Ellery Jones was crowned Miss Colorado 2018 on June 16, 2018 at Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colorado. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
| Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes | | 2018 | Ellery Jones[1] | Greenwood Village | 21 | Miss Greenwood Village | Spoken Word | Top 10[2] |
| 2017 | Meredith Winnefeld[3] | Highlands Ranch[3] | 23 | Miss Highlands Ranch | Dance/Twirl, "He's a Pirate" | Non-finalist Talent Award[4]
Women in Business Scholarship Award[5] | Previously Miss Colorado's Outstanding Teen 2011 |
| 2016 | Shannon Patilla | Denver | 24 | Miss Mile High | Vocal, "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 2015 | Kelley Johnson[6] | Windsor | 22 | Miss Northern Colorado | Original Monologue, "Not Just a Nurse" | 2nd runner-up | STEM Scholarship Award | Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss her nursing monologue and received $10,000 from Shutterfly for nurse anesthetist school[7]
Later Miss California USA 2018[8] (top 10 at Miss USA 2018) |
| 2014 | Stacey Cook | Littleton | 23 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Tahitian Dance, "Runaway Baby" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 |
| 2013 | Meg Kardos | Denver | 23 | Miss Metropolitan | Classical Vocal, "Habanera" |
| 2012 | Hannah Porter | Centennial | 24 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Tap Dance, "Boom Boom" | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2011 |
| 2011 | Diana Dreman[9] | Denver | 23 | Miss Boulder County | Musical Theater Dance, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | date=June 2017}} |
| 2010 | Melaina Shipwash | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance, "9 to 5" |
| 2009 | Katie Layman | Aurora | 23 | Miss Douglas County | Contemporary Lyrical Dance, "The Way I Am" | Top 12 |
| 2008 | Jamie Dukehart-Conti | Arvada | 23 | Miss Broomfield | Jazz Dance |
| 2007 | Maggie Ireland | Littleton | 22 | Miss Littleton | Irish Step Dance, "Dueling Violins" & "Footloose" |
| 2006 | Janie Allen | Arvada | 23 | Miss Parker | Piano, "Concerto in A Minor" & "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| 2005 | Jessica Urban | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Highlands Ranch | Vocal / Harp, "If I Ain't Got You" |
| 2004 | Laura Tobey | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Jazz Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" |
| 2003 | Katee Doland | Arvada | 23 | Miss Denver | Lyrical Dance, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | [10]
Former Denver Broncos cheerleader{{Citation needed>date=June 2017}}
Triple Crown Winner- Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998;
Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1998 - Previously Miss Colorado USA 2001;
Miss Photogenic at Miss USA 2001 pageant
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| 2002 | Morgan O'Murray | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Centennial | Jazz Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Former Denver Broncos cheerleader{{Citation needed>date=June 2017}} |
| 2001 | Kelly McKee | Parker | 22 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Lyrical Dance, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde |
| 2000 | Anamarie Bonafede | Loveland | 22 | Miss Centennial | Ballet, "How Majestic Is Your Name" |
| 1999 | Erin MacGregor | Denver | 23 | Miss Columbine | Lyrical Ballet, "Celebration" | Later Miss Colorado USA 2003 |
| 1998 | Keely Gaston | Morrison | 20 | Miss Rocky Mountain | Classical Ballet, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Colorado USA 2002 |
| 1997 | Regina Flores | Colorado Springs | 21 | Miss Capital City | Vocal, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| 1996 | Michelle Stanley | Littleton | 20 | Miss Capital City | Dramatic Monologue from Quilters | Non-finalist Talent Award | Later Miss Colorado USA 1998 |
| 1995 | Amy Ciccolella | Monument | 21 | Miss Northern Front Range | Popular Vocal / Puppetry, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" |
| 1994 | Shellene Cockrell | Colorado Springs | 24 | Miss Colorado Springs | Tap Dance, "Sing, Sing, Sing" |
| 1993 | Stephanie Irving | Colorado Springs | 22 | Miss Colorado Springs | Inspirational Vocal |
| 1992 | Stacey Rose | Parker | 22 | Miss Metro South | Classical Violin Solo, "Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5" |
| 1991 | Colleen Walker | Pueblo | 21 | Miss Pueblo County | Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera |
| 1990 | Karrie Mitchell | Arvada | 24 | Miss Arvada | Popular Vocal, "Vision of Love" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award |
| 1989 | Debbie Riecks | Aurora | 24 | Miss Mile High/Front Range | Contemporary Flute Solo, "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" | 2nd runner-up | 1st runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1983 |
| 1988 | Maya Walker | Eagle-Vail | 23 | Miss Western Counties | Jazz Vocal, "Night and Day" | 1st runner-up | Later Miss Oklahoma USA 1992 |
| 1987 | LaTanya Hall | Boulder | 22 | Miss Boulder Valley | Vocal, "I Am Changing" | 3rd runner-up |
| 1986 | Carol Janson | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder Valley | Piano, "Revolutionary Etude" | Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 1985 | Linda Trimmer | Denver | 22 | Miss Sterling | Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! |
| 1984 | Lisa Frees | Thornton | 25 | Miss Adams County | Vocal, "I Got Rhythm" |
| 1983 | Melanie Scott | Littleton | 21 | Miss Denver | Jazz Acrobatic Dance, "Junkaroo Holiday" |
| 1982 | Deborah Davids | Denver | 22 | Miss Chatfield | Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel | Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 1981 | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 20 | Miss Jefferson County | Acrobatic Dance, "Theme from Exodus" | Later Miss Colorado USA 1985 |
| 1980 | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | 19 | Miss Aurora | Baton Twirling, "The Main Event" | Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 1979 | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" |
| 1978 | Catherine Brown | Littleton | Miss Littleton | Classical Vocal |
| 1977 | Suzan Hogan | Colorado Springs | 19 | Miss Denver County | Flute Solo, "Carnival of Venice" | Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 1976 | Karen Land | Littleton | 22 | Miss Northeastern Junior College | Vibes Solo, "Bandstand Boogie" |
| 1975 | Penny Currier | Lakewood | 22 | Miss Lakewood | Concert Pedal Harp Solo, "St. Louis Blues" |
| 1974 | Cynthia Hunter | Denver | 23 | Miss Denver | Soft Shoe Dance, "Mame" |
| 1973 | Gayle Holden | Denver | 20 | Miss Denver | N/A | Assumed the title after King became Miss America 1974 |
| Rebecca Ann King | Sterling | 23 | Miss Metro Denver | Vocal "If I Ruled the World" | Winner | date=June 2017}} |
| 1972 | Sally Anderson | Longmont | 19 | Miss Longmont | Classical Vocal "Daydreams" |
| 1971 | Cathy Glau | Denver | 20 | Miss Northern Colorado | Modern Jazz Dance "Up, Up and Away" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Featured performer for the Miss America 1973 telecast
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1970 | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins | 18 | Miss Northglen | Musical Interpretation "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady |
| 1969 | Adria Easton | Boulder | 21 | Miss Boulder | Baton Twirling "Medley from Funny Girl" | Top 10 | Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1968 | Pamela Kerker | Sterling | 21 | Miss Sterling | Ballet / Jazz Dance "By Myself" & "Babalu" |
| 1967 | Tia Tyler | Golden | 20 | Miss Denver | Dramatic Reading "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Miss Congeniality (3-way tie)
Non-finalist Talent Award |
| 1966 | Holly Smith | Denver | 19 | Miss University of Denver | Popular Vocal |
| 1965 | Kristina Holm | Denver | 19 | Piano Solo "More" & "Gigi" |
| 1964 | Kathleen Knight | Denver | 19 | Miss May Days | Semi-classical Vocal "The Telephone" |
| 1963 | Cheryl Sweeten | Arvada | 18 | Miss Arvada | Dramatic Reading "Anastasia" | Top 10 |
| 1962 | Sally Guinn | Westminster | 18 | Miss Westminster | Folk Singing |
| 1961 | Jane McBurney | Denver | 18 | Miss University of Colorado | Piano "Malaguena" |
| 1960 | Anne Walker | Littleton | 18 | Miss Aurora | Dance |
| 1959 | Marlinda Mason | Denver | 20 | Dramatic Reading |
| 1958 | Cynthia Cullen | Boulder | Drama "Queen on Being Sentenced to Death" |
| 1957 | Marilyn Van Derbur | Denver | 20 | Organ "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly" | Winner |
| 1956 | Polly Childs | Aurora | Drama |
| 1955 | Sharon Ritchie | Denver | 18 | Recitation "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay | Winner |
| 1954 | Barbara Busey | Denver | Vocal / Dance |
| 1953 | Mary Donelan | Keenesburg | Dramatic Monologue from "Of Mice and Men" |
| 1952 | Chardelle Hayward | Fort Collins | Piano |
| 1951 | Jo London | Aurora | Dramatic Monologue | The original winner, Aber, resigned before competing at Miss America[11] |
| Marie Aber | Denver | N/A |
| 1950 | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | Violin |
| 1949 | Sylvia Canaday | Denver | Monologue "Dinner at Eight" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award |
| 1948 | Virginia Smith | Pueblo |
| 1947 | Joyce Haycock | Pueblo | Vocal "Chi-Baba" |
| 1946 | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs |
| 1941 | Charlene Woods | Denver |
| 1940 | Eileen Hoskins | Denver |
| 1938 | Rosanna Bean | Montrose |
| 1927 | Elva Yvette Roy | Miss Denver | Competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
| 1926 | Jeanette Roland | Miss Colorado | Multiple Colorado representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
| Delores Conrad | Miss Denver | Top 15 | Multiple Colorado representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
1. ^{{cite web|first=Janice |last=Williams |title=Who Is Kayla Kline? Miss Denver Quit Miss America Race in Support of Cara Mund |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/kayla-kline-miss-america-denver-1087660 |date= August 23, 2018 |quote=...Ellery Jones as Miss Colorado...}}
2. ^{{cite web|first=Erin |last=Serpico |title=Miss New York crowned Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City |url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/miss-new-york-crowned-miss-america-in-atlantic-city/article_2dca9531-9029-5cf5-8ba1-b4e2c1014aba.html |work=Press of Atlantic City |date=September 8, 2018}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |title=Meredith Winnefeld wins Miss Colorado 2017| publisher=Pageant Experts News |url=https://pageantexperts.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/meredith-winnefeld-wins-miss-colorado-2017/|date=June 26, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web| |url=http://missamerica.org/miss-america-scholarship-awards/ |publisher= Miss America Organization |title= Miss America Scholarship Awards}}
5. ^{{cite web |first= Amy |last= Kuperinsky |title=Miss America 2018: 10 contestants to watch at the Atlantic City pageant |publisher=NJ.com |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/09/miss_america_2018_top_picks.html |date=September 11, 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news |first=Erin |last=Udell |newspaper=Fort Collins Coloradoan |publisher=Gannett |location=Fort Collins, CO |title=Windsor woman crowned Miss Colorado |url=http://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/2015/06/23/windsor-woman-crowned-miss-colorado/29164843/ |date=June 24, 2015}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/17/kelley-johnson-miss-colorado-ellen-degeneres-show|title=Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson addresses her Miss America monologue on Ellen|publisher=www.ew.com|date=September 17, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web |first= Todd |last= Harding |title=Former Miss Colorado Wins Miss California USA Pageant |publisher=K99 News |url=http://k99.com/former-miss-colorado-wins-miss-california-usa-pageant/ |date=December 4, 2017}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=CU Boulder student crowned Miss Colorado|url=http://www.9news.com/entertainment/205154/343/CU-Boulder-student-crowned-Miss-Colorado-|publisher=9 News|date=June 27, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120716010022/http://www.9news.com/entertainment/205154/343/CU-Boulder-student-crowned-Miss-Colorado-|archivedate=July 16, 2012|df=}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.misscolorado.org/contactus|title=Contact Us|last1=|first1=|last2=|first2=|date=|work=|publisher=|accessdate=July 10, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610061445/http://www.misscolorado.org/contactus|archivedate=June 10, 2010|df=}}
11. ^Lewiston Morning Tribune, August 15, 1951