The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America Organization.

Four Miss Mississippis have won the Miss America crown: Mary Ann Mobley (1959), Lynda Lee Mead (1960), Cheryl Prewitt (1980), and Susan Akin (1986).

The current titleholder is Becky Williams of Purvis, who was crowned Miss Mississippi 2024 on June 8, 2024 at the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Mississippi titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions.

Semi-finalist on Season 23 of The Voice [7] Top 8 Katharine Clare Manning Loeb died at 59 on December 23, 2021, of COVID-19 related illness in Tennessee.