BREMERTON — Some interesting facts about Miss Poulsbo.
— Miss Poulsbo 1955 Donna Jean Milton served as a Poulsbo City Council member from 1988-99 and as mayor from Jan. 6, 1999 to Dec. 31, 2005.
— Laura Lee Smith was Miss Poulsbo in 1954; her daughter, Toni Hewett, was Miss Poulsbo in 1974.
— Two sisters served as Miss Poulsbo: Joan Brix, 1955; and Julee Brix, 1964.
— Miss Poulsbo 2002 Kristen Eddings won the Miss Kitsap and Miss Washington titles in 2006, and placed in the Top 10 at the Miss America pageant.
— Erika Scott, Miss Poulsbo 2010, was in the first class of pageant Little Sisters. She was Miss Poulsbo 2000 Ashlee Redfern’s pageant Little Sister.
TITLE HOLDERS
1954: Laura Lee Smith
1955: Joan Brix*
1955: Donna Jean Milton
1956: Beth Wyngarden
1957: Alice Oien
1958: Patricia Mason
1959: Christi Simonsen
1960: Sue Bailey
1961: Margaret Weirholt
1962: Leann Youngquist
1963: Carol Dahlstrom
1964: Julee Brix
1965: Kathi Clemens
1966: Mary Packard
1967: Mary Delapp
1968: Cynthia Hughey
1969: Karen Donleycott
1970: Janey Stromberg
1971: Merrillee Swanson
1972: Trudy Munger
1973: Jackie Lif
1974: Toni Hewett
1975: Vickie Posten
1976: Mardy Olson
1977: Julie Marsh
1978: Robin Dickison
1979: Ellen Norton
1980: Melody Francisco
1981: Carrie Meyers
1982: Kristi Oster
1983: Shelly Hall
1984: Dawn Bosselman
1985: Melinda Levy
1986: Joni Patterson
1987: Casey Harvey
1988: Jerilynn Cooper
1989: Kim Klein
1990: Colleen Gresham
1991: Carmen Van
1992: Kari Brazeau
1993: Daira Andrejvs
1994: Elaina Trostad
1995: Lisa Jogenson
1996: Kari Hosler
1997: Lindsay Miles
1998: Casey Oreiro
1999: Becky Larsen
2000: Ashlee Redfern
2001: Jeana Ostheller
2002: Kristen Eddings
2003: Danielle Deitch
2004: Canon Henness
2005: Janna Murray
2006: Brenna Gardner-Brown
2007: Alex Duchemin
2008: Amy Stadshaug
2009: Heidi Nicks*
2009: Myriah Riedel
2010: Erika Scott
2011: Natasha Tucker
2012: Michaela Meeker
*= Gave up title before the year was up; succeeded by first runner-up.
