Miss SWOSU

Miss SWOSU

History

• 1919

  In 1919, a senior girl was selected and named simply, “Beauty Queen.”

• 1920 - 1929

  From 1920 through 1929, a May Queen and her Robin Hood, who were dressed in theme, were selected and they were joined by a “Garden of the Girls.”

• 1940 and 1941

  In 1940 and 1941, a Mr. and Miss Southwestern and their court were named. But by 1942 the court had been eliminated.

• 1954

  In 1954, the campus beauty won the title of Yearbook Queen.

• 1958

  It wasn’t until 1958 that the pageant and title took on a more familiar look and became known as “Miss Southwestern.”

• 1993

  In 1993, the official title underwent a name change, becoming the “Miss Southwestern Scholarship Pageant."/p>

• 2000

  During the 2000 year, the Miss America Scholarship Program started the Miss America 2.0 and several things changed, such as contestants being called candidates; pageants were called competitions; girls are now ladies; and the lifestyle in fitness in swimsuits was dropped from the competition. Also, Miss Southwestern became Miss SWOSU.

• 2009

  In 2009, the Miss SWOSU’s Outstanding Teen Competition began as a mentoring tool for statewide teens to see the SWOSU campus and experience the hospitality “on the hill.”

• 2011

  One titleholder in 2011 was the “FIRST” in Oklahoma to win the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen title.

• 2020

  In 2020, a national pandemic shut down cities, schools and lifestyles around the world and because of the COVID virus, a two-year shut down of all local competitions took place.

• 2023

  In 2023, SWOSU will crown it’s 65th Miss SWOSU titleholder and its 14th Miss SWOSU’s Outstanding Teen. The local competition is one of the only ones in the state with live jazz music provided by the SWOSU Music Department. The competition is held in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium.