Miss Ohio USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Columbus |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director |
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, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe.[1] It is produced by Proctor Productions.
The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth.[2][3][4][5]
Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant.[6][7][8]
The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986.[9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy[10] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins.[11][12] Two Miss Ohio USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America. The most recent placement was Sir'Quora Carroll placing 3rd runner-up in 2022.
The current titleholder is Sir'Quora Carroll of Canal Winchester and was crowned on May 21, 2022 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She represented Ohio for the title of Miss USA 2022, finished as 3rd runner-up.
Gallery of titleholders
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Katherine Justice, Miss Ohio USA 1960, seen in her film The Way West
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Jane Harrison, Miss Ohio USA 1970 (pictured in 1980)
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Halle Berry, Miss Ohio USA 1986 and Miss World USA 1986
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Stacy Offenberger, Miss Ohio USA 2006 and Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998
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Madison Gesiotto, Miss Ohio USA 2014
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Deneen Penn, Miss Ohio USA 2018
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Alice Magoto, Miss Ohio USA 2019 (when she was Miss Ohio 2016)
Results summary
- Miss USAs: 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), Sir'Quora Carroll (2022)
- 4th runners-up: Kathryn Gabriel (1957), Kathleen Kehlmier (1972)
- Top 10/12: Melissa Proctor (1990), Melinda Miller (1999), Kristin Smith (2013), Alice Magoto (2019)
- Top 15/16: 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), Sthephanie Miranda (2020)
Ohio holds a record of 23 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Kim Thomas (1980)
- Miss Congeniality: Monica Day (2008)
- Best State Costume: Kim Thomas (1980), Kim Weeda (1982)
Winners
- Color key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Finalists or semifinalist
Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2023 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2022 | Sir'Quora Carrol | Canal Winchester | 23 | 3rd runner-up | ||
2021 | Nicole Wess | Cincinnati | 22 | Shortest reigning Miss Ohio USA at 10 months and 11 days | ||
2020 | Sthephanie Miranda | Campbell | 26 | Top 16 |
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2019 | Alice Magoto[13] | Cincinnati | 20 | Top 10 | Previously Miss Ohio 2016[14] | |
2018 | Deneen Penn | Cortland | 20 | |||
2017 | Dinaleigh Baxter[8] | Winchester[8] | 23 | |||
2016 | Megan Wise[15] | Gallipolis[15] | 26 | Top 15[15] | Joining under the Miss USA system on her 9th consecutive year including one Teen appearance and eight straight Miss appearances (including 7 top 5 placements in both editions) before winning the title in 2016 | |
2015 | Sarah Newkirk | Columbus | 25 | |||
2014 | Madison Gesiotto | Massillon | 21 | |||
2013 | Kristin Smith[16] | Dayton | 21 | Top 10 | ||
2012 | Audrey Bolte | Batavia | 21 | 2nd runner-up | ||
2011 | Ashley Caldwell | Gallipolis | 24 | |||
2010 | Amanda Tempel | St. Bernard | 19 | |||
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 Hall | Wellston | 20 | |||
2003 | Candace Smith | Dayton | 26 | Contestant on Survivor: Tocantins | ||
2002 | Kimberly "Kim" Mullen | Huber Heights | 23 | Contestant on Survivor: Palau | ||
2001 | Amanda Canary | Columbus | 19 | |||
2000 | Cheya 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 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 Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania (both Miss and Teen USA) pageants under her married name, Melissa Proctor-Pitchford | |
1989 | Lisa Thompson | Marion | ||||
1988 | Gina West | Pickerington | ||||
1987 | Hallie Bonnell | Akron |
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1986 | Halle Berry[18] | Oakwood | 19[18] | 1st runner-up | Miss World America 1986, 5th Runner-up at Miss World 1986,[19] actress and Academy Award winner, Miss Teen All American 1985 | |
1985 | Lisa Barlow | Vandalia | ||||
1984 | Roxi Erwin | Pickerington | ||||
1983 | Gina Gangale | Youngstown | ||||
1982 | Kim Weeda | Dayton | 21 | 3rd runner-up | Best State Costume | |
1981 | Kimberly "Kim" Seelbrede | Germantown | 20 | Miss USA 1981 | Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981 | |
1980 | Elizabeth Kim Thomas | Circleville | 20 | Miss Photogenic, Best State Costume | ||
1979 | Carolyn Houlihan | Youngstown | ||||
1978 | Sheila Anderson[20][21] | Cincinnati[20] | 19[20] | |||
1977 | Lesa Rummell[4] | Paris | 19[4] | Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce[22] Later Miss Ohio World 1978 | ||
1976 | Karen Myers | Columbus | ||||
1975 | Sandra Kurdas[23] | Conneaut[23] | ||||
1974 | Kay Phillips[24] | Bedford[24] | 21[24] | |||
1973 | Jackie Urbanek | Cleveland | Represented Ohio at Miss World USA 1974 | |||
1972 | Kathleen Ann[25] | Columbus[25] | 18[25] | 4th runner-up | ||
1971 | Karen Haus[25][1] | Chagrin Falls[25] | ||||
1970 | Jane Harrison | Wickliffe | 18 | Semi-finalist | Actress, model and sportscaster; past host of The NFL Today[10] | |
1969 | Marlynn Singleton | Westerville | Originally 2nd runner up, assumed title after Terry Murphy (broadcaster) became ill after checking in at Miss USA | |||
1968 | Linda Hoyle[26] | Columbus[26] | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
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 | 1st runner up at Miss International 1965 | |
1963 | Gloria Jean McBride | Columbus | ||||
1962 | Joan Colucy | Massillon | ||||
1961 | Alice Englemann | Ashtabula | ||||
1960 | Corrine Huff | Youngstown | 19 | Semi-finalist |
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Kathy Justice | Poland | 17 | — | Withdrawn because younger than 18 for Miss Universe[27] | ||
1959 | Marie Dicarlo | Poland | ||||
1958 | Cindy Garrison | Canton | ||||
1957 | Kathryn Gabriel | Cleveland | 20 | 4th runner-up | She finished in the 6th place and obtained the highest-scoring of the semifinalists. Later due to the other finalists were moved one place up she became the 4th runner-up | |
1956 | Eleanor Wood | Canton | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
1955 | Carol Hagerman | Columbus | ||||
1954 | Barbara Randa | Painesville | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
1953 | Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1952 | Margie Broering | Cincinnati |
Notes
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
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- ^ a b "CBS' Jayne Kennedy a Grid Fan". The Roswell Daily Record. 17 November 1978. p. 20.
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- ^ "2007 Mrs America". Archived from the original on October 13, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Miss Texas takes the crown". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. 21 May 1986.
- ^ Lovece, Frank (16 August 1992). "Bucking for Stardom: Halle takes meandering path". The Index-Journal.
- ^ a b c "1978 Miss Ohio USA is Sheila Anderson". The Circleville Herald. 13 February 1978. p. 8.
- ^ Associated Press (28 February 1979). "Beauty Queen views title as career aid". The Index-Journal. p. 26.
- ^ Fleming, Kirsten (16 March 2015). "Meet the pageant queen who's ruling March Madness". New York Post. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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