Miss Idaho
The Miss Idaho scholarship program is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss America pageant. The current titleholder receives a $10,000 cash scholarship to any accredited institution of her choice. She also represents the state of Idaho for the live ABC broadcast of the Miss America Pageant.[1]
To compete in the Miss Idaho Program, a contest must first win a local pageant. [2]
| Local Miss Programs | Director | Open or Close Program |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Boise | Susan Hessing | Closed |
| Miss Canyon County | Katie Denning | Open |
| Miss Gate City | Shalynn Peirsol | Open |
| Miss Gem County | Leah Vickery | Closed |
| Miss Idaho Falls | Suzanne Sibbett | Closed |
| Miss Magic Valley | Amanda Dustup | Closed |
| Miss Meridian | Tricia Davis | Open |
| Miss Northern Idaho | Corilynne Smith | Closed |
| Miss Rexburg | Lori Price | Closed |
| Miss Riverview | Ashley Smith/Morgan Rumsey | Open |
| Miss South East Counties | Misty Ralphs | Open |
| Miss Tri-Counties | Open | |
| Miss Western Idaho | Mardine Olsen | Closed |
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kalie Wright | Kimberly | 23 | Miss Magic Valley | Vocal/Guitar, "Over the Rainbow" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 2014 | |
| 2014 | Sierra Sandison[4] | Twin Falls | 20 | Miss Magic Valley | Vocal "Forget About the Boy" from Thoroughly Modern Millie | Top 16 (America's Choice) | Is a Type 1 diabetic | |
| 2013 | Sarah Downs | Emmett | 23 | Miss Nampa | Violin "Orange Blossom Special" | Four Points Award | ||
| 2012 | Whitney Wood[5] | Idaho Falls | 19 | Miss Idaho Falls | Piano "Etude de Concert Opus 26" by Edward MacDowell | Louanne Gamba Instrumentalist Award,[6] Four Points Award, Quality of Life Semi-finalist, Non-finalist Talent Award[7][8][9] | ||
| 2011 | Genevieve Nutting[10] | Boise | 22 | Miss Tri-Counties | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | Four Points Award | Miss Idaho's Outstanding Teen 2006, Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 | |
| 2010 | Kylie Kofoed | Eagle | 19 | Miss Nampa | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2009 | Kara Jackson | Nampa | 22 | Miss Nampa | Viola "Csárdás" | |||
| 2008 | Elise Davis[11] | Idaho Falls | 20 | Miss Idaho Falls | Classical Vocal | |||
| 2007 | Sadie Quigley | Idaho Falls | 19 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Piano "Devilish Inspiration, Op. 4, No. 4" by Prokofiev | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Katherine Crouch | Rexburg | 19 | Miss Rexburg | Piano "Un Sospiro" | |||
| 2005 | Tracey Brown | Post Falls | 19 | Miss North Idaho | Ballet en Pointe "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | Quality of Life Award winner | Idaho's Junior Miss 2004, Miss Idaho USA 2008 | |
| 2004 | Elizabeth Barchas | Boise | 24 | Miss Nampa | Classical Piano "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" | Non-finalist Interview Award, Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998, Miss Idaho USA 2001 | |
| 2003 | Tiffany Jewell | Boise | 22 | Miss Southern Idaho | Vocal "Ten Minutes Ago" from Cinderella | |||
| 2002 | Misty Taylor | Boise | 20 | Miss Tri-Counties | Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from The Daughter of the Regiment | |||
| 2001 | Christi Weible | Eagle | 22 | Miss Tri-Counties | Dramatic Monologue | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1998 & 2000, The Bachelor Season 2 Contestant, Sister of Miss Idaho Teen USA 1999 and Miss Idaho USA 2004 Kimberly Weible | ||
| 2000 | Christina Tiel | Nampa | 21 | Miss Blaine County | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | |||
| 1999 | Mellisa Paul | Boise | 20 | Miss Tri-Counties | Dramatic Monologue from Steel Magnolias | |||
| 1998 | Tammy Toney | Boise | 24 | Miss Southern Idaho | Classical Vocal "Che Fiero Costume" from Eteocle e Polinice by Giovanni Legrenzi | |||
| 1997 | Sherrie Belnap | Roberts | 20 | Miss Southern Idaho | Classical Piano "Polonaise in A flat Major" | |||
| 1996 | Misty Esplin | Preston | 19 | Miss Franklin County | Classical Clarinet Solo "Concertino" by Carl Maria von Weber | |||
| 1995 | Brooke Gambrell | Boise | 22 | Miss Boise | Violin/Fiddle Medley "Blackberry Blossom" | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | Miss Idaho USA 2000 | |
| 1994 | Tracy Yarbrough | Boise | 24 | Miss Southern Idaho | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | Miss Idaho USA 1996 | ||
| 1993 | RoseAnna Boyle | Twin Falls | 23 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal "Come Rain or Come Shine" | |||
| 1992 | Stephanie Smith | Boise | 26 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Harp "The Impossible Dream" & "Man of La Mancha" | |||
| 1991 | Sarah Louise Benson | Nampa | 18 | Miss Treasure Valley | Classical Piano | |||
| 1990 | Kendra Ruwe | Meridian | 23 | Miss Boise | Fiddle "Miss Sally Goodin" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Rebecca Trueblood | Caldwell | 26 | Miss Treasure Valley | Vocal "God Bless the USA" | Non-finalist Interview Award | ||
| 1988 | Susan Hart | Rigby | 18 | Miss Idaho Falls | Ballet | |||
| 1987 | Holly Hill | Meridian | 20 | Miss Meridian | Vocal "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1986 | Jennifer Hovey | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Idaho National Guard | Violin Solo | |||
| 1985 | Nanette South | Rexburg | 19 | Miss Rexburg | Alto Saxophone Solo | |||
| 1984 | Patty Hoag | Burley | 19 | Miss Burley | Popular Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||
| 1983 | Elaine Pack | Rexburg | 20 | Miss Idaho National Guard | Harp Solo "Spanish Fantasy" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1982 | Lisa Eaton | Shelley | 22 | Miss Eastern Idaho | Vocal "It's My Turn" | |||
| 1981 | Stephanie Kambitsch | Genesee | 22 | Miss University of Idaho | Piano Solo "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Leslie Taylor | Burley | 18 | Miss Burley | Piano Solo "Rocktata" | |||
| 1979 | Gladys Steele | Boise | 22 | Miss Boise | Violin Solo "Polish Dance" | |||
| 1978 | Kimberly Jensen | Caldwell | 18 | Miss Caldwell | Popular Vocal "I Honestly Love You" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1977 | Charlene McArthur | Pocatello | 21 | Miss Pocatello | Piano Solo "Piano Throughout the Ages" | Miss Idaho USA 1975 | ||
| 1976 | RaNae Peterson | Preston | 19 | Miss Preston | Organ Medley "I Got Rhythm" & "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Teri Harding | Heyburn | 19 | Miss Heyburn | Vocal "If Ever I Would Leave You" | |||
| 1974 | Rochelle Bacon | Boise | 21 | Miss Boise | Vocal "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl | |||
| 1973 | Sharon Davis | Jerome | 21 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof | |||
| 1972 | Vicki Hawkins | Boise | 20 | Miss Boise | Piano "Theme from Summer of '42" | |||
| 1971 | Karen Herd | Idaho Falls | 20 | Miss Idaho Falls | Organ "Ebb Tide" & "España cañí" | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1970 | Noralyn Olsen | Ovid | 18 | Miss Montpelier | Classical Piano "Etude Op. 10, No. 5" | |||
| 1969 | Diana Hopperstad | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Twin Falls | Folk Song w/Tambourine & Drum Solo "Both Sides, Now" | |||
| 1968 | Karen Ryder | Weiser | 20 | Miss Weiser | Magic Act "The Shadow of Your Smile" & "Born Free" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Kristine Phillips | Rupert | 19 | Miss Rupert | Organ Medley "Tico Tico", "Dark Eyes", & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1966 | Cheryl Couch | Twin Falls | 19 | Miss Twin Falls | Vocal "I Could Have Danced All Night" | |||
| 1965 | Rhonda Hammond | Boise | 19 | Miss Idaho State University | Speech on Fashion Design with Modeling | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1964 | Judith Steubbe | Moscow | 21 | Miss University of Idaho | Piano Solo "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1963 | Linda Moulton | Boise | 20 | Miss Boise | Semi-classical Vocal & Piano Solo | |||
| 1962 | Irene Ammons | Nampa | 23 | Folk Singing "The Riddle Song" | ||||
| 1961 | LaVerda Garrison | Nampa | 18 | Miss Nampa | Dramatic Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" | |||
| 1960 | Marlene Coleman | Pocatello | 18 | Miss Pocatello | Vocal "If I Were On the Stage" | Top 10 | Contracted laryngitis and was unable to perform her talent during the national telecast | |
| 1959 | Tamara Ashby | Burley | 18 | Original Interpretive Ballet | ||||
| 1958 | Bonnie Baird | Heyburn | Clarinet Solo | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1957 | Carene Clark | Pocatello | Classical Vocal from Die Fledermaus | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1956 | Gail Rupp | Pocatello | Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon | |||||
| 1955 | Judy Voiten | Boise | 19 | Vocal / Guitar "Western Folk Song Medley" | ||||
| 1954 | LaVonne Skalsky | Nampa | Drama "Children of God" | |||||
| 1953 | Jane Bostic | New Plymouth | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | |||||
| 1952 | Zoe Warberg | Twin Falls | Speech "The Sacred Duty of the American to Vote" | |||||
| 1951 | Phyllis Ralstin | Nezperce | Operatic Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | |||||
| 1950 | Barbara Norton | Burley | Vocal "A Heart That's Free" from Two Weeks with Love | |||||
| 1947 | Norma Briggs | Pocatello | Drama "Romeo & Juliet" | |||||
| 1939 | Louise Fletchner | Clarinet "Stardust" | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Sun Valley | ||||
| 1933 | Margaret Whitman | Was disqualified from the pageant because she resided in Spokane, Washington[12] |
References
- ^ "Prize Package". Miss Idaho Organization. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Become a Miss Contestant". Miss Idaho Organization. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Local Miss Pageants". Miss Idaho Organization. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ Marcus, Lilit (July 21, 2014). "Miss Idaho Shows Off Her Insulin Pump, Encourages Others to Flaunt Theirs on Social Media". Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ http://www.missidaho.org/new-miss-idaho.php
- ^ http://missri.com/in-memoriam-louanne-murphy-gamba/
- ^ http://www.missamerica.org/news/press-releases.aspx?id=612
- ^ http://www.missamerica.org/news/press-releases.aspx?id=621
- ^ http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/01/12/2410543/miss-idaho-doesnt-leave-miss-american.html
- ^ "Miss Idaho 2011 Results". Miss Idaho Organization. June 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (2008-06-16). "Idaho Falls woman wins Miss Idaho pageant". Local News 8. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
- ^ "Miss America 1933 Disqualifications".