Miss Ohio USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Columbus |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.
Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years. Ohio is one of only twelve states to win the Miss USA crown twice (Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981).
There are many notable Miss Ohio USA's; most famously actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up to Miss USA in 1986. Others include Kim Mullen (2002) of Survivor: Palau, Melissa Proctor (1990), current director of the Miss Ohio USA and Miss Michigan USA pageants, Lesa Rummell (1977), mother of Miss Teen USA 2005, Allie LaForce, and actress / model / sportscaster Jayne Kennedy, née Jane Harrison (1970).
Two Miss Ohio USAs are former Miss Ohio Teen USAs who competed at Miss Teen USA.
The current titleholder is Dinaleigh Baxter.
Results summary
- Miss USA: Sue Downey (1965), Kim Seelbrede (1981)
- 1st runners-up: Halle Berry (1986)
- 2nd runners-up: Audrey Bolte (2012)
- 3rd runners-up: Kim Weeda (1982), Stacy Offenberger (2006)
- 4th runners-up: Kathryn Gabriel (1957), Kathleen Kehlmier (1972)
- Top 10: Melinda Miller (1999), Kristin Smith (2013)
- Top 12: Melissa Proctor (1990)
- Top 15: Eleanore Mack (1953), Barbara Randa (1954), Eleanor Wood (1956), Corrine Huff (1960), Gail Krielow (1964), Karen Dietz (1966), Linda Hoyle (1968), Jane Harrison (1970), Megan Wise (2016)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Kim Thomas (1980)
- Miss Congeniality: Monica Day (2008)
- Best State Costume: Kim Thomas (1980)
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 |
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2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter | Columbus | 23 | TBA | ||
2016 | Megan Wise | Gallipolis | 27 | Top 15 | Competed for Miss Ohio USA 9 consecutive years before winning the title | |
2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Columbus | 25 | |||
2014 | Madison Gesiotto | Massillon | 22 | |||
2013 | Kristin Smith[1] | Dayton | 21 | Top 10 | ||
2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 22 | 2nd runner-up | ||
2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | |||
2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 19 | Later Miss Midwest U.S. International 2015 | ||
2009 | Natasha Vivoda | Champion | 22 | |||
2008 | Monica Day | Whitehall | 25 | Miss Congeniality | ||
2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | |||
2006 | Stacy Offenberger | Vincent | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998 | |
2005 | Aisha Berry | Cincinnati | 25 | |||
2004 | Lauren Kelsey Hall | Wellston | 20 | |||
2003 | Candace Smith | Dayton | 26 | Contestant on Survivor: Tocantins | ||
2002 | Kim Danelle Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | 19 | |||
2000 | Cheya R. Watkins | Cincinnati | 26 | Previously Miss Ohio 1998 | ||
1999 | Melinda Miller | Ottoville | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | 18 | |||
1997 | Michelle Mouser | Columbus | 23 | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1991 | ||
1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | |||
1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | |||
1994 | Lisa Michelle Allison | Gahanna | 18 | |||
1993 | Andrea Pacione | North Royalton | ||||
1992 | Courtney Baber | Cincinnati | ||||
1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | ||||
1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 22 | Semi-finalist | Current director of the Miss Michigan USA, Miss Michigan Teen USA, Miss Ohio USA, and Miss Ohio Teen USA pageants under her married name, Melissa Proctor-Pitchford | |
1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | ||||
1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | ||||
1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron | Later Mrs. Illinois America 2007 and Mrs. Photogenic winner at Mrs. America 2007 under her married name, Hallie Thompson.[2] | |||
1986 | Halle Berry | Oakwood | 19 | 1st runner-up | Miss World USA 1986, 5th Runner-up at Miss World 1986, actress and Academy Award winner, Miss Teen All American 1985 | |
1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | ||||
1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | ||||
1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | ||||
1982 | Kim Ann Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | ||
1981 | Kimberly Kaye Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA 1981 | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981 | |
1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas | Circleville | 20 | Miss Photogenic, Best State Costume Winner | 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 1980 as Miss Cincinnati | |
1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | ||||
1978 | Sheila Anderson | Cincinnati | ||||
1977 | Lesa Rummell | Paris | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce | |||
1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | ||||
1975 | Sandra Kurdas | Conneaut | ||||
1974 | Kay Phillips | Bedford | ||||
1973 | Jackie Urbanek | Cleveland | was Miss Ohio-World in the 1974 Miss World USA pageant | |||
1972 | Kathleen Ann Kehlmier | Columbus | 19 | 4th runner-up | ||
1971 | Karen Marlene Haus | Chagrin Falls | ||||
1970 | Jane Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster. | |
1969 | Marlynn Singleton | Westerville | ||||
1968 | Linda Pignatelli | Toledo | 20 | assumed title when winner resigned | ||
1968 | Columbus | 21 | Semi-finalist | resigned | ||
1967 | Phyllis Smith | Caldwell | ||||
1966 | Karen Dietz | Willoughby | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1965 | Sue Ann Downey | Columbus | 20 | Miss USA 1965 | Second runner-up at Miss Universe 1965 | |
1964 | Gail Karen Krielow | Richmond Heights | 20 | Semi-finalist | Miss American Beauty 1965, title of usa rep to Miss International pageant, 1st runner up at Miss International 1965 | |
1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | ||||
1962 | Joan Carole Colucy | Massillon | ||||
1961 | Alice Lou Engleman | Ashtabula | ||||
1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
Cathy Justice | resigned | |||||
1959 | Marie Dicarlo | Poland | ||||
1958 | Cindy Ann Garrison | Canton | ||||
1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up | ||
1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | ||||
1954 | Barbara Joyce Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1953 | Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ↑ "Kristin Smith Crowned Miss Ohio USA 2013". Beauty Pageant News. November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ↑ "2007 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.