner	Majority Floor Leader of the Nevada Assembly
2001	Ashley Huff	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Polynesian Dance, "Welcome to Polynesia"			Later Miss Nevada USA 2003
2000	Tiffanie Story	Reno	19	Miss UNR/Truckee Meadows	Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1999	Gina Giacinto	Las Vegas	24	Miss Las Vegas	Original Vocal Presentation, "Dreams Were Given Wings To Fly"		Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Later Miss Nevada USA 2001 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 2001 pageant
1998	Anna Carpenter	Mesquite	18	Miss Mesquite	Monologue
1997	Amanda Gunderson	Reno	19	Miss Northern Counties	Classical Vocal, "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"
1996	Annette Albertson	Reno	24	Miss Truckee Meadows	Vocal, "Luck Be a Lady"
1995	Jennifer Joseph-Lier	Wendover	24	Miss Elko County/Northeast Nevada	Vocal, "I Am Changing"		Non-finalist Talent Award	Contestant on the E! reality show "The Entertainer"
1994	Laura Hubach	Reno	22	Miss Reno	Classical Piano
1993	Mitzie Cox	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Vocal / Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
1992	Sandra Dornak	Las Vegas	25	Miss Las Vegas	Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins
1991	Malia Winn	Minden	17	Miss Douglas County	Interpretive Ballet, music from Somewhere in Time
1990	Tia Marie Zorne	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Acro-Jazz Dance, "Julie's Theme" from American Anthem
1989	Brenda Linscott	Incline Village	23	Miss Cosmopolitan Counties	Vocal, "Memory" from Cats
1988	Deborah Schuler	Incline Village	22	Miss Cosmopolitan Counties	Vocal, "The Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born
1987	Stacie James	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Vocal, "On My Own" from Les Misérables	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1986	Kelsey Kara	Las Vegas	23	Miss Las Vegas	Flamenco Dance
1985	Sonja Nall		23		Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote		Non-finalist Talent Award
1984	LeAnna Grant		22		Vocal, "I Love Paris"			Later Miss Nevada USA 1986
1983	Kim Pacini	Incline Village	24	Miss North Lake Tahoe	Vocal, "You're the Top"
1982	Kim King	Las Vegas	21	Miss Clark County	Banjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
1981	Suzanne Bowman	Reno	20	Miss Reno	Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics, "Zero to Sixty in Five"
1980	Phyllis Hamlin	Reno	23	Miss Reno	Piano, Warsaw Concerto
1979	Jeanne Cangemi	North Lake Tahoe	22	Miss North Lake Tahoe	Classical & Jazz Saxophone, "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás"
1978	Megan Anderson	Reno	19	Miss Washoe County	Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca		Non-finalist Talent Award
1977	Lori Isom	Las Vegas	18	Miss Clark County	Jazz Dance, "Classical Blues"
1976	Sandra Kastel		21	Miss Las Vegas	Vocal, "My Man"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1975	Sherri Ann Lowe		21	Miss Las Vegas	Baton Twirling / Variety Act
1974	Jacqueline Barker	Sparks	19	Miss Sparks	Popular Vocal, "The Way We Were"
1973	Echo Rost	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Modern Jazz Dance, "I Feel the Earth Move"		Neat As A Pin Award (tie)
1972	Helen Bennett	Reno	23	Miss Reno	Classical Ballet, "Dance of the Gypsy"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1971	Joan Burachio	Las Vegas	21	Miss Las Vegas	Accordion, "Csárdás"	Top 10
1970	Vicky Jo Todd	Sparks	20	Miss Sparks	Vocal / Guitar, "Time"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1969	Karen Wastun	Yerington	21	Miss Lyon County	Dramatic Presentation, "Lizzie" from The Rainmaker
1968	Sharon Davis	Reno	19	Miss University of Nevada	Classical Vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème
1967	Vicky Landeck	Reno	18	Miss Reno	Dramatic Reading, "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell
1966	Roberta Sharp	Carson City	18	Miss Carson City	Piano
1965	Kathryn Blaikie	Carson City	18	Miss Carson City	Musical Comedy, "I'm Late"		Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1964	Ellen Roseman	Sparks	21	Miss South Lake Tahoe	Comedy Skit
1963	Cheryle Thompson	Las Vegas		Miss Las Vegas	Folk Singing, "My Lover Has Gone"	Top 10
1962	Audrey Chambers	Las Vegas	19		Baton Twirling, Fire Baton & Dance
1961	Sherry Wagner	Reno	19		Tap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers"
1960	Nancy Bowen	McGill	19		Humorous Reading & Piano
1959	Dawn Wells	Reno	20		Dramatic Reading from Antigone			Played role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island
1958	Judy Wadsworth	Sparks			Dramatic Monologue from The Lark
1957	Loni Gravelle	Reno			Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg	Top 10
1956	Carmen Ruggeroli	Las Vegas			Vocal
1955	Vivienne Potter	Reno			Dramatic Monologue, "An Address to the Jury"
1954	Janice Babcock	Reno			Ballet, "Blues"
1953	Jeannine McColl	Las Vegas			Dance
1952	Bonnie Wilson	Reno			Ballet, "Something to Dance About"			Assumed the title after the original winner, Sylvia Russell, chose to marry
1951	Donna Sollars	Reno			Vocal & Ukulele, "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" & "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
1950	Tosca Masini	Sparks			Comedy Characterization	Top 16
1949	Carol Lampe	Reno			Speech, "4-H"
1935–1948	No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant
1934	No national pageant was held
1933	No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant
1932	No national pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1921–1927	No Nevada representative at Miss America pageant