Miss Ohio USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Ohio. For the state pageant affiliated with Miss World America, see Miss Ohio World.

The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe.^[1] It is produced by Proctor Productions.

Miss Ohio USA

Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Cincinnati
Location	Ohio
Membership	Miss USA
Official language	English
Key people	Melissa Proctor-Pitchford, state pageant director
Website	Official website

The pageant is currently held in Springfield and has previously been hosted by Mentor, Steubenville and Portsmouth.^[2][3][4][5]

Two Ohio representatives, Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981, have won the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Universe pageant.^[6][7][8]

The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986.^[9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy^[10] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins.^[11][12] Two Miss Ohio USA titleholders have previously competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America. The most recent placement was Sir'Quora Carroll placing 3rd runner-up in 2022.

The current titleholder is Hannah Klein of Cincinnati and was crowned on July 19, 2025 at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth. She will represent Ohio at Miss USA 2025.

Gallery of titleholders

• 
  Katherine Justice, Miss Ohio USA 1960, seen in her film The Way West
• 
  Sue Downey, Miss Ohio USA 1965 & Miss USA 1965
• 
  Jane Harrison, Miss Ohio USA 1970 (pictured in 1980)
• 
  Kim Seelbrede, Miss Ohio USA 1981 & Miss USA 1981
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  Halle Berry, Miss Ohio USA 1986 and Miss World USA 1986
• 
  Stacy Offenberger, Miss Ohio USA 2006 and Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998
• 
  Madison Gesiotto, Miss Ohio USA 2014
• 
  Deneen Penn, Miss Ohio USA 2018
• 
  Alice Magoto, Miss Ohio USA 2019 (when she was Miss Ohio 2016)

Results summary

• Miss USAs: Sue Downey (1965), Kim Seelbrede (1981)
• 1st runners-up: Halle Berry (1986)
• 2nd runners-up: Audrey Bolte (2012)
• 3rd runners-up: Kim Weeda (1982), Stacy Offenberger (2006), Sir'Quora Carroll (2022)
• 4th runners-up: Kathryn Gabriel (1957), Kathleen Kehlmier (1972), Macy Hudson (2024)
• Top 10/12: Melissa Proctor (1990), Melinda Miller (1999), Kristin Smith (2013), Alice Magoto (2019)
• Top 15/16: Eleanore Mack (1953), Barbara Randa (1954), Eleanor Wood (1956), Corrine Huff (1960), Gail Krielow (1964), Karen Dietz (1966), Linda Hoyle (1968), Jane Harrison (1970), Megan Wise (2016), Sthephanie Miranda (2020)

Ohio holds a record of 24 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

• Miss Photogenic: Kim Thomas (1980)
• Miss Congeniality: Monica Day (2008)
• Best State Costume: Kim Thomas (1980), Kim Weeda (1982)

Winners

Color key

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Finalists or semifinalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age[a]	Local title	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2025	Hannah Klein	Cincinnati	33	Miss Queen City	TBA	TBA
2024	Macy Hudson	Dayton	24	Miss Gem City	4th Runner-up
2023	Mackenzie Schutt	Westerville	27	Miss Central Ohio
2022	Sir'Quora Carrol	Canal Winchester	23	Miss Franklin County	3rd runner-up
2021	Nicole Wess	Cincinnati	22	Miss Cincinnati Metro			Shortest reigning Miss Ohio USA at 10 months and 11 days
2020	Sthephanie Miranda	Campbell	26	Miss Campbell	Top 16		Born in Puerto Rico Previously Miss Ohio Latina 2013 Previously Miss Ohio International 2015 Previously Miss Latinoamerica 2018 Longest reigning Miss Ohio USA (1 year, 8 months, and 1 day) Later Miss Grand United States 2023, 3rd runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023
2019	Alice Magoto[13]	Cincinnati	20	Miss Hyde Park	Top 10		Previously Miss Ohio 2016[14]
2018	Deneen Penn	Cortland	20	Miss Cortland
2017	Dinaleigh Baxter[8]	Winchester[8]	23	Miss Winchester
2016	Megan Wise[15]	Gallipolis[15]	26	Miss Gallia County	Top 15[15]
2015	Sarah Newkirk	Columbus	25	Miss Capital City
2014	Madison Gesiotto	Massillon	21	Miss Mid Ohio
2013	Kristin Smith[16]	Dayton	21	Miss Dayton	Top 10
2012	Audrey Bolte	Batavia	21	Miss Batavia	2nd runner-up
2011	Ashley Caldwell	Gallipolis	24	Miss Northwest Ohio
2010	Amanda Tempel	St. Bernard	19	Miss St. Bernard
2009	Natasha Vivoda	Champion	22	Miss Trumbull County
2008	Monica Day	Whitehall	25	Miss Greater Ohio	Miss Congeniality
2007	Anna Melomud	Richmond Heights	22	Miss Richmond Heights
2006	Stacy Offenberger	Vincent	26	Miss Washington County	3rd runner-up		Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998
2005	Aisha Berry	Cincinnati	25	Miss Southwest Ohio
2004	Lauren Hall	Wellston	20	Miss Wellston
2003	Candace Smith	Dayton	26				Contestant on Survivor: Tocantins
2002	Kimberly "Kim" Mullen	Huber Heights	23	Miss Dublin			Contestant on Survivor: Palau
2001	Amanda Canary	Columbus	19
2000	Cheya Watkins	Cincinnati	26				Previously Miss Ohio 1998
1999	Melinda Miller	Ottoville	25		Semi-finalist
1998	Cynthia Madden	Anderson Township	18
1997	Michelle Mouser	Columbus	23				Previously Miss Ohio Teen USA 1991
1996	Melissa Boyd	Massillon	22
1995	Julia Hughes	Grove City	22
1994	Lisa Allison	Gahanna	18
1993	Andrea Pacione	North Royalton
1992	Courtney Baber	Cincinnati
1991	Amy Glaze	Lucasville
1990	Melissa Proctor	West Chester	22		Semi-finalist		Current director of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania (both Miss and Teen USA) pageants under her married name, Melissa Proctor-Pitchford
1989	Lisa Thompson	Marion
1988	Gina West	Pickerington
1987	Hallie Bonnell	Akron					Later Mrs. Illinois America 2007 as Hallie Thompson Mrs. Photogenic winner at Mrs. America 2007[17] Mother of Christina Thompson, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2013 and Miss Virginia USA 2021
1986	Halle Berry[18]	Oakwood	19[18]		1st runner-up		Miss World USA 1986, 5th Runner-up at Miss World 1986,[19] actress and Academy Award winner, Miss Teen All American 1985
1985	Lisa Barlow	Vandalia
1984	Roxi Erwin	Pickerington
1983	Gina Gangale	Youngstown
1982	Kim Weeda	Dayton	21		3rd runner-up	Best State Costume
1981	Kimberly "Kim" Seelbrede	Germantown	20		Miss USA 1981		Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1981
1980	Elizabeth Kim Thomas	Circleville	20		Miss Photogenic, Best State Costume
1979	Carolyn Houlihan	Youngstown
1978	Sheila Anderson[20][21]	Cincinnati[20]	19[20]
1977	Lesa Rummell[4]	Paris	19[4]				Mother of Miss Teen USA 2005 Allie LaForce[22] Later Miss Ohio World 1978
1976	Karen Myers	Columbus
1975	Sandra Kurdas[23]	Conneaut[23]
1974	Kay Phillips[24]	Bedford[24]	21[24]
1973	Jackie Urbanek	Cleveland					Represented Ohio at Miss World USA 1974
1972	Kathleen Ann[25]	Columbus[25]	18[25]		4th runner-up
1971	Karen Haus[25][1]	Chagrin Falls[25]
1970	Jane Harrison	Wickliffe	18		Semi-finalist		Actress, model and sportscaster; past host of The NFL Today[10]
1969	Marlynn Singleton[26]	Westerville	18				Assumed title[26]
	Terry Chellis	Columbus	21				Hospitalised for haemorrhaging after checking in for Miss USA and was unable to compete[26]
1968	Linda Hoyle[27]	Columbus[27]	21		Semi-finalist
1967	Phyllis Smith	Caldwell
1966	Karen Dietz	Willoughby	21		Semi-finalist
1965	Sue Ann Downey	Columbus	20		Miss USA 1965		Second runner-up at Miss Universe 1965
1964	Gail Karen Krielow	Richmond Heights	20		Semi-finalist		1st runner up at Miss International 1965
1963	Gloria Jean McBride	Columbus
	Andrea Getzlaff[28]	Solon	17				Disqualified for being underage
1962	Joan Colucy	Massillon
1961	Alice Englemann	Ashtabula
1960	Corrine Huff	Youngstown	19		Semi-finalist		Replaced Justice for the title First African American representing an American state in a national beauty contest"[29]
	Kathy Justice	Poland	17		—		Withdrawn because younger than 18 for Miss Universe[29]
1959	Marie Dicarlo	Poland
1958	Cindy Garrison	Canton
1957	Kathryn Gabriel	Cleveland	20		4th runner-up[b]
1956	Eleanor Wood	Canton	18		Semi-finalist
1955	Carol Hagerman	Columbus
1954	Barbara Randa	Painesville	19		Semi-finalist
1953	Eleanore Mack	Bellaire	20		Semi-finalist
1952	Margie Broering	Cincinnati

Notes

1. Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
2. Finished in 6th place and later awarded 4th runner-up after disqualification of Leona Gage