The Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Miss California has won the Miss America crown six times:
The pageant began in Santa Cruz in 1924 and was held there in 1925. During the years 1926 through 1946 in years when the Miss California pageant was held, the competition was primarily in San Francisco and Venice, California. In 1947, it returned to Santa Cruz and was held there annually until 1985, after which it moved to San Diego in response to years of protests and a "Myth California" counterpageant organized by local feminist activists led by Ann Simonton and Nikki Craft. It has been held in Fresno, California since 1994.
Miss North County 2013
Miss Garden Grove 2012
Miss Culver City 2012
Miss San Diego 2011
Miss Northern California 2010
Miss San Diego's Outstanding Teen 2008