Kylee Solberg, Miss Idaho 2016Kalie Wright, Miss Idaho 2015 and Miss Minnesota USA 2018
The Miss Idaho scholarship program is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Idaho in the Miss America pageant. The current titleholder receives a $4,000 cash scholarship to any accredited institution of her choice. She also represents the state of Idaho for the live ABC broadcast of the Miss America pageant.[1]
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Idaho titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
1st runners-up: Karen Herd (1972)
Top 10: Marlene Coleman (1961), Nina Forest (2019)
Top 15: Louise Fletchner (1939), Kylee Solberg (2017)
↑ Appointed titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
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↑ Kaechele, Cherise (July 20, 2012). "Four crowned in Miss Western Idaho pageants". The Argus Observer. Genevieve Nutting was given the opportunity to compete in Miss Idaho Outstanding Teen and won in 2006.
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