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.
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). Two Miss winners have also competed at Miss America.
The current titleholder is Samantha Paige Toney of Greenwood was crowned on April 10, 2022 at Noblesville High School Auditorium in Noblesville. She represented Indiana at the Miss USA 2022 pageant.
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 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
2022 | Samantha Paige Toney | Greenwood | 27 |
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2021 | A'Niyah 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 Fritchley | Evansville | 20 | Miss Congeniality[5][6] | Previously Miss Indiana State Fair 2016[7] | |
2018 | Darrian Arch | Chesterton | 23 | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2013 | ||
2017 | Brittany Winchester[8] | Indianapolis | 26 | |||
2016 | Morgan Abel[9] | North Vernon[9] | 26[9] | Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2008[9] | ||
2015 | Gretchen 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 Buker[4] | Kokomo[4] | 24[4] | |||
1989 | Gwen Volpe | |||||
1988 | Loetta Earnest[17] | East Chicago[17] | 22[17] | |||
1987 | Alecia Masalkoski | Bremen | Previously Miss Michigan 1985 | |||
1986 | Diane Andrysiak | South Bend | ||||
1985 | Theresa Hobbs | Wilmington | ||||
1984 | Susan Willardo | Highland | ||||
1983 | Toni Yudt | Portage | ||||
1982 | Sara Binkley | Greencastle | ||||
1981 | Holli 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 Berryman | Kokomo | Semi-finalist | Non-finalist at Miss World USA 1974 | ||
1974 | Lisa Childress | |||||
1973 | Debbie Ausenbaugh[18] | Merrillville | ||||
1972 | Julie Clifford | Edwardsport[19] |
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1971 | Debra Downhour[20] | Cass[20] | ||||
1970 | Mary McBride[21] | Michigan City[21] | ||||
1969 | Linda Smith | |||||
1968 | Nikki Peck | |||||
1967 | Pamela Talmadge | |||||
1966 | Elaine Richards | 2nd runner-up | Died age 41 in 1984 after a long illness[22] | |||
1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1964 | Charlene Kratochvil | |||||
1963 | Vickie Little | |||||
1962 | Sue Ekamp | Semi-finalist | ||||
1961 | Janice Oliver | |||||
1960 | June Cochran | Indianapolis |
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1959 | Anita Watkins | |||||
1958 | Shirley Ball | |||||
1957 | Pat Dorsett | |||||
1956 | Beverly Mattox | |||||
1955 | Mary Wasick | |||||
1954 | Cecilia Dennis | Milan | Semi-finalist | |||
1953 | Edith Krumme | |||||
1952 | Virginia Johnson | Semi-finalist |