Miss Iowa USA

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

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 Jacklyn as Miss Iowa USA 1999.

Results summary

Placements

• Winners: Carol Morris (1956) (Miss Universe 1956)
• Top 10: Jensie Grigsby (2000)
• Top 12: Jan Hoyer (1993)
• Top 14/15: Judy Hall (1957), Kay Nielson (1959), Trudy Shulkin (1960)
• Top 24/25: Marilyn Shonka (1953), Ione Lucken (1954)

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Dana Ruth Mintzer (1983)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2012	Rebecca Hodge	Iowa City	22
2011	Rebecca Goldsmith	Chariton	26
2010	Katherine Connors	Bettendorf	20
2009	Chelsea Gauger	Ankeny	19
2008	Abbey Curran	Kewanee, IL	20			First person born with a disability (cerebral palsy) to compete in Miss USA
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.
1997	Shawn Marie Brogan	New Hampton
1996	Jill Simon	Burlington
1995	Angela Hearne	Mount Vernon
1994	Dr. Callie Pandit	Des Moines
1993	Jan Hoyer	Fort Madison		Top 12 Semi-finalist, Finishing in 8th Place		Previously Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987
1992	Pam Patrick	Ottumwa
1991	Heather Bowes	Toddville
1990	Elizabeth Muelhaupt	West Des Moines
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
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	Winner		Winner 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

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

External links

• Official Website