Previous Miss Kanawha Majorettes
The title of Miss Kanawha Majorette is awarded to the one girl who is the outstanding majorette of the evening of those competing in the category. The first girl to be named Miss Kanawha Majorette was Dolores Thompson in 1947. An annual tradition of being named Miss Kanawha Majorette is returning the next year to present the award to that year's Miss Kanawha Majorette with the trophy, tiara, and bouquet of flowers. A girl cannot be named Miss Kanawha Majorette for two consecutive years, however, it is possible for a girl to be named it twice. Juliana Kemp from South Charleston High School is the only majorette to win the title of Miss Kanawha Majorette twice, once in 2003 and again in 2005. Herbert Hoover High School and South Charleston High School are tied for the most Miss Kanawha Majorette wins with a total of 10; Hoover had 10 different girls win while South Charleston had nine different girls win as one girl, Juliana Kemp, won it twice. Next to them is George Washington High School, Sissonville High School, and the former DuPont High School with eight; the former Charleston High School had seven; St. Albans High School, Capital High School, and the former Stonewall Jackson High School are tied with six; Riverside High School has three; and Nitro High School and the former Dunbar High School and East Bank High School are tied at two. • 2025 – Emma Elkins, George Washington • 2024 – Sailor Lucas, Herbert Hoover • 2023 – Mia Bartoli, George Washington • 2022 – Caroline Dysart, Herbert Hoover • 2021 – Anna Payne, George Washington • 2019 – Sydney Moore, St. Albans • 2018 – Gabbie Mullins, Riverside • 2017 – Lauren Carnell, Capital • 2016 – Carrie Long, George Washington • 2015 – Kaitlyn Cline, George Washington • 2014 – Olivia Carnell, Capital • 2013 – Emma Rhodes, St. Albans • 2012 – Taylor Freeland, George Washington • 2011 – Heather Ryan, Herbert Hoover • 2010 – Alexandra Ameli, George Washington • 2009 – Casey Jarvis, Capital • 2008 – Kandis Courtney, Riverside • 2007 – Chelsea Morton, Herbert Hoover • 2006 – Stevi Ryder, Herbert Hoover • 2005 – Juliana Kemp, South Charleston • 2004 – Mandy Jo Wingo, Riverside • 2003 – Juliana Kemp, South Charleston • 2002 – Ashley Parsons, Capital • 2001 – Megan Tucker, Herbert Hoover • 2000 – Christal Kirk, Herbert Hoover • 1999 – Laura Hanna, Capital • 1998 – Jessica Smith, DuPont • 1997 – Kristen Tucker, Herbert Hoover • 1996 – Heather Anderson, Herbert Hoover • 1995 – Julie Keenan, DuPont • 1994 – Beth Miller, South Charleston • 1993 – Susan Booth, Sissonville • 1992 – Kim Jarrett, Sissonville • 1991 – Sarah Lang, Capital • 1990 – Leigh Ann Dolan, Sissonville • 1989 – Jill Pazerski, George Washington • 1988 – Katie Hodges, Stonewall Jackson • 1987 – Kristie Roberts, South Charleston • 1986 – Lisa White, DuPont • 1985 – Kim Randolph, Stonewall Jackson • 1984 – Lori Began, South Charleston • 1983 – Kim O'Conner, South Charleston • 1982 – Karen Persinger, DuPont • 1981 – Kelly Ellis, Charleston • 1980 – Shannon Snodgrass, DuPont • 1979 – Michelle Noe, Charleston • 1978 – Ursula Smith, St. Albans • 1977 – Donna Rowley, Sissonville • 1976 – Debbie Wilkinson, Sissonville • 1975 – Dawn Bailey, Sissonville • 1974 – Jenny Lynn Phyllips, East Bank • 1973 – Kathy Jo Light, DuPont • 1972 – Bobbie Coleman, Charleston • 1971 – Judy Boggess, Nitro • 1970 – Kay Bennett, Charleston • 1969 – Kathy Wingo, Charleston • 1968 – Janie Coffman, Sissonville • 1967 – Karen Schoonover, South Charleston • 1966 – Donna Tickle, Stonewall Jackson • 1965 – Beth Fleshman, Herbert Hoover • 1964 – Betty Conner, Sissonville • 1963 – Sandy Limer, East Bank • 1962 – Jenny Doty, St. Albans • 1961 – Phyllis Zabel, Stonewall Jackson • 1960 – Jeannie Irvin, Dunbar • 1959 – Patti Bostic, South Charleston • 1958 – Nina Hatfield, Stonewall Jackson • 1957 – Brenda Sullivan, DuPont • 1956 – Frances Snyder, Nitro • 1955 – Judy Thrall, Charleston • 1954 – Eleanor Carney, Dunbar • 1953 – Jean Thompson, St. Albans • 1952 – Barbara Jean Tucker, St. Albans • 1951 – Joyce Ballard, DuPont • 1950 – Patty Hendrickson, Stonewall Jackson • 1949 – Mathilde Bodkin, South Charleston • 1948 – Phyllis Walker, Charleston • 1947 – Dolores Thompson, South Charleston ==Previous Festival Grand Champions==