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Junior Showmanship Winners
The Westminster Library is lacking Best Junior photos from the following years: 1934, 1936-38, 1940-53, 1955-68, 1970-71, 1973-75. If you can help us locate copies, please email [email protected]
| YEAR | WINNER | JUDGE(S) |
| 1934 | Betty Anne Clark, Philadelphia, PA | Mr. Charles Trayford |
| 1935 | Joseph Sayres, Peekskill, NY | Mr. Percy Roberts |
| 1936 | Dorthea McAnulty, Atlantic City, NJ | Mr. Frank Brumby |
| 1937 | Jerry Werber, Great Neck, NY | Mr. Robert Craighead |
| 1938 | Arthur F. Mulvihill,Jr., Syracuse, NY | Mr. Harry Livesey |
| 1939 | Mona Saphir, New York, NY | Mr. Jimmie Sullivan |
| 1940 | Jerry Werber, Great Neck, NY | Mr. Harry Hartnett |
| 1941 | Betsy Long, Hewlitt Harbor, NY | Mr. Leonard Brumby |
| 1942 | Betty Lee Hinks, Owings Mills, MD | Mr. John Goudie |
| 1943 | Walter Wilson, Baltimore, MD | Mr. John McGowan |
| 1944 | Betty Bolger, SewickIey, PA | Mrs. Emmett Warburton |
| 1945 | Evelyn Straub Mueller, Bronx, NY | Mr. Philip Prentice |
| 1946 | Frank Hill, Havertown, PA | Mrs. Percy Hoopes |
| 1947 | John Herr, Lancaster, PA | Mr. J. Levine |
| 1948 | George Metz, Oceanside, NY | Mr. Leonard Brumby Jr. |
| 1949 | Monica Rumpf, Syosset, NY | Mr. Harold Correll |
| 1950 | Hope Johnson, West Hartford, CT | Mr. Robert Snodgrass |
| 195I | Theodore Hollander, South Hamilton, MA | Mr. Percy Roberts |
| 1952 | William Henry, Lancaster, PA | Mr. Clinton Callahan |
| 1953 | Phyllis Claire Campbell, Edgewood, RI | Mr. Robert Gorman |
| 1954 | George Alston, Vienna, VA | Mr. Hollis Wilson |
| 1955 | Mary Donnelly, Jersey City, NJ | Mr. Robert Brumby |
| 1956 | Patricia Leary, Pluckemin, NJ | Mr. Ernest Loebe |
| 1957 | Pat Matson, Massapequa, NY | Mr. John Murphy |
| 1958 | Nancy Kelly, Stamford, CT | Mr. Fred Kunze |
| 1959 | Bethny Hall, Greenville, RI | Mr. Charles Crane |
| 1960 | Allen Kirk, Roanoke, VA | Mrs. Carolyn Blagden |
| 1961 | Betty Lou Ham, Holyoke, MA | Miss Anne Rogers |
| 1962 | Susan Heckmann, Baltimore, MD | Mr. Harry Sangster |
| 1963 | Lydia Ceccarini, Westbury, NY | Mr. Howard Tyler |
| 1964 | Clare Hodge, Bryn Mawr, PA | Mr. James Butler |
| 1965 | Jennifer Sheldon, Massapequa, NY | Mr. Leonard Brumby Jr. |
| 1966 | Laura Swyler, Commack, NY | Mr. Frank Hardy |
| 1967 | David Lynn Brumbaugh, Perry, GA | (Mr. John Murphy |
| 1968 | Cheryl Baker, Chicopee Falls, MA | Miss Virginia Hardin |
| 1969 | Charles Garvin, Columbus, OH | Mr. Richard Cooper |
| 1970 | Pat Hardy, Cincinnati, OH | Mr. Frank Sabella |
| 1971 | Heidi Shellenbarger, Costa Mesa, CA | Mr. Rex Vandeventer |
| 1972 | Deborah Gagny von Ahrens, Edison, NJ | Mrs. Julia Gasow |
| 1973 | Teresa Nail, Ft. Worth, TX | Mrs. James Clark |
| 1974 | Leslie K. Church, Frontenac, MO | Mr. Peter Knoop |
| 1975 | Virginia Westfield, Huntington, NY | Mr. Edd Bivin |
| 1976 | Kathy Hritzo, Hubbard, OH | Mr. Peter Thomson |
| 1977 | Randy McAteer, Ocala, FL | Mr. James Clark |
| 1978 | Sondra Peterson, San Diego, CA | Mrs. Michelle Billings |
| 1979 | Susan M. Schneider, Lorton, VA | Mr. Frank Sabella |
| 1980 | Laura Mazzaro, Huntington, CT | Mr. Edd Bivin |
| 1981 | Valerie Nunes, Newport Beach, CA | Mr. Ellsworth Howell |
| 1982 | Francesca Weisser, Olympia, WA | Mrs. Michelle Billings |
| 1983 | Tracie A. Laliberte, Norton, MA | Miss Annemarie Moore |
| 1984 | Brad Buttner, Hayward, CA | Mr. Ken McDermott |
| 1985 | David Harper, Richmond, TX | Mrs. Dorothy Welsh |
| 1986 | Wendy Rene Mattson, Newbury, CA | Mr. Howard Atlee |
| 1987 | Heather E. Christie, Milford, CT | Mr. Walter Goodman |
| 1988 | Patricia Fearing, Raleigh, NC | Mr. Roy Holloway |
| 1989 | Michelle Samson, Duncannon, PA | Mrs. Jane Forsyth |
| 1990 | Jessica Wiwi, Berkeley, CA | Mrs. Gayle Bontecou |
| 1991 | Kara Purcell, Central Point, OR | Mr. Robert Condon |
| 1992 | Christina Marley, Meridian, ID | Ms. Pat Laurans |
| 1993 | Stacy J. Duncan, Woodinville, WA | Mr. Edd Bivin |
| 1994 | Melanie Schlenkert, Peach Tree City, GA | Mrs. Alice Downey |
| 1995 | Kyle Covill, San Jose, CA | Mrs. Irene Bivin |
| 1996 | David Stout, Jacksonville, FL | Mr. Walter Goodman |
| 1997 | Cassandra Clark, Tustin, CA | Mr. Stephen Shaw |
| 1998 | Angela Lloyd, Clarksburg, MD | Mr. Roy Holloway |
| 1999 | Kimberlie Steele, Riverside, CA | Mrs. Mary Ann Alston |
| 2000 | Nicholas Urbanek, Glenshaw, PA | Mr. Frank Sabella |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Jordan, San Jose, CA | Miss Maxine Beam |
| 2002 | William Ellis, Reddick, FL | Mrs. James Clark |
| 2003 | Chad Malinak, Harvey, LA | Mrs. Marsha Hall Brown |
| 2004 | Katie Shepard, Kansas City, MO | Mrs. Jeannette McGinnis |
| 2005 | Alexis Ditlow, Enola, PA | Dr. J. Charles Garvin |
| 2006 | Anders Thoreson, Snohomish, WA | Mrs. James Edward Clark |
| 2007 | Zachary Helmer, Cordova, MD | Mr. Nicholas P. Urbanek |
| 2008 | Lauren Hay-Lavitt, Westminster, CA | Mr. Edd E. Bivin |
| 2009 | Dylan Kipp, Union Grove, WI | Mr. Edmund Dziuk |
| 2010 | Aaron Bradshaw, Gearhart, OR | Mrs. Jennifer Pahl |
| 2011 | Joanne Thibault, Union, CT | Mrs. Linda Pitts |
| 2012 | Ania Gabrielle Kelly, Dunkirk, MD | Ms. Terry Hundt |
| 2013 | Savannah Livingston, Burton, MI | Mr. Jason Hoke |
| 2014 | Kristen O’Brien, Weeki Wachee, FL | Mr. Peter Kubacz |
| 2015 | Lydia Frey, Hume, VA | Mr. Michael Dougherty |
| 2016 | Sophia Rogers, Columbus, NJ | Dr. Wyatt Delfino |
| 2017 | Mallori Seifert, Atascadero, CA | Dr. Steve Herman |
| 2018 | Lily Mancini, Sherman, CT | Mr. Clifford W. Steele |
| 2019 | Madeline Buehler, Manchester, MO | Ms. Angela Lloyd |
| 2020 | Johnathon Wehry, Charleston, TN | Ms. Valerie Nunes Atkinson |
| 2021 | Lily Angeline Bennett, Orangevale, CA | Mrs. Dylan Kipp Keith |
| 2022 | Erin Bernecker, Middletown, NJ | Mrs. Karen Mammano |
| 2023 | Luke Waters, Claypool, IN | Mrs. Vicki Seiler-Cushman |
| 2024 | Octavia Stensen, Everson, WA | Mr. Diego Garcia |
JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP WINNERS BY STATE
Boys: 27
Girls: 64
| STATE | NUMBER OF WINNERS |
| New York | 14 |
| California | 13 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 |
| Connecticut | 6 |
| Maryland | 6 |
| New Jersey | 6 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 4 |
| Virginia | 4 |
| Washington | 4 |
| Missouri | 3 |
| Ohio | 3 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Oregon | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 2 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Louisiana | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
