Miss West Virginia America 2012
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America |
| 2011 | Spenser Wempe | Shepherdstown | Miss North Eastern | |
| 2010 | Cali Young | Glen Dale | Miss Northern West Virginia | |
| 2009 | Talia Markham | Ripley | Miss Capital City | |
| 2008 | Kayla Lynam | Short Gap | Miss Eastern Panhandle | |
| 2007 | Summer Wyatt | Athens | Miss Capital City | |
| 2006 | Tiffany Lawrence | Shepherdstown | Miss Jefferson County | |
| 2005 | Kimberly Goodwin | Morgantown | Miss Morgantown | |
| 2004 | Julia Burton | Petersburg | Miss Southern West Virginia | |
| 2003 | Allison Williams | Morgantown | Miss Mountain State | |
| 2002 | Janna Kerns | Terra Alta | Miss Morgantown | |
| 2001 | Danae DeMasi | Morgantown | Miss Appalachia | Semi-finalist |
| 2000 | Jodi Clark | Moundsville | Miss Point Pleasant | |
| 1999 | Lucy Ours | Petersburg | Miss Mason County | |
| 1998 | Amy Townsend | Morgantown | Miss Marion County Area | |
| 1997 | Eisa Krushansky | Westover | Miss Miss North Central | |
| 1996 | Kari Safford | Point Pleasant | Miss Ohio Valley | |
| 1995 | Elizabeth McIntyre | Dunbar | Miss Appalachia | |
| 1994 | Jennifer Bopp | Elkins | Miss South Central | |
| 1993 | Cynthia Sims | Vienna | Miss Ohio Valley | |
| 1992 | Kimberly Parrish | Parkersburg | Miss Marion County Area | |
| 1991 | Leah Lasker | Bluefield | Miss Mercer County | |
| 1990 | Melissa Costello | Shenandoah Junction | Miss Jefferson County | |
| 1989 | Lisa Bittinger | Fairmont | Miss North Central | |
| 1988 | Lisa Seagroves | Morgantown | Miss North Central | |
| 1987 | Saundra Patton | Morgantown | Miss North Central | |
| 1986 | Shannon Barill | Charleston | Miss Charleston Area | |
| 1985 | Rebecca Porterfield | Martinsburg | Miss Martinsburg-Berkeley County | |
| 1984 | Melanne Pennington | Cross Lanes | Miss Kanawha County | |
| 1983 | Andrea Patrick | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | |
| 1982 | Kelly Anderson | Clarksburg | Miss Harrison County | |
| 1981 | Candy Cohen | Huntington | Miss Marshall University | |
| 1980 | Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | Miss South Charleston | |
| 1979 | Deborah Davis | Huntington | Miss Southern West Virginia | Semi-finalist |
| 1978 | Ivy Meadows | St. Albans | Miss South Charleston | |
| 1977 | Patricia Paugh | Parkersburg | Miss Parkersburg Area | |
| 1976 | Teresa Lucas | Elkins | Miss Fayette County | |
| 1975 | Kristi Wick | South Charleston | Miss South Charleston | |
| 1974 | Mary Derry | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | |
| 1973 | Myra Elizabeth "Beth" McVey | Huntington | Miss Huntington | |
| 1972 | Lynette Koper | Weirton | Miss Huntington | |
| 1971 | Deborah Lambert | Morgantown | Miss West Virginia University | |
| 1970 | Linda Dianne Barnett | Parkersburg | Miss Wood County | |
| 1969 | Judith Shoup | Gibsonia, Pennsylvania | Miss West Virginia University | |
| 1968 | Charlotte Warwick | Charleston | Miss Morris-Harvey College | |
| 1967 | Helen Morgan | Lewisburg | Miss Beckley | |
| 1966 | Judith Skunda | Weirton | Miss Weirton | |
| 1965 | Lois Gay Ratcliff | Bluefield | Miss Greater Bluefield | |
| 1964 | Ella Dee Kessel | Ripley | Miss Morgantown | 2nd runner-up |
| 1963 | Karen Childers | South Charleston | Miss Marshall University | |
| 1962 | Diane Hunter | Arlington, VA | Miss Morgantown | |
| 1961 | Carole Johnson | Rivesville | Miss Morgantown | |
| 1960 | Mary Hoback | Bluefield | Miss Bluefield | |
| 1959 | Janet Hill | Nitro | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Boyd | Fairmont | ||
| 1957 | Janice Sickle | Fairmont | ||
| 1956 | Carolyn Miller | Martinsburg | ||
| 1955 | Mary Fryman | Madison | ||
| 1954 | Miriam Reep | Clarksburg | ||
| 1953 | Patricia Stewart | Pineville | ||
| 1952 | Nancy Rohrbough | Grafton | ||
| 1951 | Phyllis Walker | Charleston | ||
| 1949 | Georganne Steiss | Barrackville | ||
| 1948 | Jane Queen | Huntington | ||
| 1947 | Joan Estep | Wheeling | Semi-finalist | |
| 1946 | Norma Salisbury | Parkersburg | Semi-finalist | |
| 1941 | Juanita Wright | Huntington | Semi-finalist | |
| 1940 | Mary Bowles | Montgomery |
