Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
2025 |
Kinley Shoemaker |
Indianapolis |
20 |
Miss Metropolitan |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Previously Miss Indiana Teen USA 2023 |
2024 |
Kalyn Melham |
Muncie |
23 |
Miss Southern Heartland |
Vocal |
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2023 |
Cydney Bridges |
Fort Wayne |
22 |
Miss Fort Wayne |
Vocal, "I'll Be There" |
2nd Runner-Up |
Miss Congeniality |
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2022 |
Elizabeth Hallal |
Georgetown |
21 |
Miss Southern Heartland |
Musical Theater Vocal "Defying Gravity" |
Top 7 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
2021 |
Braxton Hiser[1] |
Indianapolis |
24 |
Miss West Central Indiana |
Vocal |
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2019–20 |
Tiarra Taylor[2] |
New Albany |
21 |
Miss Indiana State University |
Vocal |
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2018 |
Lydia Tremaine[3] |
Kendallville |
20 |
Miss Fort Wayne |
Vocal, "That's Life" |
Top 15[4] |
Preliminary Talent Award[5] |
Later 2nd runner-up at Miss Indiana USA 2021[citation needed] |
2017 |
Haley Jordan Begay[6] |
Pittsboro |
19 |
Miss Metropolitan |
Vocal, "Hallelujah" |
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Later crowned Miss Indiana USA 2023 |
2016 |
Brianna DeCamp[7][8] |
Kendallville |
22 |
Miss Limberlost |
Tap Dance |
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Previously Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2011[9] |
2015 |
Morgan Jackson[10] |
Charlestown |
21 |
Miss Harvest Homecoming |
Lyrical Ballet, "It Is Well with My Soul" by Bill Gaither |
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Daughter of Miss New Mexico 1984, Trina Collins[11]
Previously Miss Indiana's Outstanding Teen 2007[11] Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 pageant[12]
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant |
2014 |
Audra Casterline[13] |
Fishers |
23 |
Miss Hoosier Heartland |
Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant |
2013 |
Terrin Thomas[14] |
Auburn |
21 |
Miss Indiana University |
Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" |
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Arrested and charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement in December 2014[15] Charges were dropped as of May 2015[16] |
2012 |
MerrieBeth Cox[17] |
Roselle, IL |
22 |
Miss Duneland |
Baton Twirling, "Sparkling Diamonds" |
Top 12[14] |
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Eligible as a student at Purdue University
Previously Miss Illinois' Outstanding Teen 2007[18]
Purdue University's 27th Golden Girl[19] |
2011 |
Jackie Jerlecki[20] |
Goshen |
22 |
Miss Duneland |
Vocal, "Take Me to the World" from Evening Primrose |
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2010 |
Gabrielle Reed |
Bloomington |
22 |
Miss Southern Heartland |
Vocal, "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
2009 |
Nicole Pollard |
Lafayette |
23 |
Miss Duneland |
Broadway Vocal, "And This Is My Beloved" |
Top 15 |
|
Previously Indiana's Junior Miss 2004 |
2008 |
Megan Meadors |
Auburn |
22 |
Miss Pride of Indiana |
Vocal |
Did not compete; originally placed 6th in the pageant, later assumed the title after Stam won Miss America 2009 |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
Cheerleader for the Indianapolis Colts[21] |
Katie Stam |
Seymour |
22 |
Miss Duneland |
Vocal, "Via Dolorosa" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Quality of Life Award Finalist |
Received a "Golden Sash" and automatic Top 15 placement at Miss America 2009 pageant on Miss America: Countdown to the Crown |
2007 |
Nicole Rash[22] |
Plymouth |
23 |
Miss Ball State University |
Vocal, "Bandito" |
1st runner-up |
|
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2006 pageant
Later Ms. Missouri 2012 and Ms. America 2012[23]
Later Mrs. America 2018 (under married name, Nicole Cook)[24] Top 6 at Mrs. World 2018 pageant |
2006 |
Betsy Uschkrat |
Bloomington |
24 |
Miss Indiana University |
Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" |
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Quality of Life Award Finalist |
|
2005 |
Susan Guilkey |
Noblesville |
22 |
Miss North Central |
Vocal, "I, Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha |
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Later married Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith |
2004 |
Sarah Wiley |
Carmel |
24 |
Miss Wabash Valley |
Vocal, "What Kind of Fool Am I?" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Top 10 (2002) and contestant (2003) at National Sweetheart pageants |
2003 |
Bryn Chapman |
Indianapolis |
21 |
Miss South Central |
Vocal, "Home" from Phantom |
Top 10 |
|
3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2002 pageant as Miss Kentucky |
2002 |
Tangra Riggle[25] |
West Lafayette |
21 |
Miss North Central |
Vocal, "God Bless America" |
Top 15 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
2001 |
Allison Hatcher |
Evansville |
24 |
Classical Piano, "Prelude in G Minor" |
Top 20 |
|
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2000 |
Betsy Bobel |
Peru |
23 |
Miss Duneland |
Gymnastics, "In the Mood" |
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Sister of Miss Indiana USA 2006, Bridget Bobel |
1999 |
Kelly Lloyd |
Indianapolis |
22 |
Miss North Central |
Jazz Dance, "Jump, Jive an' Wail" |
|
Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview Award |
Triple Crown Winner
2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1998 pageant
|
1998 |
Julianne Hackney |
Vincennes |
20 |
Miss Northwest Territory |
Vocal, "My Man" |
Top 10 |
|
Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1997 pageant |
1997 |
Sara Engerman |
Kendallville |
19 |
Miss Limberlost |
Tap Dance, "Shout And Feel It" |
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1996 |
Shani Nielsen |
New Albany |
24 |
Miss Harvest Homecoming |
Vocal, "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde |
Top 10 |
Bernie Wayne Talent Award
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1995 |
Becky Gray |
Indianapolis |
23 |
Miss North Central |
Piano |
|
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1994 |
Tiffany Storm |
Bloomington |
24 |
Miss Capital City |
Dramatic Vocal, "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" |
4th runner-up |
Bernie Wayne Talent Award
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
1993 |
Dayna Brewer |
New Albany |
22 |
Miss Capital City |
Vocal, "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel |
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1992 |
Shelli Yoder |
Shipshewana |
24 |
Miss Elkhart |
Vocal, "This Is the Moment" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award (tie) |
Ran for United States House of Representatives as the Democratic candidate in 2012 and 2016[26][27] |
1991 |
Kari Hipsher |
Wabash |
23 |
Miss Huntington |
Ballet en Pointe |
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1990 |
Brenda Bassett |
Kokomo |
21 |
Miss Kokomo |
Character Ballet en Pointe |
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1989 |
Lisa Williamson |
Terre Haute |
26 |
Miss Hoosier Hills |
Classical Vocal, "The Doll Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann |
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1988 |
Joni McMechan |
Liberty |
21 |
Miss Central Indiana |
Semi-classical Vocal Medley |
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1987 |
Sheila Stephen |
Unionville |
23 |
Miss Hoosier Hills |
Country Vocal, "Only You" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1986 |
Susan Sailor |
Elkhart |
20 |
Miss Elkhart |
Piano |
|
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1985 |
Laurie Broderick |
Elkhart |
21 |
Miss Elkhart |
Dance / Twirl |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1984 |
Cynthia Yantis |
Fort Wayne |
23 |
Miss Fort Wayne |
Popular Vocal, "City Lights" |
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1983 |
Teri Schultz |
Bloomington |
21 |
Miss Hoosier Hills |
Ballet, "Sylvia" |
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1982 |
Ilona Conway |
Bunker Hill |
25 |
Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody" |
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1981 |
Pam Carlberg |
Bourbon |
21 |
Miss Plymouth |
Accordion Medley, "Sabre Dance" & "Ritual Fire Dance" |
3rd runner-up |
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1980 |
Teri Kardatzke |
Anderson |
19 |
Miss Anderson |
Semi-classical Vocal, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" |
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1979 |
Rickee Farrell |
Valparaiso |
18 |
Miss North Central |
Acrobatic Dance, "Sweet Charity" |
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1978 |
Terry Kaiser |
Etna Green |
22 |
Miss Plymouth |
Modern Dance, "Symphony No. 8" by Franz Schubert |
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1977 |
Barbara Mougin |
Bremen |
24 |
Miss Plymouth |
Modern Dance, "Theme from Summer of '42" |
1st runner-up |
|
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1976 |
Tamara Trittschuh |
Plainfield |
21 |
Miss Monroe County |
Piano, "Rhapsodies, Op. 79" by Johannes Brahms |
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1975 |
Cyndi Legler |
Fort Wayne |
21 |
Miss Mid-Central |
Classical Ballet, "Dawn" from Coppélia |
Top 10 |
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1974 pageant |
1974 |
Penny Tichenor |
Owensville |
21 |
Miss Evansville Freedom Festival |
Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret |
Top 10 |
|
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1973 |
Karen Rogers |
Indianapolis |
22 |
Miss Indiana Central College |
Popular Vocal, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" |
|
|
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1972 |
Rebecca Graham |
Indianapolis |
23 |
Miss South Central |
Gymnastics Dance |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
1971 |
Pat Patterson |
Gary |
22 |
Miss Gary |
Vocal, "My Funny Valentine" |
|
Special Talent Award
Neat as a Pin Award (tie)[28] |
First African-American Miss Indiana[citation needed]
Performed as a recording artist under the name "Kellee Patterson" |
1970 |
Debbie May |
Remington |
21 |
Miss Indianapolis |
Semi-classical Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" |
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Miss Congeniality |
|
1969 |
Jill Jackson |
Anderson |
18 |
Miss Anderson |
Vocal / Dance, "Much More" from The Fantasticks |
|
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1968 |
Kit Field |
Indianapolis |
21 |
Miss Indianapolis |
Vocal, "Why Was I Born?" |
4th runner-up |
|
Featured performer on Miss America 1969 telecast |
1967 |
Mary Haglund |
Indianapolis / Janesville, Wisconsin |
19 |
Miss Butler University |
Figure Skating, "Swan Lake" & "The Shadow of Your Smile" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
A Wisconsin native, Mary qualified by attending college studies at Butler University in Indianapolis. |
1966 |
Jane Ann Rutledge |
Vincennes |
19 |
Miss Indiana University |
Piano medley of works by George Gershwin |
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1965 |
Eileen Smith |
Indianapolis |
18 |
Miss Indianapolis |
Vocal Medley, "The Sound of Music" & "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1964 |
Sandra Miller |
Bedford |
20 |
Miss Bedford |
Popular Vocal |
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1963 |
Marsha Pinkstaff |
Crawfordsville |
|
Miss Butler University |
Dramatic Reading |
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1962 |
Julia Flaningan |
Lebanon |
20 |
Popular Vocal |
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1961 |
Kathleen Burke |
Terre Haute |
18 |
Miss Indiana State Teachers College |
Musical Monologue & Fashion Show |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1960 |
Tommye Glaze |
Culver |
21 |
Miss Plymouth |
Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1959 |
Barbara Kummer |
Valparaiso |
20 |
Miss Valparaiso University |
Impersonations of Television Personalities |
|
|
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1958 |
Anita Hursh |
Goshen |
|
Miss Goshen |
Piano, "Polonaise" by Frédéric Chopin |
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Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
1957 |
Gloria Rupprecht |
Valparaiso |
|
Miss Valparaiso University |
Vocal / Comedy Skit, "My Hero" |
|
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1956 |
Mary McNulty |
Fort Wayne |
22 |
Miss Fort Wayne |
Soft Shoe Dance, "Singin' in the Rain" |
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1955 |
Carolyn Turner |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Indianapolis |
Chalk Talk & Poetry |
|
|
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1954 |
Sue Eaton |
Monticello |
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Art/Photo Display & Hula |
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|
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1953 |
Violet Wratich |
East Chicago |
|
Miss East Chicago |
Vocal |
|
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1952 |
Ann Garnier |
Indianapolis |
|
Miss Indianapolis |
Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi |
1st runner-up |
|
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1951 |
Carol Mitchell |
Rochester |
|
Miss Rochester |
Chalk Talk & Marionette Exhibition |
1st runner-up |
|
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1950 |
Pat Berry |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Monticello |
Vocal, "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" from Naughty Marietta |
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1949 |
Patricia Cunningham |
Peru |
|
Water Ballet |
|
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Original winner, Fay Suter, was disqualified for having competed in two local pageants that same year[29] |
1948 |
Patti Grubbs |
Gary |
|
|
Vocal, "When You Are Away" |
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1947 |
Beverly Trenary |
|
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Vocal, "I'll Close My Eyes" |
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1946 |
Lois Chitwood |
Helmsburg |
|
Miss Indiana University |
Piano & Speech |
|
|
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1945 |
Betty Lockyear |
Evansville |
|
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Vocal, "Indian Love Call" |
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|
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1944 |
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant[30][31][32] |
1943 |
1942 |
1941 |
Alice Ullery |
Evansville |
|
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Modeling |
|
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1940 |
Carolyn Akin |
|
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Tap Dance |
|
|
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1939 |
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant[33] |
1938 |
Rosemary White |
|
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Miss Indianapolis |
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Multiple Indiana representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
Helen Emly |
Letts |
|
Miss Letts |
|
Top 15 |
|
1937 |
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant[34][35][36] |
1936 |
1935 |
1934 |
No national pageant was held[37] |
1933 |
Mary Frances Lininger |
|
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N/A[38] |
N/A |
Chose to get married and thus did not compete at Miss America 1933 pageant |
1932 |
No national pageants were held[37] |
1931 |
1930 |
1929 |
1928 |
1927 |
Anna May Owens |
Gary |
|
Miss Gary |
N/A[38] |
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Multiple Indiana representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant |
Anna Howe |
|
|
Miss Hammond |
Top 5 |
|
Hilda Koch |
South Bend |
|
Miss South Bend |
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Vera Haspal |
|
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Miss Terre Haute |
|
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1926 |
Wanda Marie Sobczak |
Michigan City |
20 |
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Won the inaugural Miss Indiana pageant that took place at Gay Mills Ballroom in Miller, Indiana |
1925 |
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant[39][40][41] |
1924 |
1923 |
1922 |
Sydney Nelson[42] |
Indianapolis[43] |
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N/A[38] |
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Professional Beauty Award Third Prize[44] |
Nelson lived and worked in New York City at time of pageant but cited as being from Indianapolis (therefore credited as a "Miss Indiana" titleholder).[43]
Appeared in the Broadway productions of The Passing Show of 1922 and The Whirl of New York[43][45] |
Thelma Blossom[46] |
Indianapolis |
20 |
Miss Indianapolis |
|
Evening Dress Award[47]
Intercity Roller Chair Parade Award[48] |
Competed as Miss Indianapolis at Miss America pageant |
1921 |
No Indiana representative at Miss America pageant [49] |