when was the last time miss texas won miss america
1975
title: Miss Texas text: Miss Texas 2018 on June 30, 2018 at Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. 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. Miss Texas The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975). To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition. title: Shilah Phillips text: Shilah Phillips Shilah Precious Phillips is an American entertainer, beauty pageant contestant, and the 2006 winner of the Miss Texas title. She is the first African American winner of the crown in its 75-year history. Phillips competed for the 2007 Miss America title on January 29, 2007, placing first runner-up to Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Paige Nelson who was crowned as Miss America 2007. Shilah also gained a preliminary talent award and CMT's viewer's choice talent award voted by 7.5 million viewers. Shilah was also featured on the MTV series Pageant School. In 2009, Shilah appeared on MTV's hit show "Made: title: Shilah Phillips text: America, 2007 Shilah Phillips Shilah Precious Phillips is an American entertainer, beauty pageant contestant, and the 2006 winner of the Miss Texas title. She is the first African American winner of the crown in its 75-year history. Phillips competed for the 2007 Miss America title on January 29, 2007, placing first runner-up to Miss Oklahoma, Lauren Paige Nelson who was crowned as Miss America 2007. Shilah also gained a preliminary talent award and CMT's viewer's choice talent award voted by 7.5 million viewers. Shilah was also featured on the MTV series Pageant School. In 2009, Shilah appeared on MTV's hit title: Kendall Morris text: in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant in 2007, where she won multiple preliminary awards. Morris joined the staff at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2014 as a reporter and was named an anchor in January 2016. She currently works for NBC Charlotte. Kendall Morris Kendall Diane Morris, (born February 21, 1991) is a news anchor and an American beauty pageant titleholder from Ennis, Texas who was named Miss Texas 2011. She won the title of Miss Texas on July 1, 2011, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Ashley Melnick. Morris was Overall Interview Winner at Miss Texas title: Miss Texas text: Miss Texas The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975). To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition. A young woman may compete at the local and state level more than once, but may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. Hundreds of women participate each year in the local pageants, culminating in the selection of local finalists who compete for the Miss