Miss Iowa USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Des Moines |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Iowa.
Katherine Connors, Miss Iowa USA 2010
Dani Reeves, Miss Iowa USA 2007
Sarah Corpstein, Miss Iowa USA 2006
Jamie Solinger, Miss Iowa USA 1998
The Miss Iowa USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Iowa in the Miss USA pageant.
While Iowa has not been greatly successful in the past four decades, they were one of the most consistent states in the first decade of the pageant's existence. The second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe Crown was Carol Morris of Iowa in 1956.
Jamie Solinger, Miss Teen USA 1992 and Miss Iowa USA 1998, crowned her sister Jaclyn Solinger as Miss Iowa USA 1999.
Results summary
Placements
- Winners: Carol Morris (1956) (Miss Universe 1956)
- 5th Runner Up: Carlyn Bradarich (2014)
- Top 10: Jensie Grigsby (2000)
- Top 12: Melissa Grimm (1987), Jan Hoyer (1993)
- Top 14/15: Judy Hall (1957), Kay Nielson (1959), Trudy Shulkin (1960)
- Top 19/20: Marilyn Shonka (1953), Ione Lucken (1954)
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Dana Ruth Mintzer (1983), Melissa Grimm (1987), Rebecca Hodge (2012)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kelsey Weier | West Des Moines | 25 | TBA | ||
| 2016 | Alissa Katelin Morrison | Davenport | 24 | |||
| 2015 | Taylor Even | Jesup | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Carlyn Nicole Bradarich | Iowa City | 23 | 5th runner-up | Sister of Ashley Bradarich, Miss Illinois USA 2010
Later Miss Illinois World 2015, top 12 at Miss World America 2015 | |
| 2013 | Richelle Elizabeth Orr[1] | Hampton | 20 | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2012 | Rebecca Hodge | Iowa City | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2011 | Rebecca Goldsmith | Chariton | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Katherine Connors | Bettendorf | 20 | Threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals baseball game following a joke by Nationals pitcher Miguel Batista at Miss Iowa's expense. Batista sent flowers, but declined Connors' challenge to "walk the runway in a swimsuit." | ||
| 2009 | Chelsea Gauger | Ankeny | 19 | |||
| 2008 | Abbey Nicole Curran | Kewanee, IL | 20 | First person born with a disability (cerebral palsy) to compete in Miss USA[2] | ||
| 2007 | Dani Reeves | Hamburg | 21 | |||
| 2006 | Sarah Corpstein | Anamosa | 23 | |||
| 2005 | Joy Robinson | Altoona | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Brooke Hansen | Fort Dodge | 22 | |||
| 2003 | Linsey Grams | Urbandale | 20 | |||
| 2002 | Lauren Wilson | Bettendorf | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Clarissa Kroese | Pella | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Jensie Grigsby | West Des Moines | 26 | Top 10, Finishing in 10th Place | ||
| 1999 | Jaclyn Solinger | Altoona | ||||
| 1998 | Jamie Solinger | Altoona | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1992 and Miss Teen USA 1992. Later Mrs. Iowa America 2004 and 3rd runner-up to Mrs. America 2004 under her married name, Jamie Patterson.[3] | |||
| 1997 | Shawn Marie Brogan | New Hampton | ||||
| 1996 | Jill Simon | Burlington | ||||
| 1995 | Angela Hearne | Mount Vernon | ||||
| 1994 | Callie Pandit | Des Moines | ||||
| 1993 | Jan Hoyer | Fort Madison | Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place | Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987, Sister of miss Iowa USA 1982 Jeanne Hoyer | ||
| 1992 | Pam Patrick | Ottumwa | ||||
| 1991 | Heather Bowers | Toddville | ||||
| 1990 | Elizabeth Muelhaupt | West Des Moines, Iowa | ||||
| 1989 | Marcy Requist | Red Oak | ||||
| 1988 | Julie Kemmerling | Hinsdale, IL | ||||
| 1987 | Katy Magee | Jefferson | ||||
| 1986 | Holly Wilkins | Clear Lake | ||||
| 1985 | Karen North | Ames | ||||
| 1985 | Devin Steinberg | Manson | Original winner, dethroned after she married during her reign. | |||
| 1984 | Michele Boisvert | Decorah | ||||
| 1983 | Dana Ruth Mintzer | Des Moines | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1982 | Jeanne Hoyer | Fort Madison | Sister of Miss Iowa USA 1993 Jan Hoyer | |||
| 1981 | Jennifer Lynn Wimpey | Iowa City | ||||
| 1980 | Lori Kromminga | Keystone | ||||
| 1979 | Teri Lee Rees | Sioux City | ||||
| 1978 | Michelle Daley | West Des Moines | ||||
| 1977 | Cindy Woodard | Urbandale | ||||
| 1976 | Shery Lynn Davenport | Storm Lake | ||||
| 1975 | Kathleen Duggan | Council Bluffs | ||||
| 1974 | Susan Jane Thompson | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1973 | Dyanna Roberts | Oskaloosa | ||||
| 1972 | Jennifer Jo Owen | Maxwell | ||||
| 1971 | Cindy Helmers | Sibley | ||||
| 1970 | Jacqueline Jochims | Carroll | 3rd runner up at Miss International 1971, represented Iowa in Miss World USA 1970, did not place | |||
| 1969 | Becky Stoner | Laurens | ||||
| 1968 | Markie Anderson | Sioux City | ||||
| 1967 | Kathleen Solt | Jefferson | ||||
| 1966 | Janis Mieras | Alta | ||||
| 1965 | Mari Hardy | Sioux City | ||||
| 1964 | Barbara Rodgers | Perry | ||||
| 1963 | Ramona Meylor | Le Mars | ||||
| 1962 | Regina Prusha | Cedar Rapids | ||||
| 1961 | Deanne Ostermann | Ocheyedan | ||||
| 1960 | Trudy Shulkin | Sioux City | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1959 | Kay Nielson | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | Former Miss Nebraska 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Sandra Olsen | Sioux City | ||||
| 1957 | Judy Hall | Council Bluffs | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1956 | Carol Morris | Ottumwa | 19 | Miss USA 1956 | Miss Universe 1956, Miss Iowa 1954 | |
| 1955 | Jerri Jean Cole | Holstein | ||||
| 1954 | Ione Lucken | Le Mars | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Marilyn Shonka | Sioux City | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1938 | Louise Fouts | Gruver |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Richelle Orr Crowned Miss Iowa USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. October 15, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Johnson, Kristine (2008-04-10). "Beating The Odds: Beauty Queen With Cerebral Palsy". WCBS-TV. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ↑ "2004 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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