Miss Blackpool Winners

The Miss Blackpool competition started at the South Shore Baths in 1954, and was won by the following ladies:

1954 Elaine Smith
1955 Eira Roberts
1956 Leila Williams
1957 Margaret Wroe
1958 No contest staged
1959 Marilyn Davies
1960 Barbara Smith
1961 Anne Thelwall (Miss United Kingdom and runner-up to Miss World)
1962 Joyce Kay
1963 Cheryl Driscoll
1964 Jennifer Gurley
1965 Pamela Harrison
1966 Julie Owen
1967 Nina Scott
1968 Marie Smith
1969 Pam Brookes
1970 Dawn Cooke
1971 Linda Thomas
1972 Linda Benn
1973 Wendy Anne George
1974 Sheila Mitchell
1975 Ann Dunsford
1976 Gillian Clark
1977 Susan Hempel (Miss Great Britain)
1978 Janet Withey
1979 Pamela Jewitt
1980 Caroline Bell
1981 Geraldine Fuller
1982 Linzi Butler
1983 Jane Kennedy
1984 Vicky Ellis
1985 Karel Horton
1986 Zoe Bolsover
1987 Lesley Anne Steele
1988 Janet Pasquill
1989 Elaine Durr
1990 Helen Upton (Miss United Kingdom)
1991 Jane Collier
1992 Claire Smith (Miss United Kingdom and runner-up to Miss World)
1993 Julie Gillian
1994 Rhianydd-Lesley Jones
1995 Karen Smith
1996 Jennifer McLoughlin
1997 Vicki Lee Walberg (Miss United Kingdom)
1998 Caroline Loeben

Moved to Brannigan’s:

1999 Caroline Porter
2000 Natalie James
2001 Joanne Birchall
2002 Tanya Robinson
2003 Lindsey Perry
2004 Terri Williams

Moved to Winter Gardens:

2005 Donna Fleetwood
2006 Sally Hempel (see 1977 – her aunt!)
2007 Gemma Louise Henry

From 2006, an alternative competition - Miss Blackpool Town – was held at the Beat nightclub in April, won by Carmen Hall. Nickie Hedger won the competition in 2007.