Miss Ohio USA
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 and Lesa Rummell (1977), mother of Miss Teen USA 2005, Allie LaForce.
Two Miss Ohio USAs are former Miss Ohio Teen USAs who competed at Miss Teen USA.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 22 | |||
| 2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | |||
| 2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 19 | |||
| 2009 | Natasha Vivoda | Youngstown | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Monica Day | Columbus | 25 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2007 | Anna Melomud | Richmond Heights | 22 | |||
| 2006 | Stacy Offenberger | Vincent | 26 | Third 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 | Kimberly Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
| 2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | ||||
| 2000 | Cheya Watkins | Cincinnati | 26 | Previously Miss Ohio 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Melinda Miller | Ottoville | 25 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1998 | Cynthia Madden | Anderson Township | ||||
| 1997 | Michelle Mouser | Columbus | 23 | Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1991 | ||
| 1996 | Melissa Boyd | Massillon | 22 | |||
| 1995 | Julia Hughes | Grove City | 22 | |||
| 1994 | Lisa Allison | Columbus | ||||
| 1993 | Andrea Pacione | Cleveland | ||||
| 1992 | Courtney Baber | |||||
| 1991 | Amy Glaze | Lucasville | ||||
| 1990 | Melissa Proctor | West Chester | 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.[1] | |||
| 1986 | Halle Berry | Cleveland | 19 | First runner-up | 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 | Lori Johnson | Dayton | Third runner-up | |||
| 1981 | Kim Seelbrede | Germantown | Winner | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981 | ||
| 1980 | 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 | |||||
| 1975 | Sandra Kurdas | |||||
| 1974 | Cheryl Youkvitch | |||||
| 1973 | Jackie Urbanek | was Miss Ohio-World in the 1974 Miss World-USA pageant | ||||
| 1972 | Kathleen Kehlmier | Fourth runner-up | ||||
| 1971 | Karen Haus | |||||
| 1970 | Jane Harrison | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster. | |||
| 1969 | Marilyn Singleton | |||||
| 1968 | Linda Pignatelli | Toledo | 20 | assumed title when winner resigned | ||
| 1968 | Linda Hoyle | Semi-finalist | resigned | |||
| 1967 | Phyllis Smith | |||||
| 1966 | Karen Dietz | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1965 | Sue Downey | Winner | Second runner-up at Miss Universe 1965 | |||
| 1964 | Gail Krielow | Semi-finalist | Miss American Beauty 1965, title of usa rep to Miss International pageant, 1st runner up at Miss International 1965 | |||
| 1963 | Gloria McBride | |||||
| 1962 | Joan Colucy | |||||
| 1961 | Alice Lou-Englemann | |||||
| 1960 | Corrine Huff | Semi-finalist | ||||
| Cathy Justice | resigned | |||||
| 1959 | Marie Dicarlo | |||||
| 1958 | Cindy Garrison | |||||
| 1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Fourth runner-up | ||||
| 1956 | Eleanor Wood | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1955 | Carol Hagerman | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Randa | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Eleanore Mack | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1952 | Margie Broering |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] References
- ^ "2007 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2007. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
[edit] External links
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