Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Indianapolis |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by those representatives. This pageant is currently produced by Crown Moxie, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The pageant is currently held in Noblesville and has previously been hosted by Anderson, Michigan City, Indianapolis, Carmel and Fort Wayne.[1][2][3][4]
The most recent placement was Alexis Lete in 2020, who finished 3rd runner-up.
Nine Miss Indiana-USA winners have previously held the Miss Indiana Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA, and three previously competed in other states (Florida, Georgia and Virginia). Three Miss Indiana-USA winners (1987, 2002, and 2023) have also previously competed at Miss America.
Haley Jordan Begay, 25, from Pittsboro, was chosen as Miss Indiana-USA 2023 on July 17, 2023 at the Noblesville High School Auditorium in Noblesville. She will advance to the Miss USA 2023 pageant later this year. Begay is a local sports broadcaster and previously served as Miss Indiana 2017; and was crowned by Miss Indiana-USA 2022, Samantha Paige Toney of Greenwood who won her title on April 10, 2022 in Noblesville.
Indiana holds a record of 15 placements at Miss USA.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2023 | Haley Jordan Begay | Pittsboro | 25 | TBA | Previously Miss Indiana 2017 | |
2022 | Samantha Paige Toney | Greenwood | 27 |
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2021 | A'Niyah Monae Birdsong | Anderson | 26 | Shortest reigning Miss Indiana USA (8 months and 15 days) | ||
2020 | Alexis Lete | New Albany | 23 | 3rd runner-up | Longest reigning Miss Indiana USA (1 year, 8 months, and 7 days) | |
2019 | Tate Elizabeth Fritchley | Evansville | 20 | Miss Congeniality[5][6] | Previously Miss Indiana State Fair 2016[7] | |
2018 | Darrian Rachel Arch | Chesterton | 23 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2013 | ||
2017 | Brittany Winchester[8] | Indianapolis | 26 | |||
2016 | Meryssa Morgan Abel [9] | North Vernon[9] | 26[9] | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2008[9] | ||
2015 | Gretchen S. Reece | North Vernon | 23 | Miss Photogenic | ||
2014 | Mekayla Diehl[10] | Bristol[11] | 25 | Top 20[10] |
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2013 | Emily Hart[12] | Fort Wayne | 25 | |||
2012 | Megan Myrehn | Carmel | 20 |
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2011 | Jillian Wunderlich | Kokomo | 19 | Top 16 |
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2010 | Allison Biehle | North Vernon | 21 | |||
2009 | Courtni Hall | Crawfordsville | 20 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2004 | ||
2008 | Brittany Mason | Anderson | 21 | Top 10 | Director of Miss Universe Ireland pageant[13] | |
2007 | Jami Stallings | Newburgh | 20 |
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2006 | Bridget Bobel | Peru | 26 |
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2005 | Kaitlyn Christopher | Kokomo | 18 | |||
2004 | Stephanie Keusch | Jasper | 24 | |||
2003 | Tashina Kastigar | West Terre Haute | 22 | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1998 | |
2002 | Kelly Lloyd | Indianapolis | 25 | 2nd runner-up | "Triple Crown" winner
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2001 | Sarah McClary | Evansville | 22 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1995 | ||
2000 | Kristal Wile | Anderson | 23 | |||
1999 | Pratima Yarlagadda[15] | Shipshewana[15] | 22[15] | Semi-finalist | ||
1998 | Nicole Llewellyn[16] | Munster[16] | 23[16] |
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1997 | Tricia Nosko | Evansville | 25 | |||
1996 | Holly Roehl | 23 | Semi-finalist |
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1995 | Heather Hart | Newburgh |
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1994 | Kim Scull | Clarksville | ||||
1993 | Lisa Higgins | South Bend | ||||
1992 | Heather Gray | Best State Costume | ||||
1991 | Cathi Bennett[3] | New Albany[3] | 24[3] | |||
1990 | Meri Lyn Buker[4] | Kokomo[4] | 24[4] | |||
1989 | Gwen Rachelle Volpe | Griffith | 22 | |||
1988 | Loetta Earnest[17] | East Chicago[17] | 22[17] | |||
1987 | Alecia Rae Masalkoski | Bremen | Previously Miss Michigan 1985 | |||
1986 | Diane Andrysiak | South Bend | ||||
1985 | Theresa Hobbs | Wilmington | ||||
1984 | Susan Willardo | Highland | ||||
1983 | Antoniette (Toni) Marie Yudt | Portage | ||||
1982 | Sara Binkley | Greencastle | ||||
1981 | Holli Rene Dennis | Fort Wayne | 1st runner-up | |||
1980 | Susan Osby[2] | Hebron[2] | Former State director from 1990 to 1998 | |||
1979 | Deborah Hayes[2] | Kokomo[2] | ||||
1978 | Jayme Buecher | New Albany | 3rd runner-up | |||
1977 | Lynn Flaherty | Nappanee | ||||
1976 | Annette Anderson | Gary | ||||
1975 | Jo Ellen Berryman | Kokomo | 24 | Semi-finalist | Non-finalist at Miss World USA 1974 | |
1974 | Lisa Childress | Spencer | 20 | |||
1973 | Debbie Ausenbaugh[18] | Merrillville | ||||
1972 | Julie Clifford | Edwardsport[19] |
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1971 | Debra Dee Downhour[20] | Cassville[20] | 21 | |||
1970 | Mary Ann McBride[21] | Michigan City[21] | ||||
1969 | Linda Smith | |||||
1968 | Nikki Peck | Hammond | ||||
1967 | Pamela Jo Talmadge | Hammond | 19 | During her reign, Pamela, who was adopted, was reunited with her older siblings (two brothers and a sister) after nearly 19 years being apart. | ||
1966 | Elaine L. Richards | Merrillville | 2nd runner-up | Died age 41 on June 26, 1984 in Florida after a long illness[22] | ||
1965 | Did not compete | |||||
1964 | Charlene Kratochvil | Kokomo | 19 | |||
1963 | Vickie Little | |||||
1962 | Sue Ekamp | Mishawaka | Semi-finalist | |||
1961 | Janice Kay Oliver | Indianapolis | 18 | |||
1960 | June Cochran | Indianapolis | 18 |
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1959 | Anita Watkins | |||||
1958 | Shirley Ball | |||||
1957 | Patricia (Pat) Dorsett | Indianapolis | ||||
1956 | Beverly Mattox | |||||
1955 | Mary Wasick | |||||
1954 | Cecilia Dennis | Milan | Semi-finalist | |||
1953 | Edith Mae Krumme | Seymour | ||||
1952 | Virginia Ann Johnson | Semi-finalist |
Alexis Lete, Miss Indiana USA 2020
Mekayla Diehl, Miss Indiana USA 2014
Allison Biehle, Miss Indiana USA 2010
Brittany Mason, Miss Indiana USA 2008