Miss Grays Harbor

The Miss Grays Harbor Scholarship Program is a preliminary to the Miss Washington/Miss America Programs. The Miss America Organization is one of the Nation’s leading achievement programs and is the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women today. The Program provides young women with the opportunity to pursue their professional and educational goals through the awarding of monetary grants for education. Scholarship funds are contributed by corporate and individual sponsors who commit their support to the personal advancement of these young women. The scholarship program is based on scholastic tradition that has been the cornerstone of the Miss America program since 1945. Today, personal growth, educational advancement, and community service continue to be the primary objectives of the organization. The Miss Grays Harbor Scholarship Program offers awards to each participant.

The first Miss Grays Harbor was crowned in April of 1948. Miss Grays Harbor 1948, Lorraine Lowder won the state title and was crowned Miss Washington 1948. On April 25, 1949, Lorraine crowned Mary Hansmann, Miss Grays Harbor 1949. Mary went on to compete in the Miss Washington Pageant in June of that year, however Miss Cowlitz County, Libby Aldrich was crowned Miss Washington 1949. There was then a 10 year hiatus where no pageant was held, although financial problems with the State program in 1949 may have led this hiatus. The pageant returned again in 1959 and Lynne Ross was crowned Miss Grays Harbor. Miss Grays Harbor 1961, Gail Hannuk of Aberdeen went on to become  . There was no titleholder for 1963, but the program has continued virtually without interruption since 1964. Sometime in 1990 or 1991 there was a change of pageant dates so Miss Grays Harbor would serve the year following her crowning in the same style as Miss America. Therefore Miss Grays Harbor 1990, Melinda Reynvaan extended her reign into 1991. In 2004 a second title was added as Miss Pacific Coast. This title was held until 2007.

Miss Grays Harbor Titleholders

*Crowned as Miss Pacific Coast

** Crowned as Miss Washington
Miss Grays Harbor’s Outstanding Teen

Miss Grays Harbor’s Outstanding Teen was started in 2007 as the sister pageant to the Miss Grays Harbor Program and a preliminary to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen and as such aims to “promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for America’s teens.”

The first competition was held in 2007 with Connie Morgan winning the title.

Miss Grays Harbor’s Outstanding Teen Titleholders

***Crowned as Miss Pacific Coast’s Outstanding Teen