Miss Indiana USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Indiana.

Not to be confused with Miss India USA.

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.

Miss Indiana USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Carmel
Location	Indiana
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Website	Official website

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]

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.

The most recent placement was Alexis Lete in 2020, who finished 3rd runner-up.

Sydney Shrewsbury from Indianapolis, was chosen as Miss Indiana-USA 2025 on April 5, 2025, in Indianapolis. She will represent Indiana at the Miss USA 2025 pageant.

Gallery of titleholders

• 
  Alexis Lete, Miss Indiana USA 2020
• 
  Mekayla Diehl, Miss Indiana USA 2014
• 
  Allison Biehle, Miss Indiana USA 2010
• 
  Brittany Mason, Miss Indiana USA 2008

Results summary

Placements

• 1st runners-up: Holli Rene Dennis (1981)
• 2nd runners-up: Elaine L. Richards (1966), Kelly Ann Lloyd (2002)
• 3rd runners-up: Jayme Buecher (1978), Alexis Nicole Lete (2020)
• Top 10/12: Virginia Ann Johnson (1952), Jo Berryman (1975), Holly Roehl (1996), Pratima Yarlagadda (1999), Tashina Kastigar (2003), Brittany Mason (2008)
• Top 16/19/20: Cecilia Dennis (1954), Sue Ekamp (1962), Jillian Wunderlich (2011), Mekayla Diehl (2014)

Indiana holds a record of 15 placements at Miss USA.

Special awards

• Best State Costume: Heather Gray (1992)
• Miss Photogenic: Gretchen Reece (2015)
• Miss Congeniality: Tate Elizabeth Fritchley (2019)

Winners

Color key

•   Declared as Winner
•   Ended as runner-up
•   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Name	Hometown	Age[a]	Local Title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2025	Sydney Shrewsbury	Indianapolis	24	Miss Indianapolis	TBA	TBA
2024	Stephanie Sullivan[5]	Elkhart	33	Miss Elkhart County
2023	Haley Jordan Begay	Pittsboro	25	Miss Central Indiana			Previously Miss Indiana 2017
2022	Samantha Paige Toney	Greenwood	27	Miss Clarksville			Competed at the state pageant in the Miss USA system on her 7th consecutive attempt, including a semifinal placement in Miss Kentucky USA Former member of Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders
2021	A'Niyah Monae Birdsong	Anderson	26	Miss Anderson			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[6][7]	Previously Miss Indiana State Fair 2016[8]
2018	Darrian Rachel Arch	Chesterton	23				Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2013
2017	Brittany Winchester[9]	Indianapolis	26
2016	Meryssa Morgan Abel [10]	North Vernon[10]	26[10]				Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2008[10]
2015	Gretchen S. Reece	North Vernon	23			Miss Photogenic
2014	Mekayla Diehl[11]	Bristol[12]	25		Top 20[11]		2nd runner-up at Miss Indiana 2012 competition Later Mrs. Indiana 2017 and Mrs. America 2018 under her married name, Mekayla Eppers
2013	Emily Hart[citation needed]	Fort Wayne	25
2012	Megan Myrehn	Carmel	20				Previously Miss Virginia Teen USA 2008 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008
2011	Jillian Wunderlich	Kokomo	19		Top 16		Previously Miss Florida Teen USA 2008 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2008
2010	Allison Biehle	North Vernon	21
2009	Courtni Hall	Crawfordsville	20				Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2004
2008	Brittany Mason	Anderson	21		Top 10		Former Director of Miss Universe Ireland pageant[13]
2007	Jami Stallings	Newburgh	20				Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2003 Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2003
2006	Bridget Bobel	Peru	26				Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2004 Sister of Miss Indiana 2000 Betsy Bobel
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 Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 1st runner up Miss Teen USA 1993 Previously Miss Indiana 1999 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 1998 Former director of operations for the Miss Indiana USA and Miss Indiana Teen USA pageants[14]
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]				Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1992 Semifinalist in Miss Teen USA 1992 Later Mrs. Indiana 2001, Mrs. America 2001 & Mrs. World 2002 under her married name, Nicole Brink.
1997	Tricia Nosko	Evansville	25
1996	Holly Roehl		23		Semi-finalist		Previously Miss Georgia Teen USA 1990 2nd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 1990
1995	Heather Hart	Newburgh					Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 1991 Top 12 at Miss Teen USA 1991
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]					Later Miss Indiana World 1975 1st Runner-Up in Miss World USA 1975[19]
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				Later Miss Indiana World 1962 Contestant at Miss USA World 1962 Later Playboy Playmate of the Year 1963
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

1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant