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The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won the Miss America crown.

Sara Zeng of Palm Coast was crowned Miss Florida 2017 on July 1, 2017 at Youkey Theater in Lakeland, Florida. She competed for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she won a Preliminary award in Lifestyle & Fitness.

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Results summary

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

Placements

Miss Americas: Leanza Cornett (1993), Ericka Dunlap (2004)
1st runners-up: Muriel Elizabeth Smith (1943), Ann Gloria Daniel (1955)
2nd runners-up: Virginia Warlen (1944), Janet Ruth Crockett (1951), Carolyn Cline (1979), Lissette Gonzalez (1999)
3rd runners-up: Virginia Freeland (1945), Carol Lynn Blum (1966), Myrrhanda Jones (2014), Victoria Cowen (2015)
4th runners-up: Irmigard Dietel (1937), Gloria Smyley (1938), Mary Elizabeth Godwin (1952), Dorothy Maria Steiner (1958), Dawn Cashwell (1968), Cathy La Belle (1978), Marti Sue Phillips (1980), Sierra Minott (2009)
Top 10: Leona Fredericks (1942), Eileen Knapp (1942), Sandra Wirth (1956), Diane Colston (1967), Linda Fitts (1969), Lisa Donovan (1971), Ann K. Schmalzried (1976), Kim Boyce (1984), Jennifer Anne Sauder (1988), Melissa Aggeles (1989), Sandra Joanne Frick (1990), Christy Neuman (1998), Kelly Gaudet (2002), Mari Wilensky (2006), Mary Katherine Fechtel (2016)
Top 12: Elizabeth Hull (1935), Vernell Bush (1944)
Top 13: Kristina Janolo (2012)
Top 15: Ruth Wooddall (1925), Mary Jane Thomas (1938), Irmigard Dietel (1939), Rose Marie Magrill (1939), Mitzi Strother (1940 and 1941), Pepper Shore (1947), Rosemary Carpenter (1948)
Top 16: Jacquelyn Jennings (1946), Kylie Williams (2008), Laura McKeeman (2013)
Top 23: Catherine Floyd (1923)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Virginia Warlen (1944), Ann Gloria Daniel (1955), Melissa Aggeles (1989), Dana Rinehart Dalton (1991), Lissette Gonzalez (1999), Jenna Edwards (2005), Victoria Cowen (2015), Mary Katherine Fechtel (2016), Sara Zeng (2018)
Preliminary Talent: Gloria Smyley (1938), Virginia Warlen (1944), Pepper Shore (1947), Sandra Wirth (1956), Dawn Lauree Cashwell (1968), Linda Fitts (1969), Lisa Donovan (1971), Cathy La Belle (1978), Carolyn Cline (1979), Christy Neuman (1998), Myrrhanda Jones (2014)
Preliminary Evening Gown: Kelly Gaudet (2002)

Non-finalist awards

Non-finalist Talent: Barbara Jo Ivey (1972), Ellen Meade (1974), Delta Burke (1975), Monica Farrell (1986), Molly Pesce (1987), Mary Ann Olson (1992), Jamie Bolding (1997)
Non-finalist Interview: Megan Welch (1995), Jamie Bolding (1997)

Other awards

Miss Congeniality: N/A
Bernie Wayne Talent Award: Lissette Gonzalez (1999)
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ann K. Schmalzried (1976)
Final Night Evening Gown Award: Ericka Dunlap (2004)
Final Night Talent Award: Ericka Dunlap (2004)
Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jenna Edwards (2005), Jaclyn Raulerson (2011)

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Winners

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